Public bug reported:
On fresh 14.10 install on the first GUI run in KDE the KDE Driver
Manager suggested installation of bcmwl-kernel-source (see attached
screenshot)for my Broadcom Corporation BCM4311. After successful
installation of the package and restart, my system got
Jan 4 23:32:13 Beatle
Here is the syslog with "kernel BUG at include/net/cfg80211.h:3343!"
** Attachment added: "kernel BUG at include/net/cfg80211.h"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1407522/+attachment/4292098/+files/syslog_extracted.log
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Guys, I have the same wifi and I'm using my laptop and could help
solving it!
I've submitted possibly similar bug at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1407522
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I've checked at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx and
installed b43 driver:
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
which up to now seems to work with my BCM4311. So I would recommend KDE
driver manager NOT to recommend bcmwl but b43 for BCM4311 (Broadcom Corporation
Thanks Christopher,
down in the post is the needed information (though to open new bug with
ubuntu-bug if it is better?):
apt-cache policy bcmwl-kernel-source
bcmwl-kernel-source:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu1
Version table:
6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu1 0
"New" BIOS installed (HP claim that bootable usb could do the trick
and lost me some time...):
root@Beatles:~# dmidecode -s bios-version && dmidecode -s bios-release-date
68YGU Ver. F.0E
08/27/2008
Then installed bcmwl driver
sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source
Then blacklist
Done. Same problem.
After installing bcmwl-kernel-source in practice laptop is without any
internet connection for not a-bit-more experienced user as modprobe wl
will try to remove the NIC driver b44 and then trough "modprobe ignore
install b44" wich due to the broken module/kernel state cannot b
Christopher,
I did not remember what I've done with 12.04/10 , so I made a kubuntu
usb stick with 12.04.5 and run in on the laptop. Problem is the same
(3.2.0-7-generic x86, with bcmwl 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.2 ), so for
sure it happened before precise(12.04) . What is more, looking at the
sys
Ok, sent a email.
Writing here just if anybody else come to the same problem to note also the
following:
when installing bcmwl-kernel-source package will be generated a blacklist file:
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf
which has line:
"install wl modprobe -r b43 b44 b43legacy ssb; modprobe --i
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