Thank you Asfand Qazi - I was going round in circles until I saw your post. These steps fixed the issue for me:
remove all backports using apt-get sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source modprobe -r lib80211 modprobe wl -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395630 Title: Broadcom STA module is not loadable on karmic due to unknown symbols To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/395630/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
