broadcom wireless does not work with quantal-backport-kernel
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Tim Gardner | ||
Precise |
Won't Fix
|
High
|
Tim Gardner | ||
Quantal |
Won't Fix
|
High
|
Tim Gardner |
Bug Description
Steps:
1. Have a machine with broadcom wireless, such as a dell mini-10v
2. install the quantal kernel from the PPA
3. restart your computer
Effect
Wireless is not recognized in the network manager
Run jockey and choose to activate the broadcom driver
Effect
Jockey fails, with this info in the log
2012-05-24 08:48:01,748 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted
2012-05-24 08:48:01,920 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted
2012-05-24 08:48:02,135 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted
2012-05-24 08:48:14,667 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted
2012-05-24 08:48:18,839 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted
2012-05-24 08:48:21,837 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted
2012-05-24 08:48:29,040 WARNING: modinfo for module wl failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module wl
2012-05-24 08:48:29,042 WARNING: /sys/module/
2012-05-24 08:48:29,159 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted
2012-05-24 08:50:17,551 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted
2012-05-24 08:50:17,652 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted
2012-05-24 08:50:17,739 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Precise): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Precise): | |
assignee: | nobody → Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
assignee: | nobody → Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) |
tags: | added: rls-q-incoming |
tags: | removed: rls-q-incoming |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Precise): | |
status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
tags: | added: needs-upstream-testing |
tags: | removed: kernel-key |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:
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