broadcom-sta-dkms 5.100.82.112-7: broadcom-sta kernel module failed to build

[qoocku]

Kernel architecture is X86_32
  LD /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/built-in.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/shared/linux_osl.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:43:24: fatal error: asm/system.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: broadcom-sta-dkms 5.100.82.112-7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.5.0-17-generic
Date: Mon Oct 22 21:39:53 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 5.100.82.112-7
SourcePackage: broadcom-sta
Title: broadcom-sta-dkms 5.100.82.112-7: broadcom-sta kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-22 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[EquinoxeFR (pierre-equinoxefr)]

Hi,

If this is a problem for you, here is a quick and very dirty workaround :)

sudo mkdir /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r`/include/asm
sudo touch /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r`/include/asm/system.h

sudo dpkg-reconfigure broadcom-sta-dkms

Pierre

[yethusoe (yethusoe)]

 sudo dpkg-reconfigure broadcom-sta-dkms

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 5.100.82.112
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new broadcom-sta-5.100.82.112 DKMS files...
Building only for 3.5.0-23-generic
Building initial module for 3.5.0-23-generic
Done.

wl:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/3.5.0-23-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod........

Backing up initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic to /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic.old-dkms
Making new initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic
(If next boot fails, revert to initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic.old-dkms image)
update-initramfs....

DKMS: install completed.
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic

i am sorry , pls help me to fixed this wifi error.

[yethusoe (yethusoe)]

root@yethusoe-hz:~/broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver# iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 994255, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.