Ubuntu
bcmwl package

wireless driver is not detected: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1: bcmwl kernel module failed to build

Bug #1227771 reported by Sudarshan on 2013-09-19

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1095751: bcmwl fails to build with 3.8 kernels [error: 'struct cfg80211_ibss_params' has no member named 'channel']. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	bcmwl (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I think the wireless LAN and bluetoot device is hard blocked and therefore the drivers are not detected, but there is no switch on my laptop for enabling wireless and bluetooth. Please help.

output of -> lsb_release -rd :

Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release: 12.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44~precise1-generic 3.8.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-30-generic
Date: Thu Sep 19 21:20:02 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageVersion: 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1
SourcePackage: bcmwl
Title: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1: bcmwl kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Tags:

Revision history for this message

Sudarshan (sid296) wrote on 2013-09-19:

DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (945 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2013-09-19

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

Revision history for this message

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2013-09-20:

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 1095751, 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.