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bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1: bcmwl kernel module failed to build

Bug #1228860 reported by Andriy Kostyuk on 2013-09-22

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

My wireless does not work after the installation of Ubuntu 12.04.
I tried to install the Broatcom driver following the instructions
of http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt
I gave the command
sudo insmod wl.ko
The screen became black with a lot of text information.
After I returned to the grafic screen vie Ctr-Alt-F7,
a window suggesting to submit a bug report appeared.

The driver does not work.

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 x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-30-generic
Date: Sun Sep 22 15:47:40 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (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)

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Andriy Kostyuk (andriy-p-kostyuk) wrote on 2013-09-22:

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 2013-09-22

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Andriy Kostyuk (andriy-p-kostyuk) wrote on 2013-09-23:

I found the way out.
First, I erased Ubuntu 12.04LTS and installed Ubuntu 10.04LTS
and made update.
Then I installed the b43 driver in the standard way.
It worked well in Ubuntu 10.04LTS.
Then I upgradet to Ubuntu 12.04LTS.
The wireless continued to work in
Ubuntu 12.04LTS as well.

But yesterday, wenn I installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS directly
(without 10.04) wireless did not work and the driver
could not be downloaded (see above).

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2013-09-27:

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.