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bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.1: bcmwl kernel module failed to build

Bug #1632829 reported by bhavya mehta on 2016-10-12

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1424676: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu2: bcmwl kernel module failed to build with kernel 4.0 [error: ‘STATION_INFO_TX_BITRATE’ undeclared (first use in this function)]. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

The laptop hangs completely and the screen goes black , there is nothing i can do other than restart the computer

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-38.57~14.04.1-generic 4.4.19
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.4.0-42-generic
Date: Thu Oct 13 00:58:01 2016
DuplicateSignature: dkms:bcmwl-kernel-source:6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.1:/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.248+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1444:20: error: 'STATION_INFO_TX_BITRATE' undeclared (first use in this function)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-23 (232 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
PackageVersion: 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.1
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.14
SourcePackage: bcmwl
Title: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.1: bcmwl kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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bhavya mehta (bhavya1212) wrote on 2016-10-12:

DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (4.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Changed in bcmwl (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → bhavya mehta (bhavya1212)
assignee:	bhavya mehta (bhavya1212) → nobody

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2016-10-12

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removed: need-duplicate-check

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2016-10-13:

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 1424676, 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.