jockey-gtk does not install Broadcom STA

[DeShark]

Binary package hint: jockey-gtk

When running the Hardware Drivers program, it fails to install the Broadcom STA proprietary drivers. I can select the driver, but when I go to click the activate button, I authenticate and then the "Downloading and Installing drivers" or whatever dialog pops up for the briefest of seconds (to the point that I can't read the message). Once it has disappeared, I am returned to the dialog to choose which driver to install and the driver is not installed. I'm running the alpha 5 Karmic release.

Here's the apt-cache policy report for my version:

jockey-gtk:
  Installed: 0.5.3-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 0.5.3-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 0.5.3-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

As a result the only way I can connect to the network is via a plugged in ethernet cable. Thank you.

EDIT: I should also add that it worked fine in the live CD and installed the driver, the only problem being that at bug #409166. The fact that it worked is what prompted me to install to the HDD.

EDIT 2: I just removed the bcmwl-kernel-source package ($ sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source) and it must've fetched the drivers from the internet this time. The program acted as expected and installed the drivers, even showing the correct "drivers correctly installed" message. If anyone else is having a similar problem, this would be my advice to resolve the problem, but it's a bit of a hack really.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 12 15:47:42 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1525
Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.3-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: all
PccardctlIdent:

PccardctlStatus:

ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-9-generic root=UUID=d265617f-7e2c-4cb9-886b-e7d2a59b76ba ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.29-generic
SourcePackage: jockey
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 06/27/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A13
dmi.board.name: 0U990C
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA13:bd06/27/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1525:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0U990C:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1525
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[der_vegi (m-may)]

Same problem here, Inspiron 1501, amd64, BCM4312.

[der_vegi (m-may)]

Fixed for me in Karmic daily-live 2009-09-28. Can anyone confirm?

[JDubAce (jdoublea87)]

This bug still exists in 9.10 beta, Machine: Inspiron 1420, Intel dual core Pentium M, BCM4312

[Justin Lawrence (jl-irj)]

Same problem on a Macbook 5,5 but worked on a previous Macbook 5,5 that I loaded on the weekend. I suspect it was because the PC hung during the enabling of the Broadcom STA. I've attached /var/log/jockey.log.

[Justin Lawrence (jl-irj)]

DeShark: as per your edit, i removed bcmwl-kernel-source package and reinstalled and it all works perfectly. Thanks!

[JDubAce (jdoublea87)]

I recently updated everything using the karmic-backports and everything seems to work as well, no hacking required

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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 439530, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.