broadcom sta wireless driver broken by upgrade

Bug #601261 reported by Alan Cummings
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Bug Description

System: 10.04
Kernel: 2.6.32-23-generic
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T6400

After Update Manager updated to kernel 2.6.32-23, the Broadcom STA wireless driver would not load. The driver worked again after rebooting and selecting the 2.6.32-22 kernel.
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: alan 3512 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: alan 3512 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xdc700000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Intel G45 DEVCTG'
   Components : 'HDA:111d76b2,103c3621,00100302 HDA:11c11040,103c137e,00100200 HDA:80862802,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 30
   Simple ctrls : 18
CheckboxSubmission: 3935c9257b58ea22016f614b1affc829
CheckboxSystem: ddaaf95d1d084d11b61fc08435d55c03
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=22782ab0-800d-4e58-9a84-9e55745e59af
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=19e57b58-a1f5-4728-a101-76d9836fd96a ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1
Reproducible: Yes
RfKill:

Tags: lucid networking regression-release needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
UserAsoundrc:
 # ALSA library configuration file

 # Include settings that are under the control of asoundconf(1).
 # (To disable these settings, comment out this line.)
 </home/alan/.asoundrc.asoundconf>
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout disk lpadmin plugdev pulse pulse-access sambashare video
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 05/06/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.16
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 3602
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 02.25
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.16:bd05/06/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv5NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn3602:rvr02.25:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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Mitch Towner (kermiac) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in linux.

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : .etc.asound.conf.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : AlsaDevices.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : AplayDevices.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : BootDmesg.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : Card0.Amixer.values.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : Card0.Codecs.codec.1.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : Card0.Codecs.codec.3.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : CurrentDmesg.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : IwConfig.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : Lspci.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : Lsusb.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : PciMultimedia.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : ProcCpuinfo.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : ProcInterrupts.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : ProcModules.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : UdevDb.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : UdevLog.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : UserAsoundrcAsoundconf.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote : WifiSyslog.txt

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Alan Cummings (alan-cummings) wrote :

This bug is still present in the latest kernel update -- I now have to go back 2 kernels in the grub menu (from... -24 down to ...-22) to have a working wireless connection

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Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee) wrote :

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu development release http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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