package bcmwl-kernel-source 5.60.48.36 bdcom-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10

[komputes]

bcmwl-kernel-source fails to install if you have a mainline kernel installed.

Went to jockey or "hardware drivers" and selected to install Brodcom's Proprietary STA driver (for 43xx series wireless cards). A "SystemError: installArchives() failed" error came up and apport prompted me to report this bug.

I was testing a mainline kernel when this happened. Booting into the current kernel and trying to install the driver again gives the same error.

Trying to get back (test1):
- sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source
- upon my return to jockey, seem sta is still there byt b43/fwcutter was removed
- attempting to download sta gives same error - SystemError: installArchives() failed

*WORKAROUND*
Trying to get back (test2):
- sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source linux-image-2.6.35-020635rc6-generic linux-headers-2.6.35-020635rc6 linux-headers-2.6.35-020635rc6-generic
- reboot
- upon my return to jockey, both sta and b43/fwcutter are there. Installing sta now works.

Expecting: If this is a problem where DKMS thinks it should recompile modules for all kernels, it should simply report that it cannot compile the module for a specific kernel and provide a reason. If there is a way to test mainline kernels and broadcom drivers together, that fix would be ideal.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-020635rc6-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 11 18:04:22 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate i386 (20100419.1)
SourcePackage: bcmwl
Title: package bcmwl-kernel-source 5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10

[komputes (komputes)]

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3) ...
Removing old bcmwl-5.60.48.36+bdcom DKMS files...

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 5.60.48.36+bdcom
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new bcmwl-5.60.48.36+bdcom DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 2.6.35-020635rc6-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 2.6.35-020635rc6-generic

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.35-020635rc6-generic (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.60.48.36+bdcom/build/ for more information.
dpkg: error processing bcmwl-kernel-source (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bcmwl-kernel-source

[Micheal Harker (mh0)]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses#Triage%20Successful

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

 Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

I'm unduplicating and adding a task for DKMS because of the suggestion to improve the way dkms handles failures for a specific kernel.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

however the bcmwl error was probably bug 590924 or bug 580594. Are you able to reproduce the error with the latest bcmwl package in 10.10 ?

[komputes (komputes)]

Hello Jean Baptiste,

I think this would always work using a stock kernel distributed through the repositories. The bug was to identify the issue with mainline kernels from the website [1]. Many times, kernel developers and bug squad triage (and even apport) tell you to test the mainline kernel to see if the problem is still an issue.

I can test again on 10.10, but please let me know which mainline kernel you would like me to test with it. If this is definitely a dkms issue and not an issue with the broadcom driver, please invalidate the first package as it may have been an incorrect assumption.

[1] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

DKMS no longer compiles for "all" kernels. It will only compile for the current kernel and the "newest" kernel.

[Michel (mc-mcc)]

i have use a New wifi/bt card and no issue