[maverick] plasma-widget-networkmanagment signal strength indicator inop with bcmwl

[fuggum]

Binary package hint: plasma-widget-networkmanagement

signal strength indicator not working, yet iwlist shows proper signal strength. using broadcom sta driver

# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch)
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick

updated 9/23/2010

# uname -a
Linux hostname 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:32:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

dpkg -l | grep networkmanage
ii plasma-widget-networkmanagement 0.9~svn1176084-0ubuntu1 Network Management widget for KDE4 Plasma
# dpkg -l | grep bcm
ii bcmwl-kernel-source 5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu5 Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver source
ii bcmwl-modaliases 5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu5 Modaliases for the Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA driver

# iwlist wlan0 scan (excerpt)
Cell xx - Address:
                    ESSID:""
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:5/5 Signal level:-20 dBm Noise level:-90 dBm
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s

see attached screenshot.
please advise if more info needed.
cheers

[fuggum (fuggum)]

lspci excerpt

Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

[fuggum (fuggum)]

updated today, and the signal strength indicator is now working.
thanx :)
cheers