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package bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38 bdcom-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 3

Bug #784913 reported by Herberth Amaral on 2011-05-18

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #776439: package bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 3 (Error! There are no instances of module: bcmwl). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

My wireless card (Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)) is not working under Ubuntu 11.04, so I followed this guide (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1369975) in order to get it working.

One of the procedures described tells that I need to remove the bcmwl-kernel package, so I did it and the system crashed.

My wireless card is not working and this package is broken.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
AptOrdering: bcmwl-kernel-source: Purge
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 18 19:55:55 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
SourcePackage: bcmwl
Title: package bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Herberth Amaral (herberthamaral) wrote on 2011-05-18:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (524 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (57.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (274 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote on 2011-05-19:

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 #776439, 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.