package firmware-b43legacy-installer 4.178.10.4-5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[abhijitsinhji]

i wann start my wifi.. nd yesterday i started but now its not working nd even cant see the option of wifi.. :( plz help..

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: firmware-b43legacy-installer 4.178.10.4-5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 firmware-b43-lpphy-installer: Remove
 firmware-b43legacy-installer: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 18 02:23:54 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: b43-fwcutter
Title: package firmware-b43legacy-installer 4.178.10.4-5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sérgio Faria (sergio91pt)]

Setting up firmware-b43legacy-installer (4.178.10.4-5) ...
Not supported card here (PCI id 14e4:4315
14e4:1713)!
Use b43 firmware. This is just for the b43legacy driver.

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However with the apt information given, this doesn't seem to be a bug. Why where you removing firmware-b43-lpphy-installer?

In the "binary packages" section in https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/1:013-3 you can see the supported chipsets of each package built from b43-fwcutter. Remove firmware-b43legacy-installer and install the correct package (you may need to reboot your computer).

If you're still experiencing problems, after installing the correct package, please attach to this bug report the log file created by the following commands:
sudo lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log
apt-cache policy '.*b43.*' > installed_b43_packages.log

[abhijitsinhji (abhijitsinhji)]

i did what u said.. but still its not working ..
installed_b43_packages.log is
administrator@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy '.*b43.*'
b43-fwcutter:
  Installed: 1:013-3
  Candidate: 1:013-3
  Version table:
 *** 1:013-3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386
Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
firmware-b43-installer:
  Installed: 4.150.10.5-5
  Candidate: 4.150.10.5-5
  Version table:
 *** 4.150.10.5-5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/multiverse i386
Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
firmware-b43-lpphy-installer:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4.174.64.19-5
  Version table:
     4.174.64.19-5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/multiverse i386
Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
firmware-b43legacy-installer:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4.178.10.4-5
  Version table:
     4.178.10.4-5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/multiverse i386
Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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and lspci-vvnn.log is
   Control: AttnInd Off, PwrInd Off, Power- Interlock-
  SltSta: Status: AttnBtn- PowerFlt- MRL- CmdCplt- PresDet- Interlock-
   Changed: MRL- PresDet- LinkState-
  RootCtl: ErrCorrectable- ErrNon-Fatal- ErrFatal- PMEIntEna-
CRSVisible-
  RootCap: CRSVisible-
  RootSta: PME ReqID 0000, PMEStatus- PMEPending-
 Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
  Address: fee0300c Data: 4161
 Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a0f]
 Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
  Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot
+,D3cold+)
  Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
 Capabilities: [100 v1] Virtual Channel
  Caps: LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1
  Arb: Fixed+ WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-
  Ctrl: ArbSelect=Fixed
  Status: InProgress-
  VC0: Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-
   Arb: Fixed+ WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-
   Ctrl: Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=01
   Status: NegoPending- InProgress-
 Capabilities: [180 v1] Root Complex Link
  Desc: PortNumber=02 ComponentID=02 EltType=Config
  Link0: Desc: TargetPort=00 TargetComponent=02 AssocRCRB-
LinkType=MemMapped LinkValid+
   Addr: 00000000fed1c000
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI
Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 00005000-00005fff
 Memory behind bridge: f4500000-f45fffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080800000-00000000809fffff
 Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
 BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
  PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
 Capabilities: [40] Express (v1) Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
  DevCap: MaxPayload 128 byt...

[Sérgio Faria (sergio91pt)]

Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315]

You should install the lpphy packge:
sudo apt-get remove firmware-b43-installer && sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-lpphy-installer

This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 651010, 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.

[Sérgio Faria (sergio91pt)]

Also please don't assign yourself to the bug report, unless you plan to fix it as developers won't normally touch a bug report that is assigned to someone else.