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bcmwl package

  1. Bug #1119842
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 1119842

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Gabriel Thörnblad (gabriel-thornblad) wrote : Re: [ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. G75VX] suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

This is what happens when I try to install the bcmwl-kernel-source package. Notice the "Segmentation fault" after DKMS completes. Does anyone know which step this might be?

$ sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
...
Unpacking bcmwl-kernel-source (from .../bcmwl-kernel-source_6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu6) ...
Loading new bcmwl-6.20.155.1+bdcom DKMS files...
Building only for 3.8.0-7-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 3.8.0-7-generic
Done.

wl:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/3.8.0-7-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install completed.
Segmentation fault
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-7-generic

With this module installed I get the suspend/resume failures described earlier.