and then tried to install again with the latest kernel (3.8.0-21-generic x86_64) via
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
My system didn't go into kernel panic on boot this time, but it still crashed on login. After purging the STA drivers, I decided to try the brcmsmac ones. They don't work properly. This signal strength is stuck at a very low level when I'm sat a meter from the router. So I purged them too.
I tried following the compilation instructions in the readme provided, but I encountered a few problems which I was able to resolve. First one: I got "fatal error: asm/system.h: No such file or directory". I was able to correct this by changing
I made sure my system was purged of all STA stuff
sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source
and then tried to install again with the latest kernel (3.8.0-21-generic x86_64) via
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
My system didn't go into kernel panic on boot this time, but it still crashed on login. After purging the STA drivers, I decided to try the brcmsmac ones. They don't work properly. This signal strength is stuck at a very low level when I'm sat a meter from the router. So I purged them too.
So, I tried to compile from source. I downloaded the STA source (64bit) from http:// www.broadcom. com/support/ 802.11/ linux_sta. php
I tried following the compilation instructions in the readme provided, but I encountered a few problems which I was able to resolve. First one: I got "fatal error: asm/system.h: No such file or directory". I was able to correct this by changing
#include <asm/system.h>
to
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 4, 0)
#include <asm/system.h>
#endif
in src/wl/ sys/wl_ linux.c (following https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ nvidia- graphics- drivers/ +bug/993506/ comments/ 6)
Second one: error: unknown field ‘ndo_set_ multicast_ list’ specified in initialiser. I was able to correct this by changing
.ndo_set_ multicast_ list = wl_set_ multicast_ list,
to
.ndo_set_rx_mode = wl_set_ multicast_ list,
in src/wl/ sys/wl_ linux.c (following http:// www.linuxquesti ons.org/ questions/ slackware- 14/compiling- broadcom- driver- 947294/ #post4689850). The compilation was then successful. I am still getting "WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in /home/laputopu/ Downloads/ hybrid- portsrc_ x86_64- v5_100_ 82_112/ wl.o", but it doesn't seem to matter. Finally, I had to do
sudo modprobe lib80211_crypt_tkip
before doing
sudo insmod wl.ko
and finally I have wireless back. I've attached a patch for the changes to wl_linux.c. I hope that helps someone else.