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bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1: bcmwl kernel module failed to build

Bug #1224714 reported by RAKESH SHARMA D on 2013-09-12

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1095751: bcmwl fails to build with 3.8 kernels [error: 'struct cfg80211_ibss_params' has no member named 'channel']. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,301 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 145839 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1 (using .../bcmwl-kernel-source_6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1_i386.deb) ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Unpacking replacement bcmwl-kernel-source ...
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1) ...
Loading new bcmwl-6.20.155.1+bdcom DKMS files...
Building only for 3.8.0-29-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.8.0-29-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.8.0-29-generic (i686)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/make.log for more information.
FATAL: Module wl not found.
FATAL: Error running install command for wl
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-29-generic

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42~precise1-generic 3.8.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-29-generic
Date: Fri Sep 13 03:33:26 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageVersion: 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1
SourcePackage: bcmwl
Title: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1: bcmwl kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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RAKESH SHARMA D (drakeshs) wrote on 2013-09-12:

DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (947 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2013-09-12

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-09-14:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in bcmwl (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2013-09-16:

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 1095751, 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.