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

[Al Ferguson]

I am uncertain if this is a new bug as I am not sure how to describe what has happened. I was doing a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04 and suddenly got an error message indicating there was a problem in or with "bcmwl", whatever that is.

It has caused my laptop to become non respondant and I had to restart it, but as it only has half an operating system it won't work so I have gone back to Windows as I urgently need the laptop to do my university work.

I may try Ubuntu again at some future date, but it won't be until such a time as I can afford to have a laptop non-functional while I try to resolve very annoying issues.

Regards

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: 3.8.0-30-generic
Date: Sat Sep 21 11:53:00 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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