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LennartP (lennart-preuss) wrote : Re: [Bug 1289746] Re: BCM4313 not working with some wireless AP

I did as you asked, but all I got was this error message:

"Package broadcom-sta not installed and no hook available, ignoring"

...and a pop-up saying "No additional information collected.

So, what do I do now?

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> LennartP, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to
> make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will
> automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
> apport-collect 1289746
>
> As well, please include all the information following
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx#Filing_bug_reports
> .
>
> When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-
> bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this
> functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.
>
> ** Changed in: broadcom-sta (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1289746
>
> Title:
> BCM4313 not working with some wireless AP
>
> Status in “broadcom-sta” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> 1) lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
> Release: 14.04
>
> N.B: The same problem existed in 13.10 with this computer about a
> month ago.
>
> 2) From software center: broadcom-sta-source 6.30.223.141-1.
>
> 3) What i expected to happen: Once the driver connects to my AP at
> home, i expect it to forward IP-packets between the AP and my
> computer.
>
> 4) What happened instead: Almost nothing. There is a valid ARP entry
> for the AP in the ARP cache, but there are no replies from ping.
>
> The AP is a DLINK DIR-645. I've got two Android devices of different
> versions using the AP w/o problems, so the AP is not broken. The
> driver works with an AP from Huawei. This computer has been able to
> use the AP w/o problems running 12.04 until abount six months ago,
> when no longer connect to it.
>
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>
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