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bcmwl package

  1. Bug #1385059
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 1385059

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HugoHirsch (ubuntubugs-aiki-it) wrote : Re: no wlan on lenovo s10e - Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

Thanks for pointing me to the Mainline Builds. When I tried to install
"linux-headers-3.18.0-031800rc1-generic_3.18.0-031800rc1.201410192135_i386.deb" et.al. I ran into the problem described in #1358966.

I'm not sure if the proposed patch would help to solve my problem - after further debugging it seems that the pure hardware itself seems to be recognized, but a wireless network connection cannot be established:

<log>
Oct 24 22:35:04 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Activation (wlan0)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Oct 24 22:35:04 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0): device
state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
Oct 24 22:35:04 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Activation
(wlan0/wireless): connection 'SSID' has security, and secrets
exist. No new secrets needed.
Oct 24 22:35:04 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Config: added
'ssid' value 'SSID'
Oct 24 22:35:04 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Config: added
'scan_ssid' value '1'
Oct 24 22:35:04 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Config: added
'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK'
Oct 24 22:35:04 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Config: added 'psk'
value '<omitted>'
Oct 24 22:35:04 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Activation (wlan0)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Oct 24 22:35:04 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Config: set
interface ap_scan to 1
Oct 24 22:35:05 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant
interface state: inactive -> scanning
Oct 24 22:35:30 box NetworkManager[804]: <warn> Activation
(wlan0/wireless): association took too long, failing activation.
Oct 24 22:35:30 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0): device
state change: config -> failed (reason 'SSID not found') [50 120 53]
Oct 24 22:35:30 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> NetworkManager
state is now DISCONNECTED
Oct 24 22:35:30 box NetworkManager[804]: <warn> Activation (wlan0)
failed for connection 'SSID'
Oct 24 22:35:30 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0): device
state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Oct 24 22:35:30 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0):
deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]
Oct 24 22:35:30 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant
interface state: scanning -> disconnected
Oct 24 22:35:30 box NetworkManager[804]: <warn> Couldn't disconnect
supplicant interface: This interface is not connected.
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Activation (wlan0)
starting connection 'HOME'
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0): device
state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> NetworkManager
state is now CONNECTING
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Activation (wlan0)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Activation (wlan0)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Activation (wlan0)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Activation (wlan0)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Activation (wlan0)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0): device
state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Activation
(wlan0/wireless): connection 'HOME' has security, and secrets exist. No
new secrets needed.
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Config: added
'ssid' value 'SSID'
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Config: added
'scan_ssid' value '1'
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Config: added
'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK'
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Config: added 'psk'
value '<omitted>'
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Activation (wlan0)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> Config: set
interface ap_scan to 1
Oct 24 22:36:09 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant
interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Oct 24 22:36:34 box NetworkManager[804]: <warn> Activation
(wlan0/wireless): association took too long, failing activation.
Oct 24 22:36:34 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0): device
state change: config -> failed (reason 'SSID not found') [50 120 53]
Oct 24 22:36:34 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> NetworkManager
state is now DISCONNECTED
Oct 24 22:36:34 box NetworkManager[804]: <warn> Activation (wlan0)
failed for connection 'HOME'
Oct 24 22:36:34 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0): device
state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Oct 24 22:36:34 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0):
deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]
Oct 24 22:36:34 box NetworkManager[804]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant
interface state: scanning -> disconnected
</log>

After rebooting into the new kernel the trackpad did not work and due to the missing module no WLAN was available.