Broadcom sta driver not working correctly on BCM43142 - low signal recieved
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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bcmwl (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu
mcarmen@matri:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center
mcarmen@matri:~$ apt-cache policy bcmwl-kernel-source
bcmwl-kernel-
Installed: 6.30.223.
Candidate: 6.30.223.
Version table:
*** 6.30.223.
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
3) What you expected to happen
4) What happened instead
I have just installed Ubuntu on my laptop with a BCM43142 card. I have install the recommended driver for this card, the bcmwl-kernel-
Because signal is so low, it is constantly connecting and disconnecting.
mcarmen@matri:~$ lspci -vvnn | grep -A 9 Network
08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2230]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
Region 0: Memory at b5500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: wl
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 27 09:00:39 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-23 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bcmwl
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.