Comment 3 for bug 1796608

Hello,

    Was able to get this to load.
    This is a new install of ubuntu 18.04.
    Had to run the "install -f" cmd a few times, then the updates worked.

    Mark Dannunzio

> On October 7, 2018 at 10:26 PM Daniel van Vugt <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1757008 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1757008
>
> 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 1757008, 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.
>
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu8: bcmwl kernel module failed to build
> + bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu8: bcmwl kernel module failed to build [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’; did you mean ‘init_timers’?]
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1757008
> Broadcom wireless drivers failed to build [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’]
>
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> Title:
> bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu8: bcmwl kernel module
> failed to build [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’;
> did you mean ‘init_timers’?]
>
> Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> package will not load
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
> Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu8
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
> Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
> Architecture: amd64
> DKMSKernelVersion: 4.15.0-29-generic
> Date: Sun Oct 7 21:26:55 2018
> DuplicateSignature: dkms:bcmwl-kernel-source:6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu8:/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.248+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2358:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’; did you mean ‘init_timers’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-05 (2 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
> PackageVersion: 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu8
> Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
> PythonDetails: N/A
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
> apt 1.6.3
> SourcePackage: bcmwl
> Title: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu8: bcmwl kernel module failed to build
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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