Ubuntu
bcmwl package

  1. Bug #511379
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 511379

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Mike (bild85) wrote : Re: cannot load Broadcom STA wireless driver (BCM4311)

same problem here. However the solution was to remove the bcmwl-kernel driver using Synaptic, then going back into Hardware drivers as suggested here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8628930&postcount=3. At this point, I was still unable to activate the Broadcom STA driver, but noticed a new option, the Broadcom B43 wireless driver. I activated it and the activation was successful.
While I was in the Hardware Drivers dialog, I tried to activate the Nvidia Accelerated Graphics Driver and got Kernel Panic (caps-lock and scroll-lock lights blinking together, entire system unresponsive) so had to do a powercycle. I don't expect this was related to this bug, but thought I'd mention it. I'll open another bug for that if necessary.