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package bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38 bdcom-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 3

Bug #785503 reported by MadMax on 2011-05-20

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #776439: package bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 3 (Error! There are no instances of module: bcmwl). Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	bcmwl (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Driver for Broadcom wifi chipset would not load after installing to hard drive with downloaded updates. The Live CD driver works. A solution found on the Ubuntu forum said to remove this and others, then reinstall.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10784935
I am unable to remove it, or get my wireless card working.

lspci shows the wifi card as:
09:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

When trying to get the additional driver to install, it referred me to the jockey.log for the errors
2011-05-19 20:50:03,458 WARNING: /sys/module/wl/drivers does not exist, cannot rebind wl driver
2011-05-19 20:50:03,564 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted
2011-05-19 20:50:08,618 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted

tiffany@dv4:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

tiffany@dv4:~$ apt-cache policy bcmwl-kernel-source
bcmwl-kernel-source:
  Installed: 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
*** 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/restricted i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AptOrdering: bcmwl-kernel-source: Purge
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 19 21:02:35 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: bcmwl
Title: package bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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MadMax (madmax) wrote on 2011-05-20:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (474 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (58.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (274 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2011-05-23:

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 #776439, 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.