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bcmwl package

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 #801053 reported by Ashwin Raut on 2011-06-23

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 1 person

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

Bug Description

I was trying to uninstall this package an got an error . I am unable to get the wifi working , if cannot get this package removed.

Thanks ,
ashwin

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: nvidia
AptOrdering: bcmwl-kernel-source: Purge
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jun 23 01:40:15 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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Ashwin Raut (ashwinraut2004) wrote on 2011-06-23:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (381 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (61.9 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 2011-06-29:

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.