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bcmwl-kernel-source (not installed): bcmwl kernel module failed to build

Bug #987090 reported by Lonnie Lee Best on 2012-04-23

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #912155: package bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: bcmwl kernel module failed to build (error: unknown field ‘ndo_set_multicast_list’ specified in initializer). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

I was following the instructions from this article, when the crash occured:
http://www.computerandyou.net/2011/05/how-to-solve-no-wireless-networks-in-ubuntu-11-04/

Here's the wireless card I'm having difficultly getting to work:
Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 02)

In previous versions of Ubuntu, there would be b43 drivers I could choose, that would make this wireless card work, but now there are only STA drivers, and they don't actually work for this nic.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.2.0-23-generic-pae
Date: Sun Apr 22 22:56:24 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
PackageVersion: (not installed)
SourcePackage: bcmwl
Title: bcmwl-kernel-source (not installed): bcmwl kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport) wrote on 2012-04-23:

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Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-04-23

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2012-04-24:

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 912155, 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.