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broadcom-sta package

  1. Mantic (23.10)
  2. Bug #2013236
  3. Comment #43

Comment 43 for bug 2013236

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : Re: [Bug 2013236] Re: b43 driver conflicts with bcmwl driver for some Broadcom devices

On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 12:34:34AM -0000, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 11:16:52PM -0000, Brian Murray wrote:
> > However, using software-properties-gtk to install the proprietary driver
> > (broadcom-sta-dkms) worked and the b43 driver was blacklisted and I was
> > able to connect to a wireless network.
>
> Does this mean the driver was not offered to you automatically through
> ubuntu-drivers-common?

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by automatically. The b43 was driver
was the in use after installing and rebooting. `ubuntu-drivers list`
does show broadcom-sta-dkms as an option however, running
`ubuntu-drivers install` indicates that "All the available drivers are
already installed".

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Brian Murray