[regression] Broadcom 4312 Not working in 9.10 (Kernel 2.6.30 restricted modules ?)

Bug #379052 reported by Fabio Albieri
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bcm43xx-fwcutter (Ubuntu)
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bcmwl (Ubuntu)
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linux (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I upgraded from Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 as of 20/05/2009
On my Dell Mini9 the wireless card is not working anymore.
Broadcom 4312
I think this may have something with the lack of linux-restricted package, not existing in synaptic for kernel 2.6.30

Fabio Albieri (chareos)
description: updated
tags: added: 4312 9.10 broadcom karmik koala
affects: ubuntu → bcm43xx-fwcutter (Ubuntu)
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brendonsoh (brendonsoh) wrote :

This is happening for me too
On 9.10 (2.6.30) bcm4312 not functioning, even with restricted drivers installed
Only difference is I have an HP Mini 1116NR

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hightower (jonas-talent) wrote :

i can confirm this is happening on ubuntu 9.10 alpha 2... it simply doesn't find my chip. (ubuntu 9.04 and alpha 1 did find my broadcom chip, however)

broadcom BCM4311 rev 01.

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hightower (jonas-talent) wrote :

I found out a way to make it work; I entered sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter and after a restart, it works. this guide helped me

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

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hightower (jonas-talent) wrote :

i can confirm, that it is unstable under 9.10 alpha 2. going back to 9.04.

tags: added: regression
summary: - Broadcom 4312 Not working in 9.10 (Kernel 2.6.30 restricted modules ?)
+ [regression] Broadcom 4312 Not working in 9.10 (Kernel 2.6.30 restricted
+ modules ?)
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Marvelboy (marvel-boy1) wrote :

Just to reiterate, as of the Karmic Beta, I still have this same problem with both my dell mini 9 and my hp pavilion dv6000.

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mookie kong (ultramookie) wrote :

I have a HP Mini 1010nr with the Broadcom 4312 wifi card. I see this too, to get it to work, I had to put in the install CD and add it as a source in Synaptic. Then I installed bcmwl-kernel-source (which will install dkms, fakeroot and something else). This let me start using my 4312 in 9.10 beta.

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captainslog (cpt-slog) wrote :

Had the same problem on my Lenovo 300 C200. Curiously I can add the Broadcom BCM 4311 wifi driver from the live CD (System/Administration/Hardware Drivers) but when I installed the beta, the option to add this driver doesnt exist. i.e. System/Administration/Hardware Drivers doesnt show any propriety drivers to add.

As a workaround I rebooted from the live CD again, activated the driver and THEN installed again by clicking the install icon on the desktop. I didn't choose to install from the menu.

After this the driver shows up but I can't get it to activate. I followed the solution above and reinstalled bcmwl-kernel-source from the synaptic package manager after choosing the install CD as a repository source and now the driver can be activated.

A 2 minute fix and all is good

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Javier Acuña Ditzel (santoposmoderno) wrote :

Same issue here with Karmic beta (linux 2.6.31-11-generic) on HP Mini 110-1030NR.

I could fix it following the steps described in: http://art.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8008760

No Internet access nor "live CD" needed. Just a couple of commands on the terminal.

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hackel (hackel) wrote :

I just installed 9.10 on my Dell Mini 9 (from the LPIA alternate installer CD), and sadly the BCM4312 is not being detected, nor is the option to install the driver available from the Hardware Drivers control panel (or jockey-text). The "wl.ko" file present in Jaunty is nowhere to be found, leaving me without networking... This is such a hugely popular network card, as crappy as it is, that this bug should really have been fixed before releasing 9.10. Doesn't leave a very good first impression!

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Thomas (sci-data-acq-devel) wrote :

Same issue here. Same symptoms described.

Changed in bcm43xx-fwcutter (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Colby (colbyhouse738) wrote :

Newbie just installed 9.10 on HP1010NR netbook. Wireless not working. Comment below seems the solution:

Comment 6 for bug 379052 mookie kong wrote on 2009-10-04:
I have a HP Mini 1010nr with the Broadcom 4312 wifi card. I see this too, to get it to work,
I had to put in the install CD and add it as a source in Synaptic. Then I installed bcmwl-
kernel-source (which will install dkms, fakeroot and something else). This let me start using
my 4312 in 9.10 beta.

I have the install USB that successfully mimicked a CD to install Ubuntu. I assume from this comment that the missing drive may exist on the USB. Can anyone provide a step-by-step guide to do the process described above?

Marvelous system.

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japotto (japotto) wrote :

To use the install USB, I modified the "cdrom" line in /etc/apt/sources.list to be:
deb file:/media/xxxxxx/ karmic main restricted
where xxxxxx is the name of your usb mount location.

Then update and install bcmwl-kernel-source as described above. Wireless now works for me.

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Dan Kennedy (danierusan) wrote :

Japotto's suggestion for obtaining the drivers from install usb worked perfectly work me on my HP Mini 1000:

dan@dan-laptop:/etc/apt$ diff sources.list sources.list.old
1c1
< deb file:/media/[Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.4)]/ karmic main restricted
---
> deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.4)]/ karmic main restricted

1) Add the CD-ROM to the list of sources from the 'Software Sources' app
2) If you leave the /etc/apt/sources.list file as-is the you wont be able to obtain the drivers via 'Hardware Drivers' app (the update process will hang once you select the STA drivers)
3) Make the edit above with vi or gedit
4) Reboot
5) Use 'Hardware Drivers' and the install of the STA drivers for the BCM4312 will proceed properly!

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Dustin (dbrooks2007) wrote :

I am currently having a similar issue using the final release, kernel 2.6.31-15-generic on an HP dv6049wm.
I have been able to install the driver, however my machine boots into low-graphics mode afterwards (unable to detect display an input devices properly). I nvidia's driver installed and have edited xorg multiple times in an attempt to correct this. When I uninstall the broadcom driver, boot continues without any problems.

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^rooker (rooker) wrote :

Similar situation here:
Dell Vostro 1320 with broadcom 4312 chipset.
It used to work fine (out of the box) with Jaunty.

The wireless device is shown in the commandline (iwconfig), but the NetworkManager refuses to enable wireless networking. I've had exactly the same behavior already in Hardy.

Przemek K. (azrael)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in bcm43xx-fwcutter (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Przemek K. (azrael) wrote :

Not a fwcutter bug. If you want to report bugs against the b43 driver please use the linux package.

tags: added: karmic regression-release
removed: 4312 karmik regression
Changed in bcmwl (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Amit (agarwalamit081) wrote :
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Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee) wrote :

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tags: added: kj-expired
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Zygmunt Krynicki (zyga) wrote :

Marking as wont-fix as karmic is no longer supported

Changed in bcmwl (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
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