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ok since there was no reply I went ahead and attempted to figure this out on my own .

in short yes you can grow the partition without reinstalling , I have opened up 400 gb of space , did it...

ok it is officail I did a check and the 56 GB partition I set for Ubuntu is at almost 54GB the disk is so full mail program crashes because of a lack of space to receive mail .. right next to it g...

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 I have been running it on this lap top since I bought it last spring a year give or take a few weeks ..

it does have windows installed thoughI have never booted or used...

ok so I unpinned everything ubanned everything and rebooted I am back where I started .

The way I see it at this point if nothing else I have learned these things to go long with everything else...

Very interesting GO figure

the issue I do have with this driver is that it is not the best its signal is always weak and it disconnects a few times a day and wont reconnect unless I reboot .
...

yeah the wireless here is working too after removing the STA driver that the update killed however the driver is not Ideal signal is weak and connection trends to drop if I move more then 10 feet...

lsmod | grep brcmsmac
brcmsmac 570930 0
mac80211 506862 1 brcmsmac
brcmutil 15139 1 brcmsmac
cfg80211 205774 2 brcmsmac,mac80211
crc8 ...

ok still using it after the -initramfs -u everything still looks black listed and pinned as it was .

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: wlan0 [Imagination Movers...

Not yet my bad :P

I thought you wanted to see it before going now to run the code and reboot

i posted it once but here it is again :)

the scanning could have been something freaking out from when I did the cpoy and paste from the setting I was in there I dont always pay attention to...

hehe
learning something news everyday I guess

Then you think dont be worried about the shut down warning and the fact that its been nearly an hour since the reboot the system settings is ...

ok here is where it stands the drivers are on the black list confermed this how ever it still booted using the bmac driver..

the odd thing I did note is that on shut down before the reboot ...

Package bcmwl-kernel-source:
i 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6 precise 500
p 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1 ...

ok so I have all the info coped in notes just incase I chacked the driver I pinned yesterday shows its still pinned .

should I go through The whole down grade and install before I black list ??

wow IM back been very busy all day

I understand the reasoning and purpose of black listing the driver from working for sure ..
heh my reluctance as I pointed out is that it is at this point...

ok so to this point I have done nothing there was 2 glib updates this morning I installed other then that I have meade no changes.

this morning how ever there is the yellow lock on the top tool...

apochry

THat decribes the issue to nearly exact and according to the time fame of 4 days ago on theat link the same time frame all the updates started happening on my end here as well . .
...

well not sure how to unblack list this is somethings I never had to get involved in when I would help out with Getting bad OS upgrades going and such :)
I do have the option to install the broad...

ok Im back Here is where I am at

I went through all the process again update down grade then I pinned this time as directed I rebooted ..
ok this is where i am at lap top rebooted still on the...

ok I will get on this in just a few here :)

I have a 3 year old here and I Run a hopfully up and coming E zine with lap top issues I have fallen behind a bit the lap top being my only ...

ok sorry Interupted again here is result from aptitude after it was intstalled

Package bcmwl-kernel-source:
p 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6 precise 500
p 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1...

ok here goes

Device: wlan0 [Imagination Movers Cafe] -------------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: brcmsmac
State: connected
...

yeah I did the reboot
ok sory keep getting interrupted here with things ,

I followed everything you post but I didnt do the pin I did the reboot and it was running the same driver I was using...

ok I wont say the info you gave didn't work it dio just what you intended How ever it still didnt correct the problem at all the broad com sta driver is not working at all .

I am on wireless...

hopefully someone who can help lead through the answer will find this post.

I know I am not the only one who has this issue , the temporary solution is to remove the Broadcom STA proprietary...