Originally Posted by
carl4926
Support may be limited with b43 so try wl (make sure you are fully updated)
do
Code:
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
then reboot
Hello Carl, thank you for your response, done this before didn't work, but I will try it again the thing is that I always get a fatal error when installing the bcmwl:
Code:
adam@adam-iMac:~$ sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
[sudo] password for adam:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
diffstat quilt module-assistant
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
bcmwl-kernel-source
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,344 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,274 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package bcmwl-kernel-source.
(Reading database ... 195895 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking bcmwl-kernel-source (from .../bcmwl-kernel-source_6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1) ...
Removing old bcmwl-6.20.155.1+bdcom DKMS files...
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Deleting module version: 6.20.155.1+bdcom
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.
Loading new bcmwl-6.20.155.1+bdcom DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.8.0-30-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 3.8.0-30-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.8.0-30-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/make.log for more information.
FATAL: Module wl not found.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-30-generic
Any Ideas?
Thanks
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