A little more information on what happens:
After a clean install of Kubuntu 9.10 and installing all available updates, I went into the hardware drivers and attempted to install the Broadcom STA wireless driver. Installation completed but before i could restart the system crashed. Other attempts have yeilded similar results and all of them either fail or crash.
here is the system info you requested:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem (rev 03)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
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Module Size Used by
cbc 4224 70
cryptd 8008 0
aes_x86_64 8992 71
aes_generic 28480 1 aes_x86_64
ecb 3296 1
dm_crypt 14888 0
ppdev 8232 0
b43 136584 0
mac80211 210008 1 b43
snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi 14880 1
snd_hda_codec_idt 72976 1
snd_hda_intel 31880 2
cfg80211 109144 2 b43,mac80211
snd_hda_codec 87584 3 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 9352 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 44704 0
wl 1277380 0
iptable_filter 3872 0
lib80211 7812 1 wl
ip_tables 21200 1 iptable_filter
snd_mixer_oss 18976 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 93160 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 3460 0
x_tables 25832 1 ip_tables
snd_seq_oss 33440 0
lp 11908 0
snd_seq_midi 8192 0
snd_rawmidi 27360 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8448 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 60608 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
parport 40528 2 ppdev,lp
snd_timer 26992 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
hp_accel 12480 0
snd_seq_device 8308 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
lis3lv02d 9312 1 hp_accel
uvcvideo 65260 0
snd 77096 17 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
joydev 13088 0
lirc_ene0100 9444 0
soundcore 9088 1 snd
input_polldev 4720 1 lis3lv02d
lirc_dev 13928 1 lirc_ene0100
snd_page_alloc 10928 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
psmouse 57124 0
led_class 5256 2 b43,hp_accel
ssb 40944 1 b43
videodev 43360 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 16804 2 uvcvideo,videodev
serio_raw 6596 0
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 13344 1 videodev
fbcon 41344 72
tileblit 3136 1 fbcon
font 8832 1 fbcon
bitblit 6688 1 fbcon
softcursor 2336 1 bitblit
usb_storage 66016 0
usbhid 43968 0
i915 247304 2
drm 193856 2 i915
i2c_algo_bit 7076 1 i915
r8169 38884 0
mii 6368 1 r8169
intel_agp 32816 2 i915
video 23612 1 i915
output 3680 1 video
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Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0408:03f1 Quanta Computer, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Stroage Device
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c526 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:d9500000-d9503fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:26:9e:12:85:10
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.197 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
resources: irq:30 ioport:5000(size=256) memory:d1410000-d1410fff(prefetchable) memory:d1400000-d140ffff(prefetchable) memory:d1420000-d142ffff(prefetchable)
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eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:9e:12:85:10
inet addr:192.168.1.197 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::226:9eff:fe12:8510/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:905 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:879 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:946764 (946.7 KB) TX bytes:172088 (172.0 KB)
Interrupt:30 Base address:0x6000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1240 (1.2 KB) TX bytes:1240 (1.2 KB)
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lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
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NetworkManager Tool
State: connected
- Device: eth0 [Auto eth0] ----------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: r8169
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: 00:26:9E:12:85:10
Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s
Wired Properties
Carrier: on
IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.1.197
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 192.168.1.1
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