Wireless driver broken on 12.04 upgrade

[mellery]

My wireless has stopped working on upgrade to 12.04, here is info I've found requested in other threads, if anyone can help

lspci | grep work

12:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)

sudo lshw -C network

  *-network UNCLAIMED     
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:12:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:fbc00000-fbc03fff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:13:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: f0:4d:a2:b6:6d:2a
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/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 firmware=N/A ip=192.168.2.116 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:45 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:d0b10000-d0b10fff memory:d0b00000-d0b0ffff memory:fb200000-fb21ffff

lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
ppp_deflate            13038  1 
zlib_deflate           27139  1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp               12994  0 
ppp_async              17539  1 
crc_ccitt              12667  1 ppp_async
des_generic            21415  0 
md4                    12595  0 
joydev                 17693  0 
rfcomm                 47604  0 
bnep                   18281  2 
bluetooth             180104  10 rfcomm,bnep
dm_crypt               23125  0 
parport_pc             32866  0 
ppdev                  17113  0 
nls_utf8               12557  1 
cifs                  287273  2 
binfmt_misc            17540  1 
dell_wmi               12681  0 
sparse_keymap          13890  1 dell_wmi
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     32474  1 
snd_hda_codec_idt      70795  1 
dell_laptop            18119  0 
dcdbas                 14490  1 dell_laptop
snd_hda_intel          33773  3 
snd_hda_codec         127706  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13668  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                97188  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
psmouse                87692  0 
serio_raw              13211  0 
snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
snd_rawmidi            30748  1 snd_seq_midi
uvcvideo               72627  0 
videodev               98259  1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32    17128  1 videodev
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                61896  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              29990  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14540  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    78855  16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
mac_hid                13253  0 
soundcore              15091  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         18529  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mei                    41616  0 
lp                     17799  0 
parport                46562  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid                 47199  0 
hid                    99559  1 usbhid
i915                  468651  3 
wmi                    19256  1 dell_wmi
drm_kms_helper         46978  1 i915
r8169                  62099  0 
drm                   242038  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit           13423  1 i915
video                  19596  1 i915

I think the problem is with the following

sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,151 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 283451 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1 (using .../bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb) ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Unpacking replacement bcmwl-kernel-source ...
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1) ...
Loading new bcmwl-5.100.82.38+bdcom DKMS files...
Building only for 3.2.0-24-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 3.2.0-24-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/make.log for more information.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-generic
cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of /dev/sda1
cryptsetup: WARNING: could not determine root device from /etc/fstab

/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/make.log has the following text

DKMS make.log for bcmwl-5.100.82.38+bdcom for kernel 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64)
Sun Apr 29 20:17:42 EDT 2012
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic'
make: execvp: make: Too many levels of symbolic links
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build] Error 127
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic'

[Guitar John]

Go into the Software Center and type "b43" into the search bar. I think you win find what you are looking fo there. I had the same problem with 11.10 on my old Dell 2200.

[chili555]

I'm not at all sure that b43 is correct for his device without more information. Please post:

lspci -nn | grep 0280

Thanks.

[mellery]

firmware-b43-lpphy-installer, b43-fwcutter, and firmware-b43legacy-installer are all installed

firmware-b43-installer isn't installed but it doesn't list bcm4313 as a supported chipset

[mellery]

I'm not at all sure that b43 is correct for his device without more information. Please post:

lspci -nn | grep 0280

Thanks.

lspci -nn | grep 0280

12:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)

thanks

[chili555]

If kindly old Dr. Chili were the kind of person to curse, he'd start now. Your device is claimed by three competing drivers and none are b43! We have some work to do. First, let's try to get bcmwl-kernel-source going:

sudo su
apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
echo "blacklist bcma" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
echo "blacklist brcmsmac" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
echo wl >> /etc/modules
exit

If all this goes without drama, reboot and let us have your report.

I think there is a very slight possibility that one of the two that we blacklisted is correct. I hope I'm wrong.

[mellery]

"apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source" still fails with the error in my first post

The following ones were already blacklisted,

blacklist bcma
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist brcmwl

I've added brcmsmac to the blacklist, and wl to /etc/modules

edit: rebooted and no luck

[chili555]

Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/make.log for more information.

And what did it say?

blacklist bcma
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist brcmwl

Be sure to add brcmsmac.

[mellery]

/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/make.log has the following text

DKMS make.log for bcmwl-5.100.82.38+bdcom for kernel 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64)
Sun Apr 29 20:17:42 EDT 2012
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic'
make: execvp: make: Too many levels of symbolic links
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build] Error 127
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic'

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[chili555]

/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/make.log has the following text

DKMS make.log for bcmwl-5.100.82.38+bdcom for kernel 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64)
Sun Apr 29 20:17:42 EDT 2012
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic'
make: execvp: make: Too many levels of symbolic links
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build] Error 127
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic'

Sorry, I didn't see that above. Still studying...

If you boot into an older kernel at the GRUB menu, can you --reinstall it? I wonder if it would help to --reinstall linux-image-`uname -r` and linux-headers-`uname -r.`

I wonder if it's a 64-bit issue. I successfully reinstalled bcmwl-kernel-source just now on 32-bit PAE.