@Martin Pitt How is it that 'we prefer the bcmwl driver' when it is documented to not work correctly for several Broadcom devices?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1298641 Title: proprietary driver automatically installed for broadcom b43 when open driver already in mainline kernel Status in “ubuntu-drivers-common” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Testing trusty amd64. After install the proprietary bcmwl driver is installed for the wifi chipset, however the open source b43 driver is already in the kernel, it just needs firmware-b43-installer to be installed to work. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.2.91.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Mar 27 21:33:18 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-27 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326) SourcePackage: ubuntu-drivers-common UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1298641/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
