Public bug reported: I own a MacBook Air 6,2 on which I've installed several versions of Ubuntu. I recently updated to the hirsute (21.04) pre-release, but WiFi has stopped working. Some web searching suggested re-installing the bcmwl-kernel-source package, which produced the following output:
$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source [sudo] password for rodsmith: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 1,546 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://nessus.rodsbooks.com/ubuntu hirsute/restricted amd64 bcmwl-kernel-source amd64 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu7 [1,546 kB] Fetched 1,546 kB in 1s (1,810 kB/s) (Reading database ... 342396 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb ... Removing all DKMS Modules Done. Unpacking bcmwl-kernel-source (6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu7) over (6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu7) ... Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu7) ... Loading new bcmwl-6.30.223.271+bdcom DKMS files... Building for 5.10.0-14-generic Building for architecture x86_64 Building initial module for 5.10.0-14-generic Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.10.0-14-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/make.log for more information. dpkg: error processing package bcmwl-kernel-source (--configure): installed bcmwl-kernel-source package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: bcmwl-kernel-source E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I'm attaching the /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/make.log file referenced above. Some more information: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Hirsute Hippo (development branch) Release: 21.04 $ apt-cache policy bcmwl-kernel-source bcmwl-kernel-source: Installed: 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu7 Candidate: 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu7 Version table: *** 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu7 500 500 http://nessus.rodsbooks.com/ubuntu hirsute/restricted amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ lshw -C network WARNING: you should run this program as super-user. *-network UNCLAIMED description: Network controller product: BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 version: 03 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:b0600000-b0607fff memory:b0400000-b05fffff *-network description: Ethernet interface physical id: 2 bus info: usb@2:1 logical name: enx00051bb07d68 serial: 00:05:1b:b0:7d:68 size: 1Gbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s capabilities: ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=ax88179_178a driverversion=5.10.0-14-generic duplex=full ip=172.24.125.22 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user. (Note that the Ethernet device is a plug-in USB adapter; it's not a stock part of the laptop.) ** Affects: bcmwl (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "make.log file referenced in the package installation failure message." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1916962/+attachment/5467261/+files/make.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1916962 Title: WiFi stopped working on hirsute with bcmwl To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1916962/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
