Christopher,
I just tried Kubuntu 15.04 for AMD64. The problem no longer exists and
the 'wl' module is not installed at all.
Was this fixed but this bug was not updated, or perhaps it was fixed as
part of another bug?
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Christopher,
I don't need a backport. This seems resolved in 15.04 and there is a workaround
in earlier versions, so I am satisfied with this.
You may close this as invalid. If this crops again in future versions, should I
post a comment here or open a new issue?
Thank you for your assistance.
Christopher,
Sorry, I should have been more clear in my previous comment. There was
no checkbox for third party drivers, but I did select a checkbox for
installing third party software, and that apparently also includes third
party drivers (although the user has no way of knowing this).
I had a
From looking at wl_linux.c, it seems to be loading the driver for any
Broadcom device containing the PCI device ID 0x43##. This is incorrect.
In my opinion, this driver should not be installed, or at least not be
loaded, by default in Ubuntu.
If someone would like, they can look at the existing
wl driver supported devices:
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
b43 driver supported devices:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices
Both 4306 (Me) and 4318 (Todor) are listed for b43 but not wl.
When I first opened this bug, I contacted the support
** Package changed: ubuntu = bcmwl (Ubuntu)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1313221
Title:
modprobe wl crashes with broadcom 4306
Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
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