Broadcom released a new update to the module. Hopefully, someone will upgrade linux-restricted-modules to that. And hopefully, this new release will fix your problem.
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:05 AM, shivaneck <[email protected]> wrote: > same here - still crashing on ubuntu 8.10 with a dell d630. I've been > using the b43 driver for months, without a single crash. As soon as I > .try the wl, either directly from broadcom or via the restricted update, > boom - crash. This looks to be especially true when you throw a lot of > data at it - for instance - copying several streams from an nfs share. > > this thing is still broken - broken to the point where it'll hose your > box. > > -- > Broadcom STA/wl driver causes random kernel panics > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292450 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- People Shouldn't Be Afraid of Their Government, Governments' Should Be Afraid of Their People. To all the good hackers around the world -- put on your Batman masks when you fight. I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. -- Mahatma Gandhi -- Broadcom STA/wl driver causes random kernel panics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292450 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
