I confirm that many caps-lock-flashing freezes still occur with driver version 5.10.27.12 which is present in linux-restricted- modules-2.6.27-11-generic v2.6.27-11.16 and using AES/CCMP encryption on the wireless LAN.
Following Urschl's update above, I went to http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php to get the latest driver version 5.10.79.10 and also the "Patch for WPA-Enterprise hang". My concern with the patch is that it only addresses WPA Enterprise issues .... but I am using WPA2 Personal right now ..... Maybe it will still help? Anyway, I've installed the patched driver v.5.10.79.10 and no lockups so far (in the last 5 minutes :) I've included a short generic HOWTO for those interested in doing the same. It covers creating local source directory, getting the latest driver and patch (for 64-bit Linux), patching the code, building and installing the driver, and manually refreshing the currently loaded driver. Hope it helps someone. Latest Broadcom wl HOWTO: cd; mkdir wl_src SRC=$HOME/wl_src cd $SRC wget http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5_10_79_10.tar.gz tar zxvf hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5_10_79_10.tar.gz wget http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/wl_iw.patch cd src/wl/sys patch < ../../../wl_iw.patch cd $SRC VER=`uname -r` make -C /lib/modules/$VER/build M=`pwd` WLPATH=`find /lib/modules/$VER -name wl.ko` sudo mv wl.ko $WLPATH sudo modprobe -r wl sudo modprobe wl -- 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
