@Joseph Salisbury: wrt mainline kernel, turned out I missed the one of the kernel header packages. retrying I get:
bheinsius@bheinsius-Latitude-E6400:~$ sudo dpkg -i bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1_i386.deb ... Building initial module for 3.4.0-030400-generic-pae ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-3.4.0-030400-generic-pae is not supported Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.4.0-030400-generic-pae (i686) Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/make.log for more information. update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.4.0-030400-generic-pae bheinsius@bheinsius-Latitude-E6400:~$ and bheinsius@bheinsius-Latitude-E6400:~$ more /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/make.log DKMS make.log for bcmwl-5.100.82.38+bdcom for kernel 3.4.0-030400-generic-pae (i686) Mon May 21 16:55:06 CEST 2012 make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.0-030400-generic-pae' LD /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/built-in.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:43:24: fatal error: asm/system.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o] Error 1 make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.0-030400-generic-pae' bheinsius@bheinsius-Latitude-E6400:~$ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991232 Title: 14e4:432b Regression in wireless performance when on battery power To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/991232/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
