I have just re-executed the command "apport-collect 1360783" while the broadcom adapter was active, without sudo permission.
It failed with a popup window titled "Updating Problem Report" and the text "No additional information collected." Here is the console log: brian@bacchus:~$ apport-collect 1360783 The authorization page: (https://launchpad.net/+authorize-token?oauth_token=dt1ZkgdmKbTwz5wW096W&allow_permission=DESKTOP_INTEGRATION) should be opening in your browser. Use your browser to authorize this program to access Launchpad on your behalf. Press any key to continue or wait (5) seconds... Waiting to hear from Launchpad about your decision... Created new window in existing browser session. Package bcmwl not installed and no hook available, ignoring brian@bacchus:~$ It doesn't look very helpful to me! In case you are wondering, here are the relevant package details: brian@bacchus:~$ dpkg -l | grep bcmwl ii bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.141+bdcom-0ubuntu2 i386 Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver source brian@bacchus:~$ dpkg -l | grep apport ii apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 all automatically generate crash reports for debugging ii apport-gtk 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 all GTK+ frontend for the apport crash report system ii apport-symptoms 0.20 all symptom scripts for apport ii python-apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 all Python library for Apport crash report handling ii python3-apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 all Python 3 library for Apport crash report handling brian@bacchus:~$ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1360783 Title: Broadcom wifi crash in bcmwl-kernel-source cfg80211 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1360783/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs