"New" BIOS installed (HP claim that bootable usb could do the trick and lost me some time...):
root@Beatles:~# dmidecode -s bios-version && dmidecode -s bios-release-date 68YGU Ver. F.0E 08/27/2008 Then installed bcmwl driver sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source Then blacklisted all b4*, wl and related drivers: root@Beatles:~# cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-temp.conf blacklist b43 blacklist b44 blacklist ssb blacklist wl blacklist ssb_hcd blacklist b43legacy blacklist brcmsmac blacklist bcma Reboot and when modprobing wl I got the same .... kernel: [ 214.826743] wl driver 6.30.223.248 (r487574) failed with code 21 kernel: [ 214.826776] ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel: [ 214.826814] kernel BUG at include/net/cfg80211.h:3343! ..... Adding attached the "new" kernel bug. Rebooting (which is tricky due to the kernel state) and tested b43 and b44 - working, hopefully writing this post from the laptop. P.S. I found it annoying that wl requires modprobe ignore install b44 when b44 is my ethernet driver.... ** Attachment added: "syslog dump of kernel BUG" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1407522/+attachment/4292605/+files/syslog_extracted2.log ** Changed in: bcmwl (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1407522 Title: bcmwl package was sugested by KDE driver manager but broke the system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1407522/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
