Attached are the commands which Ritesh gave above. Also, in case it
matters, my laptop is the Dell XPS 13 9343.
~ sudo modinfo wl
[sudo] password for richard:
filename: /lib/modules/4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64/updates/dkms/wl.ko
license: MIXED/Proprietary
license: MIXED/Proprietary
alias: pci:v*d*sv*sd*bc02sc80i*
depends: cfg80211
vermagic: 4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: passivemode:int
parm: wl_txq_thresh:int
parm: oneonly:int
parm: piomode:int
parm: instance_base:int
parm: nompc:int
parm: intf_name:string
~ apt-cache policy broadcom-sta-dkms
broadcom-sta-dkms:
Installed: 6.30.223.271-2
Candidate: 6.30.223.271-2
Version table:
*** 6.30.223.271-2 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
6.30.223.248-3 0
500 http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/ jessie/non-free amd64 Packages
Richard Decal
University of Washington
Fairhall Lab
On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 4:15 AM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <r...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-04-25 at 16:53 -0500, Richard Decal wrote:
> > Package: linux-headers-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-common
> > Version: 4.3.3-7~bpo8+1
> > Severity: important
> > File: wl
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > Sorry if there is any missing information in this bug report. I don't
> report
> > bugs often, please let me know if I should include the output of any
> other
> > commands.
> >
> > For the past few months, I've constantly been having problems with my
> WiFi
> > disconnecting, or being unable to connect to certain hotspots, or being
> unable
> > to connect if I had manually disconnected from a hotspot. The only thing
> that
> > helps is rebooting, sometimes twice. This also happens after suspending
> my
> > laptop.
> >
>
>
> I have the same hardware and the same problem. IMO, this bug should be
> reassigned to broadcom-sta-dkms package, which generates the wl.ko driver.
>
>
> rrs@chutzpah:~$ sudo modinfo wl
> [sudo] password for rrs:
> filename: /lib/modules/4.5.0-1-amd64/updates/dkms/wl.ko
> license: MIXED/Proprietary
> license: MIXED/Proprietary
> alias: pci:v*d*sv*sd*bc02sc80i*
> depends: cfg80211
> vermagic: 4.5.0-1-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions
> parm: passivemode:int
> parm: wl_txq_thresh:int
> parm: oneonly:int
> parm: piomode:int
> parm: instance_base:int
> parm: nompc:int
> parm: intf_name:string
> 14:43 ___ _
>
> rrs@chutzpah:~$ apt-cache policy broadcom-sta-dkms
> broadcom-sta-dkms:
> Installed: 6.30.223.271-2
> Candidate: 6.30.223.271-2
> Version table:
> *** 6.30.223.271-2 990
> 990 http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing/non-free amd64 Packages
> 990 http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing/non-free i386 Packages
> 990 http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable/non-free amd64 Packages
> 990 http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable/non-free i386 Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 14:44 ___ _
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > -- System Information:
> > Debian Release: 8.4
> > APT prefers stable-updates
> > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
> > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> >
> > Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> >
> > -- debconf-show failed
> >
> >
> Given the large number of mailing lists I follow, I request you to CC
> me in replies for quicker response
>
>
