I can confirm that if I manually build the saucy deb on this precise raring HWE, the wireless works fine.
Therefore, I would suggest that the saucy broadcom source package should be backported to precise so that HWE upgraders dont suffer the same issues. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bcmwl in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1216288 Title: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1: bcmwl kernel module failed to build Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: the following error was seen in /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/make.log dad@emachine:/home/home/dad$ more /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/make.log DKMS make.log for bcmwl-6.20.155.1+bdcom for kernel 3.8.0-29-generic (x86_64) Sat Aug 24 11:48:35 BST 2013 make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-29-generic' CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version Using CFG80211 API LD /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/built-in.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.o /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c: In function ‘wl_cfg80211_join_ibss’: /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:705:26: erro r: ‘struct cfg80211_ibss_params’ has no member named ‘channel’ /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c: At top leve l: /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:1560:2: warn ing: initialisation from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:1560:2: warn ing: (near initialisation for ‘wl_cfg80211_ops.scan’) [enabled by default] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:1565:2: warn ing: initialisation from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:1565:2: warn ing: (near initialisation for ‘wl_cfg80211_ops.set_tx_power’) [enabled by defaul t] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:1566:2: warn ing: initialisation from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:1566:2: warn ing: (near initialisation for ‘wl_cfg80211_ops.get_tx_power’) [enabled by defaul t] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c: In function ‘wl_update_bss_info’: /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:1991:11: err or: ‘struct cfg80211_bss’ has no member named ‘information_elements’ /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:1992:15: err or: ‘struct cfg80211_bss’ has no member named ‘len_information_elements’ make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211. o] Error 1 make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-29-generic' dad@emachine:/home/home/dad$ ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42~precise1-generic 3.8.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4 Architecture: amd64 DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-29-generic Date: Sat Aug 24 11:49:14 2013 MarkForUpload: True PackageVersion: 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1 SourcePackage: bcmwl Title: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1: bcmwl kernel module failed to build UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1216288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
