This issue sometimes will affect 201101-7173, with the same error message in /var/log/syslog: wpa_supplicant[1219]: Association request to the driver failed
Wireless controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4359] -- 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/1498743 Title: [BCM4313][14e4:4727] Unable to connect to the network with proprietary driver installed Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu: New Status in wpasupplicant package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: CID: 201103-7379 Dell Latitude E4310 With bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.2 installed on this SRU system, the wireless network refuses to connect to any visible AP, you can see it failed to associate the request to the driver from syslog Sep 23 00:28:12 201103-7379 wpa_supplicant[1150]: Association request to the driver failed 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:4727] (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Inspiron M5010 / XPS 8300 [1028:0010] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at 52c00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: wl Kernel modules: wl, bcma, brcmsmac There was once a similar bug reported before (bug 1220504), but it can be fixed with deb file provided by Alberto (with driver version 6.30.223.141+bdcom-0ubuntu1), I will switch back to this package to verify this again later. Note: This driver works on another SRU system, 201103-7380, running with BCM4313 [14e4:4727] as well, just with a little difference in the Subsystem: 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:4727] (rev 01) Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:051a] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at d0300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: wl Kernel modules: wl, bcma, brcmsmac ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-91.129-generic 3.2.71 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-91-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Sep 23 00:13:28 2015 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: bcmwl UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1498743/+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
