I just tried with Ubuntu 18.04 daily builds and the bug is still present, could anybody care to comment if this bug is ever going to be fixed or not?
-- 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/1687255 Title: cannot install driver after installing os Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I've just installed Ubuntu 17.04 from usb I go to additional drivers And select "Using Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver source from bcmxl-kernel-source (propietary) Click Apply Changes Enter my pasword But then, the same dialog appears showing the driver is not in use, and the wifi won't work. The same procedure worked ok from the live cd Have been experiencing this from version 15.04 onwards, version 14.04 seemed to work fine. I found this workaround asking as askubuntu (https://askubuntu.com/questions/632907/cannot-use-wifi- broadcom-802-11-alternative-driver-in-ubuntu-15-04) From the installation media install pool/restricted/b/bcmwl/bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb pool/main/d/dkms/dkms_2.3-3_all.deb with dpkg -i *.deb I guess that running it from the Additional drivers dialog should be giving some error... More info: $ uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.10.0-19-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 6 17:04:57 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ sudo lshw -c network *-network description: Wireless interface product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n vendor: Broadcom Limited physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 logical name: wlp1s0 version: 01 serial: 9c:ad:97:d6:fa:1b width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.271 (r587334) ip=192.168.0.14 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 resources: irq:18 memory:b0400000-b0407fff To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1687255/+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
