Public bug reported: A Dell Inspiron B130 with a Broadcom 4318 card receives a segfault on adding WiFi which was not detected at the 32-bit Lubuntu 14.04 LTS install. WiFi works flawlessly on XP and Win 8.1u1.
I try to install the driver after a new Lubuntu 14.04 32-bit install (ISO passed the MD5 checksum test), and I end up with a segmentation fault when I try to follow the official Ubuntu instructions from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx (which are for 12.04 and earlier, anyway). See attachment to show the result. I then try to add using Additional Drivers in Synaptic, which fails, prompting me to run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" which results in another Segmentation Fault. This has been replicated several times. The network connection fails until I shutdown and restart. No WiFi even after the shutdown/reboot. Then, I replace the wl package with b43cutter Version 1:018-2 which does not segfault, but also doesn't work when I try to connect with it. ** Affects: b43-fwcutter (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: 14.04lts broadcom lubuntu segfault ** Attachment added: "result of sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1323404/+attachment/4120170/+files/segfault.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to b43-fwcutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1323404 Title: Segfault on adding WiFi for Broadcom in Lubuntu 14.04 Status in “b43-fwcutter” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: A Dell Inspiron B130 with a Broadcom 4318 card receives a segfault on adding WiFi which was not detected at the 32-bit Lubuntu 14.04 LTS install. WiFi works flawlessly on XP and Win 8.1u1. I try to install the driver after a new Lubuntu 14.04 32-bit install (ISO passed the MD5 checksum test), and I end up with a segmentation fault when I try to follow the official Ubuntu instructions from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx (which are for 12.04 and earlier, anyway). See attachment to show the result. I then try to add using Additional Drivers in Synaptic, which fails, prompting me to run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" which results in another Segmentation Fault. This has been replicated several times. The network connection fails until I shutdown and restart. No WiFi even after the shutdown/reboot. Then, I replace the wl package with b43cutter Version 1:018-2 which does not segfault, but also doesn't work when I try to connect with it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/1323404/+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
