And I very seriously believe that it is the "/DEBIAN/control" file within the .deb package that is causing the trouble.
Line #15 in it seems to be an accidental copy-paste, confusing dpkg (a super long Modalias line). Needs to be fixed (deleted) immediately before plenty of more "The update broke my system" threads pop up, as if all those brand new Ethernet troubles were not enough. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1367882 Title: linux-firmware-nonfree doesn't properly install firmware. Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The latest version of linux-firmware-nonfree does not install the firmware files to /lib/firmware as expected. In fact, if --reinstall is selected, the package actually removes previously installed firmware! Please see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2243562 Refer to posts #9 and following. On my own system, I did: sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux- firmware-nonfree. After it completes, I did: ls -al /lib/firmware/b43 and find: ls: cannot access /lib/firmware/b43: No such file or directory As this package installs required firmware for many ubiquitous Broadcom wireless devices, it is important that this bug be corrected soon. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1367882/+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
