** Description changed: I was installing Xubuntu 14.04. It said 'Configuring bcmwl-kernel-source - (amd64)' and in the details "DKMS: install completed." and it just froze + amd64)' and in the details "DKMS: install completed." and it just froze there. To continue installation I had to open up a terminal and execute - 'sudo killall -9 modprobe' + 'sudo killall -9 modprobe' due to the wl module being installed when it + doesn't support my 4306 card. I had to add it to the module blacklist. - After getting it installed, I found out that the 'wl' module causes - problems with my broadcom 4306 wireless card. I had to add it to the - module blacklist. + WORKAROUND: During the installation, do not select "Install third party + software". - When I load the 'b43' module first (which is the correct module for my - card), it loads fine [dmesg-b43-first.txt, 134-136]. Then when I try to - load the 'wl' module after that, it seems to fail gracefully - [dmesg-b43-first.txt, 203-end]. This seems normal to me. + lspci -vvnn | grep -A 9 Network - However, when I load the 'wl' module first, I get a stack trace [dmesg- - wl-first.txt, 62-end]. I cannot unload it after that as it says it's in - use. If I try to load 'b43' after that, modprobe just freezes (which I - assume is what happened during installation). The system also freezes - during reboot and I need to hard reboot my system. - - Two issues here it seems: - 1. The wrong module is being automatically loaded for my card. It should be 'b43' not 'wl'. - 2. More importantly, 'wl' is causing a stack trace and causing the modprobe process to lock up when loading 'b43'. - - Please let me know if you need any more information and thank you for - the assistance. + 06:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03) + Subsystem: Linksys WMP54GS v1.0 802.11g Wireless-G PCI Adapter with SpeedBooster [1737:0015] + Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- + Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- + Latency: 32 + Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18 + Region 0: Memory at f8100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] + Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
-- 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/1313221 Title: 14e4:4320 modprobe wl crashes with broadcom 4306 Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I was installing Xubuntu 14.04. It said 'Configuring bcmwl-kernel- source amd64)' and in the details "DKMS: install completed." and it just froze there. To continue installation I had to open up a terminal and execute 'sudo killall -9 modprobe' due to the wl module being installed when it doesn't support my 4306 card. I had to add it to the module blacklist. WORKAROUND: During the installation, do not select "Install third party software". lspci -vvnn | grep -A 9 Network 06:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03) Subsystem: Linksys WMP54GS v1.0 802.11g Wireless-G PCI Adapter with SpeedBooster [1737:0015] Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 32 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18 Region 0: Memory at f8100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1313221/+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
