Hardware:
Broadcom BCM43224 a/b/g/n wireless card on a Macbook Air 3,2.
Bug description:
Because of bug #863799, I'm using the Broadcom proprietary driver from the bcmwl-kernel-source. However, the bcmwl package does not blacklist the new open source drivers for this hardware. Thus, the wl module fails (silently!) and wireless networking stops working.
Proposed solution:
Add the "brcmsmac" and "bcma" drivers to the blacklist file that's created by bcmwl-kernel-source's postinst script. Please find attached a patch that does just that.
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: Cirrus Analog [Cirrus Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: brian 1828 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xd3280000 irq 17'
Mixer name : 'Nvidia MCP89 HDMI'
Components : 'HDA:10134206,106b3d00,00100301 HDA:10de000c,10de0101,00100200'
Controls : 29
Simple ctrls : 13
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a4a8f872-071a-47a4-900e-31f0b8e3a5f8
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated
Link Quality:5 Signal level:229 Noise level:166
Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookAir3,2
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=39e6b31c-bc7f-4d9c-ad3f-7e17f9d833ba ro
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.60
Tags: oneiric running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 11/18/10
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBA31.88Z.0061.B01.1011181342
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-942C5DF58193131B
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: MacBookAir3,2
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-942C5DF58193131B
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBA31.88Z.0061.B01.1011181342:bd11/18/10:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookAir3,2:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-942C5DF58193131B:rvrMacBookAir3,2:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-942C5DF58193131B:
dmi.product.name: MacBookAir3,2
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:
apport-collect 873117
and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.
If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.
This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.