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[Bug 1481018] Re: DELL XPS 13: bcmwl-kernel-source not installed when 3rd party drivers is selected so no wifi and no ethernet port either

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From: Adam Conrad <adconrad@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:12:21 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1481018 <1481018@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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** Description changed:

+ [ SRU Justification ]
+ WIRELESS NO WORKIE, HALP
+
+ [ Test Case ]
+ Boot into a live 14.04.3 system, hit a shell, upgrade to ubuntu-drivers-common from -proposed with dpkg -i, and a USB stick sneakernet, because your network doesn't work, and you don't want to perturb the bug by manually making it work, then run ubiquity and see if wireless bits install magically when "third party drivers" is selected.
+
+ [ Regression Potential ]
+ This same revert exists in utopic -> wily, and is working fine, and I also tested it by hand on an affected trusty machine, where it did the trick, so I don't think there's much chance for the 1-line code change to break. There's a slim chance that the fragile testsuite will explode, but that seemed to work fine here.
+
+ [ Original Report ]
STEPS:
1. Download the latest daily image of trusty from http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/trusty/daily-live/current
2. Copy this to a usb pendrive using the Disks app
3. Boot from this
4. Select install
5. Select Install 3rd party drivers
6. System reboots after install
7. Reboot to the live desktop
8. Do mkdir tmp
9. sudo mount /dev/sda1 tmp/
10. sudo mkdir tmp/EFI/boot
11. sudo touch tmp/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
12. May need to hit F2 and up a new uefi point it to shim.efi on /EFI/ubuntu/
13. Boot and login
14. Try and connect to wifi

EXPECTED:
I expect to always be able to get online.

ACTUAL:
bcmwl-kernel-source is not installed, because there is no cd you can't install the driver from there and there is no ethernet port on this device so you can't install from there either.

WORKAROUND:
Insert the install usb stick, open a terminal, type:
sudo mkdir /media/cdrom
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/cdrom
Open system settings
Select Software and Updates
On the Ubuntu Software tab check the box next to the CDrom
Close this to update the cache
Reopen tap on Additional Drivers tab and click on install the Broadcom 802.11......driver
Reboot

** Changed in: ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Trusty)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Adam Conrad (adconrad)

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Title:
DELL XPS 13: bcmwl-kernel-source not installed when 3rd party drivers
is selected so no wifi and no ethernet port either

Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Trusty:
New

Bug description:
[ SRU Justification ]
WIRELESS NO WORKIE, HALP

[ Test Case ]
Boot into a live 14.04.3 system, hit a shell, upgrade to ubuntu-drivers-common from -proposed with dpkg -i, and a USB stick sneakernet, because your network doesn't work, and you don't want to perturb the bug by manually making it work, then run ubiquity and see if wireless bits install magically when "third party drivers" is selected.

[ Regression Potential ]
This same revert exists in utopic -> wily, and is working fine, and I also tested it by hand on an affected trusty machine, where it did the trick, so I don't think there's much chance for the 1-line code change to break. There's a slim chance that the fragile testsuite will explode, but that seemed to work fine here.

[ Original Report ]
STEPS:
1. Download the latest daily image of trusty from http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/trusty/daily-live/current
2. Copy this to a usb pendrive using the Disks app
3. Boot from this
4. Select install
5. Select Install 3rd party drivers
6. System reboots after install
7. Reboot to the live desktop
8. Do mkdir tmp
9. sudo mount /dev/sda1 tmp/
10. sudo mkdir tmp/EFI/boot
11. sudo touch tmp/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
12. May need to hit F2 and up a new uefi point it to shim.efi on /EFI/ubuntu/
13. Boot and login
14. Try and connect to wifi

EXPECTED:
I expect to always be able to get online.

ACTUAL:
bcmwl-kernel-source is not installed, because there is no cd you can't install the driver from there and there is no ethernet port on this device so you can't install from there either.

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