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[Jeff Lane <jeffrey.lane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Installed Wily from todays daily (4.2.0-16.19).  After booting, I am
unable to use the wireless device.  The wifi is a broadcom BCM4360 based
device on a late 2013 Macbook Air.

Wily wants to load b43 and dmesg only shows this:

b43-phy0: Broadcom 4360 WLAN found (core revision 42)
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNL ]

Netman does not list the wifi device at all.

lspci says:

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge

If I use ubuntu-drivers, it also does not list the broadcom device.

I had to manually install bcmwl-kernel-source from Restricted via apt.  
Once dkms had worked it's magic, I was able to use the wifi device on my macbook under Wily.

So expected behaviour:

running ubuntu-drivers will show/install the necessary proprietary bits
for the BMC43xx device.

Observed behaviour:

ubuntu-drivers does not list the BCM43xx device at all.
--- 
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-21 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151020)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.4.11 [origin: unknown]
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
Tags: third-party-packages wily
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: This is not an official Ubuntu package. Please remove any third party package and try again.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True

** Affects: ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-collected third-party-packages wily

** Tags added: apport-collected third-party-packages wily

** Description changed:

  Installed Wily from todays daily (4.2.0-16.19).  After booting, I am
  unable to use the wireless device.  The wifi is a broadcom BCM4360 based
  device on a late 2013 Macbook Air.
  
  Wily wants to load b43 and dmesg only shows this:
  
  b43-phy0: Broadcom 4360 WLAN found (core revision 42)
  Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNL ]
  
  Netman does not list the wifi device at all.
  
  lspci says:
  
  03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
  kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
  
  If I use ubuntu-drivers, it also does not list the broadcom device.
  
  I had to manually install bcmwl-kernel-source from Restricted via apt.  
  Once dkms had worked it's magic, I was able to use the wifi device on my macbook under Wily.
  
  So expected behaviour:
  
  running ubuntu-drivers will show/install the necessary proprietary bits
  for the BMC43xx device.
  
  Observed behaviour:
  
  ubuntu-drivers does not list the BCM43xx device at all.
+ --- 
+ ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
+ Architecture: amd64
+ CurrentDesktop: Unity
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
+ InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-21 (0 days ago)
+ InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151020)
+ NonfreeKernelModules: wl
+ Package: ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.4.11 [origin: unknown]
+ PackageArchitecture: amd64
+ ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
+ Tags: third-party-packages wily
+ Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
+ UnreportableReason: This is not an official Ubuntu package. Please remove any third party package and try again.
+ UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
+ UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
+ _MarkForUpload: True

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1508719

Title:
  15.10 does not offer broadcom drivers for BCM4360 wireless on macbook
  air

Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Installed Wily from todays daily (4.2.0-16.19).  After booting, I am
  unable to use the wireless device.  The wifi is a broadcom BCM4360
  based device on a late 2013 Macbook Air.

  Wily wants to load b43 and dmesg only shows this:

  b43-phy0: Broadcom 4360 WLAN found (core revision 42)
  Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNL ]

  Netman does not list the wifi device at all.

  lspci says:

  03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
  kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge

  If I use ubuntu-drivers, it also does not list the broadcom device.

  I had to manually install bcmwl-kernel-source from Restricted via apt.  
  Once dkms had worked it's magic, I was able to use the wifi device on my macbook under Wily.

  So expected behaviour:

  running ubuntu-drivers will show/install the necessary proprietary
  bits for the BMC43xx device.

  Observed behaviour:

  ubuntu-drivers does not list the BCM43xx device at all.
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-21 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151020)
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Package: ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.4.11 [origin: unknown]
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
  Tags: third-party-packages wily
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
  UnreportableReason: This is not an official Ubuntu package. Please remove any third party package and try again.
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True

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