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[Albert <sapristi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Seth,
Thanks for your comments. I am running 3.13.0-61 and there is no wireless driver installed at all.
The "Additional Drivers" application lists the bcmwl driver as in use, but when I run "dkms status" it lists the wl driver as installed for other kernels but not for the current one.
Then I tried removing the package "bcmwl-kernel-source" and reinstalling it, with apt-get, and that worked after I installed the header files for the current kernel with "sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)".

Upon reinstallation of bcmwl-kernel-source, the wifi came up by itself.

In retrospect it all makes sense considering that the package must be
built from source. What is surprising is that the bcmwl-kernel-source
package doesn't depend on the current kernel's package. I guess it can't
because it would depend on all kernel's sources.

In summary, to make the wifi work by reinstalling the wl driver for the
current kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source
$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
$ sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

Thanks a lot for your help! Got me in the right direction.

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Title:
  Regression: no wifi in macbook pro 11,1

Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Prior kernels in 12.04 such as 3.13.0-13-generic and linux-
  image-3.13.11-031311ckt16-generic had a working suspend and a working
  wifi. The latest kernel does not manage to get the wifi up.

  Additionally upon booting the dialog to enter the password takes tens
  of seconds to become active while the laptop attempts to connect to
  the internet.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-extra-3.13.0-53-generic 3.13.0-53.89
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-53.89-generic 3.13.11-ckt19
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-53-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  albert     2013 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  albert     2013 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Jun 10 09:49:25 2015
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-16 (267 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  IwConfig:
   eth1      no wireless extensions.
   
   lo        no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro11,1
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic root=UUID=1fe82ec9-9c83-4e33-9506-2f7afb8d9d64 ro libata.force=noncq quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-53-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-53-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.127.12
  RfKill:
   0: hci0: Bluetooth
   	Soft blocked: yes
   	Hard blocked: no
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 02/12/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: MBP111.88Z.0138.B07.1402121134
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
  dmi.board.name: Mac-189A3D4F975D5FFC
  dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.board.version: MacBookPro11,1
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Mac-189A3D4F975D5FFC
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP111.88Z.0138.B07.1402121134:bd02/12/2014:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro11,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-189A3D4F975D5FFC:rvrMacBookPro11,1:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-189A3D4F975D5FFC:
  dmi.product.name: MacBookPro11,1
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

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