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[Stefan Leitner <s.o.l@xxxxxx>]

I have the same problem with a Dell Latitude D620 - it has an integrated
BCM4311 wireless card:

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
:~$ sudo lspci -v
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	Memory at efdfc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
	Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
	Kernel driver in use: wl
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


I now upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 (32bit) - wireless is not working. When trying to fix the issue it hangs again:


///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a 
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu7) ...
Removing old bcmwl-6.30.223.248+bdcom DKMS files...

-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module:  bcmwl
Version: 6.30.223.248+bdcom
Kernel:  4.2.0-16-generic (i686)
-------------------------------------

Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

wl.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/4.2.0-16-generic/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

depmod....

DKMS: uninstall completed.

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 6.30.223.248+bdcom
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new bcmwl-6.30.223.248+bdcom DKMS files...
Building only for 4.2.0-16-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 4.2.0-16-generic
Done.

wl:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/4.2.0-16-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install completed.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Here it hangs.

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Title:
  package bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu7 failed to
  install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script was
  killed by signal (Killed)

Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Upgrading from 15.04 to 15.10 on an amd64 platform. 
  Installation hanging for ever while configuring bcmwl-kernel-source. 
  Needed to manually kill the bcmwl configuration process to be able to eventually complete the upgrading process.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-30.34-generic 3.19.8-ckt6
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-30-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: vboxpci vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv wl
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Oct 23 09:06:39 2015
  DuplicateSignature: package:bcmwl-kernel-source:6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu7:subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Killed)
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Killed)
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-18 (277 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu5
   apt  1.0.10.2ubuntu1
  SourcePackage: bcmwl
  Title: package bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Killed)
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-23 (0 days ago)

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