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[tiwaz <ft1978@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chenna,
I also experienced the same problem and have reported it as well,
that's why I keep receiving updates via the bug's mailing-list.
I finally manged to solve the problem by doing the 2 simple steps below:

1. completely remove the problematic bcmwl-kernel packages:
open terminal and run
- - -
sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source
- - -

2. download and install the latest, fixed .deb bcmwl-kernel packages
download the right version from here (depending on having 32 or 64 bit
architecture)

http://packages.ubuntu.com/raring/bcmwl-kernel-source

when download finished open and install the .deb file with Ubuntu
Software Center

3. problem solved: no more crashes and error messages & wifi works like
a charm.

Sorry if the above is of no help to you, thought i'd drop a line or
two to tell how I got it to work myself.
Cheers,
T

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:49 PM, chenna <kesavareddy.chenna@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Marty,
> Don't know what is going wrong, mine is also 3.8.0-30-generic , HP-Pavilion dv4
>
> just reported the same, can u please help me to get rid off this
> Bug #1228122  : bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1:
> bcmwl kernel module failed to build Edit
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Marty Lucich <marty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> bcmwl-kernel-source version 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu6
>> just built and installed without error on my Dell D830 running 3.8.0-30-generic.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
>> duplicate bug report (1224714).
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095751
>>
>> Title:
>>   bcmwl fails to build with 3.8 kernels [error: ‘struct
>>   cfg80211_ibss_params’ has no member named ‘channel’]
>>
>> Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
>>   Fix Released
>> Status in “broadcom-sta” package in Ubuntu:
>>   Confirmed
>> Status in “bcmwl” source package in Precise:
>>   Fix Committed
>> Status in “broadcom-sta” source package in Precise:
>>   Confirmed
>>
>> Bug description:
>>   Upcoming 3.8 kernels have broken this DKMS package.
>>
>>   P
>>
>>   SRU request:
>>
>>   [Impact]
>>
>>    * As a result of this bug, bcmwl-kernel-source will fail to build the
>>   module against linux-generic-lts-raring in Ubuntu 12.04.
>>
>>   [Test Case]
>>
>>    * Enable the precise-proposed repository and install bcmwl-kernel-
>>   source (6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.2).
>>
>>    * Install linux-generic-lts-raring
>>
>>    * If the package installs without errors from DKMS with both the
>>   linux-generic and lts-raring kernels, then the patches work correctly.
>>
>>   [Regression Potential]
>>
>>    * The patches that I backported from 13.10 will preserve the current
>>   driver behaviour on linux-generic (3.2) and linux-generic-lts-quantal
>>   (3.5), thanks to the use of specific macros in the code which check
>>   the kernel version. As a result, no regressions of any kind can be
>>   expected on these kernels.
>>
>> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1095751/+subscriptions
>
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards,
> Chenna
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (1227553).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095751
>
> Title:
>   bcmwl fails to build with 3.8 kernels [error: ‘struct
>   cfg80211_ibss_params’ has no member named ‘channel’]
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1095751/+subscriptions

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095751

Title:
  bcmwl fails to build with 3.8 kernels [error: ‘struct
  cfg80211_ibss_params’ has no member named ‘channel’]

Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “broadcom-sta” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “bcmwl” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed
Status in “broadcom-sta” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Upcoming 3.8 kernels have broken this DKMS package.

  P

  SRU request:

  [Impact]

   * As a result of this bug, bcmwl-kernel-source will fail to build the
  module against linux-generic-lts-raring in Ubuntu 12.04.

  [Test Case]

   * Enable the precise-proposed repository and install bcmwl-kernel-
  source (6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.2).

   * Install linux-generic-lts-raring

   * If the package installs without errors from DKMS with both the
  linux-generic and lts-raring kernels, then the patches work correctly.

  [Regression Potential]

   * The patches that I backported from 13.10 will preserve the current
  driver behaviour on linux-generic (3.2) and linux-generic-lts-quantal
  (3.5), thanks to the use of specific macros in the code which check
  the kernel version. As a result, no regressions of any kind can be
  expected on these kernels.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1095751/+subscriptions