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[Bug 1173372] Re: apt-get hangs: DKMS: install completed.

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From: WhyteHorse <whytehorse@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 05:45:42 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1173372 <1173372@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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This is a bug in the package  bcmwl-kernel-source (6.30.223.141+bdcom-0ubuntu2)
It still affects the latest Ubuntu. It causes an endless loop where the package won't complete installation and apt won't do anything without the package completing. The solution is as follows(credit goes to another poster)

The command that appears to be hanging is:
"modprobe -wl"
If you open another terminal and do:
"ps aux | grep modprobe"
you will see the hung process and can eliminate it using
kill -9 <processid>

Anyway, the offending package should have a timeout tied to that
modprobe command.

** Package changed: ubuntu => bcmwl (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  apt-get hangs:  DKMS: install completed.

Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  result of bug
  a) DKMS: install completed.
  b) can no longer use apt-get nor GUI  "update manager"

  steps to reproduce:
  - get working dell laptop with broadcom wifi hardware, update firmware
  - wipe with DBAN CD
  - install 12.04 version of Ubuntu
  - use GUI app to update,  "update manager"
  - reboot
  - open terminal
      sudo apt-get update
      sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source

  results: 
  a) DKMS: install completed.
  b) can no longer use apt-get nor GUI  "update manager"

  
  notes:
  ======================================================

  I followed the docs on 
  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx?action=login&login=1

  My hardware should support the b43 - Open source driver

      For Chip ID BCM4306 (rev 03)  BCM4311

  
  =====================================================
  below is text dump from terminal

  id@id-laptop:~$ sudo -s
  [sudo] password for id: 
  root@id-laptop:~# apt-get update
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
  Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
  Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]       
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release                               
  Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]          
  Get:4 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [72 B]                      
  Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]           
  Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]            
  Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release [49.6 kB]         
  Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release                                   
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources                          
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources                    
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources                      
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources                    
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages                    
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages              
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages                
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages              
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex                 
  Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources                              
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex  
  Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [69.9 kB]
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex          
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex             
  Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [379 kB]       
  Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages                        
  Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex                     
  Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [2,494 B]
  Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [24.0 kB]  
  Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [1,389 B]
  Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [259 kB] 
  Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_US                    
  Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en                       
  Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [5,467 B]
  Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [85.4 kB] 
  Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [4,620 B]
  Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [73.4 kB]
  Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [6,562 B]
  Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [612 kB]
  Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [2,368 B]
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex          
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex    
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex    
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex      
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en            
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en      
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en      
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en        
  Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [10.0 kB]
  Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages [197 kB]
  Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [13.8 kB]
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex         
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex   
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex   
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex     
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en                   
  Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources [2,422 B]   
  Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources [14 B]
  Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources [24.2 kB]
  Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources [2,669 B]
  Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages [1,941 B]
  Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
  Get:30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages [24.3 kB]
  Get:31 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [2,504 B]
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex       
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex 
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex 
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex   
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en             
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en             
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en               
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en           
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en     
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en     
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en       
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en         
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en   
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en   
  Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en     
  Fetched 1,955 kB in 10s (184 kB/s)                                             
  Reading package lists... Done
  root@id-laptop:~# apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    linux-headers-3.2.0-37 linux-headers-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
    linux-headers-3.5.0-23 linux-headers-3.5.0-23-generic
  Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 1,301 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/restricted bcmwl-kernel-source i386 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1 [1,301 kB]
  Fetched 1,301 kB in 5s (242 kB/s)                
  (Reading database ... 263261 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to replace bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1 (using .../bcmwl-kernel-source_6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1_i386.deb) ...
  Removing all DKMS Modules
  Done.
  Unpacking replacement bcmwl-kernel-source ...
  Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.1) ...
  Loading new bcmwl-6.20.155.1+bdcom DKMS files...
  Building only for 3.5.0-27-generic
  Building for architecture i686
  Building initial module for 3.5.0-27-generic
  Done.

  wl:
  Running module version sanity check.
   - Original module
     - No original module exists within this kernel
   - Installation
     - Installing to /lib/modules/3.5.0-27-generic/updates/dkms/

  depmod....

  DKMS: install completed.

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