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[Brian Burch <1360783@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have just re-executed the command "apport-collect 1360783" while the
broadcom adapter was active, without sudo permission.

It failed with a popup window titled "Updating Problem Report" and the
text "No additional information collected."

Here is the console log:

brian@bacchus:~$ apport-collect 1360783
The authorization page:
 (https://launchpad.net/+authorize-token?oauth_token=dt1ZkgdmKbTwz5wW096W&allow_permission=DESKTOP_INTEGRATION)
should be opening in your browser. Use your browser to authorize
this program to access Launchpad on your behalf.
Press any key to continue or wait (5) seconds...
Waiting to hear from Launchpad about your decision...
Created new window in existing browser session.
Package bcmwl not installed and no hook available, ignoring
brian@bacchus:~$ 

It doesn't look very helpful to me!

In case you are wondering, here are the relevant package details:

brian@bacchus:~$ dpkg -l | grep bcmwl
ii  bcmwl-kernel-source                        6.30.223.141+bdcom-0ubuntu2                         i386         Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver source
brian@bacchus:~$ dpkg -l | grep apport
ii  apport                                     2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5                                   all          automatically generate crash reports for debugging
ii  apport-gtk                                 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5                                   all          GTK+ frontend for the apport crash report system
ii  apport-symptoms                            0.20                                                all          symptom scripts for apport
ii  python-apport                              2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5                                   all          Python library for Apport crash report handling
ii  python3-apport                             2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5                                   all          Python 3 library for Apport crash report handling
brian@bacchus:~$

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1360783

Title:
  Broadcom wifi crash in bcmwl-kernel-source cfg80211

Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  lspci shows: Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312
  802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

  lsb_release: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (actually UbuntuStudio)

  Linux version 3.13.0-34-lowlatency

  Dell Studio 1558 with Intel CPU in i386 mode and four CPUs.

  Most of the time wifi works perfectly. Occasionally, when using wifi
  hotspots away from home, the system never makes a connection. Usually
  I see similar stack traces in the syslog, but the attached extract is
  the only example I have to hand.

  The system is resuming after suspend, but I do not believe that aspect
  is relevant. I have seen similar crashes after powering on, and (to
  repeat myself) in more than one hot spot. I suspect there is an edge
  case in negotiating with some wifi routers that is not handled
  properly. (Perhaps I am prejudiced, but I get the feeling that the
  problem routers are in iPhone-friendly environments).

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