Broadcom driver hard locks on boot
Bug #982028 reported by
Mark Bidewell
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #950295: b43: missing firmware causes kernel panic.
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bcmwl (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
When I attempt to install Ubuntu/Kubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 on a laptop with a b43 miniPCI wireless card, then system hard locks on boot when attempting to load the network drivers. Using the alternate installer I can install but the resulting install will not boot with the same problem. Removing the miniPCI card allows the system to boot. I attempted to install the b43-firmware-
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I just found another bug covering this here:
https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ bcmwl/+ bug/945257
Apologies for the duplicate.