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bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu3: bcmwl kernel module failed to build

Bug #1811844 reported by Bertil on 2019-01-15

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1757008: Broadcom wireless drivers failed to build [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’]. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	bcmwl (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I had downloaded bcmlw from here: http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/restricted/b/bcmwl/bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb

I then ran the following, and got this error.

sudo dpkg -i bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-43.46-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.15.0-43-generic
Date: Tue Jan 15 15:20:22 2019
DuplicateSignature: dkms:bcmwl-kernel-source:6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu3:/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2359:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’; did you mean ‘init_timers’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-13 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
PackageVersion: 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu3
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.7, python3-minimal, 3.6.7-1~18.04
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1
apt 1.6.6
SourcePackage: bcmwl
Title: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu3: bcmwl kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Bertil (bertilipsen) wrote on 2019-01-15:

DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (4.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (869 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2019-01-15

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2019-01-16:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1757008, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.