Please search your /var/lib/dkms and find the relevant build log for bcmwl containing the error, then attach it here.
** Changed in: bcmwl (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bcmwl in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1836211 Title: bcmwl fails to install with recent Eoan (Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.0.0-20-generic) Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: With recent Eoan builds, bcmwl fails to install completely, . It had worked when I installed Eoan a couple weeks ago, but not when I first tried to clean install on 9 July until today. (I've unfortunately erased the old, working installation so I don't have more details.) $ sudo apt install bcmwl-kernel-source Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: dkms Suggested packages: menu The following NEW packages will be installed: bcmwl-kernel-source dkms 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 1,610 kB of archives. After this operation, 8,359 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/main amd64 dkms all 2.7.1-1ubuntu1 [66.5 kB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/restricted amd64 bcmwl-kernel-source amd64 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu5 [1,544 kB] Fetched 1,610 kB in 0s (4,097 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package dkms. (Reading database ... 122315 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../dkms_2.7.1-1ubuntu1_all.deb ... Unpacking dkms (2.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package bcmwl-kernel-source. Preparing to unpack .../bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb ... Unpacking bcmwl-kernel-source (6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu5) ... Setting up dkms (2.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu5) ... Loading new bcmwl-6.30.223.271+bdcom DKMS files... Building for 5.0.0-20-generic Building for architecture x86_64 Building initial module for 5.0.0-20-generic Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.0.0-20-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/make.log for more information. dpkg: error processing package bcmwl-kernel-source (--configure): installed bcmwl-kernel-source package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10 Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ... Errors were encountered while processing: bcmwl-kernel-source E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-20.21-generic 5.0.8 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Jul 11 09:02:53 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-07-11 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190711) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: bcmwl UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1836211/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp