I tested this today with "Ubuntu Legacy 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" - Daily amd64 (20230927)" and discovered the b43 driver still does not work with my wireless adapter as I saw the following in dmesg:
$ sudo dmesg | grep b43 [sudo] password for bdmurray: [ 18.921934] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4352 WLAN found (core revision 42) [ 18.922272] b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 12, Type 11 (AC), Revision 1) [ 18.922277] b43: probe of bcma0:1 failed with error -95 However, using software-properties-gtk to install the proprietary driver (broadcom-sta-dkms) worked and the b43 driver was blacklisted and I was able to connect to a wireless network. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2013236 Title: b43 driver conflicts with bcmwl driver for some Broadcom devices Status in broadcom-sta package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in broadcom-sta source package in Lunar: New Status in linux-firmware source package in Lunar: Invalid Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Lunar: Incomplete Status in broadcom-sta source package in Mantic: New Status in linux-firmware source package in Mantic: Invalid Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Mantic: Incomplete Bug description: Specifically for Lunar - using a Macbook Air 2012, its wireless driver was not enabled even though I ticked the wireless tickbox on the installer. A quick look at the installer logs reveals various issues syslog:2023-03-29T18:01:25.141599+00:00 ubuntu-budgie kernel: [ 43.063747] b43 bcma0:1: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode29_mimo.fw failed with error -2 syslog:2023-03-29T18:01:25.141625+00:00 ubuntu-budgie kernel: [ 43.063802] b43 bcma0:1: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode29_mimo.fw failed with error -2 syslog:2023-03-29T18:01:25.141626+00:00 ubuntu-budgie kernel: [ 43.063862] b43 bcma0:1: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode29_mimo.fw failed with error -2 syslog:2023-03-29T18:01:25.141626+00:00 ubuntu-budgie kernel: [ 43.063908] b43 bcma0:1: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode29_mimo.fw failed with error -2 I will attach the installer logs manually since this was captured after the installation Note - on 20.04.6, 22.04.2 and 22.10 with the same laptop bcmwl was installed correctly during the install so this is a regression with the 6.2 kernel Workaround ---------- You'll first need to blacklist the b43 driver by adding a blacklist file to /etc/modprobe.d/b43.conf with the contents "blacklist b43". Then run "update-initramfs -u". Then install the bcmwl-kernel-source package. After a reboot your wireless device should be available. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/broadcom-sta/+bug/2013236/+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
