Update to Broadcom WL adapter corrupts PCLos

[Clawinus]

Today I updated my the software on my Compac c51 laptop with broadcom WL adapter
through Synaptic. Among the updates I noticed one for Broadcom adapter.
After installation of the updates the system froze with a screenfull of output from Mod probe.

I downloaded the .iso  PCLinuxos-2012.2 and ran the Live system. The network was OK. Then I downloaded - again
in the Live system - the updates from Synaptic including the broadcom update. After installation of the updates nothing
of the network worked. I could not even open the network center.

Then I repeated the installation of the Live 2012.2 which has the broadcom adapter version 5.60.48.36-1pclos 2010. The network was OK again. Then I asked Synaptic for updates among them is the broadcom adapter version 5_100_82_112-1pclos 2012. I specified a forced version of 5.60.48.36-1pclos 2010 in Synaptic.

Now with the old version of the broadcom adapter the network is Ok again. This shows me that the broadcom update must be avaoided
at least for my broadcom hardware which is:

BMC4311 802.11b/g WLAN

Do I have other options than to stay backlevel?

[AS]

Today I updated my the software on my Compac c51 laptop with broadcom WL adapter
through Synaptic. Among the updates I noticed one for Broadcom adapter.
After installation of the updates the system froze with a screenfull of output from Mod probe.

I downloaded the .iso  PCLinuxos-2012.2 and ran the Live system. The network was OK. Then I downloaded - again
in the Live system - the updates from Synaptic including the broadcom update. After installation of the updates nothing
of the network worked. I could not even open the network center.

You are describing two different behaviors among two different installation, that suggest that something may not be correct on your original installation.

As far as I can tell, I'm not aware of any problem related to the broadcom drivers, but also can't exclude that a problem may exists.

Then I repeated the installation of the Live 2012.2 which has the broadcom adapter version 5.60.48.36-1pclos 2010. The network was OK again. Then I asked Synaptic for updates among them is the broadcom adapter version 5_100_82_112-1pclos 2012. I specified a forced version of 5.60.48.36-1pclos 2010 in Synaptic.

Now with the old version of the broadcom adapter the network is Ok again. This shows me that the broadcom update must be avaoided
at least for my broadcom hardware which is:

BMC4311 802.11b/g WLAN

Do I have other options than to stay backlevel?

Well, at least for now stay with the old one, which is working for you. Hopefully someone who is using similar hardware or at least using the broadcom-wl driver will jump into the thread.

AS

[abstract]

did reload/update in synaptic a day or two ago (on my hp mini 110 - broadcom 4312), and today keep getting bumped offline, have to tell it to connect again.
any way outta this?


ps, running lxde btw

[AS]

We have rolled back to the previous version dkms-broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36

If you have installed the new dkms-broadcom-wl-5_100_82_112, open synaptic, remove it, reload and reinstall the previous one.

AS

[bnc75ohm]

Thanks AS for the tip to roll back to dkms-broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36  After a recent upgrade I was unable to connect on my Lenovo G550 notebook with Broadcom BCM4312 wireless adapter.  Reading the PCLOS testers mailing list clued me in to the problem, searching the forum led me here to find the solution.  It was starting to drive me nuts too!  Thanks once again.

[AS]

Thanks AS for the tip to roll back to dkms-broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36  After a recent upgrade I was unable to connect on my Lenovo G550 notebook with Broadcom BCM4312 wireless adapter.  Reading the PCLOS testers mailing list clued me in to the problem, searching the forum led me here to find the solution.  It was starting to drive me nuts too!  Thanks once again.

Unfortunately we haven't had reports while the driver was in testing ... glad you solved! 

AS

[abstract]

that did the trick.
thank you very much!

[jawz]

Brilliant working again..... thanks!!!