[SOLVED] BCM 4312 wireless not working after system update

[njathan]

Hi,

I updated my system recently (albeit after a long time), and am now on the latest kernel

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Linux localhost 3.4.24-desktop586-3.mga2 #1 SMP Sat Jan 5 02:32:45 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

I have broadcom wl package installed, i was on broadcom-wl-kernel-3.3.8-desktop586-2.mga2, but now on broadcom-wl-kernel-3.4.24-desktop586-3.mga2

Before yesterday, my wireless was working perfectly. However, it doesn't seem to work any more after the update. Can someone help?

[marja]

There is a bug against the same wlan adapter in cauldron, but I don't know whether it is related or not.
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7828

Also, Sander mentioned on IRC yesterday that there is a new kernel in 2 core/updates_testing: kernel-3.4.30-1.mga2.
The first item in its changelog is:

- fix conflict on to match dkms-broadcom-wl with fixes blacklisting and aliasing

and further down:

- b43: Fix oops on unload when firmware not found

broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-7.mga2.nonfree and
kmod-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-39.mga2.nonfree are both in 2_updates/testing, too, but neither of them has been rebuilt against 3.4.30, yet.

tmb, the maintainer, isn't on IRC very often, but I'll ask whether someone in QA team knows something.

[njathan]

The problem was rectified after latest kernel update to 3.4.32-desktop586-2.mga2