[Bug 39885] [bcm43xx] Flight 6 Install Detecting Network Hardware freezes

[Aaron Throckmorton]

Public bug reported:

I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop.  It has been running Breezy fine
with no issues.  I have been trying to get Dapper installed.  I boot
from the CD select language and keyboard layout, but when it gets to the
"Detecting network hardware" screen it locks up and won't go any
further.  I can't even ALT-CTRL-F2 to get to another console to see
what's going on.

If I disable my Wireless network card, which is a broadcom chipset (Dell
TrueMobile 1400 Dual Band WLAN mini-PCI Card.  I have been using
ndiswrapper with the bcmwl5.sys driver from Dell in Breezy), the
installation works fine.  In that case, if I re-enable my wireless card
and attempt to boot it locks up at hardware detection during boot and
won't go any further.  Disabling again allows a normal boot.

After installing and booting with the card disabled, I did an apt-get
update, apt-get upgrade, re-enabled the card and still had the same
problem.

The live CD boots normally.  I don't have wireless available, but I can
at least get to the desktop.

I'm not sure what other information to post, but I'll get whatever info
you need from me.

** Affects: hal (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

-- 
[bcm43xx] Flight 6 Install Detecting Network Hardware freezes
https://launchpad.net/bugs/39885