[Bug 1818134] Re: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Package not installed ubuntu14.04.5LTS kernel 3.13.0-165-generic

[Steve Langasek]

@vandebo, your apport information shows the following:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-77-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/kubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash nomdmonddf nomdmonisw vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-77.99~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt27

That appears to be the last released version of the linux-lts-utopic
kernel.  That kernel is out of security support and has not been updated
since 2016.  You should upgrade to linux-lts-xenial immediately by
installing the linux-signed-generic-lts-xenial package.

@Lurchman, your comment also shows that you are running
3.19.0-82-generic, which is the last released version of the linux-
lts-*vivid* kernel, which is also out of security support and has not
been updated since February 2017.  You should also install linux-signed-
generic-lts-xenial immediately.

Please report if you are still experiencing issues once you have a
currently-supported version of the kernel on 14.04.

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Title:
  modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Package not installed
  ubuntu14.04.5LTS kernel 3.13.0-165-generic

Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in shim-signed package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  when installing bcmwl-kernel-source to build wl.ko

  package version: 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.2

  Expected behavior: kernel module wl.ko loads.
  What happened: finit_module returns ENOPKG

  
  My device is: BCM4352 [14e4:43b1] (rev 03)

  Happened after latest OS update, downgrading kernel to 164 did not
  fix, downgrading package did not work.

  secure boot mode is off.

  A few others are having this issue
  https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2413303

  There is a possibility it is a modaliases problem -- 2015 chagelog
  states that there was a capitalization problem, but I don't know how
  to check this.

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