[Bug 653891] [NEW] broadcom sta driver switch on laptop inverted after the latest updates applied today.

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broadcom sta driver disabled and not working after update
I applied the latest updates today and when I rebooted, My wireless broadcom driver is not working and the ifconfig does not list it either anymore, was working 8 min ago but is now dead. If I turn off the wireless with a switch and back on, I get a blue light but it remains disabled and greyed out on the network icon.

Ubuntu 10.04, latest updates applied daily.

I removed the driver and reinstalled it, it did not help at all.

Also, my Truecryt gdecrypt stopped working.


Update: it seems the wireless switch on the front of the laptop is now working backwards, in checking the daemon log I found

Turning off the wifi so the light goes out:

Oct 2 20:09:18 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> WiFi now enabled by radio killswitch
Oct 2 20:09:18 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): bringing up device.
Oct 2 20:09:18 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
Oct 2 20:09:18 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 42)
Oct 2 20:09:20 chuck-laptop avahi-daemon[880]: Registering new address record for fe80::216:44ff:fe7c:fe60 on eth1.*.

Turning the wifi ON the front of the computer so the light is on:

Oct 2 20:09:50 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> WiFi now disabled by radio killswitch
Oct 2 20:09:50 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state change: 3 -> 2 (reason 0)
Oct 2 20:09:50 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): deactivating device (reason: 0).
Oct 2 20:09:50 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto eth0' (eth0) as default for routing and DNS.

Turning off the switch:

Oct 2 20:09:50 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): taking down device.
Oct 2 20:09:50 chuck-laptop avahi-daemon[880]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::216:44ff:fe7c:fe60 on eth1.
Oct 2 20:10:05 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> WiFi now enabled by radio killswitch
Oct 2 20:10:05 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): bringing up device.
Oct 2 20:10:05 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
Oct 2 20:10:05 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 42)
Oct 2 20:10:07 chuck-laptop avahi-daemon[880]: Registering new address record for fe80::216:44ff:fe7c:fe60 on eth1.*.

Update, I found that if I boot the laptop up with the networking switch
off, then, after I'm booted up, turn it on, it works.

However if I reboot the laptop with the network switch in the on
position I get the above issue with the switch being inverted and not
working properly.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-system-monitor 2.28.0-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct  2 21:11:29 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1769): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nm-connection-editor:2316): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_hide: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
 (gnome-system-monitor:4681): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_regex_new: assertion `(compile_options & ~G_REGEX_COMPILE_MASK) == 0' failed

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid
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broadcom sta driver switch on laptop inverted after the latest updates applied today.
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