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I was trying to get Ubuntu working on old laptop. I believed it's wireless driver issue.

Output from a couple of commands:

myhost@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release:    12.04
Codename:    precise 

myhost@ubuntu:~$ lspci | grp Network
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)


myhost@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.
lo        no wireless extensions.

Then I google it and found article to reinstall wireless driver at Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers

So I did command sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source (Done) and command sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source (Error as below lines)

...
Loading new bcmwl-6.20.155.1+bdcom DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.8.0-29-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 3.8.0-29-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.8.0-29-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.20.155.1+bdcom/build/make.log for more information.
FATAL: Module wl not found.
FATAL: Error running install command for wl

Any suggestion to fix it? Thanks First.

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Please get a working ethernet connection temporarily and do:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree

Detach the ethernet, reboot and give us your report.

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