[Bug 1175478] Re: Disabling proprietary driver fails with no message

[Brian Murray]

** Tags added: raring

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Title:
  Disabling proprietary driver fails with no message

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I freshly installed Ubuntu 13.04 a week ago, used for a couple days
  with no problems and then found out I can enable proprietary driver
  for my wireless adapter. I enabled it but it didn't function properly
  (it didn't connect to some routers).

  When I found out about this problem, I tried to disable it (and switch
  back to default driver) when being disconnected. I selected not to use
  any proprietary driver for my wireless adapter in the Software &
  Updates > Additional Drivers and clicked Apply Changes. Application
  disabled for a couple seconds showing something is going on and
  suddenly settings went back to "Using Broadcom..." and the story
  repeated every time. No error messages, no nothing. Tried rebooting
  computer - nothing changed.

  After a couple attempts  I connected my laptop to the Internet using
  Ethernet cable and did the same. This time progress lasted longer and
  driver was disable. BUT even then I had to reboot my computer in order
  to make the change work even though I didn't see any message about
  that.

  I believe it's sort of a bug that there are no error nor
  informational messages shown during the process. I see no way how a
  user may know that software needs Internet to function properly or
  that, even though it shows driver is disabled, it still needs to be
  rebooted.

  Ubuntu 13.04
  Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller

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