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I've let the installer run for about 4 hours, but the installation of Ubuntu 13.04 32 bits it's still stuck in this message:

Configuring bcmwl-kernel-source

Now, I'm stuck with my phone until this is solved.

Computer specs: Acer Aspire 3610 - 2GB DDR2 - Intel Celeron M processor 1.5ghz - Intel 915GM x86/MMX/SSE2

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Don't use No Substitute's example! Modprobe wl may not have a pid of 29798 on your system. It did on mine.

Run this to find the pid of modprobe wl:

ps -eaf | grep modprobe

That should give you an output of something similar to this:

root     29798 29126  0 08:59 ?        00:00:00 modprobe

Take the first number after root, in my case 29798, but it will be different for you, and then run:

sudo kill -9 29798

That will kill the modprobe wl process and move on to the next step in installation.

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Try installing without enabling 3rd party drivers. That worked for me and my Broadcom wifi still was able to connect.

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  • Already tried this, and still does the same thing.
    – Michael
    Apr 29, 2013 at 19:50
  • Have you tried installing using Ethernet port?
    – user218314
    Apr 29, 2013 at 20:20
  • No. I think I'll just try a different distro.
    – Michael
    Apr 29, 2013 at 21:29
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Ctrl-Alt-F2:

sudo kill -9 X

(X = pid of modprobe wl)

That will halt that process and just skip to the next in the installations process. Worked for me.

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