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Today I had an Ubuntu update. After I restarted, I noticed the wifi no longer works.

In System Settings -> Software & Updates -> Additional Drivers, I noticed that under the Broadcom wireless network adapter, it says "This device is not working." So I tried

sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source 

Then when I try

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source 

I get the following

WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  bcmwl-kernel-source
Install these packages without verification? [y/N] y
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net/inaddy/lp1415880/ubuntu/ vivid/main bcmwl-kernel-source amd64 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu3~lp1415880~1
  404  Not Found
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/inaddy/lp1415880/ubuntu/pool/main/b/bcmwl/bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu3~lp1415880~1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

So then I try sudo apt-get update, which gives

$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Hit http://archive.scrapy.org scrapy InRelease                                 
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg                                    
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid InRelease                               
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security InRelease                        
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release                                        
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates InRelease                       
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com vivid InRelease                                   
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports InRelease                     
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages                            
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid InRelease                                   
Hit http://linux.dropbox.com vivid Release.gpg                                 
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid InRelease                                   
Hit http://linux.dropbox.com vivid Release                                     
Get:1 http://linux.dropbox.com vivid/main amd64 Packages [1,148 B]             
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid InRelease                                   
Get:2 http://linux.dropbox.com vivid/main i386 Packages [1,148 B]              
Hit http://archive.scrapy.org scrapy/main amd64 Packages                       
Hit http://archive.scrapy.org scrapy/main i386 Packages                        
Ign http://archive.scrapy.org scrapy/main Translation-en_US                    
Ign http://archive.scrapy.org scrapy/main Translation-en                       
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/main Sources                     
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/restricted Sources               
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid Release.gpg                                 
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/universe Sources        
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/multiverse Sources               
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/main amd64 Packages              
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main amd64 Packages                         
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/restricted amd64 Packages        
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/universe amd64 Packages          
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/multiverse amd64 Packages        
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main i386 Packages                          
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/main i386 Packages               
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/restricted i386 Packages         
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/universe i386 Packages           
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main Translation-en                         
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/multiverse i386 Packages         
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/main Translation-en              
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/multiverse Translation-en        
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main amd64 Packages                         
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/restricted Translation-en        
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/universe Translation-en          
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main i386 Packages                          
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US                         
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/restricted Sources  
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/multiverse Sources
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid Release                    
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/main Sources                  
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/restricted Sources     
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/universe Sources       
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/multiverse Sources     
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/main amd64 Packages    
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/universe i386 Packages     
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/multiverse i386 Packages   
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/main Translation-en
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com vivid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/multiverse Translation-en  
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/restricted Translation-en  
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/restricted Sources 
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com vivid/main Translation-en            
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/universe Sources   
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com vivid-backports/universe Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main Translation-en
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main i386 Packages
  404  Not Found
Fetched 2,296 B in 4s (552 B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/inaddy/lp1415880/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/inaddy/lp1415880/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Does anyone know what might be wrong?

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  • During the updates, did you get the prompt about turning off Secure Boot? Did you decide to leave Secure Boot enabled? Jul 15, 2016 at 0:20
  • @OrganicMarble I don't remember anything about Secure Boot during the updates.
    – Alan C
    Jul 15, 2016 at 1:58
  • 1
    Ubuntu 15.04 is not supported.
    – Pilot6
    Jul 15, 2016 at 8:16
  • @Pilot6 I realized that last night. I'll install 16.04 today
    – Alan C
    Jul 15, 2016 at 11:05
  • Not sure if related, but I installed the latest updates this morning (some kernel update, I believe, had to restart), and wireless was totally broken afterwards. I run 14.04 on a Dell XPS 13 DevEdition which should have an Intel Wireless card. There have been similar reports on the Dell forum. Jul 15, 2016 at 12:34

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