[Solved] After doing the latest update, I can't modprobe wl.

swaraj · 2013-08-29 12:16:20

Yeah, I haven't altered the kernel in any way.

Mr.Elendig · 2013-08-29 18:28:53

Then I would consider not using dkms.

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-29 19:42:18

Mr.Elendig wrote:

Then I would consider not using dkms.

The only form the v6 broadcom wl is packaged in the AUR is with dkms. But like I said before, it is not all that much work to simply merge the broadcom-wl PKGBUILD with the broadcom-wl-dkms PKGBUILD and sources. I ended up calling mine broadcom-wl6, but unfortunately I did away with the srcpackage since I realized later that the v5 is what I actually needed.

Edit: Apparently that build source tarball is still in my dropbox. Check the broadcom-wl AUR page's comments, I have a comment there that links to it. I'm not sure if the version/patches have changed since then, but it should serve as a simple starting point to make it work w/o dkms.

Last edited by WonderWoofy (2013-08-29 19:45:41)

surfatwork · 2013-08-29 20:04:09

well, then what he said. try building it without the dkms.
Start with wonderwoofy's PKGBUILD and check if all the patches in the broadcom-wl-dkms PKGBUILD are applied
If not, edit the PKGBUILD and add in those patches. You will have to also download the broadcom-wl-dkms tarball and copy over any patch files
run makepkg and see if it builds.

swaraj · 2013-08-29 20:09:29

Okay guys, thank you for all the help you could provide. I'll try it out tomorrow and let you know how it goes.

swaraj · 2013-08-29 20:36:42

Also, if you don't mind answering, which kernel do you use? I'm asking because the only change that I made recently was upgrading my system.

swaraj · 2013-08-29 20:46:46

I LOVE YOU WonderWoofy! That solved all my problems!
I've uploaded the file to my Dropbox public folder as well, and I'm going to keep it there for as long as I can.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/569 … src.tar.gz

(Any idea what the problem was for me? I'm still interested to diagnose it. Also, I would really like to know if the dkms version still works for people using the latest kernel.)

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-29 21:18:21

I think dkms is working fine for most people. But really, dkms kind of sucks. I use it because I run self built kernels from Linus' git tree, so I am constantly updating a few modules. I have to use the wl v5.100.whatever, and my ethernet card works far better with the r8168 module over the in-tree r8169. So every time I update, I just enable dkms and then reboot and let it build.

What kinds of sucks is that even though I uninstall/remove the old modules, dkms does something I haven't been able to figure out to the /usr/lib/modules/linux-* directory it is writing to that it doesn't undo. So when the old git kernel gets uninstalled, that basic directory structure remains, and I have to manually remove it, even though there are not module in there. Still, I am a btrfs user and someone who likes to tinker with (read: break) my system, so running the latest kernel development code is of interest to me. So I've got to do what I've got to do…

wilam · 2013-09-07 14:27:51

Hi
I would just like to say that this problem exists in some way for me as well.
I just performed update from linux 3.10.9-1 to linux 3.10.10-1 and my wi-fi stopped working.
After that I tried every single method in this thread and almost all reasonable packages from AUR for broadcom. I did rebuilding checking different versions and nothing worked.
After kernel downgrade everything works fine without any problems.
My card is:
24:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n

currently using
broadcom-wl-no-dkms 6.30.223.30-1

and wi-fi works fine.

Does anyone knows what is wrong by now?

swaraj · 2013-09-07 14:33:00

Have you also tried WonderWoofy's patched version?

wilam · 2013-09-07 15:01:51

Hmm,
interesting. After your replay I tried checking the method as it was the only one not tested actually.
Before creating the package this way I checked the folder with the modules.
It turns out there were two files for "wl" module. One gz and one not.
I deleted both, uninstalled previous broadcom package and then I simply installed broadcom-wl from aur. Now everything works with the newest kernel.
Thanks anyway.

Last edited by wilam (2013-09-07 15:02:12)

WonderWoofy · 2013-09-07 15:44:48

With the BCM43228, you should be using the v5.100.82.112 anyway. The v6 is really for the newest of Broadcom cards. Though it will work with that card, it does not work quite right.

Keep in mind that the package provides a module. So when it stops working, you need to rebuild it against the new headers. So if you actually set a place to store your built packages in makepkg.conf, then it will simply try to use the old package unless there is a pkgver bump, a pkgrel bump, or if you force it (-f).

Since wireless is so important to the fcuntionality of my machine, I keep the unpacked broadcom-wl tarball on my machine with the source in the same directory. Then I modified the source array in the PKGBUILD to look for the file on my machine rather than the source from the interwebs. That way, if I ever do an update and don't have ethernet, I can always just rebuild using locally existing files.

robwi · 2013-09-14 16:30:57

I've the same problem : the broadcom-wl v6 does not work. Could you upload the old one "hybrid-portsrc_-v5_100_82_112.tar.gz" that disappear of the broadcom website.

thx

WonderWoofy · 2013-09-14 20:36:18

Ooohh, so it did. THey now provide only the v6. Anyway, I'm not sure how legit this is, so mods remove this if you feel it is necessary, but here are the v5 sources. There is both a 64 and a 32 bit version. So I've uploaded both:
http://rapidshare.com/share/9B99550B067 … 8A4AA041C2 ← 64bit
http://rapidshare.com/share/9C7744F1D4F … 0649495F30 ← 32bit

robwi · 2013-09-18 09:36:16

thanks for files

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