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#1 2012-09-24 14:27:54

anta40
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From: Jakarta, Indonesia
Registered: 2010-03-01
Posts: 79

[SOLVED] FATAL: Module wl not found.

I just fixed my broken system, due to forcing glibc update.
After that, Arch couldn't detect my wifi chip, so I decided to reinstall the driver again.

$ lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1713] (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)

First, I grabbed the latest broadcom-wl. Then I edited the PKGBUILD, because I use linux-ck-corex kernel

pkgname=broadcom-wl
pkgver=5.100.82.112
pkgrel=6
pkgdesc='Broadcom 802.11abgn hybrid Linux networking device driver'
url='http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php'
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
license=('custom')
depends=('linux-ck-corex')
makedepends=('linux-ck-corex-headers')

After that, I build the package and installed it.

When I ran "modprobe wl", the output was:

FATAL: Module wl not found.

I'm confused. This used to work.

Last edited by anta40 (2012-09-28 17:14:23)

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#2 2012-09-24 14:42:09

anta40
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From: Jakarta, Indonesia
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Re: [SOLVED] FATAL: Module wl not found.

Pardon me for my ignorance.
I just knew that the package broadcom-wl-ck-corex exists.

So I installed it, and "sudo modprobe wl" worked.
Then I rebooted, and during booting I think I saw a bunch of error messages while loading wl (it went so fast, anyway).

I ran iwconfig, and the result was:

$ iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

Last edited by anta40 (2012-09-24 14:42:29)

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#3 2012-09-24 14:57:54

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Re: [SOLVED] FATAL: Module wl not found.

I have a hunch you have lost your kernel modules along the way.  Look at the output of lsmod.  There should be a couple dozen modules loaded when using a stock kernel.  If there are none, or only a couple. then reinstall your kernel (core/linux).  Reboot. See if things improved.


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#4 2012-09-26 13:44:08

anta40
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Re: [SOLVED] FATAL: Module wl not found.

OK. I revert back to the stock kernel (3.5.4-1-ARCH).
Then I rebooted, and the same error still happended.

BTW, this is the output of lsmod (while running the stock kernel):

Module                  Size  Used by
btusb                  11892  0 
hid_generic             1113  0 
usbhid                 36812  0 
bluetooth             193532  2 btusb
uvcvideo               72339  0 
videobuf2_vmalloc       2468  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops        2246  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
hid                    85608  2 hid_generic,usbhid
videobuf2_core         20575  1 uvcvideo
videodev              100564  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
media                  10405  2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_hda_codec_idt      55424  1 
joydev                  9991  0 
snd_hda_intel          25700  3 
snd_hda_codec          97432  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6300  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                74926  2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc          7217  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              18966  1 snd_pcm
microcode              12377  0 
snd                    60021  12 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
kvm_intel             124013  0 
r852                   10832  0 
sm_common               7514  1 r852
iTCO_wdt                5989  0 
kvm                   363714  1 kvm_intel
soundcore               5442  1 snd
nand                   45904  2 r852,sm_common
uhci_hcd               23404  0 
nand_ecc                3572  1 nand
nand_ids                5745  1 nand
mtd                    29234  2 nand,sm_common
firewire_ohci          31653  0 
firewire_core          52837  1 firewire_ohci
sdhci_pci              10833  0 
sdhci                  23790  1 sdhci_pci
iTCO_vendor_support     1929  1 iTCO_wdt
crc_itu_t               1363  1 firewire_core
mmc_core               81526  2 sdhci,sdhci_pci
tg3                   137482  0 
ehci_hcd               41058  0 
dell_wmi                1517  0 
r592                   12011  0 
usbcore               147434  5 btusb,uhci_hcd,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,usbhid
memstick                7016  1 r592
serio_raw               4689  0 
psmouse                71557  0 
gpio_ich                4063  0 
lpc_ich                10545  0 
acpi_cpufreq            5933  1 
mperf                   1267  1 acpi_cpufreq
sparse_keymap           3056  1 dell_wmi
processor              27015  3 acpi_cpufreq
mfd_core                2833  1 lpc_ich
dell_laptop             6643  0 
i2c_i801                8212  0 
wmi                     8475  1 dell_wmi
dcdbas                  5520  1 dell_laptop
ac                      2376  0 
evdev                  10266  11 
usb_common               954  1 usbcore
thermal                 7959  0 
libphy                 16923  1 tg3
pcspkr                  1899  0 
coretemp                6006  0 
wl                   2557927  1 
cfg80211              173210  1 wl
rfkill                 15604  3 cfg80211,bluetooth
lib80211                3949  1 wl
battery                 6517  0 
fuse                   68908  2 
ext4                  438999  1 
crc16                   1359  2 ext4,bluetooth
jbd2                   78720  1 ext4
mbcache                 5977  1 ext4
uvesafb                21535  0 
sd_mod                 29271  2 
sr_mod                 14823  0 
cdrom                  35648  1 sr_mod
pata_acpi               3408  0 
ata_generic             3327  0 
ahci                   20549  1 
libahci                20023  1 ahci
ata_piix               23160  0 
libata                167675  5 ahci,pata_acpi,libahci,ata_generic,ata_piix
scsi_mod              133152  3 libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
i915                  473038  2 
video                  11308  1 i915
button                  4502  1 i915
i2c_algo_bit            5391  1 i915
drm_kms_helper         32749  1 i915
drm                   220804  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_core               20508  6 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,videodev
intel_agp              11096  1 i915
intel_gtt              14478  3 i915,intel_agp

I could see the wl module there.

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#5 2012-09-28 17:14:08

anta40
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From: Jakarta, Indonesia
Registered: 2010-03-01
Posts: 79

Re: [SOLVED] FATAL: Module wl not found.

Somehow I guessed broadcom-wl was the culprit.

So I removed wl from MODULES (in /etc/rc.conf), rebooted, and I did these:

$ sudo rmmod wl
$ sudo modprobe b43

And also checked /etc/modprobe.d, just to make sure that wl is blacklisted (and not b43).

It worked.

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