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#1 2013-09-01 18:39:35
- khajvah
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- From: Yerevan, Armenia
- Registered: 2012-04-23
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[solved]broadcom module stops working after update
I have managed to install and make my wifi work with this dirver but my wifi stopped working after update. The module seems to work with kernel 3.10.10 but wifi doesnt work I don't know why. I can build it without problems and modprobe wl without issues but wifi still doesn't work.
What can be my problem??
Last edited by khajvah (2013-09-02 13:47:06)
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#2 2013-09-01 19:27:21
- khajvah
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- From: Yerevan, Armenia
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Re: [solved]broadcom module stops working after update
I downgraded kernel but it still doesn't work, so I guess I have another problem
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#3 2013-09-01 19:35:19
- cris9288
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Re: [solved]broadcom module stops working after update
You didn't provide a whole lot of info. Your wifi stopped working when? Immediately after the update (this one doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me anyways) or after a reboot? Keep in mind that broadcom-wl is build against whatever kernel you are running so if you are upgrading the kernel, then there is a chance that you need to rebuild the module.
It is interesting that downgrading the kernel doesn't fix this, but then again the details of whatever is happening are sparse.
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#4 2013-09-01 19:35:38
- khajvah
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Re: [solved]broadcom module stops working after update
Ok, I downgraded installed broadcom-wl-dkms again and that solved the problem, but I am afraid to upgrade... I will try tomorrow and write here
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#5 2013-09-01 19:39:38
- WonderWoofy
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Re: [solved]broadcom module stops working after update
If you use dkms, you need to make sure that it is rebuilt against each kernel version. That is, unless you have dkms.service enabled/started, you will have to use the dkms binary to build the module against the new headers with each kernel update.
Similarly, if you use a non-dkms package, you would have to rebuild it each time the kernel is updated (or the module's compatibility breaks if it is kept in the extramodules directory).
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#6 2013-09-02 07:53:42
- khajvah
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Re: [solved]broadcom module stops working after update
Yeah, thanks, I rebuild a wrong driver, it works now 
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