[SOLVED] Problem when installing Broadcom BCM43142 driver

Hamza5 · 2015-10-31 20:04:23

I have a Broadcom BCM43142 Wi-Fi card in my HP Envy 15 k104nk Laptop, when I installed Arch Linux, my card was not detected, so I searched in the wiki and found that I have to install the broadcom-wl-dkms package from the AUR. but when I tried to install it using yaourt I got an error at the end of the install :

loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) broadcom-wl-dkms-6.30.223.271-3

Total Installed Size:  7.74 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                     [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                   [######################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                        [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                  [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                [######################] 100%
(1/1) installing broadcom-wl-dkms                  [######################] 100%

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271/source ->
                 /usr/src/broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271

DKMS: add completed.
Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 4.2.3-1-ARCH cannot be found at
/usr/lib/modules/4.2.3-1-ARCH/build or /usr/lib/modules/4.2.3-1-ARCH/source.
error: command failed to execute correctly
Optional dependencies for broadcom-wl-dkms
    linux-headers: build modules against Arch kernel [installed]
    linux-lts-headers: build modules against LTS Arch kernel [installed]

When I restart I see no differences, the bcma module always load even that is blacklisted in

/etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl-dkms.conf

This is what I get from

sudo lspci -vnn -d 14e4:

:

08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
        DeviceName: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11bgn 1x1 WiFi Adapter + BT 4.0 combo adapter
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2230]
        Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 18
        Memory at b5500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
        Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-41-ff-ff-f0-b0-10
        Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
        Kernel modules: bcma

Why this error happens ? is it a dependency probem ? how can I solve it ? I need to make my Wi-Fi working

Last edited by Hamza5 (2015-10-31 21:56:21)

jasonwryan · 2015-10-31 20:07:26

What is the output of `pacman -Q linux && uname -a`?

Not a Kernel issue, moving to AUR Issues...

Hamza5 · 2015-10-31 20:40:19

jasonwryan wrote:

What is the output of `pacman -Q linux && uname -a`?

Not a Kernel issue, moving to AUR Issues...

Here is it :

linux 4.2.3-1
Linux HamzaAbbad-ArchLinux 4.2.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Oct 3 18:52:50 CEST 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

jasonwryan · 2015-10-31 20:48:11

Any reason you are using an old kernel? Have you -Syu'ed?

Hamza5 · 2015-10-31 21:02:01

I didn't noticed that I am using an old one, I used the latest ISO image when installing, I will upgrade now I and I will see if it helps

Hamza5 · 2015-10-31 21:53:38

Thanks a lot ! driver has been installed and worked I didn't know that forgotting to upgrade can cause such errors

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#1 2015-10-31 20:04:23

[SOLVED] Problem when installing Broadcom BCM43142 driver

#2 2015-10-31 20:07:26

Re: [SOLVED] Problem when installing Broadcom BCM43142 driver

#3 2015-10-31 20:40:19

Re: [SOLVED] Problem when installing Broadcom BCM43142 driver

#4 2015-10-31 20:48:11

Re: [SOLVED] Problem when installing Broadcom BCM43142 driver

#5 2015-10-31 21:02:01

Re: [SOLVED] Problem when installing Broadcom BCM43142 driver

#6 2015-10-31 21:53:38

Re: [SOLVED] Problem when installing Broadcom BCM43142 driver

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