[SOLVED] Arch Linux Wireless Problems on Late 2013 Macbook

wpovell · 2017-10-18 05:03:19

Trying to dual boot arch linux on my late 2013 macbook. I'm living in dorms so no Ethernet access, need to set up wireless to install. It has a BCM43xx chipset so need to install the broadcom-wl drivers. However, I have no other arch system to build the package on. I tried creating the package inside a virtual box VM however when I go to install it on my macbook, I get the following errors afterwards:

    $ rmmod b43
    $ rmmod ssb
    $ modprobe wl
    modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Exec format error
    $ dmesg | tail
    ...
    wl: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout

From what I've read this suggests that the package was built on a kernel of a different version, however I created the virtual box from the same iso that I'm using to install on my macbook. My only thoughts are that either

- To create the package on the VM I had to install arch fully on the VM. If this process updated the kernel that might be the cause? But as far as I can tell the iso is fully up to date (4.13.3-1).
- The virtual machine is different enough from installing in on my macbook hardware that building the package there is a no go.

Any ideas/suggestions?

Last edited by wpovell (2017-10-19 03:26:41)

ooo · 2017-10-18 06:58:05

wpovell wrote:

- To create the package on the VM I had to install arch fully on the VM. If this process updated the kernel that might be the cause? But as far as I can tell the iso is fully up to date (4.13.3-1).

The install process doesn't install any packages directly from then ISO. Instead it will download latest versions from repos, so most likely your VM has kernel version 4.13.7-1 installed.

Probably the simplest solution would be downloading linux- and linux-headers-4.13.3-1 (if that's the kernel version used with the ISO) packages from ALA, install those on the VM, and try rebuilding against them.

wpovell · 2017-10-18 18:10:31

Thanks! Now

modprobe wl

works without error, however nothing new shows up from

ip link

so not sure if the interface is being picked up... Any ideas?

wpovell · 2017-10-19 02:08:34

Had to

rmmod bcma

and then it works!

jasonwryan · 2017-10-19 02:12:04

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#1 2017-10-18 05:03:19

[SOLVED] Arch Linux Wireless Problems on Late 2013 Macbook

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