[SOLVED] Macbook Air Wi-Fi issues

AirsoftHamster · 2021-01-30 23:05:21

Hi, I have an Early 2015 Macbook Air 7,2 that I have installed arch on. It used to run manjaro and by installing the broadcom-wl package it would solve the issue. unfortuantley, now when I install that package it no longer works correctly. I have a feeling that this might be because I am using the linux-zen kernel, but I don't know.

Output from uname -a

 Linux BellaPC 5.10.11-zen2-1-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:13:33 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Output from lspci -vnn -d 14e4:

 02:00.0 Multimedia controller [0480]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries 720p FaceTime HD Camera [14e4:1570]
	Subsystem: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries 720p FaceTime HD Camera [14e4:1570]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Memory at c1500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at c1400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:0117]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	Memory at c1200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
	Memory at c1000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
	Kernel modules: bcma

So far, I have tried the broadcom-wl and broadcom-wl-dkms drivers an neither work. I can provide any information you might need.

Last edited by AirsoftHamster (2021-01-31 00:13:57)

Scimmia · 2021-01-30 23:10:46

Did you install the headers for your chosen kernel when you installed the -dkms package?

AirsoftHamster · 2021-01-30 23:16:40

I installed linux-headers when I installed dkms and broadcom-wl-dkms.

progandy · 2021-01-30 23:56:31

If you use linux-zen you'll need the linux-zen-headers.

Scimmia · 2021-01-31 00:02:29

It should have thrown an error when it tried to build the module. ALWAYS read pacman's output.

AirsoftHamster · 2021-01-31 00:13:45

thank you all so much! Installing linux-zen-headers and removing linux-headers worked with the broadcom-wl-dkms package!

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#1 2021-01-30 23:05:21

[SOLVED] Macbook Air Wi-Fi issues

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