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#1 2022-02-22 04:58:41

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[SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

Hey,
I am a newbie, or rather an Arch-newb. Booted the iso live, only to see that it does not show the card. Tried using rfkill, tried installing b43 drivers from AUR, installed NetworkManager, broadcom-wl, broadcom-wl-dkms, searched through the entire internet, but none of them seem to work. The most fascinating stuff, though is that I have Garuda Linux installed (drivers initially did not work though) but synced the repositories, rebooted the system and the network card just magically worked.
I also tried doing the same with arch linux but in vain. Copied Garuda Linux drivers to Arch Linux but still did not work.
Is this dependent on the kernel installed?

Wifi Network card: Broadcom BCM43142
Linux kernel of Garuda Linux: Linux-zen

If I do need to post any output, let me know.
iw dev does not show any output, but works on Garuda Linux.

Hope you have a good day :)



I shall never come to like this laptop, for it smells of burnt GPU

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#2 2022-02-22 10:07:41

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

What's your output for 

lspci -k
dmesg | grep -iE 'wl|b43'
ip addr

in code tags or to a pastebin: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_o … n_services

Also with which exact command did you try to connect? Chances are that the wl driver does not support the newer interfaces used by iwd/iwctl and you might have to opt for wpa_supplicant/nmcli or so,

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#3 2022-02-22 12:41:18

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

@V1del, sorry for replying back late, just got back home from work.
ATM, I do not have arch installed. Was frustrated with it and deleted it.
However, I can let you know the output of the commands.
lspci gave: 

 01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0018
Kernel driver in use: wl
Kernel modules: bcma, wl

(Something similar to this)
ip addr just showed the loopback interface.

Thanks for replying :)

Oh also, I tried wpa_supplicant and nmcli but there was no wifi adapter found.

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#4 2022-02-22 13:43:04

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

(Something similar to this)

Is not going to be sufficient. If you want to know why it doesn't work on arch you'll have to provide the information from that system, but using the zen kernel  you'll need https://archlinux.org/packages/communit … m-wl-dkms/ to use the wl kernel module (and the https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … n-headers/ )

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#5 2022-02-22 16:26:45

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

@seth, about the zen kernel, it is not the kernel that I use for arch linux. I think it is the LTS version of kernel. The zen kernel is used only for my Garuda Linux OS.

Thanks for the tip tho; I'll see about copying the text code although IDK how

Hope you have a good day :)

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#6 2022-02-22 16:41:33

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

So, I just ran the commands.

 lspci -k

gives:

 01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0018
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: wl 
 dmesg | grep -iE 'wl|b43'

gives:

           [      22.721391] wl: loading out-of-tree module, taints kernel
           [      22.721402] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel
           [      22.725363] wl: module verification failed:signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel

Hope you have a good day =)

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#7 2022-02-22 16:48:59

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

Try explicitly reloading wl instead of bcma 

modprobe -r bcma wl
modprobe wl

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#8 2022-02-23 02:13:08

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

@V1del, sorry for the late reply, just ran the two commands above and nothing changed. Ran ping test, but gave "Temporary failure in name resolution". No outputs.

Also, this is something I noticed, but the kernel driver used in Arch Linux is bcma-pci-bridge while Garuda Linux uses wl drivers. Is there something that has to do with it?

Thank you smile

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#9 2022-02-23 07:05:52

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

Yes, you don't have the wl driver (properly) installed and there's no working driver for the chip (hence the bcma-pci-bridge module, which is not a broadcom wireless driver)
I guess the b43/bcma drivers are blacklisted by the wl package, but the module doesn't fit the kernel.
Please post the verbatim outputs of 

uname -a
pacman -Qs broadcom
lsmod
modinfo wl |  head

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#10 2022-02-23 07:52:24

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

In a similar problem of mine with a BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03) , it was necessary to blacklist the modules bcma brcm80211 brcmsmac through  /etc/modprobe.d/
The choice rmmod / modprobe (as terminal command) has no result for this chipset. There is a big conflict with the modules.
For example you can try to blacklist the modules bcm43xx  ssb  b43  b43legacy  ndiswrapper  brcmfmac  bcma  brcm80211  brcmsmac, all of them or one by  one  .....

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#11 2022-02-23 09:05:27

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

Properly unloading all the relevant modules "should" work but I'm not entirely certain on all the modules involved here. The problem is that the problem starts on the live disk and any blacklist you define would not persist, an option to ensure they are blacklisted would be using the command line. I was also under the impression the live disk should already blacklist the non-wl modules

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#12 2022-02-23 09:46:54

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

Update: I have just installed arch linux so that things can get easier for me as well as y'all. Thanks for helping out!

Also @seth, will post the output for the commands in a lil later

@V1del, I forgot to mention, the reply you mentioned:

V1del wrote:

Try explicitly reloading wl instead of bcma

modprobe -r bcma wl
modprobe wl

Unloaded these kernel drivers and tried to load back wl but received a 'FATAL' message, saying that the driver (or module?) was not found at a specific location. Would you like me to post the full error message?

Thanks for the replies, hope y'all have a good day smile

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#13 2022-02-23 09:48:22

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

Also, @giannis-arch, good to know that information. Let me give it a try smile

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#14 2022-02-23 09:54:12

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

Please always post all the outputs you get in full for everything, otherwise if you blankly state "doesn't work" we don't know whether that was due to an error in your execution of the command, an error in general, or whether it might be an outright incompatibility that we can't do much about.

Based on what you mentioned it sounded like the commands went through successfully but you still didn't get an interface allocated, which is an entirely different issue to look at than outright failure to load the module.

Note that if you actually installed the system now you need to explicitly install the broadcom-wl package it isn't going to be inherently part of your installation, that package should in turn already have all the proper blacklists. In doubt post the outputs seth asked for in #9

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#15 2022-02-25 04:41:40

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

Hello,
I am sorry for not being able to respond since I was figuring out how to paste the output of arch linux here. I also reinstalled arch linux.

During live installation boot, I notice something very unusual:
Bluetooth:  hci0 : BCM: Firmware patch not found, tried
Bluetooth:  hci0 : BCM: BCM43142A0-(something that I could not observe)
Bluetooth:  hci0 : BCM: (and then some more. If I can "pause" the boot screen please let me know)

@seth As per your request, I have posted the outputs for the following:

 uname -a

gives:

 Linux shamarch 5.16.11-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu, 24 Feb 2022 02:18:20 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux 
 pacman -Qs broadcom

gives absolutely nothing, and I mean it this time.

 lsmod

gives:

Module                  Size  Used by
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    20480  0
intel_powerclamp       20480  0
coretemp               20480  0
uvcvideo              151552  0
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  1
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
snd_ctl_led            24576  0
dell_laptop            32768  0
iTCO_wdt               16384  0
videobuf2_vmalloc      20480  1 uvcvideo
aesni_intel           380928  0
btusb                  65536  0
dell_wmi               24576  1 dell_laptop
snd_hda_codec_realtek   155648  1
btrtl                  28672  1 btusb
hid_rmi                28672  0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     81920  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    98304  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
intel_spi_platform     16384  0
videobuf2_memops       20480  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
ledtrig_audio          16384  4 snd_ctl_led,snd_hda_codec_generic,dell_wmi,dell_laptop
rmi_core              118784  1 hid_rmi
intel_pmc_bxt          16384  1 iTCO_wdt
at24                   28672  0
intel_spi              24576  1 intel_spi_platform
crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
videobuf2_v4l2         40960  1 uvcvideo
snd_hda_intel          61440  0
hid_sensor_gyro_3d     20480  0
btbcm                  20480  1 btusb
dell_smbios            32768  2 dell_wmi,dell_laptop
spi_nor               102400  1 intel_spi
snd_intel_dspcfg       32768  1 snd_hda_intel
btintel                45056  1 btusb
hid_sensor_magn_3d     20480  0
cryptd                 28672  2 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel
wmi_bmof               16384  0
dell_wmi_descriptor    20480  2 dell_wmi,dell_smbios
mei_hdcp               24576  0
mei_pxp                20480  0
dcdbas                 20480  1 dell_smbios
intel_rapl_msr         20480  0
rapl                   16384  0
mtd                    90112  4 spi_nor,intel_spi
iTCO_vendor_support    16384  1 iTCO_wdt
dell_smm_hwmon         24576  0
intel_cstate           20480  0
intel_uncore          204800  0
snd_intel_sdw_acpi     20480  1 snd_intel_dspcfg
hid_sensor_accel_3d    20480  0
hid_sensor_als         20480  0
hid_sensor_rotation    20480  0
hid_sensor_incl_3d     20480  0
bluetooth             757760  5 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,btusb
psmouse               212992  0
joydev                 28672  0
videobuf2_common       86016  4 videobuf2_vmalloc,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_memops
hid_sensor_trigger     20480  12 hid_sensor_gyro_3d,hid_sensor_incl_3d,hid_sensor_als,hid_sensor_accel_3d,hid_sensor_magn_3d,hid_sensor_rotation
snd_hda_codec         180224  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
pcspkr                 16384  0
industrialio_triggered_buffer    16384  1 hid_sensor_trigger
mousedev               24576  0
ecdh_generic           16384  1 bluetooth
videodev              303104  3 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
crc16                  16384  1 bluetooth
kfifo_buf              16384  1 industrialio_triggered_buffer
snd_hda_core          114688  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
intel_vbtn             24576  0
processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy    16384  0
bcma                   77824  0
hid_sensor_iio_common    20480  7 hid_sensor_gyro_3d,hid_sensor_trigger,hid_sensor_incl_3d,hid_sensor_als,hid_sensor_accel_3d,hid_sensor_magn_3d,hid_sensor_rotation
hid_multitouch         32768  0
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
industrialio          102400  9 industrialio_triggered_buffer,hid_sensor_gyro_3d,hid_sensor_trigger,hid_sensor_incl_3d,kfifo_buf,hid_sensor_als,hid_sensor_accel_3d,hid_sensor_magn_3d,hid_sensor_rotation
i915                 3260416  2
mc                     65536  4 videodev,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
wmi                    40960  4 dell_wmi,wmi_bmof,dell_smbios,dell_wmi_descriptor
snd_pcm               159744  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
processor_thermal_device    20480  1 processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy
int3403_thermal        20480  0
sparse_keymap          16384  2 dell_wmi,intel_vbtn
i2c_hid_acpi           16384  0
processor_thermal_rfim    16384  1 processor_thermal_device
snd_timer              45056  1 snd_pcm
mei_me                 53248  2
mac_hid                16384  0
processor_thermal_mbox    16384  2 processor_thermal_rfim,processor_thermal_device
dell_rbtn              20480  0
ttm                    86016  1 i915
i2c_hid                40960  1 i2c_hid_acpi
processor_thermal_rapl    20480  1 processor_thermal_device
snd                   126976  9 snd_ctl_led,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_pcm
intel_gtt              28672  1 i915
soc_button_array       20480  0
video                  57344  3 dell_wmi,dell_laptop,i915
mei                   163840  5 mei_hdcp,mei_pxp,mei_me
i2c_i801               45056  0
intel_rapl_common      32768  2 intel_rapl_msr,processor_thermal_rapl
rfkill                 32768  4 bluetooth,dell_laptop,dell_rbtn
lpc_ich                28672  0
i2c_smbus              20480  1 i2c_i801
int340x_thermal_zone    20480  2 int3403_thermal,processor_thermal_device
soundcore              16384  2 snd_ctl_led,snd
int3400_thermal        20480  0
intel_pch_thermal      20480  0
acpi_thermal_rel       16384  1 int3400_thermal
intel_soc_dts_iosf     20480  1 processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy
fuse                  172032  1
bpf_preload            16384  0
ip_tables              36864  0
x_tables               57344  1 ip_tables
btrfs                1695744  1
blake2b_generic        20480  0
libcrc32c              16384  1 btrfs
crc32c_generic         16384  0
xor                    24576  1 btrfs
raid6_pq              122880  1 btrfs
hid_sensor_custom      28672  0
hid_sensor_hub         32768  9 hid_sensor_gyro_3d,hid_sensor_trigger,hid_sensor_iio_common,hid_sensor_incl_3d,hid_sensor_als,hid_sensor_accel_3d,hid_sensor_magn_3d,hid_sensor_rotation,hid_sensor_custom
usbhid                 73728  0
serio_raw              20480  0
atkbd                  36864  0
uas                    32768  0
libps2                 20480  2 atkbd,psmouse
usb_storage            81920  1 uas
xhci_pci               20480  0
crc32c_intel           24576  2
i8042                  45056  1 dell_laptop
xhci_pci_renesas       24576  1 xhci_pci
serio                  28672  7 rmi_core,serio_raw,atkbd,psmouse,i8042

For now, this is what I have gathered. I shall soon post the output of the last command.

Hope you have a good day smile

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#16 2022-02-25 05:53:29

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

In contrast to arch linux, Garuda Linux gives an output for pacman -Qs broadcom:

 local/broadcom-wl-dkms 6.30.223.271-28
Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver

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#17 2022-02-25 07:39:05

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

V1del wrote:

Note that if you actually installed the system now you need to explicitly install the broadcom-wl package it isn't going to be inherently part of your installation

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#18 2022-02-25 10:09:30

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

Oh my bad, I'll install the package, then run the command. Thanks for the prompt smile

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#19 2022-02-25 12:10:20

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

And what's the status quo?

lspci -k; lsmod; ip a

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#20 2022-02-26 05:44:27

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

@seth, check above

ShamUsesArch wrote:

So, I just ran the commands.

 lspci -k

gives:

01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0018
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: wl

ShamUsesArch wrote:

 lsmod

gives:

Module                  Size  Used by
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    20480  0
intel_powerclamp       20480  0
coretemp               20480  0
uvcvideo              151552  0
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  1
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
snd_ctl_led            24576  0
dell_laptop            32768  0
iTCO_wdt               16384  0
videobuf2_vmalloc      20480  1 uvcvideo
aesni_intel           380928  0
btusb                  65536  0
dell_wmi               24576  1 dell_laptop
snd_hda_codec_realtek   155648  1
btrtl                  28672  1 btusb
hid_rmi                28672  0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     81920  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    98304  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
intel_spi_platform     16384  0
videobuf2_memops       20480  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
ledtrig_audio          16384  4 snd_ctl_led,snd_hda_codec_generic,dell_wmi,dell_laptop
rmi_core              118784  1 hid_rmi
intel_pmc_bxt          16384  1 iTCO_wdt
at24                   28672  0
intel_spi              24576  1 intel_spi_platform
crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
videobuf2_v4l2         40960  1 uvcvideo
snd_hda_intel          61440  0
hid_sensor_gyro_3d     20480  0
btbcm                  20480  1 btusb
dell_smbios            32768  2 dell_wmi,dell_laptop
spi_nor               102400  1 intel_spi
snd_intel_dspcfg       32768  1 snd_hda_intel
btintel                45056  1 btusb
hid_sensor_magn_3d     20480  0
cryptd                 28672  2 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel
wmi_bmof               16384  0
dell_wmi_descriptor    20480  2 dell_wmi,dell_smbios
mei_hdcp               24576  0
mei_pxp                20480  0
dcdbas                 20480  1 dell_smbios
intel_rapl_msr         20480  0
rapl                   16384  0
mtd                    90112  4 spi_nor,intel_spi
iTCO_vendor_support    16384  1 iTCO_wdt
dell_smm_hwmon         24576  0
intel_cstate           20480  0
intel_uncore          204800  0
snd_intel_sdw_acpi     20480  1 snd_intel_dspcfg
hid_sensor_accel_3d    20480  0
hid_sensor_als         20480  0
hid_sensor_rotation    20480  0
hid_sensor_incl_3d     20480  0
bluetooth             757760  5 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,btusb
psmouse               212992  0
joydev                 28672  0
videobuf2_common       86016  4 videobuf2_vmalloc,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_memops
hid_sensor_trigger     20480  12 hid_sensor_gyro_3d,hid_sensor_incl_3d,hid_sensor_als,hid_sensor_accel_3d,hid_sensor_magn_3d,hid_sensor_rotation
snd_hda_codec         180224  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
pcspkr                 16384  0
industrialio_triggered_buffer    16384  1 hid_sensor_trigger
mousedev               24576  0
ecdh_generic           16384  1 bluetooth
videodev              303104  3 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
crc16                  16384  1 bluetooth
kfifo_buf              16384  1 industrialio_triggered_buffer
snd_hda_core          114688  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
intel_vbtn             24576  0
processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy    16384  0
bcma                   77824  0
hid_sensor_iio_common    20480  7 hid_sensor_gyro_3d,hid_sensor_trigger,hid_sensor_incl_3d,hid_sensor_als,hid_sensor_accel_3d,hid_sensor_magn_3d,hid_sensor_rotation
hid_multitouch         32768  0
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
industrialio          102400  9 industrialio_triggered_buffer,hid_sensor_gyro_3d,hid_sensor_trigger,hid_sensor_incl_3d,kfifo_buf,hid_sensor_als,hid_sensor_accel_3d,hid_sensor_magn_3d,hid_sensor_rotation
i915                 3260416  2
mc                     65536  4 videodev,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
wmi                    40960  4 dell_wmi,wmi_bmof,dell_smbios,dell_wmi_descriptor
snd_pcm               159744  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
processor_thermal_device    20480  1 processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy
int3403_thermal        20480  0
sparse_keymap          16384  2 dell_wmi,intel_vbtn
i2c_hid_acpi           16384  0
processor_thermal_rfim    16384  1 processor_thermal_device
snd_timer              45056  1 snd_pcm
mei_me                 53248  2
mac_hid                16384  0
processor_thermal_mbox    16384  2 processor_thermal_rfim,processor_thermal_device
dell_rbtn              20480  0
ttm                    86016  1 i915
i2c_hid                40960  1 i2c_hid_acpi
processor_thermal_rapl    20480  1 processor_thermal_device
snd                   126976  9 snd_ctl_led,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_pcm
intel_gtt              28672  1 i915
soc_button_array       20480  0
video                  57344  3 dell_wmi,dell_laptop,i915
mei                   163840  5 mei_hdcp,mei_pxp,mei_me
i2c_i801               45056  0
intel_rapl_common      32768  2 intel_rapl_msr,processor_thermal_rapl
rfkill                 32768  4 bluetooth,dell_laptop,dell_rbtn
lpc_ich                28672  0
i2c_smbus              20480  1 i2c_i801
int340x_thermal_zone    20480  2 int3403_thermal,processor_thermal_device
soundcore              16384  2 snd_ctl_led,snd
int3400_thermal        20480  0
intel_pch_thermal      20480  0
acpi_thermal_rel       16384  1 int3400_thermal
intel_soc_dts_iosf     20480  1 processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy
fuse                  172032  1
bpf_preload            16384  0
ip_tables              36864  0
x_tables               57344  1 ip_tables
btrfs                1695744  1
blake2b_generic        20480  0
libcrc32c              16384  1 btrfs
crc32c_generic         16384  0
xor                    24576  1 btrfs
raid6_pq              122880  1 btrfs
hid_sensor_custom      28672  0
hid_sensor_hub         32768  9 hid_sensor_gyro_3d,hid_sensor_trigger,hid_sensor_iio_common,hid_sensor_incl_3d,hid_sensor_als,hid_sensor_accel_3d,hid_sensor_magn_3d,hid_sensor_rotation,hid_sensor_custom
usbhid                 73728  0
serio_raw              20480  0
atkbd                  36864  0
uas                    32768  0
libps2                 20480  2 atkbd,psmouse
usb_storage            81920  1 uas
xhci_pci               20480  0
crc32c_intel           24576  2
i8042                  45056  1 dell_laptop
xhci_pci_renesas       24576  1 xhci_pci
serio                  28672  7 rmi_core,serio_raw,atkbd,psmouse,i8042

Check above.

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#21 2022-02-26 05:52:37

ShamUsesArch
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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

 modinfo wl |  head

gives:

 modinfo: ERROR: module alias wl not found

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#22 2022-02-26 07:21:41

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

So the wl module is not installed for the running kernel…

uname -a
pacman -Qs 'linux|broadcom'

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#23 2022-02-26 15:07:41

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

 uname -a

gives:

Linux archiso 5.16.4-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat, 29 Jan 2022 19:08:13 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Running it in live environment btw :)

 pacman -Qs 'linux|broadcom'

gives:

 local/archlinux-keyring 20220125-1
    Arch Linux PGP keyring
local/base 2-2
    Minimal package set to define a basic Arch Linux installation
local/broadcom-wl 6.30.223.271-366
    Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver
local/efibootmgr 17-2
    Linux user-space application to modify the EFI Boot Manager
local/filesystem 2021.12.07-1
    Base Arch Linux files
local/iptables 1:1.8.7-1
    Linux kernel packet control tool (using legacy interface)
local/keyutils 1.6.3-1
    Linux Key Management Utilities
local/kmod 29-2
    Linux kernel module management tools and library
local/libcap-ng 0.8.2-7
    A library for Linux that makes using posix capabilities easy
local/linux 5.16.11.arch1-1
    The Linux kernel and modules
local/linux-api-headers 5.16.8-1
    Kernel headers sanitized for use in userspace
local/linux-firmware 20220209.6342082-1
    Firmware files for Linux
local/linux-firmware-whence 20220209.6342082-1
    Firmware files for Linux - contains the WHENCE license file which documents the vendor license details
local/linux-headers 5.16.11.arch1-1
    Headers and scripts for building modules for the Linux kernel
local/pacman-mirrorlist 20220116-1
    Arch Linux mirror list for use by pacman
local/util-linux 2.37.4-1
    Miscellaneous system utilities for Linux
local/util-linux-libs 2.37.4-1
    util-linux runtime libraries

Hope you have a good day =)

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#24 2022-02-26 15:33:19

seth
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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

Why is this the archiso again? I was under the impression you had installed the system what lead to the situation in post #16/#17 ???
Is the output in #21 from the iso or the installed system?
What's the output of

pacman -Qlkk broadcom-wl

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#25 2022-02-26 16:03:23

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Re: [SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi network card not working

Sorry to mention it, but I accidentally broke the system yesterday and I had to run the live environment. I have been running the live environment since today.

Also, just wanted to ask: Why do you think its the driver that is not working? I pretty much did everything like using the AUR to search for trusted drivers, using PKGBUILD to install those drivers.

If Garuda Linux is Arch-based, and driver works on Garuda Linux, by using the same logic, shouldn't the drivers also work on Arch Linux?

I also wanted to know the difference between the AUR repository and the chaotic-AUR repository. Is there any difference between them or is chaotic-AUR completely different from the mainstream?

BTW, output #21 is archiso again.

Thanks smile

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