I am running Fedora 22 on a DELL XPS 13 notebook (2015 edition, model 9343, bios A04). After I upgraded the kernel from
4.0.4-301.fc22.x86_64
to
4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64
wifi no longer works. I reinstalled broadcom-wl and rebooted but still no wifi. Suggestions are welcome.
is there a kernel module loaded ?
try lsmod | grep wl
did you see anything with dmesg or lspci ?
look at this link for how to check
if your kernel module is provided by rpmfusion as kmod package it happen sometimes that the kernel is publish before the associated modules.
then you have 2 options
1) reboot and select the previous kernel and wait for the new kernel module to be published.
2) install the akmod version and it should rebuild the module at boot-up.
try this,
# akmods --force
Checking kmods exist for 4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64 [ OK ]
Building and installing wl-kmod
then
# modprobe wl
Regards
I did not find anything revealing with dmesg. I am attaching some info below. I noticed that I have kmod-wl-4.0.4-301 but not kmod-wl-4.0.4-303. Could that be causing the problem? I have already run sudo dnf update but that package was not update to version 303. Thank you.
[cribari@darwin4 ~] $ uname -a
Linux darwin4 4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu May 28 12:37:06 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[cribari@darwin4 ~] $ lsmod | grep wl
[cribari@darwin4 ~] $ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions. [cribari@darwin4 ~] $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics (rev 09)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Camarillo Device (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev e3)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev e3)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Thermal Management Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5249 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
lspci -vnn | grep -i net
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43b1] (rev 03)
[cribari@darwin4 ~] $ dnf list installed | grep wl
Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'livna' from 'http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist': Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist: Curl error (6): Couldn't resolve host name for http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist [Could not resolve host: rpm.livna.org], disabling.
broadcom-wl.noarch 6.30.223.248-2.fc22 @System
iwl100-firmware.noarch 39.31.5.1-52.fc22 @System
iwl1000-firmware.noarch 1:39.31.5.1-52.fc22 @System
iwl105-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-52.fc22 @System
iwl135-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-52.fc22 @System
iwl2000-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-52.fc22 @System
iwl2030-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-52.fc22 @System
iwl3160-firmware.noarch 1:25.17.12.0-52.fc22 @System
iwl3945-firmware.noarch 15.32.2.9-52.fc22 @System
iwl4965-firmware.noarch 228.61.2.24-52.fc22 @System
iwl5000-firmware.noarch 8.83.5.1_1-52.fc22 @System
iwl5150-firmware.noarch 8.24.2.2-52.fc22 @System
iwl6000-firmware.noarch 9.221.4.1-52.fc22 @System
iwl6000g2a-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-52 ...
Try this:
# wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
# tar jxvf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
# cd broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux
# b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta.o
# modprobe -r b43
# modprobe b43
g.
Works like a charm, much easier than the other suggestions.
Works.(ACER aspire E5 with wifi Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01))
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthr...
install kernel-devel.
dnf list installed | grep kernel
have you installed kernel-modules ?
Bear in mind that if you may not be able to use uefi if you add the wl module. I had to turn off secure boot in the firmware of my new Lenovo Y50, that uses the 4352 wireless card (sadly). Wireless now works (good), bluetooth doesn't seem to (not so good) and it is a major PITA because one has to use rpmfusion nonfree to get it to work at all. Sigh.
I don't think UEFI and drivers are related. UEFI is a replacement for bios. Once you've booted into Fedora, you shouldn't have to worry about UEFI. My guess is your installation was slightly different between the BIOS and UEFI versions.
I found that onpubcom's solution here worked perfectly: https://onpub.com/install-broadcom-li...
I thought I would comment here as I had the exact same issue with a Macbook Pro mid 2010 with Broadcom 4322.
The problem is the wl module is not loaded, and is not available in the repos. Note that this workaround is completely at your own risk, but worked for me.
Steps:
Create the folder for the module:
$ sudo mkdir -p /lib/modules/4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64/extra/wl
Next, copy the old wl.ko to the new location
$ sudo cp /lib/modules/4.0.4-301.fc22.x86_64/extra/wl/wl.ko /lib/modules/4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64/extra/wl
Finally, replace the version numbers in the new file with the correct version numbers:
$ sudo sed -i 's/-301/-303/g' /lib/modules/4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64/extra/wl/wl.ko
Now, run depmod so your system willl find the module:
$ sudo depmod -a
Finally, run modprobe wl to get wifi again.
$ sudo modprobe wl
Hope that helps! Note this might break something. But it at least fixed my wifi.
Thanks, this also worked for my Fedora 22, Macbook Pro Late 2013. :D
Asked: 2015-06-02 06:29:49 -0600
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