Broadcom driver isn't finding card (T3988)

[celticmagic]

Paul (#old_nerd), 2017-06-29 10:08:35 UTC

Despite the Broadcom Limited BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY being detected in my Old HP 6735s laptop [inxi -Fc 0] It's not picking up my wireless signal. Wireless works under Mint XFCE and Ubuntu Mate - so the hardware is ok - installed Broadcom IEE 802 ...... 6.30.223.271 (as per hardware driver DoFlicky recommendation) Rebooted and still no joy. All other updates installed. PS: FIRST time reporting a bug - I assigned it to myself - is this in error? Is there more information I should be giving?

[celticmagic]

Peter O'Connor (#sunnyflunk), 2017-06-29 10:17:19 UTC

What's the output of this? (checking you have the right kernel/module loaded) ``` eopkg info linux-lts | head -n2; uname -a; eopkg info broadcom-sta | head -n2 ```

[celticmagic]

Paul (#old_nerd), 2017-06-30 03:43:57 UTC

- Installed package: Name : linux-lts, version: 4.9.32, release: 31 Linux l20170525 4.9.32-31.lts #1 SMP Thu Jun 22 04:35:56 UTC 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux Installed package: Name : broadcom-sta, version: 6.30.223.271, release: 120 Hope this is what you need - First bug report (and still a linux noob) so this whole process is a bit of a mystery to me.

[celticmagic]

Beatrice T. Meyers (#DataDrake), 2018-07-12 16:58:40 UTC

Is this still an issue?

[celticmagic]

Beatrice T. Meyers (#DataDrake), 2018-10-20 16:28:06 UTC

Closing due to lack of activity in over 30 days.

[celticmagic]

mate-user (#mate-user), 2019-11-14 15:48:32 UTC

#DataDrake, I have an old Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop with Broadcom BCM4312 shown as the network controller after running lspci in Terminal. I booted a Solus 3 Mate Live USB and my wifi wasn't listed. I activated the driver in Hardware Drivers/DoFlicky and logged out and back in. There were some wifi names listed but not my home wifi. I booted a Peppermint 10 Live USB and my wifi was listed and connected fine with that Linux distro. Can this be fixed for the Solus Live session ? Or would it work while connected to the internet via Ethernet cable ?

[celticmagic]

mate-user (#mate-user), 2019-11-18 12:45:45 UTC

#DataDrake I'm having this problem. Can this be reopened ?

[celticmagic]

mate-user (#mate-user), 2020-01-29 02:12:53 UTC

I booted a Solus 4.1 Mate Live USB on a Dell Inspiron 1545 and I saw this: {F5546901} It shows firmware files "b43/ucode15.fw" and "b43-open/ucode15.fw" were not found.

[celticmagic]

Beatrice T. Meyers (#DataDrake), 2020-01-29 02:32:45 UTC

Should sort you: http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/b43fw_508.tar.gz

[celticmagic]

same (#totalmongobaer), 2020-01-29 04:37:58 UTC

I had similar issue and i after installing the current linux header -and reboot- it was working. Just try it out.

[celticmagic]

Beatrice T. Meyers (#DataDrake), 2020-01-29 04:50:52 UTC

#totalmongobaer that's not how that works.

[celticmagic]

mate-user (#mate-user), 2020-01-29 18:42:11 UTC

#DataDrake that file shows an error when I open with Archive Manager, on my ThinkPad laptop with Solus 4.1 Mate. Error: gzip: stdin: not in gzip format tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now I don't know what to do with that tar.gz file. Will Wi-Fi work in the Live USB session after running some Terminal commands ? I'm guessing Wi-Fi on Solus would work after installing, then downloading the Wi-Fi driver via Ethernet.

[celticmagic]

Beatrice T. Meyers (#DataDrake), 2020-05-28 20:30:46 UTC

#mate-user the tarball is working fine for me. Can you try again please?

[celticmagic]

mate-user (#mate-user), 2020-06-06 21:06:39 UTC

Hi #DataDrake I don't know how to install the driver from the tar.gz file. I was hoping it would work out of the box in the next iso refresh, maybe with Solus 4.2 ?

[davidjharder]

Old, no new info. Closing