Linux Mint 21 - Broadcom 43142 - wifi stopped working
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I'm using Mint 21 on an HP 17-y002na laptop. It's been connected via ethernet cable for much of the time since I updated to 21, but has had wifi capability at times. Last week I noticed that the symbol showing ethernet connection was absent from my panel, but wired connection still works. Unplugged, I get no wifi options or connection
Since then I have tried to sort it to no avail, and I think I may be doing more harm than good, so I'm asking for help. Current situation is:
iwconfig returns
lo no wireless extensions.
eno1 no wireless extensions.
wlo1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A4 returns
03:00.0 Network controller : Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
DeviceName: WLAN Broadcom 43142 bgn 1x1
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [103c:804a]
Kernel driver in use: wl
Kernel modules: bcma, wl
'rfkill list all' returns
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
The bluetooth unblocks when I select 'Turn Bluetooth On' in the panel, and the above command does then show 'Soft blocked: no'
'dmesg | grep wl' gives me
[ 13.649275] wl: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[ 13.649291] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 13.660611] wl: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[ 13.877253] wlan0: Broadcom BCM4365 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.30.223.271 (r587334)
[ 14.674777] wl 0000:03:00.0 wlo1: renamed from wlan0
Wifi is (still) enabled in my BIOS/UEFI set up. Safe boot is disabled
Driver Manager shows I am using bcmwl-kernel-source version 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu10~22.04.1
I do want to be able to use the laptop without having to be ethernet connected
Any information, advice or guidance appreciated. Thank you in advance,
Phil
Edit 1 - replaced output of all commands with current output
Edit 2 - I neglected to include all of the linux-header* i had showing as installed. These were:
linux-headers-5.15.0-79
linux-headers-5.15.0-79-generic
linux-headers-5.15.0-82
linux-headers-5.15.0-82-generic
linux-headers-6.2.0-31-generic
linux-headers-generic
linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04
linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04-edge
linux-headers-generic-hwe-22.04
linux-headers-generic-hwe-22.04-edge
I have now uninstalled each of the 5.15.0-79* and 5.15.0-82* headers, as well as the linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04* headers, and rebooted. Software manager informed me I needed to install 5.15.0-82* again, so I did, and uninstalled linux-headers-6.2.0-31-generic, which automatically removed the linux-headers-generic-hwe-22.04*. Rebooted again, and this time Software Manager didn't flag anything up. Still no wifi, but possibly getting closer to a solution?
Asked by Pine
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Aug 31, 2023, 09:02 AM
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