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broadcom-wl-dkms not working in live image #358

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Eloitor opened this issue Sep 19, 2023 · 5 comments
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broadcom-wl-dkms not working in live image #358

Eloitor opened this issue Sep 19, 2023 · 5 comments

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@Eloitor
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Eloitor commented Sep 19, 2023

I have an old HP Probook 4310s, with a broadcom wifi card.

I created a live iso with broadcom-wl-dkms package (and linux*-headers too).

When I boot to the iso I do not have wifi available, (broadcom-wl-dkms is installed).
When I perform the installation to the drive and boot it, wifi is still not available.

For wifi to work I had to force a reinstall of the broadcom-wl-dkms package.

@abenson
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abenson commented Sep 19, 2023

When I boot to the iso I do not have wifi available, (broadcom-wl-dkms is installed).

Did you try manually loading the wl driver? modprobe wl

Also, you're sure the dkms module built and it was loaded into the initramfs the live image is using?

When I perform the installation to the drive and boot it, wifi is still not available.

Just verifying you did a local install?

@Eloitor
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Eloitor commented Sep 19, 2023

Thanks for the quick response,

modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found in directory /lib/modules/6.5.3_1

Maybe it didn't built... Should it be built automatically by having those packages installed?
A dirty hack would be to manually add the compiled module to the right place in the iso...

Yes, I did a local install.

@classabbyamp
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Did you see the dkms module build messages in the log when generating the image?

@Eloitor
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Eloitor commented Sep 19, 2023

I didn't pay attention... tomorrow I'll build it again and log the messages.

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Eloitor commented Sep 20, 2023

It didn't build the dkms module...

export PACKAGE_LIST="broadcom-wl-dkms dialog cryptsetup lvm2 mdadm
 grub-x86_64-efi chrony dbus elogind gdm NetworkManager polkit-gnome vsv xorg gnome"
export XBPS_REPOSITORY="--repository=https://repo-fi.voidlinux.org/current --repository=repo-x86"
export SERVICE_LIST="chronyd dbus elogind NetworkManager polkitd gdm"
./mklive.sh -I "include-x86" -o "Test_1.iso" > Test_1.log

repo-x86 contains the broadcom-wl-dkms and include-x86 has the /usr/bin/void-installer

Test_1.log

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