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But at step 4, wl.ko does indeed exist lol
- (Optional) Check all the built DKMS kernel modules. There should be "wl.ko" in the list.
Pretty sure that's how it's supposed to be, especially since you just installed it in step 2. I don't see your problem here.
Thanks for your reply :-) -- I just assumed that would be an issue as I go on to complete step 5 and 6 and still the same thing. I can see the wifi network and attempt to join and it never configures. Fun times
sorry I read that as wl.ko should not be the list. I need to edit my post haha
We should tell people to post the relevant lines from the dmesg command, too. It usually tells if a killswitch is set or the module didn't get loaded (properly).
Good luck with your old laptop 😄
So, you're talking about ensuring the wl driver is loaded, but the dump at the end of your post says it's using brcmsmac, a different driver for the same card. Looks like you have a mix of both now? It looks like https://wiki.debian.org/wl has a little script you can use to switch between the two, maybe try that.
I just installed a broadcom 4xxx driver in KDE Neon a few days ago. The first few instructions I found didn't work, something like *-dkms and *-source. But then, I found the command below. did you try:
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
It says unable to locate package, that's ubuntu? That kind of loops me back around via https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=128386 to https://wiki.debian.org/wl
Isn't there a separate package with firmware? Maybe install firmware-brcm80211, firmware-misc-nonfree or something like that?
firmware-misc-nonfree
I got - firmware-misc-nonfree is already the newest version (20230210-5).
& for firmware-brcm80211 I got - firmware-brcm80211 is already the newest version (20230210-5).