Broadom wl stop working

[Pudge]

@UncleSpellbinder

I’ll need to do after each update until this gets addressed by the wpa_supplicant developer(s).

Or you could have edited the following line in /etc/pacman.conf from

#IgnorePkg   =

to

IgnorePkg = wpa_supplicant

When updating, pacman will give a reminder that

an upgrade FROM wpa_supplicant-2:2.10-8 TO wpa_suppicant-2:2.11-2 is being ignored

or something similar.

Then when the newest version of the Ignored package shows up, comment out that line in pacman.conf

ARM FYI
wpa_supplicant-2:2.11-2 is not available in aarch64 yet. It should become available in a day or so.

Pudge

[ricklinux]

@marco.righi

Perhaps the only solution is to downgrade wpa_supplicant.

Have you tried that?

[robot_horse]

I have had all the same issues mentioned previously.

Upgrading to the new version wpa_supplicant 2:2.11.2 and rebooting did NOT work for me and still has my WiFi not functioning.

Downgrading to wpa_supplicant-2:2.10-8 and rebooting is a temporary fix that worked for me until this can be solved long term. I’ve placed this package into /etc/pacman.conf for now.

IgnorePkg = wpa_supplicant

[UncleSpellbinder]

@robot_horse

Upgrading to the new version wpa_supplicant 2:2.11.2 and rebooting did NOT work for me and still has my WiFi not functioning.

Odd. This must be targeting very specific machines. Both my late 2014 MacMini and my 2021 Samsung Galaxy Book Pro laptop are fine after updating to wpa_supplicant 2:2.11.2.

[Pudge]

Testing has revealed that wpa_supplicant-2:2.11-2 has fixed the problem on x86_64 architecture computers.

wpa_supplicant-2:2.11-2 did not fix ARM devices on aarch64 architectures such as Pinebook Pro and Raspberry PI devices.

Any additional information on what architectures are working and failing would be useful.

@UncleSpellbinder
What architecture does the MacMini and Samsung Galaxy Book Pro have ?

@robot_horse
What architecture is the computer you have failing. ARM aarch64 is my guess.

Pudge

Reference from another Topic

Pinebook cannot connect to WiFi anymore

I haven’t updated pinebook pro for a while. I did it now, and it cannot connect to any WiFi network anymore. I tried to shut down several times, but the result is the same. It looks like the password is wrong, but it’s correct, in fact, I previously managed to update the system. Also tried with a brand new user, but it still fails. Any clue please?

[UncleSpellbinder]

@Pudge

Testing has revealed that wpa_supplicant-2:2.11-2 has fixed the problem on x86_64 architecture computers.

@UncleSpellbinder
What architecture does the MacMini and Samsung Galaxy Book Pro have ?

I guess that explains it. Both my machines are x86_64.

[robot_horse]

@Pudge The affected machine is an x86 Dell XPS 15 9550.

[robot_horse]

I tried upgrading again on my x86 Dell XPS 15 9550 and the latest version of wpa_supplicant: 2.11-2 did not work again. Wanted to double check but this is still a bug for my laptop. I’ve reverted again to 2.10-8.

[Pudge]

Don’t expect a quick fix on this one. I think 2.10-8 will be your friend for a while.

Pudge

[robot_horse]

I know it has been 9 months, but just wanted to update here that the latest package
wpa_supplicant-2:2.11-3-x86_64
still does not work on my system.

I am still downgrading to keep my system working with the network with version:
wpa_supplicant-2_2.10-8-x86_64

As a quick summary, my system is a x86_64, Dell XPS 15 9550.

Hope everyone is well.

[Pudge]

@robot_horse

wpa_supplicant-2:2.11-3-x86_64
still does not work on my system.

Thanks for the feedback.
Until wpa_supplicant adds the info for your particular WiFi chip it will still fail.
I am guessing it is still a long way off, if ever.

Pudge