Wifi dissapeared after yay update

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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Try with linux-lts with its headers

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3 core/linux-lts-headers 6.12.12-1 (26.7 MiB 136.1 MiB) 
    Headers and scripts for building modules for the LTS Linux kernel
2 core/linux-lts-docs 6.12.12-1 (26.0 MiB 216.4 MiB) 
    Documentation for the LTS Linux kernel
1 core/linux-lts 6.12.12-1 (137.7 MiB 137.9 MiB) 
    The LTS Linux kernel and modules
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)
==> 1 2 3
Sync Explicit (3): linux-lts-6.12.12-1, linux-lts-docs-6.12.12-1, linux-lts-headers-6.12.12-1

Ok got that installed, do I need to somehow tell EOS to boot that instead of what I currently have loaded?

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I believe if youā€™re using grub in a typical configuration, then yes, you would select the lts (long term stable) kernel shortly upon your machine rebooting.

Iā€™ve had issues with broadcom-wl in the past where Iā€™d have to reinstall with fresh headers each time I update the kernel on a certain machine (iMac 2019). My understanding is that the -dkms version was supposed to help avoid this. (Apparently itā€™s not fully ready for prime time :wink: )

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Pinned post at top of forum.

broadcom-wl-dkms is also broken it seems.

but should be resolved soon.

There was a report already, but the package is still not working

Everyone having such hardware should be aware of non working wifi

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@garrafa
There is an issue with broadcom on the current kernel. It does work on the lts kernel. If you are using grub and you install the lts kernel and run the update grub command it will be listed in advanced when you boot along with the current kernel but it should automatically boot on lts as the first entry.

Edit: Only the broadcom-wl-dkms is available now as broadcom-wl has been removed from the Arch repo. This has been pinned on the top of the topics page. But there is an issue on latest kernel where the module isnā€™t loading therefore no WiFi.

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This is strange, I donā€™t see it listed post POST. Let me figure out if I need to hit something on that list to see the other kernels installed.

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If you click on the hamburger menu and click on topics itā€™s pinned right at the top. This is just referring to the broadcom-wl package being removed from the repo and only the dkms version being available.

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Canā€™t miss it. Forum main page, top right.

  • Plus, I gave you a direct link in my previous post.

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Broadcom is working now on the latest kernel with updated broadcom-wl-dkms package
Version : 6.30.223.271-41

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Oh no, I meant the new lts kernel.

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The new yay update picked up on broadcom 41, the version available yesterday was 39.

rafa@EndeavourOS ~$ yay -Q | grep broadcom
broadcom-wl-dkms 6.30.223.271-39
rafa@EndeavourOS ~$ yay
[sudo] password for rafa: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra                                                                       7.5 MiB   442 KiB/s 00:17 [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 multilib is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: 6 packages to upgrade/install.
6  extra/broadcom-wl-dkms       6.30.223.271-39 -> 6.30.223.271-41
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Ok so, the internal broadcom wifi adapter is now working, I am not sure if itā€™s the combination of having the lts kernel installed and the most recent update of the dkms module from -39 to -41.

What do you guys think?

I ended up with this setup after installing and removing:

Name            : linux
Version         : 6.13.1.arch1-1
Description     : The Linux kernel and modules
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://github.com/archlinux/linux
Licenses        : GPL-2.0-only
Groups          : None
Provides        : KSMBD-MODULE  VIRTUALBOX-GUEST-MODULES  WIREGUARD-MODULE
Depends On      : coreutils  initramfs  kmod
Optional Deps   : linux-firmware: firmware images needed for some devices [installed]
                  scx-scheds: to use sched-ext schedulers
                  wireless-regdb: to set the correct wireless channels of your country
Required By     : b43-firmware

Name            : broadcom-wl-dkms
URL             : https://www.broadcom.com/site-search?filters[pages][content_type][values][]=Downloads&q=802.11%20linux%20sta%20wireless%20driver
Conflicts With  : broadcom-wl
Required By     : broadcom-wl-dkms

Name            : b43-firmware
URL             : https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
Conflicts With  : b43-firmware-classic
Required By     : b43-firmware
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No ā€¦ itā€™s the new updated package why it now works on the current kernel.

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Yup, the LTS kernel has nothing to do with the driver working with the default kernel.
Anyway, the LTS kernel is good to keep in the system in case the default kernel gets an update that is problematic to some driver.

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How do you trigger this to launch? I installed it but in the grub menu, I donĀ“t see it. It must be added to the grub list or something?

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You have to run the grub update command if you are using grub?
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Then it will add it to boot but you donā€™t see it unless you go into advanced in the grub menu. It should automatically boot lts unless you go into advanced and select the current kernel.

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If you have grub installed, then you can use the command mentioned by @ricklinux .
By default EndeavourOS will install systemd-boot instead of grub.

First, please show the output of command

pacman -Q grub
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No grub installed.

Seems to be systemd:

rafa@EndeavourOS etc$ pacman -Q systemd
systemd 257.2-2
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I donā€™t think that exactly tells you that it is systemd-boot. I use grub and systemd is on every system.

ex:

[ricklinux@rick-ms7c37 ~]$ pacman -Q systemd
systemd 257.2-2
[ricklinux@rick-ms7c37 ~]$
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If you do ls / , do you see boot or efi ?