Hi there, after I installed Manjaro on this laptop I immediatly see that the wifi speed was very very low. So I went to see if all the drivers was installed and I discovered that the wifi driver named as “network-broadcom-wl” was unchecked. So after I installed it this message appear on the install configuration:
Waiting for user input...
Starting
> Installing network-broadcom-wl...
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/network_drivers/broadcom-wl/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0200
Processing classid: 0280
Processing classid: 0282
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core downloading...
extra downloading...
community downloading...
multilib downloading...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (1) linux515-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-92
Total Installed Size: 1.42 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
checking keyring...
checking package integrity...
loading package files...
checking for file conflicts...
checking available disk space...
:: Processing package changes...
installing linux515-broadcom-wl...
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/3) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/3) Updating module dependencies...
(3/3) Refreshing PackageKit...
linux515-broadcom-wl: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
modprobe: FATAL: Module bcm43xx not found.
modprobe: FATAL: Module brcm80211 not found.
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Exec format error
> Successfully installed network-broadcom-wl
Done ...
So basically evn if the driver is installed, there are some errors. In fact on the drivers list, the network-broadcom-wl driver remain unchecked, and all the wifi avaible just disappear.
If I uninstall the driver, wifi connection will be avaible again, but as before, very very slow. Downloading file at something around 200kb per second.
So, how can i use this driver properly on Manjaro?
Thanks
j8a
4 November 2022 20:40
2
Hi @Tackskull ,
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width
Please, write the output using preformatted text </> symbol or using the keys before pasting the text. Ctrl +E .
Regards,
Hi @j8a , here it is
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width ✔
System:
Kernel: 5.15.74-3-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=61016c4e-afb6-4d28-b9ce-93046532be65 rw quiet
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.25.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.6 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire 5741G v: V1.23
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Acer model: Aspire 5741G v: V1.23 serial: <superuser required>
BIOS: Acer v: 1.23 date: 04/25/2011
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 27.9/47.5 Wh (58.6%)
volts: 12.5 min: 10.8 model: SANYO Li_Ion_4000mA type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: full
Memory:
RAM: total: 3.7 GiB used: 1.47 GiB (39.7%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5 M 430 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Westmere
gen: core 1 level: v2 built: 2010-11 process: Intel 32nm family: 6
model-id: 0x25 (37) stepping: 2 microcode: 0x11
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1491 high: 1542 min/max: 1199/2267 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1463 2: 1542
3: 1463 4: 1496 bogomips: 18092
Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov
constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts ept est
flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx
monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pdcm pebs pge pni popcnt
pse pse36 pti rdtscp rep_good sep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc vme vmx vnmi vpid xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GT216M [GeForce GT 320M] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: series: 340.xx status: legacy (EOL) last:
release: 340.108 kernel: 5.4 xorg: 1.20 arch: Tesla process: 40-80nm
built: 2006-13 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: LVDS-1
empty: HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0a2d class-ID: 0300
temp: 41.0 C
Device-2: ALi Gateway Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.1:3
chip-ID: 0402:9665 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: LG Display LP156WH2-TLE1 built: 2008 res: 1366x768
hz: 60 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1366x768 min: 640x350
API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.1.7 renderer: NVA5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GT216 HDMI Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0be2 class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k5.15.74-3-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.58 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1692
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom BCM43225 802.11b/g/n vendor: Foxconn T77H103.00
Wireless Half-size Mini PCIe Card driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A
modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 14e4:4357 class-ID: 0280
IF-ID-1: wlp3s0b1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-1.2:3 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 15.81 GiB (7.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT240BX500SSD1
size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 054 scheme: MBR
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: TSSTcorp model: CDDVDW TS-L633C rev: AC01
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 223.57 GiB size: 219 GiB (97.96%) used: 15.81 GiB (7.2%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 61016c4e-afb6-4d28-b9ce-93046532be65
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0020 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1.1:3 info: ALi Gateway Webcam type: Video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0402:9665
class-ID: 0e02
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0020 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-1.2:3 info: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 41.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 196 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: 1327
pm: pacman pkgs: 1319 libs: 347 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 8 Shell: Zsh
v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.23
j8a
6 November 2022 20:13
5
Tackskull:
Broadcom BCM43225
Hi @Tackskull ,
Hope it help, regards.