Wifi gui disappeared after updating & removing orphans

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Hey guys, few days back i decided to update my system & afterwards i removed all orphans. prior to that i had an wifi icon which allowed me to enable & disable my wifi. After having done the update & orphans, that icon is nowhere to be found and i am forced to connect via ethernet cable. is there a way to reinstall the wifi ?

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Open the Add/Remove Software app (pamac gui), klick the 3 vertical dots, pick ‘View History’ and you should see the removed packages. Replace what’s needed.

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the only package that i found to be relevant to the network is “removed linux515-broadcom-wl (6.30.223.271-102)”. i’ve reinstalled the package & restarted the machine but no improvement.

the following are the packages that were removed as orphans:

[2023-03-05T09:48:22+0200] [ALPM] upgraded archlinux-keyring (20221220-1 → 20230130-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:33+0200] [ALPM] removed acpica (20220331-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:33+0200] [ALPM] removed adobe-source-sans-fonts (3.046-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:33+0200] [ALPM] removed alsa-card-profiles (1:0.3.63-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:33+0200] [ALPM] removed m4 (1.4.19-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:33+0200] [ALPM] removed autoconf (2.71-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:33+0200] [ALPM] removed automake (1.16.5-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:33+0200] [ALPM] removed bin86 (0.16.21-4)
[2023-03-04T09:30:33+0200] [ALPM] removed bison (3.8.2-4)
[2023-03-04T09:30:32+0200] [ALPM] removed breath2-wallpaper (1.0.18-5)
[2023-03-04T09:30:32+0200] [ALPM] removed celt (0.11.3-4)
[2023-03-04T09:30:32+0200] [ALPM] removed fmt (9.1.0-2)
[2023-03-04T09:30:32+0200] [ALPM] removed ceph-libs (15.2.17-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:31+0200] [ALPM] removed i2c-tools (4.3-3)
[2023-03-04T09:30:30+0200] [ALPM] removed ddcutil (1.3.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:30+0200] [ALPM] removed dev86 (0.16.21-6)
[2023-03-04T09:30:30+0200] [ALPM] removed doxygen (1.9.5-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:30+0200] [ALPM] removed elfutils (0.188-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:30+0200] [ALPM] removed expac (10-5)
[2023-03-04T09:30:30+0200] [ALPM] removed rhash (1.4.3-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:29+0200] [ALPM] removed cmake (3.25.1-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:26+0200] [ALPM] removed extra-cmake-modules (5.101.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:26+0200] [ALPM] removed flex (2.6.4-3)
[2023-03-04T09:30:25+0200] [ALPM] removed game-devices-udev (0.18-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:25+0200] [ALPM] removed gcc10-libs (1:10.3.0-2)
[2023-03-04T09:30:25+0200] [ALPM] removed gcc10 (1:10.3.0-2)
[2023-03-04T09:30:24+0200] [ALPM] removed gn (0.2072.1c4151ff-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:24+0200] [ALPM] removed gperf (3.1-3)
[2023-03-04T09:30:24+0200] [ALPM] removed gsoap (2.8.124-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:23+0200] [ALPM] removed gtest (1.12.1-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:23+0200] [ALPM] removed gtk-theme-breath (5.9.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:23+0200] [ALPM] removed gtkspell3 (3.0.10-2)
[2023-03-04T09:30:22+0200] [ALPM] removed gulp (4.0.2-3)
[2023-03-04T09:30:15+0200] [ALPM] removed perl-xml-sax-expat (0.51-7)
[2023-03-04T09:30:15+0200] [ALPM] removed perl-xml-simple (2.25-7)
[2023-03-04T09:30:14+0200] [ALPM] removed icon-naming-utils (0.8.90-5)
[2023-03-04T09:30:14+0200] [ALPM] removed intltool (0.51.0-6)
[2023-03-04T09:30:14+0200] [ALPM] removed js78 (78.15.0-4)
[2023-03-04T09:30:14+0200] [ALPM] removed kalarmcal (21.12.3-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:13+0200] [ALPM] removed kinit (5.101.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:10+0200] [ALPM] removed kpeoplevcard (0.1+r38.32d50a9-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:09+0200] [ALPM] removed lib32-libnsl (2.0.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:09+0200] [ALPM] removed lib32-libxss (1.2.3-2)
[2023-03-04T09:30:09+0200] [ALPM] removed lib32-nspr (4.35-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:09+0200] [ALPM] removed lib32-libtasn1 (4.19.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:09+0200] [ALPM] removed lib32-p11-kit (0.24.1-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:09+0200] [ALPM] removed lib32-sqlite (3.40.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:09+0200] [ALPM] removed lib32-nss (3.86-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:09+0200] [ALPM] removed lib32-readline (8.2.001-2)
[2023-03-04T09:30:09+0200] [ALPM] removed libcddb (1.3.2-7)
[2023-03-04T09:30:09+0200] [ALPM] removed libcmis (0.5.2-12)
[2023-03-04T09:30:09+0200] [ALPM] removed libcroco (0.6.13-2)
[2023-03-04T09:30:09+0200] [ALPM] removed libcryptui (1:3.12.2+r71+ged4f890e-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:08+0200] [ALPM] removed libfakekey (0.3-2)
[2023-03-04T09:30:08+0200] [ALPM] removed libfdk-aac (2.0.2-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:08+0200] [ALPM] removed libfreeaptx (0.1.1-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:08+0200] [ALPM] removed libgdata (0.18.1-2)
[2023-03-04T09:30:08+0200] [ALPM] removed geocode-glib (3.26.4-2)
[2023-03-04T09:30:08+0200] [ALPM] removed libgweather (40.0+r87+g80e5a652-2)
[2023-03-04T09:30:06+0200] [ALPM] removed libidl2 (0.8.14-6)
[2023-03-04T09:30:06+0200] [ALPM] removed libkipi (21.12.3-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:06+0200] [ALPM] removed libldac (2.0.2.3-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:06+0200] [ALPM] removed libofa (0.9.3-9)
[2023-03-04T09:30:06+0200] [ALPM] removed libopenaptx (0.2.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:06+0200] [ALPM] removed libquicktime (1.2.4-25)
[2023-03-04T09:30:06+0200] [ALPM] removed libstdc++5 (3.3.6-7)
[2023-03-04T09:30:06+0200] [ALPM] removed libtorrent-rasterbar (1:2.0.8-2)
[2023-03-04T09:30:06+0200] [ALPM] removed lv2 (1.18.10-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:05+0200] [ALPM] removed serd (0.30.16-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:05+0200] [ALPM] removed sord (0.16.14-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:05+0200] [ALPM] removed sratom (0.6.14-1)
[2023-03-04T09:30:05+0200] [ALPM] removed lilv (0.24.20-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:32+0200] [ALPM] removed linux515-broadcom-wl (6.30.223.271-102)
[2023-03-04T09:29:32+0200] [ALPM] removed lld (14.0.6-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:32+0200] [ALPM] removed metis (5.1.0.p10-2)
[2023-03-04T09:29:32+0200] [ALPM] removed ninja (1.11.1-2)
[2023-03-04T09:29:32+0200] [ALPM] removed noto-fonts-compat (20151217-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:31+0200] [ALPM] removed opencolorio1 (1.1.1-3)
[2023-03-04T09:29:31+0200] [ALPM] removed pkgconf (1.8.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:31+0200] [ALPM] removed pulseaudio-qt (1.3-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:31+0200] [ALPM] removed python-pep517 (0.13.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:31+0200] [ALPM] removed python-build (0.9.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:30+0200] [ALPM] removed python-msgpack (1.0.4-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:30+0200] [ALPM] removed python-cachecontrol (1:0.12.11-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:30+0200] [ALPM] removed python-contextlib2 (21.6.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:30+0200] [ALPM] removed python-installer (0.6.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:30+0200] [ALPM] removed python-nspektr (0.4.0-2)
[2023-03-04T09:29:30+0200] [ALPM] removed python-progress (1.6-5)
[2023-03-04T09:29:30+0200] [ALPM] removed python-click (8.1.3-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:30+0200] [ALPM] removed python-mypy_extensions (0.4.3-5)
[2023-03-04T09:29:29+0200] [ALPM] removed python-pathspec (0.10.3-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:29+0200] [ALPM] removed python-platformdirs (2.6.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:29+0200] [ALPM] removed python-black (22.12.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:29+0200] [ALPM] removed python-future (0.18.2-7)
[2023-03-04T09:29:29+0200] [ALPM] removed python-parso (1:0.8.3-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:29+0200] [ALPM] removed python-jedi (0.18.2-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:27+0200] [ALPM] removed python-ujson (5.6.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:27+0200] [ALPM] removed python-jsonrpc-server (0.4.0-5)
[2023-03-04T09:29:27+0200] [ALPM] removed python-pluggy (1.0.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:27+0200] [ALPM] removed python-language-server (0.36.2-5)
[2023-03-04T09:29:27+0200] [ALPM] removed python-toml (0.10.2-8)
[2023-03-04T09:29:27+0200] [ALPM] removed python-pyls-black (0.4.6-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:27+0200] [ALPM] removed python-regex (2022.10.31-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:26+0200] [ALPM] removed python-resolvelib (0.9.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:26+0200] [ALPM] removed python-retrying (1.3.3-14)
[2023-03-04T09:29:26+0200] [ALPM] removed python-scipy (1.9.3-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:24+0200] [ALPM] removed python-gmpy2 (2.1.5-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:24+0200] [ALPM] removed python-mpmath (1.2.1-5)
[2023-03-04T09:29:24+0200] [ALPM] removed python-sympy (1.11.1-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:22+0200] [ALPM] removed python-tenacity (8.1.0-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:22+0200] [ALPM] removed python-tinycss (0.4-7)
[2023-03-04T09:29:21+0200] [ALPM] removed rest (0.8.1+r4+ge5ee6ef-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:21+0200] [ALPM] removed sdl_ttf (2.0.11-6)
[2023-03-04T09:29:21+0200] [ALPM] removed sof-firmware (2.2.3-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:21+0200] [ALPM] removed wayland-protocols (1.31-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:21+0200] [ALPM] removed webkit2gtk (2.38.3-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:19+0200] [ALPM] removed xalan-c (1:1.12-6)
[2023-03-04T09:29:19+0200] [ALPM] removed xorg-server-xvfb (21.1.6-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:19+0200] [ALPM] removed yarn (1.22.19-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:19+0200] [ALPM] removed yasm (1.3.0-5)
[2023-03-04T09:29:18+0200] [ALPM] removed zita-alsa-pcmi (0.5.1-1)
[2023-03-04T09:29:18+0200] [ALPM] removed zita-resampler (1.8.0-1)

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There is an issue with kernel and broadcom - I don’t know it this has propagated to to stable

Specific mention of kernel 5.15 - which is the kernel you are using - please check the remainder of the thread