[djamel@djamel ~]$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Perhaps a fresh inxi -F might help to confirm you’ve got the latest versions of compatible kernel + drivers installed?
maybe maybe lets seeeee
System:
Host: djamel Kernel: 5.19.0-3-rt10-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.1 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron N4050 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0GGRV5 v: A07 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell
v: A07 date: 03/23/2012
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i3-2370M bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
L2: 512 KiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1629 min/max: 800/2400 cores: 1: 2176 2: 1116 3: 2400
4: 825
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: AMD Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series] driver: radeon
v: kernel
Device-3: Microdia Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_1.3M type: USB
driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,radeon dri: crocus,r600 gpu: i915
resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) v: 3.3 Mesa
22.1.7
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound API: ALSA v: k5.19.0-3-rt10-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.58 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 78:45:c4:b3:f8:67
Device-2: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n driver: wl
IF: wlp9s0 state: dormant mac: fa:d2:3c:8a:b0:c4
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: 02:42:0a:8a:0a:83
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 698.64 GiB used: 108.73 GiB (15.6%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABD075 size: 698.64 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 678.37 GiB used: 108.73 GiB (16.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.36 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 45.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2926
Info:
Processes: 247 Uptime: 14m Memory: 3.75 GiB used: 1.31 GiB (35.1%)
Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.22
i tried to connect to my phone by making the phone a mobile hotspot, when i ran ip a it didnt detect the phone’s hotspot, is that normal, do i need drivers for this type of connection too? cuz ill mostly be using my phone for internet in the next days.
Other than the fact that you’re running xfce and I’m running KDE Plasma, both our kernels and wifi drivers are identical - so I don’t suspect there’s a compatibility issue with what’s installed.
As for why yours is DORMANT I cannot immediately figure. Trying to research further, perhaps a systemctl related issue.
RE: Phone as wifi … no, the problem is your wifi adapter isn’t “UP” and running, so whether the wifi signal is coming from your home wireless router or your phone send the signal, your Dell laptop can’t receive the signal. That’s why your ethernet hardwire connection is the only connection you’ve got right now.
yeh, tbh i aint knowledgeable enough to do much anymore at this point, ima wait for the others to login to the forum, maybe they know how to deal with this.
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Well, that’s a better plan than anything I can think up at this point! Sorry I couldn’t get you to the finish line. I think you’re closer … but more expertise will be required. Best wishes.
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Thanks for keeping with me up to this point, and sorry for bothering, have a nice day.
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At first a side note. You had installed the “RT”-kernel. RT stands for “real time”. And these rt-kernel should be used only when its needed. For example for special audio tasks or for PLCs.
I suggest to run a non-rt kernel on a normal used pc.
Please change to the normal kernel first before we go futher.
U see my kernel is weird, the reason i didnt do a system upgrade in long time is because i couldnt do it before, whenever i tried to, it would tell me that there are no updates, thats because, on my last system upgrade before the one of yesterday, the laptop turned off during the upgrade, when i tried to turn it back on, an error showed up saying it cannot find the linuz boot, which lead to me having to run the system update by booting into a manjaro on a USB.
maybe this info would be useful to u guys
first rerun the update again:
sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syyu
if there are no errors, post output from:
mhwd-kernel -li
pacman -Qs 'wl|broadcom|dkms|headers'
the first command didnt output any errors:
[djamel@djamel ~]$ sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syyu
[sudo] password for djamel:
::INFO Downloading mirrors from Manjaro
::INFO => Mirror pool: https://repo.manjaro.org/mirrors.json
::INFO => Mirror status: https://repo.manjaro.org/status.json
::INFO Using default mirror file
::INFO Querying mirrors - This may take some time
0.765 Ukraine : https://fastmirror.pp.ua/manjaro/
0.707 Turkey : http://ftp.linux.org.tr/manjaro/
0.673 Czechia : https://mirrors.nic.cz/manjaro/
1.490 United_States : http://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/
0.810 Finland : https://manjaro.kyberorg.fi/
::INFO Writing mirror list
::Czechia : https://mirrors.nic.cz/manjaro/stable
::Turkey : http://ftp.linux.org.tr/manjaro/stable
::Ukraine : https://fastmirror.pp.ua/manjaro/stable
::Finland : https://manjaro.kyberorg.fi/stable
::United_States : http://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/stable
::INFO Mirror list generated and saved to: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 164.0 KiB 307 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################################] 100%
extra 1839.7 KiB 1228 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################################] 100%
community 7.4 MiB 1333 KiB/s 00:06 [##############################################] 100%
multilib 175.5 KiB 1064 KiB/s 00:00 [##############################################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
there is nothing to do
the second
[djamel@djamel ~]$ mhwd-kernel -li
Currently running: 5.19.0-3-rt10-MANJARO (linux519)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
* linux510
* linux515
* linux54
* linux519-rt
and the third
[djamel@djamel ~]$ pacman -Qs 'wl|broadcom|dkms|headers'
local/acl 2.3.1-2
Access control list utilities, libraries and headers
local/dkms 3.0.6-2
Dynamic Kernel Modules System
local/foomatic-db 3:20221004-1
Foomatic - The collected knowledge about printers, drivers, and driver options in XML files, used by foomatic-db-engine to generate
PPD files.
local/hwloc 2.8.0-1
Portable Hardware Locality is a portable abstraction of hierarchical architectures
local/libcups 1:2.4.2-3
The CUPS Printing System - client libraries and headers
local/linux-api-headers 5.18.15-1
Kernel headers sanitized for use in userspace
local/linux510-broadcom-wl 6.30.223.271-170 (linux510-extramodules)
Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver BCM43142.
local/linux510-headers 5.10.147-1
Header files and scripts for building modules for Linux510 kernel
local/linux515-broadcom-wl 6.30.223.271-86 (linux515-extramodules)
Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver BCM43142.
local/linux515-headers 5.15.72-1
Header files and scripts for building modules for Linux515 kernel
local/linux519-rt-broadcom-wl 6.30.223.271-3 (linux519-rt-extramodules)
Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver BCM43142.
local/linux54-headers 5.4.217-1
Header files and scripts for building modules for Linux54 kernel
local/rtl8821ce-dkms-git 1.0.5.r130.gca204c6-1
rtl8821CE driver with firmware
local/vulkan-headers 1:1.3.227-1 (vulkan-devel)
Vulkan header files
local/wxwidgets-common 3.2.1-1
Common libraries and headers for wxwidgets
local/xorgproto 2022.2-1
combined X.Org X11 Protocol headers
[djamel@djamel ~]$
install the headers for the 5.19rt kernel:
pamac install linux519-rt-headers
reboot and test wifi
nothing changed much, its detecting the device but there is not drop down on the SIDD option, also the ip a command still shows state DORMANT
lets try to reinstall it, so first remove it:
pamac remove linux519-rt-broadcom-wl linux515-broadcom-wl linux510-broadcom-wl linux510-broadcom-wl
reboot and switch to the 5,15 kernel, then uninstall the rt one:
pamac remove linux519-rt-headers linux519-rt
and provide output from:
inxi -N
how do i switch to the kernel 515 tho?
dont you have grub menu shown during boot?
open this file:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
and edit this line to look like this:
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
save it with: ctrl+x
update grub:
sudo update-grub
reboot and in the grub menu/advanced options select the 5.15 - not the fallback one, the normal one
thank you
here is the output of the command inxi -N
[djamel@djamel ~]$ inxi -N
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169
Device-2: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n driver: bcma-pci-bridge
do keep in mind that i did not reboot before executing this command, i only rebooted to switch to kernel 515 and then i removed the linux519 header and then i executed inxi -N