Hello! I’m new to forums and to linux (outside of steam deck usage haha) but i wanted to give an old laptop of mine new life (acer aspire m5) and cannot for the life of me get Wi-Fi working on the thing. this is the third distro ive tried in 48 hours. I have a Broadcom Chipset BCM4352. it says drivers are installed and in fact the bluetooth works but the wifi just will not play nice. if theres no solution drivers wise can i buy a new wifi card for cheap that has better compatibility? if so what card?
Thank you!
post the output of the mandatory
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
use the option “preformatted text” </> and paste it inside there
Start with installing linuxXX-broadcom-wl where XX is your kernel version. Make sure it is either 61 or 66, if needed install a LTS kernel. Restart and try.
The alternative would be broadcom-wl-dkms.
System:
Kernel: 6.9.3-3-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.9-x86_64
root=UUID=77e23f27-bdc7-44ea-8a16-de1c4d610e49 rw quiet splash
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.2.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire M5-583P v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Acer model: MA50_HW v: Type2 - A01 Board Version
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: Aspire M5-583P_079B_2_22
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 2.22 date: 09/30/2013
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 9.8 Wh (20.8%) condition: 47.2/53.4 Wh (88.4%) volts: 14.3
min: 15.0 model: SANYO AP13B3K type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: discharging
Memory:
System RAM: total: 6 GiB available: 5.67 GiB used: 1.73 GiB (30.5%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 16 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 8 GiB note: est.
Device-1: DIMM0 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s
volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Hynix
part-no: HMT451S6MFR6A-PB serial: N/A
Device-2: DIMM1 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 2 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s
volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Kingston
part-no: ACR16D3LS1NGG/2G serial: <filter>
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-4200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
family: 6 model-id: 0x45 (69) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x26
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: 2134 high: 2173 min/max: 800/2600 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2166 2: 2173 3: 2083
4: 2114 bogomips: 18366
Flags: abm acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2
bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx
monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm
pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdtscp rep_good
sdbg sep smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid xsave
xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
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; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:0a16 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony HD WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 2-3:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b3d6
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.0
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
dri: crocus gpu: i915 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") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x31ec built: 2012 res: 1366x768
dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus
inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.9-manjaro1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2)
device-ID: 8086:0a16 memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9c20
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.9.3-3-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: N/A modules: bcma pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43b1 class-ID: 0280
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 05:00.1 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0f1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On BCM20702A0 driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 2-4:3 chip-ID: 04ca:200a
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 4 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 8.77 GiB (1.9%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST500LT012-9WS142
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SDM1 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 457.09 GiB (98.20%) used: 8.77 GiB (1.9%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 77e23f27-bdc7-44ea-8a16-de1c4d610e49
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 7252-1757
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 (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:8000
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 9 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-3:2 info: Chicony HD WebCam type: video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b3d6 class-ID: 0e02
Device-2: 2-4:3 info: Lite-On BCM20702A0 type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
chip-ID: 04ca:200a class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 2-6:20 info: Elan Micro Touchscreen type: HID
driver: hid-multitouch,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 04f3:0085 class-ID: 0300
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 238 Power: uptime: 11h 47m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 2 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 2.25 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1187 libs: 347 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Compilers: gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.26
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.35
Edit: I did just put in 8gb of ram so i dont just have 2gb ram
Hi @corvid_lenore and welcome to the Manjaro community.
As a new user, please take some time to familiarise yourself with Forum requirements; in particular, the many ways to use the forum to your benefit:
You might want to configure some swap space sometime soon:
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Forgive my lack of knowledge but what does this mean/how would I do it? Also does it make any difference that I upgraded my RAM from 2gb to 8gb after my last reply?
Install an LTS kernel - versions 6.1 and 6.6 are current LTS kernels.
Install the linuxXX-broadcom-wl driver - substitute 'XX` for the kernel version you install.
I hope that’s a little clearer.
It would make a difference for the general performance of your machine (2GB RAM is likely insufficient); otherwise, no real difference to your issue.
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When I try to install the driver it just says command not found. Is there something I need to put before it? I did change my kernel to the LTS 66
EDIT: I think I figured it out! I will restart and report back.
What command did you use to install the driver?
I used pamac install linux66-broadcom-wl and restarted and it FINALLY worked!! Thanks everyone!
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