Hi !
This is my first time installing Linux, I’m trying to refresh an old Macbook Pro from 2010 (7,1). I made a dual boot with about 200 GB for Manjaro, and to not much surprise, cannot connect to wifi.
What I’ve done so far, still doesn’t work :
- installed linux headers
- installed broadcom-wl (for linux61), and then tried broadcom-wl-dkms
- tried
sudo ip link set wlp2s0 up - rebooted each time
Read a few similar posts on this forum (cannot include links yet, since I’m a new forum user), and following articles on the wiki :
- MacBookPro7,1
- Network_configuration
- Broadcom_wireless
To be honnest I’m ok with using a terminal but I don’t know much about networks drivers and do not fully understand what I’m doing/reading…
I don’t know what to do next, any help will be welcome 
Here’s my info :
$ inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width
System:
Kernel: 6.1.23-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
root=UUID=0ab3885c-ccae-4749-9485-8f1ee49314d6 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookPro7,1 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Mac-F222BEC8
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F222BEC8 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple
v: 68.0.0.0.0 date: 06/13/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 45.1 Wh (81.4%) condition: 55.4/66.3 Wh (83.6%)
volts: 12.2 min: 10.9 model: SMP bq20z451 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: charging cycles: 444
Memory:
RAM: total: 3.58 GiB used: 2.66 GiB (74.3%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core2 Duo P8600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn level: v1
built: 2008 process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x17 (23)
stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xA0B
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB
desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 797 high: 798 min/max: 798/2394 scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 796 2: 798 bogomips: 9560
Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc
cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est flexpriority fpu fxsr ht
lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pbe pdcm pebs pge
pni pse pse36 pti rep_good sep smx sse sse2 sse4_1 ssse3 syscall tm tm2
tpr_shadow tsc vme vmx vnmi vpid xsave xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
disabled
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA MCP89 [GeForce 320M] vendor: Apple 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 ports:
active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:08a0
class-ID: 0300 temp: 76.0 C
Device-2: Apple Built-in iSight type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-6:2
chip-ID: 05ac:8507 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x211mm (13.31x8.31")
s-diag: 398mm (15.69")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Apple 0x9ccb serial: <filter> built: 2009
res: 1280x800 hz: 60 dpi: 114 gamma: 1.2 size: 286x179mm (11.26x7.05")
diag: 337mm (13.3") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1280x800 min: 640x350
API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA MCP89 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:08.0 chip-ID: 10de:0d94 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.23-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.68 status: off tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN
vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme driver: wl v: kernel modules: ssb pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:432b class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: dormant mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 14e4:1684 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Apple Bluetooth Host Controller type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 4-6.1:5 chip-ID: 05ac:8213 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
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: 465.76 GiB used: 12.22 GiB (2.6%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX500SSD1
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 023 scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: ■■■■■■■■ model: DVD-R UJ-898 rev: HC10
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 186.14 GiB size: 182.16 GiB (97.86%) used: 12.2 GiB (6.7%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
uuid: 0ab3885c-ccae-4749-9485-8f1ee49314d6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 200 MiB size: 196.9 MiB (98.45%)
used: 15.3 MiB (7.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: EFI
uuid: 67E3-17ED
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 279.3 GiB fs: apfs label: N/A
uuid: 413e06fb-7e06-416d-be2a-6a1f2f7cb80b
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-6:2 info: Apple Built-in iSight type: Video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 05ac:8507
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-1:2 info: Apple Internal Memory Card Reader type: Mass Storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 05ac:8403 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-3:2 info: Apple Internal Keyboard/Trackpad (ISO)
type: Keyboard,HID,Mouse driver: apple,bcm5974,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 40mA chip-ID: 05ac:0237 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 4-5:3 info: Apple Built-in IR Receiver type: HID
driver: appleir,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05ac:8242 class-ID: 0300
Hub-5: 4-6:4 info: Broadcom BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046
Bluetooth) ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 0a5c:4500
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-6.1:5 info: Apple Bluetooth Host Controller type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 05ac:8213
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 73.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 76.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 181 Uptime: 52m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
pkgs: 1084 libs: 322 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.26
Thank you so much !
