Wifi card cannot work in Garuda Cinnamon

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Cannot load drivers for wifi card.

Network:
 Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo
   driver: alx v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
   bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:10a1 class-ID: 0200
 IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
 Device-2: Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter
   vendor: Lenovo driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A modules: bcma pcie: gen: 2
   speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43b1 class-ID: 0280
 Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd

Garuda-inxi:

╰─λ garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.8.2-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=e38ee0d4-0c6f-4526-9adf-c7cf1a1f23b5 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.0.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.0.1 tools:
    avail: cinnamon-screensaver,xautolock vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: VIQYx v: INVALID
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: INVALID
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: VIQY0Y1 v: 31900006WIN8 STD MBR IPG
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: LENOVO_BI_IDEAPAD
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: 74CN26WW(107T22)
    date: 05/09/2013
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 42.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.4/56.4 Wh (75.2%)
    power: 655.4 W volts: 12.2 min: 10.8 model: LENOVO PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-4700MQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
    gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
    family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2813 high: 3400 min/max: 800/3400 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3400 2: 3400 3: 3400
    4: 2110 5: 2259 6: 3400 7: 2144 8: 2398 bogomips: 38308
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports:
    active: VGA-1,eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0416
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 750M] vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia
    v: 470.239.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: series: 470.xx+
    status: legacy-active (EOL~2024-09-xx) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx
    process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-2018 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:0fe4 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Realtek Lenovo EasyCamera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:58b9
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa
    dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2966x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 784x238mm (30.87x9.37")
    s-diag: 819mm (32.26")
  Monitor-1: VGA-1 pos: left model: LG (GoldStar) 20EN33 serial: <filter>
    built: 2013 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
    size: 443x249mm (17.44x9.8") diag: 508mm (20") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1600x900 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,right model: LG Display 0x033a built: 2011
    res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
    diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: crocus device: 3 drv: swrast surfaceless:
    drv: swrast x11: drv: crocus inactive: gbm,wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.4-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW
    GT2) device-ID: 8086:0416 memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 4 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
    HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 24.0.4-arch1.1
    device-ID: 8086:0416 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M driver: nvidia v: 470.239.06
    device-ID: 10de:0fe4 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.4-arch1.1 (LLVM
    17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
    vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
    vendor: Lenovo 8 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e1b class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.2-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.4 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo
    driver: alx v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
    bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:10a1 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Lenovo driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A modules: bcma pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43b1 class-ID: 0280
  Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
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: 3-7:5 chip-ID: 04ca:200b
    class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0
    lmp-v: 6 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 1.31 TiB (57.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  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: <unknown> tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 023 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000MX500SSD1
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown>
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 023 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 100.42 GiB size: 100.42 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 23.36 GiB (23.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1.86 GiB size: 1.86 GiB (99.80%)
    used: 584 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 309.96 GiB size: 309.96 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 95.12 GiB (30.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 100.42 GiB size: 100.42 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 23.36 GiB (23.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 100.42 GiB size: 100.42 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 23.36 GiB (23.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.35 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 20.12 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 66.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.35 GiB used: 3.54 GiB (23.1%)
  Processes: 278 Power: uptime: 16m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.11 GiB services: csd-power,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1430 libs: 412 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
    gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
    running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
  System install date:     2024-02-04
  Last full system update: 2024-04-01
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:
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doesn’t look like a fresh install , so it was working fine before update ? revert to a snapshot and run sudo garuda-update again to be able to identify the packages caused this issue.

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I think this bcma-pci-bridge is from kernel (although for other BCM4352 I see in the forum wl was used ( :thinking:), so I’d start with a different kernel, e.g. linux-lts (and linux-lts-headers).

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The module is not loaded, but it is there:

Have you broadcom-wl installed?

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Yes, it is Broadcome, previuosly to that, I had Intel 7260 AC. I change it with Broadcom BCM94352HBM. And it works on Ubuntu (Linux Mint), and I have not Windows installed.

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It seems not installed. How do I check?

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pacman -Q broadcom-wl

Anyway, using the zen kernel, I think you’d better opt for the dkms version:

sudo pacman -Syu broadcom-wl-dkms
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 ╰─λ inxi -n
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet driver: alx
  IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 28:d2:44:10:b7:05
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter
    driver: bcma-pci-bridge
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That inxi is something already known, isn’t it.
Have you checked if broadcom-wl is installed?
If it is not installed, have you tried installing broadcom-wl-dkms?

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That’s it!!! That works!!!

Wonderful.

Thank you so much.

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Broadcom + linux = :face_vomiting:
They are just as shit as nVidia.
They both have the same driver philosophy.

With arch/arch-based distros, the Broadcom drivers are usually included, but they are not installed automatically during installation. If you then swap the Intel card for a Broadcom card, as in your case, then the Broadcom userspace driver is missing. If you have Broadcom stuff in your rig, always check that the drivers are installed and loading. You can check this with:

lspci -v

for example:

Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)
Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 142
Memory at 63000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ath10k_pci           <----look here
Kernel modules: ath10k_pci                 <----and here

The proprietary dkms driver works best, as @filo already recommended.

Have fun with your wireless garuda :slight_smile:

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We always mark here the solution and not the implementation.

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Yes, I’ve switched Intel wifi card for Broadcom wifi card (both AC 5G/2.4G dual band), and as you say:

lspci -v

09:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4352 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo BCM4352 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at c2600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
	Memory at c2400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: wl
	Kernel modules: bcma, wl

And inxi-n:

 ╰─λ inxi -n
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet driver: alx
  IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 28:d2:44:10:b7:05
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter
    driver: wl
  IF: wlp9s0 state: up mac: 5c:93:a2:d9:c1:23

Now, Broadcom wifi card in full operation.

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