Wifi Password issue

[seffer08]

Sorry if this issue has been addressed somewhere before, but I wasn’t able to find my exact issue. My wifi seems to work fine on public networks, but will not connect with a password. It gets stuck on “Configuring Interface”. I previously tried OpenSUSE, and it would accept the password and connect. I’m not sure what the issue might be. Any help would be appreciated.

System:
Kernel: 6.13.8-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=8e06d636-3102-4c39-8fc1-6d55e0fb8a43 rw rootflags=subvol=@
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookPro12,1 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 v: Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 v: MacBookPro12,1
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple
v: 486.0.0.0.0 date: 08/03/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 60.6 Wh (99.8%) condition: 60.7/74.8 Wh (81.2%)
volts: 12.9 min: 11.4 model: SMP bq20z451 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: full cycles: 589
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-5287U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell
gen: core 5 level: v3 note: check built: 2015-18 process: Intel 14nm
family: 6 model-id: 0x3D (61) stepping: 4 microcode: 0x2F
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2
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: 500 min/max: 500/3300 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 500 2: 500 3: 500 4: 500 bogomips: 23199
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vendor: Apple driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-8 process: Intel 14nm built: 2014-15 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:162b
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x423mm (26.65x16.65")
s-diag: 798mm (31.43")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Apple Color LCD built: 2013 res: mode: 2560x1600
hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 227 gamma: 1.2 size: 286x179mm (11.26x7.05")
diag: 337mm (13.3") ratio: 16:10 modes: 2560x1600
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.2-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Graphics 6100 (BDW
GT3) device-ID: 8086:162b memory: 7.58 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 5 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
Iris Graphics 6100 (BDW GT3) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:162b
surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256
bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Apple driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Broadcom 720p FaceTime HD Camera driver: N/A pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1570 class-ID: 0480
API: ALSA v: k6.13.8-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 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: Broadcom BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC vendor: Apple
driver: brcmfmac v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43ba class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Apple Bluetooth Host Controller driver: btusb,hid-generic,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-3:2
chip-ID: 05ac:8290 class-ID: fe01
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 233.76 GiB used: 88.45 GiB (37.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Apple model: SSD SM0256G
size: 233.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3A0Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 233.47 GiB size: 233.47 GiB (100.00%)
used: 88.45 GiB (37.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 233.47 GiB size: 233.47 GiB (100.00%)
used: 88.45 GiB (37.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 233.47 GiB size: 233.47 GiB (100.00%)
used: 88.45 GiB (37.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 233.47 GiB size: 233.47 GiB (100.00%)
used: 88.45 GiB (37.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.52 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 4
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 65.0 C pch: 60.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.52 GiB used: 2.75 GiB (17.7%)
Processes: 269 Power: uptime: 4h 3m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.2 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1949 libs: 422
tools: gnome-software,octopi,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Compilers:
clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date:     2025-03-23
Last full system update: 2025-03-24
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

[nepti]

@seffer08

Device-1: Broadcom BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC vendor: Apple
driver: brcmfmac

@seffer08

wpa_supplicant

@seffer08

It gets stuck on “Configuring Interface”.

Try replacing wpa_supplicant with iwd:

Broadcom [BCM4360] Wifi not working after fresh install

If my prior suggestions didn’t help, you may want to implement my suggestion below. I think it’s possible a wpa_supplicant update could be responsible for breaking your Broadcom wifi, as your symptoms seem similar to several instances where this has occurred in the past. You could always try downgrading wpa_supplicant , but it might be better to switch to using iwd instead. IWD tends to play better with some of the more flakey Broadcom wifi chips. Switching from wpa_supplicant to iwd may p…

[tbg]

Thanks for linking my old post @nepti.

I will need to edit the instructions on that thread as the Arch Wiki no longer recommends enabling the iwd.service.

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The Arch Wiki now recommends that you do not enable or manually configure the iwd.service when intended for use with Network Manager.

Below is my new modified readers digest condensed version of the iwd installation procedure, run the commands below to replace wpa_supplicant with iwd:

#install iwd,
sudo pacman -S iwd --needed
#stop the NetworkManager.service
sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager
#stop/disable the wpa_supplicant.service.
sudo systemctl disable --now wpa_supplicant.service
#mask the wpa_supplicant.service.
sudo systemctl mask wpa_supplicant
#create the Network Manager backend configuration file
echo -e "[device]\nwifi.backend=iwd" | sudo tee /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/wifi_backend.conf
#reload and apply any changes to systemd services
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
#restart the NetworkManager.service.
sudo systemctl start NetworkManager

If Network Manager doesn’t automatically detect/connect to your AP after running the above commands, then restart your computer.

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Quite a few Broadcom wifi adapters seem to work far better using IWD. I’ve been thinking of starting to recommend using IWD for all Broadcom connectivity issues.

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[seffer08]

That did the trick. Thank you!