LFS 10 Systemd: Broadcom Wifi not detected
by drjdmartin from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5DA07)
Hi,
I have a fairly ancient laptop with a Broadcom BCM4318 wifi card which I'm using for Linux projects. I've recently built LFS 10 with systemd and it works fine with a wired connection, but I'm struggling with Wifi. I have a working Debian 10 XFCE installation to compare to.
I've attempted to extract the b43 firmware using the b43-fwcutter-019 package and the broadcom-wl-5.100.138 firmware. In /lib/firmware I can see a b43 directory with the expected files when compared to Debian's result after running firmware-b43-installer.
I've installed wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd to manage the connections but the wifi card doesn't seem to be loaded and available. iwconfig lists lo, enp6s8 and sit0 with no wireless extension. lsmod lists nothing. Running Code:modprobe b43gives Code:modprobe: FATAL: Module b43 not found in directory /lib/modules/5.8.3.
I feel like I've missed out something fundamental but as far as I can see the kernel compilation included the correct wireless settings. Any ideas what to check next?
Thanks,
James
I have a fairly ancient laptop with a Broadcom BCM4318 wifi card which I'm using for Linux projects. I've recently built LFS 10 with systemd and it works fine with a wired connection, but I'm struggling with Wifi. I have a working Debian 10 XFCE installation to compare to.
I've attempted to extract the b43 firmware using the b43-fwcutter-019 package and the broadcom-wl-5.100.138 firmware. In /lib/firmware I can see a b43 directory with the expected files when compared to Debian's result after running firmware-b43-installer.
I've installed wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd to manage the connections but the wifi card doesn't seem to be loaded and available. iwconfig lists lo, enp6s8 and sit0 with no wireless extension. lsmod lists nothing. Running Code:modprobe b43gives Code:modprobe: FATAL: Module b43 not found in directory /lib/modules/5.8.3.
I feel like I've missed out something fundamental but as far as I can see the kernel compilation included the correct wireless settings. Any ideas what to check next?
Thanks,
James