diff --git a/content/posts/tech/apple-debian-wireless-issues.md b/content/posts/tech/apple-debian-wireless-issues.md index b709ee8..84a7b57 100644 --- a/content/posts/tech/apple-debian-wireless-issues.md +++ b/content/posts/tech/apple-debian-wireless-issues.md @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ This article assumes that your system has had the wireless card working on Debia I have a Macbook Air 7,2 (early 2015, i5) with a BCM4360 [14e4:43a0] and use the `wl` driver. -``` +``` console $ sudo apt list broadcom* broadcom-sta-common/stable 6.30.223.271-26 amd64 broadcom-sta-dkms/stable,now 6.30.223.271-26 amd64 [installed] @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ I'm not sure why this happened, but it was when the kernel version jumped from ` Later versions such as `6.12.48` and `6.12.57` continued to get pulled and I'd try them before having to reboot back to `6.12.41`. While booted into the newer kernel versions `/sbin/iwconfig` would show no wireless network and GNOME didn't have a Wi-Fi button listed in the Settings app nor its system menu. Then I tried this: -``` +``` console $ sudo modprobe wl modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found in directory /lib/modules/6.12.57+deb13-amd64 ``` @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ After realizing that the `wl` module wasn't being loaded I thought maybe there w Ubuntu provides the packages `linux-image-generic` and `linux headers-generic`. Debian names them slightly different. -``` +``` bash sudo apt install linux-image-amd64 linux-headers-amd64 --reinstall ``` @@ -90,19 +90,18 @@ Some good troubleshooting commands are below, as well as examples of when I was ### Example -- Missing Kernel Headers (6.12.57) -``` +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ uname -a Linux debian 6.12.57+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.57-1 (2025-11-05) x86_64 GNU/Linux [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` + +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ lspci -vnn | grep -i net 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4360 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03) [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ /sbin/iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. @@ -110,19 +109,19 @@ docker0 no wireless extensions. [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` + +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ lsmod | grep wl [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` + +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ sudo modprobe wl modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found in directory /lib/modules/6.12.57+deb13-amd64 [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` + +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ sudo apt list broadcom* broadcom-sta-common/stable 6.30.223.271-26 amd64 broadcom-sta-dkms/stable,now 6.30.223.271-26 amd64 [installed] @@ -132,19 +131,19 @@ broadcom-sta-source/stable 6.30.223.271-26 amd64 ### Example -- Wireless Working Correctly (6.12.41) -``` +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ uname -a Linux debian 6.12.41+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.41-1 (2025-08-12) x86_64 GNU/Linux [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` + +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ lspci -vnn | grep -i net 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4360 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03) [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` + +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ /sbin/iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. @@ -159,15 +158,15 @@ docker0 no wireless extensions. [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` + +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ lsmod | grep wl | sort cfg80211 1392640 1 wl wl 6459392 0 [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` + +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ sudo modprobe wl [user@hostname ~]$ ``` @@ -175,19 +174,19 @@ wl 6459392 0 ### Example -- Wireless Working Correctly (6.12.57) -``` +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ uname -a Linux debian 6.12.57+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.57-1 (2025-11-05) x86_64 GNU/Linux [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` + +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ lspci -vnn | grep -i net 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4360 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03) [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` + +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ /sbin/iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. @@ -202,15 +201,15 @@ docker0 no wireless extensions. [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` + +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ lsmod | grep wl | sort cfg80211 1392640 1 wl wl 6459392 0 [user@hostname ~]$ ``` ---- -``` + +``` console [user@hostname ~]$ sudo modprobe wl [user@hostname ~]$ ```