Trying to connect to wifi

[Gamble]

Trying to connect to wifi. ip link doesn't show my wifi all that shows up is:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 2c:60:0c:71:a8:4c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
How do I get connected to my internet wirelessly? Please help

Other info: inxi -FGx
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless
Network Adapter
vendor: Lenovo driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A port: 3100
bus ID: 01:00.0
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit
Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 1000
bus ID: 03:00.0
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: 2c:60:0c:71:a8:4c

[bogdancovaciu]

@Gamble

Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM4352

See here

Broadcom wifi driver fails to install properly

If your Broadcom wireless adapter driver is detected as "bcma-pci-bridge" or "b43-pci-bridge", your driver has likely been installed incorrectly. Examples: Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge Kernel modules: bcma Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb If your WiFi connection is not working correctly you will need an alternate means to connect to the internet. You can use a wired LAN connection if your computer has a wired NIC (and a connection is available). The other…

[tbg]

Your profile states you're on kernel 4.20. As that kernel is End Of Life (EOL) you might want to test some of the newer kernels, as well as older if you still can't get things working.

[Gamble]

@bogdancovaciu

sudo pacman -S dkms 

Oh my god, thank you so much. It worked right after this step! Thanks again!

[tbg]

You really shouldn't have to do that step. It should be installed as a dependency. I include that in the tutorial because sometimes it isn't automatically installed for some reason.

Glad you got it working.

[Gamble]

So the problem now is that it's struggling to hold a connection to my wifi. Should I continue the steps that you gave?

[tbg]

Please post the output of the following commands:

hwinfo --netcard --wlan --bluetooth | grep -Ei "model\:|driver\:|status\:|cmd\:|file\:|detected\:" | grep -v "Config Status" 

lsmod | sort

dkms status

dmesg  | grep -i 'error\|seg\|fail\|broke\|warn\|dump\|denied\|broken\|wl'

pacman -Qsq linux | grep linux | grep -v -E '(arch|util|sys|api|firmware)' | grep -v nvidia

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[tbg]

@tbg

Your profile states you're on kernel 4.20. As that kernel is End Of Life (EOL) you might want to test some of the newer kernels

^^^ This.

Install kernels 5.0 & 5.1 through Manjaro Settings Manager, and always have at least two kernels installed at all times for safety.

Also, be sure to test disabling IPv6:

To disable IPV6:

Right click on the Network Manager taskbar icon.

Click on configure network connection.

Go into your connections properties in Network Manager and select the IPv6 tab on the right side.

In the connection properties disable IPv6 from within network manager.

Either set IPv6 to "ignore", or be sure that "IPV6 is required for this connection" is not checked.

Also disable IPv6 from within your router configuration settings (if that option is available).

Reboot both the computer and router after making the changes.

[Gamble]

Okay, so installed 5.0 and 5.1. After that I thought I was supposed to uninstall 4.20. After doing all that since 4.20 was still running, I did a quick reboot. Now my wirelesss network won't show up again.

sudo wifi

wifi = none (no device)

inxi -FGx

Network:
Device-1: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network
Adapter
vendor: Lenovo driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A port: 3100 bus ID: 01:00.0
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 1000 bus ID: 03:00.0
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 2c:60:0c:71:a8:4c

I don't know what happened. Sorry this is getting out of hand. I can also do the other commands if you need. Such as hwinfo --netcard --wlan --bluetooth | grep -Ei "model\:|driver\:|status\:|cmd\:|file\:|detected\:" | grep -v "Config Status"

[tbg]

@Gamble

I can also do the other commands if you need. Such as hwinfo

Please do.

The other commands will tell me if you have something improperly configured. Without actually being on your computer the terminal outputs are the only way to diagnose what's wrong.

[Gamble]

hwinfo --netcard --wlan --bluetooth | grep -Ei "model\:|driver\:|status\:|cmd\:|file\:|detected\:" | grep -v "Config Status" 

  Model: "Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller"
  Driver: "r8169"
  Device File: enp3s0
  Link detected: yes
    Driver Status: r8169 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
  Model: "Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter"
  Driver: "bcma-pci-bridge"
    Driver Status: bcma is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe bcma"

lsmod | sort                                                           [1]
8021q                  40960  0
ac                     16384  0
acpi_cpufreq           28672  0
aesni_intel           372736  2
aes_x86_64             20480  1 aesni_intel
agpgart                53248  2 ttm,drm
ahci                   40960  1
amdgpu               3948544  0
amd_iommu_v2           20480  1 amdgpu
atkbd                  36864  0
b43                   450560  0
battery                24576  1 thinkpad_acpi
bcma                   65536  1 b43
bluetooth             663552  39 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
bnep                   28672  2
btbcm                  16384  1 btusb
btintel                28672  1 btusb
btrtl                  20480  1 btusb
btusb                  57344  0
ccp                    98304  0
cfg80211              811008  2 b43,mac80211
chash                  16384  1 amdgpu
cmac                   16384  1
cordic                 16384  1 b43
crc16                  16384  2 bluetooth,ext4
crc32c_generic         16384  0
crc32c_intel           24576  2
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  1
cryptd                 28672  3 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel
crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
crypto_user            16384  0
drm                   495616  9 gpu_sched,drm_kms_helper,amdgpu,radeon,ttm
drm_kms_helper        208896  2 amdgpu,radeon
ecdh_generic           24576  2 bluetooth
edac_mce_amd           32768  0
ehci_hcd               98304  1 ehci_pci
ehci_pci               20480  0
evdev                  24576  15
ext4                  745472  1
fam15h_power           16384  0
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
fuse                  131072  3
garp                   16384  1 8021q
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
gpu_sched              36864  1 amdgpu
i2c_algo_bit           16384  2 amdgpu,radeon
i2c_piix4              28672  0
i2c_scmi               20480  0
i8042                  32768  0
input_leds             16384  0
ip_tables              32768  0
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
jbd2                  131072  1 ext4
joydev                 28672  0
k10temp                16384  0
kvm                   745472  0
ledtrig_audio          16384  3 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek,thinkpad_acpi
libahci                40960  1 ahci
libata                282624  2 libahci,ahci
libphy                 94208  2 r8169,realtek
libps2                 20480  2 atkbd,psmouse
llc                    16384  2 stp,garp
mac80211              958464  1 b43
mac_hid                16384  0
mbcache                16384  1 ext4
media                  57344  4 videodev,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
mmc_core              176128  2 b43,ssb
Module                  Size  Used by
mousedev               24576  0
mrp                    20480  1 8021q
nvram                  16384  1 thinkpad_acpi
pcc_cpufreq            20480  0
pcmcia                 77824  1 ssb
pcmcia_core            32768  1 pcmcia
pcspkr                 16384  0
psmouse               176128  0
r8169                  94208  0
radeon               1638400  9
realtek                20480  1
rfcomm                 90112  12
rfkill                 28672  6 bluetooth,thinkpad_acpi,cfg80211
rng_core               16384  3 ccp,b43,tpm
scsi_mod              249856  2 sd_mod,libata
sd_mod                 57344  2
serio                  28672  6 serio_raw,atkbd,psmouse,i8042
serio_raw              20480  0
snd                   102400  17 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,thinkpad_acpi,snd_pcm
snd_hda_codec         155648  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_codec_generic    90112  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     69632  1
snd_hda_codec_realtek   126976  1
snd_hda_core          102400  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel          49152  4
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm               135168  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
snd_timer              40960  1 snd_pcm
soundcore              16384  1 snd
sp5100_tco             20480  0
ssb                    90112  1 b43
stp                    16384  1 garp
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
thinkpad_acpi         110592  0
tpm                    73728  2 tpm_tis,tpm_tis_core
tpm_tis                16384  0
tpm_tis_core           24576  1 tpm_tis
ttm                   114688  2 amdgpu,radeon
uvcvideo              114688  0
videobuf2_common       57344  2 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops       20480  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_v4l2         28672  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_vmalloc      20480  1 uvcvideo
videodev              229376  3 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
wmi                    32768  1 wmi_bmof
wmi_bmof               16384  0
xhci_hcd              266240  1 xhci_pci
xhci_pci               20480  0
x_tables               49152  1 ip_tables

dkms status

Shows nothing

dmesg  | grep -i 'error\|seg\|fail\|broke\|warn\|dump\|denied\|broken\|wl'

[    0.575893] tsc: Marking TSC unstable due to check_tsc_sync_source failed
[    0.744690] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.TPM._STA.TPME], AE_NOT_FOUND (20190215/psargs-330)
[    0.744690] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.TPM._STA due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20190215/psparse-531)
[    0.749065] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: OS supports [ExtendedConfig ASPM ClockPM Segments MSI]
[    0.763505] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.TPM._STA.TPME], AE_NOT_FOUND (20190215/psargs-330)
[    0.763517] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.TPM._STA due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20190215/psparse-531)
[    0.800137] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.TPM._STA.TPME], AE_NOT_FOUND (20190215/psargs-330)
[    0.800151] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.TPM._STA due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20190215/psparse-531)
[    1.425075] pcie_bw_notification: probe of 0000:00:02.2:pcie010 failed with error -22
[    1.425731] pcie_bw_notification: probe of 0000:00:02.3:pcie010 failed with error -22
[    1.557035] Segment Routing with IPv6
[    1.563033] RAS: Correctable Errors collector initialized.
[    6.288859]  dump_stack+0x5c/0x80
[    6.424406] systemd[1]: Listening on Process Core Dump Socket.
[    7.684644] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000B00-0x0000000000000B08 conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000B00-0x0000000000000B0F (\_SB.PCI0.SMB.SMB0) (20190215/utaddress-213)
[    7.949024] bcma-pci-bridge 0000:01:00.0: bus0: Using fallback SPROM failed (err -2)
[    8.029441] ACPI Warning: \_SB.PCI0.GFX.VGA.LCD._BCL: Return Package type mismatch at index 0 - found Buffer, expected Integer (20190215/nspredef-263)
[    9.309271] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for brcm/BCM20702A1-0489-e07a.hcd failed with error -2
[    9.954944] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4352 WLAN found (core revision 42)
[   10.187747] b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 12, Type 11 (AC), Revision 1)
[   10.187773] b43: probe of bcma0:1 failed with error -95
[   12.645227] audit: type=1130 audit(1555216865.543:30): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=kernel msg='unit=systemd-backlight@backlight:acpi_video0 comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed'

pacman -Qsq linux | grep linux | grep -v -E '(arch|util|sys|api|firmware)' | grep -v nvidia

linux50
linux50-headers
linux51
linux51-headers
perl-linux-desktopfiles

[tbg]

post the input and the output of every command I give please.

sudo pacman -S dkms 

sudo pacman -S $(command ls /boot | awk -F "-" '/^linux/ { print $1"-headers" }')

[Gamble]

sudo pacman -S dkms 
warning: dkms-2.5-4 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) dkms-2.5-4

Total Installed Size:  0.17 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                     [#######################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                   [#######################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                        [#######################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                  [#######################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                [#######################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) reinstalling dkms                            [#######################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...

sudo pacman -S $(command ls /boot | awk -F "-" '/^linux/ { print $1"-headers" }')


warning: linux50-headers-5.0.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: linux51-headers-5.1rc1.d0317.g9e98c67-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (2) linux50-headers-5.0.5-1  linux51-headers-5.1rc1.d0317.g9e98c67-1

Total Installed Size:  127.69 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:        0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
(2/2) checking keys in keyring                     [#######################] 100%
(2/2) checking package integrity                   [#######################] 100%
(2/2) loading package files                        [#######################] 100%
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                  [#######################] 100%
(2/2) checking available disk space                [#######################] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Remove DKMS modules
:: Processing package changes...
(1/2) reinstalling linux50-headers                 [#######################] 100%
(2/2) reinstalling linux51-headers                 [#######################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/4) Updating linux50 module dependencies...
(2/4) Updating linux51 module dependencies...
(3/4) Install DKMS modules
(4/4) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...

[tbg]

Are you running kernel 5 right now, switch from the RC 5.1 to 5.0.

[Gamble]

Dumb question, but how do I go about switching?

[Gamble]

I installed both, and it automatically ran 5.1 and not 5.0 after my reboot

[tbg]

You reboot, then when the computer starts up you begin pressing the ESC key every second or so until the grub boot menu appears. In the grub menu use the down arrow key to select advanced. Then select kernel 5.0 from the menu. Dont select the fallback version.

Then continue booting.

Once you've started check which kernel you are in to be sure your in 5.0

[Gamble]

Awesome, I just checked and now I'm running 5.0

[tbg]

Your output of dkms status did not show any dkms drivers installed.

Install the driver.

sudo pacman -S broadcom-wl-dkms

Once it is completed installing reboot.

Make sure you boot into 5.0.

Once you have restarted post the input and output of:

dkms status

[Gamble]

I have connection now, but I'll still proceed with the process in case there's more I need to do. Thanks for all this by the way. You're a life saver.

dkms status                                                               
broadcom-wl, 6.30.223.271, 5.0.5-1-MANJARO, x86_64: installed