Centos 8 and broadcom?
Centos 8 and broadcom?
I have broadcom chip for wireless. -> BCM43142
How to install drivers to get network?
How to install drivers to get network?
Re: Centos 8 and broadcom ?
Hello
your question answered mine, one of the reasons I'll wait a while to install CentOS 8
I have BCM 4313, using the rpmfusion wl packages.
The RPMFusion el8 repo doesn't contain the broadcom akmod/kmod wl rpms yet, but you could try installing the el7 rpms from here https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree ... index.html you'll need the broadcom-wl, akmod-wl and (current/running/uname -r) kernel-devel packages, they work with the latest elrepo mainline kernel (currently 5.3.2-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64) so I can't see the kernel version being a problem.
The broadcom-wl and akmod-wl rpms will need to be installed together then a reboot.
I know it's never a great idea to install rpms from different releases, but this sounds like you have a fresh install with no working wireless, so why not be the test pilot
Hopefully rpmfusion will have el8 rpms soon.
Let us know if you have success.
your question answered mine, one of the reasons I'll wait a while to install CentOS 8
I have BCM 4313, using the rpmfusion wl packages.
The RPMFusion el8 repo doesn't contain the broadcom akmod/kmod wl rpms yet, but you could try installing the el7 rpms from here https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree ... index.html you'll need the broadcom-wl, akmod-wl and (current/running/uname -r) kernel-devel packages, they work with the latest elrepo mainline kernel (currently 5.3.2-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64) so I can't see the kernel version being a problem.
The broadcom-wl and akmod-wl rpms will need to be installed together then a reboot.
I know it's never a great idea to install rpms from different releases, but this sounds like you have a fresh install with no working wireless, so why not be the test pilot
Hopefully rpmfusion will have el8 rpms soon.
Let us know if you have success.
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Re: Centos 8 and broadcom ?
Hello. I am new to Centos. Since i am faced with the same problem, i was wondering if someone would point me to a proper set of instructions on resolving this. It appears that the "repo" mentioned, now has packages for version 8, but i need further guidance if available.
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Re: Centos 8 and broadcom ? - SOLVED (for me)
I just installed CentOS 8 on a MacBook Pro and it wasn't recognizing my Wi-Fi or my ethernet controller. No internet at all. This got me connected in about fifteen minutes.
I got my instructions from these two pages:
- https://centos.pkgs.org/8/rpmfusion-non ... h.rpm.html
- https://centos.pkgs.org/8/rpmfusion-non ... 4.rpm.html
This is what worked for me:
But hopefully this can get you up and running!
I got my instructions from these two pages:
- https://centos.pkgs.org/8/rpmfusion-non ... h.rpm.html
- https://centos.pkgs.org/8/rpmfusion-non ... 4.rpm.html
This is what worked for me:
- Get on a different machine (one that connects to the internet), so I can put the Wi-Fi driver on a USB drive and take it to my new CentOS machine
- Download Broadcom driver common files: https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree ... noarch.rpm
- Download wl kernel modules: https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfre ... x86_64.rpm
- Take those (via USB drive) over to my new CentOS machine and drop into terminal (as root user)
- Run this command:
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# rpm -Uvh broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-13.el8.noarch.rpm kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64-6.30.223.271-32.el8.x86_64.rpm # dnf install kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64 broadcom-wl
- Reboot CentOS 8 machine
But hopefully this can get you up and running!
Please be kind! I've only been a Linux user for eight months.
Re: Centos 8 and broadcom ?
[root@CentOSDellLaptop Downloads]# rpm -Uvh broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-13.el8.noarch.rpm kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64-6.30.223.271-32.el8.x86_64.rpm
warning: broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-13.el8.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID bdda8475: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
kernel < 4.18.0-148.el8 is needed by kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64-6.30.223.271-32.el8.x86_64
[root@CentOSDellLaptop Downloads]# rpm -Uvh broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-13.el8.noarch.rpm
warning: broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-13.el8.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID bdda8475: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
wl-kmod >= :6.30.223.271 is needed by broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-13.el8.noarch
[root@CentOSDellLaptop Downloads]# rpm -Uvh kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64-6.30.223.271-32.el8.x86_64.rpm
warning: kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64-6.30.223.271-32.el8.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID bdda8475: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
kernel < 4.18.0-148.el8 is needed by kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64-6.30.223.271-32.el8.x86_64
wl-kmod-common >= 6.30.223.271 is needed by kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64-6.30.223.271-32.el8.x86_64
how do change kernel & wl-kmod vesrions
warning: broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-13.el8.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID bdda8475: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
kernel < 4.18.0-148.el8 is needed by kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64-6.30.223.271-32.el8.x86_64
[root@CentOSDellLaptop Downloads]# rpm -Uvh broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-13.el8.noarch.rpm
warning: broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-13.el8.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID bdda8475: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
wl-kmod >= :6.30.223.271 is needed by broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-13.el8.noarch
[root@CentOSDellLaptop Downloads]# rpm -Uvh kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64-6.30.223.271-32.el8.x86_64.rpm
warning: kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64-6.30.223.271-32.el8.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID bdda8475: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
kernel < 4.18.0-148.el8 is needed by kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64-6.30.223.271-32.el8.x86_64
wl-kmod-common >= 6.30.223.271 is needed by kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64-6.30.223.271-32.el8.x86_64
how do change kernel & wl-kmod vesrions
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Re: Centos 8 and broadcom ?
@mrsr2174:
You have to install all of the dependent packages at the same time, in one command. (Just rpm -Uvh pkg1.rpm pkg2.rpm pkg3.rpm etc)
However... these drivers worked for the last CentOS 8.1 kernel. I haven't had any luck finding a driver that works for CentOS 8.2 kernel, which you are probably running now.
I'm trying to work around the whole issue by getting a USB WiFi card. Eventually if I still want to use this MacBook I might replace the internal WiFi card with one that CentOS plays nicely with, but I'm not there yet.
Best of luck, let me know if you find a solution.
You have to install all of the dependent packages at the same time, in one command. (Just rpm -Uvh pkg1.rpm pkg2.rpm pkg3.rpm etc)
However... these drivers worked for the last CentOS 8.1 kernel. I haven't had any luck finding a driver that works for CentOS 8.2 kernel, which you are probably running now.
I'm trying to work around the whole issue by getting a USB WiFi card. Eventually if I still want to use this MacBook I might replace the internal WiFi card with one that CentOS plays nicely with, but I'm not there yet.
Best of luck, let me know if you find a solution.
Please be kind! I've only been a Linux user for eight months.
Re: Centos 8 and broadcom?
I tried below & sucessfully install broadcom-wl & kmwod-wl.
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-free-release-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-release-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-appstream-data-8-1.el8.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
dnf install broadcom-wl
ifconfig -a , show a new device , when i tried to connect it is not connecting
wlp2s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 60:d8:19:2b:58:0f txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 17
rfkill list show new device with my dell wireless, i am confused here. So what did broadcom-wl did
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-free-release-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-release-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-appstream-data-8-1.el8.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
dnf install broadcom-wl
ifconfig -a , show a new device , when i tried to connect it is not connecting
wlp2s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 60:d8:19:2b:58:0f txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 17
rfkill list show new device with my dell wireless, i am confused here. So what did broadcom-wl did
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
Re: Centos 8 and broadcom?
Issued resolved after below installations, what i didn;t notice was there is hard button to power on wireless . After that everything is fine. Almost thought of installing Centos &
pm -Uhv rpmfusion-free-release-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-release-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-appstream-data-8-1.el8.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
dnf install broadcom-wl
pm -Uhv rpmfusion-free-release-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-release-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-appstream-data-8-1.el8.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
dnf install broadcom-wl
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Re: Centos 8 and broadcom?
Thank you so kindly for this! Ever since CentOS upgraded to 8.2 my wifi hasn't worked, and it's because I installed the broadcom-wl driver manually. So it still was using the kmod-wl for 8.1 (kmod-wl-4.18.0-147.el8).mrsr2174 wrote: ↑2020/07/04 07:16:11Issued resolved after below installations, what i didn;t notice was there is hard button to power on wireless . After that everything is fine. Almost thought of installing Centos &
pm -Uhv rpmfusion-free-release-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-release-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-appstream-data-8-1.el8.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted-8-0.1.noarch.rpm
dnf install broadcom-wl
I had the first three packages, but did not have rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted. I installed that one and it still would say dependencies resolved / nothing to do when I tried to install broadcom-wl, so I just dnf removed it then dnf installed it again right after. I watched it pull down the correct kmod whitelist (kmod-wl-4.18.0-193.6.3.el8_2x86_64).
I rebooted, et voilà! My internal wifi card was working again.
Thanks so much mrsr2174!!
Please be kind! I've only been a Linux user for eight months.