#[SOLVED]Anyone know how to make Wi-Fi work on my god damned Gentoo Machine

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stiff pulsar
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Details:
Laptop: MacBook Air 2015
Network Controller: Broadcom BCM4360
Alternative Network Device: tp-link TL-WN823N Wi-Fi USB Adapter
Kernel Driver in Use: bcma-pci-bridge
Kernel Driver: bcma, wl

I checked the gentoo wiki for “Wi-Fi” and installed one of the Broadcom firmwares(there are 3 so idk if I’m correct or wrong) but I have potato brain so installed one before knowing if my network controller is even supported by any existing kernel and guess what IT IS NOT. Therefore, I did what anyone lazy like me would do is buy an alternative wireless usb adapter and because again like I stated earlier I have potato brain idk how to make that USB wireless adapter even work and I don’t even know if I even had to get one because my network controller might work but I just don’t know how to make it work. Point is I need help with this. Thanks in Advance 🙂

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Anyone know how to make Wi-Fi work on my god damned Gentoo Machine

simple thunder
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Most people just replace it

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have you got the driver installed though and installed linuxfirmware?

stuck field
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Some macbooks you cant replace the wifi card, the solution is usb dongle

vapid atlas
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@stiff pulsar i installed gentoo on an old i5... even after installing driver nm did not worked for me.. only dhcpcd and iwd after enabling networking tkip on the USE_FLAGS..

iwd was able to detect my network and dhcpcd did connected it

stiff pulsar
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I even checked if it was installed in 2 ways: emerge —search … and just emerge —ask .. just to see that both show they are installed

stiff pulsar
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But idk if it would even work “out the box”

stuck field
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@manic mirage weren't you dealing with this issue recently?

stiff pulsar
vapid atlas
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yes

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and emerged iwd and dhcpcd

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then enabled both of them

stiff pulsar
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Did u add it in the local use flags for nm?

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Or in the global use flags?

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(Correct me about anything regarding how use flags are used, I’m still new to this stuff)

vapid atlas
vapid atlas
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because nm never worked for me

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after iwd too

stiff pulsar
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I’ll try it

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Thanks

vapid atlas
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welcome

manic mirage
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And if the kernel is too new than you have to fallback to lts

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Don't think you have to rn cause my machine with that card works fine atm

stiff pulsar
manic mirage
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I believe the exact same machine

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MacBook air 2015?

stiff pulsar
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yeah thats the same

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and u have it working damn

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what is the different thing u did

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i realised the only problem i have with my laptop is that the wifi card isnt detected

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is it because of the kernel? or maybe the firmware? idk

manic mirage
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I used stable kernel with the broadcom-sta driver, afaik that's the only way to get it working on gentoo

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I'm not home ATM but I can send some stuff if itd help when I get back

stiff pulsar
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sure thanks i most likely think the kernel version would be the helpful since I also installed the broadcom-sta driver

manic mirage
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I know in the past I've had to use lts kernel

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I've got nearly everything working accept audio, I'll send some diagnostics when I get home tho, should be less than 2-3 hours

manic mirage
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@stiff pulsar im back home now anything specific you want?

# 
COMMON_FLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
CXXFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
FCFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
FFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"

# NOTE: This stage was built with the bindist Use flag enabled

# This sets the language of build output to English.
# Please keep this setting intact when reporting bugs.
LC_MESSAGES=C.utf8
VIDEO_CARDS="intel"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
MAKEOPTS="-j4"
GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="https://gentoo.osuosl.org http://gentoo.osuosl.org"```
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make.conf

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i am using normal dist kernel

stiff pulsar
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Which is?

manic mirage
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wym?

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oh

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6.1.38-gentoo-dist

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might be a little old

stiff pulsar
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Ok

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I’ll check with mine gimme a sec

manic mirage
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@stiff pulsar some extra config thingys btw i think is needed, might be automatic tho

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blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist bcma
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist brcmfmac
blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist ssb```
stiff pulsar
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Ok let me check

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Mine doesn’t have Broadcom-sta.conf

manic mirage
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try adding it and rebooting

stiff pulsar
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By adding u mean emerging

manic mirage
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that conf you write i think

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make sure you have broadcom-sta tho

stiff pulsar
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Ok

stiff pulsar
manic mirage
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oh right
and use NetworkManager

stiff pulsar
manic mirage
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get that config written, install network manager, reboot

stiff pulsar
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OH GOD

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wifi is working finally

manic mirage
stiff pulsar
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THANK YOUUUUUUUUU

stiff pulsar
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thank you so much

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never thought i had to blacklist these things and it would work

manic mirage
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(in reality with any sane card you shouldnt have to)

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broadcom moment

stiff pulsar
manic mirage
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i hope you can eventually purchase a replacement

stiff pulsar
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ik that intel could work right out of the box

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anyways thank you

stiff pulsar
manic mirage
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shouldnt™️ be to much

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youll need a ifixit kit too tho

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to open it

stiff pulsar
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Anyone know how to make Wi-Fi work on my god damned Gentoo Machine[SOLVED]

manic mirage
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i would put solved at the begining personally

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¯_(ツ)_/¯