#[SOLVED] Can't get wifi to work on arch linux baremetal Macbook pro 2013 once booting into OS

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tepid charm
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I followed the necessary steps to get my wifi working during pre-installation by running the following rmmod b43 bcma wl modprobe wl I proceeded to install the linux firmware and headers after the installation finished while in chroot. Once I restarted the computer and logged into the OS, i constantly run into the wifi attempting to connect but failing. Since then I've tried blacklisting bcma, installing the drivers for broadcom and enabling only 1 wifi service at a time( iwd service/NetworkManager etc) I followed the steps here on extracting and installing the drivers: http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/b43/ I also made sure to copy the drivers to /lib/firmware and /lib64/firmware

fallen oyster
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does ip a show the adapter?

tepid charm
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It does show the adapter

fallen oyster
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So what doesnt work then

tepid charm
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actually connecting to my wifi network

fallen oyster
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a dhcp client is installed?

tepid charm
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How can I verify that?

fallen oyster
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well u would know

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but Network Manager should include one

hard peak
fallen oyster
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if u only use iwd u would need one

tepid charm
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I have Network Manager service enabled and running

hard peak
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it has a builtin one

hard peak
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but does it see your device

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does ip a spit meniton a device other than lo

fallen oyster
tepid charm
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NetworkManager does see my wifi as well as others nearby

hard peak
tepid charm
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I've also attempted using NetworkManager and iwctl

hard peak
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if so

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stop one

tepid charm
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I tried that

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stopped one and only used one at a time still not working

hard peak
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ok make sure you only use one

tepid charm
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Does b43 and wl need to be running at the same time?

hard peak
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i used wl on my macbook air and it worked fine so

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does it see networks if you boot

tepid charm
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Okay, yeah so to confirm I currently only have wl running

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Yes it sees networks

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Well the clarify

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I can see my network in the list

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but when it tries to connect it fails with the error: The wifi network could not be found

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I have systemd running at the same time as NetworkManager is that problematic or can those run simultaneously

hard peak
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do you not know what systemd is

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did you mean networkd?

tepid charm
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I had networkd and a couple systemd service that looked related to network running.

tepid charm
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Finally got it to work. Went with a manual install instead of running archlinux install

hard peak
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... close

timid steepleBOT
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hard peak
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also you're supposed to say if you used archinstall 😭

tepid charm
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tepid charm
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Can't get wifi to work on arch linux baremetal Macbook pro 2013 once booting into OS [SOLVED]