Dell Latitude E6420
Broadcom “BCM43228”
OpenSUSE 13.2 GNOME (64 bit)
Packages installed: broadcom-wl, broadcom-wl-kpm-desktop, b43-firmware
Hello everyone,
I’ve installed a fresh install of OpenSUSE 13.2 through the GNOME live CD and updated/patched the machine. I was using a wired connection for the updates/patches, but I am currently trying to get my onboard Broadcom “BCM43228” to work. I installed two packages, broadcom-wl, and broadcom-wl-kpm-desktop, which enabled OpenSUSE to recognize my device, but did not enable the device to scan. I am using the NetworkManager applet through GNOME to configure my network settings and have not messed with any YaST settings. I read some people recommending installing the b43-firmware package, but I have not noticed a difference between having it installed and not having it installed. The only thing interesting about this problem is that I had the Wifi fully working on the exact hardware, just on another HDD (which I had to replace). And my hardware switch for Wifi is NOT off.
So essentially, Opensuse recognizes my onboard Wifi but fails to scan for networks.
Now lets get some terminal outputs going
nick@linux:~> uname -a
Linux linux.site 3.16.7-21-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 14 07:11:37 UTC 2015 (93c1539) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
nick@linux:~> sudo ifconfig
eno1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 5C:26:0A:7C:32:32
inet addr:192.168.0.5 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::5e26:aff:fe7c:3232/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: 2605:e000:8a98:2900:5e26:aff:fe7c:3232/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:220435 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:96536 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:277686903 (264.8 Mb) TX bytes:10694648 (10.1 Mb)
Interrupt:20 Memory:e2e00000-e2e20000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7150 (6.9 Kb) TX bytes:7150 (6.9 Kb)
wlp2s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr E4:D5:3D:63:13:84
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:10
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:17
nick@linux:~> sudo iwconfig
wlp2s0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=200 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
eno1 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
nick@linux:~> sudo lspci -knn...
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4359] Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1530 Half-size Mini PCIe Card [1028:0011]
Kernel driver in use: wl
Kernel modules: bcma, wl
nick@linux:~> /usr/sbin/rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
nick@linux:~> sudo iwlist scan
wlp2s0 No scan results
eno1 Interface doesn't support scanning.
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
Any help will be appreciated and I am prepared to provide anymore information if necessary. Thank you.