Wifi completely lost -- likely broadcom driver is the root of problem

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In moving away from packman I moved the wifi broadcom drivers to other repos. See below. As of now there is no wifi. Network icon in panel reports no wifi at all.
lspci report finding mb wireless device but has no driver.

Search gave link below but didn’t give any solution for me.

(https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=6421433)

I went through the broadcom setup a few years ago but forgot the solution. Any one with any suggestions.

thanks, tom kosvic

tom@mydesktop: ~ $ sudo zypper se -si broadcom
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S  | Name                    | Type    | Version                             | Arch   | Repository
---+-------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------------
i+ | broadcom-wl             | package | 0+git20251102.4d15843-1.15          | x86_64 | Main Repository (NON-OSS)
i+ | broadcom-wl-kmp-default | package | 0+git20251102.4d15843_k7.1.8_1-1.15 | x86_64 | Main Repository (NON-OSS)
i+ | broadcom-wl-ueficert    | package | 6.30.223.271-1699.30.pm.44          | x86_64 | (System Packages)
tom@mydesktop: ~ $ 


tom@mydesktop: ~ $ lspci -nnk | grep -EiA3 net
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V [8086:15a1] (rev 05)
        DeviceName:  Onboard LAN
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:85c4]
        Kernel driver in use: e1000e
--
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation I211 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1539] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:85f0]
        Kernel driver in use: igb
        Kernel modules: igb
08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4360 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8659]
        Kernel modules: bcma
0b:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1061/ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller [1b21:0612] (rev 02)
tom@mydesktop:
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Delete all the Broadcom drivers and use the 3 Broadcom-packages from the hardware Repo:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/hardware/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/

3

Worked fine. wifi back. Any reason as to why the others didn’t function?

tom@mydesktop: ~ $ sudo zypper se -si broadcom
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S  | Name                    | Type    | Version                   | Arch   | Repository
---+-------------------------+---------+---------------------------+--------+--------------
i+ | broadcom-wl             | package | 6.30.223.271-7.7          | x86_64 | hardware repo
i  | broadcom-wl-kmp-default | package | 6.30.223.271_k7.2.5_1-7.7 | x86_64 | hardware repo
i  | broadcom-wl-ueficert    | package | 6.30.223.271-7.7          | x86_64 | hardware repo
tom@mydesktop: ~ $

thanks, tom kosvic

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broadcom-wl in the hardware Repo is the same as the one in Packman.

I do not know, how that broadcom-wl from the non-Oss Repo is build, which sources and so on.

I made a request to use the broadcom from hardware Repo also in the non-Oss Repo.

5

My results say that should work.

Question: should I keep hardware repo in play for updates?

thanks again, tom kosvic

6

Yes, you can see the difference in the kernel with the old kmp in #1 and the new in #3

i+ | broadcom-wl-kmp-default | package | 0+git20251102.4d15843_k7.1.8_1-1.15

i | broadcom-wl-kmp-default | package | 6.30.223.271_k7.2.5_1-7.7