wifi not working after updates [Solved]

[allin]

there were some updates showing , i updated them

and now when i restarted laptop wifi is not working , it does not show wifi option in connetions

wired connection works fine

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-11-amd64 [6.1.38-3] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-11-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
    resume=UUID=<filter> resume_offset=729088
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23_x64 Libretto July 31  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Vostro 1540 v: A04 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0NHCFP v: A04 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A04 date: 04/08/2014
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 23.8 Wh (81.5%) condition: 29.2/48.8 Wh (59.8%) volts: 10.8 min: 11.1
    model: SMP DELL 8NH5516 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3 M 370 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Westmere gen: core 1 level: v2
    built: 2010-11 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 0x7
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1406 high: 1463 min/max: 931/2394 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1463 2: 1388 3: 1463 4: 1312 bogomips: 19150
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-5.75 process: Intel 45nm built: 2010 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Realtek Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.4:5
    chip-ID: 0bda:58c1 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: intel
    dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS1 model: Seiko Epson 0x3250 built: 2011 res: 1366x768 hz: 60
    dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 5 driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-11-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell driver: N/A
    modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 12:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4727
    class-ID: 0280
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 13:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM2070 Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.2:7
    chip-ID: 0a5c:21bc class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
    software: yes address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 28.89 GiB (9.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Hitachi model: HTS543232A7A384 size: 298.09 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: A60W
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 298.09 GiB size: 292.35 GiB (98.07%) used: 28.89 GiB (9.9%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 10.56 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 79.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 4012
Repos:
  Packages: 2062 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2056 libs: 1040 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 6
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in/mx-mirror/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mxpitmp.list
    1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list
    1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
  Processes: 238 Uptime: 14m wakeups: 3 Memory: 7.56 GiB used: 1.82 GiB (24.1%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12 Client: shell wrapper
  v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[linexer2016]

Well you are not alone with this (or a very similar issue). I've installed the 6.1 ahs kernel when I bought a new computer. When I tried to get the usb dongle to work, no go until I switched to the liqorix kernel. Check out such posts using the search tool here in the forum. Note that my travails were using a realtek driver for an usb dongle but I see in your QSI that you are referring to the onboard wifi so things might be a little different in your case. However, it would be interesting to see how you go with a different kernel such as I've referred.

[Eadwine Rose]

IIRC the kernel updated in MX23, from 10 to 11.

They came through twice, I caught the first and the second update. Tested my dongle, all is ok. But indeed onboard..

Can you check what the last updates were?

[j2mcgreg]

@allin
Based on the age of its cpu, your laptop is at least 12 years old and the most likely reason for the wifi failure is that the necessary driver has been dropped from the kernel. I think that you should access MXPI --> Popular Apps --> Kernels and install the antix 5.10.xxx kernel. Then, reboot, and at the Grub screen choose Advanced Options to select the new kernel as your boot choice. If this solves your problem, you can make the switch permanent with the Boot Options utility in MX Tools. In Linux, "newest" often isn't the best option.

[Charlie Brown]

Kernel: 6.1.0-11-amd64 [6.1.38-3]

Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter ... driver: N/A
... chip-ID: 14e4:4727

...
Based on the age of its cpu, your laptop is at least 12 years old and the most likely reason for the wifi failure is that the necessary driver has been dropped from the kernel...

It's supported between: 3.14 - 6.3


Open "MX Network Assistant" and enable (load) wl , disable (unload and blacklist) brcmsmac, brcm80211

(to prevent conflict), Reboot.


(Or do the vice versa: enable brcmsmac , disable wl )

[j2mcgreg]

Kernel: 6.1.0-11-amd64 [6.1.38-3]

Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter ... driver: N/A
... chip-ID: 14e4:4727

...
Based on the age of its cpu, your laptop is at least 12 years old and the most likely reason for the wifi failure is that the necessary driver has been dropped from the kernel...

It's supported between: 3.14 - 6.3


Open "MX Network Assistant" and enable (load) wl , disable (unload and blacklist) brcmsmac, brcm80211

(to prevent conflict), Reboot.


(Or do the vice versa: enable brcmsmac , disable wl )

That's true for the CPU and its chipset, but it doesn't necessarily hold for the WiFi card model in use

[Charlie Brown]

" wifi not working after updates "

So, it was working with the default 6.1 kernel.

[j2mcgreg]

Having him use the antix 5.10.xxx kernel is a sort of acid test. Since he has inferred that the card worked with an earlier version of 6.1.xxx, it should also work with the even earlier 5.10.xxx. But if it doesn't work, the card,itself, is the problem.

[allin]

So, it was working with the default 6.1 kernel.

yes it was

[allin]

IIRC the kernel updated in MX23, from 10 to 11.

They came through twice, I caught the first and the second update. Tested my dongle, all is ok. But indeed onboard..

Can you check what the last updates were?

how to check that ?