wifi not working after updates [Solved]

[allin]

look i have very limited computer knowledge , so i thought it would best to install mx linux again

for me it was best and easiest option

wifi is working on fresh install

but again its showing updates , and i am afraid to update it
as wifi might not work again if i update


The following packages will be upgraded:
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 (2.40.3-2~deb12u2 => 2.40.5-1~deb12u1)
gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 (2.40.3-2~deb12u2 => 2.40.5-1~deb12u1)
intel-microcode (3.20230512.1 => 3.20230808.1~deb12u1)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (2.40.3-2~deb12u2 => 2.40.5-1~deb12u1)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (2.40.3-2~deb12u2 => 2.40.5-1~deb12u1)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (2.40.3-2~deb12u2 => 2.40.5-1~deb12u1)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (2.40.3-2~deb12u2 => 2.40.5-1~deb12u1)
linux-compiler-gcc-12-x86 (6.1.38-2 => 6.1.38-4)
linux-headers-amd64 (6.1.38-2 => 6.1.38-4)
linux-image-amd64 (6.1.38-2 => 6.1.38-4)
linux-kbuild-6.1 (6.1.38-2 => 6.1.38-4)
linux-libc-dev (6.1.38-2 => 6.1.38-4)
thunderbird (1:102.13.1-1~deb12u1 => 1:102.14.0-1~deb12u1)

[Charlie Brown]

No need to check for kernel etc.

Just post the output of

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inxi -iaz

when it's working and we'll be sure what driver works best.

[allin]

Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell
driver: wl v: kernel modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 12:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4727 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
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: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>

[Charlie Brown]

Yes:

driver: wl

So, you can do as I told (in case it doesn't work after updates).

You can update, but if there's still a problem, you can boot with the old (this) kernel, you'll see under "Advanced Options" on Grub. 6.1.0-10

[Stevo]

Apparently, it's a Debian issue that should be solved soon: https://groups.google.com/g/linux.debia ... wUkPkmjrFg

[Eadwine Rose]

Yeah.. that hickup was this one:

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2023-08-11  08:46:26  upgrade  linux-libc-dev                   amd64  6.1.38-3                         6.1.38-4
2023-08-11  08:46:23  upgrade  linux-kbuild-6.1                 amd64  6.1.38-3                         6.1.38-4
2023-08-11  08:46:23  upgrade  linux-image-amd64                amd64  6.1.38-3                         6.1.38-4
2023-08-11  08:46:23  upgrade  linux-image-6.1.0-11-amd64       amd64  6.1.38-3                         6.1.38-4
2023-08-11  08:46:20  upgrade  linux-headers-6.1.0-11-common    all    6.1.38-3                         6.1.38-4
2023-08-11  08:46:18  upgrade  linux-headers-amd64              amd64  6.1.38-3                         6.1.38-4
2023-08-11  08:46:18  upgrade  linux-headers-6.1.0-11-amd64     amd64  6.1.38-3                         6.1.38-4
2023-08-11  08:46:18  upgrade  linux-compiler-gcc-12-x86        amd64  6.1.38-3                         6.1.38-4
2023-08-10  23:00:59  upgrade  linux-libc-dev                   amd64  6.1.38-2                         6.1.38-3
2023-08-10  23:00:59  upgrade  linux-image-amd64                amd64  6.1.38-2                         6.1.38-3
2023-08-10  23:00:56  upgrade  linux-headers-amd64              amd64  6.1.38-2                         6.1.38-3
2023-08-10  23:00:56  install  linux-image-6.1.0-11-amd64       amd64  <none>                           6.1.38-3
2023-08-10  23:00:52  upgrade  linux-kbuild-6.1                 amd64  6.1.38-2                         6.1.38-3
2023-08-10  23:00:52  install  linux-headers-6.1.0-11-amd64     amd64  <none>                           6.1.38-3
2023-08-10  23:00:47  install  linux-headers-6.1.0-11-common    all    <none>                           6.1.38-3
2023-08-10  23:00:46  upgrade  linux-compiler-gcc-12-x86        amd64  6.1.38-2                         6.1.38-3
2023-08-10  23:00:46  upgrade  intel-microcode                  amd64  3.20230512.1                     3.20230808.1~deb12u1

It all went well for me, with the above. The morning of the second upgrade it wanted to remove the amd64 stuff. Errr... nope, we do not condone that.

So I held off till about 30 minutes later when things were sorted.

[gsm]

Same problem. Wifi works until and including kernel 6.1.0-10. Wifi adapter is not available with Linux 6.1.0-12 or 6.1.0.13.
Only the wired connection is available. MX Network Assistant does show the wifi adapter (activated), but cannot switch it off or on, when using kernels 6.1.0-12 or 6.1.0-13.

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[CODE]System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-10-amd64 [6.1.38-2] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-10-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 info: plank wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23_KDE_x64
    Libretto July 31 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire 7741 v: V1.12 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Acer model: Aspire 7741 v: V1.12 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Phoenix v: 1.12
    date: 06/21/2010
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 707.6 Wh (100.0%) condition: 707.6/47.5 Wh (1489.1%) volts: 12.2 min: 10.8
    model: SDI AS10D61 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M215 serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored)
    rechargeable: yes 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: 1864 high: 1995 min/max: 933/2399 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1471 2: 1995 3: 1995 4: 1995 bogomips: 19150
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  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_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: AMD Park [Mobility Radeon HD 5430/5450/5470] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale-2 code: Evergreen
    process: TSMC 32-40nm built: 2009-15 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:68e0
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 53.5 C
  Device-2: ALi Gateway Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-1.5:4 chip-ID: 0402:9665
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: radeon dri: r600 gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.65x9.37") s-diag: 485mm (19.11")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS res: 1600x900 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1600x900 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: AMD CEDAR (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.1.0-10-amd64 LLVM
    15.0.6) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 5
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300/7300 Series] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aa68 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-10-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 NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI Aspire
    7740G driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 14e4:1692 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM43225 802.11b/g/n vendor: Foxconn T77H103.00 Wireless Half-size Mini
    PCIe Card driver: wl v: kernel modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4357 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 136.67 GiB (30.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT480BX500SSD1 size: 447.13 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 041 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 62.6 GiB size: 61.32 GiB (97.95%) used: 29.82 GiB (48.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 384.53 GiB size: 377.43 GiB (98.15%) used: 106.85 GiB (28.3%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 1.8 MiB (0.1%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 53.5 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 3644 libs: 2034 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  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://mirror.nl.datapacket.com/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://mirror.nl.datapacket.com/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/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://mirror.koddos.net/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb https://mirror.koddos.net/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 221 Uptime: 18m wakeups: 4 Memory: 3.69 GiB used: 2.6 GiB (70.6%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

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[gsm]

To bypass this annoying WiFi problem i installed a Realtek RTL8811CU/RTL8821CU USB Wi-Fi adapter driver for Linux, downloaded from GitHub, for my RTL8811 USB WiFi adapter.
Surprisingly the RTL8811 adapter worked well. Not only that, but also the onboard WiFi adapter is alive again.

[linexer2016]

alin,
You may care to review this thread where I've posted a not too dissimilar constructive criticism viewtopic.php?f=80&p=751319#p751319