Broadcom WiFi not working after reinstalling MX Linux
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:51 am
Hi, I have already spend the entire day just to make this broadcom wifi to work after I reinstall MX Linux. First of all, this is working fine yesterday the reason I reinstall the entire system is because the built-in camera is not working on some app. I was able to make it work now but the WiFi seems to have a problem scanning and not able to pickup the SSDI. The driver I use previously was "broadcom-sta-dkms" I'm not sure am not able to make it work after reinstall. I have use MX Linux release version 23.5, 23.6, Xfce variant and KDE still WiFi is not able to see my SSID in the house. Below are the specs and info of my machine.
I'm using Macbook Pro Mid 2010 13 inch
The information below is the newly reinstalled system again :)
Quick System Info:
DMESG Result:
LSPCI Query Result:
NMCLI command result:
If there are any other information that I still miss here please let me know I will be glad to provide them to you.
Any help will be very much appreciated. I hope someone has already gone into this situation.
Thank you!
I'm using Macbook Pro Mid 2010 13 inch
The information below is the newly reinstalled system again :)
Quick System Info:
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System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-37-amd64 [6.1.140-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-37-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro rootflags=subvol=@
quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_x64 Libretto Jan 12 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookPro7,1 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 10 v: Mac-F222BEC8 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F222BEC8 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple v: 68.0.0.0.0
date: 06/13/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 44.5 Wh (71.9%) condition: 61.9/65.4 Wh (94.6%) volts: 12.1 min: 10.9
model: SMP bq20z451 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: charging cycles: 27
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core2 Duo P8600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn level: v1 built: 2008
process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x17 (23) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xA0B
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB
L2: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 796 min/max: 798/2394 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores:
1: 796 2: 796 bogomips: 9556
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA MCP89 [GeForce 320M] vendor: Apple driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free:
series: 340.xx status: legacy (EOL) last: release: 340.108 kernel: 5.4 xorg: 1.20 arch: Tesla
process: 40-80nm built: 2006-13 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:08a0 class-ID: 0300 temp: 78.0 C
Device-2: Apple Built-in iSight type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-6:2 chip-ID: 05ac:8507
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x211mm (13.31x8.31") s-diag: 398mm (15.69")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Apple Color LCD built: 2009 res: 1280x800 hz: 60 dpi: 114 gamma: 1.2
size: 286x179mm (11.26x7.05") diag: 337mm (13.3") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1280x800 min: 640x350
API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: NVAF direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA MCP89 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:08.0
chip-ID: 10de:0d94 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-37-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 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 BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme driver: wl
v: kernel modules: ssb pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:432b
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: dormant mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1684 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Apple Bluetooth Host Controller type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 4-6.1:5
chip-ID: 05ac:8213 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1
sub-v: 21d0 hci-v: 2.1 rev: 20a
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:5 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
telephony
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 4.39 GiB (0.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 464.69 GiB size: 464.69 GiB (100.00%) used: 4.39 GiB (0.9%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1.07 GiB size: 1.07 GiB (99.80%) used: 576 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 464.69 GiB size: 464.69 GiB (100.00%) used: 4.39 GiB (0.9%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 256 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 70.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 78.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2139 libs: 1065 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://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://mirror.rise.ph/mxlinux-pkg/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
Processes: 225 Uptime: 53m wakeups: 3 Memory: 15.37 GiB used: 1.85 GiB (12.0%) 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
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$ sudo dmesg | grep -i 'wl'
[ 1848.108331] wl: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[ 1848.108344] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 1848.118879] wl: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[ 1848.175213] wlan0: Broadcom BCM432b 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.30.223.271 (r587334)
[ 1849.372474] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 1849.372486] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 1862.160434] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 1862.160440] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 1863.193529] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 1863.193542] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 1872.404504] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 1872.404516] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 1887.060512] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 1887.060524] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 1907.056357] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 1907.056364] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 1936.048438] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 1936.048446] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 1979.052324] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 1979.052331] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 2043.056321] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 2043.056327] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 2138.096440] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 2138.096447] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 2259.056446] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 2259.056452] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 2380.112334] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 2380.112340] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 2501.104332] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 2501.104338] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 2622.128421] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 2622.128427] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 2743.056348] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 2743.056354] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 2864.140386] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 2864.140398] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 2985.072412] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 2985.072418] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 3106.128362] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 3106.128369] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 3227.056412] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 3227.056419] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 3348.048425] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 3348.048431] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 3469.040406] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 3469.040412] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 3509.648349] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 3509.648356] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 3582.448423] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 3582.448435] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 3590.032426] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 3590.032432] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 3681.840435] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 3681.840441] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 3711.056411] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 3711.056419] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 3832.080374] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 3832.080387] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 3953.072470] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 3953.072475] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 4074.060469] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 4074.060476] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 4195.088423] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 4195.088431] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 4316.048347] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 4316.048354] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 4437.112343] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 4437.112350] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 4558.092871] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 4558.092878] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
[ 4679.056341] ERROR @wl_notify_scan_status :
[ 4679.056347] wlan0 Scan_results error (-22)
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$ sudo lspci -vnnk -d 14e4:
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:432b] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. AirPort Extreme [106b:008d]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at d3200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
Capabilities: [e8] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number ea-c7-39-ff-ff-b0-78-ca
Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel driver in use: wl
Kernel modules: ssb, wl
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:1684] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:1684]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 32
Memory at d3100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [40] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [60] Vendor Specific Information: Len=6c <?>
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [cc] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number c4-2c-03-ff-fe-2f-a9-f1
Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel driver in use: tg3
Kernel modules: tg3
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$ sudo nmcli device
DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION
eth0 ethernet connected Wired connection 1
lo loopback connected (externally) lo
wlan0 wifi disconnected --
Any help will be very much appreciated. I hope someone has already gone into this situation.
Thank you!
. I will give a shot on this and get back to you. 
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