Stinking Broadcom Limited BCM4313!

[chili555]

Chilli555, is there a link to these performance instructions so that I can pass it on to others?

Thanks jetman

I suggest that you simply refer them to my post #26 above.

[jetman350]

I wanted to Chronicle my findings here as well as in my notes. This I assume looks normal right? The important part is what "US" that is where I'm at of course.

work-8@work-8-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo iw reg get
[sudo] password for work-8:  
global
country US: DFS-FCC
        (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
        (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
        (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
        (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
        (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
        (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)

[jeremy31]

I am not real sure why you had so many issues with this wifi as it is what I use in my Toshiba laptop running the latest Linux Mint version. I might have to see if I can convert my old HDD with Ubuntu 18.04 to work on a Legacy(BIOS) boot and see if there is any difference with Ubuntu, I really doubt there will be. I can't use the card in my Lenovo as it won't boot because of the BIOS wifi whitelist

[jetman350]

Most likely my lack of knowledge with Kubuntu. Was having issues with Wallet I think, and never really the Wifi? Now it works fine, though still not happy with the way Kubuntu works. Wifi is a little slow compared to Windows but works fine. I don't notice it really to much, just when I run speedtest.

[jetman350]

Back with the same issues as I had before, well, similar from what I remember. I cannot believe this is a problem again? The first time I thought it was because I was trying to use Kubuntu without a Log In Password. Then I thought it was because of Kwallet doing something weird and my lack of knowledge with it. Now I just don't know what to think.

HP Pavilion dv6-6c48us

I did a reinstall because in the events was worried that I did something wrong, one was I installed from Yumi Mulitiboot USB which they say is not supported though some folks have told me it does work with Ubuntu's.

So my new install went fine and I did nothing out of the norm that I know of. It all worked well for about a week, really well, I was actually surprised how fast Kubuntu would connect to the Wifi. But now when I boot Wifi won't connect. If I Reboot it will connect fine. Really weird, I hope someone can help me without to much effort because I don't like bothering you guys with these issues.

My Network info:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/pgjNhy8Jv9/

inxi -Fxz 
System:    Host: word-8-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC Kernel: 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.12.7 (Qt 5.9.5) Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC v: 0691210000204610000620100 serial: N/A                                          
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1805 v: 33.58 serial: N/A BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: F.1C date: 01/25/2013                                                         
Battery    hidpp__0: charge: N/A condition: NA/NA Wh model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 status: Discharging                                                             
CPU:       Quad core AMD A8-3520M APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) arch: Fusion rev.0 cache: 4096 KB                                                                  
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm) bmips: 12776                                                                                                           
           clock speeds: max: 1600 MHz 1: 957 MHz 2: 963 MHz 3: 953 MHz 4: 1276 MHz                                                                                      
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek [Radeon HD 6620G] bus-ID: 00:01.0                                                                          
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 ) drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)                                                                    
           Resolution: 1366x768@59.99hz                                                                                                                                  
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD SUMO (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-43-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)                                                                                       
           version: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 Direct Render: Yes                                                                                                                   
Audio:     Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2                                                               
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series]                                                       
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1                                                                                                                         
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-43-generic                                                                                                
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller                                                                                     
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 01:00.0                                                                                                        
           IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>                                                                                                                            
           Card-2: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter driver: wl bus-ID: 02:00.0                                                                
           IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>                                                                                                                            
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 564.3GB (7.3% used)                                                                                                                           
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD5000LPLX size: 500.1GB temp: 41C                                                                                                  
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Flash_Drive_FIT size: 64.2GB temp: 0C                                                                                               
Partition: ID-1: / size: 19G used: 8.5G (48%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1                                                                                                    
           ID-2: /home size: 439G used: 9.7G (3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5                                                                                                
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present                                                                                                   
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 50.0                                                                                                           
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A                                                                                                                                 
Info:      Processes: 209 Uptime: 36 min Memory: 1711.5/5435.4MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0                                                                
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56

[wildmanne39]

Please use the default font color and properties unless you need to highlight or draw attention to a part of your post, there is no need to draw attention to code inside code tags, it made it very hard to read.

Thanks

[jetman350]

Whoops, I didn't even go back and look at it

[chili555]

Back with the same issues as I had before, well, similar from what I remember. I cannot believe this is a problem again? The first time I thought it was because I was trying to use Kubuntu without a Log In Password. Then I thought it was because of Kwallet doing something weird and my lack of knowledge with it. Now I just don't know what to think.

HP Pavilion dv6-6c48us

I did a reinstall because in the events was worried that I did something wrong, one was I installed from Yumi Mulitiboot USB which they say is not supported though some folks have told me it does work with Ubuntu's.

So my new install went fine and I did nothing out of the norm that I know of. It all worked well for about a week, really well, I was actually surprised how fast Kubuntu would connect to the Wifi. But now when I boot Wifi won't connect. If I Reboot it will connect fine. Really weird, I hope someone can help me without to much effort because I don't like bothering you guys with these issues.

My Network info:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/pgjNhy8Jv9/

As can very clearly be seen from your wireless info, you have, once again, installed bcmwl-kernel-source; i.e. the wrong driver.

Please scroll back to my post #12 and repeat the steps. After a reboot, post back and tell us if the wireless is now working.

[jetman350]

I just got your message, don't know why I didn't get it sooner. I checked my settings again and am all good for getting messages.

Thanks again chilli555, I'm really lost here. Just to be clear I did not install a driver. I thought I remembered from last time I did not need to. So I will follow your directions at #12 and have copied them to my notes for this laptop.

[jetman350]

All done and hoping for the best. Really weird that it worked fine for about a week? When I first booted in today there was no problem with the Wifi, really weird that it is intermittent.

I'll post the outcome to make sure I got it right.

word-8@word-8-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$sudo -i
[sudo]password for word-8: 
root@word-8-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~#echo "blacklist b43" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
root@word-8-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~#echo "blacklist ssb" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
root@word-8-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~#exit
logout
word-8@word-8-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$sudo apt purge bcmwl-kernel-source
Readingpackage lists... Done
Buildingdependency tree       
Readingstate information... Done
Thefollowing packages were automatically installed and are no longerrequired:
 dkms linux-headers-4.15.0-29 linux-headers-4.15.0-29-genericlinux-image-4.15.0-29-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-29-genericlinux-modules-extra-4.15.0-29-generic
Use'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
Thefollowing packages will be REMOVED:
 bcmwl-kernel-source*
0upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Afterthis operation, 8,067 kB disk space will be freed.
Doyou want to continue? [Y/n] 
(Readingdatabase ... 261273 files and directories currently installed.)
Removingbcmwl-kernel-source (6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu4) ...
Removingall DKMS Modules
Done.
update-initramfs:deferring update (trigger activated)
Processingtriggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.6) ...
update-initramfs:Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-44-generic
(Readingdatabase ... 261187 files and directories currently installed.)
Purgingconfiguration files for bcmwl-kernel-source(6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu4) ...
update-initramfs:deferring update (trigger activated)
Processingtriggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.6) ...
update-initramfs:Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-44-generic
word-8@word-8-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$

I just got this message after a Reboot, and then a full shut down and startup but all seems to be working.
"System Notification Helper"
"Proprietary drivers might be required to enable additional features"

Thanks again chilli555, I'm really looking forward to having this thing working as it should!