[SOLVED] Broadcom Wifi: Module wl not found in directory /lib/modules/

[hwalinga]

I am running Linux Mint Debian Edition Cindy with Cinnamon Desktop.

I have BCM43228 Broadcom wifi and after I updated the kernel it did not work anymore. (4.9 -> 4.19)

I followed this guide (my model was listed): https://wiki.debian.org/wl

But I get the error:

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modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found in directory /lib/modules/4.19.0-0.bpo.1-amd64

I suspect the driver is just too old for this newer kernel, but maybe I am wrong.

A few questions:

• Is there a way I can fix it?

• Will this be fixed in the near future?

• Is there something I can do, so that it will be fixed? (Report a bug somewhere?)

[Monsta]

I suspect the driver is just too old for this newer kernel, but maybe I am wrong.

I suspect it too.
If you installed a newer kernel from stretch-backports repo, it's better to install an updated driver package from there as well.

[hwalinga]

from stretch-backports repo, it's better to install an updated driver package from there as well.

Well, there is a slightly newer version listed on here https://packages.debian.org/stretch-bac ... m-sta-dkms but when I try to install it with apt it says it already is the newest version.

[Monsta]

Try this:

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apt install -t stretch-backports broadcom-sta-dkms

[hwalinga]

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apt install -t stretch-backports broadcom-sta-dkms

I did that, but it said it was the newest version already. However, upon checking my sources.list I realized I forgot to include "contrib non-free" for the backports line. So I did that and I now got the newest version for broadcom-sta-dkms.

However it still does not work. I still get the same error message. Same happened with kernel 4.17 instead of 4.19.

[hwalinga]

Okay, I got it working now.

I completely reinstalled kernel + headers + broadcom module, and made sure I got everything from backports, and it works now. Maybe the reinstall helped, but maybe I just didn't got the headers from backports.

Thanks a lot.