after experimenting to much with VM Networking, my WIFI Network adapter has disappeared without a trace. Following a different post, I tried the following:
(I shoud mention that I have allready re-installed Linux Mint and am now using Mate instead of Vera.) (Also I am using My Phones WiFi through tethering.)
test@test-HP-Laptop-15-da0xxx:~$ sudo apt install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source
[sudo] password for test:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libc-dev-bin libc-devtools libc6-dev libcrypt-dev libnsl-dev libtirpc-dev
rpcsvc-proto
Suggested packages:
glibc-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
bcmwl-kernel-source libc-dev-bin libc-devtools libc6-dev libcrypt-dev
libnsl-dev libtirpc-dev rpcsvc-proto
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 340 not upgraded.
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Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu10~22.04.1) ...
Loading new bcmwl-6.30.223.271+bdcom DKMS files...
Building for 5.15.0-56-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 5.15.0-56-generic
Done.
wl.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/updates/dkms/
depmod....
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Operation not permitted
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu13) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-56-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-2
I: (/dev/mapper/vgmint-swap_1)
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
test@test-HP-Laptop-15-da0xxx:~$ sudo modprobe -rv bcma
test@test-HP-Laptop-15-da0xxx:~$ sudo modprobe -v wl
insmod /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/updates/dkms/wl.ko
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Operation not permitted
Now what does "Operation not permitted" mean?
