Broadcom BCM4352 driver issue

**dmrx** · 2016-02-26

So I have Kali linux live running on my usb drive on laptop with Broadcom Corporation BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03).
I found out that "it's not supported".
so I tried using this driver for debian (https://wiki.debian.org/wl) supposedly supports BCM4352
everything goes fine untill I use

modprobe wl

Code:

root@kali:~# modprobe wl
modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found.

Any idea why the module isn't found?

More info

Code:

root@kali:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 05)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev d5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev d5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev d5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM87 Express LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK104M [GeForce GTX 870M] (rev ff)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

Code:

root@kali:~# uname -a
Linux kali 4.3.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.3.3-5kali4 (2016-01-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux

**Gh0sT.sh** · 2016-02-27

take a look at this , this will give you a idea of the process for fix

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...Driver/bcm43xx

**dmrx** · 2016-02-29

Originally Posted by Gh0sT.sh

take a look at this , this will give you a idea of the process for fix

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...Driver/bcm43xx

Is it Kernel incompatibility problem? I didn't really get it.
but after looking back at my Terminal I noticed this error:

Code:

root@kali:~# apt-get install linux-image-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') broadcom-sta-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libqt5xcbqpa5 libquvi-scripts libquvi7 python-dbus-dev vlc-plugin-notify
  vlc-plugin-samba
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  dkms linux-compiler-gcc-5-x86 linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-amd64
  linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-common linux-image-4.4.0-kali1-amd64
  linux-kbuild-4.4
Suggested packages:
  linux-doc-4.4 debian-kernel-handbook grub-pc | grub-efi | extlinux
Recommended packages:
  linux-image
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  broadcom-sta-dkms dkms linux-compiler-gcc-5-x86
  linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-amd64 linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-common
  linux-headers-amd64 linux-image-4.4.0-kali1-amd64 linux-kbuild-4.4
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-image-amd64
1 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 77 not upgraded.
Need to get 44.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 224 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://kali.localmsp.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 dkms all 2.2.0.3-2 [70.9 kB]
Get:2 http://kali.localmsp.org/kali kali-rolling/non-free amd64 broadcom-sta-dkms all 6.30.223.271-2 [2,208 kB]
Get:3 http://kali.localmsp.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-compiler-gcc-5-x86 amd64 4.4.2-3kali1 [339 kB]
Get:4 http://kali.localmsp.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-common amd64 4.4.2-3kali1 [5,005 kB]
Get:5 http://kali.localmsp.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-kbuild-4.4 amd64 4.4-1kali1 [183 kB]
Get:6 http://kali.localmsp.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-amd64 amd64 4.4.2-3kali1 [484 kB]
Get:7 http://kali.localmsp.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-headers-amd64 amd64 4.4+71+kali1 [5,722 B]
Get:8 http://kali.localmsp.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-image-4.4.0-kali1-amd64 amd64 4.4.2-3kali1 [35.8 MB]
Get:8 http://kali.localmsp.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-image-4.4.0-kali1-amd64 amd64 4.4.2-3kali1 [35.8 MB]
Get:9 http://kali.localmsp.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-image-amd64 amd64 4.4+71+kali1 [6,506 B]
Fetched 43.4 MB in 1min 30s (481 kB/s)                                         
Reading changelogs... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package dkms.
(Reading database ... 298548 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../dkms_2.2.0.3-2_all.deb ...
Unpacking dkms (2.2.0.3-2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package broadcom-sta-dkms.
Preparing to unpack .../broadcom-sta-dkms_6.30.223.271-2_all.deb ...
Unpacking broadcom-sta-dkms (6.30.223.271-2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-compiler-gcc-5-x86.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-compiler-gcc-5-x86_4.4.2-3kali1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-compiler-gcc-5-x86 (4.4.2-3kali1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-common.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-common_4.4.2-3kali1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-common (4.4.2-3kali1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-kbuild-4.4.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-kbuild-4.4_4.4-1kali1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-kbuild-4.4 (4.4-1kali1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-amd64_4.4.2-3kali1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-amd64 (4.4.2-3kali1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-headers-amd64_4.4+71+kali1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-amd64 (4.4+71+kali1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-4.4.0-kali1-amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-4.4.0-kali1-amd64_4.4.2-3kali1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-4.4.0-kali1-amd64 (4.4.2-3kali1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-amd64_4.4+71+kali1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-amd64 (4.4+71+kali1) over (4.3+70+kali1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up dkms (2.2.0.3-2) ...
Setting up broadcom-sta-dkms (6.30.223.271-2) ...
Loading new broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building for 4.3.0-kali1-amd64 and 4.4.0-kali1-amd64
Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the
kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed.
Building initial module for 4.4.0-kali1-amd64
Done.

wl:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/4.4.0-kali1-amd64/updates/dkms/

depmod....

: Unable to find an initial ram disk that I know how to handle.
Will not try to make an initrd.

DKMS: install completed.
Setting up linux-compiler-gcc-5-x86 (4.4.2-3kali1) ...
Setting up linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-common (4.4.2-3kali1) ...
Setting up linux-kbuild-4.4 (4.4-1kali1) ...
Setting up linux-headers-4.4.0-kali1-amd64 (4.4.2-3kali1) ...
Setting up linux-headers-amd64 (4.4+71+kali1) ...
Setting up linux-image-4.4.0-kali1-amd64 (4.4.2-3kali1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
I: update-initramfs is disabled (live system is running without media mounted on /lib/live/mount/medium).
Setting up linux-image-amd64 (4.4+71+kali1) ...

"Unable to find an initial ram disk that I know how to handle.
Will not try to make an initrd."

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