I'm using Mint 21 on an HP 17-y002na laptop. It's been connected via ethernet cable for much of the time since I updated to 21, but has had wifi capability at times. Last week I noticed that the symbol showing ethernet connection was absent from my panel, but wired connection still works. Unplugged, I get no wifi options or connection
Since then I have tried to sort it to no avail, and I think I may be doing more harm than good, so I'm asking for help. Current situation is:
iwconfig returns
lo no wireless extensions.
eno1 no wireless extensions.
lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A4 returns
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
DeviceName: WLAN Broadcom 43142 bgn 1x1
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [103c:804a]
Kernel modules: bcma, wl
If I try to run 'sudo modprobe wl' I get 'modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Invalid argument' reported
'rfkill list all' returns
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
The bluetooth unblocks when I select 'Turn Bluetooth On' in the panel, and the above command does then show 'Soft blocked: no'
'dmesg | grep wl' gives me
[ 13.913623] Loading modules backported from iwlwifi
[ 13.913632] iwlwifi-stack-public:master:9858:4c7cba27
[ 14.613008] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 14.624085] wl: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[ 14.624199] wl: disagrees about version of symbol cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data
[ 14.624203] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data (err -22)
[ 14.624274] wl: disagrees about version of symbol cfg80211_scan_done
[ 14.624277] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_scan_done (err -22)
[ 14.624363] wl: disagrees about version of symbol cfg80211_disconnected
[ 14.624366] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_disconnected (err -22)
[ 14.624423] wl: disagrees about version of symbol wiphy_new_nm
[ 14.624426] wl: Unknown symbol wiphy_new_nm (err -22)
[ 14.624448] wl: disagrees about version of symbol wiphy_register
[ 14.624451] wl: Unknown symbol wiphy_register (err -22)
[ 14.624517] wl: disagrees about version of symbol cfg80211_put_bss
[ 14.624522] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_put_bss (err -22)
[ 14.624533] wl: disagrees about version of symbol cfg80211_roamed
[ 14.624535] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_roamed (err -22)
[ 14.624547] wl: disagrees about version of symbol cfg80211_gtk_rekey_notify
[ 14.624549] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_gtk_rekey_notify (err -22)
[ 14.624566] wl: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_channel_khz
[ 14.624568] wl: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_khz (err -22)
[ 14.624588] wl: disagrees about version of symbol cfg80211_ibss_joined
[ 14.624590] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_ibss_joined (err -22)
[ 14.624615] wl: disagrees about version of symbol cfg80211_michael_mic_failure
[ 14.624617] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_michael_mic_failure (err -22)
[ 14.640838] wl: disagrees about version of symbol wiphy_unregister
[ 14.640851] wl: Unknown symbol wiphy_unregister (err -22)
[ 14.640890] wl: disagrees about version of symbol cfg80211_get_bss
[ 14.640893] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_get_bss (err -22)
[ 14.640979] wl: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_channel_to_freq_khz
[ 14.640981] wl: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_freq_khz (err -22)
[ 14.640993] wl: disagrees about version of symbol cfg80211_report_wowlan_wakeup
[ 14.640995] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_report_wowlan_wakeup (err -22)
[ 14.641012] wl: disagrees about version of symbol cfg80211_inform_bss_data
[ 14.641014] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_inform_bss_data (err -22)
[ 14.641033] wl: disagrees about version of symbol cfg80211_connect_done
[ 14.641035] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_connect_done (err -22)
[ 14.641044] wl: disagrees about version of symbol wiphy_free
[ 14.641046] wl: Unknown symbol wiphy_free (err -22)
Wifi is (still) enabled in my BIOS/UEFI set up. Safe boot is disabled
Driver Manager shows I am using bcmwl-kernel-source version 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu10~22.04.1
I do want to be able to use the laptop without having to be ethernet connected
Any information, advice or guidance appreciated. Thank you in advance,
Phil