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I followed the guide at
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Dell/Dell%20XPS%2013%209343
and managed to make everything work. (I installed an extra package for Wi-Fi afterward.)
Then I decided to install the newest Linux kernel (4.2) and used the precompiled one here:
After the installation, Wi-Fi and audio no longer work.
I tried installing the WiFi module again with the new kernel, but here is what I got:
DKMS make.log for broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248 for kernel 4.2.0-7-exton (x86_64)
mer 9 set 2015, 17.42.58, CEST
/bin/sh: 1: [: Illegal number:
/bin/sh: 1: [: Illegal number:
Wireless Extension is the only possible API for this kernel version
Using Wireless Extension API
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/4.2.0-7-exton/build M=`pwd`
make[1]: ingresso nella directory "/usr/src/linux-headers-4.2.0-7-exton"
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
Kernel architecture is X86_64
LD /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/built-in.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/shared/linux_osl.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_cfg80211_get_key’:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1390:9: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘memcpy’ discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type
memcpy(params.key, key.data, params.key_len);
^
In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/string.h:4:0,
from include/linux/string.h:17,
from include/linux/bitmap.h:8,
from include/linux/cpumask.h:11,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:4,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:10,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:49,
from include/linux/thread_info.h:54,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
from include/linux/preempt.h:64,
from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from include/linux/seqlock.h:35,
from include/linux/time.h:5,
from include/linux/stat.h:18,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/include/linuxver.h:40,
from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:26:
./arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h:34:14: note: expected ‘void *’ but argument is of type ‘const u8 *’
extern void *memcpy(void *to, const void *from, size_t len);
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_cfg80211_get_station’:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1444:20: error: ‘STATION_INFO_TX_BITRATE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
sinfo->filled |= STATION_INFO_TX_BITRATE;
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1444:20: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1457:20: error: ‘STATION_INFO_SIGNAL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
sinfo->filled |= STATION_INFO_SIGNAL;
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: At top level:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1778:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
.get_station = wl_cfg80211_get_station,
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1778:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘wl_cfg80211_ops.get_station’)
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_inform_single_bss’:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:2013:9: error: incompatible type for argument 3 of ‘cfg80211_inform_bss’
cbss = cfg80211_inform_bss(wiphy, channel, (const u8 *)(bi->BSSID.octet),
^
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:33:0:
include/net/cfg80211.h:4029:1: note: expected ‘enum cfg80211_bss_frame_type’ but argument is of type ‘const u8 *’
cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:2015:3: warning: passing argument 7 of ‘cfg80211_inform_bss’ makes integer from pointer without a cast
(const u8 *)notify_ie, notify_ielen, signal, GFP_KERNEL);
^
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:33:0:
include/net/cfg80211.h:4029:1: note: expected ‘u16’ but argument is of type ‘const u8 *’
cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:2015:26: warning: passing argument 8 of ‘cfg80211_inform_bss’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
(const u8 *)notify_ie, notify_ielen, signal, GFP_KERNEL);
^
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:33:0:
include/net/cfg80211.h:4029:1: note: expected ‘const u8 *’ but argument is of type ‘size_t’
cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:2013:9: error: too few arguments to function ‘cfg80211_inform_bss’
cbss = cfg80211_inform_bss(wiphy, channel, (const u8 *)(bi->BSSID.octet),
^
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:33:0:
include/net/cfg80211.h:4029:1: note: declared here
cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_notify_connect_status’:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:2050:4: error: too few arguments to function ‘cfg80211_disconnected’
cfg80211_disconnected(ndev, 0, NULL, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
^
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:33:0:
include/net/cfg80211.h:4584:6: note: declared here
void cfg80211_disconnected(struct net_device *dev, u16 reason,
^
scripts/Makefile.build:258: set di istruzioni per l'obiettivo "/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o" non riuscito
make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o] Errore 1
Makefile:1398: set di istruzioni per l'obiettivo "_module_/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build" non riuscito
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build] Errore 2
make[1]: uscita dalla directory "/usr/src/linux-headers-4.2.0-7-exton"
Makefile:158: set di istruzioni per l'obiettivo "all" non riuscito
make: *** [all] Errore 2
About the audio, I can see the icon in the top right, but my audio device is not listed. Here is aplay -l
's output:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
UPDATE: I've tried to download the official linux 64 bit driver from broadcom official site(version 6.30.223.248). Here is the output of make command:
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`
make[1]: ingresso nella directory "/usr/src/linux-headers-4.2.0-7-exton"
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
CC [M] /home/mario/Scaricati/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
/home/mario/Scaricati/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘wl_alloc_linux_if’:
/home/mario/Scaricati/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:1310:64: error: macro "alloc_netdev" requires 4 arguments, but only 3 given
dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(priv_link_t), intf_name, ether_setup);
^
/home/mario/Scaricati/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:1310:8: error: ‘alloc_netdev’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(priv_link_t), intf_name, ether_setup);
^
/home/mario/Scaricati/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:1310:8: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
/home/mario/Scaricati/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘wl_dump_ver’:
/home/mario/Scaricati/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2049:3: error: macro "__DATE__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Werror=date-time]
__DATE__, __TIME__, EPI_VERSION_STR);
^
/home/mario/Scaricati/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2049:13: error: macro "__TIME__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Werror=date-time]
__DATE__, __TIME__, EPI_VERSION_STR);
^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:258: set di istruzioni per l'obiettivo "/home/mario/Scaricati/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o" non riuscito
make[2]: *** [/home/mario/Scaricati/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o] Errore 1
Makefile:1398: set di istruzioni per l'obiettivo "_module_/home/mario/Scaricati/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248" non riuscito
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/mario/Scaricati/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248] Errore 2
make[1]: uscita dalla directory "/usr/src/linux-headers-4.2.0-7-exton"
Makefile:140: set di istruzioni per l'obiettivo "all" non riuscito
make: *** [all] Errore 2
As a basic troubleshooting step, do you have another wireless card/adapter that you are able to test with the updated kernel? For example, a wireless USB receiver? It would be even more help if you could test an Atheros adapter against the Broadcom adapter. – Daedalus – 2015-09-11T13:56:57.910
I've updated my question. However, i do not have anything to test another receiver. – Mario Villani – 2015-09-11T14:02:40.270
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I'm not sure how much help this will be, but there appears to be some documentation on the Arch wiki about broadcom and kernel upgrades. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_wireless -- also, here's an Arch article on your exact laptop: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_XPS_13_%282015%29 . Sorry that it's not for Debian, but any command differences can be easily translated.
– Daedalus – 2015-09-11T14:12:07.250