[elrepo] wl-kmod error at installing

[S.Tindall]

On Mon, 2016-01-18 at 14:49 -0300, Diego Farias wrote:
> I don't know how to make a reply here but I realized I had to install
> kmod*wl*, it was contained in /rpmbuild/RPMS/. I did it without error:
> 
> [root at dhcp121-83 x86_64]# rpm
> -Uvh /home/dafh/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/kmod-wl-6_30_223_271-2.el7.local.x86_64.rpm 
> Preparing...
> ################################# [100%]
> Updating / installing...
>    1:kmod-wl-6_30_223_271-2.el7.local
> ################################# [100%]
> Working. This may take some time ...
> Done.
> 
> 
> but at the moment I try to modprobe wl, 
> 
> [root at dhcp121-83 x86_64]# modprobe wl
> insmod: ERROR: could not load
> module /lib/modules/3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64/kernel/lib/wl.ko: No
> such file or directory
> modprobe: ERROR: Error running install command for wl
> modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Operation not permitted
> 
> 
> Is it weird?

There may be something else going on here, but first try rebooting the
system and then check wireless. Normally, a reboot is not needed under
EL7.

Once rebooted, please post the results of:

 # uname -a
 # rpm -q kmod-wl
 # find -L /lib/modules -type f -name wl.ko

If you still "find" (see http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=623):

 /lib/modules/3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko

then determine what package it is associated with (which may need to be
uninstalled):

 # rpm
-qf /lib/modules/3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko


As an example, the correct driver looks like this:

 # rpm -qf /lib/modules/3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64/extra/wl/wl.ko
 kmod-wl-6_30_223_271-2.el7.local.x86_64

...which means package kmod-wl provided it.


It is always possible that the Broadcom driver does not support your
hardware (BCM43142, 14e4:4365), but their readme says it should.

    BRCM             PCI          PCI             Dell
 Product Name      Vendor ID    Device ID       Product ID
 -------------    ----------    ---------      -----------
 43142 2.4 Ghz      0x14e4	0x4365

 http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README_6.30.223.271.txt

Steve