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carryingweight

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Registered: 2022-09-18

Posts: 12

WiFi Not Working on 2015 Macbook Pro

I've tried every single solution offered by people on this thread. Tried the feature_disable in kernel params, tried downgrading wpa_supplicant, tried using iwd instead, tried symlinking firmwares. Nothing works and I need the WiFi to work.
This is the relevant output of

dmesg | grep firmware

Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.Apple Inc.-MacBookPro12,1.bin failed with error -2
Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.txt failed with error -2
Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.clm_blob failed with error -2
Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.txcap_blob failed with error -2

I can scan and list networks in my area, but when I try to connect (after password prompt) it connects for a good 10-15s and then returns an error: Activation failed: The Wi-Fi network could not be found (NetworkManager), and error: Operation not supported (when using iwd). This is beyond my skill level at this point, I really need some help. <3

Last edited by carryingweight (2026-05-26 02:43:00)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: WiFi Not Working on 2015 Macbook Pro

I've tried every single solution offered by people on this thread.

What "people in this thread" are you talking about?
Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

This is the relevant output of

No, it is some - irrelevant - output.
The firmware would be brcmfmac43602-pcie.bin

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Broadcom_wireless
Do you have https://archlinux.org/packages/core/any … -broadcom/ ?
Have you tried the wl driver?
Please post your complete system journal for the boot after a connection attempt

sudo journalctl -b > /tmp/journal.txt

and then upload /tmp/journal.txt

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