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I installed ubuntu 14.04.02 on a new macbook pro 11,5 (15 inch), but wifi doesn't work.

Here are some information about the wifi adapter.

$ lspci -nn | grep 0280
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:43ba] (rev 01)

$ sudo lshw -C Network
*-network
description: Network controller
product: Broadcom Corporation
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=wl latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:b0800000-b0807fff memory:b0400000-b07fffff

I followed the answers of the following questions, wifi still doesn't work. I tried many times, the final results are the same.

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  3. How to get Wifi working on Ubuntu 14.04 (Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch - 2014)

I didn't see the chipset id, but I think [14e4:43ba] should be the pid:vid of wifi adapter. I didn't see much discussion about this device. Hope anyone can share your experience of how do you get this work.

Thanks in advanced!

PS: I have a usb to ethernet adapter, I finished apt-get update and upgrade, it doesn't help.

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You need to uninstall wl driver by

sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source

Copy brcmfmac43602-pcie.bin to /lib/firmware/brcm.

But if you updated your system, this file should be already there in 14.04.

Reboot and make sure that command lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 gives output

Kernel driver in use: brcmfmac
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  • Thanks! After updated the system, I can see brcmfmac43602-pcie.bin and brcmfmac43602-pcie.ap.bin under /lib/firmware/brcm. But I didn't install bcmwl-kernel-source, and when I try to uninstall, I can see this log 'Package 'bcmwl-kernel-source' is not installed'. After reboot wifi driver is still not detected $ lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:43ba] (rev 01) Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:0152] 05:00.0 Multimedia controller [0480]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:1570].
    – Seinlin
    Jun 22, 2015 at 1:37
  • Please post additional information to your question, not to comments. @Seinlin
    – Pilot6
    Jun 22, 2015 at 8:03
  • This worked for me. I also copied over brcmfmac43602-pcie.ap.bin just in case. Note, my macbook locks on shutdown and suspend. I suspect it may be due to these drivers.
    – msdin
    Jul 3, 2015 at 0:52
  • Note that if you compile the kernel from source, you need to enable PCIE bus support. See unix.stackexchange.com/questions/225216/…
    – lily
    Aug 27, 2015 at 6:11
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You have to upgrade your Ubuntu 14.04:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

And also install at least a 3.17 kernel (Broadcom brcmsmac(PCIe) and brcmfmac(SDIO/USB) drivers):

sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-vivid

You can check your kernel version with:

uname -r

Reboot and the wifi adapter should be fine! (My wifi is working in a Macbook 11,5 - 2015 15" Retina)

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  • Thanks, this got WiFi working on 14.04 on my 2015 Macbook Pro! Picking the driver in the Ubuntu software dialog never worked, but your commands did. Dec 15, 2015 at 17:41
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Upgrade your kernel to the latest version. I used 4.1 with Linux Mint 17.2 on the MacBook Pro 13 early 2015 with the exact same chip. The device manager still shows a warning, but the driver works.

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