Bug 1400414 - Wireless not working in newer kernel versions
Summary: Wireless not working in newer kernel versions
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Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 25
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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urgent
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-12-01 07:12 UTC by Manas
Modified: 2019-01-09 12:54 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-12-01 12:25:18 UTC
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Description Manas 2016-12-01 07:12:20 UTC 
Description of problem: Wireless doesn't work in newer versions of the Linux kernel (Fedora 25, 4.8.10-300 and 4.8.8-300).
It works in 4.8.10-200, which was installed in Fedora 24 and is still listed in the grub menu.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 4.8.10-300, 4.8.8-300


How reproducible: No wireless settings menu. 'modprobe wl' returns "no entry wl found", even though it is present in "extras".


This problem is repeating after every 2-3 kernel updates (in Fedora 25 and 24), right from kernel version 4.4.

akmods, akmod-wl, kmod-wl are installed.
System: Lenovo Z50-70.
Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2016-12-01 12:25:18 UTC 
Fedora does not provide or support third party proprietary drivers.  You will need to report this issue to whomever you got the wl driver from.
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