[RPi3B] Internal WiFi and Bluetooth not availabe

  • Good evening,
    I'm working on a new installation on my Raspberry Pi 3B and I notice that both bluetooth and Wi-Fi are not available.

    I've jumped in the console by enabling "textmode" on the config.txt and the situation is summarized below:

    Wi-Fi
    Wlan0 interface not listed on ifconfig,
    "lsmod | grep brcm" gives me anything in output,
    I've tried to relod the kernel using "modprobe brcmfmac" and I see a new interface initialized using lsmod but nothing happen when I check the interface with ifconfig or ip link and wlan0 interface is not available.

    Bluetooth
    Kernel reloaded with "modprobe btusb"
    "lsmod | grep -i bluetooth" gives me the error related to the baudrate settings.
    "hiconfig" list the interface correctly

    I tried all the build from 12.2.1 to 9.2.8 and in all of the build both integrated bluetooth and Wi-Fi cannot be used.

    Is Anyone using LibreELEC on Pi 3B with integrated chips for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth?

  • Is Anyone using LibreELEC on Pi 3B with integrated chips for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth?

    Approx 12,000 active installs on LE12.0 and newer (not counting nightlies) so if there was a general issue with WiFi/BT on any recent image we'd be seeing a bunch of complaint posts, and we're not. Use the RPi imager tool to create an SD card with a current RPiOS release. If WiFi and/or BT works there there's some kind of software issue with LE, but if it doesn't work the finger points towards a hardware problem. If multiple clean-installed LE releases are consistently not showing anything I suspect the latter.

  • I understand your point but I used it since yesterday with Raspberry Pi OS and everything works fine.

    I see some difference between model 3B and 3B+ in chipset for Wi-Fi and bluetooth.
    Could be something related to the drivers?

    I also try to install KODI on Raspberry Pi OS and everything works.
    Can I test something else?

  • I tryed a fresh LE install in a new SD card but I have the same problem so I discover that something happened to the chip.

    I can see using dmesg | grep -i mmc1 that the system failed to inizialize the on-board chip.
    I think it's an hardware problem for sure, thank you for helping.

  • I understand your point but I used it since yesterday with Raspberry Pi OS and everything works fine.

    First you say this ^

    I can see using dmesg | grep -i mmc1 that the system failed to inizialize the on-board chip.
    I think it's an hardware problem for sure, thank you for helping.

    Then this ^

    LE and RPiOS are using the same kernel source and firmwares so at the lower levels of the OS where problems with drivers and such can exist, there shouldn't be anything different between them.

    Share the URL from "journalctl | paste" (or pastebin the output) please.