I had earlier got help here fresh linux mint 18.1 install - no wireless, though the live cd it worked fine in but I needed to move from "stable" to "current", in the debian variant Astra Linux common.
I've tried doing the same thing as in the prior post, but things are a little different. I had the kernel 4.8.0-? but then I read on here somewhere to try a jessie-backport kernel. So I added it to the source list and found 4.9.0-0.bpo.2-amd64.
I rebooted and the mouse now works!
So then I moved on to fix the wifi. Already had dkms and wireless-tools. So I downloaded broadcom
~$ sudo aptitude -t jessie-backports search broadcom-
i broadcom-sta-dkms - dkms source for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver
v broadcom-sta-modules -
sudo dpkg -i broadcom-sta-dkms_6.30.223.271-5~bpo8+1_all.deb
but the install fails because of no headers... so I look for them (in jessie-backports) but there is a failure without any resolution;
sbh@sbh:~/Downloads$ sudo aptitude -t jessie-backports install linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libssl1.0.0{a} linux-compiler-gcc-4.9-x86{ab} linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.2-common{a} linux-kbuild-4.9{a}
0 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
Need to get 10.3 MB of archives. After unpacking 59.3 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-compiler-gcc-4.9-x86 : Depends: gcc-4.9 which is a virtual package and is not provided by any available package
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) linux-compiler-gcc-4.9-x86 [Not Installed]
2) linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 [Not Installed]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
*** No more solutions available ***
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) linux-compiler-gcc-4.9-x86 [Not Installed]
2) linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 [Not Installed]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
Abort.
So I think I want to install it.... but I already have gcc-6, gcc-6-base, and I suppose most, if not all, of it.
I did try installing the compiler in the solution as well but it complained of no gcc-4.9. I then tried to install it but it complained it was not available - maybe it is on a wheezy backport (I just thought...)
PS. I just looked on the browser instead of searching on the CL and noticed, https://packages.debian.org/jessie-backports/linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 that there are dependencies for the linux-headers: ...compiler..., ...common...., and ...kbuild... But I see that the compiler depends on gcc-4.9. Still Why won't it compile under gcc-6?
UPDATE
I had already chased about 90% of the dependencies down in packages.debian.org/jessie-backports and installed them via dpkg -i, including the last broadcom-sta-dkms_6.30.223.271-5~bpo8+1_all.deb, in order. But I went ahead with @GADR3 advice and ran the modprobe commands and now it works!
I will try to move out of a bpo kernel, with the assurance of knowing I can select the kernel in the way described in his comments.
Here is my /etc/apt/sources.list:
h@h:~/Downloads$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[OS Astra Linux 1.11.4 orel - amd64 DVD ]/ orel non-free main contrib
deb ftp://mirror.yandex.ru/astra/current/orel/repository/ orel non-free contrib main
# deb-src ftp://mirror.yandex.ru/astra/current/orel/repository/ orel non-free contrib main
# deb ftp://mirror.yandex.ru/astra/stable/orel/1.11/repository/ orel main contrib non-free
# deb ftp://mirror.yandex.ru/astra/stable/orel/1.11/repository-update/ orel non-free contrib main
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main
# following from stack exchange GAD3R
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
