Try this.....in Yast, delete the config. Go out of Yast, come back into

it and define the card again using KNetworkmanager.

Fred

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I am fairly sure that you need the broadcom firmware, even for ndiswrapper. Install b43-fwcutter, then run /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware. With this done, the card should work with module ssb or b43.

YMMV

Ed

Hi, thanks for the advice. Unfortunately neither of these suggestions worked, the problem remains. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:27 AM, medwinz wrote:

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Mark Misulich wrote:

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Hi, thanks for the advice. Unfortunately neither of these suggestions worked, the problem remains.

Mark

Try 1-click install from Packman. http://packman.links2linux.org/package/broadcom-wl

hope that helps

regards, medwinz

I think you recommended that to me during my issues. It is indeed what I used, but it is not the first choice so you may not want to recommend it quite so fast. If you look at the wiki article I just posted(1), you see: a) Use the pure native driver that is in the distro if your chipset is supported. b) Use the STA driver from Broadcomm if native fails to work (ie. the one-click you point at) c) ndiswrapper (1)http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)/Broadcom_BCM43xx Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 13:03 -0500, Nkoli wrote:

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Mark Misulich wrote:

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Hi, thanks for the advice. Unfortunately neither of these suggestions worked, the problem remains.

Mark

You may have to remove ndiswrapper and co and restart or modprobe b43 + run 'service network restart'. You'll know the card is working by all the broadcom/b43 firmware entries that'll appear under dmesg. If your card has a switch, toggle it and dmesg will display a message about the card being enabled or disabled.

My laptop's wireless card is the same as yours and I've been using it with the opensource driver for about 3 years now. I know the card works very well and takes all of two seconds to set up with the install_bcm43xx_firmware script.

Nkoli

Hi All, thanks for your replies to this thread. I had to go on a business trip for a few days and didn't have access to the stuff I needed to work on this in depth, hence the delay in replying. I tried the suggestion given above, and it didn't work to get the wireless working. What I suspected was that since I was using the same home partition on the hard drive for 10.3 as I was attempting to use for the 11.1 installation, that it was causing the problem somehow. It seemed like the card was working, but somehow the configuration software was messing up and the card wouldn't communicate properly with the Operating system. I had previously tried to install 11.1 64 bit system using the 10.3 home partition for home for 11.1 and had a similar problem with the wireless. I reduced Vista's size on the hard drive this morning and created some free space. I then enlarged the extended partition housing Suse enough to create two more logical partitions, to be used for 11.1 root and home. I installed the 11.1 32 bit system, and installed the wireless b43 driver. The wireless began to work as soon as I configured the card in yast. I don't know why this is causing the problem, but doing all this has allowed the wireless to work. Does anyone know if the b43 wireless method using the opensource driver works for 64 bit too? Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org