Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (277 mails)

[Oddball <monkey9@xxxxxx>]

Rajko M. schreef:
> Possibilities:
>
> 1) Installer picks up someting from other installation, which it should not 
> do. This is not very big chance to happen, but not excluded.  
>
> 2) Wireless firmware setup requires clean wireless chip without any firmware 
> loaded. This seems to me closer guess where to start troubleshooting. Driver 
> for chip can assume that chip has not firmware, while it actually has because 
> of present battery in laptops, and mess whole thing. 
>
> I would try first to remove anything with wireless in the name from 
> installation that has a problem with wireless. Then, turn eee-pc off, 
> disconnect power cord, and pull battery out. Leave it for few minutes to make 
> sure that all hardware registers are cleared (capacitors in power supply 
> chain discharged). Then turn on, boot to partition that has a problem, try to 
> setup wireless again. 
>
> If this fails, then step two would be new installation, but after formatting 
> partitions go trough turn eee-pc off, disconnect power cord, and pull battery 
> out, leave it for few minutes drill, before  attempt to install again. 
>
> If that fails then some of openSUSE wireless hardware experts should jump in. 
>
> If it works, then check the other installation, does it work after normal 
> reboot, and then after cold reboot with pulling battery out. 
>
>   
I have to try the way you suggest.
I did a 11.2 net.iso install this afternoon, came to the hardware
configuration, and then the graphicscard config failed: Black screen.
Might be wrong kernel? I don't know.

Today, i quit.
Tomorrow is another day.
Thnx for involvement.

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Enjoy your time around,


Oddball, aka M9.


          OS:  Linux 2.6.27.19-3.2-default x86_64
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          Systeem:  openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64)
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