fine, except the f"! $@@++# wireless, being a Broadcom4318.
On the net there are various instructions as to how-to go on about this. I fell however, that they are somewhat outdated, now that we the networkmanager and all in SuSE10.2
Can anyone please direct me to a how-to or something to help me get this thing on the air?
1. Go to /etc/modprobe.d/ and with your favorite text editor, add a line to blacklist like this blacklist bcm43xx. 2. Install ndiswrapper and the kernel module for ndiswrapper. uname -r at a command line will get you the current version of the running kernel. 3. Get the wireless driver from hp's website, if you still have windows in another partition you can get it from there as long as it is win xp or 2000. Not the Vista driver. You are looking for two files, bcmwl5.inf and bcmwl5.sys (make sure you have the 32 or 64 bit version depending on which kernel you are running. 4. Use ndiswrapper to install the driver. Like this: ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf, then copy the bcmwl5.sys file to the /lib/firmware/ directory. 5. Start yast2 -> Network Devices -> Network Card and choose traditional with ifup, then add a new card, you will need to know the settings for your access point and all, under the advanced use ndiswrapper for the kernel module. Then next and supply the necessary info for the wireless. 6. Finish the installation and exit from YaST2. 7. Use the following command to load the driver: modprobe ndiswrapper 8. Use ifconfig to see what interfaces are up and running, you will probably see eth0 and Lo. Do ifdown eth0 and press enter, then do ifup wlan0. If all went well you should have a connection. These are the steps that I used, just read up on ndiswrapper. The problem with the bcm43xx driver has to do with pcie bus. Good luck -- John Registered Linux User 263680, get counted at http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org