On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Ken Schneider <suse-list3@bout-tyme.net> wrote:
Peter Van Lone pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Masim Vavai Sugianto <vavai@vavai.com> wrote:
I have same problem with AR-5212. Wifi driver ath5k doesn't work. You have 2 choice for this kind problem :
Manually install madwifi driver from tar.gz (madwifi.org), with standar ./configure, make and make install. You must have gcc, make and kernel-source for this
Marek Stopka has built madwifi driver for openSUSE. Please take a look here : http://www.m4r3k.org/english/opensuse-linux/madwifi-driver-for-opensuse-110/
I choose the first option and my AR-5212 worked flawlessly.
The question for me is why would open suse not have support for devices? I'm sick of hearing either "but it just works in Ubuntu" or "but it just works in Windows"!
GAH!
Peter
openSUSE adheres strictly to licensing issues where Ubunto doesn't seem to care if they get sued.
But they haven't got sued have they!!! Isn't it more likely Ubuntu have negotiated a redistribution license or are simply using ndiswrapper with windows drivers downloaded directly from the source? This bugaboo of law suits is a lame excuse. If the lawyers that veto all the drivers that suse leaves out or cripples spent half that amount oif time on the phone negotiating redistribution opensuse would be a complete distro out of the box/torrent. These could be packaged separately so as safely segregate these drivers from the GPL. -- ----------JSA--------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org