Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1945 mails)

[Ruben Safir <ruben@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 09:11:02AM -0500, Ruben Safir wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 08:15:32PM -0500, Andrew Joakimsen wrote:
> > Also you might want to look at this:
> > http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ You can use the net install disc
> > which is ~100mb to test.  You might have to manually download the iso
> > from opensuse.org first if they haven't added the info for 11.2 yet.
> > Honestly if the LAN doesn't work during install it probably won't work
> > after (except for wifi, most need some sort of driver or fimrware)


For the sake of posterity I'd like to say I got everything working now
and the broadcom card needed the installation of broadcom_wl off of
packman

zyppher install broadcom_wl

AND then you need to load the modules

The B43 modules et al should be blacklisted by the install but I
needed to load the drivers by hand and needed to add them to the init
scripts.

modprobe -r b43
The modules


modprobe broadcom
modprobe wl

this is for the Broadcom 4312 b/g card which is not supported by the
Linux kernel as of yet

Ruben

> OK - I finally got it to boot by using the default kernel instead of the
> desktop kernel and I downloaded from packman the broadcom modules, but
> it doesn't seem to work..  The problem might be related to the fact that
> the physical hardware for the wifi has a switch on the front of the case
> near the on/off window, but it still never seems to turn on...I'm not
> sure.  And suddenly the sound is working.
>
> Ruben
>
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-- 
http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff
http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software

So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like 
Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world  - RI Safir 
1998

http://fairuse.nylxs.com  DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002

"Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME"

"The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our 
own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society."

"> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.<
You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been 
attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt.  I guess you missed 
that one."

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