Re: [suse-kde] Wireless in Suse 10.0
Mark, First of all: Please make sure that you always reply to the Mailinglist.
Thank you for the e-mail. This is my first experience with Linux so I'm only starting to learn my way around it. As for your questions:
I know that Linux is sometimes a hard thing. But don´t give up - everything I wanted could be realized! And the community is greeeat what concerns support!
1. I don't know why the smp-kernel is mentioned (I don't even know why this is relevant, but again I'm new. But I do know that when I type: ================== linux:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.9 # uname -r 2.6.13-15.8-smp ==================
Your laptop, does it have an Intel CPU? I know that there are Intel CPUs which are build up with 2 cores, and that´s why SuSE chooses the multi-kernel (=smp) at installation time. So this could be correct!
3. What do you mean by check for an ndiswrapper? When I type lsmod, it does show up in that list of running operations. Other than that I'm not sure what you mean.
I mean if you checked in the internet if there´s a new version. The website is: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ But this should be one of the last things we´re going to do! Next thing: After having installed the driver with ndiswrapper, please send the output of the following commands: - ifconfig - iwconfig - rcnetwork status Greets, Dennis
Dennis,
I d/l'ed and used ndiswrapper 1.9 for the installation. That was the newest
stable version.
Here's what I got when I typed those three commands:
=========================
linux:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.9 # ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
bcmwl5 driver installed, hardware present
linux:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.9 # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:1F:16:32:A8
inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:1fff:fe16:32a8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:47971 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:47939 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:13657381 (13.0 Mb) TX bytes:5566690 (5.3 Mb)
Interrupt:193
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:441 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:441 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:39564 (38.6 Kb) TX bytes:39564 (38.6 Kb)
linux:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.9 # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
linux:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.9 # rcnetwork status
Checking optional network interfaces:
eth0 device: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
eth0 configuration: eth-id-00:0f:1f:16:32:a8
eth0 DHCP client (dhcpcd) is running
eth0 IP address: 192.168.1.103/24
running
Checking mandatory network interfaces:
lo
IP address: 127.0.0.1/8
running
Checking service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
running
==========================
ndiwrapper is loaded when I type lsmod, but the system does not seem to
recognize the wlan card still.
Thanks,
Mark
On 2/12/06, Dennis Neumeier
Mark,
First of all: Please make sure that you always reply to the Mailinglist.
Thank you for the e-mail. This is my first experience with Linux so I'm only starting to learn my way around it. As for your questions:
I know that Linux is sometimes a hard thing. But don´t give up - everything I wanted could be realized! And the community is greeeat what concerns support!
1. I don't know why the smp-kernel is mentioned (I don't even know why this is relevant, but again I'm new. But I do know that when I type: ================== linux:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.9 # uname -r 2.6.13-15.8-smp ==================
Your laptop, does it have an Intel CPU? I know that there are Intel CPUs which are build up with 2 cores, and that´s why SuSE chooses the multi-kernel (=smp) at installation time. So this could be correct!
3. What do you mean by check for an ndiswrapper? When I type lsmod, it does show up in that list of running operations. Other than that I'm not sure what you mean.
I mean if you checked in the internet if there´s a new version. The website is: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ But this should be one of the last things we´re going to do!
Next thing: After having installed the driver with ndiswrapper, please send the output of the following commands:
- ifconfig - iwconfig - rcnetwork status
Greets, Dennis
Mark,
Here's what I got when I typed those three commands:
The wlan-card is not among it, correct. Beside that, there is no clue in there what goes wrong.
ndiwrapper is loaded when I type lsmod, but the system does not seem to recognize the wlan card still.
Okay. So there seems to be a few problems left :( What I did up to now: I went at www.google.com/linux and searched for "dell 1450 wlan". I got quite some results and reading some of them, I get the impression that it should work. Please have a look at the results of this google-search too. In the meantime: Did you installed the sources of the kernel (package "kernel-source<version>)? And what is the output of the following command: $ lspci (launched as root!)? We should get the exact name of the included wlan-device. Sometimes. producers change their included components without mentioning it anywhere. Greets, Dennis
In the meantime: Did you installed the sources of the kernel (package "kernel-source<version>)?
I'm not sure how to check that, but I ran Yast online update and installed everything from that.
And what is the output of the following command:
$ lspci
(launched as root!)? We should get the exact name of the included wlan-device. Sometimes. producers change their included components without mentioning it anywhere.
It didn't work with the $ in front but here's the output of "lspci":
=========
linux:~ # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub
Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev
02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI
Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface
Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE
Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER
(ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Modem
Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility
Radeon 9600 M10]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller
(rev 02)
02:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev
03)
linux:~ #
=======
Thanks,
Mark
On 2/12/06, Dennis Neumeier
Mark,
Here's what I got when I typed those three commands:
The wlan-card is not among it, correct. Beside that, there is no clue in there what goes wrong.
ndiwrapper is loaded when I type lsmod, but the system does not seem to recognize the wlan card still.
Okay. So there seems to be a few problems left :(
What I did up to now: I went at
www.google.com/linux
and searched for "dell 1450 wlan". I got quite some results and reading some of them, I get the impression that it should work. Please have a look at the results of this google-search too.
In the meantime: Did you installed the sources of the kernel (package "kernel-source<version>)? And what is the output of the following command:
$ lspci
(launched as root!)? We should get the exact name of the included wlan-device. Sometimes. producers change their included components without mentioning it anywhere.
Greets, Dennis
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I'm not sure how to check that, but I ran Yast online update and installed everything from that.
Start YaST, go to install/remove software, use the option "search" in the pull-down menu on the left. Type in "kernel" and look for "kernel-source". If it´s not checked, the sources are not installed. But you will run into problems if you do that, because you already updated your kernel with the online update. This means that the kernel on the CD/DVD from which you installed is older than the one you got via online update - so the sources will not be of the same version too. You can try to install the older kernel from the CD/DVD and then make an online update - then the sources should be updated, too.
It didn't work with the $ in front but here's the output of "lspci":
The $-sign is often used as a short version of the prompt (in your case "linux:~ #").
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 03)
That´s the exact name of the included wlan device. Did you try google? Greets, Dennis
The box is checked next to kernel-source but the text is colored red. It
listed the installed version as higher than the available.
So I think the source is updated.
I flipped through a couple of the pages in the linux search on google. Tried
a few adjustments but still haven't had any luck. I am almost tempted to
just buy a PCMCIA card that has linux drivers.
Thanks,
Mark
On 2/12/06, Dennis Neumeier
I'm not sure how to check that, but I ran Yast online update and installed everything from that.
Start YaST, go to install/remove software, use the option "search" in the pull-down menu on the left. Type in "kernel" and look for "kernel-source". If it´s not checked, the sources are not installed. But you will run into problems if you do that, because you already updated your kernel with the online update. This means that the kernel on the CD/DVD from which you installed is older than the one you got via online update - so the sources will not be of the same version too. You can try to install the older kernel from the CD/DVD and then make an online update - then the sources should be updated, too.
It didn't work with the $ in front but here's the output of "lspci":
The $-sign is often used as a short version of the prompt (in your case "linux:~ #").
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 03)
That´s the exact name of the included wlan device.
Did you try google?
Greets, Dennis
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Any suggestions where to purchase? Googled and got only 4 pages of hits, mostly non-english pages and those that were English were about OG on windows. Never heard of Orinoco cards before. Who sells them? Thanks. Chuck Davis On Sunday 12 February 2006 12:33 pm, ianseeks wrote:
I am almost tempted to just buy a PCMCIA card that has linux drivers.
If you do that then get the Orinoco Gold, worked straight away for me.
regards
Ian
I think Proxim are the makers, i guess any good site will sell them http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/client/goldpccard/ regards Ian On Sunday 12 February 2006 21:29, Chuck Davis wrote:
Any suggestions where to purchase? Googled and got only 4 pages of hits, mostly non-english pages and those that were English were about OG on windows. Never heard of Orinoco cards before. Who sells them?
Thanks.
Chuck Davis
On Sunday 12 February 2006 12:33 pm, ianseeks wrote:
I am almost tempted to just buy a PCMCIA card that has linux drivers.
If you do that then get the Orinoco Gold, worked straight away for me.
regards
Ian
Thanks for the link. I have an interest in supporting those companies who support Linux. Even their specs state this card is supported on Linux! All of us should buy one (even to give away as presents) to let them know Linux users buy supportive hardware vendors. Chuck On Sunday 12 February 2006 2:29 pm, ianseeks wrote:
I think Proxim are the makers, i guess any good site will sell them
http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/client/goldpccard/
regards
Ian
On Sunday 12 February 2006 21:29, Chuck Davis wrote:
Any suggestions where to purchase? Googled and got only 4 pages of hits, mostly non-english pages and those that were English were about OG on windows. Never heard of Orinoco cards before. Who sells them?
Thanks.
Chuck Davis
On Sunday 12 February 2006 12:33 pm, ianseeks wrote:
I am almost tempted to just buy a PCMCIA card that has linux drivers.
If you do that then get the Orinoco Gold, worked straight away for me.
regards
Ian
On Sunday 12 February 2006 6:11 pm, Chuck Davis wrote:
Thanks for the link. I have an interest in supporting those companies who support Linux. Even their specs state this card is supported on Linux! All of us should buy one (even to give away as presents) to let them know Linux users buy supportive hardware vendors.
Chuck
On Sunday 12 February 2006 2:29 pm, ianseeks wrote:
I think Proxim are the makers, i guess any good site will sell them
Yep.....exactly what a lot of us should do! Fred -- Paid purchaser of ALL SuSE Linux releases since 6.x
On Sunday 12 February 2006 1:09 pm, Dennis Neumeier wrote:
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 03)
That´s the exact name of the included wlan device.
I'd like to see IBM or someone else buy them out!! Then we'd have drivers, instead of work-arounds. Fred -- Paid purchaser of ALL SuSE Linux releases since 6.x
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