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[opensuse] iwl3945 & wpa_supplicant broken in openSUSE 11
by John M. Anderson 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

I have this wireless card: 0b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) and when I booted up I had *no* wireless at all, I first had to remove /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules so that it would rename the card properly. (see this bug: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=354141 ) then I had to install iwl3945-ucode (this needs to be a required dependency for iwl3945) (see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372878 ) which fixed me not being able to bring the device up.. now I have the issue where its up and can see the wireless networks via 'iwlist scanning' but NetworkManager does not see them. I can connect to a wireless network as long as its insecure.. It has an issue with connection to secured networks (i'm guessing wpa_supplicant is broken). (see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372878 ) are these bugs being worked out? I'd really like to stay in 11 and do more testing but wireless is required ( I can live with buggy apps, but I need the Internet =)) Here is some basic hardware information: 61: None 00.0: 10780 Network Interface [Created at net.124] Unique ID: agy+.GSopYcFr9cF Parent ID: y9sn.wMU5p8B6686 SysFS ID: /class/net/wmaster0 SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:0b:00.0 Hardware Class: network interface Model: "Network Interface" Driver: "iwl3945" Driver Modules: "iwl3945" Device File: wmaster0 HW Address: 00:13:02:a6:53:8a Link detected: yes Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #17 (WLAN controller) inspidell:~ # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02) 03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller 03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19) 03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a) 03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05) 0b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) inspidell:~ # dmesg |grep 3945 iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.23ks iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Intel Corporation iwl3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection iwl3945: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs' inspidell:~ # lsmod |grep 802 mac80211 190228 1 iwl3945 cfg80211 35720 1 mac80211 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Installation from network
by Danesh Daroui 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

Hi all, I am tryting to install OpenSUSE 10.3 using "Network installtion". I have already downloaded OpenSUSE mini CD. The problem is that when I am installing OpenSUSE in this way, it sayd that "Could not find OpenSUSE Repository, Activating manual installtion" and then it asks for repository IP and other questions which is very hard to follow. Can anybody help to install OpenSUSE without manual installtion? Regards, Danesh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Installation from network
by Mark Misulich 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

Danesh Daroui wrote: > Hi all, > > I am tryting to install OpenSUSE 10.3 using "Network installtion". I have already downloaded OpenSUSE mini CD. The problem is that when I am installing OpenSUSE in this way, it sayd that "Could not find OpenSUSE Repository, Activating manual installtion" and then it asks for repository IP and other questions which is very hard to follow. Can anybody help to install OpenSUSE without manual installtion? > > Regards, > > Danesh > Hi, take a look at these to see if this makes net installation easier to understand: http://en.opensuse.org/SuSE_FTP_Net_Install_with_screenshots http://en.opensuse.org/SuSE_HTTP_Net_Install_with_screenshots Regards Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Need to copy some info off of a dead KDE install
by Chris Arnold 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

Using 10.3 and kde. I have had a compiz problem that will freeze my entire kde install (nothing responds to mouse clicks). I can not disable compiz either. I have reinstalled drivers and compiz to no avail. So, my question is how can i copy local data to a usb stick drive? I do not know what the usb device will look like, example /dev/sda or whatever. If i emember right, my drive is sda and sdb? Can't remember..... And i assume i use the cp command? Not exactly sure how to get this data off the drive. I do have a local ftp server (scratches head)... ftp address put filename ftp/path? Would appreciate any help. Chris -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Shutting down sound driver
by Ciro Iriarte 29 Mar '08

29 Mar '08

Hi, just noticed this weekend that I can't shutdown properly my 10.3@x86_64 installation. This machine is regularly up, so I didn't notice it before, tried 3 reboots this weekend and were all the same, the last line printed is "Shutting down sound driver" and stays there... It's a Asus M2N32-SLI with onboard audio (http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1163&l1=3&l2=101&l3=300…) Anybody have seen this? Regards, Ciro -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] mksusebootdisk
by Ciro Iriarte 29 Mar '08

29 Mar '08

Hi, anybody used this utility?, I'm trying to make a bootable pendrive to start installation process from a ftp/nfs server. It copies all the files to the pendrive, but it's not booting... Ref: http://opensource.contentbakery.fi/suse/ Regards, Ciro -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Custom filters in KMAIL (was Kwrite)
by John Andersen 29 Mar '08

29 Mar '08

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Stan Goodman <stan.goodman(a)hashkedim.com> wrote: > A LOT of the the junk mail I get is addressed, in either To or Cc header, > with more than one address, each one consisting of the same domain, and > one or more of them with a legitimate username, while the others have > fictitious usernames. If there is a way to filter like this within Kmail > (have I got it right this time?), I do not see it, because it would have > to parse email addresses into: > > <address> --> <username>@<domain> > > and make sure that the combination belongs to a set of legitimate > addresses. Since a legitimate address is always present, it is not > possible to rely on "contains", "doesn't contain" or anything of the > sort. Are you sure this is the way to go? It seems that spamassassin would be bar more effective than trying to get down to a specific list of names based on headers, especially since headers for mailing lists often do no contain explicit headers for your address (those are in the envelope-to but not the headers). -- ----------JSA--------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Logitech S510 cordless keyboard randomly disconnecting?
by Clayton 29 Mar '08

29 Mar '08

I am trying to resolve a problem with a friend's computer (on openSUSE10.3) and his Logitech S510 cordless keyboard. The keyboard randomly stops working. The mouse that is part of the cordless desktop thing continues to work fine when the keyboard disappears from Linux. I cannot find anything yet to indicate exactly why this is happening or what to do to get the keyboard recognized again short of a reboot. Basically the computer is in use doing regular desktop tasks, or playing games (eg WoW in Cedega). At some point the keyboard stops responding. Checking KInfoCenter shows that the keyboard is no longer attached to the USB (it's missing from the list of attached USB devices). All attempts to reconnect... pulling the batteries and replacing, pressing the Connect button, disconnecting the receiver from the USB port and reconnecting... has no effect on getting the keyboard recognized again. So far the only way to get the keyboard back is to reboot the computer. Anyone have any ideas where I can go to try and track down what is causing this to happen? It is so random... it makes it almost impossible to figure out what is going wrong. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 10.3 Installer Hanging up during install
by Travis Beaty 29 Mar '08

29 Mar '08

Greetings all. I'm having a bit of a problem that I'm hoping someone can help out with. I am trying to install OpenSuse 10.3 on my desktop system. All appears to go well, until the installation is actually supposed to begin. Then the installer appears to simply stop. The "busy cursor" on the mouse is running, but nothing happens. I have let it sit like this for a couple of hours, just in case something is going on in the background and no dialog box is popping up to announce this. I have listed the specifics of the machine I am trying to install on below. I've done the following to try to work out the problem. Media check on the install DVD. This came out good ... in fact, it is the same disk I used to install OpenSuse on the laptop I'm using at the moment. Scanned both hard drives for errors using Windows XP's Scan-disk. Neither disk had errors. Ran Memtest (supplied with the installation DVD) for two hours. All tests passed. At first, I thought it was a problem with the partioner, so I tried a number of different partitioning schemes, including the "default" one, to no avail. However, I did notice that when I use a custom partitioning scheme, the hang happens after I okay all the non-free license windows; when I accept the default partitioning screen, the hang up happens before these licenses. CTRL-ALT'ed into a terminal, and checked what logs I could find. Nothing helpful there. One other thing that I thought of is the fact I'm trying to use ReiserFS, instead of the default ext3. I'm using it on my laptop, and did not have any problems when installing on the laptop. Finally tried to Google the issue, and found nothing useful doing this. Any help I could get would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Travis. eMachines W3118 (AMD Sempron) processor, 1.81 GHz 736M RAM Two Western Digital Hard drives, both SCSI 80G Currently has Windows XP, aiming for dual boot, with Linux as primary OS. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] sound with wine
by jdd 29 Mar '08

29 Mar '08

hello :-) I try to see/listen to power point pps files I receive from friends. openoffice hangs so I installed wine - not tried for ages, nice graphic config, now! then I can open them, but Have no sound. in wine sound is configured as oss, what seems logical (opensuse 10.3) - of course I have sound with Linux any idea? there are many options under audio/wine I don't really understand audio seen is realtek alc883 thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://clairedodin.voices.com/ http://www.clairedodin.com/ http://claire.dodin.net/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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