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[opensuse] Which Wireless Card
by Kai Ponte 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

I'm putting together a new system for my mother-in-law. I bought here a Dell Inspiron minitower computer with FreeDos and then put on openSUSE 10.3. I've got it mostly configured and ready to deliver however, I need to fix one final item... She currently connects to the network (cable) via a wireless card in her Win98 machine. I was just looking to see which wireless NIC I could buy for her and still be compatible with openSUSE. http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_network_card Looking around I see Linksys and Belkin, neither of which I saw in the above page. Anybody have any experience with this? I have only used wireless with notebooks and only Intel at that. -- kai www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] CPU Fan Control
by LLLActive＠GMX.Net 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Hi all, I need to control my CPU fan speed. I replaced my older fan with a new one, that is faster than the old one, and much louder!. Normally reducing the speed in relation to CPU temperature does the trick to reduce the noise. I managed to install sensors and get sensors-detect to get the chip. I even got the KDE Ksensors running its "Dashboard". What could now be used to control the fan speed? System is OpenSUSE 10.3 with a motherboard using Chip driver it87. TIA :-) Al -- 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] wireless doesn't work in suse 11 RC1
by Joe Zien 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Larry Stotler wrote: > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Joe Zien <jozien(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >> I did lsmod and got all three: >> ath5k >> mac80211 >> cfg80211 >> Pardon my ignorance but does this mean all three are compiled in the kernel? >> > > Since some people feel the need to get ignorant to the newbie and I > don't, here's the explanation: > > Those 3 are loadable kernel modules. They CAN be compiled into the > kernel, but generally when you get a distribution built kernel they > are not. They are loaded on need and unloaded when they are not > needed. In my case, since my wireless is a cardbus card, when I > remove the card, the modules are unloaded. > > Now, since you have all 3 modules actually loaded, the next step is to > see whether is is actually being used. Type : > > ifconfig > # ifconfig eth0 (my ethernet works) lo loopback > This should show you a listing for wlan0. This will be your wireless > card. Then type: > > iwconfig > # iwconfig lo no wireless eth0 no wireless irda0 no wireless suse is not recognizing my card > This will show you information about the wireless connection. > eard > Now, if you are in KDE(I'm not sure about gnome, but it should be > similar), look at the Netwrok Manager icons. One of them should be an > antenna. Right click that and then highlight "connect to other > network" and select "new wireless > connection". This will bring up a small windows with available > networks. If you have a network listed, click on it and then click > "connect and save" > > It will should a different icon that will try to connect to the > network and get an ip addrees. If it succeeds, then you will get a > status icon showing connection bars and strength. > > Good luck. > > I tried everything as above and still doesn't see my card. I will have to go on the ThinkPad site and see if any one with a T60 has installed suse 11 RC1 successfully. Thank for all the help. jozien -- 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] Rsync from Linux box to external VFAT drive over CIFS
by va.linuxguy＠gmail.com 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

----- "Jerry Feldman" <gaf(a)blu.org> wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 18:52:49 -0500 (GMT-05:00) > va.linuxguy(a)gmail.com wrote: > > > I hate it when I have to admit defeat but I'm having trouble finding > out a resolution to this issue. I'm trying to set up rsync from my > linux box to an external drive mounted on a windows box. I mount the > drive to /mnt/smb and can access it just fine. But when I attempt to > rsync files, it looks like anything beyond one level of sub-directory > gives me a permission denied error. > > > > At this point I'm trying a simple directory with a few files and > some sub-directories in it. Here's the output: > > > > anthony@dell:~> rsync --verbose --progress --compress --recursive > --delete-after --modify-window=1 /home/anthony/Documents/ > /mnt/smb/ANTHONY/Dell/ > > building file list ... > > 34 files to consider > > .directory > > 1119 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=32/34) > > New Document.odt > > 0 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#2, to-check=31/34) > > New Spreadsheet.ods > > 2496 100% 2.38MB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#3, to-check=30/34) > > Xen_user.pdf > > 274633 100% 4.59MB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#4, to-check=29/34) > > virtualbox_1.6_UserManual.pdf > > 4171553 100% 6.41MB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#5, to-check=28/34) > > Open Suse Documentation/ > > Open Suse Documentation/opensuse103.zip > > 32231072 100% 6.45MB/s 0:00:04 (xfer#6, to-check=26/34) > > Open Suse Documentation/pdfdoc/ > > rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/mnt/smb/ANTHONY/Dell/Open Suse > Documentation/pdfdoc" failed: Permission denied (13) > > *** Skipping everything below this failed directory *** > > > > sent 36300507 bytes received 220 bytes 5584727.23 bytes/sec > > total size is 75139177 speedup is 2.07 > > rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at > main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9] > > anthony@dell:~> > > > > I've tried several different rsync strings, and get pretty much the > same problems regardless of what I do. Anyone have any idea what the > problem might be? > > The problem is not rsync, but how you mounted the drive. Try looking > at > setting the username and password. (I am assuming that you have > sharing > turned on. Actually it was a setting on the share. Silly me. :) All fixed. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Order 11.0 now - Free shipping.
by Fred A. Miller 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

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Re: [opensuse] wireless still doesn't work in suse 11 RC1
by John Andersen 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Larry Stotler <larrystotler(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 12:04 AM, John Andersen <jsamyth(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> The key line is: >> >> This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See >> dmesg output for details. > > You shouldn't need firmware for the atheros cards. Especially the > 5212 since the new ath5k module supports it. > It seems this is a well known problem for other distros as well:\ http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-85469.html http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-85469.html <--interesting http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility/Atheros <---Even the madwifi wiki notes that it frequently dies (scroll down or search for 5212.) -- ----------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] tv tuner card
by William Biggs 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

I have a ati tv tunner card my suse 10.3 can not find it how can I get it to work ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kde3 logout dialog "shutdown" option is not shown
by Anton Moiseev 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

I have opensuse 10.3. After upgrading from 10.2 the "shutdown" and "reboot" options have disappeared from kde3 logout dialog (there is only "logout"), thought I had them in 10.2. I also have this options in gnome and also in kde4 logout dialogs. Is it possible to bring it back to kde3? Thanks -- 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] Which Wireless Card
by kbboykin＠comcast.net 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Kai Ponte <kai(a)perfectreign.com> > I'm putting together a new system for my mother-in-law. I bought here a Dell > Inspiron minitower computer with FreeDos and then put on openSUSE 10.3. I've > got it mostly configured and ready to deliver however, I need to fix one > final item... > > She currently connects to the network (cable) via a wireless card in her Win98 > machine. > > I was just looking to see which wireless NIC I could buy for her and still be > compatible with openSUSE. > > http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_network_card > > > Looking around I see Linksys and Belkin, neither of which I saw in the above > page. > > Anybody have any experience with this? I have only used wireless with > notebooks and only Intel at that. > > > > -- > kai > www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com > remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org > Kai, IIRC, Linksys uses different chipsets. Belkin mostly RALink. What models are you looking at? -- Keith Boykin You are what you think - so always think positively! -- 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] wireless still doesn't work in suse 11 RC1
by kbboykin＠comcast.net 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

I can confirm that as the OSS 11 RC1 KDE Live CD worked out of the box with my Atheros 5212 wireless PCI card. -- Keith Boykin You are what you think - so always think positively! -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Larry Stotler" <larrystotler(a)gmail.com> > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 12:04 AM, John Andersen <jsamyth(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > The key line is: > > > > This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See > > dmesg output for details. > > You shouldn't need firmware for the atheros cards. Especially the > 5212 since the new ath5k module supports it. > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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