Brooks Family wrote:

Hi again! Thanks to everyone who has tried to help me in my efforts to get my wireless card up and going, but I have one major problem: I have no wireless networking options in YaST for some reason. Several of you have said that I need to make changes using that option, but, for whatever reason, that option does not exist in YaST on my laptop. I have tried installing the wireless tools rpm from my SuSE 9.0 disks that I ordered using Ximian's RedCarpet software installer, but I still do not get a wireless or 'wireless tools' option in YaST. Being that I'm new to linux, but don't understand how to make the script changes that you guys suggest in some files (I get in over my head pretty quick), I'm really considering re-installing linux and Ximian to try and get it to work. But before I do that, I wanted to make sure nobody had any better ideas.

Again, thank you all for your time and patience!

Jack

I don't think that you can install the wireless options for YaST separately, they're just part of the 'Network Card' dialogue. If YaST doesn't think you have a wireless card, it won't present the options to you. If it does, they can be found by selecting that card, viewing it's options and going to the 'hardware details' section.... you may want to try to uninstall the card, then re install it manually (ignore YaST's suggestions and give it values that you know should be right). For instance, from the 'network card' window, you can select 'other (not detected)' and hit 'configure'. Then select 'wireless' for the device type, which will allow you to access the wireless options. In general, a fresh install is usually unnecessary in Linux, though if you're new, it may be less frustrating than other routes. Hope that helps, Bruce