[opensuse] dell vostro 1710 and live-cd 11.4
Tried the 11.4 live-cd on my Vostro 1710. The system booted up, things seemed to work, but the wireless card light never went on ant the slot used for camera memory chips is totally non functional. both items are fully functional in the main os of the laptop, suse 11.1 - x86-64, also in the windoze xp boot option. playing with Yast brought the message that the bcm43 firmware had to be intalled, clicked ok on it, still the wireless remained silent. Is there a way to get the wireless going in a live-cd boot? There is no space available for a test partition nor for a vm, so all testing must be done with the live-cd. also, any help in recognizing the sd (?) cards from cameras would be appreciated. thanks in advance, d. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 27/04/11 00:44, kanenas@hawaii.rr.com wrote:
Tried the 11.4 live-cd on my Vostro 1710. The system booted up, things seemed to work, but the wireless card light never went on ant the slot used for camera memory chips is totally non functional. both items are fully functional in the main os of the laptop, suse 11.1 - x86-64, also in the windoze xp boot option. playing with Yast brought the message that the bcm43 firmware had to be intalled, clicked ok on it, still the wireless remained silent.
What type of wireless chipset is it / what driver module is it running under 11.1? Most likely you just have to get the wireless firmware onto the machine somehow. Either connect the laptop to the internet somehow (wired ethernet?) and run /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware, or on another computer go to to packman and download this rpm http://packman.links2linux.de/package/b43-firmware (or b43-legacy-firmware if appropriate, consult http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43), transfer it over eg. via USB stick, and install it. Then try loading b43 module again. Obviously since you're running a livecd don't reboot to do this.
Is there a way to get the wireless going in a live-cd boot? There is no space available for a test partition nor for a vm, so all testing must be done with the live-cd. also, any help in recognizing the sd (?) cards from cameras would be appreciated. thanks in advance, d.
What model / pci id is the SD card reader? Most should work out-of-the-box. Tejas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 26 April 2011 10:25:37 pm Tejas Guruswamy wrote:
On 27/04/11 00:44, kanenas@hawaii.rr.com wrote:
Tried the 11.4 live-cd on my Vostro 1710. The system booted up, things seemed to work, but the wireless card light never went on ant the slot used for camera memory chips is totally non functional. both items are fully functional in the main os of the laptop, suse 11.1 - x86-64, also in the windoze xp boot option. playing with Yast brought the message that the bcm43 firmware had to be intalled, clicked ok on it, still the wireless remained silent.
What type of wireless chipset is it / what driver module is it running under 11.1?
Most likely you just have to get the wireless firmware onto the machine somehow. Either connect the laptop to the internet somehow (wired ethernet?) and run /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware, or on another computer go to to packman and download this rpm http://packman.links2linux.de/package/b43-firmware (or b43-legacy-firmware if appropriate, consult http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43), transfer it over eg. via USB stick, and install it.
Duh, I should have thunk that myself, instead I assumed that the firmware was allready on the live-cd, but if it were, it would probably have been installed!!!! thanks a mil for that:) gosh age brings in too many ugly things:))))
Then try loading b43 module again. Obviously since you're running a livecd don't reboot to do this.
Is there a way to get the wireless going in a live-cd boot? There is no space available for a test partition nor for a vm, so all testing must be done with the live-cd. also, any help in recognizing the sd (?) cards from cameras would be appreciated. thanks in advance, d.
What model / pci id is the SD card reader? Most should work out-of-the-box.
Don't know. it's built into the laptop. when i try the firmware ( it is allready in the 11.1 home partition ) will check on the hardware info.
Tejas
thanks again, d. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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