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Paul Groves

4 Nov 2013 4 Nov '13

19:42

Hi all, I have been having a lot of trouble getting opensuse to work with different laptops. The issues I am experiencing also happen with ubuntu so it seems to me to be a kernel issue perhaps? Every single laptop I have tried that has either of the two following devices has the following issues: Intel 4000 series graphics - cannot change brightness, always maxed out at 100%!!! (I am unsure if this is the graphics chip or the acpi drivers but would not know how to find out) Broadcom wifi - does not show in network manager or network settings therefore unusable (does show under device info) I have attempted to install drivers from the repositories and from the manufacturers but I am just following the same forum threads round and round in circles with no obvious solution. I am starting to think that intel graphics and Broadcom NICs are not compatible with linux at all! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

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Cristian Rodríguez

4 Nov 4 Nov

19:55

El 04/11/13 19:42, Paul Groves escribió:

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Hi all, I have been having a lot of trouble getting opensuse to work with different laptops. The issues I am experiencing also happen with ubuntu so it seems to me to be a kernel issue perhaps?

Every single laptop I have tried that has either of the two following devices has the following issues:

Intel 4000 series graphics - cannot change brightness, always maxed out at 100%!!! (I am unsure if this is the graphics chip or the acpi drivers but would not know how to find out)

The backlight control in some newish laptops do not work well, try with kernel 3.12

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Broadcom wifi - does not show in network manager or network settings therefore unusable (does show under device info)

These cards usually require firmware.. did you tried "install_bcm43xx_firmware" as root ? -- "Judging by their response, the meanest thing you can do to people on the Internet is to give them really good software for free". - Anil Dash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Bob Williams

5 Nov 5 Nov

11:23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/13 19:55, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:

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Broadcom wifi - does not show in network manager or network settings therefore unusable (does show under device info)

These cards usually require firmware.. did you tried "install_bcm43xx_firmware" as root ?

I had the same problem when I installed openSUSE 12.3 on my wife's Dell Vostro 3700. The bcm43 stuff didn't work, but the Broadcom STA driver did. http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php Download the relevant 32 or 64 bit driver package from that site, as well as the README.txt file, which contains explicit instructions on how to install the kernel module. In my case, I had to blacklist all the other drivers, but this is all explained in the Readme file. Bob - -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop Distro: openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.11.2 Uptime: 06:00am up 7 days 21:48, 3 users, load average: 0.23, 0.19, 0.20 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlJ41SkACgkQ0Sr7eZJrmU67OwCdEVEeeHW6rW/3Zu1c6l6wN8N4 MQsAn2R84/uBnPxVhOjdcP+CzKPTRC6u =M/3N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Paul Groves

18:43

Hi Christian, The install_bcm43xx_firmware command worked perfectly on the one laptop I have tried it on so far. Thank you. How do I install the older kernel and what are the disadvantages to doing so? Does anyone know why that the backlight does not work on intel 4000 series graphics? I have seen some laptops that are getting on a bit now that still do not have support for this. Every single one, the brightness always runs at 100% (which on my laptop is so bright I cannot use it at all, eyes/battery life). On all of the laptops I have tried (5 or 6 different makes/models now) the brightness keys are detected and mapped correctly but a few of them do not show the brightness level at all when pressed. Normally there is a bar that appears just like volume level. Not sure if this is related at all? Paul Groves

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On 4 Nov 2013, at 19:55, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:

El 04/11/13 19:42, Paul Groves escribió:

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Hi all, I have been having a lot of trouble getting opensuse to work with different laptops. The issues I am experiencing also happen with ubuntu so it seems to me to be a kernel issue perhaps?

Every single laptop I have tried that has either of the two following devices has the following issues:

Intel 4000 series graphics - cannot change brightness, always maxed out at 100%!!! (I am unsure if this is the graphics chip or the acpi drivers but would not know how to find out)

The backlight control in some newish laptops do not work well, try with kernel 3.12

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Broadcom wifi - does not show in network manager or network settings therefore unusable (does show under device info)

These cards usually require firmware.. did you tried "install_bcm43xx_firmware" as root ?

-- "Judging by their response, the meanest thing you can do to people on the Internet is to give them really good software for free". - Anil Dash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

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Cristian Rodríguez

19:18

El 05/11/13 18:43, Paul Groves escribió:

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How do I install the older kernel and what are the disadvantages to doing so?

You do not need an older kernel but a newer one, you can get a newer kernel adding the "kernel stable" repository to your list of repositories.

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Does anyone know why that the backlight does not work on intel 4000 series graphics?

See http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.commits.head/396675 for an explanation. -- "Judging by their response, the meanest thing you can do to people on the Internet is to give them really good software for free". - Anil Dash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Paul Groves

9 Nov 9 Nov

12:28

Hi Christian, I have updated my kernel to 3.12 and when I try to change the brightness, the brightness level indicator now shows up, but my brightness still stays at 100% Does anyone have any ideas? Paul Groves

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On 5 Nov 2013, at 19:18, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:

El 05/11/13 18:43, Paul Groves escribió:

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How do I install the older kernel and what are the disadvantages to doing so?

You do not need an older kernel but a newer one, you can get a newer kernel adding the "kernel stable" repository to your list of repositories.

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Does anyone know why that the backlight does not work on intel 4000 series graphics?

See http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.commits.head/396675 for an explanation.

-- "Judging by their response, the meanest thing you can do to people on the Internet is to give them really good software for free". - Anil Dash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

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Ken Schneider - openSUSE

13:53

On 11/09/2013 07:28 AM, Paul Groves pecked at the keyboard and wrote:

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Hi Christian,

I have updated my kernel to 3.12 and when I try to change the brightness, the brightness level indicator now shows up, but my brightness still stays at 100%

Does anyone have any ideas?

Click on the battery icon on the task bar, it should give you the option to change the brightness. Also, please stop top posting. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Paul Groves

16 Nov 16 Nov

17:27

On Saturday 09 Nov 2013 08:53:57 Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:

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On 11/09/2013 07:28 AM, Paul Groves pecked at the keyboard and wrote:

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Hi Christian,

I have updated my kernel to 3.12 and when I try to change the brightness, the brightness level indicator now shows up, but my brightness still stays at 100%

Does anyone have any ideas?

Click on the battery icon on the task bar, it should give you the option to change the brightness.

Also, please stop top posting.

Hi Ken, Apologies, was using my iPad. I am not aware of a way to set the iPad email client to bottom-post. -- Paul Groves -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Ken Schneider - openSUSE

19:31

On 11/16/2013 12:27 PM, Paul Groves pecked at the keyboard and wrote:

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On Saturday 09 Nov 2013 08:53:57 Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:

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On 11/09/2013 07:28 AM, Paul Groves pecked at the keyboard and wrote:

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Hi Christian,

I have updated my kernel to 3.12 and when I try to change the brightness, the brightness level indicator now shows up, but my brightness still stays at 100%

Does anyone have any ideas?

Click on the battery icon on the task bar, it should give you the option to change the brightness.

Also, please stop top posting.

Hi Ken,

Apologies, was using my iPad. I am not aware of a way to set the iPad email client to bottom-post.

Not a big deal, it just makes it easier to follow the conversation. I have gmail and if I remember there is a way to reply "in line" which would allow you to scroll to the bottom (or section) for you reply. :-) -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Greg Freemyer

17 Nov 17 Nov

12:32

Paul Groves wrote:

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On 11/09/2013 07:28 AM, Paul Groves pecked at the keyboard and wrote:

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Hi Christian,

I have updated my kernel to 3.12 and when I try to change the brightness, the brightness level indicator now shows up, but my brightness still stays at 100%

Does anyone have any ideas?

Click on the battery icon on the task bar, it should give you the

On Saturday 09 Nov 2013 08:53:57 Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote: option

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to change the brightness.

Also, please stop top posting.

Hi Ken,

Apologies, was using my iPad. I am not aware of a way to set the iPad email client to bottom-post.

I had the same issue on android. I installed an alternate email app (k9) to resolve it. Greg -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Paul Groves

21 Nov 21 Nov

17:13

Ok I'll try that. Anyway back to the original post, I have set the acpi_backlight=vendor parameter in GRUB using YaST. My brightness is now changeable by using 'system settings > energy saving' but my brightness Fn + Arrow keys do not work. I have been into 'global keyboard shortcuts > KDE Daemon' and the keys were already set to brightnes up/down. I selected custom and the system will not register the keypress from either brightness key. All my other 'Fn + F1-12' keys work for sleep, volume, media controls etc but it is just the brghtness keys. Any ideas? I have also recently been asked to set up a Dell Inspiron 5520 and I cannot find out a way to get the Broadcom wifi to work. It is a dual bluetooth and wifi card birth e bluetooth works out of he box. I have tried install_bcm_43xx (I think it's that) command which worked on my other laptop but the wifi adapter still does not show in network manager. Does anyone have any suggestions? Paul Groves

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On 17 Nov 2013, at 12:32, Greg Freemyer wrote:

Paul Groves wrote:

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On Saturday 09 Nov 2013 08:53:57 Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:

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On 11/09/2013 07:28 AM, Paul Groves pecked at the keyboard and wrote: Hi Christian,

I have updated my kernel to 3.12 and when I try to change the brightness, the brightness level indicator now shows up, but my brightness still stays at 100%

Does anyone have any ideas?

Click on the battery icon on the task bar, it should give you the option to change the brightness.

Also, please stop top posting.

Hi Ken,

Apologies, was using my iPad. I am not aware of a way to set the iPad email client to bottom-post.

I had the same issue on android. I installed an alternate email app (k9) to resolve it.

Greg -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Bob Williams

19:08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 21/11/13 17:13, Paul Groves wrote:

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I have also recently been asked to set up a Dell Inspiron 5520 and I cannot find out a way to get the Broadcom wifi to work. It is a dual bluetooth and wifi card birth e bluetooth works out of he box. I have tried install_bcm_43xx (I think it's that) command which worked on my other laptop but the wifi adapter still does not show in network manager. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Have you tried my earlier suggestion? In case you've lost that message, I'll repeat it here Download the relevant 32 or 64 bit driver package from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php, as well as the README.txt file, which contains explicit instructions on how to install the kernel module. In my case, I had to blacklist all the other drivers, but this is all explained in the Readme file. HTH Bob - -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop Distro: openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.11.3 Uptime: 12:00pm up 11 days 22:36, 4 users, load average: 0.12, 0.16, 0.22 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlKOWkQACgkQ0Sr7eZJrmU6TdgCggLCChbVf7PvBQCoTo2JG+ml8 Zy0An0JV+Dmy/CK9WB6zDYMc9cF6JhdK =zTtJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Cristian Rodríguez

9 Nov 9 Nov

15:17

El 09/11/13 12:28, Paul Groves escribió:

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Hi Christian,

I have updated my kernel to 3.12 and when I try to change the brightness, the brightness level indicator now shows up, but my brightness still stays at 100%

Does anyone have any ideas?

A different incarnation of the patch I referenced you in the previous mail was unfortunately reverted before 3.12 does booting with acpi_backlight=vendor make things better ? -- "Judging by their response, the meanest thing you can do to people on the Internet is to give them really good software for free". - Anil Dash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Paul Groves

16 Nov 16 Nov

17:26

On Saturday 09 Nov 2013 15:17:54 Cristian Rodríguez wrote:

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El 09/11/13 12:28, Paul Groves escribió:

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Hi Christian,

I have updated my kernel to 3.12 and when I try to change the brightness, the brightness level indicator now shows up, but my brightness still stays at 100%

Does anyone have any ideas?

A different incarnation of the patch I referenced you in the previous mail was unfortunately reverted before 3.12 does booting with acpi_backlight=vendor make things better ?

Hi Christian, I have reverted my kernel back to 3.7 and set the acpi_backlight=vendor parameter in GRUB using YaST My brightness is now changeable by using 'system settings > energy saving' but my brightness Fn + Arrow keys do not work. I have been into 'global keyboard shortcuts > KDE Daemon' and the keys were already set to brightnes up/down. I selected custom and the system will not register the keypress from either brightness key. All my other 'Fn + F1-12' keys work for sleep, volume, media controls etc but it is just the brghtness keys. Any ideas? -- Paul Groves -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

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