Re: [opensuse] Re: openSuSE 11 on a EEEPC 701
Am Freitag 17 Oktober 2008 20:13:01 schrieb Ruben Safir:
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:26:31AM +0200, Herbert Graeber wrote:
Dave Howorth schrieb:
Ruben Safir wrote:
openSUSE installs fine on the EEEPCs. Have a look into the wiki and you will find everything you need, including the drivers, which are currently spread over multiple BuildService repositories.
With openSUSE 11.1 the current EEEPC hardware should work out of the box.
^^^^
It didn't but I'm going to reinstall it more carefully. The thing is, if the network drivers aren't in the kernel then drivers on the repositories aren't that helpul.
Ruben
FWIW - from the WIKI
openSUSE 11.0
^^^^
Different version?
The wiki entry has orginally bee written for openSUSE 10.3. But all drivers are available for openSUSE 11.0, too.
Some days ago you could find every package needed for an openSUSE 11.0 installation in the BuildService, especially in the home:appleonkel:EEE repository. Unfortunately this temporary is broken with the latest kernel- Update for 11.0 and two driver aren't available from Factory anymore, so that they cannot be linked from there. So, the best you can do now is to stick with the 2.6.25.16 kernel and take the latest compiled packages from the home:appleonkel:EEE.
I'm trying to install them now. Is 1.1 out? I just downloaded the DVD 2 days ago.
openSUSE 11.1 is in beta. You can try to install it, but if you want a stable system, you should stick with 11.0. I will make an installation of 11.1 Beta3 next week but only on a SDHC card for testing.
I'm not sure how to install the madwifi driver. There is are several levels of changes which are confusing me not the least of which is that the RPM program seems to think everything is not installed while Yast seems to know everything is installed.
I'm not certain what the name of the madwifi driver even is or where it was installed in order to depmode it and modprobe it.
You need the madwifi-ng package. Herbert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 09:49:09PM +0200, Herbert Graeber wrote:
Am Freitag 17 Oktober 2008 20:13:01 schrieb Ruben Safir:
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:26:31AM +0200, Herbert Graeber wrote:
Dave Howorth schrieb:
Ruben Safir wrote:
> openSUSE installs fine on the EEEPCs. Have a look into the wiki and > you will find everything you need, including the drivers, which are > currently spread over multiple BuildService repositories. > > With openSUSE 11.1 the current EEEPC hardware should work out of the > box.
^^^^
It didn't but I'm going to reinstall it more carefully. The thing is, if the network drivers aren't in the kernel then drivers on the repositories aren't that helpul.
Ruben
FWIW - from the WIKI
openSUSE 11.0
^^^^
Different version?
The wiki entry has orginally bee written for openSUSE 10.3. But all drivers are available for openSUSE 11.0, too.
Some days ago you could find every package needed for an openSUSE 11.0 installation in the BuildService, especially in the home:appleonkel:EEE repository. Unfortunately this temporary is broken with the latest kernel- Update for 11.0 and two driver aren't available from Factory anymore, so that they cannot be linked from there.
So, the best you can do now is to stick with the 2.6.25.16 kernel and take the latest compiled packages from the home:appleonkel:EEE.
I'm trying to install them now. Is 1.1 out? I just downloaded the DVD 2 days ago.
openSUSE 11.1 is in beta. You can try to install it, but if you want a stable system, you should stick with 11.0. I will make an installation of 11.1 Beta3 next week but only on a SDHC card for testing.
I'm not sure how to install the madwifi driver. There is are several levels of changes which are confusing me not the least of which is that the RPM program seems to think everything is not installed while Yast seems to know everything is installed.
I'm not certain what the name of the madwifi driver even is or where it was installed in order to depmode it and modprobe it.
You need the madwifi-ng package.
Herbert
I installed everythign with Yast. I couldn't do it with rpm which was distressing. but now, I'm on a learning curve with the zypper system and Yast. I tried to install too much and Yast just died at the end of the disk space. Then I couldn't remove anything I had installed and which was taking up the space because, evidently, it wasn't recorded in whatever database it is using. In fact, looking things over, none f the core system is recorded as being installed presently. I'm going to reinstall again from scratch, just to get a better feel for the new packaging system, but I aint that happy. Ruben
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You need the madwifi-ng package.
Yes, but what is the module called? Ruben
Herbert
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