Jens Nixdorf wrote:
Am Samstag 15 November 2008 schrieb David C. Rankin:
I will take you mail as a template, sorry but i'm lazy ;)
I've installed yesterday Beta 5 in 32 bit from DVD.
Setup:
Toshiba Satellite A 100-153 Centrino Core Duo T2300 (1.6 GHz) 2 GB Ram Ati Mobile X1600 Wlan Intel 3945
The Good:
Flawless install in a new partition (no update, no old /home/...). Graphics and TFT were detected and configured in the right way (radeonhd and 1280x800). Whole procedure was quicker than with 11.0 i think, maybe because of the image-installation.
The Not Good:
In KDE4 there is no way to configure wireless connections. Networkmanager finds the wlan-chip, and also finds the accesspoint, but in no way you can save the settings like WPA or WEP, Keyphrase and such things. In 9 of 10 times klicking the icon for Networkmanager in the taskbar, plasma is crashing and after this the taskbar is completely unusable. I had always to delete the Folder .kde4 to get a usable desktop again.
Jens, That is really strange. Is your wireless card an Atheros? You should be able to use knetwork manager. I presume you have the madwifi driver installed? This is my biggest concern with 11.1 and the laptops and Atheros chipsets. openSuSE 11.0 totally ignored the people running the newer Atheros cards and to date there is no working madwifi for the AR242x 802.11abg from Novell. Thankfully, in build service under both /home/schmole and /home/appleonkel there is an updated version of the driver that works. Have you tried configuring the knetwork manager app in kde4? Sometimes you really have to look hard at all the different config tabs and settings, but at least in 11.0 I could set wpa, etc. without any problems. I have a link on my site that I use to troubleshoot wireless. your welcome to it. http://www.3111skyline.com/download/linux/howto/madwifi_SuSE_11.0 If you are blocked, post back and I'll make sure I unblock the address. I have had to block a number of APNIC and RIPE sites to cut down on the intrusion attempts.... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 510 Ochiltree Street | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 | Telephone: (936) 715-9333 | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 | http://www.opensuse.org/ www.rankinlawfirm.com | -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org