On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 13:51 +0100, Joop Beris wrote:
Thank you to everyone who commented, but it turns out I did not need to upgrade my kernel after all. Thanks to the tips I received here, I dug a bit deeper into the jungle of kernel modules and lo and behold, there IS a kernel module for this WLAN card for the current kernel.
I found it using the software search on the openSUSE site. There was a kmp package from linuxwireless.org available here: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home%3A/beyerle%3A/IAC/openSUSE_11...
This package provides support for newest WLAN cards, based on the mac80211stack. I installed this package, rebooted the machine and the WLAN card was magically loaded. I can now configure it through KNetworkManager and connect.
If there are working broadcom wireless drivers for Linux then they should go into OpenSUSE since the ndiswrapper method which was previously required is very hard to work with. In my case I ordered an HP 8510p based on the fact it is certified for SUSE Linux on the HP web site. Turns out that it isn't. The broadcom wireless did _not_ work. After a few false starts I actually managed to convince them the card was defective and I had it replaced with the Intel wireless card. I got lucky. Bottom line is you have to very careful when ordering to specify the exact model number that works with Linux. -- John Lange www.johnlange.ca -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org