Re: [opensuse] How can wlan be enabled? [Caution: Message contains Suspicious URL content]

2016-03-29 14:13 keltezéssel, Patrick Shanahan írta:

* Albert, Oszkó [03-29-16 05:25]:

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2016-03-28 21:43 keltezéssel, John Andersen írta:

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On 03/28/2016 11:41 AM, oszko@chem.u-szeged.hu wrote:

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The airplane mode can be switched with Fn+F2, but has no effect. At least pressing the buttons has no effect. Ok.

I only mention this because so many times I've tracked down wifi problems only to find there is an external physical switch that the user didn't even know about. You never mentioned the exact model, so I can't check for you.

Intel says: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/network-and-i-o/wireless-netw... that this chipset really only began to be supported in kernel 4.2.

Ok, thanks. I found this page and downloaded the corresponding file and copied the contents into /lib/firmware. In my understanding since I am on kernel 4.1.x this is not supported yet. Once it will be uprgaded to 4.2.x or with the coming new distro, it will be supported. So I have to wait. Why would you wait? Download a fitting kernel, create your own repo locally and install a additional kernel from your local repo. If it fails to work for you, simply remove that kernel and live with no wifi. Or add a usb dongle that is known to work and use it instead of the onboard wifi. Or install Tw with uses kernel 4.5, or ....

Thank you for your suggestions. i After some reading I could create my own repo, instal a kernek from it, but I do not know, how to remove a non-working kernel and return to a working one. I know my laptop works with kernel 4.5-3 but not with 4.5-4. But the main point is, that I searched my office and found a TP-Link dongle. That will be the solution. I do not follow the developments in TW, but some time ago I read it had difficulties with virtualbox. I will need VB, to run windows.