Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > On 6/23/07, *Larry Finger* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > > Larry, I think I forgot to mention something... might the fact > that it's > > a 64-bit machine and a 64-bit distro possibly make it not work? > > No, it shouldn't matter. I use a 64-bit distro on an AMD 64 X2 cpu. > > I just looked to see what Synaptic is. As it messed up your wired > network as well as wireless, > something must have gotten destroyed in the networking section. Does > your distro have a "repair" > option? If so, try it. > > > > I haven't found a repair option; it is not possible to downgrade is what > I was told. I have gone through this process several times since then- > reinstalling, compiling a 2.6.22 kernel, having wireless, doing some > updates, losing the wireless. I noticed a couple of things... > I believe the package that is updating that is killing my wireless is > the linux-image-2.6.18 etc. package. > Also, a message I kept getting said that the driver I had was version > 22, and the program (iwconfig) only supported up to 20. > > I've now reinstalled and put a hold on the linux image package, although > I haven't compiled my new kernel just yet. > I also tried buying an Intel mini PCI express wireless card that I saw > highly recommended for Linux, but my BIOS is configured to reject it. > Never buy Gateway.
Download and install the 64-bit version of openSUSE 10.2. Then upgrade the kernel to 2.6.21 and all will be well. You will find NetworkManager to be a very nice way to connect. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
