Just install the ipw-firmware and ipw3945d packages from the non-oss repository
You should be fine then. Ben On Thursday 10 May 2007 13:08, Gordon J. Holtslander wrote: > Hi: > > Just bought an hp nx 7400 laptop with Integrated Intel PRO/Wireless > 3945ABG. > > I'm trying to get the wireless working with openSuse 10.2 > > before wiping windows off the computer I set up my wireless router to > communicate with the laptop. > > After replacing Windows with OpenSuse 10.2, I am unable to use wireless > networking on the system. I have configured the wireless with the same > parameters I used when Windows was on the system. > > The wireless hardware is recognized - I can configure the card in YAST - > both the wired card and the wireless card are recognized. > > There is a wireless switch on the computer. I turn it on and the wirless > indicator lights up on the switch and on the indicator lamp on the front of > the laptop. > > When I run Network Manager it does not recognize that the system has > wireless. When I run the KDE wireless monitor it states that wireless has > been disabled. > > I see that Intel has a linux driver for this hardware: > http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ > > I am assuming installing this driver would get the wireless networking > functional. > > I assume that since YAST recognizes that there is a wireless networking > hardware on the computer that some of the necessary driver parts have been > installed. > > Can anyone tell me how to determine what needs to be done to get this > working, apart from completely installing the driver? > > Thanks, > > Gord > > > -- > Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology > [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Saskatchewan > Tel 306 966-4433 112 Science Place > Fax 306 966-4462 Saskatoon SK., CANADA > homepage.usask.ca~gjh289 S7N 5E2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
