-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Brian Masinick ha scritto: > I have openSUSE 11.1 installed on a Gateway PA6A 17" laptop, really more of a > mobile desktop. This particularly hardware has been very Linux friendly, and > including openSUSE, I have eight distinct Linux instances. Except for > openSUSE, > all of them are presently working with the Broadcom 4311 network card that is > installed. > > Though I was surprised that it apparently wasn't there, I went out and > explicitly installed the Broadcom firmware for this device. That has not > been > the end of my issues. The standard "network manager" doesn't want to start > up, > even when I use knetworkmanager. I figured, "Fine, I'm not that keen on > networkmanager anyway, I will just go out and get wicd, which always works". > That has not been an easy exercise either. I tried several incantations, and > finally grabbed the source, built it and installed it because the packages in > various repositories just did not want to cooperate. To the best of my > knowledge, I have wicd 1.5.9 now installed. I say, "To the best of my > knowledge" because these components are clearly not working together as they > should. What is so perplexing is that I have previously had scans correctly > scan the wireless network in my area, and the scans are seeing what's out > there > correctly, including my equipment and the neighbors around me. I see it all > fine, and I've had the software SAY that it is connected, but the network > just > won't work. If I turn around and enable the wired network, everything is > fine. > > Therefore I conclude that something is still not quite right, but I have no > idea > what to look for to correct it further. Yet if I simply reboot to another > Linux > instance, as I have now, the wireless hardware most certainly is working > correctly. > > My expertise with SUSE based tools is limited. I could use some assistance > if > you are willing and able. > > Would you recommend removing any software and starting over, or what steps > would > you take? What additional information would be helpful to perform some > diagnostic action? > > > lspci > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and > 945GT > Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, > 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) > 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, > 943/940GML > Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition > Audio Controller (rev 02) > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 > (rev 02) > 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 > (rev 02) > 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI > Controller #1 (rev 02) > 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI > Controller #2 (rev 02) > 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI > Controller #3 (rev 02) > 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI > Controller #4 (rev 02) > 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI > Controller (rev 02) > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge > (rev 02) > 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller > (rev 02) > 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA > AHCI > Controller (rev 02) > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev > 02) > *03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev > 01)* > 04:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection > (rev 02) > 04:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller > 04:09.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE > 1394 > Host Controller > 04:09.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card > Reader > (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) > > Thank you for any suggestions you may be able to offer. > > Sincerely yours, > Brian Masinick >
your card is perfectly supported by broadcom poprietary drivers, but because of legal stuffs (kernel is GPL, broadcom wl use kernel headers, but include a proprietary blog) novell decide to avoid any legal problem. both, Network Manager and yast works fine with that driver. i never used wicd) all informations you need can be found here: http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)/Broadcom_BCM43xx#Broadcom_STA_Driver -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkm8RPoACgkQvCfyadPodwtJnwCfbbqogUQ7HqvAcLVwv7s17ao/ yrkAoIP/vAEDEBwN0j0vrpi0PZmk2rMy =M1AU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
