What are the results from 'lsusb' and 'iwconfig', assuming these command utilities are available in Suse.
On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:49 AM, Mark Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: "chris (fool) mccraw" <[email protected]> > > To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help, civil and on-topic" < > [email protected]> > > Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:52:35 -0800 > > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Installing a Cisco Valet wireless USB adapter > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 14:10, Mark Jones <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> So, I ditched the Cisco Valet and ordered a D-Link DWA-160 wireless > >> USB adaptor. Just received it from the UPS guy. According to the linux > >> drivers page (http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices/USB), it > >> should work for me using the ar9170 driver. Simply plugging it in > >> accomplished nothing, so I don't know what to do now. > > > > well, we'll need some qualification on the "nothing". i'm assuming > > you mean "the internet didn't magically start flowing into the > > laptop", and if that's the case and you did nothing besides plug it > > in, there are probably some steps to take before we even start > > troubleshooting problems--it needs to get set up first! > > Yes, that's what I meant. I plugged it in and waited to see if > anything happened (like a "new USB device found" popup). Nothing that > I could see changed. > > > but let's see if the system sees it. after you unplug and replug it > > (waiting a minute or so between to be safe), and then run the command > > 'dmesg' in a terminal and see if the last few lines talk about finding > > a device and using the ar9170 driver. you might go so far as to post > > the related lines here for our edification. > > Here are the final few lines of the dmesg result: > > [18550.008055] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and > address 3 > [18550.187656] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=07d1, idProduct=3a09 > [18550.187686] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, > SerialNumber=48 > [18550.187701] usb 1-3: Product: 11n adapter > [18550.187711] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: ATHER > [18550.187721] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 12345 > [18550.188092] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > > > > > if you see some mention of that driver without anything terrifying > > (like a kernel panic), then we can go on to the next step: > > > > it's been awhile since i ran suse, but it looks from a cursory google > > as though 11.3 (i know, you're on 11.2) uses network manager, so i > > guess that'd be a good place to start. if there isn't a little > > network icon somewhere in one of your panels (the bars at the > > top/bottom/sides that also probably have a clock and other little > > things in them), you might try just running nm-connection-editor from > > the command line. it's pretty intuitive. > > When I tried nm-connection-editor I got the following response: > ** (nm-connection-editor:8105): WARNING **: Icon nm-device-wired > missing: Icon 'nm-device-wired' not present in theme > ** (nm-connection-editor:8105): WARNING **: Failed to initialize the > UI, exiting... > > > if the wireless tab is empty, you might still have to use yast (suse's > > old system config tool) to tell the OS to make the device available to > > network manager and company. i think you actually want to run yast2, > > and there should be a networking tab in there that you can poke around > > in. > > The networking tab in Yast2 has a long list of programs I could > install, but none that leap out at me as the one I need. Any > suggestions? > > > if that isn't fruitful, perhaps there is some documentation you could > > refer to? i googled quickly for 'add network device opensuse' and > > didn't see anything obvious (that wasn't written in 1999), but i bet > > there are docs installed even on your system that address how to do > > this so people who don't run your OS aren't trying to guess so much =) > > > > luck++; > > Thanks. I'll look around for some documentation. > > >> According to the page for the driver, it should be included in my > >> distribution already (Linux 2.6.31.14-0.4-default i68). Is that right? > > > > it's impossible to tell from just that number. a kernel can be > > compiled with or without support for many things. it seems likely > > support is already there, though. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
