Opensuse 12.2 does not detect wireless card and bluetooth

**melvinjose** · 06-Sep-2012, 22:48

I just installed 12.2 on my physical machine. No bluetooth and wireless adapted detected and that too on a brand new hardware which came with ubuntu 11.10 pre-installed. I don't know where should I find the drivers for my DELL WIRELESS 1704 CARD and Bluetooth

I installed rfkill and this was the output

/usr/sbin/rfkill list

0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

I checked the Hardware Information in Yast. No entries related to WLAN not even under the USB and PCI catagories.

I'm using a dell inspiron 15R laptop. You could check up the hardware detail here and enter and service tag 'DM3HDS1' ( without quotes)

**caf4926** · 06-Sep-2012, 22:59

Please post result of

Code:

/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

Tell us if you have a wired connect ATM

**deano_ferrari** · 06-Sep-2012, 23:30

Without knowing anything about your Dell laptop, it may that the bluetooth device is connected internally to the USB subsystem (like mine is).
To get the chipset details:

Code:

lsusb

**melvinjose** · 07-Sep-2012, 03:06

Originally Posted by caf4926

Please post result of

Code:

/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

Tell us if you have a wired connect ATM

This is the output

/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:056a]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0016]

And yes, My wired connection is working.

**melvinjose** · 07-Sep-2012, 03:07

Originally Posted by deano_ferrari

Without knowing anything about your Dell laptop, it may that the bluetooth device is connected internally to the USB subsystem (like mine is).
To get the chipset details:

Code:

lsusb

lsusb

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 064e:8125 Suyin Corp.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0a5c:21d7 Broadcom Corp.

**caf4926** · 07-Sep-2012, 06:34

Code:

08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0016]

You might have trouble with this

Please wait for @lwfinger to advise you

Info FYI: b43 - Linux Wireless

**lwfinger** · 07-Sep-2012, 11:15

On 09/07/2012 07:36 AM, caf4926 wrote:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> 08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0016]
> --------------------
> You might have trouble with this
>
> Please wait for @lwfinger to advise you
>
> Info FYI: 'b43 - Linux Wireless'
> (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43)

There are no Linux drivers for that 14e4:4365. Even the proprietary,
closed-source driver wl from Broadcom does not support it.

Your only possibility is to try ndiswrapper and the Windows driver, which might
work. If not, you should plan on purchasing a USB wifi device. Eventually, wl or
brcm80211 will support that chip, but I cannot predict when that will be.

**melvinjose** · 07-Sep-2012, 19:48

Originally Posted by lwfinger

On 09/07/2012 07:36 AM, caf4926 wrote:
Eventually, wl or
brcm80211 will support that chip, but I cannot predict when that will be.

Its an atheros make I guess. I found these details regarding the wireless and bluetooth drivers from the dell site. Am I going to have issues with the bluetooth as well?

**lwfinger** · 07-Sep-2012, 20:08

On 09/07/2012 08:56 PM, melvinjose wrote:
>
> lwfinger;2484604 Wrote:
>> On 09/07/2012 07:36 AM, caf4926 wrote:
>> Eventually, wl or
>> brcm80211 will support that chip, but I cannot predict when that will
>> be.
>
> Its an atheros make I guess. I found these details regarding the
> wireless and bluetooth drivers from the dell site. Am I going to have
> issues with the bluetooth as well?
>
> [image:
> https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/hn...10FAC3Vj4vnDE]

I got a forbidden when I tried to access that link.

The "14e4" part of the PCI ID says that it is a Broadcom part without any
question. Atheros has nothing to do with it.

If the BT is part of the same card, I would expect issues with it as well.