Compaq CQ40-304TU Drivers for OpenSUSE10.3

[shiraz_tharani]

Hi,

(I have posted this request before in Laptop forum, he suggested me to post it again here so that my internet can work below is the link to that post)

Compaq CQ40-304TU Drivers for OpenSUSE10.3 - openSUSE Forums

I lately Installed OpenSUSE 10.3

My wireless isn't recognized; it's Broadcom.

My Ethernet card is recognized.. I Configured it on DHCP but when i connect a cable, it doesnt give any IP address, plus when i connect a cable running vista, the lamp start blinking in Ethernet card but when i connect it in linux, it doesn't blink at all.

Just for the info, i have a dual boot.. Vista and Suse.

I am not even sure if my other drivers are isntalled.

System Information

- Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor T3400 (2.16GHz. , 667MHz. , 1MB L2)
- 250GB 5400rpm (Serial ATA)
- 4 GB Ram
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
- Broadcom Wireless LAN
- Realtek Fast Ethernet NIC Driver
- JMB38X Card Reader
- ALPS Touchpad
- IDT High-Definition Audio CODEC

Can anyone help me out.

shiraz tharani wrote:

> I lately Installed OpenSUSE 10.3
>
> My wireless isn't recognized; it's Broadcom.

There are several articles in opensuse wiki that may help you with your
wireless adapter:

http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_network_card
http://en.opensuse.org/Category:Wireless

> My Ethernet card is recognized.. I Configured it on DHCP but when i
> connect a cable, it doesnt give any IP address, plus when i connect a
> cable running vista, the lamp start blinking in Ethernet card but when i
> connect it in linux, it doesn't blink at all.

From konsole/xterm/gnome terminal, being root, run "rcnetwork status;
ifconfig" and put here the result.

Greetings,

--
Camaleón

[shiraz_tharani]

Hi,

Just for the info which i missed to mention earlier..

I Have KDE.
Please find the outcome below:

shiraz@Shiraz-Laptop:~> rcnetwork status
bash: rcnetwork: command not found
shiraz@Shiraz-Laptop:~> su
Password:
Shiraz-Laptop:/home/shiraz # rcnetwork status
Checking for the NetworkManager: running
Checking for the NetworkManagerDispatcher: running
Checking for the DHCP DBUS Daemon: running
Shiraz-Laptop:/home/shiraz # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:5A:22:3B3
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:4040182007 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0xc000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2056 (2.0 Kb) TX bytes:2056 (2.0 Kb)

[shiraz_tharani]

Shiraz-Laptop:/home/shiraz # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:5A:22:3B:D3
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:4040182007 overruns:0 frame:0

shiraz tharani wrote:

> Please find the outcome below:
>
> shiraz@Shiraz-Laptop:~> rcnetwork status
> bash: rcnetwork: command not found
> shiraz@Shiraz-Laptop:~> su
> Password:
> Shiraz-Laptop:/home/shiraz # rcnetwork status
> Checking for the NetworkManager:
> running
> Checking for the NetworkManagerDispatcher:
> running
> Checking for the DHCP DBUS Daemon:
> running

Are you using "NetworkManager" instead "traditional method (ifup)"?

If yes, try to setup the network adapter with "traditional method (ifup)"
and run the above commands again. This can be done in YaST.

> Shiraz-Laptop:/home/shiraz # ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:5A:22:3B3
> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:4040182007 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> Interrupt:19 Base address:0xc000
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:2056 (2.0 Kb) TX bytes:2056 (2.0 Kb)

You are not getting an IP address from your dhcp server and this can be due
to several causes. Let's first discard any configuration error on the suse
side.

Greetings,

--
Camaleón

[shiraz_tharani]

Hi,

I did what you asked me to do, and internet start working even i switched back to KnetworkManager, it's still working

But i realized my internet is quite slow as compare to vista, Any idea why?

Thanks for the help. i will try to make my wireless work.

Thanks once again.

shiraz tharani wrote:

> I did what you asked me to do, and internet start working even i
> switched back to KnetworkManager, it's still working

Oops, well, that should be fine then O:-)

> But i realized my internet is quite slow as compare to vista, Any idea
> why?

Yes. Probably because of ipv6 is enabled by default and this is known to
cause some glitches as most ISP and servers have not migrated to ipv6.

Try first to disable ipv6 at browser level. If using firefox, here is a
how-to, it's very easy:

http://en.opensuse.org/Disable_IPv6_for_Firefox

> Thanks for the help. i will try to make my wireless work.

Take a look into the wireless subforum. It is plenty of broadcom wireless
problems and solutions.

http://forums.opensuse.org/network-internet/wireless/

> Thanks once again.

You're welcome :-)

Greetings,

--
Camaleón