Hello,
I’ve just decided to change my Mandriva and install OpenSuse. I’ve downloaded the installation DVD, boot & installation was succesfull, but, interestingly, the process halted on automatic configuration (the last process on the list), when on 10%. PC simply stopped responding (more than 20 minutes)… is there some sollution for that? Thanks.
Try installing again, this time with Automatic Configuration disabled. What happens?
Hello,
thank you for your reply.
Unfortunately, I can’t find where to disable automatic configuration. If I reboot the PC when PC halts and try to run the system after reboot, I cannot login with the username and password I provided during installation.
Solved. The automated configuration passed succesfully when removed my Belkin Wireless G Desktop Card. Somebody please inform the openSuse team about the bug.
Best regards,
sudanec
Nice catch!
The team may not have a Belkin card. But you can do your part and submit a bug to Bugzilla (Submitting Bug Reports - openSUSE ), so the developers can track it down and fix it.
I suspect the issue is not with the card itself, but with the installation interface to certain types of network devices. There are several other threads where the installation locked up until the card was pulled; but the cards are different. Still good to report it.
Well, I can’t even use the YaST Network Devices -> Network Settings, as the system stops responding when searching for drivers. The card is Belkin F5D7000qs; it would be nice if there was some patch as I would really appreciate the possibility to use that card for networking 
Did this card work out-of-the-box before, or did you need to use ndiswrapper or some other separate after-installation procedure?
Till now I’ve only used it under Windows XP and Windows 98 SE; after hardware installation I had to install the driver provided on CD. Unfortunately, no UNIX/Linux drivers are provided or downloadable from the Belkin website.
Detailed from hwinfo:
15: PCI 205.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1799_700f
Unique ID: y9sn.s_MB2x+swO4
Parent ID: 6NW+.c7JTK_YUBi2
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:05.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:02:05.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Belkin WLAN controller”
Vendor: pci 0x1799 “Belkin”
Device: pci 0x700f
SubVendor: pci 0x1799 “Belkin”
SubDevice: pci 0x700f
Revision: 0x20
Driver: “rtl8180”
Driver Modules: “rtl8180”
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
I/O Ports: 0xc400-0xc4ff (rw)
Memory Range: 0xf7effc00-0xf7effdff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 17 (no events)
HW Address: 00:1c:df:2c:6e:cb
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: “pci:v00001799d0000700Fsv00001799sd0000700Fbc02sc00i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: rtl8180 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe rtl8180”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #8 (PCI bridge)
Well, I can’t even use the YaST Network Devices -> Network Settings, as the system stops responding when searching for drivers. The card is Belkin F5D7000qs; it would be nice if there was some patch as I would really appreciate the possibility to use that card for networking
Unfortunately, no UNIX/Linux drivers are provided or downloadable from the Belkin website.
Sorry, but I don’t quite understand. Did you ever have the card working in Linux? Did you ever try to get it working with ndiswrapper or another technique? And, hwinfo seems to think that the kernel module rtl8180 works for the card; is that module being loaded (“lsmod | grep rtl”)?
I have exactly the same situation as sudanec, except my card is a Trendnet 423PI. I have to check, but I think it has an Atheros chip that is supported in madwifi. If not, it may need the rtl8185 driver. I’m confused because I tried both a card and a usb connection, both Trendnet.
I have the same problem: I can’t configure it because the computer hangs as soon as yast tried to probe it after I click on Network Devices. Until I removed it, 11.1 would not even install. It just locked up.
This card worked in 10.3 and 11.0 and still works in XP.
to mingus725: I apologize for unclear information.
I’ve never made it work in any distribution of Linux as I’ve installed it only few days ago. As the card works correctly under Microsoft operating systems, I find it to be correct, that is why I mentioned that it works correctly on XP.
As I only use Linux for testing my applications developed in Java to be multiplatformal, I’m not good in configuring the system. That is also why I tried opensuse - I was told that it’s install-and-go-like. So I don’t know any ndiswrapper; therefore I would be glad if you could provide me with more detailed instructions.
Thank you
Please allow me to suggest starting your own thread, possibly under hardware or networking sub-forums. You will get more visibility, therefore faster/better/more assistance. Also makes it easier for those helping.
No problem. Let me suggest this: Close this thread; the original problem was different and the title is not about networking. Create a new thread in the hardware sub-forum with a title like “Need help with Belkin network card”. In your first post include the hwinfo you posted above, plus the output from this:
lspci
lsmod | grep rtl
What matters is not the manufacturer of the card, but rather the chip that the card uses - there are a number of different chips, and that determines the driver and solution. The lspci may tell what the chip is, and the lsmod command will tell if the driver suggested by hwinfo is being loaded (i.e., the problem may be configuration, not installation).
Thank you for your assistance, I’ll start a new thread as soon as I boot the opensuse.