Hi , i’m comletely new to opensuse, but i used to use ubuntu before.
I can’t enable my wireless , sorry if my post is gonna to confuse you but i’m at a loss rightnow after 10 hours trying several linux distribution and configuring and getting familiar with opensuse. Everything was perfect fine but the last thing that’s most important that i forgot is the wireless.
Because in ubuntu mn can just install with one click , there is a thing so called checking all your hardware etc…
So i tried to install madwifi and madwifi-kmp-default version r4136_k2.6.37.1_1.2-2.1 via YaST , even though my kernel linux 2.6.37.6-0.5-default (didn’t find in Yast version that matched) and did 2 command
sudo /sbin/modprobe ath_pci
sudo /sbin/modprobe -l | grep ath
Here is some info
sudo /sbin/lspci
…
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
The last thing i was try is some random steps i read somewhere else
$ sudo zypper in rfkill
$ rfkill list
$ sudo /usr/sbin/rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_killsw: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
4: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
On 05/16/2011 08:06 AM, Suseo wrote:
>
> Hi , i’m comletely new to opensuse, but i used to use ubuntu before.
> I can’t enable my wireless , sorry if my post is gonna to confuse you
> but i’m at a loss rightnow after 10 hours trying several linux
> distribution and configuring and getting familiar with opensuse.
> Everything was perfect fine but the last thing that’s most important
> that i forgot is the wireless.
> Because in ubuntu mn can just install with one click , there is a thing
> so called checking all your hardware etc…
>
> So i tried to install madwifi and madwifi-kmp-default version
> r4136_k2.6.37.1_1.2-2.1 via YaST , even though my kernel linux
> 2.6.37.6-0.5-default (didn’t find in Yast version that matched) and did
> 2 command
> sudo /sbin/modprobe ath_pci
> sudo /sbin/modprobe -l | grep ath
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko
> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko
> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_hw.ko
> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_common.ko
> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_htc.ko
> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/ar9170usb.ko
> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/carl9170.ko
> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko
> kernel/drivers/md/multipath.ko
> kernel/drivers/md/dm-multipath.ko
> kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl/ath6kl.ko
> kernel/drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.ko
> weak-updates/updates/ath/ath_pci.ko
> weak-updates/updates/ath_rate/onoe/ath_rate_onoe.ko
> weak-updates/updates/ath_rate/amrr/ath_rate_amrr.ko
> weak-updates/updates/ath_rate/minstrel/ath_rate_minstrel.ko
> weak-updates/updates/ath_rate/sample/ath_rate_sample.ko
> weak-updates/updates/ath_hal/ath_hal.ko
> --------------------
>
>
> Still nothing happened
>
> Here is some info
> sudo /sbin/lspci
> …
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless
> Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
>
> sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
> Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> --------------------
>
> sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.
>
> eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
>
> wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning : Network is down
>
> --------------------
>
> The last thing i was try is some random steps i read somewhere else
> $ sudo zypper in rfkill
> $ rfkill list
> $ sudo /usr/sbin/rfkill list
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: yes
> Hard blocked: no
> 1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
> Soft blocked: yes
> Hard blocked: no
> 2: ideapad_killsw: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: yes
> Hard blocked: no
> 3: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: yes
> Hard blocked: no
> 4: phy0: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: yes
> Hard blocked: yes
The “Hard blocked: yes” indicates that your wireless switch is off. You need to
know why.
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: ideapad_killsw: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
4: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
wireless light turned on ,
enable wireless line didn’t grey anymore , but when i click at this line to enable nothing happened.