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Ok this is literally my first experience with a linux based operating system, and i’m starting to think that i just wasn’t ready for it haha. I was hoping for this to be a dual boot system but i messed up somewhere and now have no windows, just openSuse. Which would not be a problem if i could get my Wireless internet connection to work.

I’ve read the sticky about what to do before post, and i’ve done step 1 and 2, with difficulty as i’m entirely new to this.

I’m running on an HP dv7 if that is any information for you, and the lines i got after the sticky are as follows.

09:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

09:00.0 0280: 168c:002a (rev 01)

Any help beyond this point would be fantastic, or just help on getting me back to windows if i’m gonna be too new to use opensuse, thank you so much for the help :smiley:

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LilJohn3464 wrote:
> Ok this is literally my first experience with a linux based operating
> system, and i’m starting to think that i just wasn’t ready for it haha.
> I was hoping for this to be a dual boot system but i messed up somewhere
> and now have no windows, just openSuse. Which would not be a problem if
> i could get my Wireless internet connection to work.
>
> I’ve read the sticky about what to do before post, and i’ve done step
> 1 and 2, with difficulty as i’m entirely new to this.
>
> I’m running on an HP dv7 if that is any information for you, and the
> lines i got after the sticky are as follows.
>
> 09:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless
> Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
>
> 09:00.0 0280: 168c:002a (rev 01)

You did fine on steps 1 and 2. Your device uses the ath9k driver. The
next step is to run the command

dmesg | grep ath9k

and post the result.

As to no longer having Windows, please post the result of the command

sudo /sbin/fdisk -l

Larry

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John@linux-2jil:~> dmesg grep ath9k
Usage: dmesg -c] -n level] -s bufsize]

John@linux-2jil:~> sudo/sbin/fdisk -l
bash: sudo/sbin/fdisk: No such file or directory

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LilJohn3464 wrote:
> John@linux-2jil:~> dmesg grep ath9k
> Usage: dmesg -c] -n level] -s bufsize]
>

You do need to be more careful when copying commands. The correct one is

dmesg | grep ath9k

The | character causes the output of dmesg to be “piped” to grep. It
is a standard way to get the output of one utility to the input of
another.

> John@linux-2jil:~> sudo/sbin/fdisk -l
> bash: sudo/sbin/fdisk: No such file or directory

There should be a space after the “sudo”. When I typed the original, I
put two in there so you wouldn’t miss it.

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Ahhh i’m very sorry I was typing them over not simply copy pasting. My apologies and I’ll get that done asap.

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John@linux-2jil:~> dmesg | grep ath9k
ath9k: 0.1
ath9k 0000:09:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ath9k 0000:09:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm ‘ath9k_rate_control’

John@linux-2jil:~> sudo /sbin/fdisk -l
root’s password:

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x877d3b07

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 37204 298841098+ f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda2 37205 38913 13720576 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5 1 262 2104452 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 263 2873 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 2874 37204 275763726 83 Linux

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LilJohn3464 wrote:
> John@linux-2jil:~> dmesg | grep ath9k
> ath9k: 0.1
> ath9k 0000:09:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
> ath9k 0000:09:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> phy0: Selected rate control algorithm ‘ath9k_rate_control’

There does not appear to be any problem. What happens if you enter the
following command:

/usr/sbin/iwlist scan

>
> John@linux-2jil:~> sudo /sbin/fdisk -l
> root’s password:
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x877d3b07
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 37204 298841098+ f W95 Ext’d
> (LBA)
> /dev/sda2 37205 38913 13720576 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda5 1 262 2104452 82 Linux swap /
> Solaris
> /dev/sda6 263 2873 20972826 83 Linux
> /dev/sda7 2874 37204 275763726 83 Linux

If you start YaST => System => Boot Loader, what entries do you see? I
expect you have openSUSE 11.1 and openSUSE 11.1 FailSafe. If you
select the “Other” pulldown, you can select “Edit configuration
files”. On the new screen, pulldown the Filename box and select
/boot/grub/menu.lst. In the resulting file, you will see something
like the following:

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.23-0.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.23-0.1-default
root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK2546GSX_18C2P0KCT-part8
resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK2546GSX_18C2P0KCT-part5
splash=silent showopts vga=0x317
initrd /initrd-2.6.27.23-0.1-default

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name:
failsafe###
title Failsafe – openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.23-0.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.23-0.1-default
root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK2546GSX_18C2P0KCT-part8 showopts
ide=nodma apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off
processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x317
initrd /initrd-2.6.27.23-0.1-default

Do not modify these!!! Go to the bottom of the file, and enter the
following:


##### Windows added ###
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

With this stanza added, you should be able to select Windows when you
boot. If you have any questions about what should be there, then run
the code

sudo cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

and post the result.

Larry

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John@linux-2jil:~> /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:24:56:A4:D6:F1
ESSID:“2WIRE126”
Mode:Master
Channel:2
Frequency:2.417 GHz (Channel 2)
Quality=15/100 Signal level:-85 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000022983911181
Extra: Last beacon: 84ms ago

pan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.

As for the Windows i have it in the boot menu already, except when i select it it starts the system restore feature, then when i continue with this i get an error saying: Error 100a. Then no further information. My sincerest apologies for not making this clear

Secondly with the internet, it seems to be detecting the network just fine. The home network is being detected however when i type in the passcode and click save and connect it will not connect, just says that it is disconnected. I believe that this is because my wifi button does not respond, its just on some sort of touch pad at the top and when i press it it will not change the color blue that it usually does when i have the wifi turned on. Once again i am absolutely sorry that i didn’t provide this information previously.