Well as a newcomer to Linux and some issues with my video drivers I now seem to have 12.2 installed and running (thanks caf4926, gogalthorp, hcvv et al). I managed to login through grub 2 level 3, installed the nvidia drivers and ran zypper patch twice and re-booted. I have wired networking sorted but it won’t run wirelessly. How do I get it working. As suggested in a previous thread I ran the command :
**/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
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On 01/16/2013 04:06 PM, Devil20 wrote:
>
> Well as a newcomer to Linux and some issues with my video drivers I now
> seem to have 12.2 installed and running (thanks caf4926, gogalthorp,
> hcvv et al). I managed to login through grub 2 level 3, installed the
> nvidia drivers and ran zypper patch twice and re-booted. I have wired
> networking sorted but it won’t run wirelessly. How do I get it working.
> As suggested in a previous thread I ran the command :
> /SBIN/LSPCI -NNK | GREP -IA2 NET
>
> WHICH RETURNED :
>
> **02:00.0 NETWORK CONTROLLER [0280]: INTEL CORPORATION PRO/WIRELESS
> 5100 AGN [SHILOH] NETWORK CONNECTION [8086:4237]
> SUBSYSTEM: INTEL CORPORATION WIFI LINK 5100 AGN [8086:1211]
> KERNEL DRIVER IN USE: IWLWIFI
> 03:00.0 ETHERNET CONTROLLER [0200]: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
> RTL8111/8168B PCI EXPRESS GIGABIT ETHERNET CONTROLLER [10EC:8168] (REV
> 02)
> SUBSYSTEM: HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY DEVICE [103C:3603]
> KERNEL DRIVER IN USE: R8169
> Don’t know it that helps any.
This thread should have been posted in the wireless forum, where the stickies
would have told you that the lspci output was essential. They also tell you some
additional things to check.
Since you have started here, I reply here.
Check the output from the ‘dmesg’ command to see if the firmware was found.
If not, install the kernel-firmware package.
Does a wireless device show up in the /usr/sbin/iwconfig output?
If it does, does ‘sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan’ show output from your AP?
Does the command ‘/usr/sbin/rfkill list’ show anything that is blocked? You
mat need to install the rfkill package.
Point taken. I’ll make sure I post in the correct part of the forum in future. It seems to be working OK now I think. I’ll run through your suggestions to to double check and also to educate myself a bit more. Thanks.