How to do you enable Atheros AR9285 card in runlevel 3?

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#1

Hi,

I am running openSuse 13.2 with Atheros AR9285 wireless card working just fine in runlevel 5 (ie gui interface). I want to upgrade 13.2 to Leap. Per upgrade’s instructions, i have to run the upgrade from the runlevel 3 (text mode +network). Unfortunately, I can not get my wireless card to work in runlevel 3…
Does anyone know how to configure wireless card to get it to work in runlevel 3?

Thanks!

#2

Hi
Probably safer to switch to using wicked, rather than NetworkManager? Configure via YaST or via the ncurses version in a VT

Just press alt+F1 to switch to a VT (tty1), login as root, check you wireless connection then run the init 3 command and check again.

#3

Thanks for reply. I am not too sure what you meant in your first line, but I did follow the instructions in your 2nd line:
went to shell, switched to root, pinged yahoo.com - works,
did the init 3, pinged yahoo.com - does not work.
did the ifconfig, the ipaddress is not assigned to my wlo2 adapter, but other info is in there.

Regarding your very first line, what exactly should I be configuring via YaST?

thanks!

#4

Hi
YaST->System->Network Settings on the Global Options in the dropdown select wicked, then on the overview, select your wireless device and hit edit to configure as required on the next screens.

#5

Thanks!! I set the wireless to DCHP under wicked and it worked like a charm in runlevel 3.
Now happily running Leap.

Thanks a lot!!