That one day Opensuse will have on release of a
11+ new system will have a working wireless.
Before the questions start flowing.
I have read Iwfinger stickies.
I have spent hours possibly day’s if you add them.
Trying to get wireless to work
This weekend I downloaded the following systems.
Fedora 14, Ubuntu 10.10, Mint,PClinux to my laptop.
All gave wireless out of the box, Suse 11.4 did not.
Is this a rant NO, I have run opensuse on my main system
since 9,And love it.
In the past I have just jumped to WICD, but does work in 11.4
It installs but does not load,with errors line 54 in modules, and more often
dbus error.
While looking for a cure You cannot help but notice how many others
struggle with the same problem.
Does anyone expect a cure sometime soon??
Feel free to tell me the above is not true.
I do run 11.4 on my main with much video conversation
and its great.
On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 11:06 +0000, rushman wrote:
> That one day Opensuse will have on release of a
> 11+ new system will have a working wireless.
>
> Before the questions start flowing.
>
> I have read Iwfinger stickies.
> I have spent hours possibly day’s if you add them.
> Trying to get wireless to work
>
> This weekend I downloaded the following systems.
> Fedora 14, Ubuntu 10.10, Mint,PClinux to my laptop.
> All gave wireless out of the box, Suse 11.4 did not.
>
> Is this a rant NO, I have run opensuse on my main system
> since 9,And love it.
>
> In the past I have just jumped to WICD, but does work in 11.4
> It installs but does not load,with errors line 54 in modules, and more
> often
> dbus error.
>
> While looking for a cure You cannot help but notice how many others
> struggle with the same problem.
>
> Does anyone expect a cure sometime soon??
>
> Feel free to tell me the above is not true.
>
> I do run 11.4 on my main with much video conversation
> and its great.
>
> rushman
>
>
Hi
Not running KDE are you? My netbook works fine with Atheros chipset, but
I use the Gnome DE.
Yes I am running KDE, but I did give 11.4 gnome cd a go
but the result was exactly the same.
I am begging to wonder if suse are content to let the very helpful
bods on here sort a problem that should not have been there
in thr first place.
regards
jim
On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 14:36 +0000, rushman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yes I am running KDE, but I did give 11.4 gnome cd a go
> but the result was exactly the same.
>
> I am begging to wonder if suse are content to let the very helpful
> bods on here sort a problem that should not have been there
> in thr first place.
> regards
> jim
>
>
Hi
So if you don’t use the network manager and define the wireless
connection via YaST, does it work?
Some people have been dropping the KDE NetworkManager and using the
Gnome one…
On 04/10/2011 09:41 AM, malcolmlewis wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 14:36 +0000, rushman wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Yes I am running KDE, but I did give 11.4 gnome cd a go
>> but the result was exactly the same.
>>
>> I am begging to wonder if suse are content to let the very helpful
>> bods on here sort a problem that should not have been there
>> in thr first place.
>> regards
>> jim
>>
>>
> Hi
> So if you don’t use the network manager and define the wireless
> connection via YaST, does it work?
>
> Some people have been dropping the KDE NetworkManager and using the
> Gnome one…
For me, KDE networkmanager works. I have no idea where your problem lies, but
I’m not sure you understood the stickies. At least you have not followed one of
them. Your posting has a very generic title, and you supplied no real
information. You gave a variation of “My wireless doesn’t work”.
Many of the problems that occur in this release are in handling of the rfkill
switch for some kinds of laptops. If your computer has a real on/off switch like
mine, then there is not a problem. If it has a function key that needs support
of a Windows Management Interface (WMI) routine, then it may not work for your
model. What model do you have? Oh, you didn’t say!
You may also have a wireless device whose driver is broken in 2.6.37. As you
carefully failed to tell us what you have, how would we know? What kernel
versions are in all those other distros you tried?
If either of the above problems describe your situation, please be aware that
they are kernel problems and openSUSE does not control them.
Now, please drop the attitude and supply useful information. Once you do, I will
try to help you.
And yes I followed your to stickies and yes I
tried rfkill switch which did not remove acer on.
and I have now removed removed the acer on off.
I am not here to push for help, I will not reinstall
11.4 on my laptop until such times as they put right
the problem.
I would surgest you look accross the internet and see
just how many are haveing the problem.If there was not
a problem you would not have 2 stickies, don’t me so touchy.
I have given my thoughts as to how I see it.11.4 it is not for first
time or users without knowledge of the command line,
and i know that you and others do your best to help them.
That does not alter the fact that something is flawed in the system.
New users should be able to install and access without problems.
Instead of putting me down,put your great knowledge to work on
an update, that please many want to users. It would be nice if you attacked
the cause and not the problems.
please do no take this personnell you give avery good service.
It would be nice if you took the trouble to read the post.
I asked a question about the future of suse…
It just required answer of YES or No with your comments.
I did not ask for support.
there are no trees here so dogs do not bark up them.
I am part of a small group of growing linux user here,
most of which do not use 11.4 If as iwfinger says
its a Kernel problem then don’t use 37 I am useing 38
from tumbleweed and the problem is still there.
The problem is knetworkmanager.
I am not here to push for help, I will not reinstall
11.4 on my laptop until such times as they put right
the problem.
I would surgest you look accross the internet and see
just how many are haveing the problem.If there was not
a problem you would not have 2 stickies, don’t me so touchy.
I have given my thoughts as to how I see it.11.4 it is not for first
time or users without knowledge of the command line,
and i know that you and others do your best to help them.
That does not alter the fact that something is flawed in the system.
Then you should really have posted this in the Soapbox forum as you’re not requesting help. You haven’t supplied enough information that would allow anyone to assist anyway…
Check it out man, follow the steps, they cured me wifi on opensuse. I found it also peculiar to release such a version of KNM/PNM with a stable 11.4 openSUSE. It’s not useless, but troublesome. On the other hand , the Gnome networkman is far better, though not perfect. Never the less, it solved many people’s weird wifi problems, so give it a try. I am no DEV so I decribed it this way guys like you & me can understand, what neds to be done.
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CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD
[NNTP via openSUSE 11.3 + KDE4.5.5 + Thunderbird3.1.8]
Maybe the developers are not here because they are so busy fixing these> http://tinyurl.com/392jnb
I read your thread about your wireless issues with 11.4. I saw you have an acer laptop.
I too have an acer laptop. What model do you have? What linux distro are you using now?
I am considering getting Linux Mint. My wireless is disabled until I connect a nic casble.
Within 3 seconds the wireless is then activated which tells me it is installed ok.
I have not been able to get any help as to how to have the wireless on when the gnome DE
comes up.
I would also say I do not have a problem with wifi
The 2 stickies at the start of the wireless forum will solve
most on line problems, povideing they can work out how to use the command line.
But in my view are just fire fighting .
The laptop was not an Acer. The acer comment was regarding
a soft on option.
We have a group small linux group here, my comments were about the frustions
I n the group about poor wifi access in 11.4 as against other distro’s.