Just noticed after I created the topic that I’m probably in the wrong forum - sorry.
Hey guys, as you can see from the thread title I’m struggling with basic problems.
I just installed OpenSUSE 11.0 via Live-CD and almost everything went fine except my wireless card.
With lspci I found out I have an
3:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
type of wireless card. So I went through the Atheros madwifi - openSUSE procedure using the YaST method. The installation went well without any problems.
After that I tried the
modprobe ath_pci
I get the error
FATAL: Module ath_pci not found.
I also tried then by getting the .tar.gz myself, extracting it into my folder and compiling the driver myself with the make. Unfortunately that prompted me an error aswell:
bash: make: command not found
Any can help me what basic mistake I’m doing here?
have you added any repositories ? as the livecd is limited when it comes to software,if you have a wired connection,i recommend you add the madwifi repo & install the drivers that way,then go wireless. I always recommend you use the dvd version when it comes to installing.
I haven’t done much more than the above mentioned. So I guess I haven’t added Repositories
Guess I will buy a DVD then and download the DVD version. Or is there a way to get all the stuff that is on the DVD in kind of 1 package?
I just had a little more time to try before I had to go to work.
So I use YaST to install repositories. So I tried to download the gcc-++ compiler. I marked the file and it automatically marked few more to install (dependancies I assume). After all I need was marked I pressed accept and the download and installation started and when it was done I was asked if I wanted to add/remove more programs. I pressed no and wanted to see if he knew the g++ command now.
I tried to compile my hello.cc via g++ hello.cc -o hello and the message I got: command not found.
I checked the repo again and… surprise gcc-++ wasnt marked as installed.
YaST > Network Devices > Network Settings tells me in the title of the WLAN Card:
AR5212 802.11abg NIC Not configured
and in the details below:
AR5212 802.11abg NIC (Not connected)
BusID : 0000:03:00.0
Unable to configure the network card because the kernel device (eth0, wlan0) is not present. This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See dmesg output for details.
So if I installed the .rpm from that page it should also intialize the firmware? If so - it didnt work.
Man, I really feel helpless
When I trieb Ubuntu the wireless worked from the box but the sound wouldnt want to work. And now the sound runs perfectly but no chance with the wireless. I’m cursed!
