NEW INSTALL OF OPENSUSE 12.2 XFCE- 2 PROBLEMS TO START WITH.....

First, I installed dualboot with winxp, full install from CD.
When finished, boots up and NO WIFI icon.
I thought maybe had to reinstall Belkin usb adapter driver?
so, ran into Second problem: won’t run autoplay and the setup.exe file. geez.
wants to open it with an application ??? what…???
anyway,
I read the stickies. did the geeky stuff and got this:

dave@linux-5io7:~> /usr/bin/lsusb

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 050d:945a Belkin Components F7D1101 Basic Wireless USB Adapter v1000 [Realtek RTL8188SU]dm

dave@linux-5io7:~> /dmesg | less

80.910642] usb 1-4: USB disconnect, device number 3
84.930024] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
85.046463] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=050d, idProduct=945a
85.046468] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
85.046471] usb 1-3: Product: Basic Wireless USB Adapter
85.046474] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
85.046477] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
85.047072] r8712u: DriverVersion: v7_0.20100831
85.047108] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
85.047114] r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
85.047585] r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
85.420960] r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000
85.420965] r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 94:44:52:e3:4d:2e
85.420968] r8712u: Loading firmware from “rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin”

11.982766] USB Mass Storage support registered.
11.998639] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unkn
own, you have been warned.
11.999930] r8712u: DriverVersion: v7_0.20100831
11.999968] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
11.999974] r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
12.005239] r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
12.031772] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
12.085474] iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.07
12.085632] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH6 or ICH6R TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x
0860)
12.085723] iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
12.405111] r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000
12.405116] r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 94:44:52:e3:4d:2e
12.405120] r8712u: Loading firmware from “rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin”
12.405257] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
12.465154] firewire_core 0000:02:01.0: created device fw0: GUID 00e0180000ce

dave@linux-5io7:~> /usr/sbin/iwconfig

wlan0 unassociated Nickname:“rtl_wifi”
Mode:Auto Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

dave@linux-5io7:~>

dave@linux-5io7:~> sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.

root’s password:
wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning : Network is down

lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.

dave@linux-5io7:~>

what do I need to do to connect to wifi?
thanks


On 12/18/2012 12:36 PM, dduran1210 wrote:

> wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning : Network is down
>
> lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.
>
> eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
>

You need to bring the network up. What desktop are you using? Are you using
NetworkManager or ifup? I suspect the latter because NM will bring the network
up as long as the firmware is loaded and the radio switch is on. Your device
does not have one, but a Bluetooth device could be blocking. Please post the
output of


/usr/sbin/rfkill list

If you enter it correctly, and still get a “command not found”, then you will
need to install rfkill.

If you are trying to use ifup, I heartily recommend switching to NM. There are
many details in wireless networking that are not easy with ifup, but trivial
with NM.

As an in between, can you please use CODE tags around your computer text next time? Use the # button in th toolbar.

It will prevent the smileys you now have in your iwconfig listing and also prevent the layout in columns and the like from getting lost.

will do...on the codes.

i installed the XFCE desktop. and I tried the networkmanager box.  But could not get it to work either....i believe it was asking

me to put in a cd  for  an  "  iw "  ??? whatever that is.  sooooo, I  decided to go back to gnome?  since the live cd worked and

i didn't have all this hassle.   Now I deleted the partition and it screwed up winxp which I am re-installing again....(sigh). Then

I believe I will do a full install of the gnome desktop.  Seems I read online that the KDE desktop has a problem with the cd/dvd drives?

I tried the KDE Live and had that problem.  

Anyway, hope Gnome desktop will run like the live cd .  I do like the openSuse better than Ubuntu....

If i try the XFCE top again, will follow your instructions on the NetWorkManager thing.

thanks

@dduran1210
I have always use ifup on openSUSE/GNOME right from 11.0~12.2
You can easily configure ifup using YaST (Network Settings)
You may also try Cinnamon desktop for openSUSE
Many seem to like Cinnamon better than Shell unlike me :wink:

Sorry, but you completely misunderstood me. The CODE tags are to be used around the copied/pasted text from your terminal, like the iwlistscan information. Your human story stays of course **outside **the CODE tags. That is whre the word CODE is used for, for wrapping around computer code.
Didn’t you see in in other threads how this is done?

I guess I did see it, but never knew how that worked. Anyway thanks for the explanation.

will come back and try this again soon.