Hi,
I just installed the latest openSUSE on my laptop. I actually had wireless working. Then it stopped.
Wireless is fine on my desktop computer. When I take the cable from my router and plug it into the laptop then I have internet.
What can I check in order to fix this problem.
Open a terminal and post result of
/sbin/lspci -nnk
Here’s the result:
tom@linux-7uy7:~> /sbin/lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3580] (rev 02)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad R50e [1014:055c]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3584] (rev 02)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad R50e [1014:055d]
00:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3585] (rev 02)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad R50e [1014:055e]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad R50e [1014:0562]
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad R50e [1014:0562]
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad [1014:052d]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad [1014:052d]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad [1014:052d]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad [1014:052e]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad [1014:052d]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad [1014:052d]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC’97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM Thinkpad R50e model 1634 [1014:055f]
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC’97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad R50e [1014:0559]
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH Modem
02:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac56]
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad R50e [1014:0512]
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation IBM ThinkPad R50e [8086:2712]
Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
02:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller [8086:103d] (rev 81)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad R40 [1014:0522]
Kernel driver in use: e100
tom@linux-7uy7:~>
This is your wireless device:
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation IBM ThinkPad R50e [8086:2712]
Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
It looks OK.
Perhaps you should explain what happens / how is it NOT working. Make sure you have rebooted since it stopped working.
I don’t know what else to tell you. I’m new to openSUSE. I found a network or wireless tab in the “task bar” at the bottom. Now I don’t even see that.
I open Firefox and am unable to reach any internet sites, that is the symptom.
Is there anything you can recommend?
Are you using KDE or Gnome desktop
I’m using KDE desktop
Type this in a terminal
knetworkmanager
what happens
knetworkmanager
response:
no such signal QTreeWidget : : itemDoublClicked(QTreeWidgetItem*)
From a terminal get the result of
r
pm -qi NetworkManager-kde4
zypper lr -d
tom@linux-ptj9:~> rpm -qi networkmanager-kde4
package networkmanager-kde4 is not installed
tom@linux-ptj9:~> zypper lr -d
–±------------------------------------±------------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±------±----------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /update/11.3 |
2 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0 |
3 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.3-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
4 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss |
5 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.3-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
6 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.3-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /source/distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
tom@linux-ptj9:~> ^C
tom@linux-ptj9:~>
tom@linux-ptj9:~> rpm -qi networkmanager-kde4
package networkmanager-kde4 is not installed
tom@linux-ptj9:~> zypper lr -d
–±------------------------------------±------------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±------±----------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /update/11.3 |
2 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0 |
3 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.3-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
4 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss |
5 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.3-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
6 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.3-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /source/distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
tom@linux-ptj9:~> rpm -qi networkmanager-kde4
package networkmanager-kde4 is not installed
tom@linux-ptj9:~> zypper lr -d
–±------------------------------------±------------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±------±----------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /update/11.3 |
2 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0 |
3 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.3-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
4 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss |
5 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.3-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
6 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.3-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /source/distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
tom@linux-ptj9:~> ^C
tom@linux-ptj9:~>
I plugged in a wireless USB dongle that works on my desktop computer, the openSUSE laptop still didn’t get wireless.
If I click on the Network icon in the taskbar
I see that Enable Wireless is checked.
So I click on
“Wireless 802.11 Create Network Connection”
I get “Select Wireless Network”
I see my wireless and my neighbor’s
I double click on mine and I get to Add Network Connection
I enter my wireless password
Now if I click on the Network icon in the taskbar
I see “Setting Network Address”
and “Activating”
Then The "Secrets for TomWirelessHome dialogue box opens again.
Would you say I somehow chose the wrong Key Type or the wrong WEP Index
I’m sure the password I enter is correct.
do the following as su -
zypper in networkmanager-kde4
After I plugged in the network cable it seemed to be doing something good, but then I get “The highest available version is already installed. Resolving package dependencies… Nothing to do.” This is frustrating.
tom@linux-ptj9:~> su -
Password:
linux-ptj9:~ # zypper in networkmanager-kde4
Retrieving repository ‘Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82’ metadata ]
Download (curl) error for ‘http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/repodata/repomd.xml’:
Retrieving repository ‘Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82’ metadata [done]
Building repository ‘Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82’ cache [done]
Retrieving repository ‘openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss’ metadata [done]
Building repository ‘openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss’ cache [done]
Retrieving repository ‘openSUSE-11.3-Oss’ metadata [done]
Building repository ‘openSUSE-11.3-Oss’ cache [done]
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
‘NetworkManager-kde4’ providing ‘networkmanager-kde4’ is already installed.
No update candidate for ‘NetworkManager-kde4-0.9.svn1057339-4.1.i586’. The highest available version is already installed.
Resolving package dependencies…
Nothing to do.
linux-ptj9:~ #
Please do this in a terminal and post result:
rpm --qi NetworkManager-kde4
While not plugged in to the network.
linux-ptj9:~ # rpm -qi NetworkManager-kde4
Name : NetworkManager-kde4 Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 0.9.svn1057339 Vendor: openSUSE
Release : 4.1 Build Date: Tue Jul 6 03:31:47 2010
Install Date: Sat Aug 14 08:06:36 2010 Build Host: build10
Group : System/GUI/KDE Source RPM: NetworkManager-kde4-0.9.svn1057339-4.1.src.rpm
Size : 166474 License: LGPL v2 or later
Signature : RSA/8, Tue Jul 6 03:32:40 2010, Key ID b88b2fd43dbdc284
Packager : openSUSE:Submitting bug reports - openSUSE
URL : KDE - Experience Freedom!
Summary : NetworkManager client for KDE 4
Description :
KNetworkManager is a KDE 4 applet for controlling
network connections on systems that use the NetworkManager service.
so do you have a network manager icon in the system tray?
make sure it’s not being hidden by the hidden icons manager