Please Wireless Help

wokay123 · January 8, 2010, 5:08am

Hi All,
I just installed openSUSE dual-boot with windows. Wireless works fine on windows. Only ethernet works on openSUSE. At first, it couldn’t even find my wireless network. With my friend’s help we experimented and tried everything to find the driver for my broadcam4312 driver. Later, my friend some update from the official openSUSE peeps…

Then, the wireless could my network. I entered in my password and then hoped for the best but then it got stuck on the Obtaining IP Adress part. I know I got the rite password. Please help !!!

Btw I have Lenovo G550

Thanks

caf4926 · January 8, 2010, 5:15am

Open a terminal type the following and post the result

/sbin/lspic -nnk

The wireless info will be at the end, but post it all if you can’t figure it out.

lwfinger · January 8, 2010, 5:29am

On 01/07/2010 10:16 PM, caf4926 wrote:
>
> Open a terminal type the following and post the result
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> /sbin/lspic -nnk
> --------------------
> The wireless info will be at the end, but post it all if you can’t
> figure it out.

It should be lspci - typo above.

wokay123 · January 8, 2010, 5:45am

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a00]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a02]
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a02]
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a09]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a0a]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a0b]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a0c]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a0d]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a14]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a15]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a16]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a17]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a19]
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2929] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a1a]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a1d]
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem [8086:2932] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a1f]
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:04b5]
Kernel driver in use: wl
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1713] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Lenovo IdeaPad S10e [17aa:3a23]
Kernel driver in use: tg3

This is it I guess…

caf4926 · January 8, 2010, 5:57am

It’s this

04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:04b5]
Kernel driver in use: wl

try this:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/broumbroum23/openSUSE_11.2_oss/HCL-WIFI.ymp

lwfinger · January 8, 2010, 6:06am

On 01/07/2010 10:46 PM, wokay123 wrote:
> 04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312
> 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:04b5]
> Kernel driver in use: wl

You already have the correct driver loaded. Please enter the following commands
and post the output:

sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig scan
/usr/sbin/iwconfig

avilella · January 8, 2010, 1:49pm

There are a couple of possible solutions listed here:

http://launchpad.net/~lenovo-g550

Issues and solutions:
Broadcom BCM4312 no wireless. Possible solutions here:

Plugging in to a hardwired connection + allowing Ubuntu Karmic to do updates, rebooting and selecting “Broadcom STA Driver” under Hardware Drivers from System preferences.
Ubuntu Forums - View Single Post - [SOLVED] No wireless in 9.10 with Broadcom BCM4312
[SOLVED] 9.10 Broadcom Wireless to Work - Ubuntu Forums](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1288865)

Broadcom BCM4312/hidden SSID. Possible solution here:
[ubuntu] Broadcom BCM4312/Ubuntu 8.10/Dell Inspiron 1525 wifi not working if SSID hidden - Ubuntu Forums](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1009404)

Hope it helps.

wokay123 · January 9, 2010, 3:12am

When I enter sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig scan I get:

@linux-w5dt:~> sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig scan
scan No such device

when I try “@linux-w5dt:~> sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig” I get this:

no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:“family-wireless”
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:18:F8:FD:AF:BE
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Managementmode:All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=-19 dBm Noise level=-89 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.

Thanks for the quick replies…

lwfinger · January 9, 2010, 4:30am

On 01/08/2010 08:16 PM, wokay123 wrote:
>
> When I enter sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig scan I get:
>
> @linux-w5dt:~> sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig scan
> scan No such device
>
>
> when I try “@linux-w5dt:~> sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig” I get this:
>
> no wireless extensions.
>
> eth1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:“family-wireless”
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point:
> 00:18:F8:FD:AF:BE
> Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Power Managementmode:All packets received
> Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=-19 dBm Noise level=-89 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.

You are associated. You likely have the routing problem. Enter the command
‘/sbin/route -n’. Is there an entry with the “Flags” entry of UG? If not, post
what you see.

If there is a UG row, then post the output of ‘cat /etc/resolv.conf’.

wokay123 · January 9, 2010, 7:32pm

aditya@linux-w5dt:~> /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
aditya@linux-w5dt:~> cat/etc/resolv.conf
bash: cat/etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory
aditya@linux-w5dt:~> cat /etc/resolv.conf

/etc/resolv.conf file autogenerated by netconfig!

Before you change this file manually, consider to define the

static DNS configuration using the following variables in the

/etc/sysconfig/network/config file:

NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST

NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS

NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER

or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting:

NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY=’’

Note: Manual change of this file disables netconfig too, but

may get lost when this file contains comments or empty lines

only, the netconfig settings are same with settings in this

file and in case of a “netconfig update -f” call.

Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!

search hsd1.ca.comcast.net.
nameserver 68.87.76.182
nameserver 68.87.78.134
aditya@linux-w5dt:~

Thanks

lwfinger · January 9, 2010, 7:50pm

On 01/09/2010 12:36 PM, wokay123 wrote:
>
> aditya@linux-w5dt:~> /sbin/route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0
> eth0
> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
> lo
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
> eth0

Both routing table and resolv.conf look fine, BUT you were connected via eth0,
not your wireless. Pull the wire, try to connect with wireless and repeat the
outputs.

wokay123 · January 11, 2010, 6:44am

Okay I’ll Try that.

wokay123 · January 13, 2010, 2:32am

Sorry for late reply.

aditya@linux-w5dt:~> /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
aditya@linux-w5dt:~> cat/etc/resolv.conf
bash: cat/etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory
aditya@linux-w5dt:~> cat /etc/resolv.conf

/etc/resolv.conf file autogenerated by netconfig!

Before you change this file manually, consider to define the

static DNS configuration using the following variables in the

/etc/sysconfig/network/config file:

NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST

NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS

NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER

or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting:

NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY=’’

Note: Manual change of this file disables netconfig too, but

may get lost when this file contains comments or empty lines

only, the netconfig settings are same with settings in this

file and in case of a “netconfig update -f” call.

Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!

aditya@linux-w5dt:~> cat /etc/resolv.conf

wokay123 · January 15, 2010, 4:57am

can someone help me with my wireless issue? I’m sorry I gave a late reply.

lwfinger · January 15, 2010, 6:41am

On 01/12/2010 07:36 PM, wokay123 wrote:
>
> Sorry for late reply.
>
>
> aditya@linux-w5dt:~> /sbin/route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
> lo
> aditya@linux-w5dt:~> cat/etc/resolv.conf
> bash: cat/etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory
> aditya@linux-w5dt:~> cat /etc/resolv.conf
> ### /etc/resolv.conf file autogenerated by netconfig!
> #
> # Before you change this file manually, consider to define the
> # static DNS configuration using the following variables in the
> # /etc/sysconfig/network/config file:
> # NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST
> # NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS
> # NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER
> # or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting:
> # NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY=’’
> #
> # See also the netconfig(8) manual page and other documentation.
> #
> # Note: Manual change of this file disables netconfig too, but
> # may get lost when this file contains comments or empty lines
> # only, the netconfig settings are same with settings in this
> # file and in case of a “netconfig update -f” call.
> #
> ### Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!
> aditya@linux-w5dt:~> cat /etc/resolv.conf

In this case, your wireless was not up.

wokay123 · January 15, 2010, 8:06am

No No… My wireless was working I’m sure. My other computers with Windows XP were running fine with wireless. So here is what I did…

1)Disconnect Etherent from laptop

Try to connect with Wireless
ENter all passwords
Enter Commands

Can you help me based on this?

I really appreciate your help, Ifwinger.

THanks for replying

lwfinger · January 15, 2010, 6:00pm

On 01/15/2010 01:06 AM, wokay123 wrote:
>
> No No… My wireless was working I’m sure. My other computers with
> Windows XP were running fine with wireless. So here is what I did…
>
> 1)Disconnect Etherent from laptop
>
> 2) Try to connect with Wireless
>
> 3) ENter all passwords
>
> 4) Enter Commands
>
> Can you help me based on this?
>
> I really appreciate your help, Ifwinger.

Other than the kwallet password, do NOT enter the passwords from a popup. You
must use the applet’s “Manage Connections” button to create the connection
including the encryption password, etc.

wokay123 · January 16, 2010, 8:25am

Here I did the same thing as last time but I only entered the kdwallet password.

aditya@linux-w5dt:~> /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
aditya@linux-w5dt:~>

Thanks

lwfinger · January 16, 2010, 5:24pm

On 01/16/2010 01:26 AM, wokay123 wrote:
>
> Here I did the same thing as last time but I only entered the kdwallet
> password.
>
> aditya@linux-w5dt:~> /sbin/route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
> lo
> aditya@linux-w5dt:~>

Please send the output of ‘/usr/sbin/iwconfig’ and ‘sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan’
as well.

wokay123 · January 17, 2010, 12:56am

aditya@linux-w5dt:~> /usr/sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated
Link Quality:5 Signal level:233 Noise level:168
Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.