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Dear Sir I am also facing the same problem in my Dell e6400 Laptop. I have just installed open suse 11.3, But wireless tab has disabled. Following is the required info for my installed setup. Could you please suggest the right rpm installation.
uname -a
Linux aps 2.6.34-12-default #1 SMP 2010-06-29 02:39:08 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
zypper lr -d
| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
–±------------------------------------±------------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±----------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /update/11.3 |
2 | google-chrome | google-chrome | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386 |
3 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0 |
4 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.3-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
5 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss |
6 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.3-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
7 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.3-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /source/distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
/sbin/lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] [8086:1237] (rev 02)
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] [8086:7000]
00:01.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE [8086:7111] (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter [80ee:beef]
00:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller [8086:100e] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter [8086:001e]
Kernel driver in use: e1000
00:04.0 System peripheral [0880]: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Guest Service [80ee:cafe]
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801AA AC’97 Audio Controller [8086:2415] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0000]
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
00:06.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB [106b:003f]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:07.0 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI [8086:7113] (rev 08)
00:0b.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:0d.0 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: ahci
As mentioned in the post I attempted to install the required rpms as below but it does not go through.
rpm -ivh broadcom-wl-5.60.246.2-7.pm.8.2.i586.rpm
warning: broadcom-wl-5.60.246.2-7.pm.8.2.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 9a795806: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
broadcom-wl-kmp is needed by broadcom-wl-5.60.246.2-7.pm.8.2.i586
rpm -ivh broadcom-wl-kmp-default-5.60.246.2_k2.6.34.7_0.7-7.pm.8.2.i586.rpm
warning: broadcom-wl-kmp-default-5.60.246.2_k2.6.34.7_0.7-7.pm.8.2.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 9a795806: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
kernel(default:drivers_pci) = 01438314449c85d5 is needed by broadcom-wl-kmp-default-5.60.246.2_k2.6.34.7_0.7-7.pm.8.2.i586
kernel(default:fs) = c5637d3bee2a5bf0 is needed by broadcom-wl-kmp-default-5.60.246.2_k2.6.34.7_0.7-7.pm.8.2.i586
Try using
rpm -ivh broadcom-wl-5.60.246.2-7.pm.8.2.i586.rpm --nodeps
then the
rpm -ivh broadcom-wl-kmp-default-5.60.246.2_k2.6.34.7_0.7-7.pm.8.2.i586.rpm
or if you can’t do it as above try:
not sure if this is right
rpm -ivh broadcom-wl-5.60.246.2-7.pm.8.2.i586.rpm && broadcom-wl-kmp-default-5.60.246.2_k2.6.34.7_0.7-7.pm.8.2.i586.rpm
On 01/13/2011 01:36 AM, apsingh wrote:
> /sbin/lspci -nnk
> 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC
> [Natoma] [8086:1237] (rev 02)
> 00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA
> [Natoma/Triton II] [8086:7000]
> 00:01.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE
> [8086:7111] (rev 01)
> Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH
> VirtualBox Graphics Adapter [80ee:beef]
> 00:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit
> Ethernet Controller [8086:100e] (rev 02)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter
> [8086:001e]
> Kernel driver in use: e1000
> 00:04.0 System peripheral [0880]: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH
> VirtualBox Guest Service [80ee:cafe]
> 00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801AA
> AC’97 Audio Controller [8086:2415] (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0000]
> Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
> 00:06.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid
> USB [106b:003f]
> Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
> 00:07.0 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI
> [8086:7113] (rev 08)
> 00:0b.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW
> (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c]
> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
> 00:0d.0 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM
> (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 02)
> Kernel driver in use: ahci
> ----------------------------------------
There is no wireless adapter in the above list. In fact, it looks as though you
issued that command on a virtual machine as your adapters on buses 00:02.0 and
00:04.0 are “built” by InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH!