So, I have OpenSUSE installed on my laptop and everything is working well, except the wireless.
It almost seems that every time I run a KDE distro I can not get the internet to work.
I’ve run YaST and used iwconfig. nothing is working for me.
Please help
-ZAD
someone is going to tell you to supply some more information
My wireless doesn’t work - a primer on what I should do next - openSUSE Forums
this is one of the stickies:
it suggests some info eg
/sbin/lspci
The other alternative is to go here
Benutzeranleitung/Usersguide von/of collectNWData | collectNWData.sh
download this diagnostic script, designed for Suse; and run it;
you can paste the results back here; but a few minutes spent reading the results might allow you to fix things yourself
(I recommend @framp’s script above: provides extensive data)
good luck
The firmware is ok.
it is not a hardware issue.
I am able to see my wlan, along with others from neighbors.
when I run iwlist scan my network comes up, but when I iwconfig under wlan0 the ESSID is incorrect even though I used the network manager to add mine.
I am able to set it up using the GUI, the GUI also can detect my wlan. The problem arises when I try to connect.
I can input all my network information. Then each time I click it to connect a pop up comes asking for my WEP. I type it in and nothing happens.
When I click the wlan settings icon it shows that my network is set up, has a signal but there is a yellow shield with an exclamation point in it next to the signal.
and as mentioned each time I try and click the wlan name to connect, it pops up a box for my WEP. When I enter it nothing happens.
What’s making me angry is that it seems like every time I try to use KDE, my wireless will not set up.
I insert a boot disk for a distro with genome and the wireless set up is cake.
Try deleting all connection in network manager and add in wlan0 again. works all dreamy for me.
Or, delete networkmanager, change control to ifup and install WICD. Your problems sound exactly like the problems I had which were easily solved doing the above.
I’ll try both things some time this afternoon and post results.
-ZAD