Read Stickys still confused

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:frowning:
Unfortunately I am not a computer tech.

I looked at YAST under hardware and could find nothing about wireless, likewise for PCI I got this, but do not understand the result:

ken@linux-cfv2:~> /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 7914
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 2)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8071 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
0b:06.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711SP1 Memory CardBus Controller (rev 01)
0b:06.2 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 02)
0b:06.3 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)
0b:06.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
ken@linux-cfv2:~>

If someone understands this ( I do not! ) please post if it is relevant to what I need to find out. Or please tell me where else to look. I am baffled. Wireless worked fine with Vista out of the box. Since removing Vista I no longer have wireless capability.

Please do not get angry with my ineptitude! Like I said I am not a computer tech. I have managed to get everything else I need working, like all my video editing and photo editing stuff.Mostly through reading the threads here. Never had a need for wireless, but figured since I now have a wireless router, compliments of Verizon it would be nice to try and use it.:shame:

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The 2 parts of interest to you are:

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8071 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

wireless boffins will be sure to help. I’m not one of them I’m afraid.

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Thanks. I wouldn’t even have known what any of that stuff was.

Once again I am confused as to what most Linux users, use their computers for.
Just curious.
I use mine for: General internet use, browsing e’mail
compiling and editing digital photos
downloading music and video clips and compiling them into videos to use on a DVD or music CD player.

Otherwise I have little or no use for a computer. Just curious. Realize it has nothing to do with my actual question. Really don’t need a wireless router either, but it comes with my Fios install, and since I am paying through the nose to have it, just figured it would be nice to be able to use my laptop in another room.:X

Just for everyones information, I have been using Linux in some form or another for three years. A computer geek friend of mine suggested I use it. Since I was always pestering him with windows problems, and most had to do with conflicts with the stupid security software. I was on this forum previously, but since my e’mail had changed was unable to login for some unknown reason. Would seem like many outside of the US don’t have as many ISP issues. Or maybe it’s simply because I live in redneck land, and most everyone knows even less about computers than I do. LOL

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Have a look here: HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless)/Broadcom BCM43xx - openSUSE

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Ken:

if you want to get your wireless working, read this:

Broadcom not connecting stuck with sticky - openSUSE Forums

I believe you have a BCM4312 802.11b/g and I believe larry finger would say you need to " install the appropriate broadcom-wl-xxxx package for your kernel"