Hi,
I’m new to Linux but eager to learn. I am currently running openSUSE 11.4 on my Toshiba A505 laptop. I’m not certain about the exact model number of the wireless adapter but I believe it’s made by Realtek. It does not show up in my list of network connections in YaST so I assume I’ll need a driver for it. If anyone knows where I could get one and how to install it, I’d be very grateful.
And if someone has already started a thread about this, sorry, I’d be glad to be re-directed.
Thanks!
Please post the output of
/sbin/lspci -nnk
Here’s the output:
evan@linux-he8z:~/java> /sbin/lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
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 07)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff10]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff10]
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
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: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
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: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
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: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
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)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2948] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
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: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
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: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
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: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
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: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2929] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8172] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8152]
04:00.0 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller [1180:e822] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
04:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd Memory Stick Host Controller [1180:e230] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
04:00.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e852] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff1e]
2 choices. I’d probably go for the kernel update
(1) I’m fairly sure you need to add this repo
Index of /repositories/driver:/wireless/11.4-update
And use compat wireless
(2) But if you use a updated kernel from here
Index of /repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard
It should just work !
Thanks for the reply. When I go to the link you provide (for the wireless upgrade) though I’m somewhat baffled as to which of the multitudes of .rpm packages to download. Sorry for my noobishness, but which one do I need?
I assume I would download the file and install it using YaST. How would I go about updating the kernel?
To update the kernel
add the repo like this
su -
zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard/ kernel
then do
zypper dup -r kernel
But first tell me if you use a graphics driver like nvidia or ATI? That would complicate it for you.
I don’t believe I’m using either of those graphics cards. Is there any way to install the compat wireless without an internet connection? I’m in a sort of chicken-and-egg situation here- I need to download the package to fix my wireless so I can download the package so I can fix my… If I could download it with another system and install it off a USB flash drive that’d be real handy.
If it were me, I’d probably make a copy of the repo
Index of /repositories/driver:/wireless/11.4-update
Then use it a local repo from your HD.
I use gftp to fetch repos.
Trouble is, I’m not sure it will help because I’m fairly sure you need to already have the latest updates.
Getting to a wired connection should be possible, surely?
It’s more than likely you’ll need this: compat-wireless-kmp-desktop
Assuming you use kernel-desktop