when I try to install drivers for my network card I receive an error message ‘Repository already exists’.
Please help me. I’m new in Linux and this error message means nothing for me
Thank you
Welcome to the forums bbobyb. This message probably occurs because as a result of following some ‘how to’ advice, you’re trying to install a driver via ‘1-click’. Am I correct here?
This command will show you what repos are configured:
zypper lr -d
BTW, your post would have been better detected with a suitable descriptive heading (including the network card details) for example. It was just a fluke that I stumbled across this post. It may be that the repo was added and that the correct driver is already now installed. You may just need to configure it with the yast network config tool.
Can you let us know some more info about your network card?
/sbin/lspci -nnk
Just post the relevant lines containing info about your network hardware. We’ll go from there. 
Sorry for my late respond but I have a problem with log in the forum.
The result of ‘zypper lr -d’ is:
bob@linux-5ry3:~/Desktop> zypper lr -d
| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
–±----------------±----------------------±--------±--------±---------±---------±----------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | PK_TMP_DIR | PK_TMP_DIR | Yes | Yes | 99 | plaindir | dir:///var/tmp/TmpDir.scWakd |
2 | openSUSE 11.2-0 | openSUSE 11.2-0 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:/// |
3 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.2-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /debug/distribution/11.2/repo/oss |
4 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.2-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /distribution/11.2/repo/non-oss |
5 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.2-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /distribution/11.2/repo/oss |
6 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.2-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /source/distribution/11.2/repo/oss |
7 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.2-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /update/11.2 |
and '/sbin/lspci -nnk is:
bob@linux-5ry3:~/Desktop> /sbin/lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface [8086:2570] (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800/P5P800 series motherboard [1043:80f2]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller [8086:2571] (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface [8086:2576] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24d2] (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800/P5P800 series motherboard [1043:80a6]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24d4] (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800/P5P800 series motherboard [1043:80a6]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24d7] (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800/P5P800 series motherboard [1043:80a6]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:24de] (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800/P5P800 series motherboard [1043:80a6]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24dd] (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800/P5P800 series motherboard [1043:80a6]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24d0] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller [8086:24db] (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800/P5P800 series motherboard [1043:80a6]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller [8086:24d3] (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800 Mainboard [1043:80a6]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC’97 Audio Controller [8086:24d5] (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800 Mainboard [1043:80f3]
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT] [10de:00f1] (rev a2)
02:09.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI [1814:0301]
Subsystem: RaLink EW-7108PCg [1814:2561]
Kernel driver in use: rt61pci
02:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Agere Systems FW322/323 [11c1:5811] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Agere Systems FW322/323 [11c1:5811]
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
02:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Creative Labs SB Audigy [1102:0004] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Creative Labs SB0090 Audigy Player [1102:0051]
Kernel driver in use: EMU10K1_Audigy
02:0c.1 Input device controller [0980]: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port [1102:7003] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port [1102:0040]
Kernel driver in use: Emu10k1_gameport
02:0c.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port [1102:4001]
Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port [1102:0010]
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
Thank you for your help
Here’s the network details inc driver in use:
02:09.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI [1814:0301]
Subsystem: RaLink EW-7108PCg [1814:2561]
Kernel driver in use: rt61pci
Have you tried to configure your network interface with YaST > Network Devices yet?
Yes, I’ve try this and when I choose Edit it tell me ‘These package need to be installed - ralink-firmware’. I downloaded this from the vendors site and when I try to install them the message ‘Repository already exists’ appears. Please excuse me for any languages mistakes. Thank you for your help
Ok, you need to install ‘ralink-firmware package’ via yast software manager. Alternatively you can do this from a terminal. You need to be root first with the 'su - ’ command, and enter root password when prompted. The type
zypper in ralink-firmware
If you get any errors here, post again with details. From a quick search with webpin, I found the ralink-firmware available from the repo listed here.
So, you may need to add the repo via link provided first.
Then you should be able to configure with yast.
Hope that makes sense. BTW, Your english is fine.