suse 11.2 with intel 5100 not working

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#1

Hi,

I’m a relative new openSuse user, have been working with openSuse 11.1 without problems. My wifi was working ok.

Yesterday I did a complete fresh installation of openSuse 11.2 but I can’t get my network working. Neither wired or wifi work but Wifi is most important to me to be working.

My wifi card is an Intell Wireless WIFI Link 5100
The network manager doesn’t see a wifi card at all…(the wireles tab is grey, can’t select it)
When looking in Yast Hardware information the card is displayed, driver : iwlagn

can anyone help me out here… ?

#2

here’s the output of /sbin/lspci -v, hope that helps.


/sbin/lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)                                                                   
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                          
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0                               
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])                                   
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0                               
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0            
        I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff                                    
        Memory behind bridge: cc000000-ceffffff                                 
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff    
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver                                   

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])                                              
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                          
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16                     
        I/O ports at 1800 [size=32]                                             
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd                                          

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])                                              
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                          
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21                     
        I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]                                             
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd                                          

00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])                                              
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                          
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19                     
        I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]                                             
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd                                          

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])                                             
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                          
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19                     
        Memory at f0504800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]                 
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd                                          

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)                                                                       
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                          
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22                       
        Memory at f0500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]                
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel                                         

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])                                             
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0                               
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0            
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver                                   

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])                                             
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0                               
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0            
        Memory behind bridge: be000000-be0fffff                                 
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000be100000-00000000be1fffff    
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver                                   

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])                                             
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0                               
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0            
        Memory behind bridge: be200000-be2fffff                                 
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver                                   

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])                                             
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0                               
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0            
        Memory behind bridge: be300000-be3fffff                                 
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver                                   

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])                                              
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                          
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23                     
        I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]                                             
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd                                          

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])                                              
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                          
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19                     
        I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]                                             
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd                                          

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])                                              
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                          
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18                     
        I/O ports at 18a0 [size=32]                                             
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd                                          

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])                                             
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                          
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23                     
        Memory at f0504c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]                 
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd                                          

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])                                                        
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0                               
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=0a, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=0            
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                       
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0                          
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                        

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])                                                      
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                          
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29              
        I/O ports at 18f0 [size=8]                                              
        I/O ports at 18e4 [size=4]                                              
        I/O ports at 18e8 [size=8]                                              
        I/O ports at 18e0 [size=4]                                              
        I/O ports at 18c0 [size=32]                                             
        Memory at f0504000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2]                 
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           
        Kernel driver in use: ahci                                              

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                         
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 19                                           
        Memory at be400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]               
        I/O ports at 1c00 [size=32]                                            

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9600M GT] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])                                             
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                          
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5                        
        Memory at ce000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]                
        Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256]                   
        Memory at cc000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32]                
        I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]                                            
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]                                
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                           

06:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142                    
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18                 
        Memory at be000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]          
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at be100000 [disabled] [size=64]         
        Capabilities: <access denied>                                     
        Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci                                   

06:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller (prog-if 01)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142
        Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 18
        Memory at be000100 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

06:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        Memory at be000200 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: jmb38x_ms

06:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
        Memory at be000300 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1201
        Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 19
        Memory at be200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: iwlagn

09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0142
        Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 17
        Memory at be300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

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#3

The Intel 5100 is supported in the kernel, and should “just work”. But there could be a wireless manager problem. Is this KDE you are using?

Take a look at this thread: problem: wireless to wlan works - no internet access - openSUSE Forums

… and work your way thru lwfinger’s suggestions. Is there anything there that helps ?

#4

KDE yes…
I’ve looked at the link you gave me but it seems to be a different problem… in networkmanager the wireless tab is grey (unalble to click it)

I’m about to quit on this and go back to 11.1… seems faster that looking for the solution to this problem… been on it for to many hours now :frowning:

#5

Do NOT spend hours on this.

Do you have a wired connection you can use in the interim? If so, just mellow out, and wait for help from one of the experts.

#6

I have an win7 wifi and wired connection… I know I should be more patient…

On suse neither wired nor wireless works right now :frowning:

don’t know of you guys speak dutch but I posted some more info about my configuration on a dutch forum here:

openSuse 11.2 wifi werkt niet - Non-Windows Operating Systems - GoT

edit:
pasting the info here:


/sbin/ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:6400 (6.2 Kb)  TX bytes:6400 (6.2 Kb)

ifup eth0
ifup eth1

tells me

interface eth0 is not available
interface eth1 is not available

my dmesg file: dmesg


Nov 13 08:09:47 linux NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
Nov 13 08:09:47 linux NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the modem-manager...
Nov 13 08:09:47 linux NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_generic_enable_loopback(): error -17 returned from rtnl_addr_add():#012Sucess#012
Nov 13 08:09:47 linux NetworkManager: <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_acer_wmi_rfkill_acer_wireless_wlan
Nov 13 08:09:47 linux NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the supplicant...
Nov 13 08:09:47 linux NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the system settings daemon...
Nov 13 08:09:47 linux NetworkManager: <info>  modem manager appeared
Nov 13 08:09:48 linux nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin ifcfg-suse: (C) 2008 Novell, Inc.#011To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 13 08:09:48 linux nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 13 08:12:18 linux NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_signal_handler(): Caught signal 15, shutting down normally.
Nov 13 08:12:18 linux NetworkManager: <info>  exiting (success)
Nov 13 08:12:22 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
Nov 13 08:12:22 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_generic_enable_loopback(): error -17 returned from rtnl_addr_add():#012Sucess#012
Nov 13 08:12:22 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_acer_wmi_rfkill_acer_wireless_wlan
Nov 13 08:25:59 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Wireless now disabled by radio killswitch
Nov 13 08:34:41 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_signal_handler(): Caught signal 15, shutting down normally.
Nov 13 08:34:41 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  exiting (success)
Nov 13 08:35:48 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
Nov 13 08:35:48 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the modem-manager...
Nov 13 08:35:48 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_generic_enable_loopback(): error -17 returned from rtnl_addr_add():#012Sucess#012
Nov 13 08:35:48 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_acer_wmi_rfkill_acer_wireless_wlan
Nov 13 08:35:48 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the supplicant...
Nov 13 08:35:48 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  modem manager appeared
Nov 13 08:35:48 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the system settings daemon...
Nov 13 08:35:48 linux-y7d2 nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin ifcfg-suse: (C) 2008 Novell, Inc.#011To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 13 08:35:48 linux-y7d2 nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 13 09:01:42 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_signal_handler(): Caught signal 15, shutting down normally.
Nov 13 09:01:42 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  exiting (success)
Nov 13 09:05:41 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
Nov 13 09:05:41 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the modem-manager...
Nov 13 09:05:41 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_generic_enable_loopback(): error -17 returned from rtnl_addr_add():#012Sucess#012
Nov 13 09:05:41 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_acer_wmi_rfkill_acer_wireless_wlan
Nov 13 09:05:41 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the supplicant...
Nov 13 09:05:41 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the system settings daemon...
Nov 13 09:05:41 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  modem manager appeared
Nov 13 09:05:41 linux-y7d2 nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin ifcfg-suse: (C) 2008 Novell, Inc.#011To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 13 09:05:41 linux-y7d2 nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 13 09:20:12 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_signal_handler(): Caught signal 15, shutting down normally.
Nov 13 09:20:12 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  exiting (success)
Nov 13 09:21:10 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
Nov 13 09:21:10 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the modem-manager...
Nov 13 09:21:10 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_generic_enable_loopback(): error -17 returned from rtnl_addr_add():#012Sucess#012
Nov 13 09:21:10 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_acer_wmi_rfkill_acer_wireless_wlan
Nov 13 09:21:10 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the supplicant...
Nov 13 09:21:10 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the system settings daemon...
Nov 13 09:21:10 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  modem manager appeared
Nov 13 09:21:10 linux-y7d2 nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin ifcfg-suse: (C) 2008 Novell, Inc.#011To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 13 09:21:10 linux-y7d2 nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 13 09:26:13 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_signal_handler(): Caught signal 15, shutting down normally.
Nov 13 09:26:13 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  exiting (success)
Nov 13 09:28:30 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
Nov 13 09:28:30 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_generic_enable_loopback(): error -17 returned from rtnl_addr_add():#012Sucess#012
Nov 13 09:28:30 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_acer_wmi_rfkill_acer_wireless_wlan
Nov 13 09:29:24 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_signal_handler(): Caught signal 15, shutting down normally.
Nov 13 09:29:24 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  exiting (success)
Nov 13 09:30:15 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
Nov 13 09:30:15 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the modem-manager...
Nov 13 09:30:15 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_generic_enable_loopback(): error -17 returned from rtnl_addr_add():#012Sucess#012
Nov 13 09:30:15 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_acer_wmi_rfkill_acer_wireless_wlan
Nov 13 09:30:15 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the supplicant...
Nov 13 09:30:15 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the system settings daemon...
Nov 13 09:30:15 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  modem manager appeared
Nov 13 09:30:16 linux-y7d2 nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin ifcfg-suse: (C) 2008 Novell, Inc.#011To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 13 09:30:16 linux-y7d2 nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 13 10:56:26 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_signal_handler(): Caught signal 15, shutting down normally.
Nov 13 10:56:26 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  exiting (success)
Nov 13 11:04:35 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
Nov 13 11:04:35 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the modem-manager...
Nov 13 11:04:35 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_generic_enable_loopback(): error -17 returned from rtnl_addr_add():#012Sucess#012
Nov 13 11:04:35 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_acer_wmi_rfkill_acer_wireless_wlan
Nov 13 11:04:35 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the supplicant...
Nov 13 11:04:35 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the system settings daemon...
Nov 13 11:04:35 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  modem manager appeared
Nov 13 11:04:35 linux-y7d2 nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin ifcfg-suse: (C) 2008 Novell, Inc.#011To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 13 11:04:35 linux-y7d2 nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 13 11:33:30 linux-y7d2 NetworkManager: <info>  Wireless now disabled by radio killswitch
#7

Had same problem with my Acer Aspire 6930g.

Unfortunately, the kernel shipped with both Ubuntu Karmic and OpenSUSE 11.2 have a serious bug that disable the intel wifi interface during boot rendering it unusable:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/linux/+bug/407824

Ubuntu has already solved this problem issuing an official kernel update, but this is not the case (yet) for OpenSUSE.

In the meantime you can workaround this putting a boot parameter in grub:

acpi=off or pci=use_crs

Just use one of them, and not both.

I can say it works!!

Hope this helps.

#8

Not wanting to dispute this, but IMHO there must be more to this.

As noted, wireless WORKS on my Intel WiFi 5300 AGN (which uses the same driver, I believe as the 5100) on openSUSE-11.2 RC2 liveCD with the kernel that you claim openSUSE has not patched. So how can that be?

#9

I gave up on this one…
installing older version again that’s proven to work flawlessly on this machine

thnx for the help and kind words

#10

Hi
Check the PCI ID’s of the devices only real way to tell. Then check the
driver modinfo to see if it’s supported.

–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.37-0.1-default
up 1 day 14:26, 2 users, load average: 0.14, 0.10, 0.09
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.18

#11

On 11/13/2009 10:56 AM, oldcpu wrote:
>
> mad_gcc;2065316 Wrote:
>> Had same problem with my Acer Aspire 6930g.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the kernel shipped with both Ubuntu Karmic and OpenSUSE
>> 11.2 have a serious bug that disable the intel wifi interface during
>> boot rendering it unusable:
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/linux/+bug/407824\Not wanting to dispute this, but IMHO there must be more to this.
>
> As noted, wireless WORKS on my Intel WiFi 5300 AGN (which uses the same
> driver, I believe as the 5100) on openSUSE-11.2 RC2 liveCD with the
> kernel that you claim openSUSE has not patched. So how can that be?

The “use_crs” bug depends on the bus structure of the computer, not on the
interface. Under some circumstances, the kernel is unable to find devices
connected to a particular bridge. My machine had this problem during development
of 2.6.31. One of the advantages of being a kernel tester is that your problems
get fixed! :slight_smile:

#12

My wireless is not working after a fresh install of OpenSUSE 11.2 and I tried adding acpi=off and it did not work, then I tried pci=use_crs and it didn’t work either. I put it, naturally in /boot/grub/menu.1st on the ‘kernel’ line at the end. I cannot connect in KDE or Gnome. I installed cnetworkmanger and I can’t get anything to connect. My wired network card on this laptop has been down for a long time. All I have is wireless. I have to roll back today to 11.1 if I can’t fix it. This is really a stupid bug to have in supposedly production ready software. Any other ideas?

#13

Maybe I should add that in KDE knetworkmanager does not load by itself. I have to load it manually via console every reboot. I get this:

> knetworkmanager
Object::connect: No such signal QTreeWidget::itemDoubleClicked(QTreeWidgetItem*)
Object:: connect: (sender name: ‘twNetworks’)

It puts the icon in the system tray, and annoyingly hides it, so it took me a while to evern realize it was there. When I point my mouse at it, it says “Networking Information Not Available”. When I click it, it says Network Management Disabled.

cnetworkmanager spews out a bunch of errors and finishes by saying it can’t find any .service files.

#14

Sorry to read you encountered this. One thing I do now adays, is test FIRST on the liveCD. For example I can get wireless working on my Intel WiFi 5300 AGN with the 11.2 RC2 liveCD (I hope to try the 11.2 GM later this weekend). So that provides confidence to me. At the risk of my advising you to close the barn door after the horse has gone, possibly next time you can check with the liveCD first?

#15

At the risk of wasting your time, and assuming you also have an Intel WiFi 5100 , did you try the tradition method for connecting? I outlined that here: OpenSuSE 11.2 Intel WiFi Link 5100 not activated - openSUSE Forums

Edit - if you do not have the exact same wireless, then you are wasting our time and your time posting on this thread. You need to start another thread in that case.

#16

I had thought it was that card, but since you asked I double checked and it is not. I’ll search for my card, and post to a new thread if necessary. Thank you.

#17

it seems some guys wit Ubuntu Karmic Koala struggle with the same problem

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/linux/+bug/407824