Hi,
I’m having trouble getting my wireless to work at my laptop. I’ve tried many distributions such as ubuntu, linuxmint, suse 10.3 and my card refuses to work. Any ideas how to make my wifi to work with suse 11?
Thanks
bit more info please, as it may help in diagnosing & providing useful help for you. A quick look at the stickie at the start of the wireless forum will give you an idea of what we require
Andy
Here the results of the terminal using ubuntu:
Lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contoller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATAAHCI Controller (rev 03)
05:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
lsusb:
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 Reciever
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:8c:fe:5b:df
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0xc800
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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
I haven’t tried any driver since i don’t know the exact model of my card
hmm, don’t see anything related to wireless devices, is it plugged in/ switched on ? can you post the results of this command /sbin/lspci -v so we get a more verbose output
Andy
There is a switch that when it’s turned on there’s a light that appears only when using vista. In ubuntu, suse etc the switch is on but there is no light. is hte command right, because i get “No such file or directory”. I’m using a live cd
command is correct, best thing to do, is switch it on,so the hardware is recognized & then run the command ( copy/paste if necessary )
Andy
The switch is on. Still getting that error
can you point me to a web-site with your system specs ? might be able to find out from there
Andy
ok, having a darn good look around, i have discovered it could have one of two chip-sets.
Atheros = you need madwifi drivers madwifi.org - Trac
Realtek = RTL
try them one at a time
Andy
I installed suse 11 and the command you told me worked. Here are the results:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information <?>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at feb00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]
Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at fe900000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at e000 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at feaff400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at feaf8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot-), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot-), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: fde00000-fe5fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000bdf00000-00000000bfefffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at d880 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at d480 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at feaff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fe600000-fe6fffff
Capabilities: [50] Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information <?>
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
Kernel modules: piix, ata_piix
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATAAHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 220
I/O ports at e880 [size=8]
I/O ports at e800 [size=4]
I/O ports at e480 [size=8]
I/O ports at e400 [size=4]
I/O ports at e080 [size=32]
Memory at feaff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2]
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/2 Enable+
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA <?>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
05:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff40
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
Memory at fe6ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Kernel modules: 8139too, 8139cp[/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size]
Wierd, still no sign of your wireless device 
i suggest you try the drivers i linked to in my previous post. try them one at a time & see what happens
Andy
Any idea how to install drivers? I have no idea…
for madwifi, just add the repo & then install via software management. for the rtl, you will have to compile them. i have my own mini how-to ( basically to remind myself as i’m getting a bit forgetful ) Howto’s
Andy
>>lsusb
…
>>Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
There it is.
First post! Hopefully it’s understandable:
Download this driver from Realtek and extract it to your Desktop with Ark
In the Win98 folder, open the net8187b.inf file with KWrite and look for this section:
;;****************************************************************************
;; IDs for 98SE/ME/2K/XP
;;****************************************************************************
[Realtek]
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8187&REV_0200
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8189&REV_0200
Add the line:
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8197&REV_0200
Now comes the hard part, which you’ll have to do in the terminal. Type su to login as root and navigate back to the Win98 folder. Once you’re there, type the following commands one-by-one:
ndiswrapper -i net8187b.inf
ndiswrapper -m
modprobe ndiswrapper
You’ll also want to go into this YaST thingie, click System, and enter the /etc/sysconfig Editor. You should see a variable under System -> Kernel called MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT. Type ndiswrapper in there as well, and click Finish.
Should work great!
Thanks mate. I’ll try it as soon as I can, because i’m in the middle of the university exam session, and I will get back to you with details.
Thanks again