In a terminal go su and type
fdisk -l
Re; Roll back
In software management filter by repo
select update repo
navigate to the kernel go to versions tab
and you can select the radio button for any there
It may be slightly different in your sys
what I describe is Open suse 11
Also, I couldn’t find a ISO image burner on my system. No ‘kb3’ anywhere, although it seems it’s supposed to come with SLED (I don’t have KDE I don’t think - I don’t really know where the OS stops and the applications start, with this linux thing, so I don’t know if I need to install KDE, turn it on, or both, or what I need to do to Gnome to turn it off).
Going to any of the open source websites and all you get is plenty of useability arguments, but nothing about what KDE is, how it’s installed, what people need to do if they’re using Gnome, etc, etc.
One day at a time,
lenovoT61 on SLED 10.2
Open Yast
software management
search k3b
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1247 1734 3919860 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2 * 1 1246 10008463+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 1735 19457 142359997+ 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
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Re; Roll backIn software management filter by repo
select update repo
navigate to the kernel go to versions tab
and you can select the radio button for any thereIt may be slightly different in your sys
what I describe is Open suse 11
I’ll try that later.
Found it - k3b, not kb3 
I suppose all I need to do now is check the box and hit the ‘accept’ button?
Well, I clicked the ‘Check’ button and I get the following warning:
This would invalidate atom:k3b-1.0.4-24.3.i586.
atom:k3b-1.0.4-24.3.i586 has unfulfilled requirements
Conflict Resolution:
( ) delete k3b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1247 1734 3919860 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2 * 1 1246 10008463+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 1735 19457 142359997+ 83 Linux (this is /home)
so install will only go to sda2
swap and /home will stay do not format
just remember to use the same user name you have now
Just a thought. Why are you using SLED
and if you are thinking of a move to OS 11, decide now. Before we start all this installing.
It sounds like you have some kind of k3b installed. I don’t know what it is.
But to do
Conflict Resolution:
(X) delete k3b
would be fine
I am using SLED because it came with my laptop. I am at a point right now where I only need barebones linux, like wireless and internet and openoffice. I don’t need fancy wallpaper or visual effects, although it would be nice to watch a DVD (Totem doesn’t have the codecs or something).
So I am hesitant in installing a new OS, if all I’m doing it for is to get wireless working, which is not a guarantee it will fix (or is it?). If I do want to install openSuse 11.0, I was thinking I would need to download and burn the OS to DVD. And to do that, I would need k3b.
SLED is not free (or is it?).
lenovoT61
Everything should work out of the box
see here
HCL/Laptops/IBM - openSUSE
you can expect excellent results from OS11
probably best to start with either kde3 or gnome desktop
kde4 can be added later if you want to experiment.
Well I reread the entire sticky this time, and I think I may have hit on something.
I deleted my wireless entry and after a couple of reboots, and fiddling with the ‘demilitarized zone’ setting, it seems to be working. The only odd thing now, is that when I go to ‘sleep’ mode and come back, the available wireless networks that show up is missing about 50% of those I know are available, including my own. But the option to ‘connect to other wireless network’ allows me to enter my own network, and when I do this I am connected. (one side note: before I ‘connect to other wireless network’, I did a ‘iwconfig’ and got the following:
eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
which makes me believe that there may be someone trying to access my laptop. But my laptop shouldn’t connect to a non-WPA access point if it has been already setup (via Yast) to be WPA. Or is it because I have the configuration setting ‘at boot time’?
Since the ‘access point’ is ‘NOT ASSOCIATED’, does this mean the other end of the wireless connection is a laptop or other device, rather than a router?
Having to enter a password for a default keyring (which I suppose is holding my wireless passphrase) is getting old for me too. Why I am being asked for a passphrase to begin with, is beyond me, since it should be stored in Yast settings. Perhaps the keyring gets brought up if a ‘secured service’ is started, regardless of whether the secured service already knows its password (e.g, secured wireless card with passphrase). If this is the case, the next question is, how did the keyring get ‘put onto’ the secured wireless account? Perhaps the initial setup of the laptop - the very first time the network card was configured - the keyring option came up, and wha la, a passphrase was entered in association with the secured account!?!!
Well enough. I’ll keep you all updated. And no, I am not going to sell out for openSuse 11 just yet I figure all this troubleshooting is just improving my understanding of all this linux stuff.
Regards,
Stephanie
lenovoT61 wrote:
> Well I reread the entire sticky this time, and I think I may have hit on
> something.
>
> I deleted my wireless entry and after a couple of reboots, and fiddling
> with the ‘demilitarized zone’ setting, it seems to be working. The only
> odd thing now, is that when I go to ‘sleep’ mode and come back, the
> available wireless networks that show up is missing about 50% of those I
> know are available, including my own. But the option to ‘connect to
> other wireless network’ allows me to enter my own network, and when I do
> this I am connected. (one side note: before I ‘connect to other
> wireless network’, I did a ‘iwconfig’ and got the following:
>
> eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point:
> Not-Associated
> Tx-Power=27 dBm
> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
>
> which makes me believe that there may be someone trying to access my
> laptop. But my laptop shouldn’t connect to a non-WPA access point if it
> has been already setup (via Yast) to be WPA. Or is it because I have
> the configuration setting ‘at boot time’?
Not true.
>
> Since the ‘access point’ is ‘NOT ASSOCIATED’, does this mean the other
> end of the wireless connection is a laptop or other device, rather than
> a router?
Not associated means that it is not associated with ANY AP. There is no other end.
Larry
If there are other networks in your area within range you will be able to see them and indeed connect if they are not secure.
The keyring or in some cases wallet, can be side stepped by canceling it when it first pops up and just use the network manager in your tray to manage this.
For me it’s knetworkmanager: You just add a New Connection with all the details, which will include a passphrase etc…then choose the Connect Auto box and finish with Connect and Save.
Now when you login, it should auto connect. When I wake the Laptop from sleep, it re-connects but it take about 60 secs or so. But you can just click the networkmanager and select your connection if you can’t wait - like me.
About people trying to connect to your laptop:
They would first have to gain access to your network via the router. By default your Netgear will Block anything not requested (assuming you have not altered the settings) The area to look in is Firewall Rules
You may also have a section where you can turn ON notifications or email: In here you may be able to get notifications of DoS attacks or Port Scans. You can have such alerts sent to your email box immediately or by schedule.
lenovoT61 wrote:
> I deleted my wireless entry and after a couple of reboots, and fiddling
> with the ‘demilitarized zone’ setting, it seems to be working. The only
> odd thing now, is that when I go to ‘sleep’ mode and come back, the
> available wireless networks that show up is missing about 50% of those I
> know are available, including my own. But the option to ‘connect to
> other wireless network’ allows me to enter my own network, and when I do
> this I am connected. (one side note: before I ‘connect to other
> wireless network’, I did a ‘iwconfig’ and got the following:
Interesting observation in its’ own right. I see the same thing fairly
often. In fact, I can frequently see most of the near-by essid’s with
either networkmanager or with iwlist scan and still not see my own nearby
essid even though I’m connected to it and transfering data like mad!
Anyone here able to explain this apparent contradiction? My own access point
is the closest one and, when it shows, by far the strongest signal. Yes, I
am really broadcasting the essid - it’s not hidden.
–
Will Honea
But the odd thing that I forgot to mention is that the wireless LED on my laptop - which mirrors the indicator on the gnome panel - indicates a connection. But note taken.
An update since I last wrote two weeks ago: the wireless is now working for the most part. The intermittency is gone, and the solution seems to have been to delete the wireless entry from the network configuration (in Yast), and then restart the configuration.
I still have a problem with the keyring asking for my password, but it only asks me once per hard reboot, and so I can go a few days without having to do that.
(it would be nice if the laptop would automatically connect to wireless access point when it sees it, but for now, I have to manually select my router. This is a separate problem for a new thread however.)
Thanks everyone for the help and kind words,
lenovot61