Why in the #%&# would SUSE not have this?

English Network/Internet
#1

I’ve spent a week trying to get SUSE internet working.

I posted more info, but no answers.

I went to a Business Expo, and found a few
tech business there. I asked each one, How can I get the internet to work in Linux?

I found that Linux only works on a very narrow list of hardware. If it doesn’t work, you can try and fix it, but most of the time, you can’t get it to work. If it doesn’t work, change hardware and it will.

Wanting to succeed, I gave it one last try. Of course, it didn’t work.

Before I totally give up, I tried one last distro (all 5 haven’t worked), Puppy Linux.

I clicked on internet connection. It asked me if I wanted to search my computer for an internet connection? I clicked OK.

It found my internet adapter no problem (SUSE can’t, not even if I look for it). Puppy found it for me. It then found all the internet connections I can receive. I clicked on mine, it asked for my password, connected no problem.

Of course, I couldn’t get the web working, but I was connected.

SUSE can’t find anything to connect with, puppy asks if it can find a way to connect. After it finds my wireless adapter, it connects to my network.

I would like to use SUSE. Why in the #%$& doesn’t a major distro like SUSE, have the ability to search my computer for a way to connect to the internet, like Puppy?

Thank you,
Chris.

#2

I understand your frustration, but without posting information about your system, there’s really no reasonable way for anybody to answer your question.

There should be no need to “search” for ways to connect to the internet, network devices are either detected by the kernel or not.

What type of hardware do you have? How do you connect to the internet?

I think you’ll find the majority of users on this forum have no issue with connectivity out-of-the-box (wifi sometimes excepted), so without knowing more about your particular situation, it’s hard to know where the problem lies and what openSUSE should be doing to address it.

Cheers,
KV

#3

I use a wireless Cardbus Adapter from Airlink 101, on a HP ze5200 2.6GHz Laptop.

#4

Hi happydog500; welcome to the OpenSuse forums; sorry to hear you are having problems connecting from your wireless enabled laptop to a wireless router?

there is a specific wireless sub-forum; at the beginning of it are what are called “stickies”:

if you would like to get internet access using OpenSuse, if you have a read at … say … the first of these stickies; and then post the information that is asked for;

the wireless experts will try to help you;

the linux community is continually working to improve, and make things easier; I am sure folks would be pleased to try to help you;

#5

I tried, cut and paste doesn’t work in termanal. It is way to much to type.
Is there a way to get the list of things from Linux Laptop to a windows machine?
I tryed to cut and past (Oo) to a thumb drive, then on my Win desktop, post. I got to the part where I wanted to cut and paste but it didn’t work in termanal.
What can I do?

#6

On Sat January 24 2009 04:56 pm, happydog500 wrote:

>
> I tried, cut and paste doesn’t work in termanal. It is way to much to
> type.
> Is there a way to get the list of things from Linux Laptop to a
> windows machine?
> I tryed to cut and past (Oo) to a thumb drive, then on my Win desktop,
> post. I got to the part where I wanted to cut and paste but it didn’t
> work in termanal.
> What can I do?
>
>
happydog;
When you execute a command in the terminal, you can redirect the output to a
text file. Add to the command: > (file name)
As an example:


su
ifconfig -a > myifconfig.txt

You can then cut and paste from myifconfig.txt. The file will be created in
your home directory.

P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

#7

I went to the sticky. I already did that. The examples I see are for USB or PCI Adapter.
Not sure what to do for a Cardbus Adapter.
I searched the internet for hours last night, trying to find a command for a cardbus.

The point I was making was, SUSE doesn’t see my connection. Puppy didn’t ether.

It asked if I wanted to find it. Puppy listed all possible connections (not routers, but connections from my computer).

I thought it would be good to have SUSE go through my computer and find an internet connection, from the GUI.

Guess I didn’t understand.

Thanks for the reply’s. Hope I can get this figured out so I don’t have to put windows back.

Chris.

#8

After sleeping on it, I followed the instructions again (learned a lesson here, if you can’t get something, after a while it maybe good to leave and come back another time).

Will this help?

00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: 02 micro, Inc. 0Z601/6912/7112EO CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller.

#9

Hi happydog500;

in our terminal, Ctr+C and Ctr+V do not work; one needs to either add a shift so it becomes Shift+Ctr+C for copy; or one goes to the menu on the top line, and uses the command from there:

if you type:

/sbin/lspci

and after that

/usr/bin/lsusb

all of these postings are around getting a wireless connection; do you have a router nearby; many suggest just plugging a laptop via an ethernet wire into a router, just to get going …

#10

From a terminal type:

lspci -v

Post the output relating to the wireless adaptor so that the chipset can be identified.

#11

lspci -v command not found.

#12

in this post running concurrently,

lspci: command not found ?? what needs to be installed - openSUSE Forums

ken yap says

run as root

Or run

/sbin/lspci

When you login as root, or start a root shell with su -, you get /sbin in your PATH.

#13

Hay, this is pretty cool!
Got it to work until cut and paste.

I see, “Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus”
Kernel modules: yenta_socket

Anything else?

#14

It looks like you may need madwifi. Linux wireless LAN support http://linux-wless.passys.nl

Airlink101 802.11g AWLC-3026 Ralink rt61 green Driver available from manufacturer: Ralink Technology: Linux , or http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
Airlink101 802.11g AWLC-4030 man:168c dev:0013 Atheros Mad WiFi green driver available at: http://madwifi.org
“Airlink101” “802.11g” “AWLC-3026” “Marvel” “Libertas” "red "

Now, if its the last one, then forget it.

Have a look through this. Airlink 101 cardbus - Google Search

#15

happydog500 wrote:
> After sleeping on it, I followed the instructions again (learned a
> lesson here, if you can’t get something, after a while it maybe good to
> leave and come back another time).
>
> Will this help?
>
> 00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: 02 micro, Inc. 0Z601/6912/7112EO
> CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller.

Cardbus IS PCI!!!

Incidentally, I downloaded a copy of PuppyLinux. I have 5 different
kinds of wireless adapters. PuppyLinux would recognize only one of
them, and that one was unable to connect to a WPA2 network. With
openSUSE 11.1, 2 of them work perfectly - the other 3 are recognized
but need external firmware.

Larry

#16

Thank you for the reply.
What about a AWLC3028? Since it’s so close to 3026, may not work.

#17

Look at the first one, its is also a AWLC3026. Another quick search at Google Linux revealed that the AWLC3028 does seem to be supported. There is only 6 hits. So check it out. AWLC3028 - Google Search

#18

By the way, in a konsole window (assuming you’re using kde) you can drag the mouse over text to highlight it, then right-click and click copy

Just like in a text editor

Ctrl & C won’t copy in a console because it’s used to cancel a running command

#19

On 2009-01-26, Ecky <Ecky@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

> By the way, in a konsole window (assuming you’re using kde) you can drag
> the mouse over text to highlight it, then right-click and click copy
>
> Just like in a text editor
>
> Ctrl & C won’t copy in a console because it’s used to cancel a running
> command

Have you tried the classic shortcuts (the ones used before M$ defined CTRL-C
as copy) ?

They sometimes work:
copy: CTRL-Ins
Cut: SHIFT-Del
Paste: SHIFT-Ins

I know for a fact, the paste combination works.

PS: These shortcuts also work where CTRL-C, etc… work. Hence, I tend to
use them allmost anywhere.

–
Elevators smell different to midgets

#20

I got it to copy (not sure how). I saved it to my desktop (twice). Not there. Can’t find it.
I guess I don’t need it now, since I found the drivers (hopefully).

Maybe I can’t find it (Terminal - paste)because I’m using the live CD?

I tried to install but it said it can’t install because of a NTFS Partition.

I’m now running D.B.A.N. to “blanking” the drive so I can install.

Maybe I can download and install the driver (might need another thread with that, the way it’s been going).

Thank you very much for the replies,
Chris.