Hey guys…
I have a dell vostro 2520 laptop with me and i just installed opensuse 13.2 by using a DVD.
Now after installation the wifi at my house is not detected by it…
And the bad thing is in the network connection “wired” and “network proxy” options are the only things i can find…
No wifi option at all…
I searched the internet and got this command (I am completely a newbie to opensuse…) lscpi and hwinfo -wlan(I dunno what it actually do)
and got the results indicating a broadcom b43… something and all(sorry to say that i don’t know what it actually do)…
and with the little information i have i reinstalled these things via my network cable…
but still nothing happening…
Please help me solve this riddle…
And if you need any output to any commands let me know …'i will post the output within no time…
I want to sort this problem out since i want to keep opensuse 13.2 as my primary os for a while
Thanks in advance guys…
A good way to get output from a machine with no network is to cut and paste to a text file and store on a memory stick. Then you can use an internet-connected machine to post from.
- Since you mentioned ‘b43’, there is a good chance that you’re simply missing the required firmware (which can’t be shipped with the install DVD). If you have wired internet connectivity, you should be able to do
install_bcm43xx_firmware
Alternatively, you can use an offline method as described by Larry Finger
https://forums.opensuse.org/content.php/157-Broadcom-firmware-is-needed-for-b43-but-I-have-no-network-an-easierwork-around
- Make sure you read the release notes regarding wicked and network manager. I’m guessing that you’ll want the latter for a laptop. You’ll need to configure using
Yast > Network Devices > Network Settings, choose ‘User Controlled with NetworkManager’, then ‘OK’.
From here you’ll need to restart the desktop IIRC. Then you should be able to use NM to configure the wireless. If I’ve missed something, I’m sure others can advise further.
i had done that method by Larry Finger but it didin’t work for me…
Is it all the same for everyone who installed opensuse 13.2
No, it depends on the network hardware. However, others with Broadcom hardware have coped
https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/501980-Suse-BT-connection-problem?p=2674338#post2674338
But you mentioned that you had wired ethernet, is that correct? Are you using network manager? The more information that you can give us the better. Long stories don’t help unfortunately.
Ideally you should post for us the result of
/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
It’s possible you might need to use the wl driver from packman
What desktop are you using? KDE or Gnome?
mine is a gnome desktop…
actually i am using my home network connection to reply your posts…
and i connected my ethernet once and it worked fine…
since i not much into opensuse i don’t know were to look
so please guide me…
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1704 802.11n + BT 4.0 [1028:0016]
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0555]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
This is only supported by the proprietary broadcom-wl driver, according to en:users:drivers:b43 [Linux Wireless] , which you don’t seem to have installed.
Add the Packman repo, if you haven’t done so already (YaST->Software Repositories->Add->Community Repositories), and install the packages broadcom-wl and broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop (provided that you use kernel-desktop which is the default, better check with “uname -a” first though).
what is kernel desktop
A simple answer form the package description itself
Kernel optimized for the desktop
This kernel is optimized for the desktop. It is configured for lower latency and has many of the
features that aren’t usually used on desktop machines disabled.
As wolfie requested, check which kernel you have installed first
uname -a
i will check as soon as possible and post…
That you don’t actually know that might explain your difficulties so far.
after i typed in uname -a
i got…
Linux linux-z0lu.site 3.11.6-4-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 30 18:04:56 UTC 2013 (e6d4a27) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Please follow this
https://forums.opensuse.org/entry.php/90-Install-Broadcom-Drivers-from-Packman
You can see if you already have the Packman repo with
zypper lr
To install the driver you need to be su -
then do
zypper in broadcom-wl broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop
i got it fixed