Wireless drivers for AR5007EG

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Hi,

I am using a Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875 which has a AR5007EG wireless network card. I am unable to locate drivers for it. Can someone help me with this issue?

2

i see it listed here
HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) - openSUSE
note the comments for your device

you might want to check this too
Getting Your Wireless to Work - openSUSE Forums

3

I am using opensuse: 10.3
My kernel is:2.6.22.5-31-default

So I downloaded these two files:

  1. madwifi-r3725+AR5007EG-2.6.i586.rpm
    2 .madwifi-kmp-default-r3725+AR5007EG_2.6.22.19_0.2-2.6.i586.rpm

On trying to install these files I get the following error:

warning: /home/Ayush/madwifi-r3725+AR5007EG-2.6.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 31812260
error: can’t create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000

I am new to Linux. So let me know if I am installing these files in the wrong way. I used the command:

rpm -i /<filelocation>/<filename>

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Two mistakes.

  1. kernel version of package an running kernel don’t match

  2. you are not root when installing the rpm

Best solution:

Connect your machine via cable to the internet

Upgrade your 10.3 via YaST online update to get it up to date, reboot your machine with the new kernel you will get and install the madwifi-packages as root after that.