Just returned to Suse after a long hiatus with Mandriva, strangely the WG311 v3 did not configure during install, any ideas?
Unable to configure the network card because the kernel device (eth0, wlan0) is not present. This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See dmesg output for details.
Unfortunately the output of dmesg does not mention the card.
Output of lspci follows,
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:01.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03)
01:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7300 GS] (rev a1)
Thanks
Check out the openSUSE hardware database:
HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) - openSUSE
Specifically, see the Marvell entry.
You’ll need to use ndiswrapper.
There is also good info about installation and suitable windows drivers (to use with ndiswrapper) here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Netgear_WG311_v3
Make sure you use the right drivers for 32-bit or 64-bit system.
Wrong Marvel in your link mines 8335. My problem seems to be more with the kernel modules. Note in output from lspci that the wireless card appears as an ethernet controller.
Wrong Marvel in your link mines 8335. My problem seems to be more with the kernel modules.
The output of
/sbin/lspci -nnk
can provide more useful info, including chipset.
Just returned to Suse after a long hiatus with Mandriva, strangely the WG311 v3 did not configure during install, any ideas?
What driver did you use with Mandriva? I’m assuming ndiswrapper with windows driver, because AFAIK there is no native linux driver as of yet.
01:01.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03)
Thats not unusual. How it gets reported is down to the device. (It still says wireless). Your model can be supported with ndiswrapper.
Linux Install and Configure Netgear WG311 Marvell 88w8335 Rev 03 Chipset Wireless Card
There is a link to the driver in the above thread, just in case you require it.
Some openSUSE-specific info concerning ndiswrapper:
http://en.opensuse.org/Ndiswrapper
OK I’ll try installing ndiswrapper, don’t think it will work as the PCI card does not have the kernel bits installed so does not appear as a network device.
OK I’ll try installing ndiswrapper, don’t think it will work as the PCI card does not have the kernel bits installed so does not appear as a network device.
Unable to configure the network card because the kernel device (eth0, wlan0) is not present. This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See dmesg output for details.
I wouldn’t worry about the message you got while trying to configure it. You just need to get a working kernel driver (ndiswrapper) installed, (along with suitable windows driver), and it should then be able to be configured with YaST.