openSuSE installation

[linsuain]

Hello all,

I installed openSuSE 11.2 sometime ago in a COMPAQ Presario CQ60-419WM laptop (the ones that Wal-mart sold for $300 about a year-and-a-half ago. I installed the 64-bit version because I saw that the processor could support that (perhaps that was not a good idea).

I have some problems that seem related to not having the necessary drivers. My wireless has never worked and my display is far from what I would like it to be (the response is slow, if a drag a window, its motion is jerky, if I scroll down in a browser window, the motion is wavy). The look and feel is very different from what I get at work and I do not know how to fix it.

I read a post in this forum where it was advised that one should run some commands to find out certain information about the configuration. I paste some of that below. I apologize up front as some of the outputs are long. If that is not considered appropriate let me know and I will edit this posting.

Any help would be appreciated, I use linux a lot at work, but I am not very familiar with setting it up.

Thanks in advance,

Otto.

Here are some of the things I ran (some output has been hidden):

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"*******"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: **:**:**:**:**:**
Bit Rate=48 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=54/70 Signal level=-56 dBm Noise level=-98 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: **:**:**:**:**:**
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=52/70 Signal level=-58 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"******"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000077f0e0c5c7
Extra: Last beacon: 30205ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00055658563733
IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
IE: Unknown: 200100
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101830003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00

00:00.0 0500: 10de:0754 (rev a2)
00:01.0 0601: 10de:075e (rev a2)
00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0752 (rev a1)
00:01.3 0b40: 10de:0753 (rev a2)
00:01.4 0500: 10de:0568 (rev a1)
00:02.0 0c03: 10de:077b (rev a1)
00:02.1 0c03: 10de:077c (rev a1)
00:04.0 0c03: 10de:077d (rev a1)
00:04.1 0c03: 10de:077e (rev a1)
00:06.0 0101: 10de:0759 (rev a1)
00:07.0 0403: 10de:0774 (rev a1)
00:08.0 0604: 10de:075a (rev a1)
00:09.0 0101: 10de:0ad0 (rev a2)
00:0a.0 0200: 10de:0760 (rev a2)
00:0b.0 0604: 10de:0569 (rev a1)
00:14.0 0604: 10de:077a (rev a1)
00:18.0 0600: 1022:1300 (rev 40)
00:18.1 0600: 1022:1301
00:18.2 0600: 1022:1302
00:18.3 0600: 1022:1303
00:18.4 0600: 1022:1304
02:00.0 0300: 10de:0845 (rev a2)
07:00.0 0200: 168c:001c (rev 01)

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 075e (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode) (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:14.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Link Control
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200M G] (rev a2)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 075e (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at 1a00 [size=256]

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 3080 [size=64]
I/O ports at 3040 [size=64]
I/O ports at 3000 [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus

00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at c0080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]

00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at c0006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at c0007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at c0008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at c0007400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE (rev a1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
I/O ports at 30c0 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_amd

00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel

00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode) (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
I/O ports at 30f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 30e4 [size=4]
I/O ports at 30e8 [size=8]
I/O ports at 30e0 [size=4]
I/O ports at 30d0 [size=16]
Memory at c0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
Memory at c0009000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 30f8 [size=8]
Memory at c0007c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Memory at c0007800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth

00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
Memory behind bridge: c1000000-c1ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c4000000-00000000dfffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:14.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: c2000000-c20fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration (rev 40)
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Address Map
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] DRAM Controller
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Link Control
Flags: fast devsel

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200M G] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 360a
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
Memory at c1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at c4000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 4000 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at c6000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 137a
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at c2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ath5k

[gogalthorp]

Did you install the NVIDIA driver?

openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users

Did you go into Yast and set up the wireless? If so which method?

[linsuain]

Thanks for your reply. I don't think I installed the NVIDIA driver, I will check the link and see how that works. I did go into Yast and tried a couple of different options for setting up the wireless, I do not recall the names right now (don't have that laptop with me), but nothing helped.

Otto.

Did you install the NVIDIA driver?


Did you go into Yast and set up the wireless? If so which method?

[gogalthorp]

If you hae not installe the NVIDIA driver you will see a qunatum leap when you do.

You may need firm ware for that wirless card
This should help

Getting Your Wireless to Work