configuring wireless cards on suse 10.1

[karlydj]

Hi,
Im having trouble configuring my wireless features while on my laptop.

I am a complete newbie when it comes to linux and i even had someone configure it and i messed it up.

I deleted it

Can anyone tell me how to configure it.

i have a sony vaio vgn-fs485b if it maters.


also how do i install beryl...

i got the rpm but zen says there is no instalation package :S

thanks if you can help me

Karl

[bigtomrodney]

To install beryl, assuming you have some form of internet connection (wired?) Add the Beryl/Compiz repository from here. Instructions are included for adding the repo.

What kind of WiFi card is it? Run these in a terminal and post back the output.

/sbin/lspci |grep -i eth
dmesg |grep -i eth
/sbin/ifconfig

[karlydj]

here is what it said

karlydj@Karl:~> /sbin/lspci |grep -i eth
06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile (rev 03)
karlydj@Karl:~> dmesg |grep -i eth
e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xb0107000, irq 185, MAC addr 00:13:A9:02:81:CC
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
karlydj@Karl:~> /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:A9:02:81:CC
inet addr:192.168.1.70 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:a9ff:fe02:81cc/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4473 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3111 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:5229928 (4.9 Mb) TX bytes:347077 (338.9 Kb)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:175 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:175 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:11352 (11.0 Kb) TX bytes:11352 (11.0 Kb)

[bigtomrodney]

From that I can only see your wired network card unfortunately. Maybe we'll try it without the grep. Can you post the full output from running

/sbin/lspci

[Malachi151]

I recommend that you simply upgrade to 10.2. I couldn't get my wireless card to work either until I upgraded.

I use GNOME, but in the install you can select to have the KDE wireless network manager installed

That didn't actually help me a whole lot, though, I ended up simply configuring it via the Control Panel anyway, but the point is that wireless is much better supported in 10.2.