openSuse Partition Wireless Set-up

[nujinini]

I apologize if my instructions left you with a non-working system.

I am at a loss to explain what happened. It is possible that you needed a different kernel, to match the wl kernel module. But it should still boot into the new kernel. Did you have a video driver from nVidia or ATI that you installed on the system? It would have to be reinstalled, if a new kernel was installed.

Hi Paul,

Its OK! I enjoyed re-nstalling & repartition my laptop again. And it was really a good learning experiene for me. Anyway, I had the openSUSE re-installed and will try to look also for other ways like mike tbob has given me a link. Please feel free to give also your comments and suggestions.

sincerely,

nujinini

[waterhead]

The Packman repository is an accepted, but unofficial, repository for Suse. You should add it to the YaST repository list.

Additional YaST Package Repositories - openSUSE
http://opensuse-community.org/Package_Sources

You should be able to update and install packages from them. I would enable it before doing any updates, so that way you shouldn't get any package conflicts.

[nujinini]

The Packman repository is an accepted, but unofficial, repository for Suse. You should add it to the YaST repository list.

Additional YaST Package Repositories - openSUSE
Repositories - openSUSE-Community

You should be able to update and install packages from them. I would enable it before doing any updates, so that way you shouldn't get any package conflicts.

Hi Paul,

I hope its ok if I continue my inquiry re wireless (openSUSE) here since this is where I originally posted it before I decided to uninstall it. And now that I decided to install it again. I would like to ask for the indulgence of the admins for this cross posting. I hope its ok if I continue here Paul since this is also a wireless inquiry anyway.

I still have to get hold of an internet cable and get back to you with the results.

Thanks and have a relaxed weekend!

[waterhead]

Sure, but please update us on the current state of things. Like, did you re-install, what distro, what kernel, did you update after install?

[nujinini]

Sure, but please update us on the current state of things. Like, did you re-install, what distro, what kernel, did you update after install?

Hi Paul,

Thanks. Here is the latest situation:

1) I have made a fresh reinstall of the openSUSE 11.1 on my laptop partition.
2) I have done downloading your instructions in the previous message re packman repos and have not experienced a problem so far
3) I am now in the process of installing the broadcom-wl through the ONE Click installation at the upper right hand of the window.
4) The installation is taking time since it also downloaded open office stuffs etc?

Anyway, here are the other results of the terminal cammands ust in case you might be interested to check

:

 
linux-mw5s:~ # zypper addrepo --repo http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/Packman.repo
Adding repository 'Packman repository (openSUSE_11.1)' [done]
Repository 'Packman repository (openSUSE_11.1)' successfully added
Enabled: Yes
Autorefresh: No
URI: http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/

linux-mw5s:~ #  lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
	Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:2928] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:292d] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: ata_piix
05:00.0 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technologies, Inc. SD/MMC Host Controller [197b:2382]
	Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
	Kernel modules: sdhci-pci
05:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Standard SD Host Controller [197b:2381]
	Kernel modules: sdhci-pci
05:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technologies, Inc. MS Host Controller [197b:2383]
	Kernel driver in use: jmb38x_ms
	Kernel modules: jmb38x_ms
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1713] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: tg3
	Kernel modules: tg3

linux-mw5s:~ # lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
xt_physdev              2220  2 
bridge                 48012  1 
stp                     2248  1 bridge
bnep                   11624  2 
rfcomm                 35548  0 
sco                     9996  2 
l2cap                  20504  6 bnep,rfcomm
bluetooth              54100  6 bnep,rfcomm,sco,l2cap
ip6t_LOG                6212  7 
xt_tcpudp               2728  2 
xt_pkttype              1560  3 
ipt_LOG                 5708  8 
xt_limit                2056  15 
af_packet              16528  2 
snd_pcm_oss            43300  0 
snd_mixer_oss          14288  1 snd_pcm_oss
binfmt_misc             7872  1 
snd_seq                52248  0 
snd_seq_device          7168  1 snd_seq
i915                   28016  2 
drm                    74980  3 i915
ip6t_REJECT             4984  3 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      20196  4 
ip6table_raw            1792  1 
xt_NOTRACK              1544  4 
ipt_REJECT              2760  3 
xt_state                1904  8 
iptable_raw             2056  1 
iptable_filter          2548  1 
ip6table_mangle         2288  0 
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns     2152  0 
nf_conntrack_ipv4      10480  4 
nf_conntrack           67376  5 nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_NOTRACK,xt_state,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip_tables              11260  2 iptable_raw,iptable_filter
ip6table_filter         2408  1 
ip6_tables             12476  4 ip6t_LOG,ip6table_raw,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
x_tables               14416  12 xt_physdev,ip6t_LOG,xt_tcpudp,xt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,ip6t_REJECT,xt_NOTRACK,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,ip_tables,ip6_tables
ipv6                  242864  25 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6,ip6table_mangle
cpufreq_conservative     6324  0 
cpufreq_userspace       3112  0 
cpufreq_powersave       1640  0 
acpi_cpufreq            7060  1 
speedstep_lib           4556  0 
fuse                   52536  3 
loop                   15076  0 
dm_mod                 62236  0 
snd_hda_intel         413176  2 
snd_pcm                78852  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              21132  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
uvcvideo               50732  0 
sdhci_pci               7404  0 
video                  19992  0 
compat_ioctl32          1104  1 uvcvideo
snd_page_alloc          8048  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
jmb38x_ms              13076  0 
videodev               31236  1 uvcvideo
sdhci                  17276  1 sdhci_pci
snd_hwdep               7144  1 snd_hda_intel
sr_mod                 13536  0 
v4l1_compat            13096  2 uvcvideo,videodev
intel_agp              24264  1 
i2c_i801               10556  0 
battery                11156  0 
button                  6560  0 
wmi                     6720  0 
ac                      4452  0 
rtc_cmos               11344  0 
agpgart                32408  3 drm,intel_agp
snd                    57408  12 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
cdrom                  32288  1 sr_mod
rtc_core               18048  1 rtc_cmos
memstick               11364  1 jmb38x_ms
rtc_lib                 2816  1 rtc_core
pcspkr                  2344  0 
mmc_core               55080  1 sdhci
output                  2736  1 video
tg3                   114516  0 
i2c_core               29972  1 i2c_i801
soundcore               6900  1 snd
libphy                 18976  1 tg3
serio_raw               5092  0 
joydev                  9388  0 
sg                     29360  0 
sd_mod                 31424  3 
crc_t10dif              1704  1 sd_mod
ehci_hcd               47580  0 
uhci_hcd               23672  0 
usbcore               167276  4 uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
edd                     8616  0 
ata_piix               16292  2 
libata                160884  1 ata_piix
scsi_mod              149720  4 sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata
dock                   11988  1 libata
ext3                  124684  1 
mbcache                 8132  1 ext3
jbd                    56684  1 ext3
fan                     4712  0 
thermal                19916  0 
processor              43548  4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
thermal_sys            11364  4 video,fan,thermal,processor
hwmon                   3092  1 thermal_sys

linux-mw5s:~ # uname -a
Linux linux-mw5s 2.6.27.7-9-default #1 SMP 2008-12-04 18:10:04 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

I have not experienced a problem up to this point so I will be sending this ahead just in case it fails to restart after the update.

[nujinini]

Hello Paul, I got this error message. The download is still going on.

Download failed:
    File './rpm/i586/kernel-default-base-2.6.27.7_2.6.27.29-9.1_0.1.1.i586.delta.rpm' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/'

[nujinini]

Hello again Paul,

FYI, I cancelled the installation since I noticed that it was installing another kernel.

2.6.27.7_2.6.27.29-9.1_0.1.1.i586.

My present kernel is

2.6.27.7-9-default

Could this be the one that is causing the screw up?

Anyway, the installation of the broadcom-wl has also halted.

[waterhead]

Upgrading the kernel usually isn't a bad thing, but I think that you had problems booting the last time you tried this. Other distros keep the old kernel around, in case of problems with the new one. Suse just seems to remove the old one.

It was updating because the package is made for a specific kernel, and yours didn't match. The packages listed on THIS PAGE only have the kernel module for the 2.6.27.19_3.2-6.pm.13.i586.rpm kernel, and that wasn't the one that it was installing.

At this point I suggest you download the driver source and compile it for your current kernel. You can get it from Broadcom:

Broadcom.com - 802.11 Linux STA driver

Before compiling a kernel module, you should install these things:

kernel source (must match current kernel version)
kernel headers (must match current kernel version)
gcc
make (may already be installed)

The names of the packages may be different. If you used the DVD to install Suse, they should be available from that. Otherwise, the Suse repository should have them.

Edit: The kernel source may be named kernel-devel.

[waterhead]

It looks like you can get the needed packages from here:

Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/oss/suse/i586

The kernel-source version has a .1 at the end, so I hope it isn't too different than yours. At this point I would just download the needed packages and manually install them.

[nujinini]

It looks like you can get the needed packages from here:

Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/oss/suse/i586

The kernel-source version has a .1 at the end, so I hope it isn't too different than yours. At this point I would just download the needed packages and manually install them.

Hello Paul,

After I stopped the upgrade earlier, I made a reboot and have experienced the same problem

I have to make a "rescue" with a,live cd to bring everything back. Thank you for keeping up with me on this but I must confess I am a little discouraged with SUSE. I have read that this is a very stable distro but feel my experiences are telling me that I may not yet be prepared for this.

I will try to understand your advises above and will be getting back.

Again, thank you very much!