Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card not working in SuSE 10.1
I recently put SuSE 10.1 on my laptop, which came with an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card. In YaST, under Network Devices->Network Card, Linux recognizes the card and that it's there, but I can't get it to connect to the network.
Is there anyway to get it working? |
it works with the latest kernel:
2.6.16.21-0.13 so you need to: 1) update kernel 2) install ipw3945d 3) install wireless tools 4) install wpa_supplicant 5) kernel specific wlan-kmp after this (kernel update asuming that you do have installed the rest). ipw3945 works with wpa2 enabled |
Install ipw-firmware.. make SURE you do that..
> rpm -qa | grep ipw ipw3945d-1.7.18-10.1 ipw-firmware-7-12.2 You see there.. and all works great. |
OK, thank you, this is is helpful, but. . . how do I do that?
I'm completely new to Linux, so I don't really know how to do much. |
Add the following repositories by going to:
YaST --> Installation Sources Server: download.opensuse.org Directory: distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-inst-source/ Server: download.opensuse.org Directory: distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source/ Both are HTTP Services. Once that is done, go into Software Management and do a search for ipw and be sure both packages above are install. OR open a terminal and do the following: rpm -qa | grep ipw [Hit Enter] If the ipw3945d-1.7.18-10.1 is not installed then do: rpm -ivh http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse....18-9.i586.rpm (Note: You can copy that and Shift + Insert that into a terminal) If the ipw-firmware-7.12.2 is not installed then do: rpm -ivh http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse...-10.noarch.rpm (Note: Again you can copy and paste the above command into a terminal) |
Thank you so much for your help, but I've tried both methods, and neither are working. . .
When I try the first one, I give the server name and the directory, but when I hit OK, I get an error saying that there is an invalid pathname component in the directory, and I get this with both of those. And when I tried it via the terminal, I got the error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.0 |
When trying with command line be sure you have done the su command to log on as Super User (root).
Also be sure YaST is closed. |
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