Hi,

I use Acer aspire 4520 with SLED on it. Among other things, the first and foremost is that I want to connect to Internet via a LAN (no proxy).I tried configuring it through Yast but of no help. Lspci is as under:

root@slax:~# lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0547 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0548 (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0542 (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0541 (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0543 (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 055e (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 055f (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 055e (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 055f (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0560 (rev a1)
00:07.0 Class 0403: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 055c (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0561 (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0550 (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 054c (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0533 (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd: Unknown device 0832 (rev 05)
01:09.1 Class 0805: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
01:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd: Unknown device 0843 (rev 12)
01:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
01:09.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.: Unknown device 001c (rev 01)
root@slax:~#


Also thr is no sound, no compiz fusion, color depth is only 65000. Can anyone help pls...pls.

No proper drivers have been found during installation.

Did your installation go wrong somewhere?
or maybe the nvidia drivers dont come with the installation, I guess you would need to download them of the nividia site. i.e. if they do support linux.

w3bd3vil: translation "I don't know". Well done - first step to wisdom. Better watch that next step, it's a doozy

Those devices have no free drivers, thus openSUSE (and fedora for that matter) will not support them out of the box.

Aetheros device is the wifi nic, supported via madwifi.
nVidia device is the wired nic, probably forcedeth drivers will do it.

See other thread:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...7/#post2997733

Hi,

This seems to me that most of your hardware are not known by SLED. This is self explanatory since SLED was release almost 2 years ago if I'm not mistaken. And this Acer model has been recently released this year.

root@slax:~# lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0547 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0548 (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0542 (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0541 (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0543 (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 055e (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 055f (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 055e (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 055f (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0560 (rev a1)
00:07.0 Class 0403: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 055c (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0561 (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0550 (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 054c (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0533 (rev a2)



Since you are using an older version of SUSE, try using their OpenSUSE 10.3. Video, sound and webcam works for me. Mine is Acer Aspire 4520G. Just stick to YaST when configuring your hardware. If you don't want to upgrade yet. Update your version of SUSE immediately. Don't forget to add the NVIDIA Repositories.

Simon, I couldnt really understand what you meant.

SLED 10 SP1 was released some months ago. People may have picked up free copies at the last Software Freedom Day. This is a good point though - the distro version was not specified.

The advice is sound: either, change to openSUSE 10.3 or use the commercial support you paid for (SFD copies came with free updates for 6 months.) If you do not want to pay for support, that's fine, but you'll be happier using a non-commercial distro.

I think it means WEBDEVIL.

Meanwhile I am continuing with my quest to put life into my laptop.

Well, I'm certain it means "webdevil". I was "translating" the content of the webby one's post... but, since it turns out to be too cryptic of me, I apologize. I'm content to let the matter drop without further comment.

How are you getting on with your issues?

don't know Man! You can view my thread almost all the forums. Currently trying my luck at a couple of Suse forums.

Have you tried ndiswrapper for your wifi?
Have you tried the forcedeth driver for your ethernet?
... you see, you have provided zero feedback to the suggestions on this thread - it's kinda discouraging.

not at all, pls check here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...e-4520-607537/


I used this thread so that I may get a more focussed reponse.

I have found that the ethernet connection works with a fresh install (using the 32-bit version). Sound and wireless still escape me. Has anyone solved these two issues?

Thanks.

Install nvidia proprietory driver package - the supply output of lspci.

I'm not quite clear on what you've suggested ... being somewhat of a newbie and all ... could you be a little bit more specific?

Thanks for the response.

If you have 4520 and you want Ubuntu 7.10 then this thread should be your bible.For wireless you may want to look here.

Alternatively get Sabayon it provides out of the box support to most of the hardware (on this laptop) including ethernet & nVidia graphics.