Hi Experts,
I am using Opensuse 11.0 kernel 2.6.25-1.1 default. I also have pae. I cannot connect to the internet with wires and without wires.
So, I have to download anything in Windows Vista and then open it in Suse.
Cannot use DVD as I get this error 'Cannot access installation media(Medium 1). Check whether the server is accessible'.
I am trying to update the kernel . I have a link
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Do...t-wireless-old from which I downloaded it but dont know how to.
How do I update the kernel?

Regards,
Bamtoy

try this
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/compil...kernel-26.html
there are lot more howtos to help you install your kernel.

Will these commands work for Opensuse as well. I will try this out.

ohh no you are to update your kernel.. sorry i gave you the link to upgrade or compile a kernel.im sorry.my mistake

edit:you can follow the link you already posted in post #1..it describes how to build and install.

I just need the latest kernel so that my wireless will work in Opensuse 11
2.6.25-1.1

you have the required kernel as stated in the link you provided.

How do I update the kernel? I have downloaded compat-wireless-old.tar., bz2
I dont know if it is right.
I have done 'cd compat-wireless-old.tar.bz2'
Did a 'make' and 'make install'.
Will it appear on the grub menu?
What happens next?

bamtoy

I am unsure what you are saying here:
is your installation medium (CD/DVD) in the drive when you get this message? It looks as if the drive may not be local to your computer. Is this true?

For one reason or another, that is not the problem that you are trying to cure first. The problem that you are trying to cure first is to install a different kernel, whether that this helps with this problem, or not.

You have SuSE and you are trying to grab a kernel from somewhere else. It is quite possible that this will fix the wireless problem and break other things. SuSE do do their own little 'hacks' and you will lose those.

If the requirement is to get a kernel of a particular version and you want the rest of the SuSE system to keep on working, wouldn't it have been better to try a kernel of the appropriate version from SuSE? Or is that not available for 11.0 now?

I'm not sure that this trick works in 11.0...I know it does in 11.1, and AFAIK it doesn't back in 10.0, but I can only say that it probably does in 11.0.

• You can create a repository on your own hard disk
• You go into Yast and define a directory as a repository of the 'simple directory' type
• Any .rpm files that you place in this directory are then easily installable using 'Yast > Install/Manage Software' in the usual way

BTW, it looks as if for 11.0 at least 2.6.25 through .29 (and possibly others) are available from SuSE themselves.

My DVD is in the drive of my PC to install the packages. Inspite of that, I get the error as mentioned.
I am being told that updating kernels will help getting the right packages and also help fix the wireless problem.
I was told to get gcc, gcc-kernel, etc and then compile the kernel.

I am trying to get wireless, that is it.

'Since Suse 11.0 doesn't have the latest kernel (and drivers), you first should install the latest wireless drivers'.
so I was told in a forum

Recently,I downloaded wicd.rpm into the home directory and tried Yast-->install software. I got dependencies error. Urwid needs to be installed.
I did not see it in the repository list on my DVD.

Hello experts,
I am using opensuse 11.0 kernel 2.6.25.5-1.1 default.
I think this is the version that comes with the DVD.
I have found this to the latest stable kernel on my search.
linux-2.6.31.tar.bz2

Please tell me how do I update the kernel.

bamtoy.

my suggestion is look in opensuse repositories for latest kernel image and install your kernel with yast(i think it is the package manager in suse).. i hope i am right.. i havnt used opensuse

I have tried yast. I have to be connected to the internet(maybe I am wrong)
I dont have it in the DVD.
I tried to filter using 'Repositories' and then I see contents of my DVD and dont see the latest kernel.

sorry forgot about your post #1..
here is the link from opensuse
http://en.opensuse.org/Configure,_Bu...m_Linux_Kernel

hope that solves your problem.

Hi,
Thank you all. I have updated my kernel using rpm package.
Now it is 2.6.25.20-0.5-default. I dont know if this has helped in getting wireless. But now I have wireless connection.
I am closing the thread.

Thank you.