I've just installed SuSE 10.1 (x86_64) on my HP L2000 laptop and am having problems with my built-in wireless. The light on the laptop doesn't even turn on when in SuSE (but it does in Windows). So, I get no wireless signal at all.

I assume I'm using the 2.6.16.13-4 kernel because there is a directory by the name in my /usr/src directory (but then again, I am really new to Linux.)

Here is what I get when I run /sbin/lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Contro
ller ATI
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio
Controller (rev 02)
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SB400 - AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTra nsport 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 Con troller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscella neous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5 955 (PCIE)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139 C+ (rev 10)
05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802. 11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
05:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
05:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Co ntroller
05:09.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
05:09.4 Class 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI741 1, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller


As you can see, the wireless is a Broadcom, so I dont know what gives. I haven't been able to locate any drivers for it.
Any ideas?

Thanks

Have you tried the windows driver using ndiswrapper? If you're not familiar with ndiswrapper, there are many posts about it in LQ. A search for Broadcom and ndiswrapper should generate lots of good leads.

I just downloaded ndiswrapper. I extracted it and read the install instructions. When I type "ndiswrapper" in the terminal, it just keeps saying "bash: ndiswrapper: command not found". What gives? I even tried it in the ndiswrapper directory and its utils directory. Why doesn't it see the command. I am typing it in right. What gives?

Did you download and install it using YaST? If not, I would recommend trying that to start. After that, you need to specify instructions for ndiswrapper such as the following:

1. Change directory to folder with INF file (windows driver)
2. ndiswrapper -i [file].inf
3. ndiswrapper -l (should display = [driver] present, hardware present)
4. modprobe ndiswrapper
5. ndiswrapper -m

Its like youre speaking another language. I know where YaST is, but how in the world do I install things in it??

YaST is the Suse control center. It can be used to configure a number of applications, change system settings and manage packages (applications). In order to use it to install software, open YaST and go to the "software" tab. Once selected, you should see an option for "software management." When that module loads, search for ndiswrapper and, when it shows up on the right, check the box next to it. Then click "accept" (bottom right) and follow the prompts. Once it's finished, you should be able to use ndiswrapper.