Cannot connect to wireless network from opensuse
Hi, if anyone can help me out with this it'd be much appreciated...
I pretty new to linux, installed opensuse 11.0 yesterday. However I am unable to connect to my wireless network. I have a dell studio 1725 laptop, with a dell wireless 1397 wlan mini card...i've read somewhere this is a broadcom card (4315 ???). Anyway i've managed to find a driver for this, and some instructions for installing it, but i've got a bit stuck, the instrctions from the broadcom website i have follow: On the target machine, setup the source/hybrid/build directory 1. Create a new directory: mkdir hybrid_wl 2. Go to that directory: cd hybrid_wl 3. Untar the appropriate 32/64 bit file to that directory 32 bit: tar -xzf <path>/hybrid-portsrc.tar.gz 64 bit: tar -xzf <path>/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64.tar.gz After untar'ing you should have a src and lib sub directory plus a Linux 2.6 "kbuild" external makefile (Makefile). The lib sub directory has the pre-built binary, wlc_hybrid.o_shipped. You use the standard Linux 2.6 kernel build system as follows to make a Linux loadable kernel module (LKM): On the target machine, and cd'ed to the directory that contains the Makefile (fragment) 4. Cleanup (optional): make -C /lib/modules/<2.6.xx.xx>/build M=`pwd` clean 5. Build the LKM, i.e. wl.ko: make -C /lib/modules/<2.6.xx.xx>/build M=`pwd` You should now have a LKM, wl.ko inside this directory. I cannot work out how to do part 4/5, is this in the terminal? I try writing what it says in the terminal but it returns an error saying that make is not a command. What am i doing wrong??? Have I gone in completely the wrong direction for fixing this issue? |
4 and 5 appear to be command line entries each starting with "make".
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Thanks for the reply, buuut...how do i make a command line entry?
Prob really obvious but just cant get this command to work. Ta |
Well click on the menus and work your way to "Terminal". Click on that and you will be at the command line wtih a $ prompt. Just type the commands at the $ prompt and hit enter (one at a time)
You can also get to the Command Line by hitting CTRL ALT F1 (Hit CTRL ALT F7 to get back out) |
ndiswrapper is what you really need for a Broadcom card. It works.
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