[Novalug] Donald Harvey

[Matt Ryanczak]

You should be able to see the card listed using either the lspci or 
lsusb comamnds. Most internal wifi cards are mini-pci or mini-pci-e 
which lspci will show. I've seen a couple of laptops that used the usb 
bus for wifi so lsusb is another command worth trying if lspci does not 
yield results.

On 1/25/12 9:46 AM, greg pryzby wrote:
> Here is a good place to start:
>     http://www.linux-laptop.net/
>
> Look up the laptop on the manufacturers site to see what card maybe in it.
>
> Here is how to do it from OpenSuSE:
>     http://opensuse-guide.org/wlan.php
>
> Here is another way to get the info:
>     Flip the hard switch to OFF for wireless
>     sudo cat /var/log/messages
>     Flip the hard switch to ON for wireless
>     Hopefully the card will be recognized and errors about drivers will appear.
>
> I didn't see what version of SuSE he is using. Here is a discussion
> that might help:
>     http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/wireless/468384-incorrect-driver-broadcom-4313-when-installing-opensuse-12-1-dvd-but-correct-kde-livecd.html
>
> Search Engine for
>     <suse version here>  broadcom wireless driver
> for more info.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Jay Hart<jhart at kevla.org>  wrote:
>> Donald has a new laptop as mentioned and his main network connection will be
>> wireless.  I wasn't able to determine what type of device he had, as I was
>> having problems hearing him on the phone.
>>
>> I also was not able to determine via command line tools which chipset:
>> broadcom, atheros, etc was in play.
>>
>> His number is below.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>> I'm on the phone with him now.
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>>> List,
>>>>
>>>> to my great surprise I got a personal email, below, from someone who had
>>>> misinterpreted my occasional postings of solutions to linux-related problems
>>>> that were usually solved by others that I was an expert. Big mistake,
>>>> but still,
>>>> I did give him a call to see if I could help him out, in large part
>>>> because I have
>>>> gotten so much help from all of you (and more from some of you, you know
>>>> who you are: thanks!). Try to keep good karma and such.... but, I
>>>> couldn't help
>>>> him.
>>>>
>>>> Instead, I suggested that he take his laptop to the next meeting,
>>>> introduce himself
>>>> and his laptop, and get some help there.
>>>>
>>>> What I remember about his problem:
>>>>
>>>> He has a new (2012) Lenovo laptop, spanking new. He's a SUSE guy, so he
>>>> put SUSE on there. He mumbled something about a 'broadcomm chip':
>>>> I had one in my laptop too and this gave all kinds of problems that were
>>>> solved only with difficulty.
>>>>
>>>> Doing 'iwconfig' as root shows that he has no active ethernet card, and that
>>>> his wireless card isn't there either. I should have asked him to do
>>>> 'ifconfig'
>>>> as root, but I didn't think of that.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, if someone knowledgeable is willing to give him a hand I'm sure
>>>> he'll appreciate it. I tried, but couldn't. Don't you like challenges?
>>>>
>>>> Nino
>>>>
>>>> Here's his email.
>>>> On 01/24/2012 08:05 PM, Donald Harvey wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Nino hello my name is Donald Harvey you don't know me I'm a member of
>>>>> the novalug ..I'm new to the group ..I'm not sure how to use the
>>>>> mailing list I'm having some issues something wrong with my network on
>>>>> my new laptop can you give me a call tonight 5713407155
>>>>>
>>>>
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