[Novalug] Donald Harvey

[Jay Hart]

Ok, got more info.

His wired connection uses the BCM4313 chipset, which I show via web searches
as unsupported under Linux.

His wireless card is a Linksys AE1200.  I "think" this is supported as a 2870
ralink chipset, according to one web search hit.  Dmesg is reporting it as a
AE1200 chipset. It shows up as eth0 in dmesg, and is reported as "link not
ready".

What do I need to do now?  What driver do we need to load?

Jay

> 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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