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Anybody using Open SuSE?

#1 Post by XE1UFO » Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:48 am

Dear Friends:

I tried the OpenSuSE distro, installed it to a partition, but could not get wifi to connect, though it doe see my router, no matter what. Perhaps I am using the wrong kind of password (wep)?

I am a licensed ham radio nut, and SuSE has a ton of ham software built in, thus my interest.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Anybody using Open SuSE?

#2 Post by Temetka » Wed Aug 05, 2015 5:05 am

I haven't used that distro in years.

The beauty of linux though is this: find the HAM radio programs you want and install them in another distro.
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Re: Anybody using Open SuSE?

#3 Post by portsample » Tue Oct 06, 2015 11:56 pm

Well, hope I'm not too late on this reply, but openSuSE is all I've been running since 2001 when it was still a German company. I've installed on a 760ED, 770, T21, T30,T41 as well as T60's and T61's. Installation and configuration has gotten massively straightforward in the last few years. Just my $0.02.
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Re: Anybody using Open SuSE?

#4 Post by felixzero » Sat Dec 05, 2015 3:29 pm

Does the wifi work with another distribution or Windows?
Do you see the network list?

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Re: Anybody using Open SuSE?

#5 Post by EvoT61 » Tue Dec 08, 2015 2:30 am

if your pass is wrong it should show up ( im linux user and if my wifi pass inserted incorrectly - it warns me ) so this one should fall back, next if its intels , try to disable N and use 2.5Ghz . wifi is very strange thing ..even says N is strong and future, but its weak and useless in my experience... if im using N signal on x230 ... im loosing signal when i change the room , so i have to go back to router room to get back on it . try use G (5ghz ) i think or A .. its 5Ghz, or maybe you check your router and see what settings are .. 2.5 or 5 :)
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Re: Anybody using Open SuSE?

#6 Post by XE1UFO » Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:14 pm

felixzero wrote:Does the wifi work with another distribution or Windows?
Do you see the network list?
The wifi works fine on the Windows sideof the same laptop.

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Re: Anybody using Open SuSE?

#7 Post by ajkula66 » Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:33 pm

XE1UFO wrote: The wifi works fine on the Windows sideof the same laptop.
With the same WEP encryption?
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Re: Anybody using Open SuSE?

#8 Post by jaspen-meyer » Tue Sep 20, 2016 1:25 pm

Have you tried a few other wifi cards? If you have some around, that's the first thing I'd try. On my x22 the original card would see my network but would not connect - it was an 802.11b wifi card. Changing the card fixed the problem - I changed to Atheros as it is well supported by Linux.

If you don't have another wifi card to try....search the web for your [specific card] and "Open SuSE", i.e. "Intel 2100 Open SuSE" and see if there are some steps needed to load a driver.

Check which card you have installed with one of these commands 'lspci' or 'lshw' (or open the machine and check).

Also try this: http://www.opensuse-guide.org/wlan.php
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Re: Anybody using Open SuSE?

#9 Post by Dekks » Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:08 pm

Be aware testing old wifi cards on linux atm there is a regression in the commonly used redhat networkmanager package namely bug 1371623 that prevents them connecting at all.
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