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I cannot deem to figure out how to get my Wifi working on my Older Dell precisionm4300 laptop I have tried different linux distros and now installed opensuse but wifi doesn't even exist never mind using it lol . the wifi did work perfectly in Windows 7 so I do know that it does work.
space bar down until you find your wireless/network card.
Are you able to use a ethernet hardwire connection to access the internet? or Do you have no network capabilities at all?
That may be a hint at the root of the problem.
space bar down until you find your wireless/network card.
Are you able to use a ethernet hardwire connection to access the internet? or Do you have no network capabilities at all?
That may be a hint at the root of the problem.
command not found
ok I had to do thr su instead of sudo
ok it shows Broadcom Cprporation Netxtreme BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n (rev.03)
Last edited by Shadowmeph; 01-15-2014 at 09:07 PM.
Distribution: OpenSUSE 13.2 64bit-Gnome on ASUS U52F
Posts: 1,444
Rep:
if you type on your terminal as root ofcourse
Code:
lspci -knn
you will get a list of all your hardware with the kernel module that is being used. you can pasted the result here so we can see what is your wireless card and what driver is using.
Also here is the link to an important OpenSUSE guide, look at the left side for other interesting topic beside the wireless how to.
Keep in mind that in order for you to download and install drivers an internet connection is required so you must plug an ethernet cable to your computer in order to get access to the internet and fix your connection that way.
Ok ty for all of your help I finally got it up and running \
Now I get to search and try out different email clients with good spam filter but that will be another possible problem for a later date
Thank you all again
I am not sure how to copy off of the xterm terminal so I am stuck typing everything.
the same as on windows "cmd.exe" and every text document and every web browser IE and Firefox
l-click and highlight
r-click the highlight and select "copy"
( or keybord shortcut)
<control>+<c>
Also the exact same command as on Windows and Apple
and MS office , and notepad
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