[BozemanLUG] User looking for wifi help with OpenSUSE 11.2 on Toshiba Satelite L505 laptop

[gary hildebrand]

So far, I'd say it is a d**m good start . . .

I'm just used to YAST for doing all my sys maintenance, and it doesn't come
up with anything for wifi cards on my machine.  Maybe it is that Realtek has
put their adapter in a non-standard place that YAST doesn't look for sys
config.

I'll keep you all posted.

Gary Hildebrand
Bozeman MT
SuSE 11.2

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:21 AM, R. Potter <rpotter at zoncko.com> wrote:

> I did a little research tonight and was having a very hard time finding out
> what brand the wireless adapter was.  Toshiba never wanted to identify it.
> I did however take a look at www.linux-laptop.net and found some info that
> "might" be helpful.  I found an entry from someone who purchased an L500
> (the L505 is part of the series).  On theirs they indicated it came with a
> Realtek Wireless adapter and that it was not an option.  Further down in
> the
> post they had a write up on what to do to get the wireless adapter working.
> But, this user was installing/running Ubuntu.  However, I am hoping there
> may be enough info here to help resolve this issue.  I do not know if the
> L505 came with a Realtek but I would think the odds are decent that it did.
> The write up makes it sound like Realtek offers a linux driver.
>
> Anyhow, hope it helps.
>
> http://homeport.org/~bcordes/satellite-l500-install.html<http://homeport.org/%7Ebcordes/satellite-l500-install.html>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Scott Dowdle
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:15 AM
> To: BozemanLUG
> Subject: [BozemanLUG] User looking for wifi help with OpenSUSE 11.2 on
> Toshiba Satelite L505 laptop
>
> Greetings,
>
> Gary Hildebrand stopped by my office today looking for help getting
> wireless
> working on his Toshiba L505 laptop.  I'm not sure of the make of the wifi
> card yet but I expect him to join in on this thread RSN.
>
> He is currently dual-booting to Windows for wifi... and using Linux when he
> has access to wired.  He is a long time computer user.
>
> TYL,
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