On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 11:45 -0600, Larry Finger wrote: > On 12/09/2013 11:12 AM, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 16:27 +0100, Nathan Manzi wrote: > >> I am new user of opensuse and i need a help on how to set up my wifi. I > >> have delete my windows operating systemand then i have installed opensuse > >> 13.1 on it. Installation went well but when it comes for the settings of > >> network manager. I have tried to use yast for the settings but it says > >> that my network is controlled by network manager and i tried to set up but > >> i still have the problem interfaces is unavailable and i couldn't fix it. > >> My laptop is hp pavillion and it is intel centrino 2 inside. I really don't > >> know how to fix it. I have run this command > >> *hwinfo -- short --wlan * > >> I have found that i have *Network: wlp2s0 Intel PRO/Wireless > >> 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network connection * > >> when running *uname -r *i got this * 3.11.6.4-desktop* > >> > >> But i do not see my interfaces such as eth0 or eth1 which seems to be weird > >> for me . When running *ifconfig -a* > >> i got these interfaces *enp3s0* , *lo *and* wlp2s0 * > >> so i would like to have a help to fix this issues > >> Thanks for helping me . > > > > Your network interfaces are not eth0 and eth1, but instead are enp3s0 > > (ethernet, pci bus 3, slot 0) and wlp2s0 (wireless, pci bus 2, slot 0). > > The 'udev' program determines these names for you. There are various > > ways to get udev to use more "normal" device names, but those involve > > editing configuration and are best asked on the udev mailing lists > > instead of NetworkManager's. > > > > So back to NetworkManager; do you see any kind of network control applet > > in your desktop? It's usually in the top-right or bottom-right corners > > on a toolbar, or in a status area along stuff like the volume control. > > If you click that network control applet, what do you see? > > Nathan, > > Dan Williams is extremely knowledgeable about NetworkManager, but I don't > think > he is an openSUSE user. Another place to get help, and a place where openSUSE > users are found, is at http://forums.opensuse.org/forum.php. You should > create > an account there, and post your question on the wireless forum. > > I would give you some more help here, but I would need to know what desktop > you > are using (KDE, Gnome, ??). That makes a difference on how you set the NM > parameters. The fact that you get a wireless device named wlp2s0 means that > you > are close.
Thanks for the offer Larry, your help here would be greatly appreciated as I'm sure you know a lot more than I about openSUSE specifics. Thanks, Dan _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
