this is just a collection of hints about using opensuse 10.3 on some machines or with some devices
maybe this page helps someone succeeding faster...
| function | comment |
|---|---|
| Soundblaster AWE32 | needs manual installation, module has to be unloaded for suspend |
| LAN | ok |
| VGA ATI Rage128 | needs manual dpi-adjustment |
| Suspend to disk | ok |
| function | comment |
|---|---|
| Sound | ok |
| LAN | ok |
| Modem | manual installation |
| VGA | needs manual dpi-adjustment |
| Suspend to disk | ok |
| function | comment |
|---|---|
| Sound | ok |
| LAN | ok |
| Bluetooth | ok |
| WLAN BCM4312 | OpenSuse ships with the older BCM43xx driver which has no WPA the b43 driver from linuxwireless.org at least handles WPA, instructions in german are here Unfortunately this driver is crashing the kernel if you are in a crowded WLAN-cell! the proprietary driver from Broadcom seems to work, packet name is "broadcom-wl", the kernel module is just named "wl" |
| Modem | manual installation there is a closed source driver for the HSF-modem available (here), needs kernel source |
| VGA ATI Radeon X1200 (RS690 791F) | ok, load proprietary fglrx driver, otherwise screen looks really ugly |
| Suspend to disk or ram | no way... (will work with newer kernels, I now use opensuse 11.1 and it worked instantly) |
there is a dell repository on http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/repositories/isv:/dell:/community/suse10.3-i386 - don't know yet what to do with their packages...
most important there is an issue with the integrated ALI chipset. opensuse tries to load the driver pata_ali and this somehow fails with the DVD-combo. While booting there is a long delay until it finds a solution. Luckily I found a workaround on some webpages: add the option "libata.pata_dma=1" to the grub entry or enter it manually at bootprompt.
| function | comment |
|---|---|
| Sound | ok |
| LAN | ok |
| WLAN | BCM43xx-firmware, but no WPA! might work with b43 driver from linuxwireless.org but I did not checked that yet! instructions in german are here or try the proprietary Broadcom driver "broadcom-wl" |
| VGA ATI RS200M (Radeon IGP 345M) | ok |
| Suspend to disk | ok |
Printer HP Photosmart C5180
works. I only tried the network connection, but using HPLIP you can control everything, CUPS serves printing and the scanner is to be used with xsane when started by the HP Device Manager. The integrated card reader is accessible via the smb protocol, just make a connection to smb://(printer name or ip)/memory_card - when asked for a password enter name: Admin and password: NTLM
mobile phone HTC Touch Diamond (XDA Diamond)
USB-Storage and Bluetooth work out of the box, synchronization and network sharing using opensync and synce works as well, but is really hard to install. see here for details
hope it helps,
Christian Güssmer 2008