Enabling wireless on a Dell Inspiron 1545 in OpenSUSE
Published: December 21, 2009
This process is normally trivial and would have been automatic in Ubuntu, but OpenSUSE seems to make it a little harder … but not too hard. This should work with every other laptop that uses the Broadcom BCM431* chipset too, but I can’t be sure.
First off, you will need to add community package called Packman. So fire up the YaST Control Center (Computer -> YaST -> Software Repositories).
Now add the Packman community repository (click on Add button on the lower left). Check the Community Repositories radio button. In the new screen, scroll down and check the Packman repository.
You will be prompted to import a key. Choose Import.
With the repository added, we now need to install the driver (Computer -> Install Software).
Search for broadcom in the search box and check broadcom-wl broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop. Once installed, restart your system and proceed with configuring your wireless connection
Enabling wireless on a Dell Inspiron 1545 in OpenSUSE
This process is normally trivial and would have been automatic in Ubuntu, but OpenSUSE seems to make it a little harder … but not too hard. This should work with every other laptop that uses the Broadcom BCM431* chipset too, but I can’t be sure.
First off, you will need to add community package called Packman. So fire up the YaST Control Center (Computer -> YaST -> Software Repositories).
Now add the Packman community repository (click on Add button on the lower left). Check the Community Repositories radio button. In the new screen, scroll down and check the Packman repository.
You will be prompted to import a key. Choose Import.
With the repository added, we now need to install the driver (Computer -> Install Software).
Search for broadcom in the search box and check broadcom-wl broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop. Once installed, restart your system and proceed with configuring your wireless connection