[gingerboot]

Hi!
I wonder how can tell the keyboard that supposes to enable wifi with F2 (without Fn pressed), to send a code that opensuse understands...

In /var/log/messages I see can't enable rawmode for keycode 240

rfkill says that all wifi cards (the internal rtl8188ce and two others that I plugged into USB ports) are hard blocked...

The kernel in opensuse 12.1 is version 3, and the working 64 bit module for rtl8192ce (the same driver that rtl8188ce), was included in kernel 2.6.38...

It is a real pain... could someone help me please?

Please note that the other two cards are a realtek and a ralink cards that work out of the box in any other computer, and all are equally "blocked by a hardware switch"... so I believe that the problem is with the switch and not the driver.

Thanks!

[gingerboot]

In case of anyone having the same problem, I've found a workaround that at least allows the mini to be used.
Boot from usb with lubuntu (lubuntu.net), press repeatedly and rapidly three or four times, the wifi key on your keyboard, and check that icon of networkmanager (it takes a few seconds to unlock and afterwards it shows and permits you connect to the wireless networks in range).
Now shutdown and remove the usb stick, and boot normally into opensuse, taking care of never disable wireless through the networkmanager switch.

In case you don't know how, download unetbootin from unetbootin.sourceforge.net and lubuntu iso from lubuntu.net.

If there is a better method known to you, please update this post. Thank you.

[reflex]

Thanks for the info. I don't have any helpful hints regarding a better method.

I dunno if a different wifi card would help (I upgraded my 1012's internal wifi card to an Intel 6200, but the OEM card was Atheros, not Realtek). If you want to add Bluetooth, some wifi cards include it, so that'd give you another excuse to upgrade

[btreichel]

Don't know of your specfic issue, but with most distros on mini 9's you have to update restricted drivers using the cat 5 connection to get wifi to work.

Originally Posted by gingerboot

Hi!
I wonder how can tell the keyboard that supposes to enable wifi with F2 (without Fn pressed), to send a code that opensuse understands...

In /var/log/messages I see can't enable rawmode for keycode 240

rfkill says that all wifi cards (the internal rtl8188ce and two others that I plugged into USB ports) are hard blocked...

The kernel in opensuse 12.1 is version 3, and the working 64 bit module for rtl8192ce (the same driver that rtl8188ce), was included in kernel 2.6.38...

It is a real pain... could someone help me please?

Please note that the other two cards are a realtek and a ralink cards that work out of the box in any other computer, and all are equally "blocked by a hardware switch"... so I believe that the problem is with the switch and not the driver.

Thanks!