[ale] opensuse 10.2

[Dow_Hurst]

Remember to look for an "on the fly" mount in /media.  You will see a directory with the name of the usb stick.  If you cd in there and do an ls you will see the files.  "df -h" won't show that filesystem.  
Dow


-----Original Message-----
>From: "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
>Sent: Aug 18, 2007 10:42 PM
>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Subject: Re: [ale] opensuse 10.2
>
>I'm not a suse user but I have some ideas that may help:
>
>1. Get X running by hook-or-crook. By this I mean edit the xorg.conf and
>change the driver from the nvidia driver to a nv driver. The nv driver
>is in xorg and it works. You won't get the spiffy hardware accellerated
>OpenGL but you wil get X and multiple term windows.
>
>It is possible that if the USB stick has no partition that Linux hotplug
>may not see it. plug it in and wait about 3-5 seconds (or until the
>light blinks on it) and run dmesg. That should tell you the /dev device
>that is seen. Now run fdisk -l /dev/<above> to see the partitions. If
>there are none, that would explain the no automount.
>
>So mount it manually with mount -t vfat /dev/<above> /<mountpoint>
>
>On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 22:31 -0400, mike barnes wrote:
>> I need help setting up my daughter's system. I have installed 10.2 of
>> opensuse and now need to set up the wireless card. The problem is that
>> I do not have easy access to a ethernet connection since that
>> connection is downstairs. 
>> 
>> As far as I can tell I have 2 tasks that I need to do:
>> 
>>    1) Install wireless driver. BTW, this is an Athreos chipset.
>>    2) Install NVIDIA driver. Currently, I have not been able to get
>> the X dispaly working and it appears to be a driver issue. But until I
>> can get to website from her system. I can not install the new driver. 
>> 
>> I have downloaded madwifi onto a 1 GB usb stick. What I can not figure
>> out is how do I see this stick on by openSuse system so that I can
>> transfer the rpm over. BTW, I have been using the USB stick on windows
>> systems, if this makes any difference. 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for any guideance and help 
>> 
>> 
>> Mike Barnes
>> 
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