I recently installed a SUsE Linux distro that I purchased a while ago, and I have a problem.

The kernel version is 2.0 (I think), and is too antiquated to run a WMP54G Linksys Wireless driver.

Without a working internet connection, I can't update my system, and without an updated system, I can't get a working wireless driver. A catch-22 if there ever was one.

My question is, how can I update? And once I update, where can I find a working driver for a WMP54G wireless card?

Oh, and I have access to my Windows partition via swap file.

Where is stealthy when you need him?

I installed SUsI Linux on a server with a Xeon processor the other night, and it had a linksys wireless router hooked to it for a LAN party we are throwing saturday. I'll ask my friend where he got the driver. (I built it but he configured it)

I just stuck a SuSE 9.1 distro on an old P2. It hates everything on it but will boot with some problems.

Posted by Professor Chaos Where is stealthy when you need him?

Sitting on my [somewhat] fat (yet perfectly plump and round) ass doing Algebra homework :\

Anyways, I had a similar problem some weeks ago. I have a Netgear wireless card, and I have/had Fedora Core 3. Now what with Netgear being the assholes they are, they don't make Linux drivers. Bitches.

Firstoff, if you only have kernel 2.0, upgrade, please. the latest stable is 2.6, weighing in at around ~20mb, small enough to fit on a usb mass storage device (aka: jumpdrive / usb drive).

Linksys has firmware for your driver right here: http://www.linksys.com/support/gpl.asp .

Instructions should be included in that package, if they aren't, don't be afraid to shoot me a PM and this can get sorted out.

Good day

There's a shell command that shows you the kernel version, but I forgot what it was. What is it?

Oh, and I got LinuxAnt, and it made me crash all the time.

It's working noe, because I got an ethernet cable that is long enough to reach all the way to my computer.

Thanks for your help, everyone!

Posted by Fubster There's a shell command that shows you the kernel version, but I forgot what it was. What is it?

"uname -a" will show you your kernel version along with some other basic info about your distro.

Thanks.

Posted by Fubster I recently installed a SUsE Linux distro that I purchased a while ago, and I have a problem. The kernel version is 2.0 (I think), and is too antiquated to run a WMP54G Linksys Wireless driver. Without a working internet connection, I can't update my system, and without an updated system, I can't get a working wireless driver. A catch-22 if there ever was one. My question is, how can I update? And once I update, where can I find a working driver for a WMP54G wireless card? Oh, and I have access to my Windows partition via swap file.

That version of Linux sounds absolutely antiquated. Either download a new distro and buy one, but I can't imagine something like what you have being at all useful unless you do a whole crap load of upgrading and really know your way around a Linux system.

I bought a distro at Circut City. And I did do a crapload of updating. And now I'm running kernel version 2.4.21.

The distro itself is great. I love SuSE. It was just old. Really old.

Anyways, It's all working now. I'm posting this using Linux.

Sweet