Raid 0, Linux and the Recovery Partition

Hello all!

I've got an MSI GT60-ONC laptop that I bought a few months ago. I've got a couple questions. First, I'm wondering if there's any reason to keep the recovery partitions? I created the three recovery DVD's when I got the laptop. I also have a full unused copy of windows 7 that I can use if something fails and I need to reinstall windows.

I'd like to install OpenSUSE alongside the factory install of Windows 7, because I'm in school and we're learning Linux. Initially I tried to create a new partition on the Raid0 setup that the laptop uses, but I couldn't because four primary partitions are already in use. I've only made one dual-boot before and it was two versions of Windows. Once I remove the recovery partitions, can I just create a new partition in the Raid0 setup and install Linux on it? Or is there something else I need to do instead? Will the Windows bootloader handle the dual boot, or will it be GRUB2?

Lastly, does removing the recovery partition and setting up a dual boot affect my warranty?

Thanks for anything!

 

As long as you have the recovery discs, you should be fine - but unfortunately, I can't answer your question regarding the RAID partitioning. I believe you CAN simply install Linux onto a new partition - and the Linux installer will provide you with a GUI so that you may resize it as needed - but I'm not sure how Linux file system deals with spanning the partition across the two volumes. You might need to ask the Linux community forums.

 

Yes, intel fakeraid is supported by the device mapper dmraid target. You should be able to install once you create an extended partition. grub2 will load both OSes just fine.

First I would either back up your recovery partition, or burn recovery media to DVDs. These are useful if you want to restore the computer to a factory fresh state.

 

Thanks for the replies!

So after I remove the recovery partitions, I can just create a new primary partition for my Linux install? When I make the new partition, will I still be able to set up Linux partitions like /boot, /swap? Is there something I need to do with intel fakeraid?

Thanks again!

 

No, it should be automatically detected by the installer. It's been well supported for years now. You may want to make an extended partition instead of maxing out your partition table with 4 primaries.

 

Awesome. Thank you! I'll get started on this sometime this weekend and might be back with more questions.

 

Hello again.

I have successfully installed linux on my computer and am dual booting into it just fine. There is one small problem I'm having so far though. It's not detecting my wired internet adapter, which is the Killer Gaming E2200.

I found and have worked through this link: [SOLVED] Qualcomm Atheros Bigfoot Killer E2200 Ethernet working in linux - Ubuntu Forums as well as Atheros e091 Gigabit Ethernet card on MSI laptop Suse 12.2

but in each case things go fine until I get to

Code:

sudo modprobe alx

which just gives an error that says something to the effect of "Module not found".

Has anyone else been through this and got it to work properly? The wireless is working, so i can use that for now, but I'd definitely like to get the network card working.

Thanks for anything!

 

I think the killer NICs need to have their PCI ID added to the driver, that's what the patch is probably about.

Can you post some output leading up to what you get when you try to modprobe? There's a lot in there, from building and patching to installing, so it's impossible to guess what's gone wrong for you.

 

Sure, I'll run through the process again and post what comes up in the console.

 

Ok, the actual error was:

Code:

sudo: modprobe: command not found

The resut of running the compat-patch.txt file was

Code:

patching file drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alf_cb.c
patching file drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx_ethtool.c
patching file drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx_main.c
patching file drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx_sw.h

When I typed in make, I made a text file with the output(that I've pasted here) but it also output the chunk below it to the console.

Code:

make -C /lib/modules/3.4.28-2.20-desktop/build M=/home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20-obj/x86_64/desktop'
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/main.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/dm_common.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/fw_common.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/phy_common.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/rtl8192c-common.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/dm.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/hw.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/led.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/phy.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rf.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/sw.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/table.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/dm.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/hw.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/led.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/mac.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/phy.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rf.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/table.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/dm.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/fw.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/hw.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/led.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/phy.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/rf.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/sw.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/table.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/trx.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/rtl8192de.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/dm.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/fw.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/hw.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/led.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/phy.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/rf.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/sw.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/table.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/rtl8192se.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/event.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/tx.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/rx.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/ps.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/cmd.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/acx.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/boot.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/init.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/debugfs.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/io.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/sdio.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/spi.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/wl1251.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/wl1251_spi.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/wl1251_sdio.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/cmd.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/acx.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/wl12xx.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/io.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/event.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/rx.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/ps.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/acx.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/boot.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/init.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/debugfs.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/scan.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore_spi.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore_sdio.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_chip.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_rf_al2230.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_rf_rf2959.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_rf_al7230b.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_rf_uw2453.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_rf.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_usb.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd1211rw.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/main.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/scan.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/sprom.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/pci.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/pcihost_wrapper.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/pcmcia.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/sdio.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/driver_chipcommon.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/driver_chipcommon_pmu.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/driver_pcicore.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/b43_pci_bridge.o
  LD [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/ssb.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/bluetooth/hci_core.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/bluetooth/hci_event.o
  CC [M]  /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/bluetooth/mgmt.o

Code:

In file included from /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c:37:0:
/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20/include/linux/tty.h:608:1: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20/include/linux/tty.h:609:1: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
In file included from /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/hci_h4.c:37:0:
/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20/include/linux/tty.h:608:1: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20/include/linux/tty.h:609:1: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
In file included from /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/hci_bcsp.c:36:0:
/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20/include/linux/tty.h:608:1: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20/include/linux/tty.h:609:1: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
In file included from /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ll.c:42:0:
/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20/include/linux/tty.h:608:1: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20/include/linux/tty.h:609:1: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
In file included from /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ath.c:34:0:
/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20/include/linux/tty.h:608:1: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20/include/linux/tty.h:609:1: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]

After this, I was able to type things into the console, but nothing worked. It just entered text.

I tried running make again and got this:

Code:

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20-obj/x86_64/desktop'
/bin/sh: /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/modules.order: Permission denied
make[7]: *** [/home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/modules.order] Error 1
make[6]: *** [/home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c] Error 2
make[5]: *** [/home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi] Error 2
make[4]: *** [/home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless] Error 2
make[3]: *** [_module_/home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p] Error 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20-obj/x86_64/desktop'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

The result of sudo make install:

Code:

make -C /lib/modules/3.4.28-2.20-desktop/build M=/home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20-obj/x86_64/desktop'
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 115 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20-obj/x86_64/desktop'
make -C /lib/modules/3.4.28-2.20-desktop/build M=/home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p "INSTALL_MOD_DIR=updates"  \
	modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20-obj/x86_64/desktop'
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/compat/compat.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bcma/bcma.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/bluecard_cs.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/bpa10x.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/bt3c_cs.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/btsdio.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/btuart_cs.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/btwilink.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/dtl1_cs.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/hci_uart.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/adm8211.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/at76c50x-usb.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/ath6kl_core.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/ath6kl_sdio.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/ath6kl_usb.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_common.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_htc.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_hw.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/carl9170.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/b43legacy.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/brcmfmac.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/libipw.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl4965.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwlegacy.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/iwmc3200wifi.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas_cs.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas_sdio.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas_spi.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/usb8xxx.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/libertas_tf.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/libertas_tf_usb.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/mwifiex.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/mwifiex_pcie.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/mwifiex_sdio.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_cs.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_nortel.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_pci.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_plx.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_tmd.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_usb.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/spectrum_cs.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54spi.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54usb.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/rtl8180.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187/rtl8187.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/rtl8192c-common.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/rtl8192de.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/rtl8192se.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtlwifi.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/wl1251.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/wl1251_sdio.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/wl1251_spi.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/wl12xx.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore_sdio.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore_spi.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd1211rw.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/drivers/ssb/ssb.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/bluetooth/bnep/bnep.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/bluetooth/cmtp/cmtp.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/bluetooth/hidp/hidp.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/rfcomm.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_ccmp.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_tkip.ko
  INSTALL /home/owen/src/compat-wireless-2012-05-10-p/net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_wep.ko
  DEPMOD  3.4.28-2.20-desktop
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.4.28-2.20-obj/x86_64/desktop'
Warning:
You may or may not need to update your initframfs, you should if
any of the modules installed are part of your initramfs. To add
support for your distribution to do this automatically send a
patch against ./scripts/update-initramfs. If your distribution does not require this
send a patch against the '/usr/bin/lsb_release -i -s': SUSE LINUX
tag for your distribution to avoid this warning.

Note: iwl4965 detected, we're going to disable it. If you would like to enable it later you can run:
    sudo iwl-load iwl4965

Running iwl-enable iwlagn...
2 iwl4965 modules found we'll disable all of them
Disabling iwl4965 (1) ...[ERROR]	Module is still being detected:
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl4965.ko
Disabling iwl4965 (2) ...	[OK]	Module disabled:
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl4965.ko

Note: atl1c detected, we're going to disable it. If you would like to enable it later you can run:
    sudo alx-load atl1c

Running alx-enable alx...
2 atl1c modules found we'll disable all of them
Disabling atl1c (1) ...	[OK]	Module disabled:
updates/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c.ko
Disabling atl1c (2) ...	[OK]	Module disabled:
updates/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c.ko
depmod will prefer updates/ over kernel/ -- OK!

Now run:

sudo make unload to unload all: wireless, bluetooth and ethernet modules
sudo make wlunload to unload wireless modules
sudo make btunload to unload bluetooth modules

Run sudo modprobe driver-name to load your desired driver.
If unsure reboot.

Thanks a lot! I hope this helps.

 

modprobe: command not found, eh? Your secure_path in /etc/sudoers must not include /sbin

Try instead the full path, sudo /sbin/modprobe alx

When you're compiling, those warnings are OK. When you re-ran make (I am confused as to why you did), you are getting a permissions error. That might be from running make install as root, so if you have actual build problems you may want to sudo make clean to clear up those files that are owned by root.

 

Thanks for the reply!

I'll give this another shot using that command instead. I'd like to start over from the beginning. Is it as simple as deleting the folder and starting again by unzipping the .tar file into a new folder?

I guess I did make twice because I didn't fully understand what it does. I'm going to read the man page on it (I'm very new to linux).

Thanks!

 

Yeah you could delete the folder if you want to start from scratch.

 

Okay!

I'm reinstalling OpenSUSE right now for an unrelated reason, so I'll post how I make out when I get to that stage again.

Thanks!

 

Reinstalling is a baaaaaad habit... learning how to unbreak your distro is good exercise

 

Yeah, I agree. I just really wasn't sure how to fix it even after digging around.

I tried to install the drivers for the nvidia card that is installed in my laptop, and after shutting down the GUI and running the .run file, the operating system kept hanging at starting the GUI (X window?). Turned out there were special instructions for doing it. Nvidia Installer HOWTO for openSUSE users

This time I ended up installing the software repository from Nvidia before I ran online update. Once the online update was finished, GNOME would still load, but not properly. I went into XFCE and removed the Nvidia drivers that were likely installed from the repository and left the open-source drivers. Right now its working fine. I've since removed the repository. It must be for desktop cards instead of laptops.

This is pretty close to what I had happen to me.
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/...arts-fallback-mode-nvidia-driver-problem.html

"To use the NVIDIA card, you need to install bumblebee and the modified NVIDIA driver. "

 

Nah, the nvidia driver is for mobile cards too, it's all the same driver (except for legacy GPUs). If you want to try again you can see what's going wrong by looking at /var/log/Xorg.0.log and looking for lines that begin with (EE):

Code:

grep '(EE)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log

 

Xorg.0.log doesn't bring anything up, but there was a .old file there so I looked in it instead. (Xorg.0.log.old)

Code:

	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    73.397] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so: undefined symbol: _glapi_tls_Context
[    73.397] (EE) Failed to load module "glamoregl" (loader failed, 7)
[    73.503] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so: undefined symbol: _glapi_tls_Context
[    73.503] (EE) intel: Failed to load module "glamoregl" (loader failed, 7)
[    73.572] (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)

Any of that mean anything?

 

Code:

[    73.572] (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)

Are you using an /etc/xorg.conf file? You can use nvidia-xconfig to make one automatically.

If you didn't do that, make sure your xorg.conf (if it exists) is using the 'nvidia' driver instead of 'nv'

Also make sure you did a sudo /sbin/modprobe nvidia

 

No, there's no xorg.conf file. Should I reload the repository and G03 drivers?

 

I dunno. But if you want to use the nvidia binary drivers you will need an xorg.conf, the easiest way is to just run nvidia-xconfig

 

The closest thing I can find to an xorg.conf file is one called xorg.conf.install in the x11 folder in /etc/.

no luck with nvidia-xconfig either.

I've downloaded a bunch of the drivers from the repository but I'm not sure if any of them actually installed? I have nvidia settings in the appliation list, but when I run it I get an error:

"You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server."

I figured out that the ones starting with x11 were the ones causing the gnome issues.

 

Okay, back to the network card problem.

I went through the steps again, except as root. This time I got this error during the "modprobe alx":

FATAL: Error inserting alx (/lib/modules/3.4.28-2.20-desktop/updates/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx.ko): Invalid module format

After a reboot, my wifi adapter was no longer installed. I had to do a "make uninstall" to get it back. So I guess the alx driver replaces it? I need to figure out how to make sure that doesn't happen.

I also attached a screenshot of the network settings window after I rebooted without wifi. Maybe the message there is significant.

If I were to get this working in Ubuntu or another distribution, is there a way to "copy" the driver over to openSUSE?

Thanks!

 

Something's gone wrong with your build of the driver, if you want help, post the commands as you typed them in and the output. Maybe as a .txt file attached since it will probably be long.

 

Success! I downloaded a different compat-wirelessfile from Welcome - Linux Wireless named compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc.tar.bz2, and then followed the steps from this link: Atheros e091 Gigabit Ethernet card on MSI laptop Suse 12.2

here's the site for the compat-wireless .tar

stable - Linux Wireless

So far, everything seems to be working as it should, both Wi-Fi and wired.

Thanks a lot for the help!

I also attached the console output from when I got it working in the results.txt file attached.