libsmbios and OpenSuSE 10.3

[Michael E Brown]

On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 03:22:22PM -0500, Gustavo Vallejo La Torre wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Today install opensuse 10.3 into my Dell Precision M65, but Network Manager
> show some errors with wireless lan.
> 
> I have installed this files from DVD Opensuse 10.3:
> 
> libsmbios-bin-0.13.6-2.i586.rpm
> libsmbios-libs-0.13.6-2.i586.rpm
> 
> But, Network Manager show this error:
> 
> Could not open file /sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/smi_data. Check that dcdbas
> driver is properly loaded.
> 
> I try set up Dell linux software repository (
> http://linux.dell.com/repo/software/) with the command:
> 
> wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/software/bootstrap.cgi | bash
> 
> 
> Show this error:
> 
> Failed to download RPM: /dell-unsupported-repository/1-4/dell-
> unsupported-repository-1-4.suse10.3.noarch.rpm
> 
> My question is:
> 
> 01) When i find this dcdbas and dell_rbu files to OpenSuSE 10.3 ???

Matt had a fine answer to this. For now, you probably want to put a
'modprobe dcdbas' in your rc.local.

We have pushed a change into the linux kernel for 2.6.25 which will make
the system automatically load the dcdbas kernel module on Dell systems.
--
Michael