Question : Opensuse 11.2 wireless and audio

Prior to this I have only used linux to set up web servers. So my experience is somewhat limited, feel free to treat me like a newb in your responses.

I have a laptop running openSUSE 11.2.  I have been unable to get the wireless card or the audio to work.

The laptop is a Dell Vostro 1520. I checked the hardware on their website:

Audio Card:  IDT 92HD8XX

Wireless Card: Intel Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100

They show up in YaST under Network Card as Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card and under Sound as 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller. So this may just be a matter of configuration somewhere.
If anyone could help me in getting these to work, I would be grateful.

Answer : Opensuse 11.2 wireless and audio

Glad to hear your audio is finally working.

As to the wifi, it is as I expected: the same BCM4312 chipset as on my last laptop.
After a long time of searching I finally found back the 1-click install that I used one and a half years ago. Browse there with the laptop, click the button, let it build new kernels, and reboot. That should be it; you might have to enter Yast and enable the wifi device if it isn't working right from the start.
http://packman.links2linux.org/package/broadcom-wl

For future installations, you might, sooner or later, want to add the Packman repo to your Yast sources list, because it is indispensable anyway: http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories#Packman

Once enabled, you would have been able to manually install those above drivers from a root terminal like this:
zypper install broadcom-wl broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop