ON a Sony VAIO Z1 how the hell can i get htis built in wireless to work
Same, I have an HP Pavilion zd7000 with a built-in wireless adapter (Broadcom 54g).
http://www.linux-wlan.org/
But first plug your computer into a ethernet cable and do the updates in YasT. Click on the SuSE head in the bottom left corner and go to system utilities I think it is and then YasT. Then online update they have a few updates for WLAN on there I think. Then if it doesn't work go to the site I posted up there.