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jonyo · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2727

Wasn't much confusion for me there. Reading your note was the tail end of many hrs (days..) of trying to sort out my card..

- searching & reading the forum (many more hrs also on the net)..

which turns out has common scenarios with other cards that use the same drivers. Much of the info on the net was conflicting but seemed to point to my card being a prism 2.5 (threads above).

I'm still quite thrilled Smile

to have gotten a wifi connection here with the ma401ra (first time in pup98 was a huge thrill..took a looong time) for now, but would like to get some wep action going. Haven't come across much yet in regards to pcmcia 16 bit cards & wep in pup but did come across some info recently.

I may be at the head of the class Smile

in regards to being misunderstood.. feedback tells a tale..
cheers

BarryK · Posted: Wed 12 Sep 2007, 06:07 Post subject:

I've got an alternative network wizard script here, but note it is basically the same as the on posted on 24th as regards wireless and the fundamentals of setup. Also, to test it requires some messing around...

I want to put this into pup 3.00, so I have done some more work on it and got it to my liking. I reduced the size somewhat, while keeping all the functionality, changed the primary window so that the 'tree' widget is eliminated. There was a problem with the 'Back' button after an interface had been configured. My version does not use 'lsusb', 'load-usb-modules.sh', 'usbmodules', or 'usb.ids'.

I've posted my version for testing, but do note that to get it to work, one of two things must be done -- either update gtkdialog to version 0.7.20, or edit the net-setup.sh script and remove the '--geometry' commandline option. My alternative to the 'tree' displays okay, except gtkdialog miscalculates the window width, so it has to be set on the commandline -- but the '--geometry' cmmandline option in gtkdialog3 v0.7.18 (used in pup 2.17) causes a segmentation fault. The change-log for gtkdialog states that was fixed for 0.7.20.

So, if you just remove the '--geometry' option, the first window displays a bit too wide.

To see what I have done in the script, look for the string 'v2.21'.

Attached. It has to be placed at /usr/sbin.

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4944 Location: Australia

Barry, the new look is good.
I compiled gtkdialog-0.7.20 and renamed the executable "gtkdialog3" so I could see the true end-result.
I should point out to others testing this new net-setup.sh script that the Aug24 version of the Wizard still needs to be installed first, if the additional features of prism2_usb support and WPA2 support are to be realised, because these features are embodied within a separate file: /usr/sbin/wag-profiles.sh
A few other files from the Aug24 version may also be required, I'm not sure.
Anyway, I was able to test prism2_usb support - all good, even the "Autoload USB" function. The USB device does not have a Description listed, I guess that's the result of not having lsusb. I don't miss it.

One slight quirk: when I launch the Wizard it correctly lists my LAN adaptor

jonyo · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2727

jonyo · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2727

BarryK · Posted: Wed 12 Sep 2007, 19:42 Post subject:

tempestuous,
/etc/networkmodules has all the module descriptions, which is how I eliminated lsusb and isb.ids. This file is built by 'createpuppy' in Unleashed, and the descriptions are just got from running 'modinfo' on each network module.
A couple of the modules however don't have any description when 'modinfo' is run, prism2_usb is one of them.

One thing I could do is if a user adds an extra network module after Puppy has been built, so it isn't listed in /etc/networkmodules, modinfo could be run and the info added to the file.

Anyway, I'll checkout why the double entry is occurring.

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4944 Location: Australia

Barry,
just checking, then, that you will include in Puppy 3.0 the other updated files from the Aug24 Network Wizard:

/usr/sbin/wag-profiles.sh
/usr/sbin/wpa_connect.sh
/etc/wpa_supplicant2.conf
/etc/WAG/profile.conf
/etc/networkmodules

BarryK · Posted: Thu 13 Sep 2007, 20:38 Post subject:

/etc/networkmodules is autogenerated, so I won't be placing a customised version in the net_setup package. If there are shortcomings in the descriptions, or some descriptions missing, perhaps a few special extra items can be in a separate file -- or, in createpuppy script if no desciption is found for a module then there could be some replacements in the createpuppy script itself.

I fixed the double-entries problem.

I have contacted the author of gtkdialog, asking if the miscalculation of window width ca be fixed, so the '--geometry' option won't be needed.

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4944 Location: Australia

Puppy 3.0 alpha/beta now contains the new dhcpcd ver 3.1.4, but some users have reported problems.
Here is the old version of dhcpcd from Puppy 2.16. Could anyone interested please test this in Puppy 3.0.
It will overwrite the existing (newer) version of dhcpcd, but if you want the original back, just re-install dhcpcd-3.1.4.pet from the first post in this thread.