Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

oli · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 194 Location: Germany, Frankfurt

Leon, you are right. Althoug pppoe-setup says you have to enter "server" you must leave it blank. If I enter nothing and press return only everything is fine. So I would suggest that Barry changes the description of pppoe-setup.

One interesting thing with your connectwizard: If I use it with Puppy 2.14 it looks like your screenshot. If I use it with Puppy 4.0 beta it looks like the attached pic (pppoe is already configured and I'm online).

Leon · Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 254

BarryK · Posted: Mon 28 Apr 2008, 20:31 Post subject:

There may be a problem if you type just the ENTER key instead of "server". It may setup PPPoE not to obtain the nameservers from the ISP.

It still works because I have written the free nameserver to /etc/resolv.conf. But, that's not really the right thing.

Could you check that, start with nothing in /etc/resolv.conf, press just the ENTER key instead of typing "server", and see if it gets the nameservers from the isp.

Leon · Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 254

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 5370 Location: GB

Please excuse this interjection, Leon, but I need advice about getting CDLinux, the new compact Chinese distro, on line. It won't permit me to save a nameserver (or save anything!) into /etc/resolv.conf and only has PPPoE as an alternative manual setup - we are all PPPoA in the UK. I can enter the IP and GW via the CLI SuperUser, but not the DNS. They don't have a Forum. Appreciate if you or one of the troops could help, please, then I'll delete this item.

dogone · Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Posts: 202 Location: Arizona, USA

So far as I can determine, this problem was first reported in v3.01*. It has persisted through all v4 betas.

Desktop "launchers" created by dragging from Rox-Filer automatically receive the system icon assigned to that MIME type. Users can then edit the launcher and change the icon. These custom icons almost always revert to the MIME default within a couple of reboots. The link to custom icon appears to get lost.

* http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=144954&search_id=2112757378#144954

oli · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 194 Location: Germany, Frankfurt

BarryK wrote:
Could you check that, start with nothing in /etc/resolv.conf, press just the ENTER key instead of typing "server", and see if it gets the nameservers from the isp.

To press just ENTER works fine for me. /etc/resolv.conf than gets automatically the nameservers from my ISP.

rerwin · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1884 Location: Maine, USA

Reviewing my notes on minor problems, I will list a few that probably are easy fixes for the final.

1. net-setup.sh has two tests for driver prism2_usb, identifying it as wireless. But prism2_pci is also wireless but not checked for. Should prism2_pci be added to the tests for prism2_usb?

2. Wireless wizard: a title is misspelled as "Wizrd".

3. Wireless wizard: when creating a new profile, selecting "ad-hoc" is ignored if you toggle between "advanced" and "basic. (Fix probably should be deferred)

4. Universal Installer: several mentions (in sanity check) of pup_save.3fs, which should now be pup_save.2fs. Right?
Richard

Tui

I have d/l-ed and did a fresh full h/d install. This version looks
good and is being used to post this thread.

The problem I have is that with using a 800x600 res. and a number of
the h/d partitions show up just above the bottom taskbar and after a move
to clear the bar at a position I like. After a re-boot they return to the bottom
position again !

Moving into ROX Filer and "option" cycling thro' to pinboard with setting
the desktop icons to clear the bottom, sides and top by a variable number, sides and top save ok! I think. So its the bottom I want, say set bottom at '40' save as I thought., backed out to close down machine and go into
re-boot mode with the hope that this value would give the clearance
I had hoped. - Not so!

So what am I doing that this value has not been saved ?

Help here please.

Tui

HairyWill · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2946 Location: Southampton, UK

There is a bug in init for puppy 3.01, I don't think this has been fixed in dingo. They don't always set PUPMODE=13 for ideflash type installs. There is a fix here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=193681#193681

Lobster · Posted: Wed 30 Apr 2008, 03:29 Post subject:

Last chance coding . . .

release candidate planned for Friday 2 May

Sunday 4 May
Puppy 4 Final . . .

check Barrys Blog - oh I guess you do Wink

ok and the wiki[url]
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Puppy4[/url]

John Doe · Joined: 01 Aug 2005 Posts: 1689 Location: Michigan, US

oh my, I hope this makes the deadline.

I went nuts with the connection wizard and added (hopefully) usb modem and cellphone support as well as MS VPN support.

still have to fix the 'configure' tab a bit, but it should all work ok. There are a few files under /usr/sbin and the config files for vpn are under /etc/ppp. The vpn wizard overwrites 4 files in there. Two of them have there own names but the other two are ip-up and chap-secrets. Most people don't have anything in those files anyway, but if you do back them up. Very soon, I'll add logic to only edit one section of the files. Rather than overwrite them.

I'd recommend testing this in Beta2 with a pfix=ram boot. Install the pet and then click the connect icon on the desktop.

Also added "ping and traceroute" to the options under the "tools" tab and moved the firewall wizard over there. In addition to adding functionality, I was shooting at making it fit nicely at 640x480.

FuturePerfect · Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 47 Location: Southwestern U.S.

Barry:

Have I missed any recent references to a barebones Dingo?

Back in October in your developer blog, you talked about having an official barebones Dingo.

I think this might reduce the size of the Puppy folks need and be of great use to those non-technical people like me who are nervous about trying Unleashed to get a Puppy with less stuff.

Thanks for your consideration of a barebones Dingo now or in an upcoming Dingo release.

barriew · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 88 Location: Essex, UK

This doesn't work in 4.0Beta2 - I think because there is no symlink to smbspool in /usr/lib/cups/backend.

At least this gives the 'Windows Printer via Samba' option in the set up. I still have a problem getting the print to work, but at least this gives the connection option!

Barrie

I now have CUPS printing to my XP printer, despite the error message

Tree Connect failed (NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED)

I think my earlier problems were to do with wireless networking. I have this working, but only by hard coding for my home network. The problem appears to relate to DHCPCD - still investigating.

Barrie