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ikarus · Joined: 31 Mar 2009 Posts: 12

I've had no trouble getting any version of Puppy (live) working well on most pc/laptops but I can't get it to run 'X' on my Toshiba Tecra A10 laptop. I believe it has an Intel video chipset and in other distros I can usually get the screen to display at 1280x800.

Has anybody else managed to get it going on this model? Putting the correct resolution into xorg.conf doesn't seem to work. The test facility gives me a light grey screen with close spaced horizontal lines and I can't really bail out at that point - 'cntrl,alt,backspace' sends me back to the option to re-tweak or edit xorg.conf!

I would appreciate any suggestions and/or Xorg tweaks to get Puppy 4.2 working with the Toshiba Tecra A10.

Regards

ikarus

steve_s · Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 1543 Location: Austin, TX, USA

ikarus · Joined: 31 Mar 2009 Posts: 12

Unfortunately its still no go. I have tried substituting Xorg.conf files which work on this machine and it still gives me nothing. I can only assume that Puppy does not have the correct intel driver for this model. Admittedly its a fairly new machine but most other recent distros seem to work on it.

I'd really like to get it running for serious use on this laptop. Puppy is phenomenally fast, boots from a USB stick and does pretty much everything I need. I've used it on other laptop models without problems.

IK

ikarus · Joined: 31 Mar 2009 Posts: 12

Latest alpha designated Puppy version 4.2.7

Video now perfect at 1280 x 800 and is correctly detected by puppy after the initial try which sets it up at 1024 x 768.

Other issues with this release:

correctly detects the intel wifi 5100 hardware but has no module for it

no sound

Keep going - its getting better Smile

ikarus

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4950 Location: Australia

ikarus · Joined: 31 Mar 2009 Posts: 12

hi tempestuous

I checked that the module iwlgn is loaded - yes it shows up in lsmod and also the gui configuration tool. The error message is:

ERROR!
Failed to raise interface wlan0
Failed command was
ifconfig SIOCSIFFLAGS: no such file or directory.

confirmed by issuing "ifconfig wlan0 up from the command line.

I don't know what the flags error means - any ideas?

Regards
IK

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4950 Location: Australia

It sounds like the iwlagn module failed to load properly. Run this command

ikarus · Joined: 31 Mar 2009 Posts: 12

ok - file attached as per your instruction

IK

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4950 Location: Australia

ikarus · Joined: 31 Mar 2009 Posts: 12

OK bear with me:

I simply download "iwlwifi-5000-ucode-8.24.2.12.tgz" , decompress it and copy it to /lib/firmware. Then it all works?

I can probably manage that but if it gets any trickier maybe I should just wait for the full release. Also got issues with no sound and the brightness control not working.

I'll keep you informed - many thanks for the help so far.

IK

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4950 Location: Australia

ikarus · Joined: 31 Mar 2009 Posts: 12

OK done but same result unfortunately, even after reboot. ( I was surprised to see the file persisted in the firmware folder after reboot )

Also same output from dmesg.

Could it be that in dmesg it calls for 5000-1.ucode but I am supplying 5000-2.ucode from the intel site?

Just a thought.

Yes I will report to the authorities as soon as I get a spare moment.

Regards
IK

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4950 Location: Australia

ikarus · Joined: 31 Mar 2009 Posts: 12

YES ! that did it Very Happy

I'll toddle off to the reporting bureau now and do my duty.

Then off to chase a few other bugs - sound, video res changes after most reboots, and a very strange shut-down error - something like ext2 fs fail (loopback).

I have no idea what effect this has on the system.

Again, many thanks for all your help, tempestuous.

Regards
IK