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tronkel · Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 1049 Location: Vienna Austria

@sage
Hmmm, that's a bit odd to say the least.
Is there perhaps another wary_xxx.sfs already on the Slack partition that is interfering with the boot sequence? Long shot, but I would check it out anyway.

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4623 Location: GB

Absolutely not. I don't believe in frugals, anyway. But the effect is reproducible. This is a new feature of 098. Shame, because it functions better than ever on most other kit. I am, however, totally confident in this piece of hardware - everything else is rock solid on it.

gjuhasz · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 120

Selecting Preferences then clicking OK kills Asunder.
See the log file attached

BarryK

glenco · Joined: 14 May 2010 Posts: 38 Location: Milwaukee

Bummer

The same as 096, 098 finds my Pctel internal modem but finds NO CARRIER when it tries to dial.
-> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.53
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATX3DT9083735
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATX3DT9083735
NO CARRIER
ERROR
--> No Carrier! Trying again.
--> Sending: ATX3DT9083735
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATX3DT9083735
NO CARRIER
ERROR
--> No Carrier! Trying again.
--> Sending: ATX3DT9083735
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATX3DT9083735
NO CARRIER
ERROR
--> No Carrier! Trying again.
--> Sending: ATX3DT9083735
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATX3DT9083735
NO CARRIER
ERROR
--> No Carrier! Trying again.

BarryK

rerwin · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1317 Location: Maine, USA

glenco,
Thanks for the diag file. The mention of "PCTel" threw me off for a while, expecting the problem to be related to the pctel driver, which it is not.

Your internal modem uses a chip that has three drivers claiming it. It requires a second boot, after puppy reports no modem found. I have implemented logic to sort that out, but I think it is messed up in the transition to the modprobe.d files. I will work up a fix and post it soon, for you to test. I hope you can stick with me until we get it right, for the final.
Richard

glenco · Joined: 14 May 2010 Posts: 38 Location: Milwaukee

rerwin
Thanks Smile

I should have mentioned that this is a DELL oem PCTEL modem in this laptop.
Windows reports this modem as:
[ Modems / PCTEL 2304WT V.92 MDC Modem ]

Device Properties:

Driver Description PCTEL 2304WT V.92 MDC Modem

Driver Date 11/21/2002

Driver Version 2.50.43.0

Driver Provider PCtel

INF File oem8.inf

Hardware ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2486&SUBSYS_4C21134D&REV_02

Location Information PCI bus 0, device 31, function 6

PCI Device Intel 82801CAM ICH3-M - AC'97 Modem Controller [B-1]

Device Resources:

IRQ 05

Port D400-D4FF

Port DC00-DC7F

And Puppy 4.21 only uses the snd_intel8x0 & snd_intel8x0m modules??
No slamr is loaded at all.

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4742 Location: Kentucky

Another fresh manual frugal install of Wary 098,this time on my P4 test box.Initial boot had working sound and internet as well as the correct screen resolution.

The video upgrade wizard will not download on this install either....I just went to the repo and downloaded the Mesa package.

After clicking the button to download the Mesa package it's only about 1 or 2 seconds before the install dialog appears...... not enough time to download the package.

Anyway,

VIDEO REPORT: Wary Puppy, version 098

Chip description:
Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller

Driver used by Xorg:
intel

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
#

-Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Memory : 512MB (241MB used)
Operating System : Puppy Linux 0.09
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sun 14 Nov 2010 09:23:59 PM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : ICH4 - Intel ICH5

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4623 Location: GB

New day, double check.
Yup, 098 doesn't work on this system.
All previous and all other distros work just fine (at least up to res/etc selection).
Clearly there is an issue here.

pakt · Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 1089 Location: Sweden

shinobar · Joined: 28 May 2009 Posts: 2253 Location: Japan

Thanks Karl Godt.
Found the version 1.6.0 makes Improper entry for full install with Wary-098 and in some case with Puppy 5.x. Please upgrade to the new v1.6.1.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=51697
Your feed back is welcome.

Sit Heel Speak · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 2595 Location: downwind

Has anyone got ati_fglrx-10.10-k2.6.31.14-w5.pet (in the PPM repository) working? I suspect that it is too new for Wary's Xorg 7.3+ and I'll have to compile fglrx 9.8 if I want Catalyst.

rerwin · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1317 Location: Maine, USA

Thanks to glenco for getting me to focus on his built-in modem problem. I ended up cleaning up my code for that. A quick fix for that is the following edit command:

rerwin · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1317 Location: Maine, USA

Now the bad news. The above drivers fail as follows:

1. hsfmodem (hsfpcibasic2) - locks up the computer while starting a connection. This is the hybrid version, so I plan to compile and try the "full" version to isolate the problem, somewhat.
UPDATE 11/17/2010: Solved! The driver is OK, but a directory it needs was in the wrong place. Fixed by package here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=467639#467639

2. slamr - For a built-in (8086:2486) modem, when connecting, retries on "no carrier" response indefinitely!

3. slusb - Spews trace messages and fails to set up its port, but does not kill the PC. I attach the message log as evidence, in case someone can make sense of it.

EDIT: I think support for the SL USB modem has stopped, due to a proprietary code issue. The recent SL driver packages do not generate the slusb module.

So far, my DGC/ACM USB modem and PCtel, ESS and Lucent PCI modems work. I assume the Ageres and Intels still do, but have not verified with 098.
Richard