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Dpup Exprimo 5.X.9 -- Wireless networking

#1221 Post by mikeslr »

Hi pemasu & all,

Dpup Exprimo 5.X.9, manual install. Working fine with the following exception:

I first tried to set up wireless networking using Simple Network Setup. Although it saw my router, it was unable to establish a connection. Tried 4 times. I had more success with the network wizard, once I ignored the "unable to find a network -- or words to that effect" and clicked dhcp anyway. That put me on the web. But it did not survive reboot. Installed Frisbee and have not had any problems since.
I have noted that on Puplets based on iguleder's scripts/build --Exprimo x9, Guydog, Next--Simple Network Setup appears not to be as functional as previously. I can't chalk this up to "its just my computer" as I've noted it on two different computers. Has something changed?

Also regarding "Has something changed?" previously once wireless settings were established, on reboot establishment of wireless connection would automatically take place. Under Exprimo x9, it doesn't. The icon on the traybar has to be clicked to initiate the establishment of a wireless connection. I'm not complaining. I think that its a good security measure (especially as Exprimo x9 ships without firewallstate installed and activated). I just don't recall whether this was intended.

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#1222 Post by pemasu »

Mikeslr
About Firewall. I have Firewall app in Menu > Network. Also there is /etc/init.d/firewall script which has Iguleders firewall script content, posted in this forum earlier.
Just make that script executable and it will be activated at every boot up.
Intended ? Yes, including firewall was intended.

Installing Frisbee ? I had Frisbee preinstalled. Also I have in Menu > Network Frisbee enable-disable gui app.

About wireless apps. Yeah, I have SNS, old network wizard, and Frisbee. I suppose that is one too much. That is why I have included Frisbee Manager to disable-enable it. The gui and script made by stu90. Problems with SNS might be fixed by disabling Frisbee and rebooting.

"Has something changed?" Sure it has. Every build uses latest woof, many packages will be updated for next build, base uses debian squeeze. All the mentioned builds are dpups. In good and bad. Fortunately they belongs to the puppy family. That I am proud of.... :D :D :D

I am sure Exprimo is not for everyone. But hopefully someone finds this build useful. Anyway it is my main OS now. And my wireless connection is autodetected at every boot.

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#1223 Post by edoc »

Exprimo (5X8 or 5X9) is on four laptops, one netbook and soon on another, here ... all detect and connect and remember wireless connections.

CPU usage seems a little high ... otherwise all is well ... still chasing the CUPS-share thing ... ;-)
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#1224 Post by stu90 »

5x9 clean frugal install setup and working ok here with my usual changes and configs openbox tint2 conky etc - For SNS connection used Frisbee enable-disable manager ( notice you added line about rebooting :wink: ) to disable frisbee and SNS connection set up fine on reboot and is persistent.

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#1225 Post by edoc »

rcrsn51 wrote:
edoc wrote:No. Even though the "Shared" box is checked I see that it says "Not Shared"
You are missing a step. Go to the main CUPS Administration screen and look in the Server section. Check the box "Share printers connected to this system".

Now the printers should show as "Shared" and should be visible across your network. When you open a client machine, you may need to wait a bit before it detects the shared printers.
Tried on two different laptops and a netbook, all with Exprimo 5X9, none can see the "Shared" printer(s).

Odd ...
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#1226 Post by edoc »

Another ... very minor anomaly ...

The 5X9 Puppy Linux Addict background shows on my netbook but the 5X8 Exprimo remains on my laptop - even though I have upgraded it to 5X9.

What might cause that, please?
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#1227 Post by Warrior522 »

A small suggestion; Could the default setting for .rar files be set to open them in Xarchiver? I find it odd that this is not the default setting, as this is how it is done on every other Puppy derivative I have used, as well as being the default setting for zip files...

I apologize if this has already been adressed, but 82 pages is a bit too much reading even for me...

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#1228 Post by pemasu »

Warrior522. This is coincidence. I havent had much time to read books. But yesterday I unpacked one rar compressed book and I am reading it now with fbreader. I noticed that .rar is not associated. I will look into it.
It is just one of those mishaps I didnt know. I will fix it. It was not intentional.
Thank you of the report.

Anyway....if you right click the .rar packages there are fileroller and open with Xarchive to uncompress it. So something is working.

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#1229 Post by Warrior522 »

pemasu wrote:Warrior522. This is coincidence. I havent had much time to read books. But yesterday I unpacked one rar compressed book and I am reading it now with fbreader. I noticed that .rar is not associated. I will look into it.
It is just one of those mishaps I didnt know. I will fix it. It was not intentional.
Thank you of the report.

Anyway....if you right click the .rar packages there are fileroller and open with Xarchive to uncompress it. So something is working.
Glad I could help.

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#1230 Post by pemasu »

It looks like pupzip does not recognize .rar compression. If I change the mime-type to use xarchiver straight, clicking the book.rar opens in xarchiver.
Interesting.....

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#1231 Post by smokey01 »

pemasu tonight I will compile a new Psip - Puppy Phone for Dpup Exprimo 5x9.

jamesbond has added some additional functionality.

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#1232 Post by mikeslr »

Hi Pemasu:

My wireless problems may have been caused by:
(a) Router required resetting -- it gets clogged from time to time and slows to a crawl. I reset it only after I first tried to set up Exprimo 5x9.
(b) Having been frustrated by SNS's unexpected failure to establish connection, I probably didn't spend as much time as I should have wading through the menus.

I'm among those who find your pups useful. Although I explore other puppys and puplets trying to be as helpful as I can be with my limited knowledge to the devs, Exprimo smp is the OS I primarily use on my quod-core desktop, and Midnight pup is the only OS I regularly used on my Thinkpad T42.

And, if I haven't said it recently, thanks for your efforts.

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#1233 Post by pemasu »

I fixed the pupzip to recognize .rar extensions.
Fixed pupzip will be installed from the attached pet.
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#1234 Post by rcrsn51 »

edoc wrote:Tried on two different laptops and a netbook, all with Exprimo 5X9, none can see the "Shared" printer(s).
From the client machines, can you ping the server machine?

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#1235 Post by edoc »

rcrsn51 wrote:
edoc wrote:Tried on two different laptops and a netbook, all with Exprimo 5X9, none can see the "Shared" printer(s).
From the client machines, can you ping the server machine?
# ping puppypc5289
PING puppypc5289 (192.168.1.120): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=0 ttl=64 time=146.566 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=1 ttl=64 time=111.630 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=2 ttl=64 time=167.817 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=3 ttl=64 time=48.759 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=4 ttl=64 time=122.507 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=5 ttl=64 time=95.140 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=6 ttl=64 time=152.640 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=7 ttl=64 time=42.496 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=8 ttl=64 time=86.240 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=9 ttl=64 time=88.457 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=10 ttl=64 time=9.693 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=11 ttl=64 time=33.604 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=12 ttl=64 time=90.290 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.120: seq=13 ttl=64 time=81.372 ms
^C
--- puppypc5289 ping statistics ---
14 packets transmitted, 14 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 9.693/91.229/167.817 ms
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#1236 Post by Warrior522 »

I have attempted to run two of Sc0ttman's emulator .pet files, lxdream and MUPEN64plus, and both crash due to a lack of "GLX." What this means, I do not know, only that everything else is fine(no dependency complaints aside from the GLX error and no errors in the terminal).

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#1237 Post by rcrsn51 »

@edoc: On one of the client machines, install the attached PET. Then run the command

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nmap 192.168.1.120 -p 631
What does it report about Port 631?

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#1238 Post by edoc »

# nmap 192.168.1.120 -p 631

Starting Nmap 5.51 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2011-10-24 19:58 EDT
Unable to find nmap-services! Resorting to /etc/services
Cannot find nmap-payloads. UDP payloads are disabled.
Nmap scan report for puppypc5289 (192.168.1.120)
Cannot find nmap-mac-prefixes: Ethernet vendor correlation will not be performed
Host is up (0.077s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
631/tcp open unknown
MAC Address: 00:24:2C:10:AC:13 (Unknown)

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.28 seconds
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#1239 Post by don570 »

to pemasu . try pwallpaper

and see if it's different from wallpaper.

It goes in /usr/sbin/
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#1240 Post by rcrsn51 »

edoc wrote:Tried on two different laptops and a netbook, all with Exprimo 5X9, none can see the "Shared" printer(s).
How are you checking this?

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