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[Sulphurcocky]

Trying more puppies recently I still cannot get my Huawei E160x 3G Modem
With Amaysim/Optus (Sydney,Australia) to work natively with puppy

All I need is the APN the phone number #99whatever and CHAP. that is fine

I have to revert to Mobile Partner version 11 or something.

In Precise it recognizes the modem and tells me so but even with the modem switch I cannot get, GSM connect to work for me. no ttyUSB,

Once Mobile Partner is installed, the USB_Mode_Switch Flipflopping the CD/Modem actually causes the modem to repeatedly be plugged in and then unplugged by the software a few times before Mobile Partner settles down and recognizes the modem, once connected Blinky works and I can view the info on statistics and see the Modem hardware next to etho and Lo.

I don't have any better luck with earlier puppies, Gnome network manager works fine in large distros, but I notices that Mobile Partner manages the toggle between mobile bands UMTS & HSDPA better that the Network manager

In the help file Barry mentioned that he used an E160 and wanted some more info so I add it here that it could help.

Now I'll get the new ISO.

[seaside]

Everything working nicely.

Not sure if this is a bug, but the usual compile line for Gtk programs didn't work.

[Peter.M]

RE:

[cthisbear]

Hello Peter.M...and...Sulphurcocky.

Nice to see a few more Aussies on the forum.

Sulphurcocky....wireless etc.
tempestuous is a good person to ask.

rcrsn51...rerwin...and plenty of others provide solid advice.

Tethering...

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=77767

Chris.

[rerwin]

I have uploaded an improved-but-not-yet-perfect version of the integrated Frisbee network manager, to make the pop-up messages more readable without slowing the initialization of networks. I also added the switching between versions of the network tray.

Peebee pointed out to me that the messages each delay network initialization by at least 6 seconds. And, because they all appeared at the same position on the screen, some could be obscured by others. I corrected that by placing the "announcement" messages at the bottom-left of the screen and the status messages at the bottom center. Messages will be delayed in those spots if another is being displayed. So, the messages may appear in sequence even though the processing is not delayed by them.

Previously, the network tray was selected only at boot time and only if Frisbee was the selected default "network setup tool". Now, when Frisbee is invoked through the "connect wizard", it will change to the Frisbee-network tray upon exit via the "exit" button. Canceling Frisbee by way of the "X" button does not trigger the swap. To switch back, the "woof-updates" package switches back to the normal network-tray icon if anything other than Frisbee is chosen.

However, there remains a malfunction that occurs the first time Frisbee is selected in a session. Upon exit, Frisbee appears to abort without running to the end of the script, so the swap does not occur. Subsequent selections of Frisbee seem to perform the swap. This behavior appears to cause no harm and corrects itself on an immediate second selection of Frisbee. I continue to investigate that.

The Frisbee and woof-update 20121108 packages are on page 15 here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=662521#662521 for Frisbee
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=662518#662518 for woof_updates

For testing, be sure to have the remaining packages at the woof_updates link also installed (except for the old woof_update-20121101).
Richard

UPDATE 11/10/2012: Due to faulty testing, the greyed-out wireless tab was erroneously announced as fixed. It is not fixed. The problem was that the indications of acquired interfaces were not being set. Please replace it with the now-corrected package at the above Frisbee link. Sorry for wasting your time.

UPDATE 11/11/2012: Uploaded new versions of the packages at the above links, to improve the usability. Please try them. Thanks.

UPDATE 11/12/2012: Uploaded new versions of the woof-updates and frisbee packages at the above links, to continue improvements to the usability. Modified Frisbee to allow it to run in slacko, as well.
R

[Ted Dog]

Nice to boot first time with a working mouse.

[otropogo]

[mavrothal]

[James C]

[pemasu]

Good music also helps to relax when you dont like that someone say no.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/3980096/we-didnt-start-the-flame-war

[technosaurus]

[Peter.M]

For those who may be assisted by this RE video problem with nvidia dual display with optimus on puppy precise 5.4.1. I have just been able to boot into vesa mode from live cd using F3/F3 with parameter puppy acpi=off ..... It turns out nomodeset was not necessary. However once on the desktop, the video wizard probe tells me 1920*1080 is available but hangs on the test. Bumblebee may hold the answer to using full resolution graphics.
Cheers.

[tallboy]

Barry, not a big matter, but the download link http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/precise-5.4.0.90/ in the
'Precise Puppy 5.4.1beta1' release message dated 6 Nov 2012, on top of your blog, reports '404 - not found'.

tallboy

Edit:

This post is placed in the incorrect thread, a copy is posted in the Precise Puppy 5.4.1 thread. BTW, how do you delete a post?

tallboy

[colorpurple21859]

I was able to get working correctly by booting on another machine, commenting out the /etc/modprobe.d/radeon.conf /modeset=1 line. Did a save then booted on to amd machine with nomodeset option install the amd-fglrx-pet. rebooted without the nomodeset option and now everything works.

[otropogo]