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[Scooby]

OK I dropped save-file from Alphaos8 and now it works better.

Resolution was OK, Menu did work without error.

wireless didnt however

I tried the load modules in rc.conf(iwldvm and mac80211)

I dont get the message

[simargl]

Scooby, do you still have a backup of you old save file. If yes you can try this:
mount that file (ex. command: mount oldsave.2fs.bak somefolder),
copy /root folder from your old save file over new /root,
Then you will firefox bookmarks, add-ons and other program settings in this version same as in previous, assuming that frisbee and wireless start working.

[Marv]

[smil99]

Hi simargl,
Thanks for yet another masterpiece of alphaOS now at V9! Writing from it now. However, for my wireless internet to work, I had to copy iwlwifi files from /lib/firmware in 8.0 to 9.0 as suggested by marv and then put iwldvm and mac80211 in the modules line in /etc/rc.conf before making a savefile. Obviously, iwlwifi firmware codes are mssing in V9.
Other than this, everything seems to be working fine.
Cheers.

[simargl]

I've started uploading new iso, with only difference in iwlwifi firmware is added back again.
I don't even remember when I removed it , but clearly it wasn't there.

[simargl]

New sakura 3.1.0 included in this version needs -x argument to execute command, instead of -e argument as it was in previous version of sakura. That is reason why alsamixer did not start on Win+v or right click volumeicon>Sound Mixer, in alphaOs 9.0. Also extracting zip, rar and 7z archives from inside spacefm did not work, extracting supposed to be in terminal ,but it only launched sakura and then stopped. I fixed those problems adding -x instead of -e argument, and made patch for spacefm to extract zip, rar and 7z archives directly like tar.xz, tar.gz and other.

[simargl]

http://news.softpedia.com/news/alphaOS-Is-an-Interesting-Blend-of-Arch-and-Puppy-Linux-372817.shtml

[Scooby]

[smil99]

Just to confirm that wireless connection now works with the new alphaOS 9. Still had to add iwldvm to modules line in /etc/rc.conf though.
Wired and wireless printing/scanning also work with my modified version of rcrsn51's cups 1.4.8 printing package found here. For those of you that printing/scanning is indispensable, you may want to try it . Check page 38 of this thread for further instructions on how to install it.
Cheers.

[Scooby]

Is it possible to create a "global" symlink in Linux

somewhat like "~" is always pointing to user home directory?

What I want is a symbolic link that is availible in every directory?

can this be done somehow. with ln or maybe some bash-scripting?
maybe fool with users somehow and let "cd ~someplace" go to
/some/place a path of my own choice?

[yr1945]

Smil99, I want to learn how to set up my wireless hp printer... and, hoping that you will help me.

I downloaded your "print_scan_alphaOS-8.0.tar.gz package"... extracted it... and, ran the script "sh install.sh"... all is well at this point but, now what do I do? I didn't see the ".pet printer software"... but, I do have all the folders. Are these folders the "software"? Do I place the folders somewhere else or just leave them intact? Also, the menu now shows ink-gui, cups manager (which doesn't work, eg, can't get website), etc, etc, etc...

Any further step-by-step instructions would be gratefully appreciated.

[smil99]

Hi yr1945,
Running

[yr1945]

smil99... THANKS... I have made good progress... even though I was NOT able to complete your step4 below, my printer WAS recognized... when I send a file to be printed, the wireless printer screen lights up, but nothing prints out...

4. If you can access cups website at this point, then we are almost there. The next thing to do is to install your printer's .pet using
Code: ppet yourprinter.pet

I will continue working on this tomorrow... somehow, I will have to better understand how to utilize the following... i.e., ppet yourprinter.pet...

THANKS, AGAIN... hopefully, I can get me printer working tomorrow.

By the way, my printer is a HP Deskjet 3510... and when I set it up with Ubuntu, it is always listed as a NETWORK printer... here, I cannot find Deskjet 3510 relative to .pet... but, all deskjets seem to be similar so I just selected one... again the screen lights up, but nothing prints out... and, when I find my printer in CUPS, it just lists Deskjet 3510... not Network 3510 like in Ubuntu...

[Scooby]

OK so when I add my solution for tear free video by
creating 20-intel.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

I get a lower resolution at startup.

Tried lxrandr but it wont let me change anything

running

[smil99]

Hi yr1945,
Good to know that you've made some progress . It seems you have been able to install cups correctly. Next task is how your printer can print with cups. If you can see the name of your printer on the cups printers interface then, it seems cups recognizes your printer. In that case, there is no need to install any .pet package as per step 4 of my previous post.

As a first test, connect the printer directly to your computer via USB and see if you can print anything. If that comes out successful then, it may mean some extra tweaking is needed for wireless printing/scanning to work.

In my case, I have a Canon MP-640 printer scanner combo and I needed to install both canon_mp640-3.20.pet and cups-bjnp-1.0.pet. The former is the printer's software whilst the latter enables network/wireless printing/scanning. Needless to say these are for Canon specific printers so they are definitely not for your HP printer. I may also point out that rcrsn51 is the guru here when it comes to printing issues so do well to check his resources provided in my earlier post or send him a pm. He may provide the needed assistance

Cheers.