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Geoffrey
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Re: Asus s200 wireless problems

#921 Post by Geoffrey »

jtouso wrote:Caroline 1
Excellent but...problems with wireless connection.
Asus s200e. Atheros modem
It detects different wireless and I choose the one I have.
Password for wep
Trying to connect but always failed
No problems with Mint linux and Puppy 5.7.1 Precise
Impossible to use Frisbee (no answer on the toolbar icon) and I try the other different methods to connect wireless
Help?
It maybe a kernel driver issue, if that is the case then there is no way to fix it as development has stopped, sorry.
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mesa glx Indirect

#922 Post by Pete22 »

I tried installing Carolina ..7 on my friends * Gateway nv78 laptop several weeks
ago. . However the screen goes black after it starts to boot up.. I am wondering if
Carolina 1 would work.


Congratulation on a full Carolina release.

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#923 Post by p310don »

Spent a good few hours playing with Carolina last night.

Mostly works really well.

I had two issues I cannot seem to solve.

I have installed frugally, and installed the Nvidia driver for my video card. Every time it boots, it goes to a command line. xwin does not work, I have to do the whole xorgwizard procedure, select the nvidia driver and then it goes back to the prompt. Then, xwin starts normally. Interestingly, it starts properly as 1600x900, my chosen resolution, regardless of which resolution I select in xorgwizard.

Second issue, and a minor one at that is in Thunar file manager, the info bit at the bottom of the window that shows file details, size etc seems to be in about 4pt size and is virtually impossible to read.

Any help on either issues is appreciated.

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Re: mesa glx Indirect

#924 Post by Geoffrey »

Pete22 wrote:I tried installing Carolina ..7 on my friends * Gateway nv78 laptop several weeks
ago. . However the screen goes black after it starts to boot up.. I am wondering if
Carolina 1 would work.


Congratulation on a full Carolina release.
Pete, I had a Acer emachine with the same problem, it uses the Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller, the problem being the backlight is turned off.

Try editing the isolinux.cfg to read

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default puppy
display boot.msg
prompt 1
timeout 50

F1 boot.msg
F2 help.msg
F3 help2.msg

label puppy
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=usbflash vga=0x311 acpi_osi=Linux
see if that helps, I don't have anything here at the moment to test with.
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#925 Post by Geoffrey »

p310don wrote:Spent a good few hours playing with Carolina last night.

Mostly works really well.

I had two issues I cannot seem to solve.

I have installed frugally, and installed the Nvidia driver for my video card. Every time it boots, it goes to a command line. xwin does not work, I have to do the whole xorgwizard procedure, select the nvidia driver and then it goes back to the prompt. Then, xwin starts normally. Interestingly, it starts properly as 1600x900, my chosen resolution, regardless of which resolution I select in xorgwizard.

Second issue, and a minor one at that is in Thunar file manager, the info bit at the bottom of the window that shows file details, size etc seems to be in about 4pt size and is virtually impossible to read.

Any help on either issues is appreciated.
p310don, try adjusting the font size in Menu > Control Panel > Appearance > Fonts to get the look that appeals to you.

I have to do much the same thing for my nvidia, install the driver then run xorgwizard, choose nvidia Nvidia driver at the maximum resolution for your display, run xwin, that about all there is to it.

There is a tut I made HERE on how to install the driver from source
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#926 Post by p310don »

Hi Geoffrey,

Thanks for the replies.

Neither really helps me much, but I'll clarify. I've attached a screenshot to show my text size problem. The circled bit is the problem. Going to Menu > Control Panel > Appearance > Fonts as suggested changes all the other fonts, but not that one.

The Nvidia problem is that I have to do that every time I boot. I have the driver installed no problems. I am getting a new video card in a few days, so I won't get too carried away with fiddling with the driver settings, as they will change anyway.
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#927 Post by inoxidabile »

Hi Geoffrey,
I have Carolina installed (frugal mode) on two pc, type Foxconn nT330i (Atom N330, 1.6GHz dual core).
Everything is fine but I see that Firefox startup is very slow.
One has an SSD, 4Gb ram and Lina 005 (ok, i didn't update it... I'm a little bit lazy but it run fine, then, why change? :) ). Here the startup takes about 8 seconds.
The other has a 7200rpm HD, 2Gb ram and Lina 1.0 . Here Firefox takes about 13 seconds to be ready.
I added a popup message on screen, following a suggestion fron rg66 (thanks!) but it's strange so maybe there is something to do.

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backlight on gateway nv78

#928 Post by Pete22 »

Geoffrey:

You diagnosed the problem correctly as the backlight is being shut off. I made
your changes and now the light stays on so I can see complete load up routine.
However, when it brings up the desktop it turns the backlight off again.

Just to recap the line you had me change went from:

append initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=cd vga=0x311
to
append initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=usbflash vga=0x311 acpi_osi=Linux

Hoping to see "the light" soon. .

fyi -I found a post on this subject that is over my head. Here is the link.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... bc312dbe3f



pete

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Re: backlight on gateway nv78

#929 Post by Geoffrey »

Pete22 wrote: You diagnosed the problem correctly as the backlight is being shut off. I made
your changes and now the light stays on so I can see complete load up routine.
However, when it brings up the desktop it turns the backlight off again.

Just to recap the line you had me change went from:

append initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=cd vga=0x311
to
append initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=usbflash vga=0x311 acpi_osi=Linux
Sorry Pete, I only copied the command from the text I have, just make that

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append initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=cd vga=0x311 acpi_osi=Linux 
and try this, extract backlight.tar.gz into /root/Startup that should set the brightness when X starts, then to adjust the brightness use the function keys,
it isn't remembered and will need to be set at each boot, that's the command I used to get the Acer E-machine I had to play the game.

Hope that helps you.
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the backlight

#930 Post by Pete22 »

Geoffrey,

I have a problem. How do I get this file in to root/startup if I can't see what I am doing? :oops:

Pete

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#931 Post by inoxidabile »

Hi Geoffrey, this is just about my problem about Firefox.
The startup became worst, then I "halfway solved" by myself...
I removed all non-essential extension, cleaned the history and changed the settings for no keep it.
After the above changes, I've been able to keep the startup at no more than about 11 seconds and then it's acceptable.
Moreover I checked also Firefox on a more powerful pc and also differets distros and it's not immediate... (it takes about 4 second, however)
:)

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Re: the backlight

#932 Post by Geoffrey »

Pete22 wrote:Geoffrey,

I have a problem. How do I get this file in to root/startup if I can't see what I am doing? :oops:

Pete
Pete with the acpi_osi=Linux setting it should be possible to then try the function keys to turn on the backlight and brightness, that's how I remember doing it,
it's been a while as it was a fix for saluki too, then the backlight script can be placed in startup, I know it's a pain and may not be the same for you,
there is another way but it can be difficult, use a flashlight in a darkened room and shine it on the screen, you should be able to make out the desktop on screen,
I know it sounds weird but it works.

Good luck :wink:
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#933 Post by Geoffrey »

inoxidabile wrote:Hi Geoffrey, this is just about my problem about Firefox.
The startup became worst, then I "halfway solved" by myself...
I removed all non-essential extension, cleaned the history and changed the settings for no keep it.
After the above changes, I've been able to keep the startup at no more than about 11 seconds and then it's acceptable.
Moreover I checked also Firefox on a more powerful pc and also differets distros and it's not immediate... (it takes about 4 second, however)
:)
inoxidabile,
I haven't come across any problems with Firefox starting slowly, for me it only takes a second or two to have it running, then my PC runs a 2.4ghz dual core CPU with 4gigs of ram and the install is a frugal on the hard drive.
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USB storage

#934 Post by p310don »

Am I missing something with Carolina?

I have been using it most of this week, and I like it.

This morning however, I plugged in my phone in mass storage mode, which shows up in all other puppies as a drive, and nothing.

How do you mount a USB drive in Carolina?

Regular puppies it just shows up as a new drive, Saluki021 a little box pops up to say it has been inserted and the drive mount icon can be used to mount it. Carolina, nothing.

It is seen, I went into hardinfo, and it is there under USB devices.

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#935 Post by Geoffrey »

@p310don
I tried connecting my phone, it works fine, my Samsung needs to be in idle mode to connect.
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#936 Post by p310don »

Thanks Geoffrey.

I didn't do anything, but it seems to be working now. Took about 5 mins to show up, but its there. :)

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Wish To Try Carolina Using Precise Retro Save File

#937 Post by jimwg »

Greetings:

I'd like to try out Carolina with real life usage. Can I install Carolina on a flash drive and copy my Precisesave 1.3fs file with my personal setups to it. Is this workable? Thanks.

Jim in NYC

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Re: Wish To Try Carolina Using Precise Retro Save File

#938 Post by Geoffrey »

jimwg wrote:I'd like to try out Carolina with real life usage. Can I install Carolina on a flash drive and copy my Precisesave 1.3fs file with my personal setups to it. Is this workable?
Welcome Jim,

Short answer yes, you can run from a flash drive, but you will need to create a new save file, you can keep a copy of Precisesave 1.3fs on the flash drive
for use with Precise if Precise is booted from CD/DVD, I am fairly sure it will look for save files on other devices.

To install to a flash drive boot Carolina from a CD/DVD and then go to the Menu > Control Panel > System > Puppy Universal Installer and follow the prompts.
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Re: Wish To Try Carolina Using Precise Retro Save File

#939 Post by jimwg »

Geoffrey wrote:
jimwg wrote:I'd like to try out Carolina with real life usage. Can I install Carolina on a flash drive and copy my Precisesave 1.3fs file with my personal setups to it. Is this workable?
Welcome Jim,

Short answer yes, you can run from a flash drive, but you will need to create a new save file, you can keep a copy of Precisesave 1.3fs on the flash drive
for use with Precise if Precise is booted from CD/DVD, I am fairly sure it will look for save files on other devices.

To install to a flash drive boot Carolina from a CD/DVD and then go to the Menu > Control Panel > System > Puppy Universal Installer and follow the prompts.
Thanks for swift response!

I was hoping to use my Precise work files that's stored inside my PreciseRetro savepup file in Carolina. Is there any way Carolina can import them or other savepup files?

Thanks!

Jim in NYC

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Re: Wish To Try Carolina Using Precise Retro Save File

#940 Post by Geoffrey »

jimwg wrote: I was hoping to use my Precise work files that's stored inside my PreciseRetro savepup file in Carolina. Is there any way Carolina can import them or other savepup files?
You can mount the Precise save file using left mouse button with Thunar file manager and copy the contents that you wish to use,
then left mouse button again to un-mount the file, there is no way to import settings or files.
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