Slacko Puppy version 5.5 - Unable to Connect

[flywire]

Apparently it is a BIOS problem and updating fixes it, I guess James yours already has the newer BIOS.

P23 bios from EVGA fixed the ethernet bug

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So, flywire, the real solution is to update the BIOS, however the above work around I supplied should work.

Well the latest BIOS from the ASUS website hasn't fixed it:

-BIOS-
Date : 10/29/2008
Vendor : American Megatrends Inc. (www.ami.com)
Version : 0602
-Board-
Name : M2N-MX SE Plus
Vendor : ASUSTeK Computer INC. (SEAGATE, www.seagate.com)

I am away for about 10 days and will give the code a go then. It seems that I can't do this fix while running in RAM.

Very much appreciated to all, especially Mick and James.

[01micko]

Well the latest BIOS from the ASUS website hasn't fixed it:

Bummer, shame some vendors don't support their boards properly. It was around 2008 when the fix emerged.

I am away for about 10 days and will give the code a go then. It seems that I can't do this fix while running in RAM.

You probably could append the options to your kernel line, but slightly differently:

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puppy pfix=ram forcedeth.msi=0 forcedeth.msix=0

or

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puppy pfix=ram forcedeth.msi=0,msix=0

One of those *should* work, no guarantees.

[ThoriumBlvd]

flywire, I must ask three Q's...

1.) Make and model of the computer in question is ...?
2.) Wifi/ethernet board installed is...?
3.) Dual-boot XP and Linux?

[flywire]

It is an assembled PC: http://ip-208-109-22-214.ip.secureserve ... 268#725258
Integrated NIC, no wifi, boot from CD.

It seems that the problem is a bios issue with this motherboard and there are no upgrades available. Workaround from 01micko didn't work so I decided that I would give linux a miss until I get another computer with a different motherboard.

Thanks to all as I had no idea what was going on and at least this gives me the confidence to try again later.