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Posted: **Fri 09 Oct 2009, 13:05**

My Aspire One D-150 works fine with 4.3 and the normal wifi drivers. The problem may be with the older A-110 8.9 inch models.

Posted: **Sat 10 Oct 2009, 19:13**

Here's the synclient if anyone wants it for turning of the touchpad.

Posted: **Mon 12 Oct 2009, 06:53**

TomRhymer wrote:My Aspire One D-150 works fine with 4.3 and the normal wifi drivers. The problem may be with the older A-110 8.9 inch models.

I presume by "normal" you mean ath5k. That's what I expected.

But there is finally a credible report that the MADWiFi driver is necessary with certain hardware, though not necessarily the Acer Aspire ONE.
So the madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 dotpet remains available in the earlier post.

Posted: **Fri 16 Oct 2009, 16:55**

removed.

Posted: **Tue 20 Oct 2009, 05:38**

does puppy 4.3.1 support eeepc 701 webcam by default?
i had no problem with webcam in puppy 4.0 and 4.1.2 but in puppy 4.3.1 skype does not see it. of course, it's on in bios:)

Posted: **Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:52**

@tempestuous

Hope I have not missed it but have you complied a version of your eee-snd-hda-intel-patched-k2.6.25.16 (which I use in 412) but for the 2.6.30.5 kernel? The reason I ask is that I have problems (reported in the 431 bug thread) with ALSA on 431 in that there is no master slider in the alsamixer and the system tray volume icon does not work and in any case is always muted on a reboot. Others have also reported these problems as well. Just wondered if the patch would fix these problems?

Rgds Mike

Posted: **Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:48**

mawebb88 wrote:@tempestuous

Hope I have not missed it but have you complied a version of your eee-snd-hda-intel-patched-k2.6.25.16 (which I use in 412) but for the 2.6.30.5 kernel? The reason I ask is that I have problems (reported in the 431 bug thread) with ALSA on 431 in that there is no master slider in the alsamixer and the system tray volume icon does not work and in any case is always muted on a reboot. Others have also reported these problems as well. Just wondered if the patch would fix these problems?

Rgds Mike

Yeah i am having the exact same issues.
Fn keys for volume and mute dont work after i applied all pets from this thread, probley cuzz of the volume issues.

EeePc 900a

Posted: **Fri 23 Oct 2009, 11:32**

strange but in puppy 4.3 with 30 kernel i have very slow speed with wifi connection
wifi card is recognized by default and connects to wifi wpa easily
but the speed ....
in puppy 4.1.2 and NOP i have no problems ( up to 2 megabit/s)
may be i need also madwifi driver for 30 kernel ?

Posted: **Fri 23 Oct 2009, 14:01**

I want to use Puppy 4.3.0. everyday, but I can't because, as I read, this kernel doesn't support AP (access point) mode or it has to be activated in compiling.
My wifi cards (Atheros AR5BXB63 in both computers: one Extensa5620z, the other eeepc701) use ath5k in Puppy 4.3.0. and can't be AP as in 4.2.1 official one with madwifi-hal (no problems using ath5k with this kernel if machine is a client).
Please note that I need an "ad hoc" wlan because 3G mobile radio signal, my ISP, is only upstairs, but I need it downstairs, too.

Thanks in advance for help.

Bye.

Posted: **Fri 23 Oct 2009, 23:04**

mawebb88 and scabz, the patched version of the ALSA driver was only for older versions of ALSA, and was specifically to add support for the Eee internal microphone.
My understanding is that the more modern version of ALSA in Puppy 4.3 (v1.0.20) should support the internal mic, and the patch is irrelevant.
But if you are having audio problems, there's probably some other reason. It might simply be that ALSA v1.0.20 is not playing well with your device, and you may need to upgrade or downgrade to a different version.

Posted: **Fri 23 Oct 2009, 23:25**

magerlab wrote:strange but in puppy 4.3 with 30 kernel i have very slow speed with wifi connection

I presume you're referring to the ath5k wifi driver.
I see at linuxwireless -
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k
that the ath5k has problems with rate control, so you may need to force the driver to a higher rate, as such -

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iwconfig wlan0 rate 11M

Posted: **Fri 23 Oct 2009, 23:30**

Whitesnow wrote:I want to use Puppy 4.3.0. everyday, but I can't because, as I read, this kernel doesn't support AP (access point) mode

Yes, the ath5k driver cannot be used in AP mode with kernel 2.6.30 ...
so you could install the MADWiFi (ath_pci) driver from earlier in this thread. The ath_pci driver supports AP mode, regardless of kernel version.

Whitesnow wrote:Please note that I need an "ad hoc" wlan because 3G mobile radio signal, my ISP, is only upstairs, but I need it downstairs, too.

Be aware that ad-hoc mode is completely different to AP mode. I will post an ad-hoc HOWTO soon.

Posted: **Fri 23 Oct 2009, 23:35**

I just added a driver for the new Realtek RTL819x wifi devices, in the earlier post -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 457#346457

Posted: **Sun 25 Oct 2009, 08:25**

how can i find the name of driver needed for webcam on eee pc ?
i need it in skype when i talk to my relatives abroad:)

Posted: **Sun 25 Oct 2009, 14:29**

Regarding audio problems with Eee models, see the post I just made in
"ALSA configuration for Intel HD Audio"
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 603#354603

Posted: **Wed 28 Oct 2009, 21:45**

tempestuous wrote:you could install the MADWiFi (ath_pci) driver from earlier in this thread. The ath_pci driver supports AP mode, regardless of kernel version.

I didn't know. Thank you, I'll try.

tempestuous wrote:Be aware that ad-hoc mode is completely different to AP mode. I will post an ad-hoc HOWTO soon.

For ad-hoc net I mean two PC linked by wifi without a DHCP server. IPs set manually. If I don't set one of these computers as AP, I can't link.

Formally, I know you right.

OT: I have download 4.3.1, but I have seen that bootmanager, like 4.3.0., can still boot not more than 6 sfs and cannot find kernel src mirrored (virtualbox refuses to run without).
Someone can indicate me where I can find information about these topics?

Posted: **Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:06**

Whitesnow wrote:For ad-hoc net I mean two PC linked by wifi without a DHCP server. IPs set manually. If I don't set one of these computers as AP, I can't link.

That's not ad-hoc. It's a situation where one of your computers is an access point (wifi master mode) and the other computer is a conventional client (wifi station mode).

In ad-hoc mode, both computers are equal peers. I just posted an ad-hoc HOWTO here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 929#159929

Posted: **Mon 02 Nov 2009, 02:32**

The 2.6.30.5 kernel has Atheros drivers atl1c and atl1e, but some atheros cards will not work with the default driver, notably the EEE 1005HA, and possibly others. I've attached a pet file of the manufacturer's driver, downloaded from the Atheros site. http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx

Edit: I've uploaded a new version of 1.0.0.10 and added 1.0.0.11-test. It's been mentioned to me that the test version is required for some newer cards; it seems more stable on my machine as well.

Edit: updated both pets for bug tempestuous found
Edit: 12/29/09 updated both pets to include preflist hotfix

Posted: **Mon 30 Nov 2009, 02:13**

EDIT November 17 2010
Latest Atheros/Attansic atl1e ethernet driver now available later in this thread -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 846#467846

EDIT Dec 30 2009
jemimah's atl1e dotpets in the previous post compete with the standard atl1c driver in Puppy 4.3.x
so you must also install the modules-preference fix from here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 659#371659
(as mentioned in the first post in this thread)

Posted: **Mon 30 Nov 2009, 04:09**

Thanks, I had been meaning to update that pet as some people had troubles with it. There's also a newer 1.0.0.11-test version should probably be packaged. I'll post a new pet when I get a chance.

Although, the atl1c driver will try to load on my ethernet card, so adding it to the preflist will probably prevent the correct atl1e driver from loading.

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