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laptop001x.pet = laptop001 - Frisbee

Posted: Thu 04 Aug 2011, 22:49
by str4y
pemasu wrote:
My laptop-001.pet works fine with this laptop and enables laptop buttons ok. Also I have acpi_call.ko for some kernels to shutdown ATI graphics with test_off.sh script placed on /root/Startup. If somebody needs those addons with this laptop, I can give spesific info.
Hi pemasu, I want to thank you for this .pet .. and as someone who hasn't yet tackled kernel modules/compiling, I'd be interested in what can be done to get all my function buttons working on this Dell D600 laptop (no hurry though, as I should really do some exhaustive Duckduckgo.com-ing for what's out there before hitting up humans in a forum..)

I forget which derivative of puppy it was, but when someone released their .iso and I dl'd for a spin, I was rather taken aback at how cumbersome Frisbee seemed-- immediately going off to turn on my wifi and try hooking up a network without notifying/asking-- worst thing being that the whole system would basically hang in the meantime, so that I couldn't even fire up a terminal and do "kill -9 `pidof frisbee`" or such. I'm always on a laptop, and such blasting out of my MAC address in potentially hostile territory is a dealbreaker for me. So I recall manually plowing through to strip out everything frisbee.. I'm thinking it was Lighthouse Pup, actually.. so imagine my dismay upon finding that this otherwise-nifty laptop001.pet had this cruddy (IMO) frisbee inside.
It has enabled me to suspend my Dell D600, which I hadn't been able to do in Puppy previously (I had even formatted a partition and installed Mandriva to have something full-featured, which was a cool distro, until I broke it.. long story..) and with battery life at a premium, it's spendid I must say. So I've stripped all the Frisbee out of this .pet for my own use-- 1st thing I install on every new Pup-- and present it here in case it is useful for someone. So small, seems it oughta ship inside the next major .iso (frisbee should NOT!) Barry's old net setup scripts work just fine still.
(Be nice, it's the first .pet I'm uploading-- surely it could use some touching up, so let me know. Thanks.)

The original laptop001.pet was I think 1st posted here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 993#484993

Plus, I just discovered http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 7&start=30 which mentions at least 2 others having put out acpid functionality .pets. (Thanks for the tip pemasu!) So perhaps this post can also serve to sew these related but disconnected threads together somewhat.. "more than 1 way to skin a cat"?

Acer Aspire 5534

Posted: Sun 18 Sep 2011, 16:21
by rokytnji
Acer Aspire 5534

Specs

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sh-4.1# inxi -F
Resuming in non X mode: glxinfo not found. For package install advice run: inxi --recommends
System:    Host: puppypc Kernel: 2.6.33.2 i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop Enlightenment 0.16.999.62861 Distro: macpup Linux
Linux 2.6.33.2 [i686 arch]
Machine:   System: Acer (portable) product: Aspire 5534 version: V1.10 serial: LXPJV0200293721BAE1601 
           Mobo: Acer model: Aspire 5534 version: V1.10 serial: LXPJV0200293721BAE1601
           Bios: Acer version: V1.10 date: 08/26/2009
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon X2 L310 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 svm) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1197.032 MHz 2: 1197.032 MHz
Graphics:  Card: ATI RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics] 
           X.org: 1.7.6 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: vesa) tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root 
Audio:     Card: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: HDA Intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.21
Network:   Card-1: Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath9k 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filtered>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: down speed: 10 Mbps duplex: half mac: <filtered>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 258.1GB (0.7% used) 1: /dev/sda TOSHIBA_MK2555GS 250.1GB 
           2: /dev/sdb SanDisk_Cruzer 4.1GB 3: /dev/sdc Multi 4.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 1.8G used: 56M (4%) fs: rootfs 
Sensors:   Error: You do not have the sensors app installed.
Info:      Processes: 97 Uptime: 1:24 Memory: 236.2/3547.1MB Runlevel: 5 Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.23 
sh-4.1# cat /etc/issue
macpup Linux
Linux 2.6.33.2 [i686 arch]
sh-4.1# cat /etc/puppyversion
528
Tap on touchpad works.
Wifi Works.
Sound works including Microphone (after alsa mixer adjustements)
Good screen resolution

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sh-4.1# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 1366 x 1366
LVDS connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 345mm x 194mm
   1366x768       60.0*+
   1280x720       59.9  
   1152x768       59.8  
   1024x768       59.9  
   800x600        59.9  
   640x480        59.4  
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Running off of Pendrive with save file. I used Well Minded search for this model number of Acer Aspire Laptop. No hits. So I figured I'd at least post this one. Wifes Laptop, Not mine. :twisted:

Edit 6_January_2012 : It's mine now and runs Racy 5.2.2 off of Pendrive just fine and shows all 4 gig of ram , I gave her a Compaq Black 15.6" CQ57-319qm for Christmas present.

Edit: June 2, 2012
I consider those that recommend "well minded search" to be
the same as someone who says "RTFM".

Just Google: aspire 5534 puppy linux
Just did that rjbrewer . The only hits I saw were mine. :D

Here is Racy 5.2 running on same laptop

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# inxi -z -F
System:    Host: puppypc2751 Kernel: 3.0.7 i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: JWM sn-505 Distro: Racy Puppy Linux
Linux 3.0.7 [i686 arch]
Machine:   System: Acer (portable) product: Aspire 5534 version: V1.10
           Mobo: Acer model: Aspire 5534 version: V1.10 Bios: Acer version: V1.10 date: 08/26/2009
CPU:       Dual core (AMD Athlon X2 L310,1196.772,512 KB,fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv,2394.27,amd) (-MCP-) cache: unknown  flags: (-) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1196.772 MHz 2: 1196.772 MHz
Graphics:  Card: ATI RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics] 
           X.org: 1.11.0 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: vesa) tty size: 79x23 Advanced Data: N/A for root 
Audio:     Card: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: HDA Intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1: Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath9k 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: (254.1GB,1.3% used) () 1: id: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK2555GS size: 250.1GB 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: SanDisk_Cruzer size: 4.1GB 
Partition: 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0C mobo: 0.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 89 Uptime: 2 min Memory: 83.1/3796.1MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.5 
sh-3.00# glxgears
720 frames in 5.0 seconds = 143.901 FPS
626 frames in 5.0 seconds = 125.174 FPS
700 frames in 5.0 seconds = 139.815 FPS
Running TOR browser AND Hulu Desktop also on this install to Sandisk Cruzer 4 gig Pendrive frugal install with personal save file ,with a backup personal save file on Windows 7 NTFS partition also.

Re: Acer Aspire 5534

Posted: Sun 18 Sep 2011, 16:40
by rjbrewer
rokytnji wrote:
Running off of Pendrive with save file. I used Well Minded search for this model number of Acer Aspire Laptop. No hits. So I figured I'd at least post this one. Wifes Laptop, Not mine. :twisted:
I consider those that recommend "well minded search" to be
the same as someone who says "RTFM".

Just Google: aspire 5534 puppy linux

Posted: Sat 01 Oct 2011, 19:32
by nooby
rjbrewer Sure you can be right but I think it can be how one say it too.

My experience of RTFM is that them would say that even if them new the answer and it would take less time to give it and them say it on principle.

While here in the forum many refer to it when them know one can find one or two threads but don't remember what exact search to use and then them realize that the OP can also make use of it so them kindly suggest that the OP look first and get back if these threads was not enough to solve it.

Attitude can differ much. Make use of well minded can be a friendly suggestion while RTFM can be very mean spirited and condescending.

Thinkpad T43 Radeon Graphics & NewYearsPuppy

Posted: Sun 02 Oct 2011, 02:00
by vtpup
I regularly use an IBM Thinkpad T43 with Radeon graphics, and the only way I have found to get hardware acceleration is to run MU's NewYearsPuppy.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... &start=434

That puplet alone allows this computer to run windows CAD, CAM and other graphics intensive programs in WINE without crashing, including Google Sketchup.

Otherwise I have used extensively and liked Puppy 4.3.2 v3 Test (the first 4.3.2) But because the advanced graphics features did not work there, I gave it up.

Thanks to MU, for that, and much else, even though no longer here on the forum.

Posted: Sun 02 Oct 2011, 02:07
by DM was on fire!
Hello again CatDude. Remember me?
I forgot this topic until I was browsing the forums and saw someone found it.
I am right now, although on Windows, running a Puppy LiveCD with 5.2.5., JWM and a tad bit of fat (aMSN and Skype).
It completely revived this thing (although it is slow as mud, it works). I have no issues with it as Windows did, although sometimes it does overheat and get fussy. The biggest problemfighting me now is the display is going, and my spacebaroccasionally messes up; as you can see whileI craft this reply :<
Thank you again kind sir!

Posted: Mon 10 Oct 2011, 11:12
by grump
I've been playing with the puppies for a couple of months now, and have settled on Slacko 5.29.5. I use it as my OS of choice on a Toshiba A200 (built late 2004 I think,) with 1gb RAM and 120HDD. This works beautifully. Until today i was using Lucid 5.2.5, but somehow the Slacko seems snappier.

I also used Lucid 5.25 for a while on an older Toshi - a 30CDT built late 2000, fitted with 192Mb RAM and a 10Mb HDD. It was a bit creaky in the joints, particularly using the interweb thingy with a PCMCIA wireless card.

1st post so maybe I should have posted elsewhere?

Puppy on laptops.

Posted: Sun 16 Oct 2011, 05:44
by Spaccafumo
Acer Aspire 1640Z works fine with (hard) puppy 4.3. and last versions of Firefox, Seamonkey, Opera, Wine. Development suite (C++ CC ecc.).

Asus Zenbook UX31E

Posted: Thu 10 Nov 2011, 00:55
by csshin
This laptop has no internal dvdrom. Booting a livecd from an USB dvdrom worked for the initial part. When it come up to search for files to load, the dvdrom seems to have been unmounted already and puppy will only look into the harddisk. So to boot successfully, one has to copy the .sfs file on the livecd to the harddisk first. I installed grub and put every distro to test on a different subdirectory on the harddisk. To each subdirectory I copied the vmlinuz, initrd.gz and the .sfs from the distros' ISO.

WLAN (Atheros AR9485) not recognized by Lupu528, three headed dog and icepuppy014. Need to use compat wireless to install the most recent ath9k driver for it to work.

On the other hand, Exprimo 5x9 and guydog501 recognize the WLAN out of the box. the wireless button also worked if the WLAN is recognized.

Touchpad is a Sentelic instead of Synaptic, recognized by all the above distro as a pointing device, can tap to click. However, other touchpad functions cannot by configured through flsynclient. No vertical scroll and multitouch nagvigation.

volume up, down, mute, touchpad off button cannot work and does not give a scan code.

sleep button seems to worked and the laptop seems to go into suspend. However, no button or USB devices or whatever is able to wake it up again. Tried to enable the wakeup devices. Only the one related to PCI can be enabled. All the USB1 through USB7 refused to be enabled. So still no way to wake up.

acpitools worked. vattery will work if the "unknown" in the first line of the script is changed into "yes".

Battery life seems to be OK. No serious test has been made but it seems to at least have 4 to 5 hours. It certainly far exceeds the 2 hours+ reported in the Ubuntu forum.

Posted: Sun 13 Nov 2011, 13:20
by THEPhast
Hi there,

I'm running Lupu282 on my original acer aspire one laptop, the first model built with linux running on it. 2x Intel Atom CPU N270 @ 1.0GHz, 503 MB, 8GB hard drive.. all components fully functional, wireless, usb camera, speakers, video.ds

Like some others have said, versions of puppy before 525 were non functional for me as my knowledge of programming in linux is nil aside from following directions from others.. drivers for my wireless were unavailable. I was trying to run a slimmed down version of XP which took up 5 out of the 8 of my available gigs of memory on the hard drive, I wouldn't really call it functional because it's so slow.

Now with 528 this computer has come out of the closet into every day use, I save everything onto a microSD and it runs faster than my $1000 desktop! :]

AmrX RT 786 EX ToughBook Laptop

Posted: Tue 10 Jan 2012, 02:59
by rokytnji
Haven't posted in this thread for awhile.

This is a Amrel RT 786 EX Toughbook Laptop running LightHouse 503 with Seamonkey 2.6.1 and Firefox 9.0.1 with Flash 11.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 3&start=30

Sound, Tap, Wireless via a Chinese generic Wireless G PCMCIA card with a Atheros 5xxxx chipset. External Mic and External UCV complient Webcam (hooked up to external 2 port USB 2.0 pcmcia cardbus) work also via mdwaveedit and Luvcview.


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System:    Host: Mariner Kernel: 2.6.33.2 i686 (32 bit) Desktop: JWM sn-498 Distro: Slackware 13.1.0
Machine:   System: Intel (portable) product: Montara Family of Chipsets
           Mobo: Phoenix model: RT786EX version: 41118 Bios: Phoenix version: MGM-ALL1.86C.1009.D.0604271130 date: 04/27/06
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium M (-UP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (sse sse2) clocked at 1594.715 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Failed to Detect Video Card! X.org: 1.7.7 drivers: v4l,intel tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root 
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801DB-ICH4 driver: ICH4 Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.21
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 3.3GB (71.6% used) 1: /dev/sda IBM 3.3GB 
Partition: ID: swap-1 size: 0.75GB used: 0.01GB (1%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   Error: You do not have the sensors app installed.
Info:      Processes: 113 Uptime: 3:58 Memory: 225.1/494.0MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.28 
sh-4.1# glxgears
672 frames in 5.0 seconds = 134.313 FPS
740 frames in 5.0 seconds = 147.958 FPS
660 frames in 5.0 seconds = 131.684 FPS
720 frames in 5.0 seconds = 143.905 FPS
678 frames in 5.0 seconds = 135.474 FPS
728 frames in 5.0 seconds = 145.523 FPS
596 frames in 5.0 seconds = 119.079 FPS
Paid under 39 bucks for this Laptop but I scavenged Power Supply, Batteries, Hard Drive Caddies, CDOM and CDRW drives from MY Amrel RT 686's which got a bit waterlogged (by Me :oops: ). i posted about them earlier in this thread on what worked on them.

One RT 686 went into the dumpster. The other (passive touvhscreen) still works and boots up but Enter Key and a couple others on r/h side of keyboard don't work anymore. Works OK though with a cheap Chinese external silicone keyboard It is shelved for now as a parts unit. Will be on the lookout for another cheap Amrel unit .

http://i52.tinypic.com/307sz8y.jpg

Slacko 5.3.1 on eee PC 701 (4G)

Posted: Tue 10 Jan 2012, 11:31
by linbie
Slacko 5.3.1 successfully running on eee PC 701 (4G)

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 230#595230

Posted: Mon 23 Jan 2012, 20:58
by grump
I seem to have Slacko 5.3.1 running on a HP Mini 2140. The Broadcom 4322 wireless did not work until I got the wl driver and did more or less what it says in the 1st post here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=344002

HP Mini 2140
2Gb RAM
160Gb HDD

Edit to add - the wireless only worked once. Still not working after several reboots, removes and reloads of wl.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Posted: Tue 24 Jan 2012, 01:25
by tempestuous
grump wrote:I seem to have Slacko 5.3.1 running on a HP Mini 2140. The Broadcom 4322 wireless did not work until I got the wl driver and did more or less what it says in the 1st post here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=344002
The wl driver from that post cannot possibly make any difference, since it's compatible only with the 2.6.30.5 kernel in Puppy 4.3.

It's more likely that your one successful attempt related to the new brcm wifi driver already in Slacko.

Your request for help would be better dealt with in the Slacko forum thread ...
or a separate forum post altogether.

Posted: Fri 09 Mar 2012, 08:14
by greengeek
grump wrote:the wireless only worked once. Still not working after several reboots, removes and reloads of wl.

Any suggestions would be welcome.
Have you turned your router off/on during these troubleshooting steps? Some routers have problems where some versions of Puppy put them into a mode where they successfully connect the network once, and then never again till the router is power cycled (clearing various cache/DHCP settings).

Puppy on two Toshiba laptops

Posted: Sat 24 Mar 2012, 12:20
by Okeh
Hi

I'm new to the forum and to Linux. I've fiddled with computers for a long time [since the days of DOS] and never been particularly happy with any version of Windows or the insanely huge programs foisted on the public. Anyway, my first experiment with Puppy is on an ancient Toshiba Tecra 8000 vintage 1998. It had been upgraded to Windows 2000, was in the habit of crashing and was incapable of internet browsing with a current firewall and anti-virus program. It has 256 megabytes of ram. I put the current MacPup on it, switched to the JWM interface and it runs beautifully. It will surf the net, boots quickly, runs wireless and is an unqualified success. Pretty good for a 14 year old computer that was close to inoperative.

I then installed the current Wary puppy on my wife's Toshiba U-300 NS1. I gave it to her in about 2008. It came with Vista, which she hated, so a friend put XP on it. The laptop never ran that well after that, and she gave it back to me. The windows installation is hopeless corrupted, boot times impossible etc. I partitioned the drive and installed Wary Puppy. It is now lightning fast and the machine is totally transformed. It has 1 gig of ram.

Both laptops have full installations to the hard drive. I am writing this on the ancient Tecra 8000.

Further on the Toshibas

Posted: Sat 24 Mar 2012, 12:44
by Okeh
I should add that the Toshiba Tecra 8000 is running Macpup 528, and the Satellite U300 is running Wary 522

Posted: Sat 14 Apr 2012, 17:33
by vtpup
Acer Aspire 5349 - 2635 dual processor 1.6gHz Celeron, 4G Ram, 320GB HD, Intel Sandybridge graphics chips

Frugal install in an ext2 partition. Used BSDEdit in Win 7 to set up dual boot.

Puppy OS's tested:

Lupu 528 v5 -- Took an upgrade to the ath9k wireless driver module to get it to recognize the wireless chips. But sound also doesn't work due to older ALSA driver. And a decision not to provide an upgrade for this problem according to developer. Shutdown problems, too.

Sulu -- (Super Lupu) Wireless works and sound works, but developer reports he won't provide active support or further development. Special function keys don't work

Upup Precise -- Sound and Wireless work and some special function keys. Others can be configured with the included xbindkeys-config. But developer reports he has limited time to support this project in future.

3-headed dog -- Wireless doesn't work out of the box but would probably respond to the fix mentioned for Lupu 528 above. Sound does work.

Racy53 -- Best graphic performance of all tested puppies on this machine. by far. Sound and wireless work out of the box. Some function keys work, others can be configured by installing xbindkeys and xbindkeys-config. All around best puppy for this machine -- particularly for intensive graphics, like Google Sketchup 3D CAD under Wine. (Update: I've now added scripts to Racy that monitor battery level and provide warnings at intervals before initiating a proper automatic power down, plus suspend on lid close, and suspend or powerdown after a set interval of mouse or keyboard inactivity. Scripts and description of customizations located here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76894)

Saluki -- Wireless and sound worked out of the box, but great stylistic differences in operation, file naming, and programs meant it would be difficult for me to transition to this very nice OS. Probably best for someone new who hasn't been working in Puppy for years. In fact probably easier to transition to this from Windows than from other more standard Puppies.

Racy won the race for this machine's new OS. :D

Posted: Sun 15 Apr 2012, 10:04
by minesadorada
ADVENT 5711 laptop

CPU Intel Celeron Dual Core T1600 (1.66GHz)
Chipset Intel GL40 Express
Memory 1GB DDR2 667MHz SODIMM (1 Memory Slot. Max 2GB)
Hard Drive 160GB
CD Drive TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633A
Screen 15.4" Widescreen TFT (1280x800)
Video Card Integrated Intel GL40 Express Chipset Family
Webcam Built in
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio (7.1)
Network Card Realtek RTL8102E (Onboard)
LiteOn WN6302L Wireless LAN

Windows wiped, and repartitioned with 2 equal ext2 (main and backup) and a swap partition.

Full install of slacko, with a frugal install of Lazy 2 as the default boot.

Wireless WPA2 via Frisbee and everything else works fine. Puppy success.

Posted: Thu 17 May 2012, 22:32
by grump
grump wrote:I seem to have Slacko 5.3.1 running on a HP Mini 2140. The Broadcom 4322 wireless did not work until I got the wl driver and did more or less what it says in the 1st post here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=344002

HP Mini 2140
2Gb RAM
160Gb HDD

Edit to add - the wireless only worked once. .....
Pleased to report that Slacko 5.3.3 seems to work well on the Mini - picked up the wireless first time. But I've only tried once - so we'll see if it still works when I try again.

Edit to add - tried later and it still works (after a hickup when it looked like all the settings etc were lost) on the HP Mini.

I meant to say that it works perfick on the old Toshiba A200 too.