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Béèm · Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 513 Location: Brussels

I am trying PCLinoxOS P93-mini.
I can configure the FireWire port as ip over ethernet and can ping the othe XP machine connected.

With Puppy I am not that far.

So I would like to use the PCLinuxOS drivers in Puppy, but they have the form xxx1394.ko.gz

I suppose gz stands for gunzip, but I haven't found a unzip program.

Once unzipped, would the drivers work in Puppy?

fluxit · Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 326 Location: Ketchikan, AK USA

Most likely not.
Have you checked the downloadable "all modules" for Puppy 2.02 to see if what you want is included?

--Lee

-+-Edit - Is there, or will there be an "all modules" archive for Puppy 2.02>?-+-
-+Edit - Found it http://www.puppyos.com/test/all-modules-k2.6.16.7-PUP202.tar.gz+-

darkerror05 · Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 277 Location: Rochester NY, USA

in puppy just type gunzip <file> in a consle window.

Béèm · Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 513 Location: Brussels

Béèm · Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 513 Location: Brussels

Nathan F · Posted: Wed 09 Aug 2006, 23:06 Post_subject:

I haven't even gotten around to 2.02 yet (waiting for my disk in the mail) but I'll get to work on some basic firewire support when I do. FYI I have a HD install with most of the firewire support compiled right into the kernel instead of as modules, seems to be working great for my needs but then again I'm not trying to do eth over 1394.

Anyway, I'll get on it soon and try to help you out.

Nathan

Béèm · Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 513 Location: Brussels

Hello Nathan,

Thank you for jumping in.

I downloaded the all-modules Fluxit referenced and put them in /lib/modules/......
Now I can do the modprobe for all xxxx1394 modules and I don't get error messages anymore

But when I test with your testlibraw routine, I have a message error, that a lib (something with 1394 in and so.8.0.0) isn't found.
(I am not in puppy right now and forgot to write down the name)

But my ifconfig for the eth1394 device still reports unspecified in stead of ethernet and thus I can't ping the other machine, altho I can give an ip to the eth1394 device (in my case eth1).
I can ping from eth0 to eth1 on the same machine, but not to the other machine.

If I can help testing something, having the equipment, don't hesitate to let me know, as I prefer to stay with puppy.

It frustrates me a bit, that with PCLiuxOS I can get the eth1394 configured as IP4 over eth1394 and that at least I can ping from machine to machine. Their kernel is at 2.6.17.27
But I have to execute modprobe for all the xxxx1394 modules like I have to do in Puppy.

Nathan F · Posted: Thu 10 Aug 2006, 09:05 Post_subject:

It should probably be libraw1394 that you need. It might be a good idea to re-compile it now, as I think the version I had is getting a little long in the tooth by this time.

It's good that you've gotten this far, shows that you're learning a lot more than when we first spoke a few months back.

Nathan