Puppy Dingo 392 testing, bug reporting

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#91 Post by BarryK »

PaulBx1 wrote: OK, I'm all for serving Windows refugees. However, it seems non-functional. I tried an "ls" command and nothing happened. I tried to check the "run as root" box and got the error, "Failed to execute child process "gksu", No such file..."

8 ) The windows only resize from the side or bottom edges. You can't grab the top edge to resize them. Don't know if a universal problem; saw that in epdfview and pfind..
For the 'ls' command, you have to tick the "run in terminal" checkbox.
"Run as root" checkbox needs to be removed.

8.
This is a limitation of the latest JWM. Joe has been criticised for that, perhaps the next version will restore it. I'm wondering where Joe is... I joined his mail list, posted a bug report, no replay from Joe. I'm very keen to get the MPlayer bug fixed, but it's a matter of whenever Joe feels inclined, after all, it's open source and something he does in his spare time.
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#92 Post by zygo »

Dial up
pupdial gives
The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16)
I remember looking at the man page for pppd and getting lost. I don't know what the cause is but this is like the behaviour of 3beta. So I tried the 3beta remedies

modprobe -vn crc-ccitt
returns
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.21.7/kernel/lib/crc-ccitt.ko

modprobe -vn zlib-deflate
returns
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.21.7/kernel/lib/zlib_deflate/zlib_deflate.ko

I seem to remember a blank line being the responses in 3beta that got dialup working. Anyway it doesn't work in 4alpha2. I've just read an online man page for modprobe; the n option prevents actual insertion so how did it cure 3beta?? (By the way insmod returns Segmentation fault as it does in 3.01. I thought the response might be a hint to insert the module.)

When I first open pupdial there was no 'init string 2' so I clicked probe. The resulting string is slightly different from the wvdial.conf I have from previous versions. In 4alpha2 the penultimate item is missing: S11=55

The old wvdial.conf doesn't work either in 4alpha2.

GnomePPP gives
The PPP daemon has died: pppd options error (exit code = 2)

MPlayer won't play an audio CD
There's no menu item. I changed the CD-ROM drive setting in preferences to /dev/hdd and I changed all the items in the 'CD/DVD drive wizard' to /dev/hdd. MPlayer still didn't have a play CD menu item even after it was restarted. However, the play VCD option spins up the correct drive before reporting that there's no stream. When I reopened the 'CD/DVD drive wizard' all the drives were set back to /dev/hdc.

The disc is branded 'compact disc digital audio' and even when its in hdc (from where puppy booted) there's no way to play it. There's a menu.conf file but it bears no relation to the actual menu. If this parrat is sleeping I don't know how to wake it.

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Dialup

#93 Post by Jnoble »

Zygo,
check /etc/ppp/chap-secrets. It should have ( username * password *) Same for Pap-Serects. I don't know what needs fixing but adding this info will make it connect.
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#94 Post by plinej »

zygo,

I don't see a way to play audio cds from the mplayer gui either but it can supposedly play them from the cli. I can do it but it's really choppy.

This will play the whole CD from track 1:
mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/cdrom cdda://

This will play only the track 3:
mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/cdrom cdda://3

This will play from track 3 to track 7:
mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/cdrom cdda://3-7

I also tried the cli player cdda-player which appears to play but I get no sound.
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#95 Post by plinej »

Barry,

Why is there,

/usr/bin/cdparanoia
&
/usr/bin/cd-paranoia

They're not symlinks.

It looks like cd-paranoia was compiled in T2 per the version output.
Anyways, the version used needs to be named cdparanoia.

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#96 Post by veronicathecow »

Hi Barry, a couple of things, did you need any free RAM ( I asked in the developers log but perhaps you missed it. I was wondering if it would help with compiling times.)
Secondly. I have had no luck with my D201GLY2 motherboard with Puppy (Any version, I have tried 6 from 2.14 to Dingo A2) but it works fine in PCLinux. (Apart from having to use Vesa)
Pardon my ignorance but would it be down to a newer Kernel in PCLinux and if so, any chance a Dingo could be made with the very latest Kernel)?
as always many thanks for your work.
Tony

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#97 Post by BarryK »

plinej wrote:Barry,

Why is there,

/usr/bin/cdparanoia
&
/usr/bin/cd-paranoia

They're not symlinks.

It looks like cd-paranoia was compiled in T2 per the version output.
Anyways, the version used needs to be named cdparanoia.
They're two different packages:
cdparanoia-III-alpha9.8/usr/bin/cdparanoia
libcdio-0.78.2/usr/bin/cd-paranoia

although a quick look at the man files indicates they do the same thing.
Note, libcdio pkg has other interesting utilities.
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#98 Post by PaulBx1 »

For the 'ls' command, you have to tick the "run in terminal" checkbox.
"Run as root" checkbox needs to be removed.
Yes, that works.

I wonder how hard it would be to eliminate those checkboxes from the gExec window, and simply run it the one way it does work? Make it idiot-proof. Is there any point in retaining them?

I might take a look at that...

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Modem testing - Intel modem not detected

#99 Post by rerwin »

In respone to Barry's request:
Dialup, yes, please test. alpha2 has Gnome-PPP as well as PupDial.
1. Although my PCTel, Lucent, and Smartlink PCI modems are detected and support connections, my Intel536ep modem is not detected at all in 4.00aplha2. It is detected in 3.01. I do not know what to do next; so please direct me if you need some debugging from me.

2. PupDial worked flawlessly in connecting all but the Intel modem. However, GnomePPP is uncooperative:
a. I used the "setup" option to detect the modem (SmartLink, in this case) as /dev/ttySL0.
b. I entered the ISP phone number in the number list. I did not disturb the init-string part.
c. In the connection dialog, I entered my login ID and password and left the "save password" box unchecked.
d. The phone-number drop-down field did not respond; so I could not select the number I had already entered. But I typed the number in the field and pressed "connect" (and then "log").
e. The log stopped at the message: "Please enter password (or empty password to stop". So the password I entered did not get passed.
f. I then selected/checked the "save password" option, then Quit and restarted GnomePPP. The phone number remained in its field. With all fields set, I pressed "connect".
g. Per the log, it then connected (at 48000) but failed to provide the login ID when prompted (by the ISP). It passed nothing for three attempts, then the connect string (with phone number) on the fourth try. It then timed out waiting for a password.

In summary:
1. Intel modems not detected.
2. GnomePPP phone number list not working.
3. Electing to not save the password prevents its use in the connection process.
4. After connection with "save password" checked, login ID not used in communicating with the ISP.

Here is the log of the last attempt:

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--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.53
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATM1L3DT253-4201
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATM1L3DT253-4201
CONNECT 48000
--> Carrier detected.  Waiting for prompt.
--> Connected, but carrier signal lost!  Retrying...
--> Sending: ATM1L3DT253-4201
--> Waiting for carrier.
Level 3 Comm nas13.2ma1 UQKT2
Username:/login:/Login:
Username:/login:/Login:
Username:/login:/Login:
Username:/login:/Login:ATM1L3DT253-4201
Password: 
--> Timed out while dialing.  Trying again.
--> Maximum Attempts Exceeded..Aborting!!
--> Disconnecting at Mon Dec  3 11:49:18 2007
I hope this is useful; I am ready to help with debugging both issues.
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#100 Post by tempestuous »

veronicathecow wrote:I have had no luck with my D201GLY2 motherboard with Puppy
Forum member Vaklin now has Xorg working properly with the D201GLY in Puppy 3.01 using a slightly different SiS Xorg driver -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 924#155924

Even though you have the version "2" of this motherboard, the solution may be the same.
veronicathecow wrote:would it be down to a newer Kernel in PCLinux
Maybe, but that's far from assured. New kernels can bring as many problems as fixes.

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#101 Post by zygo »

Thanks Jnoble. I checked /etc/ppp/chap-secrets in 301 and found they contained the literal username and password separated by a 3 character sequence (tab, asterix and tab) followed by a blank line. dialup now works with pupdial.

plinej, mplayer and cdda-player are just as you reported. I think cdp is quirky but it does play a cd without hogging resources and shows it's progress: times, track numbers etc.

EDIT1: Changed cpd to cdp
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Support for 1394

#102 Post by Béèm »

I don't see the ohci1394, ieee1394 and eth1394 modules, which I need to connect to my other PC.

Can those of 3.01 be used or is there an incompatibility?
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Laptop with ipw2100 and WEP doesn't get connected.

#103 Post by Béèm »

My laptop with ipw2100 wireless interface does see my access point, but I need WEP to connect to it and obtain an IP.
Altho I give the correct WEP key a live network isn't found.
(same for Pwireless scanner)

I find also unprotected access points.
I can obtain an IP of one of these and connect to the internet.

So it looks like a WEP issue.
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#104 Post by veronicathecow »

Hi tempestuous, thanks for tip, sadly however so little works on this new board with Puppy and as I suffer with RSI I have had to stick to PCLinux which seems to make it all work (Apart from having to use the Xvesa)
I will probably try again in 6 months.
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probepart

#105 Post by raffy »

Here's the result of probepart on Compaq Presario PC (with SATA, firewire):

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# probepart
/dev/sda1|vfat|10506446
/dev/sda2|ntfs|144793844
/dev/sda3|swap|1060290
/dev/sdg1|none|511968
/dev/sdh1|none|1003486
/dev/sdb|none|0
/dev/sdc|none|0
/dev/sdd|none|0
/dev/sde|none|0
/dev/sdf|none|0
/dev/hdc|iso9660|0
Things of note:
- the capacities displayed are 2x the actual capacities (ie, sdg1 is actually a 256-MB USB drive).
- I cannot do a manual mount of partitions g1 and h1.
- in version 2.13 where MUT succeeds, probepart shows:

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sh-3.00# probepart
libcfdisk: unable to open /dev/sdb 
libcfdisk: unable to open /dev/sdc 
libcfdisk: unable to open /dev/sdd 
libcfdisk: unable to open /dev/sde 
libcfdisk: unable to open /dev/sdf 
libcfdisk: unable to open /dev/sdg 
libcfdisk: unable to open /dev/sdh 
/dev/hdc|iso9660|0|HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10N
/dev/sda1|vfat|10506447|Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2|ntfs|144793845|OS/2 HPFS or NTFS
/dev/sda3|swap|1060290|Linux Swap
sh-3.00# 

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#106 Post by BarryK »

veronicathecow wrote:Hi tempestuous, thanks for tip, sadly however so little works on this new board with Puppy and as I suffer with RSI I have had to stick to PCLinux which seems to make it all work (Apart from having to use the Xvesa)
I will probably try again in 6 months.
Cheers
I am going to experiment with Dingo and the 2.6.24 kernel -- as soon as it is released -- it's currently at 2.6.24.rc4.
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Re: probepart

#107 Post by BarryK »

raffy wrote:Here's the result of probepart on Compaq Presario PC (with SATA, firewire):

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# probepart
/dev/sda1|vfat|10506446
/dev/sda2|ntfs|144793844
/dev/sda3|swap|1060290
/dev/sdg1|none|511968
/dev/sdh1|none|1003486
/dev/sdb|none|0
/dev/sdc|none|0
/dev/sdd|none|0
/dev/sde|none|0
/dev/sdf|none|0
/dev/hdc|iso9660|0
Things of note:
- the capacities displayed are 2x the actual capacities (ie, sdg1 is actually a 256-MB USB drive).
- I cannot do a manual mount of partitions g1 and h1.
The sizes are in 512 byte blocks. You need the '-k' and '-m' parameters for KB and MB units.

So what are the filesystems of sdg1 and sdh1 actually?

The filesystem type of the the partitions is determined by a utility application written by Jesse, the same as he uses in MUT. So, if probepart returns a f.s. type of "none", so to will MUT.
The utility is '/usr/lib/mut/bin/guess_fstype' and although I don't have MUT in Dingo, I have retained this utility, as PET package 'guess_fs-29dec2007'. Ditto, probepart in Puppy 3.01 also uses guess_fstype.

My guess is that if you do have some filesystems in those partitions, it is either not a fat/ntfs or normal Linux partition (ext2, ext3, reiserfs), or is somehow misconfigured.
You might want to check with 'guess_fstype' directly. I can't recall exactly, but I think that probepart has some screening and will return 'none' for any f.s.'s that cannot be mounted by Puppy.
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fstype

#108 Post by raffy »

The fstype is VFAT in USB, and the USB drives are working very reliably, and are being used to boot Puppy in other machines.

There must be some distinction here. MUT can mount these USB partitions even if probepart cant see them; please refer to the 2.13 info above. MUT has a lot of your own changes, too, so surely one or a few line/s in there could help solve this problem.

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#109 Post by HairyWill »

Béèm wrote:My laptop with ipw2100 wireless interface does see my access point, but I need WEP to connect to it and obtain an IP.
Altho I give the correct WEP key a live network isn't found.
(same for Pwireless scanner)

I find also unprotected access points.
I can obtain an IP of one of these and connect to the internet.

So it looks like a WEP issue.
Beem I'm confused, you said here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 498#157498
that it was working properly.

I have compared the zdrv file from 3.01 with 3.92 and noticed things missing from 3.92 that might be important specifically
zdrv-301/lib/modules/2.6.21.7/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.ko
zdrv-301/lib/modules/2.6.21.7/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.ko
zdrv-301/lib/modules/2.6.21.7/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_wep.ko

this might be the reason why modprobe ieee80211_crypt_wep fails


I'm not sure if it is relevant but 3.01 loads a module
00:1f.3 0C0500 8086:2483 <i801_smbus>
this is not loaded in 3.01

Any ideas anyone?
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Re: fstype

#110 Post by BarryK »

raffy wrote:The fstype is VFAT in USB, and the USB drives are working very reliably, and are being used to boot Puppy in other machines.

There must be some distinction here. MUT can mount these USB partitions even if probepart cant see them; please refer to the 2.13 info above. MUT has a lot of your own changes, too, so surely one or a few line/s in there could help solve this problem.
raffy, can you please test guess_fstype:
# /usr/lib/mut/bin/guess_fstype /dev/sdg1
# /usr/lib/mut/bin/guess_fstype /dev/sdh1
and let me know what it returns.
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