Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

hayagix · Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 130

Not sure if Network Wizard is the newest version in 4.1.1.

Quck and dirty way is to change .tgz to .pet and install. It will overwrite old version.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=31522

ttuuxxx · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008, 14:18 Post subject:

tofi · Joined: 14 Nov 2008 Posts: 23

I am not able to get on the internet using Wifi in Puppy, thogh I can scan and find the network, fill inn the essid and the key. But I'm not sure that I am doing the right thing to get it working.
Should I load any of the drivers, I should I get directly to the wifi search in the network menu?

iscraigh · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 276

after using the network wizard to find it then press use this profile it takes you to the previous screen. On this screen select use dhcp.
If after a minitue it tells you it got an address then you are in business.

Craig

iscraigh · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 276

Okay the good news

I have tried puppy with the 2.6.27 kenel done by MU (thanks)
The sd card readers both worked although I found if the card was inserted @ boot and then removed and reinserted it did not see it again. If inserted after boot both card readers worked.

Bad news
The not booting from external sd appears to be a bios limitation not a puppy thing.
http://forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=17695
So I suggest frugal installs if you want to keep your linspire intact.

So the plan (subject to change) is to base a remaster on the 27 kernel if I can get wireless working. Don't expect it for a couple of weeks(maybe sooner as time permits).

Plan b is to base it on the incredible boxpup if boxpup (has latest usb fixes) will read the sd cards.

Either way it will have openbox ,cairo-dock, opera, as well as the prebiously added programs. I also may try to start removing non AAO needed things.

Craig

sertse · Joined: 08 Jun 2008 Posts: 17

Posting to say thanks...love it on my aspire one. Good luck on the upcoming plans.

lol, Boxpup is also my favourite puplet.

tofi · Joined: 14 Nov 2008 Posts: 23

It doesn't work, though i put in the WEP code it doesn't connect to the wlan. With Linpus there is no wifi trouble so i don't know what I maybe do wrong.
cable lan works ok in Puppy, the same does GPRS with my Nokia 6680.

The sum is that I am very pleased with Puppy - looks very promising. Guess that future versions will be even more out of the box.

sertse · Joined: 08 Jun 2008 Posts: 17

Upon further playing around...

I think I'm similar to tofi

Wifi not working for WEP.

Scan detects my network, but connecting to it doesn't work,

iscraigh · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 276

Ok my wireless is open so I will play around with wep and see if I can get it working.

Craig

eztuxer · Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 461 Location: Belgium

By the way WPA isn't working, although I' had it working with another plainer version of puppy.
Open wlan is fine.

tofi · Joined: 14 Nov 2008 Posts: 23

I try to set up wlan from command line:

setting essid - ok
setting "key open" value gives error: "Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (882A):
SET failed on device ath0; Invalid argument"

So it is'n possible to add the WEP key, and there is no connection.

Alley

I just wanted to say Thanks - great work, and it works fine on my aspire one. I got the SD cards working after figuring out where to put acpi=off (syslinux.cfg for me), although it still won't boot if a card is already in the slot at boot time. I'm looking forward to the updated kernel tho as things run a little hotter now, and at shutdown it just halts doesn't shut all the way off.

Anybody for starting an open letter to Acer asking for a BIOS update that supports SD boot?

WPA and WPA2 are working fine for me with no tweaking.

And to put my resources where my mouth is, I'm willing to help host ftp if needed.

-Alley

iscraigh · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 276

With mu's 27 kernel beta iso wireless works on my open router, I have not had a chance to try wep yet. (This laptop is a gift for my son so I can only work on it when he is not around).

Craig

Ted Dog · Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 989 Location: Heart of Texas

Just got one of these little guys after my full sized laptop died. THANKS for the work. mine came with XP and the version of linpuslite I downloaded was not acer-one version.
I was looking into Intels (free to use) toolset to recompile puppy kernel and main apps for the AtomCPU. It should gain speed and powersavings.

Alley · Posted: Sun 23 Nov 2008, 16:34 Post subject: batterymeter

Sounds great - I really look forward to that now I've discovered turning acpi off also disables my battery meter, which is pretty critical for me. Is there any workaround for the card slots that doesn't disable acpi?

Thanks,
Alan