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[gilloraymondo]

Hi
Excuse me if I don't speak English very well !!!
I've a problem with my netbook Asus Eee PC 701SD.
I've the French version "toutou linux" 431 on the HDD and it works fine. I had to add the dhpcd529puppy5.pet for the wi fi. Now it's alright.
But I want to have Lucid puppy 525 or 538 on a USB key (frugal). Everything works quite well except the wi fi. It's exactly the same problem I had with the "toutou linux" 431.
So, I need a wi fi driver, but I don't know where to download the .pet, and which one I need....
Can yo help me ?
Thank you

[muggins]

Try running, in a console:

[gilloraymondo]

Good morning,
Thank you for your quick answer.
What I have on the wizard :
interface type driver bus description
eth1 wired atheros_eth x x
wlan1 wireless r8180 x x

I clic on the wlan1.
message : "Please wait, scanning for wireless network", and then nothing.

on the console
#modprobe r8187se
#depmod -a
I go back to the wizard.
I still see on, that window "simple Network setup", the driver r8180........ I clic on the wlan1, and..... it does the same thing.

Any idea ?
Thank you

[muggins]

To try r8187se, first unload rtl8180. Try:

[gilloraymondo]

Thank you muggins
In the console I write :
# modprobe -r rtl 8180
#modprobe r8187se
#depmod -a
#
In the wizard, I still see :
wlan1 Wireless r8180 x x
I clic on wlan1, and I have still "please wait scanning for wireless networks

I have tried again, rebooting, but I still see in the wizard
wlan1 Wireless r8180 x x
I don't know what to do......
any idea ?
Thank you

[gilloraymondo]

Hi
I had exactly the same problem with puppy linux 431.
I dowloaded the rtl8187se-k2.6.30.5.pet, install it, and immedialy everything works fine.
On puppy linux 431, I have eth0 y wlan0

Well, I tried with lucid puppy 528 to dowload and install the same rtl8187se-k2.6.305.pet, but it does nothing, and I have still eth1 y wlan1 with the wireless driver r8180.

I don't know what to do.........

Do you have any idea ?

Thank you

[Aitch]

please post output of

[gilloraymondo]

Good afternoon
Thank you for your help.!!!!!
I've done the lspci --nn.
It can help to find how to do to solve the problem?
Thank you


lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2792] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:2668] (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2660] (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2662] (rev 04)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2664] (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller [8086:2653] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:266a] (rev 04)
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8199] (rev 22)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet [1969:1026] (rev b0)
#

[rokytnji]

My email to runtt21 when I was Beta Testing Macpup 528 before it came out

Booted up on my EEEPC 701SD. I tried puppy pfix=ram option on boot to not load
the eeepc900 save file. I kept getting a boot error of can't find MacPup save
file doing this. Then dropped to a # prompt shell. So I booted up once normal like to let it load the eeepc 900
save file and it loaded to desktop. Frisbee network manager showed wlan1 instead
of wlan0 for connection for wireless. I shutdown without doing anything else
and let it run through save. Rebooted again with puppy pfix=ram, just gave the same error
I mentioned up above.

So. I booted up my internal SSD drive with AntiX and opened pcmanfm as root and]
opened pendrive and deleted eeepc900 save fie. Rebooted pendrive normally and booted
up OK. I don't know why puppy pfix=ram did not work for me.

This test I am just installng xorg_high driver. My inxi and xrandr readout is before
the xorg_high driver install. glxgears is after install. I made a eeepc701SD
save file ext2 on pendrive. I guess I should also mention the eeepc900 save file
was also ext2 file system. Both saves=512MB

I installed cheese on the eeepc 900 to test webcam from puppy package manager.
Camera worked OK and took snapshots. No record function though for movie from
webcam (button was x'ed out). Not a macpup thing anyways. Just mentioning for webcam.

On the 701SD
Tap works.
Sound works.
Mic works in mhwavedit after setting up alsamixer like I did on the 900.

I installed Frisbee 2 beta on the 900 via puppy package manager. Worked ok
connecting. It would drop connection though when would be doing some
other application on the netbook. Same drops with dougal wireless connection
manager also. Sees to be a Puppy Thing with these EEEPCs.

Simple Network Manager on this 701SD fails to connect. I used Dougals instead
which works OK. Just glad the module loads/in the kernel for Realtek RTL8187SE chip on this
eeepc 701SD. Short test. I'm beat/tired runt21. Hope these tests help you.
Let me know if you need any other info.





# 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: ASUSTeK (portable) product: 701SD version: 0303 serial: 88OAAQ430413
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: 701SD version: x.xx serial: EeePC-0123456789
Bios: American Megatrends version: 0303 date: 07/23/2008
CPU: Single core Intel Celeron M (-UP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (nx sse sse2) clocked at 897.837 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
X.org: 1.7.6 drivers: intel (unloaded: vesa) tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller driver: HDA Intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.21
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller driver: r8180
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filtered>
Card-2: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet driver: atheros_eth
IF: eth0 state: down speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filtered>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 12.1GB (-) 1: /dev/sda ASUS 8.1GB
2: /dev/sdb SanDisk_Cruzer 4.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 502M used: 31M (7%) fs: rootfs
Sensors: Error: You do not have the sensors app installed.
Info: Processes: 73 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 113.0/1002.3MB Runlevel: 5 Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.23

No glxgear found (readout in top of inxi confirms this)

sh-4.1# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 800 x 480, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS1 connected 800x480+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
800x480 60.0*+
640x480 85.0 72.8 75.0 59.9
720x400 85.0
640x400 85.1
640x350 85.1
TV1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

After the xorg_high driver install

sh-4.1# glxgears
1604 frames in 5.0 seconds
2690 frames in 5.0 seconds
2604 frames in 5.0 seconds
2614 frames in 5.0 seconds
2606 frames in 5.0 seconds
2677 frames in 5.0 seconds

sh-4.1# inxi -F
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: ASUSTeK (portable) product: 701SD version: 0303 serial: 88OAAQ430413
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: 701SD version: x.xx serial: EeePC-0123456789
Bios: American Megatrends version: 0303 date: 07/23/2008
CPU: Single core Intel Celeron M (-UP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (nx sse sse2) clocked at 897.638 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
X.org: 1.7.6 drivers: intel (unloaded: vesa) tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller driver: HDA Intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.21
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller driver: r8180
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filtered>
Card-2: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet driver: atheros_eth
IF: eth0 state: down speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filtered>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 12.1GB (5.9% used) 1: /dev/sda ASUS 8.1GB
2: /dev/sdb SanDisk_Cruzer 4.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 502M used: 29M (6%) fs: rootfs
Sensors: Error: You do not have the sensors app installed.
Info: Processes: 77 Uptime: 44 min Memory: 161.2/1002.3MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.23

So MacPup 528 has the module/driver already i the Kernel.

[gilloraymondo]

Good Evening Rokytnji,
And Thank you for your help.
But, if I understand well, you're speaking about MacPup 528 and not about the Lucid Puppy 528 ?
So I'am still looking for help to install the driver I need to make Lucid Puppy working with a wi fi conection on my Asus 701sd, frugall instalation......
But thank you again.
Friendly yours

[gilloraymondo]

Good evening again,
It works !!!!!
It can help others persons who have the same problem, to know how to do a very simple way for solving the problem.
I've downloded this file : kernel_src_L4-2.6.33.2-patched.sfs
I've simply done a clic on the file downloaded, and then a clic on conect, and there I had the normal window on which I had to clic on wlan1. Then, finaly, I had all the wi fi network aroud there listed. I've just select mine, enter the key, and, everything is allright !!!

Thank you again for your help and I'm glad to help to others this way

Friendly yours

[gilloraymondo]

Sorry, I've done a mistake.
The file I've downloaded which have solved the problem was the lupu_dev_528-4.sfs

[gilloraymondo]

Oupppp.
I rebooted the computer, and again, the wi fi doen't work !!!!!!
I understand nothing !!!
Help !!!!

[Aitch]

RTL8187SE confirmed, there were different chipsets

tempestuous provided a driver and instructions here

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=237747#237747

2.6.25.16 kernel, I do not know if this works with later kernels, ask tempestuous

check the output of typing

[muggins]

@Aitch, no, the drivers are all kernel specific.

@gilloraymondo, it's OK, we were just seeing if the driver would work OK for you. To load it when you reboot, run:

Menu>System>BootManager>Click here to add new module

then arrow down the list and highlight r8187se, then click Add, then OK, reboot, then check the Network Wizard again.