Precise Puppy 5.6.1-final, May 29, 2013

Please post any bugs you have found
Post Reply
Message
Author
tlchost
Posts: 2057
Joined: Sun 05 Aug 2007, 23:26
Location: Baltimore, Maryland USA
Contact:

Intel Audio Chip/alsa/retrovol combination fails

#16 Post by tlchost »

Every Precise I'v tried exhibits the same behavior. Either the kernel, Alsa or Retrovol do not recginize my Intel audio chip

Processor : 8x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
snd_hda_intel : Intel HDA driver
snd_hda_codec : HDA codec core
snd_hwdep : Hardware dependent layer
snd_pcm_oss : PCM OSS emulation for ALSA.
snd_mixer_oss : Mixer OSS emulation for ALSA.
snd_pcm : Midlevel PCM code for ALSA.
snd_seq_dummy : ALSA sequencer MIDI-through client
snd_seq_oss : OSS-compatible sequencer module
snd_seq_midi : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer MIDI synth.
snd_seq_midi_event : MIDI byte <-> sequencer event coder
snd_rawmidi : Midlevel RawMidi code for ALSA.
snd_seq : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer.
snd_seq_device : ALSA sequencer device management
snd_timer : ALSA timer interface
shpchp : Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver
snd : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture driver for soundcards.
soundcore : Core sound module

PCI bridge : Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

I've tried every option that alsa anmd retrovol offer for configuration.

What's really interesting is that Raring and Upup recognize the sound ship, the speaker icon is not muted as it is in Precise.

It seems that the "stock" precise distributions have the problem, while non-stock ones do not.

I'd rslly appreciate some help with this.

thanks

Thom

User avatar
OscarTalks
Posts: 2196
Joined: Mon 06 Feb 2012, 00:58
Location: London, England

#17 Post by OscarTalks »

Hello BarryK,

Please see my post here about the LaGaBluenight desktop icons:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... &start=350

I hope you will give serious consideration to this as the appearance of the default desktops of Wary, Racy and Precise make up a very important part of the "shopfront" of Puppy.
Oscar in England
Image

artsown
Posts: 403
Joined: Wed 12 Sep 2012, 18:35

#18 Post by artsown »

Barry, Pemasu suggested that I call to your attention a video driver
selection issue that I first noticed on his Wheezy 3.5.2.6 and
3.5.2.7. After I select the ATI Radeon driver and it reboots, it
then enters X and exits requiring me to type xwin to get a GUI.

I tried your Precise 5.5.92 and it also balked and very strangely
offered a selection of video drivers that included wrong ones such as
Intel as well as the correct Radeon. However, after I chose
Radeon it subsequently started up normally.

A fresh frugal of your 5.5.93 went straight to the GUI with the
proper driver and 1280 X1024 screen ok (My only complaint
about 5593 so far is the old 1.03 version of gnome mplayer that
has audio-video sync problems.)

Art

User avatar
shinobar
Posts: 2672
Joined: Thu 28 May 2009, 09:26
Location: Japan
Contact:

xorgwizard-cli

#19 Post by shinobar »

Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
The nouveau sometimes success and sometime fails.
The vesa works.
Tried vesa with the xorgwizard-cli and it's OK. But it requires reboot.

After some tests, I found reboot actually does not need in my case.
I would like the reboot to be optional.

Code: Select all

# diff xorgwizard-cli  xorgwizard-cli-shinobar
788c788
<  dialog --title "${DLGTITLE}" --msgbox "$(eval_gettext "A reboot is required before the '\${CHOSENDRV}' driver can be tested.")
---
>  dialog --title "${DLGTITLE}" --yes-label "$(gettext "OK")" --yesno "$(eval_gettext "A reboot is required before the '\${CHOSENDRV}' driver can be tested.")
793c793
<  exec reboot ###EXIT###
---
>  [ $? -eq 0 ] && exec reboot ###EXIT###
Downloads for Puppy Linux [url]http://shino.pos.to/linux/downloads.html[/url]

User avatar
for_wov
Posts: 25
Joined: Fri 10 May 2013, 06:43
Location: Europe:Kiev

wifi

#20 Post by for_wov »

wifi starts only after: network-wizard =>establish wifi with wl (shows connection but no networking) => rebooting(making savefile) => reestablishing network through Frisbee;
the same thing on previous "precises"/AOA722/HP pavilion dv6/
hope will be helpful to someone( on AOA722 established wifi with b43).

User avatar
666philb
Posts: 3615
Joined: Sun 07 Feb 2010, 12:27
Location: wales ... by the sea

#21 Post by 666philb »

ayttm has crept back in .... still crashes
Bionicpup64 built with bionic beaver packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114311
Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331

User avatar
rerwin
Posts: 2017
Joined: Wed 24 Aug 2005, 22:50
Location: Maine, USA

Analog dialup modem drivers!

#22 Post by rerwin »

So far, I have compiled 5 modem drivers for precise 5.6. Besides those attached, I have hsfmodem and pctel drivers waiting for my attachment size limit to be increased to accommodate them. The source tarballs will follow, once I can upload them easily. But I want, now, to announce that I am producing a set for 5.6.

I notice that a few of the firmware packages are still in the Packages-puppy-common directory instead of ...noarch. They probably should be moved, for consistency. Note that I include a new martian firmware package, which contains a newer version of the martian daemon than the "1021" package. That older package should probably be removed, since now is the first time the martian driver has been included in a distro since long before the firmware packages were created, so package 'firmware_linux_module_martian-20121021' should never be used.
Richard

UPDATE 5/15/2013: Re-uploaded the dgcmodem, ess and martian drivers to make them conform to the standards for naming and dependency specifications. Contents unchanged.

BTW, I sent John Murga a request yesterday for an increase to my attachment size limit. But he has apparently not been checking his PMs. Is there any other person to contact for this, so I can upload the hsfmodem (1033KB) and pctel (434KB) driver packages? (I am also working on intel536ep.)

UPDATE 5/16/2013: Now that I have discovered the 'split' command, I have attached the larger drivers in multiple parts. Use the 'cat' command to recombine them into a file named without the "---part?.pet" suffix. Sorry for the inconvenience, but it gets them uploaded.
NOTE that the intel536ep driver is for use in multicore PCs. I tested it in my uniprocessor PC and it worked, but froze the computer when I disconnected in pupdial. I assume that is the reason for having a uni-processor version (if ever a "uni" version of the linux source (or autoconf.h?) becomes available for compilation of the driver).
To simplify re-creation of the complete pet from its parts, I attach an informal package containing 'splitpetjoin'. Once installed, you can go to the directory where you downloaded the parts, open a console there and enter:
splitpetjoin (file name of one of the parts)
You don't need the full name, but only up to something beyond the first '.pet' in the name. It will not overwrite an already combined pet file.
Attachments
splitpetjoin.pet
Tool to recombine the segmented pet packages.
(576 Bytes) Downloaded 741 times
linux_module_intel536ep-20120710-k3.2.44-smp.pet---part2.pet
Part 2 (of 2) of intel536 SMP driver pet package.
To be concatenated to part 1 to form complete pet file.
(160.8 KiB) Downloaded 692 times
linux_module_pctel-0.9.7-12-20130514-k3.2.44.pet---part2.pet
Part 2 (of 2) of pctel pet package.
To be concatenated to part 1 to form complete pet file.
(177.61 KiB) Downloaded 786 times
linux_module_dgcmodem-1.13-20120901-k3.2.44.pet
dgcmodem modem driver to implement sounds for some cdc-acm modems
(8.32 KiB) Downloaded 690 times
linux_module_ess-2.6-v0.7-k3.2.44.pet
ESS modem driver
(186.26 KiB) Downloaded 678 times
linux_module_martian-20100123-k3.2.44.pet
LSI/Agere/Lucent modem driver
(12.07 KiB) Downloaded 684 times
firmware_linux_module_martian-20130514.pet
Firmware and daemon for LSI/Agere/Lucent modems
(189.67 KiB) Downloaded 734 times
Last edited by rerwin on Thu 16 May 2013, 23:01, edited 5 times in total.

User avatar
rerwin
Posts: 2017
Joined: Wed 24 Aug 2005, 22:50
Location: Maine, USA

#23 Post by rerwin »

Continuation of modem driver packages.
Attachments
linux_module_hsfmodem-7.80.02.06full-dellhybrid-20120901-k3.2.44.pet---part5.pet
Part 5 (of 5) of hsfmodem driver package.
Concatenate this to the other parts, in sequence
(8.43 KiB) Downloaded 704 times
Last edited by rerwin on Thu 16 May 2013, 16:28, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
broomdodger
Posts: 279
Joined: Sat 10 May 2008, 02:38
Location: Santa Cruz, CA

busybox needs sticky bit

#24 Post by broomdodger »

busybox permission wrong?
busybox needs sticky bit
Precise 5.5.93

I have been playing with adduser and passwd.
I think there is a problem with permissions on busybox.

Previously added the user 'bee'.

# .......1.........2.........3..
Changing the passwd for both 'root' and 'bee' works from 'root'.

# passwd
Changing password for root
New password:
Retype password:
Password for root changed by root

# passwd bee
Changing password for bee
New password:
Retype password:
Password for bee changed by root

# .......1.........2.........3..
Changing the passwd from user 'bee' fails.

# su bee

# whoami
bee

# passwd
passwd: must be suid to work properly

# passwd bee
passwd: must be suid to work properly

# exit
exit

# whoami
root

# .......1.........2.........3..
web search suggestion:
/bin/busybox needs the sticky bit set.

# cd /bin

# ls -la busybox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 704660 May 12 02:35 busybox

# chmod 4755 busybox

# ls -la busybox
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 704660 May 12 02:35 busybox

# cd

# .......1.........2.........3..
Now changing passwd from user 'bee' works.

# whoami
root

# su bee

# whoami
bee

# passwd
Changing password for bee
Old password:
New password:
Retype password:
Password for bee changed by bee

# exit
exit

# whoami
root

# .......1.........2.........3..
Bill

User avatar
broomdodger
Posts: 279
Joined: Sat 10 May 2008, 02:38
Location: Santa Cruz, CA

busybox setuid bit

#25 Post by broomdodger »

correction:

setuid bit

not sticky

Bill

User avatar
shinobar
Posts: 2672
Joined: Thu 28 May 2009, 09:26
Location: Japan
Contact:

UPDATE: sfs_load

#26 Post by shinobar »

UPDATE: sfs_load-1.9.7.pet (2013-05-14)
#14 May 2012 v1.9.7: fix was failed more than 7 after reboot (thanks to nonki3476), fix was failed cleanwhite on flash, support util-linux-2.23 (thanks to simargl) , debugging log
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64354

Thanks Barry for the order of loading extra SFSs in the woof.
There is another importance when you load more than 6 SFSs.
The top 6 is loaded in early stage of boot by the init, the rest are loaded after by the sfs_load.
Downloads for Puppy Linux [url]http://shino.pos.to/linux/downloads.html[/url]

User avatar
Terryphi
Posts: 761
Joined: Wed 02 Jul 2008, 09:32
Location: West Wales, Britain.

#27 Post by Terryphi »

I am finding in build 5.5.93 that the USB drive icon is not always appearing when a USB flash drive is connected. (Frugal install.)
[b]Classic Opera 12.16 browser SFS package[/b] for Precise, Slacko, Racy, Wary, Lucid, etc available[url=http://terryphillips.org.uk/operasfs.htm]here[/url] :)

mchabez
Posts: 12
Joined: Thu 21 Feb 2013, 13:01

#28 Post by mchabez »

BarryK wrote:
mchabez wrote:Please refer to my post in the Precise 5.5 topic.

Some (most?) packages in the Ubuntu repos have something like this in their *.desktop files:

Code: Select all

...
Categories=X-(category)-Sub
...
They aren't appearing in the JWM menu, after neither installation nor running fixmenus and restarting JWM. In the /etc/xdg/menus/puppy-*.menu files, the X-(category)-Sub categories aren't listed, only X-(category), so the -Sub category should be added (preferably right after the X-(category)) in each puppy-*.menu file.

Known affected packages are fceux, trimage and tvtime.

This is a minor bug, but it could be very confusing for newcomers.
It's not really a bug. In all cases where "-Sub" is shown, you leave it off.
A diff can explain it more than I can...

Code: Select all

diff -rupN woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-business.menu woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-business.menu
--- woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-business.menu	2013-05-06 12:48:40.755055128 +0200
+++ woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-business.menu	2013-05-06 12:27:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
     <Directory>Puppy-Business-Sub.directory</Directory>
     <Include>
       <Category>X-Business</Category>
+      <Category>X-Business-Sub</Category>
       <Category>X-Calculate</Category>
+      <Category>X-Calculate-Sub</Category>
     </Include>
   </Menu>
 

diff -rupN woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-desktop.menu woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-desktop.menu
--- woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-desktop.menu	2013-05-06 12:48:40.755055128 +0200
+++ woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-desktop.menu	2013-05-06 12:29:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     <Directory>Puppy-Desktop-Sub.directory</Directory>
     <Include>
       <Category>X-Desktop</Category>
+      <Category>X-Desktop-Sub</Category>
     </Include>
   </Menu>
 
diff -rupN woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-filesystem.menu woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-filesystem.menu
--- woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-filesystem.menu	2013-05-06 12:48:40.765055284 +0200
+++ woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-filesystem.menu	2013-05-06 12:29:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <Directory>Puppy-Filesystem-Sub.directory</Directory>
     <Include>
       <Category>X-Filesystem</Category>
+      <Category>X-Filesystem-Sub</Category>
       <Category>FileSystem</Category>
       <Category>FileTools</Category>
     </Include>
diff -rupN woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-fun.menu woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-fun.menu
--- woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-fun.menu	2013-05-06 12:48:40.768388682 +0200
+++ woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-fun.menu	2013-05-06 12:44:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     <Directory>Puppy-Fun-Sub.directory</Directory>
     <Include>
       <Category>X-Fun</Category>
+      <Category>X-Fun-Sub</Category>
       <Category>Game</Category>
       <Category>Amusement</Category>
       <Category>BlocksGame</Category>
diff -rupN woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-graphic.menu woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-graphic.menu
--- woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-graphic.menu	2013-05-06 12:48:40.768388682 +0200
+++ woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-graphic.menu	2013-05-06 12:30:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     <Directory>Puppy-Graphic-Sub.directory</Directory>
     <Include>
       <Category>X-Graphic</Category>
+      <Category>X-Graphic-Sub</Category>
       <Category>2DGraphics</Category>
       <Category>3DGraphics</Category>
     </Include>
diff -rupN woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-internet.menu woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-internet.menu
--- woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-internet.menu	2013-05-06 12:48:40.768388682 +0200
+++ woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-internet.menu	2013-05-06 12:30:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     <Directory>Puppy-Internet-Sub.directory</Directory>
     <Include>
       <Category>X-Internet</Category>
+      <Category>X-Internet-Sub</Category>
     </Include>
   </Menu>
   
diff -rupN woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-multimedia.menu woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-multimedia.menu
--- woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-multimedia.menu	2013-05-06 12:48:40.768388682 +0200
+++ woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-multimedia.menu	2013-05-06 12:31:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     <Directory>Puppy-Multimedia-Sub.directory</Directory>
     <Include>
       <Category>X-Multimedia</Category>
+      <Category>X-Multimedia-Sub</Category>
       <Category>Recorder</Category>
     </Include>
   </Menu>
diff -rupN woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-network.menu woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-network.menu
--- woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-network.menu	2013-05-06 12:48:40.768388682 +0200
+++ woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-network.menu	2013-05-06 12:31:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <Directory>Puppy-Network-Sub.directory</Directory>
     <Include>
       <Category>X-Network</Category>
+      <Category>X-Network-Sub</Category>
       <Category>Network</Category>
     </Include>
   </Menu>
diff -rupN woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-personal.menu woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-personal.menu
--- woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-personal.menu	2013-05-06 12:48:40.771722049 +0200
+++ woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-personal.menu	2013-05-06 12:32:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     <Directory>Puppy-Personal-Sub.directory</Directory>
     <Include>
       <Category>X-Personal</Category>
+      <Category>X-Personal-Sub</Category>
     </Include>
   </Menu>
 
diff -rupN woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-setup.menu woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-setup.menu
--- woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-setup.menu	2013-05-06 12:48:40.771722049 +0200
+++ woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-setup.menu	2013-05-06 12:33:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     <Directory>Puppy-Setup-Sub.directory</Directory>
     <Include>
       <Category>X-Setup</Category>
+      <Category>X-Setup-Sub</Category>
     </Include>
   </Menu>
 
diff -rupN woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-system.menu woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-system.menu
--- woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-system.menu	2013-05-06 12:48:40.771722049 +0200
+++ woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-system.menu	2013-05-06 12:33:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     <Directory>Puppy-System-Sub.directory</Directory>
     <Include>
       <Category>X-System</Category>
+      <Category>X-System-Sub</Category>
       <Category>System</Category>
       <Category>HardwareSettings</Category>
       <Category>Core</Category>
diff -rupN woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-utility.menu woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-utility.menu
--- woofx/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-utility.menu	2013-05-06 12:48:40.771722049 +0200
+++ woofx2/woof-code/rootfs-skeleton/etc/xdg/menus/puppy-utility.menu	2013-05-06 12:33:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <Directory>Puppy-Utility-Sub.directory</Directory>
     <Include>
      <Category>X-Utility</Category>
+     <Category>X-Utility-Sub</Category>
      <Category>Utility</Category>
      <Category>Viewer</Category>
      <Category>Electronics</Category>
I hope Precise 5.6 will be a great release.
Sorry for the ambiguities :oops:

User avatar
vicmz
Posts: 1262
Joined: Sun 15 Jan 2012, 22:47

OpenboxPlus 1.5

#29 Post by vicmz »

OpenboxPlus 1.5 with new Lxpanel setup, greater GTK collection with builtin engines, and more:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=86206
[url=http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76948]Puppy Linux en español[/url]

User avatar
sszindian
Posts: 807
Joined: Sun 25 Apr 2010, 02:14
Location: Pennsylvania U.S.

WiFi

#30 Post by sszindian »

Precise-5.5.93

WiFi: Linksys AE1000 USB stick.
Router: Verizon modem/router combo
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2 80GHz

After installing WiFi with Frisbee, it worked great for about 24-hours then... a drop and no recovery... cold-hard-shutdown

Next day, it ran great for about an houre then... a drop and again no recovery so another cold-hard-shutdown.

Not sure if any of the above new .pets apply to me so will just wait until next version comes for more testing!

>>>---Indian------>
Cloud Computing For Every Puppy (a .pet)
[url]http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=69192[/url]

User avatar
rerwin
Posts: 2017
Joined: Wed 24 Aug 2005, 22:50
Location: Maine, USA

#31 Post by rerwin »

sszindian,
What sort of modem is the device? The above drivers are for land-line Plain-Old-Telephone-System (POTS) connections, not wireless.

I think a friend has a similar device that is probably a wifi/WAN-type interface. Are you connecting to the modem-router via an ethernet cable? Or wirelessly to it? How does it connect to the internet -- by wired connection or wirelessly to some outside wifi network?

Just to know what we are dealing with, could you use pupscan to find and list the connectivity devices so that we can verify all the pieces are supported optimally by drivers?
Richard

User avatar
sszindian
Posts: 807
Joined: Sun 25 Apr 2010, 02:14
Location: Pennsylvania U.S.

WiFi

#32 Post by sszindian »

rerwin:

Here's the config on my setup-

Westell Model A90-750015-07 Rev z Verizon Modem/Router hooked to a DSL line.

It is a wireless modem using my LinksysAE1000 USB plugin to access it... no wires from computer to modem! The modem connects to the Internet through a standard telephone DSL line hookup.

I mentioned this before in various threads. I have two distro's I'm currently running on this same setup with wifi- Peppermint Ice (wifi prog is WICD)for over two years without ever a problem also the newer Peppermint-3 and pemasue's Wheezy-3.5.2.5 (wifi is standard SNS wlan0) since it came out and never, ever a wifi drop on either of these programs... ever!!! In the past, I have also used this wifi setup without issue on PCLinuxOS and Pardus, I believe WICD was the prog used.

It's not that I 'need' Precise as a distro but I test it for BK and I would like it to be running right for the users that are coming to puppy, possibly with the same setup I use. Etho is not a problem and Precise works very well with it and I believe most of the testers of Precise use etho and that is why there is never an issue with their testing as far as Internet connection goes. I guess I'm just a tad different :)

>>>---Indian------>

EDIT: I did a quick pupscan on both Wheezy-3.5.2.5 and Precise-5.2.2.93 and there was one different loaded kernel module file in Wheezy if it makes any differance?

Precise-5.2.2.93 has rt2x00usb

Wheezy-3.5.2.5 has rtx00usb

Everything else in the 'rt' loaded modules was the same.

There is quiet a bit of items there and of course plus the detail on each and no way to copy and paste so if you need something specific I will hand-copy it for you?
Cloud Computing For Every Puppy (a .pet)
[url]http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=69192[/url]

User avatar
rerwin
Posts: 2017
Joined: Wed 24 Aug 2005, 22:50
Location: Maine, USA

#33 Post by rerwin »

sszindian,

EDIT: I see we overlapped in our postings. You answered some of my questions. I will sort that all out in the morning. /EDIT

Thanks for spelling it out for me. So, the concern is only about the wifi link to the router. I take it that the router-modem handles everything regarding the DSL configuration and that you do not need to also set up pppoe in the connect wizard.

Now that you are using frisbee, Have you experimented with the "dropwait" delay for reducing dropouts? As I understand it, it delays dropping the link after a dropped connection. I am not sure what that accomplishes, but suspect some other logic retries the connection and might succeed during the delay period. But I am just guessing. Maybe a modest delay will improve things. But try several values before giving up on it.

Oh, I think the hardware ID of your USB wifi dongle is 13b1:002f, in googling I see several drivers mentioned. Please tell us what driver you are using, as I cannot find a driver name in precise 5.5.93 for that hardware ID. Pupscan can help and lsmod can, too. It may be that we need to get a Ralink driver for best results, but I first need to know what you have now. We might save some time if you can obtain and send me a pdiag file, which you can create in frisbee diagnostics. (Bedtime)
Richard

After more googling: the module is rt2800usb. There are some postings about it. So maybe there are issues. Now, I must sign off for tonight.

Sage
Posts: 5536
Joined: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 08:34
Location: GB

#34 Post by Sage »

Same symptoms as bad caps in router, which is very common. Could be the PSU with bad caps - or both. OLr even bad caps in the router power brick. Screwdriver and eyes are always your best friend, but beware of d.c !

User avatar
rerwin
Posts: 2017
Joined: Wed 24 Aug 2005, 22:50
Location: Maine, USA

Added modem drivers: hsfmodem, intel536ep-SMP, pctel

#35 Post by rerwin »

I have added the larger modem drivers to my original 2 postings:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 587#703587
I used the 'split' command to segment them. Use the 'cat' command to concatenate them (in part-number order) back into the complete pet package. The name of the complete pet is the part of the file names preceding the "---part..." suffix.

I have also built the martian and pctel drivers for kernel 3.2.29, used in precise 5.4 and 5.5, and have posted them in the precise 5.5 Bugs thread here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 937#703937
They should be added to the pet_packages library.
Richard
Last edited by rerwin on Thu 16 May 2013, 22:43, edited 1 time in total.

Post Reply