How to use my USB wireless dongle? (Solved)

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#31 Post by FeodorF »

hilfer wrote:Ok I'm trying to do that right now, but I can't past the command into the console.

Is the copy/paste not supported on the console ??
To copy and paste out of the urxvt terminal you'll have to use a three button mouse.

- Mark the text in the urxvt to copy
- open f.e. the 'Leafpad' text editor
- click the middle button/scroll wheel to paste into the text editor window

rem: It works both ways - from/and to the urxvt terminal.

...mentioned by forum member 'Monsie'

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#32 Post by bigpup »

Right and left mouse button pressed at same time, does the same as pressing the middle mouse button.
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#33 Post by hilfer »

tempestuous wrote:OK, that means that the firmware has probably copied into place correctly.
To be sure, use ROX to browse to /lib/firmware/rtlwifi and check that this firmware file -
rtl8192cufw.bin
is definitely there.
If so, that's a good thing, but the driver is still failing, and your best option is still to use Lucid 5.2.8 with the vendor-supplied driver that I provided.
Yes I can see rtlwifi there - inside there is 1 file named rtl8192cufw.bin.

I have tried with Lucid 5.2.8 but still no luck.

Never mind I will forget by now this problem of the wireless dongle.
I can access internet with a ethernet cable.

What I'm trying to do now is to install the most possible of software that I use in windows to see if one day I can completely replace windows with a linux distro on my main desktop machine.

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#34 Post by RetroTechGuy »

bigpup wrote:Right and left mouse button pressed at same time, does the same as pressing the middle mouse button.
Also, in the newer Puppy systems (certainly true in 5.28) you can copy the text from your browser, then use the "edit" menu bar tool on the command window (which has a "paste" function)
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#35 Post by hilfer »

thank you for all tips.

One thing is for sure: in this forum everybody is very helpfull and fast to give answers.

keep up the good job.

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#36 Post by Flash »

Let us know if the answers were right. :)

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#37 Post by tempestuous »

hilfer wrote:I have tried with Lucid 5.2.8 but still no luck.
Just to be clear - Lucid 5.2.8 does not contain a compatible driver for your wifi device - you need to install the Realtek third-party driver I provided.

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#38 Post by hilfer »

tempestuous wrote:
hilfer wrote:I have tried with Lucid 5.2.8 but still no luck.
Just to be clear - Lucid 5.2.8 does not contain a compatible driver for your wifi device - you need to install the Realtek third-party driver I provided.
Ok after installing the realtek thid party as sugested by you it's detecting my USB dongle.
However I never manged to connect o my wifi.

Errors like: DHCP client failed to negociate with wireless network ZON-15F0

any ideas ??

Concerning the copy/paste it works just like in window now !!!

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#39 Post by tempestuous »

For wifi troubleshooting, see the first post of
"Drivers for Puppy 5.1-5.2.8 with 2.6.33.2 kernel"
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=59000

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#40 Post by RetroTechGuy »

tempestuous wrote:For wifi troubleshooting, see the first post of
"Drivers for Puppy 5.1-5.2.8 with 2.6.33.2 kernel"
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=59000
BTW, has anyone recently mentioned that tempestuous ROCKS!?... :-)
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#41 Post by mikeb »

BTW, has anyone recently mentioned that tempestuous ROCKS!?... Smile
he has always been the puppy linux world's top banana when it comes to wifi (and other things for that matter)

a toast to 'the man'

ps I still have 2.02 regression...the fasted pup in the west. :)

mike

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#42 Post by RetroTechGuy »

mikeb wrote:
BTW, has anyone recently mentioned that tempestuous ROCKS!?... Smile
he has always been the puppy linux world's top banana when it comes to wifi (and other things for that matter)

a toast to 'the man'

ps I still have 2.02 regression...the fasted pup in the west. :)

mike
I've settled on 5.28 for the time being. It seemed to have lower hardware load than 4.31, and much better hardware support... Damn solid product!

(someone once said that if I started running Puppy that I'd never get back to playing with Debian... ;-) )
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#43 Post by rjbrewer »

RetroTechGuy wrote:
tempestuous wrote:For wifi troubleshooting, see the first post of
"Drivers for Puppy 5.1-5.2.8 with 2.6.33.2 kernel"
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=59000
BTW, has anyone recently mentioned that tempestuous ROCKS!?... :-)
"ROCKS" is an is an extreme understatement.
We are really fortunate to have someone like him to help with
wireless problems that haven't even been solved by the largest
linux distros.

Inspiron 700m, Pent.M 1.6Ghz, 1Gb ram.
Msi Wind U100, N270 1.6>2.0Ghz, 1.5Gb ram.
Eeepc 8g 701, 900Mhz, 1Gb ram.
Full installs

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#44 Post by tempestuous »

mikeb wrote:I still have 2.02 regression...the fasted pup in the west. :)
Ah, that's good to hear, though you will come unstuck if you try to add a very new accessory device, such as a Realtek wifi dongle, for example.
The Puppy 2.00/2.02regression kernel is too old for modern drivers to compile against.

For speed and lightness, though, the Puppy 1.03 - 1.09 series was even better. Worked a treat with my (now dead) Sony VAIO Pentium 1 laptop.
Again, no support in that old Pup for modern hardware.

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#45 Post by mikeb »

Puppy 1.03 - 1.09 series was even better
ok I dare not mention the simplepup I have based on 1.08 ... get even faster performance but my usb modem and wifi were not an option.

I did cheat and change the kernel in 2.02 to 2.6.18 as the original had a unionfs quirk which meant deleted files reappearing but performance remained. I put it down to the Xorg / X 6.8 and early gtk 2 and of course plenty of gtk1 apps. The included mplayer finished the show and a neat firefox 1.5. I did build the realtek rt3070sta driver on that kernel but normally the older pups are around for nostalga, testing ideas and the occasional rollar coaster ride on a speedy base (and small too 60MBsfs)

cheers

Mike

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#46 Post by cthisbear »

tempestuous:

Sir Tempe is one of the Puppy giants.

Chris.

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#47 Post by mikeb »

Sir Tempe is one of the Puppy giants.
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and its his birthday :D

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#48 Post by RetroTechGuy »

mikeb wrote:
Sir Tempe is one of the Puppy giants.
Posts: 5000
and its his birthday :D

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Woohoo! :D
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