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solxyz
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If you happen to be using a Realtek ALC268, you should use "acer" as your model.
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jcagle
Joined: 29 Sep 2005
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It's a Realtek 8185.
I can only get it to connect to one wireless network so far, the one at Yaks Koffee Shop, which I don't need a key for. It fails to connect to any network that I need a wireless key for.
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tempestuous
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
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Location: Australia
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solxyz and jcagle, you are talking at cross purposes.
Realtek ALC268 is an audio chipset, based on the Intel HDA specification.
Realtek 8185 is a wifi chipset.
| solxyz wrote: | | If you happen to be using a Realtek ALC268, you should use "acer" as your model. |
jcagle's audio chipset is not Realtek ALC268, it's SigmaTel STAC9200.
| jcagle wrote: | | It fails to connect to any network that I need a wireless key for. |
Then you probably need to manually load the relevant encryption module.
For WEP encryption -
| Code: | | modprobe ieee80211_crypt_wep-rtl |
For WPA -
| Code: | | modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip-rtl |
For WPA2 -
| Code: | | modprobe ieee80211_crypt_ccmp-rtl |
This is explained in more detail in "How to configure wifi from the commandline"
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=159339#159339
"PART 4: Troubleshooting, encryption problems"
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jcagle
Joined: 29 Sep 2005
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From what it tells me, the Linux driver for the wireless on the Gateway laptop doesn't support WPA.
Anyway, I'm not even trying to connect to a WPA encrypted network, it's all WEP. I think I'll give it a try.
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jcagle
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FATAL: Module ieee80211_crypt_wep-rt1 not found.
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tempestuous
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Location: Australia
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That's "rtl" not "rt1".
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jcagle
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ok, I changed it from rt1 to rtl. But I still get the error.
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tempestuous
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I don't know about Puppy4, but Puppy3 definitely contains the ieee80211_crypt_wep-rtl module.
If you get the "Module not found" error message when trying to load this module in Puppy3, it means that Puppy cannot access the zdrv file, which is the compressed collection of modules.
This is an all-too-common problem, but it doesn't seem to affect most experienced Puppy users, and inexperienced users seem unable to grasp the significance of the fault.
If you have a frugal installation, you should check that the zdrv file can be seen at /mnt/home
Beyond this simple check, I don't know how to solve the problem.
If you have a full HD installation, the zdrv file must be uncompressed into the filesystem. This is somewhat complex, and I don't wish to attempt to explain it here. There are instructions elsewhere on the forum.
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jcagle
Joined: 29 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Sun 16 Mar 2008, 16:14 Post subject:
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I'm running from live CD.
Just so you know, I've been a Puppy user for a couple of years now.
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ab2qv
Joined: 11 Mar 2008
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Now I see I am not alone. I was wondering why ALSA on puppy 3 could not detect and install my Dell GX1's audio. So I have to use puppy 4 on three PCs to use its audio then. Ok, I go to download puppy 4. Lets see. Tks.
/wyn/
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jcagle
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I'm giving the laptop back to the friend I was borrowing it from, as I have bought my own laptop. I am running Dingo on it now, and everything works fine.
It's an Aspire 3690.
I rock! 
The laptop has Vista home edition. Despite all the bad things I've heard about Vista, it runs quite well on this laptop, especially with only 502 meg of RAM. I couldn't believe it myself.
Miracles happen!
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dvprabhu
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hello i installed puppy 3.01 to my pen drive.but i am not getting sound.
my codec is alc262.
i tried all the options for the model in the above list.no change.
however i got while booting from cd by making puppy acpi=off. but no such option available for pen drive boot. is there any way to make acpi permanently off?
i got sound in my fedora 8 by adding fujitsu as model parameter.
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John Lewis
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To Tempestuous,
Many thanks notes made from for your post I was able to get sound working on Acer Inspire 5315.
I also passed on what I did to help another forum user in the hardware forum. I couldn't for the life of me remember where I'd found this information until I re found it here.
Sorry that I was not able to attribute it to your post at the time. I will correct that omission.
John Lewis
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Alex Johnson
Joined: 12 Jul 2008
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I read your thread. It made sense, but left me unable to completely figure it out myself.
# cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
Codec: Realtek ALC662 rev1
So I check the list and see:
ALC662
3stack-dig 3-stack (2-channel) with SPDIF
3stack-6ch 3-stack (6-channel)
3stack-6ch-dig 3-stack (6-channel) with SPDIF
6stack-dig 6-stack with SPDIF
lenovo-101e Lenovo laptop
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
I edit /etc/modprobe.conf to add:
options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-6ch-dig
At this point I'm told to reboot or restart the service. I don't want to reboot, that's slow, but nobody mentions how to restart the service. So I just ran:
# alsamixer
alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: Invalid argument
Maybe I am on the right track, so I try all model names, getting the same results. I then remove the line I added and run alsamixer with the original modprobe.conf and it fails with the same invalid argument excuse.
Can you guide me through?
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tempestuous
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
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Location: Australia
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Restarting ALSA can get complex. I don't want to attempt an explanation.
Just reboot.
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