Classic Pup 2.14X -- Updated 2 series

[tempestuous]

The wifi driver that 214x-Top9.0 has automatically loaded is almost certainly rt61. You could confirm this by running this command -

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lsmod

First I suggest you update to the latest version of this driver - rt61-20090412, from
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 232#316232

Then reboot. Run the Network Wizard again.
If the scan still fails, don't worry. Go ahead and try to configure the connection just by entering the correct connection information - ESSID, encryption-type, password.
If all else fails, configure the wifi connection with manual commands, following this HOWTO -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 336#159336

Of course, I hope that you have not attempted to install a Windows driver with ndiswrapper, because this may be interfering with the (Linux) rt61 driver. If so, you will need to delete the savefile to create a first-boot environment.

[PenguinPupLin]

Yes,lsmod showed rt61;update as u instructed;reboot and reconfigure,network scan and select my network,etc, and it WORKS! (except,my fault, I forgot to disconnect my wired lan eth0 and had to reboot again). Now open Aurora,the pages cannot load because of my ISP max 6 connections limitation, the wireless connection itself is alright,I'm sure. A big thank-you to tempestuous,no wonder they call you the King of Drivers
Btw, the network status info isn't called up when I right-click the system tray icon, I had to use rutilt or pwireless to check my wireless connection status.
One more thing,just in case I did ndiswrapper the windows driver tho I remember I did it in RAM mode and didn't save the configuration,how do I delete the savefile (u r not referring to pupsave file do u, which I know how to do but all my settings and software installations will be gone,I hope not)?
Sorry,another thing,RutilT and Pwireless show my network cipher as WEP when it should be WPA2.

[tempestuous]

Yes, I was suggesting you delete the pupsave file, but since the rt61 driver is now obviously working, there's no conflicting ndiswrapper stuff happening, and no need to delete the pupsave.

another thing, RutilT and Pwireless show my network cipher as WEP when it should be WPA2.

I'm not familiar with these utilities, but it sounds like just a case of failing to report the right information - there's no actual problem with the connection.
Be careful not to set a configuration with Pwireless and/or RutilT - such configurations are likely to compete with the Network Wizard configuration, and corrupt your wifi connection at bootup.

[PenguinPupLin]

Oh dear, I was too impatient and just did use RutilT and Pwireless to set and save a new configuratiion, and then even used netword wizard to reconfigure my wireless encryption as WPA-TKIP instead of WPA2 and rebooted. Now what a mess I've created,please advise before further damage is done,so sorry to keep nagging you with this problem,just that I don't relish going back to running lan cable across the room
Anyway,still unable to establish wpa connection,probably due to my ISP limitation which means I've to reset the router but not now as it would affect my other PCs' wireless connection.

[tempestuous]

i) open /root/.config/rutilt/RutilT_options.xml in Geany. It should contain just this default content -

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Options>
    <DisplayTrayIcon>1</DisplayTrayIcon>
    <StartMinimized>0</StartMinimized>
    <LeaveRootDelay>0</LeaveRootDelay>
</Options>

ii) delete /root/.config/Pwireless

[PenguinPupLin]

i) open /root/.config/rutilt/RutilT_options.xml in Geany. It should contain just this default content -

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Options>
    <DisplayTrayIcon>1</DisplayTrayIcon>
    <StartMinimized>0</StartMinimized>
    <LeaveRootDelay>0</LeaveRootDelay>
</Options>

ii) delete /root/.config/Pwireless

Done,thank you so much. Still trying to get a wpa connection even after resetting the router once,will keep trying.

[PenguinPupLin]

Finally able to get wpa connection established but after changing encryption to wpa+tkip instead of wpa2. Wonder why and if there's anything that can be done about it,not that it matters a lot.
Thanks so much to tempestuous,again.
Also noticed the rt61.sys pet that I updated is for kernel 2.6.18.1,does it mean it's different from the ones found in newer puppies/kernels,eg my Wary511 and puppy 431 showed the driver description as Ralink RT2561/RT61 B 802,11g and they work fine as is for my Wireless pcmcia adapter DLink DWL-G630?

[tempestuous]

Also noticed the rt61.sys pet that I updated is for kernel 2.6.18.1,does it mean it's different from the ones found in newer puppies/kernels

Yes, critically different!!
Everyone on this forum needs to get it into their heads that drivers are kernel-sensitive.

Newer kernels will have an updated driver for your device called "rt61pci" (not "rt61").

And be careful about your reference to "sys". That's Windows-speak. It has nothing to do with Linux drivers.

[PenguinPupLin]

Hi again,tempestuos,need you to the rescue,this time for Legacy OS2 which,if I'm not wrong,is based on puppy 2.14 using kernel 2.6.18.1, similar to Classic Pup 214X-TOP9 for which,with your expert and valuable help,I was able to connect wifi with wpa+tkip.
Likewise,I installed the rt61.pet which is also for kernel 2.6.18.1,so I thought it should work However,I don't even get my network interface detected,there is no wlan0 ra0 to choose from,only eth0 for wired lan.
I understand,Legacy OS 2 has made clear they provide minimal wifi support;hoped I'm not pushing it;after all,I'm using the same hardware on a somewhat quite similar Puppy.
One more thing,running Rutilt showed "Can't find any wireless network interface. Do you have the wireless extensions compiled in your kernel? Code:130".

[ttuuxxx]

Been sick for the past 2 weeks with a really bad cold, now I'm on 2 types of meds, grrr anyways I compiled a few static wxgtk apps that might work on other puppy versions with a couple of system links

MultiVNC is a cross-platform Multicast-enabled VNC viewer using wxWidgets and libvncclient . It runs on Unix, Mac OS X and Windows. Features include support for most encodings, ZeroConf service discovery and a seamless edge control mode á la x2vnc.
http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/S ... 1-i386.pet

DivFix++ is yours AVI video repair and preview software. It designed for repair and preview files which are on download from ed2k(emule), torrent, gnutella, ftp. web or any other source on the internet. It can repair AVI and DivX files (for now.) <--- tested and works great, I might add it to the next release since its just under 1MB
http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/S ... 4-i386.pet


CryptoTE is a text editor with integrated strong cryptography. It is based on the popular Scintilla widget and automatically stores text data in secure encrypted container files. Compared to other "password keeper" programs, CryptoTE does not force any structure upon your data: it works with plain ASCII text and does not require you to fill in grids, key-value attributes, descriptions etc. Encryption is transparently performed using the highly-secure Serpent cipher. The editing interface is thoroughly optimized for speed and ease of use. Multiple subfiles, Quick-Find and a two-click random password generator make daily use very convenient.
http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/S ... 0-i386.pet

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[James C]

Hope you start feeling better soon.

[ttuuxxx]

Hope you start feeling better soon.

Thanks James I'm around 70% and have to work on Monday, so I think I should be fine by then.
ttuuxxx

[PenguinPupLin]

Hope you start feeling better soon.

Thanks James I'm around 70% and have to work on Monday, so I think I should be fine by then.
ttuuxxx

Wish you the best of health and wellbeing always! You're one of the important pillars of Puppy Linux. Puppy Rules,Long Live Puppy!

[ttuuxxx]

Wish you the best of health and wellbeing always! You're one of the important pillars of Puppy Linux. Puppy Rules,Long Live Puppy!

Thanks for the best wishes, I'll upload a few more apps
ttuuxxx

[ttuuxxx]

Here's a app called Mediainfo, basically it can tell you what spec's eg. codeC used, the sample rates etc
It also works with music files like mp3's, very nice app,

http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/S ... 2-i386.pet

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[ttuuxxx]

here's a 4pane filemanager with a built in terminal and also it can mount and unmount hard drives, not bad if you like 2-4 panes, personally I like ROX the best
ttuuxxx
http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/S ... 0-i386.pet

[ttuuxxx]

Here's a calculator I just came across, nice size
GRPN works with real numbers, complex numbers, matrices, and complex matrices. Numbers can be displayed in 4 different radix modes, and complex numbers can be displayed in either Cartesian or polar form, in decimal or engineering notation.

[ttuuxxx]

Here's an update of Gftp, its the same version as what's in 2.14X but I altered the sources so that the menu now displays icons for pet's and sfs packages, it was always a pet peeve of mine that they didn't have icons, so now they do I also added the names on deb,sfs,pet packages.
ttuuxxx

also the altered sources can be found at
http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/other/s ... .19.tar.gz

[nancy reagan]

here's a 4pane filemanager with a built in terminal and also it can mount and unmount hard drives, not bad if you like 2-4 panes, personally I like ROX the best
ttuuxxx
http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/S ... 0-i386.pet

Hi ttuxxxx

Hope I am not yelling too early as I often do, seems to work in Lupu so for the moment: WOW

[ttuuxxx]

Here's an interesting application for young kids, http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/g ... 4-i386.pet
Its basically an app that teaches them how to spell/speak, Almost the same as the one I bought my daughter for $200 that had learning cards and 6 dvd's.
to use it just select from the top which category you would like to learn from, then press a key (a-z) and it will display the card, then hit the spacebar and it will speak, or give the sound. I added it to the games section.
ttuuxxx