Which Puppy for a Dell xps8900 Desktop?
Which Puppy for a Dell xps8900 Desktop?
for several years i've been using tahr605-32 bit....just got a new Dell xps8900 and tahr(32 and 64 bit), and every puppy i've tried so far, while booting, does not recognize either the ethernet mobo chip or the wireless network mobo chip.
In frustration i tried mint 18 32 bit....and it does see those chips.
output of lspci below:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem (rev 31)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 (rev 31)
00:17.0 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 31)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC (rev 31)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus (rev 31)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V (rev 31)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107 [GeForce GTX 745] (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0fbc (rev a1)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
can anyone point me to drivers that might work in tahr 32 or 64 bit and/or a puppy that is in use on an xps8900?
thanks!
Senior moment....it's a desktop!
In frustration i tried mint 18 32 bit....and it does see those chips.
output of lspci below:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem (rev 31)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 (rev 31)
00:17.0 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 31)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC (rev 31)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus (rev 31)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V (rev 31)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107 [GeForce GTX 745] (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0fbc (rev a1)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
can anyone point me to drivers that might work in tahr 32 or 64 bit and/or a puppy that is in use on an xps8900?
thanks!
Senior moment....it's a desktop!
Last edited by tlchost on Fri 06 Jan 2017, 11:20, edited 1 time in total.
Howdy Mate, you may have to build the wireless driver..
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Realtek_RTL87 ... Card_(HMC)
The kernel you're running with your distro of choice?
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Use PupScan to gather more information about your ethernet device.
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Realtek_RTL87 ... Card_(HMC)
The kernel you're running with your distro of choice?
==
Use PupScan to gather more information about your ethernet device.
>>> Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities. It helps you live a life less trivial <<<
Does that have the combined bluetooth and wireless chip??
I had tho get a seperate card for my Dell that has the combined one because I couldn't get the onboard one to support my 5Ghz network.
It was cheaper than spending hours fiddling with drivers.
I had tho get a seperate card for my Dell that has the combined one because I couldn't get the onboard one to support my 5Ghz network.
It was cheaper than spending hours fiddling with drivers.
"Just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush" - T Pratchett
May just need the firmware for the wireless hardware.
Tahrpup 6.0.5 32bit
Installed as frugal install or full install.
For the wireless issue.
Try this:
Download this deb package of updated firmware.
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 23_all.deb
Left click on it to install.
Reboot making sure the added firmware gets saved in Tahrpup save.
This help any?
This is the repository I used.
https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/14.04/ubuntu-up ... l.deb.html
Tahrpup 6.0.5 32bit
Installed as frugal install or full install.
For the wireless issue.
Try this:
Download this deb package of updated firmware.
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 23_all.deb
Left click on it to install.
Reboot making sure the added firmware gets saved in Tahrpup save.
This help any?
This is the repository I used.
https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/14.04/ubuntu-up ... l.deb.html
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
[quote="bigpup"
For the wireless issue.
This is the repository I used.
https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/14.04/ubuntu-up ... l.deb.html[/quote]
thanks....but it did not work
For the wireless issue.
This is the repository I used.
https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/14.04/ubuntu-up ... l.deb.html[/quote]
thanks....but it did not work
Try Xenialpup64
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331
You may still need to update the firmware.
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... .6_all.deb
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331
You may still need to update the firmware.
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... .6_all.deb
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
tried it...first thing it tells me is that i can not use getbigpup wrote:Try Xenialpup64
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331
You may still need to update the firmware.
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... .6_all.deb
-libreoffice ib a usb...which is a problem that was solved years ago, Seond thing is it lags like crazy...which makes no sense when you have an i7 and 16 gigs of ram.
but thanks for the suggestion.