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drunkjedi
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#31 Post by drunkjedi »

ITSMERSH wrote: - won't recognize my usb gprs modem (appears as sr1 in file manager)
Hi RSH,

I had a Huawei usb gprs modem (I think it was E1550, I am not sure though.
It would show as sr1.

Had to install usb-modeswitch from fatdog's package manager.

It changed it back to /dev/ttyUSB0.

Here's description of usb-modeswitch in Fatdog's package manager
usb-modeswitch 2.4.0 (GPRS/3D USB modem switcher)

USB ModeSwitch is a mode switching tool for controlling
multi-mode USB devices. Many USB devices (especially GPRS/3G
modems have their MS Windows drivers onboard. These devices,
when plugged in for the first time, will present a USB flash
storage contaniing Windows drivers. After installation these
Windows drivers will switch the mode and activate a new device
(the real modem interface). USB modeswitch enable similar mode
switch for Linux users.
http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch

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#32 Post by fredx181 »

Thanks drunkjedi,

To add..., usb-modeswitch package is also available from Debian/Ubuntu, description:
mode switching tool for controlling "flip flop" USB devices
Several new USB devices have their proprietary Windows drivers onboard,
especially WAN dongles. When plugged in for the first time, they act
like a flash storage and start installing the driver from there. If
the driver is already installed, the storage device vanishes and
a new device, such as an USB modem, shows up. This is called the
"ZeroCD" feature.

On Debian, this is not needed, since the driver is included as a
Linux kernel module, such as "usbserial". However, the device still
shows up as "usb-storage" by default. usb-modeswitch solves that
issue by sending the command which actually performs the switching
of the device from "usb-storage" to "usbserial".

This package contains the binaries and the brother scripts.
Fred

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#33 Post by drunkjedi »

fredx181 wrote:Thanks drunkjedi
No worries friend.
I have been away for some time, I did test DD in it's initial stages.
Just downloaded bionicdog yesterday, looks good, will ask if need any help.
Thanks.

ITSMERSH

#34 Post by ITSMERSH »

Thanks drunkjedi & fredx181.

I'd downloaded usb-modeswitch-2.5.2+repack0-2ubuntu1-beaver from bionic beaver repository using my tahr based puppy. Since this comes with different libs compared to bionic I downloaded all dependencies which resulted in these files:

libpipeline1_1.5.0-1_i386.deb
usb-modeswitch_2.5.2+repack0-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
usb-modeswitch-data_20170806-2_all.deb
gcc-8-base_8-20180414-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1_i386.deb
libgcc1_8-20180414-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
libudev1_237-3ubuntu10_i386.deb
libusb-1.0-0_1.0.21-2_i386.deb


Made a first test using upupbb 18.05 which was successful.

After installing these files:

libpipeline1_1.5.0-1_i386.deb
usb-modeswitch_2.5.2+repack0-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
usb-modeswitch-data_20170806-2_all.deb


the gprs usb modem didn't appear anymore as sr1 on the desktop. Instead it appears as /dev/ttyUSB0 in rerwin's gprs-connect (luckily it was installed) and made me able to connect to the web immediately (after setting up the APN and choose phone number).

After installing above listed files into BionicDog I couldn't find anything to setup APN and phone number etc.

What would I need to do to connect to the web then?

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Getting Sound on a Toshiba Satellite L775d

#35 Post by mikeslr »

Hi fred & All,

Much to my pleasant surprise I was able to boot a USB-Key installed BionicDog 64-bit to a workable desktop on my wife's Toshiba Satellite L775d Laptop. With two exceptions everything worked OOTB.

The first exception was WIFI. My network was seen (which tells me that the proper firmware and drivers are present) but it uses WEP encryption. If someone can assure me –from actual experience-- that peasywifi will accept and use a WEP password, I'll make another stab at following its instructions.

My work-around was to install frisbee_1.2-20170928dd64_mod_amd64.deb which had either been built for StretchDog64, or I had stored it in a folder of debs useful to StretchDog64.

Other than wondering whether there was a specific version of frisbee for BionicDog64, that left only the absence of sound. I am certain that there must be drivers and firmware for BionicDog64*, as sound worked OOTB on the 32-bit upup BionicBeaver.

Could someone kindly provide instructions for determining what sound related devices are on the Toshiba, what drivers and firmware are need for them, and how to install those.

I could provide a report from PupSysInfo under BionicBeaver, but think it would be better if in the future I could find out this information in the absence of PupSysInfo.

Thanks in advance,

mikesLr

*Sound also fails on StretchDog64, but as I didn't try dpup-stretch on the Toshiba, I don't know whether there are debian drivers and firmware. Probably, but less certainly.

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#36 Post by AndresC2 »

:D Hi Fred!

thanks for your help

but udhcpc doesnt work , netplan doesnt work same network-manager

do you uses the same image

linux-image-4.15.0-20-generic?

missing firmware or something?

Can you give me please, your list of apps intalled I will want install in bionic-core maybe this help.

thanks.

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Re: Getting Sound on a Toshiba Satellite L775d

#37 Post by rcrsn51 »

mikeslr wrote:If someone can assure me –from actual experience-- that peasywifi will accept and use a WEP password,
Yes it does.

As you know, there are variations of the WEP key. For example, 5 alpha-numeric characters WITH quotes or 10 hex digits WITHOUT quotes.

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#38 Post by watchdog »

ITSMERSH wrote: After installing above listed files into BionicDog I couldn't find anything to setup APN and phone number etc.

What would I need to do to connect to the web then?
I would try to use the installed wvdial. Here an example of wvdial.conf:

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[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet.wind"
Carrier Check = yes
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Baud = 460800
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99***1#
Password = ''
Username = ''
Stupid Mode = 0
Change internet.wind with your APN and change phone number.

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#39 Post by rcrsn51 »

fredx181 wrote:
- after saving and doing a reboot, the sound was gone
- couldn't find a program to setup sound card (choose sound card in alsa mixer didn't change anything)
That's strange that the sound was gone, there's program from rcrsn51 in repo: sound-card-selector, it might help solving the problem (run after install from Menu > System)
Install with Synaptic or from terminal using apt-get:

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apt-get update # might be required
apt-get install sound-card-selector
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Re: Getting Sound on a Toshiba Satellite L775d

#40 Post by rcrsn51 »

rcrsn51 wrote:
mikeslr wrote:If someone can assure me –from actual experience-- that peasywifi will accept and use a WEP password,
Yes it does.

As you know, there are variations of the WEP key. For example, 5 alpha-numeric characters WITH quotes or 10 hex digits WITHOUT quotes.

Click the Check button and verify your profile.
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test 32 bit

#41 Post by zagreb999 »

great job!

hp pavillion 64 bit, 8gb ram

bionicdog32-test

with orig. kernel-no wifi
with kernel 4.5 pupjibaro OK
i had to install frisbee to have wifi

i installed xubuntu desktop
and xfce

all parametars work ok
good, very good job...

regards and thanks!

ITSMERSH

#42 Post by ITSMERSH »

watchdog wrote:
ITSMERSH wrote: After installing above listed files into BionicDog I couldn't find anything to setup APN and phone number etc.

What would I need to do to connect to the web then?
I would try to use the installed wvdial. Here an example of wvdial.conf:

Code: Select all

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet.wind"
Carrier Check = yes
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Baud = 460800
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99***1#
Password = ''
Username = ''
Stupid Mode = 0
Change internet.wind with your APN and change phone number.
Thanks watchdog.

I will try this and report the results.

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kdegraphics

#43 Post by zagreb999 »

fred,
kdegraphics- okular...
can not open hdd drives...
these apps can not work in gtk...

see screenshot

regards
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#44 Post by backi »

Hello everybody !
Tried to download Smplayer with Synaptic .-----Does not run .

root@live:~# smplayer
_IceTransOpen: Unable to Parse address /usr/bin/x-session-manager
Qt: Session management error: Could not open network socket
This is SMPlayer v. 18.2.2 (revision 8937) running on Linux
Aborted

As far as i remember Bionic-Dog-alpha did download and run it .....(but not quite sure ).

Is it just me ....or did anybody else experience this too ?

Regards !

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#45 Post by fredx181 »

@backi, strange, I get the same message from terminal, but smplayer works well for me. (don't know what the message means exactly, btw)

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root@live:~# smplayer
_IceTransOpen: Unable to Parse address /usr/bin/x-session-manager
Qt: Session management error: Could not open network socket
This is SMPlayer v. 18.2.2 (revision 8937) running on Linux
@zagreb999
can not open hdd drives...
these apps can not work in gtk...
Yes, you need to go in (mounpoint) /mnt/sdaX to open files.
If I remember well, you asked about this earlier, and solved it by installing gvfs + dependencies.

Fred

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vlc-gtk kdegraphics-gtk

#46 Post by zagreb999 »

thanks fred

bionicdog is fantastic

but there is not vlc gtk
and kdegraphics gtk

it is not same as in debiandog...

can you, plesae, create squashfs
as for ddog?

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Re: vlc-gtk kdegraphics-gtk

#47 Post by fredx181 »

zagreb999 wrote:thanks fred

bionicdog is fantastic

but there is not vlc gtk
and kdegraphics gtk

it is not same as in debiandog...

can you, plesae, create squashfs
as for ddog?
Hi zagreb, I wouldn't know how, the vlc squashfs I made last time for Stretch was from deb-multimedia.org repository, I don't think there's vlc with gtk compiled available from Ubuntu repos.

Fred

ITSMERSH

#48 Post by ITSMERSH »

Thanks again watchdog.

Here are the results: I'm online with BionicDog, doing this post. :D

I used the modified example of wvdial.conf, copied to /etc/wvdial.conf.

But first I had to find out wvdial needs to be used from console, as I couldn't find a menu entry. Also there seems to be no GUI to setup wvdial.conf.

Never mind. Internet's working now.

Now the not working audio needs to be fixed. Could not find any option to setup sound cards like it is in Puppy. Any hint?
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ITSMERSH

#49 Post by ITSMERSH »

Ok,

I got the audio working half the way.

Gnome MPlayer has option to select a sound card and it remembers the last settings next time. After changing default start action for .mp3, .wav, .mp4 and .mpg I can play now most recent files in Gnome MPlayer by default.

However: alsa mixer also has option to select a sound card, but it doesn't remember the last settings. So every time I need to select the sound card in alsa mixer after a reboot, to have access to the mixer controls, to change volume etc.

Any chance to get alsa mixer remembering its last settings?
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hamoudoudou

Gnome-mplayer has been the default media player

#50 Post by hamoudoudou »

Gnome-mplayer has been the default media player for Puppy Linux for years. In spite of some trouble in some versions, you can trust it.. MPV is for change a little bit. I wait some weeks before installing BionicDOG and upupbionic. Speed is much faster. But to we really need to go faster.. when boot is one minute, for a working session often more than one hour... ?
Video with no sound is a nogo item, boot speed is just a challenge.

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