Anyone want custom kernels or drivers?

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mike · #31 Post by **mike** » Mon 15 Aug 2005, 22:29

you could just rename the pup001 file instead of deleting it. then puppy will create a new one for you.

this is an easy solution, assuming that you don't have a ton of personal files stored on pup001.

how much work you want to put into fixing this is dependent on how much you have to lose

Guest · #32 Post by **Guest** » Mon 15 Aug 2005, 23:08

/sbin/dhcpcd wlan0

Then you want to remove any files that have wlan0 in their name.

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. /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless
rm /etc/dhpc/*wlan0.pid
/sbin/dhcpcd wlan0

dhcpcd takes an argument that is the name of the interface in your case wlan0

What you can do if running from cdrom is pick option 3

When asked for a partiton just press enter without specifying anything

let puppy boot..it will make a complaints but that's cool.

when puppy gets to the GUI either logout or press ctrl-alt-backspace

Now the tricky part replace xxx with your partition name

#mount /dev/xxx /mnt/home
#mkdir /tmp/pup001
#mount /mnt/home/pup001 /tmp/pup001 -o loop
#mp /tmp/pup001/.etc/rc.d/rc.local

after you edit the file (removing\modifying the offending code) press ctrl-q and Y to save

#umount /tmp/pup001

#reboot

And boot as normal

edoc · #33 Post by **edoc** » Tue 16 Aug 2005, 05:48

bladehunter wrote: Now the tricky part replace xxx with your partition name
#mount /dev/xxx /mnt/home

I'll say it is tricky ... df under rxvt just gives me rootfs, tmpfs and /dev/loop0

Not much to work with.

I am missing something ... again ... sorry. doc

Guest · #34 Post by **Guest** » Fri 19 Aug 2005, 00:31

When puppy gets to the GUI either logout or press ctrl-alt-backspace

I think you'll have to describe your computer setup and tell me where your pup001 file lives

edoc · #35 Post by **edoc** » Thu 25 Aug 2005, 01:53

bladehunter wrote: I think you'll have to describe your computer setup and tell me where your pup001 file lives

OK, I have Puppy loaded on the 600X and it is doing wonderfully.

I reloaded the edgarbrits app and made the mods, correctly this time, to the rc.local file.

Ran things and all went well except that none of the drivers appear to work with my Buffalo G54 wireless pcmcia nic.

I tried several of them. The two Broadcoms which I might have guessed might work were rejected, the 3c574_cs and wavelan_cs loaded but did not actually work.

I posted the requested details about the Buffalo G54 elsewhere on the Forum and can repost that if it would help.

Sure would be awesome to get it working as I have the Ticker and Radio working and the next two projects are Thingamablog and booting from my USB stick ... then on to the 600E.

Thanks! doc

edoc · #36 Post by **edoc** » Thu 25 Aug 2005, 02:12

edoc wrote: Ran things and all went well except that none of the drivers appear to work with my Buffalo G54 wireless pcmcia nic.

I posted the requested details about the Buffalo G54 elsewhere on the Forum and can repost that if it would help.

Here it is:

Broadcom AirStation G54 54 Mbps CardBus WLI-CB-G54A
BCM4306
Model: Melco BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
Broadcom VID:PID 14e4:4320

lspci on my 600x 2:0.0 14e4:4320 (rev 02)

Thanks! doc

edoc · #37 Post by **edoc** » Fri 26 Aug 2005, 14:08

edoc wrote:
edoc wrote: Ran things and all went well except that none of the drivers appear to work with my Buffalo G54 wireless pcmcia nic.

Went back and read the old ndiswrapper discussions and remain confused.

Many related discussions are scattered across semi-related threads on the Forum and can be hard to assemble into a coherent form. I know that is the goal of the Puppy Wiki but it isn't there yet re. the use of ndiswrapper and Bladehunter's app on edgarbrits to make Puppy really wired and wireless nic portable across a broad range of devices.

I did read this but it doesn't say how to add it to the edgarbrits app. http://www.goosee.com/puppy/wikka/NdiswrapperPuppy

BTW: How to I inquire via Puppy to determine the WEP value I need for the manual setup? (I really want to add my G54 to the list as I want all of them available as I move from pc to pc and from wireless to wired as the need presents.)

Can someone point me to the instructions to add a specific device to Bladehunter's app, please? I have the WinXP driver CD for the G54. I like the G54 because it comes with an external antenna connector, same as its pci version, and is one of the more powerful models.

Thanks! doc

BlackAdder · #38 Post by **BlackAdder** » Sat 27 Aug 2005, 01:01

Doc,
If you have Puppy 1.0.4 and bladehunter's beta-2 dot pup, your Buffalo adapter should be supported without any additional drivers. Try this:

Plug in the adapter;
Run "modprobe ndiswrapper";
Check what happened via "dmesg";
If there are no nasty errors - try "iwconfig", it should show wlan0;
If there are nasty errors, post the results on this thread;
If wlan0 is showing you know that your adapter is working with Puppy;
You could then restart Puppy and edit wireless.conf etc. as explained in the HowTo.

The WEP key is like a password, so you have to find it out by means other than running a "tell me your WEP key" program on Puppy. WEP isn't wonderfully secure, but it's better than nothing, and I doubt if the owners of those wireless networks would want to run unsecured.
My attention has been elsewhere recently, so I only just stumbled across your posts.
Yes, the wiki does need to be updated, will confer with Lobster.

edoc · #39 Post by **edoc** » Sat 27 Aug 2005, 02:31

BlackAdder wrote: If you have Puppy 1.0.4 and bladehunter's beta-2 dot pup, your Buffalo adapter should be supported without any additional drivers.

I did have that version but downloaded it again in case there had been more than one edition of beta-2

BlackAdder wrote: Try this:
Plug in the adapter;
Run "modprobe ndiswrapper";

Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.29/modules.dep

BlackAdder wrote: Check what happened via "dmesg";
If there are no nasty errors - try "iwconfig", it should show wlan0;

No nasty errors to report.

BlackAdder wrote: If wlan0 is showing you know that your adapter is working with Puppy;

OK

BlackAdder wrote: You could then restart Puppy and edit wireless.conf etc. as explained in the HowTo.

I used the suggested values at the bottom. BTW: I am using a Netgear WGR614 v5 wireless router.

I rebooted and tried to write down info as it scrolled by:

ndiswrapper driver bcmw15a loaded
ndiswrapper using IRQ 11
wlan0: ndiswrapper .... missed the rest

It showed errors on the suggested values that I loaded in wireless.conf

Where would I find the correct values? Will they change if I am at the College or another location with wireless access?

BlackAdder wrote: The WEP key is like a password, so you have to find it out by means other than running a "tell me your WEP key" program on Puppy. WEP isn't wonderfully secure, but it's better than nothing, and I doubt if the owners of those wireless networks would want to run unsecured.

I remain in the dark. Doesn't WAG autodetect and connect to the most local connect point?

Sorry for the many question! This is really out of my area of expertise
but something I need to try to understand at least in a sufficiently rudimentary way to cause hardware and software to work wirelessly and portably!

doc

edoc · #40 Post by **edoc** » Sat 27 Aug 2005, 02:37

edoc wrote: I remain in the dark. Doesn't WAG autodetect and connect to the most local connect point?
doc

I just ran WAG and this was the result:

wireless card active
wireless card responding

no module loaded
dhcpcd not running
wifi-beta installed

wlan0 enabled
no IP assigned to wlan0
not connected to access point
no internet ping test

1 wireless network(s) detected
1 open network(s) detected

Does that help at all?

doc

edoc · #41 Post by **edoc** » Sat 27 Aug 2005, 03:12

edoc wrote:
BlackAdder wrote: You could then restart Puppy and edit wireless.conf etc. as explained in the HowTo.
I used the suggested values at the bottom. BTW: I am using a Netgear WGR614 v5 wireless router.

It showed errors on the suggested values that I loaded in wireless.conf

Tried several different settings, rebooting between each, finally went back and removed all of the settings and rebooted and there were no errors.

Then I ran WAG, clicked on DHCP TOGGLE which cause dhcpcd to be "running".

Then clicked "Internet Ping" and internet ping failed.

The clicked Scan and lots of fun info showed up!

Cell - 01 Address: 00:0F:B5:6C:08:F4
ESSID: "NETGEAR"
Mode: Managed
Frequency: 2.462GHz
Quality: 0/100 Signal level: -35 dBm Noise level: -256 dBm
Encryption key: off

So I entered "ap 00:0F:B5:6C:08:F4", ESSID: "NETGEAR", Mode: Managed, and Frequency: 2.462GHz ... rebooted and no errors!

I clicked on WAG and it said that it had connected but when I opened Mozilla there was no connection so I clicked on DHCP TOGGLE and after a very long time WAG reported dhcpcd not running, no ip assigned to wlan0, access point aquired (spelling typo in the app).

I tried Radio 3 but it just disappeared, no error message and no response. Tried Mozilla again and no connect. Tried DHCP TOGGLE again and waited and waited and still the same as before.

I feel as though I am o-so-close ... what am I missing, please?

doc

keenerd · #42 Post by **keenerd** » Sat 27 Aug 2005, 03:37

I'd say you are really really close.

Its a matter of hitting the right buttons in the right order. You have to connect to a network before you can connect to the internet. I'd try Scan, Cell XX. Then Dhcp Toggle to get an IP address. Once you are granted an IP you should be online. If you past the Ping Test, then you are certainly online.

edoc · #43 Post by **edoc** » Sat 27 Aug 2005, 05:07

keenerd wrote:I'd say you are really really close.
Its a matter of hitting the right buttons in the right order. You have to connect to a network before you can connect to the internet. I'd try Scan, Cell XX. Then Dhcp Toggle to get an IP address. Once you are granted an IP you should be online. If you past the Ping Test, then you are certainly online.

Tried it but no joy ;-(

Wireless card active
Wireless card responding

No module loaded
dhcpcd not running
wifi-beta installed

wlan0 enabled
no IP assigned to wlan0
no internet ping test

2 wireless network(s) detected [I am out in the woods and thus have no idea what the second one is unless WAG is counting the same one twice for lack of purge or de-dup code)

1 open network detected.

Will have to get back to this tomorrow, it's after midnight here ... again!

Sigh ... Thanks! doc

tempestuous · #44 Post by **tempestuous** » Tue 30 Aug 2005, 04:32

edoc,
I thought I would jump in and offer a fresh perspective.
I apologise if any of this advice you know already.

It sounds to me that the ndiswrapper driver for your Buffalo adaptor is loading fine. Configuration is now the issue.
I suggest you forget about scanning for multiple wireless networks (with WAG) for a moment and concentrate on setting up just one wireless configuration - for your Netgear WGR614 wireless router. I have this router myself.

You should know the router's Wireless Network Name (SSID) and you should have Security Encryption (WEP) disabled for now. You can enable WEP later when you know everything is working.
If you are uncertain about either of these, you should log onto the router's configuration interface using an ethernet-cabled workstation ... it may need to be a Windows computer. In either InternetExplorer or Netscape enter http://192.168.0.1 in the address bar. You will be prompted for a username and password - these are the defaults listed in your manual. If you don't have your reference manual you can download it here - http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WGR614v5.asp

If the router's password has been changed you will need to do a full reset -
Press and hold the Default Reset button (on the rear) until the test LED turns on (about 10 seconds).
Release the Default Reset button and wait for the router to reboot.

Now let's temporarily rename /etc/rc.d/wireless.conf, so it doesn't come into play while we set things up from the commandline.
Load the driver -
modprobe ndiswrapper
This should create a network interface ... the name of which I think is defined in wireless.conf(?)
For now, run "ifconfig -a" or "iwconfig" to find the name of the interface ... let's assume "wlan0".
Now we connect to your Netgear router's wireless network -
iwconfig wlan0 essid MY_ESSID mode Managed (obviously replace "MY_ESSID" with whatever)
Now let's see if you can ping the router -
ping 192.168.0.1
Do you see a response? If so, let's proceed and get ourselves an IP address - if by DHCP (see router settings) -
dhcpcd -t 20 -h puppypc -d wlan0
... or if you want to assign a static IP
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.xx broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.0.1 netmask 0.0.0.0 wlan0

Run "ifconfig" to confirm puppy's network status.
Happy surfing.

Now you can consider enabling WEP in your router's setup. Take note of the WEP key ... now the iwconfig command would be -
iwconfig wlan0 essid MY_ESSID key 1234567890 mode Managed

Now you can try entering the correct settings in wireless.conf, and everything should work "automagically" - for your Netgear.
Craig S

edoc · #45 Post by **edoc** » Wed 31 Aug 2005, 14:55

tempestuous wrote: I thought I would jump in and offer a fresh perspective. Craig S

HEY!!! I just realized that I am logged on using my Buffalo G54 wireless pcmcia card!

When I powered down last night it wasn't responding via the ping test but apparently a power down and reboot was necessary.

I didn't even notice that the wireless card instead of the wired card was plugged in.

Sure appreciate the help!

doc

peppyy · #46 Post by **peppyy** » Sun 09 Oct 2005, 15:54

I saw this thread a long time ago and I have concidered asking for a version of Puppy with the modules for infra red , (IRDA) built in. It would be nice to include irda drivers for the bjc-80 and 85 printers too. I have no idea why I have such a problem figuring out how to compile a kernel in Puppy.

Since I am building mostly PupTops I would be interested in power management and wifi, (which is pretty well covered) and anything else that makes them more portable. I think I am going to stick with the older IBM ThinkPads because they seem very durable and easy to find at the moment.

The 600E's have a few quirks that need some special tweaking but overall are by far the most popular of the machines I have built due mostly to the size. Another thing that always amazes people is the battery life. Since Puppy runs in ram, If the hard drive is idled down the battery lasts forever, compaired to many other popular O/Ses.

My plan is to put together complete packages.

PupTop
Wifi enabled
Power Adapter, A second one optional
Case for PupTop
Docking station or port replecator, optional
Usb pen drive for backup.
Printer with wireless printing and power adapter
Optional battery power for printer.
Case for printer.

If I can do this correctly I should be able to sell a complete package for a reasonable price. 10% of my profit will go to Puppy as it has in the past.

I have several requests I hope to fill in the next month or so.

Tell me this is not a slick setup

edoc · #47 Post by **edoc** » Tue 01 Nov 2005, 22:37

peppyy wrote:Since I am building mostly PupTops I would be interested in power management and wifi, (which is pretty well covered) and anything else that makes them more portable. I think I am going to stick with the older IBM ThinkPads because they seem very durable and easy to find at the moment.
The 600E's ...

I have two 600E's one with and one without a HDD.

Is it possible to boot a 600E without a HDD? I do have a small HDD somewhere but no carrier. Have you rigged one to boot from a USB stick?

Thanks! doc

~newbie · #48 Post by **~newbie** » Tue 01 Nov 2005, 23:49

I wish a compiled kernel of Puppy Linux supporting Grub bootsplash. Because when I put the GRUB parameter splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz in the menu.lst nothing happens. Can this be possible? Wish to have this in Puppy 1.0.6

Guest · #49 Post by **Guest** » Wed 02 Nov 2005, 11:08

~newbie wrote:I wish a compiled kernel of Puppy Linux supporting Grub bootsplash. Because when I put the GRUB parameter splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz in the menu.lst nothing happens. Can this be possible? Wish to have this in Puppy 1.0.6

Nothing to do with the Puppy Kernel...read the Grub man pages\docs more closely

bombay_rockers · #50 Post by **bombay_rockers** » Thu 03 Nov 2005, 19:56

how to compile kernel 2.6.12 for puppy or can you do it for me ?
Is there a way to use the precompiled kernel available on linux-live.org in puppy.
it is already patched for unionfs and squashfs

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