Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[tempestuous]

Wait, don't install any extra drivers.
Barry mentioned the solution on the Developer Blog -
http://puppylinux.com/blog/?p=31#comment-126

[JustGreg]

I have been using Puppy 2.14R on my ASUS Eee Pc. In some ways, Puppy works better (handling attached USB devices) than Xandros Linux that comes with the Eee PC. The sound work right out of the box. Tempestuous's network kernel modules for the network devices have solved the networking problem. I have been following the discussion on the video. Currently, Puppy only supports 640 by 480 resolution. I read the preceding two posts with interest.

I did an lsmod with Puppy 2.14r and Eee Pc and it reported i2c-i801 and i2c_core modules. Neither the i810 or i915 modules are listed.

Barry suggestion to force the 800 by 480 resolution seems to only apply to Puppy 3.00 and above. I had tried Puppy 3.01 with the Eee PC and ended up preferring Puppy 2.14R.

Any additional ideas will be looked and tried. If the video resolution issue can be fixed, then Puppy will be better for the user of Eee PC.

[tempestuous]

[raffy]

Well, well, surprise. I was able to use an eee from this afternoon up to past midnight now, and here are my discoveries:

- inserted two lines in /usr/X11R7/bin/xwin

[dvw86]

Long time no see. I've been playing with Puppy on my eeepc since I got it on the 20th of December. I know I'm tardy on posting. Mostly I've been using Puppy 2.14R and I like it very much. There are a few things that I changed to make life a little better for the eepc though. Batmon the battery monitor is a must and works well. I moved it from it's default location though so that it is next to the freemem applet. It just looks better there. I changed the date and time display on the taskbar as well so that it just displays the time. This helps save space since the taskbar is pretty crowded on the small screen. It still has the full date and time when you hover over it though. Auto hiding the taskbar also helps with the small screen. xbindkeys can be used to make the function keys control the volume and print screen keys. You can use my setvolume script with xbindkeys to control the volume up, down, and mute functions. The F2, F3, and F4 already work. Thanks for all the hard work everyone. I look forward to using Dingo on the eeepc.



Link to xbindkeys and my setvolume script. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=6889

[raffy]

Yes, long time. Is your microphone working with 2.14R?

[Jactek]

Ive had Lighthouse pup on a 1gig SD card for a while but I couldnt get wireless to work til I downloaded the madwifi patch and now it works great. Sound worked at startup . I have had 3.01NOP working on a 1gig usb key with ndswrapper. I have installed DOFUS (thank you teenpup) on a USB key and it works but any print is small and hard to read.
Ive had some issues with the the default linux on the EEE it freezes up and ive had to reinstall about 4 times so ive been using puppy mostly.
My cd drive died on my desktop so Im using the EEE on my monitor and with a USB mouse and it works fine, but it isnt size correctly but it works.
I havent tryed mic or webcam

Jim

[dvw86]

My mic does not work in 2.14R or 3.01. What does work though is my home made USB CD writer. I used 3.01 to download, burn, and boot 2.14R. Very nice. Puppy is much nicer than the default OS, even when xandros is in advanced mode Puppy is better. I can see why Intel sent Barry two Classmates. Once all the drivers are working in Puppy, it will be the best OS for the eeepc hands down.

[dvw86]

I forgot to mention how xorg provides vertical and horizontal scrolling with the trackpad. NICE!

[iamonsite]

I've only scanned the forums for EEEPC subjects, and my time using puppy is short but I was wondering if anyone has bothered to make their puppy install to the SD card (leaving the Xandros install alone).
I've had my EEEPC for about a week, and haven't had much time to work with it as well but it got me wondering why it's not possible to merge part of what's already there, with what you need. Aren't the configurations for the screen, camera, sound, network already in configuration files (that could be translated into puppy compatible format)?
I'm not a programmer, but my understanding of Linux is that everything is a file.. why not copy what you can? Another issue I don't quite understand, is the hardware is pretty standard on the EEEPC, isn't there an area where someone could put ISO distributions without all the configuration issues?

Not a complaint, just a request.. I went looking for Puppy linux for my EEEPC and I'm lost trying to find a distribution that just works.. (without all the after install tweaks). I thought maybe someone would have a basic install where the hardware issues have resolved, and you just use dot pups to add what you want. (I guess that's wishful thinking if those packages are set for a different default screen resolution).

I'd like to put puppy on an SD card, with the latest version available (there's a benefit to that isn't there?) Leaving my Xandros install underneath untouched. Can anyone help me with that?
BTW - I did get the beta version of Skype working with video under my Xandros install - not sure why it can't be done with Puppy (I'm just a huge fan of a RAM based OS).

[raffy]

[Dougal]

[raffy]

"Copy" may actually be inappropriate, as Puppy can see and use the Xandros files. "Run" may be more like it. Just mount the Xandros partition, find the application of interest, then try to run it.

Thanks, Dougal, for the reminder about the concept of underdog. It's discussed here:
http://www.puppylinux.com/news-archive/news2006a.htm
where Barry also noted that "unionfs has bugs".

[BarryK]

Underdog Linux, yeah that has been mostly forgotten. Maybe need to revitalise it, maybe see if can put something to handle it into the Boot Manager.

Regarding 800x480 on the EeePC, Dingo alpha5 is supposed to automatically recognise the EeePC and setup correctly the 800x480, both for Xorg and Xvesa.

Note, I'll probably have a virtual 800x600 screen working sometime. An Intel engineer has promised a special Xorg driver to do this. It should work on both EeePC and Classmate.

[crb247]

Thanks for the in depth thread on the topic. I found out i might be getting an eeepc soon as a really early b-day present.
I'm looking at running puppy on it because it's now my favorite distro.