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starhawk · Posted: Wed 13 Mar 2013, 15:39 Post subject:

I was using the older, more complex Network Setup. SNS didn't work for me with a couple other Pups, so I wanted to use Network Setup so I'd get the error messages I'd need to know what was going on.

I have a strong dislike for Frisbee.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5478 Location: Finland

Gnuxo · Joined: 09 Feb 2012 Posts: 365

I was told that the storage site I was using doesn't work...

So I reuploaded the Qupzilla.pet

Hope it works this time.

[urlhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/afni3d45ss1adn4/Qupzilla1.4_0.pet[/url]

radky · Joined: 02 May 2010 Posts: 708

Hi pemasu,

On my frugal install of 3.8.2, the network interface is eth0, but tx_bytes and rx_bytes are not updating in /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/.

Maybe it's just my installation. Smile

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5478 Location: Finland

Radky. Do you mean that this does not happen for you ?

# cat /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/rx_bytes
104338
# cat /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/rx_bytes
1870516
# cat /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/rx_bytes
4375155
# cat /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/tx_bytes
634808
# cat /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/tx_bytes
656575
# cat /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/tx_bytes
723840

What eth card do you have...and what driver it uses.
Pdiag tarball post for example
Cheers.

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 8656 Location: qld

Radky, do you have 2 or more eth$n interfaces? It's a known issue if so with the network_tray icon. Rerwin and myself have been trying to figure it out.

pemasu, a bug! Click the tray clock, minixcal opens, dismiss it by right click on the pager entry and "close" and X crashes!

If you use my igucal-002 pet (in one of the slacko repos) it works ok. (edit: btw, it links to minixcal so slots straight in)

Cheers.

Oh, a suggestion... why not use 5.5.0 as version? It's up there Wink

radky · Joined: 02 May 2010 Posts: 708

Hi pemasu and Mick,

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5478 Location: Finland

Thanks 01micko of more experienced information.
I will update to the igucal...or to the PupClock.

About version number. I am not sure if I should use your official numbers.
Anyway...I have used kernel version reflecting numbers for some time now. It is eternal puzzle for what version numbers should be used. Oh well....

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5478 Location: Finland

Radky.
[ 27.862668] tg3 0000:02:00.0 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex
[ 27.862671] tg3 0000:02:00.0 eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX

I havent found so far any straight reason. Will keep your driver and chip in mind. Maybe solution will pop up. Or reason.

radky · Joined: 02 May 2010 Posts: 708

Thank you pemasu.

radky · Joined: 02 May 2010 Posts: 708

pemasu,

In Mick's PHATSlacko with kernel 3.8.2, I have the same problem described above in Upup Precise 3.8.2 (failure to update the send/receive data in /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/).

However, your prior release of Upup Precise (kernel 3.7.2) works great on my system with the BCM57788 chipset and tg3 driver.

artsown · Joined: 12 Sep 2012 Posts: 228

Pemasu, 3.8.2 looks good to me so far. Thanks! However, I get
the impression that the power management bug still lurks since
SNS didn't immediately connect when I tried without my "fix". Normally,
I get a connection on the first try with SNS. I can spend some time
trying to get more conclusive results if you wish.

Art

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5478 Location: Finland

Artsown. I think we are speaking of this:
iwconfig wlan0 power off

Yes....If you still need it, I would like to get confirmation. So that I could guide to that command if there seems to be need with troublesome wireless chips and drivers.

artsown · Joined: 12 Sep 2012 Posts: 228

Pemasu I've confirmed that 3.8.2 has the wireless power
management bug. My "how to" on this is here:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=84266

I should add something to this. Turning off power management on
wlan0 may not have immediate effect. After placing the script
in /root/startup you should reboot puppy and then do the
first or initial connect.

Art