Precise Puppy 5.7.1
Hello can somebody explain me meaning of error messages that i found once and a while in /tmp/xerrs.log? I have installed precise 5.7.2 on 16gb usb flash drive with save folder method, also same errors appears on other installation methods and different usb sticks
/usr/local/pup_event/frontend_funcs: line 394: [: -a: integer expression expected
/usr/local/pup_event/frontend_funcs: line 395: [: -lt: unary operator expected
/usr/local/pup_event/frontend_funcs: line 394: [: -a: integer expression expected
/usr/local/pup_event/frontend_funcs: line 395: [: -lt: unary operator expected
Thanks for the reply... I'd just about given up, lol.rcrsn51 wrote:@starhawk: The ath5k WiFi driver had problems in old kernels. But Precise 5.7 Retro has k3.2.48.
I set up a netbook that has ath5k using Precise Retro and PeasyWiFi as the network manager. I saw no problems.
I was using Frisbee... which, when I gave it a fair chance, wasn't so bad. The issue also happens with SNS. Haven't used Dougal's Wizard, but I'd expect the same there as well.
Care to re-test with either Frisbee or SNS? Preferably Frisbee.
I should probably mention that the Wireless card in question is a Cardbus (32b PCMCIA) F5D7010 v8 (WikiDevi page). While the laptop in question does have a USB port, it's either 1.0 or 1.1 (I've never been able to pin that down, honestly) and as there's only the one, I'd like to reserve it for flash drives and other external USB devices and media.
I once had a distro (an early version of rufwoof's wary 5.3 I think) that would only work with Dougal's Network Wizard. It used Frisbee by default, which didn't work, so I had to find the menu for all three (Internet Connection Wizard), then tried SNS (which is what I usually use) which didn't work either, but Dougal's did, so I would give it a shot just to see.starhawk wrote:Haven't used Dougal's Wizard, but I'd expect the same there as well.
This is the guide I used to begin with (first in Puppy 4.20), if it helps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWBo15s8dME
Starhawk -
No idea if this might be useful info or not (I'm not very knowledgable on WiFi stuff), but I'll throw it out here, FWIW...
In Precise 5.7.1 Retro, I've managed to irreparably break Wifi networking (Frisbee, SNS, PeasyWifi and Dougal's) in the past by installing/updating to later Frisbees (and 1.3.2 rings a bell...). The only Frisbee that I found which got connectivity semi-working again was http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_pa ... recise.pet
"Semi-working", as SNS/Dougal's/PeasyWifi still didn't work, using a WPA encrypted network. But Peebee's above Frisbee .pet did (reliably). Silly pop-up Puppy heads, and all.
If you're using a WPA encrypted network, does your old box/card even support WPA encryption? WPA hasn't been around all that long, IIRC.
I'd (remember... amateurishly! ) suggest running the connection manager's diagnostics, and report the results - either here, or maybe in the networking section of the forum. Someone more knowledgable than I may spot a clue in there somewhere.
Another suggestion would be to do all of your Wifi/network troubleshooting using a pristine boot (pfix=ram) - to avoid any of the myriad of possible former "save" modifications that can inexplicably break the complex and seemingly delicate infrastructure that appears to make up Puppy's Wifi connectivity.
My amateur-ish $0.02, FWIW...
Bob
No idea if this might be useful info or not (I'm not very knowledgable on WiFi stuff), but I'll throw it out here, FWIW...
In Precise 5.7.1 Retro, I've managed to irreparably break Wifi networking (Frisbee, SNS, PeasyWifi and Dougal's) in the past by installing/updating to later Frisbees (and 1.3.2 rings a bell...). The only Frisbee that I found which got connectivity semi-working again was http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_pa ... recise.pet
"Semi-working", as SNS/Dougal's/PeasyWifi still didn't work, using a WPA encrypted network. But Peebee's above Frisbee .pet did (reliably). Silly pop-up Puppy heads, and all.
If you're using a WPA encrypted network, does your old box/card even support WPA encryption? WPA hasn't been around all that long, IIRC.
I'd (remember... amateurishly! ) suggest running the connection manager's diagnostics, and report the results - either here, or maybe in the networking section of the forum. Someone more knowledgable than I may spot a clue in there somewhere.
Another suggestion would be to do all of your Wifi/network troubleshooting using a pristine boot (pfix=ram) - to avoid any of the myriad of possible former "save" modifications that can inexplicably break the complex and seemingly delicate infrastructure that appears to make up Puppy's Wifi connectivity.
My amateur-ish $0.02, FWIW...
Bob
Thanks, Moat! I will take a look at that, either late tonight or tomorrow, as time permits -- in either case I'll report back as soon as I know.
I will note, for now, that it feels kind of like the thing can't raise the cards to begin with -- I've yet to get one to work for even a split second with this Pup, and when I type ifconfig wlan0 up in a Terminal window, it doesn't give me anything but a new prompt. No error appears -- but no success message, either, which is a little unusual for that command. Typing ifconfig wlan0 down does give a confirmation of success, however.
I will note, for now, that it feels kind of like the thing can't raise the cards to begin with -- I've yet to get one to work for even a split second with this Pup, and when I type ifconfig wlan0 up in a Terminal window, it doesn't give me anything but a new prompt. No error appears -- but no success message, either, which is a little unusual for that command. Typing ifconfig wlan0 down does give a confirmation of success, however.
FWIW - I had much trouble with rtl8192cu driver which is in the distro . It would never work . Connected then disconnected immediately so I ended up finding out that the driver in the kernel is bad and repeated reports to kernel developers ...well there wern't any actually and it still has not been fixed . Pemasu did a pet for me initially which got it working in the old puppy precise and someone made me a pet file for the latest 5.7.1. To get it working I have to run the pet , which puts the driver in as 8192cu and then blacklist rtl8192cu and then it works .starhawk wrote:Since then I've tried all three, as well as an early old Pwireless.
Nada.
I think it's getting a spurious SIGHUP from somewhere (or just won't bring up the card in the first place) but I can't prove it.
Now I think your driver is older and if I remember it works for me out of the box as 'ath5k' driver but I'll go check that and come back later. Just realised I am without wifi altogether atm and could be out for months yet so I can't check , sorry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card#CardBus
My card is a D-Link DWL-650... I think it's revision B5 but I don't actually remember.
EDIT: Whoops, revision B4. Just went and looked.
My card is a D-Link DWL-650... I think it's revision B5 but I don't actually remember.
EDIT: Whoops, revision B4. Just went and looked.