Puppy Linux 4: Cannot Detect Wifi Interface.
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2018, 19:47
Hello, Everybody.
I am new to this, so please be patient. My question may be somewhat unusual.
Recently I decided to try and use Puppy Linux. After a technician failed to get it running from a USB stick on both 2012 Windows 8 ASUS and 2001 Sony VAIO (Windows XP), I tried something else.
QEMU did verify that Puppy Linux 4 would work on the Sony, but...well, it had certain problems, such as being unable to do much even on the ASUS.
Then I stumbled across an app called "LICK." This makes it so insanely easy to install Puppy Linux as part of a Dual Operating System it's incredible.
Here's the problem: The old Sony now has Puppy Linux 4.2.0 installed AND Puppy Linux 7! Unfortunately, it is impossible to go online, and here's why:
1) Puppy Linux 4 runs GREAT on that old Sony- fast, the media player works very well, it's a joy to use. However, it cannot detect the Orinoco wifi card, so all I get is "Etho" as cable Ethernet, and Eth1 was Ethernet IEEE (it seems live). No "Lan0," no "Eth1" as wifi, nothing. I've tried loading the Orinoco modules via "Specify," but nothing. The Panda Wireless USB stick is not seen either, but maybe it's because it's a USB 1.0 port. In short, no wireless interface is ever detected.
2) Puppy Linux 7 does detect the wireless interface but apparently Puppy Linux 7 uses too much RAM (the Sony is 256MB). Most programs do work, but attempting to fire up the browser or media player fails- nothing happens.
So it's a closed circle now. One gets wifi but takes too much RAM; the other works great but cannot detect wifi interface.
I'd much prefer to get the wifi running on Puppy Linux 4, but is there a way of getting "Virtual RAM" on Puppy Linux 7 to solve that?
The wifi card is an Orinoco. Puppy Linux 7 clearly does detect it, and apparently the modules/drivers seem to be the same. The problem is detection.
I ultimately decided to use Puppy Linux 6 on the ASUS. 6 does NOT work on the Sony, just as 4 does NOT work on the ASUS.
For any help here, thanks in advance!
I am new to this, so please be patient. My question may be somewhat unusual.
Recently I decided to try and use Puppy Linux. After a technician failed to get it running from a USB stick on both 2012 Windows 8 ASUS and 2001 Sony VAIO (Windows XP), I tried something else.
QEMU did verify that Puppy Linux 4 would work on the Sony, but...well, it had certain problems, such as being unable to do much even on the ASUS.
Then I stumbled across an app called "LICK." This makes it so insanely easy to install Puppy Linux as part of a Dual Operating System it's incredible.
Here's the problem: The old Sony now has Puppy Linux 4.2.0 installed AND Puppy Linux 7! Unfortunately, it is impossible to go online, and here's why:
1) Puppy Linux 4 runs GREAT on that old Sony- fast, the media player works very well, it's a joy to use. However, it cannot detect the Orinoco wifi card, so all I get is "Etho" as cable Ethernet, and Eth1 was Ethernet IEEE (it seems live). No "Lan0," no "Eth1" as wifi, nothing. I've tried loading the Orinoco modules via "Specify," but nothing. The Panda Wireless USB stick is not seen either, but maybe it's because it's a USB 1.0 port. In short, no wireless interface is ever detected.
2) Puppy Linux 7 does detect the wireless interface but apparently Puppy Linux 7 uses too much RAM (the Sony is 256MB). Most programs do work, but attempting to fire up the browser or media player fails- nothing happens.
So it's a closed circle now. One gets wifi but takes too much RAM; the other works great but cannot detect wifi interface.
I'd much prefer to get the wifi running on Puppy Linux 4, but is there a way of getting "Virtual RAM" on Puppy Linux 7 to solve that?
The wifi card is an Orinoco. Puppy Linux 7 clearly does detect it, and apparently the modules/drivers seem to be the same. The problem is detection.
I ultimately decided to use Puppy Linux 6 on the ASUS. 6 does NOT work on the Sony, just as 4 does NOT work on the ASUS.
For any help here, thanks in advance!