antiX-14R-a4-a5 patch - Page 3

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-01-27 21:59

anti, I haven't been able to use ceni at all on the alpha. One of my machines uses the driver that the link you reference uses.

according to some research, actually originally done by silent_observer, the module in question is provided by linux-wlan-ng package for prism wireless cards. According to the package description, the drivers included there have been integrated into the mainline linux kernel sometime during the 2.6 kernel days. The description says its unlikely anyone actually needs the package. I sense a conflict here, so I removed the package, and ceni returned to normal operation.

***edit*** looks like that package has been uncessary since 2.6.31. I bet the old package no longer works with the 3 series kernels.

***edit*** here's a link back to a thread in the mepiscommunity forums:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://forum.mepiscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?p=325307#p325307"
linktext was:"http://forum.mepiscommunity.org/viewtop ... 07#p325307"
====================================

Here's a link to the package description of linux-wlan-ng
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/linux-wlan-ng"
linktext was:"https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/linux-wlan-ng"
====================================

utilities for wireless prism2 cards

linux-wlan-ng is a set of drivers and utilities that is intended to provide the full range of IEEE 802.11 MAC management capabilities for use in user-mode utilities and scripts. The package currently supports the Intersil 802.11b Prism2, Prism2.5, and Prism3 reference designs for PCMCIA, PCI, and USB. Additionally, the package includes support for the PLX9052 based PCI to PCMCIA adapter with a few different PCMCIA cards.

Please note that you probably do not need this package: The prism2_usb driver is included in the default kernel packages since 2.6.31. If you need firmware loading for your prism2_usb device, please just install the prism2-usb-firmware-installer package.

This package ships legacy utilities and scripts for advanced configuration and user-space firmware downloading (support for non-USB devices).

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-01-27 22:09

as to roky's wicd problem, it looks like dbus wasn't running. and wicd-client will not operate without dbus running. the antix=LX line in the boot parameters does something to prevent dbus from running, or at least communicating with wicd, as removing the antix=LX line restored wicd function for me. This was when running live...I thought the lean and mean parameters should have been removed on install.

so ceni and wicd, likely two different problems, conspiring with roky's dogs so that he would go play with them more today. __{{emoticon}}__

DeepDayze · posted: 2015-01-28 00:52

dolphin_oracle wrote:as to roky's wicd problem, it looks like dbus wasn't running. and wicd-client will not operate without dbus running. the antix=LX line in the boot parameters does something to prevent dbus from running, or at least communicating with wicd, as removing the antix=LX line restored wicd function for me. This was when running live...I thought the lean and mean parameters should have been removed on install.

so ceni and wicd, likely two different problems, conspiring with roky's dogs so that he would go play with them more today. __{{emoticon}}__

Wasn't dbus to automatically start at boot anyway? If there was some boot option that suppressed dbus then yes it should be removed. When Rocky comes back maybe this info can identify if that stray boot parameter is the cause of his wicd woes.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-01-28 01:21

I think its the wicd-daemon not starting, rather than dbus. the dbus-daemon is running with defaults, but wicd isn't. it is supposed to autostart when you run the client, but it will ask for the root password when that occurs. at least, its supposed to.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-01-28 01:34

just noticed that roky tried running wicd-gtk as root using gksu. Don't do that, it will crash the wicd daemon and you'll get a ton of dbus errors. just run it as a regular user and it will ask for a root password to start the daemon .

DeepDayze · posted: 2015-01-28 02:16

dolphin_oracle wrote:just noticed that roky tried running wicd-gtk as root using gksu. Don't do that, it will crash the wicd daemon and you'll get a ton of dbus errors. just run it as a regular user and it will ask for a root password to start the daemon .

Ahh missed that as well...so all anyone should do to start wicd is to start as user, then the app will prompt for the root password to start the daemon. How to get wicd to start at boot so the network comes up then?

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-01-28 02:45

DeepDayze wrote:
dolphin_oracle wrote:just noticed that roky tried running wicd-gtk as root using gksu. Don't do that, it will crash the wicd daemon and you'll get a ton of dbus errors. just run it as a regular user and it will ask for a root password to start the daemon .
Ahh missed that as well...so all anyone should do to start wicd is to start as user, then the app will prompt for the root password to start the daemon. How to get wicd to start at boot so the network comes up then?

if you remove the antix=LX from the boot parameters, it will start at boot time, on the live media. the daemon should start automatically on an installed system.

if you want the little icon in the notification area, you can add"wicd-client &" to the appropriate startup file.

BitJam · posted: 2015-01-28 04:07

dolphin_oracle wrote:as to roky's wicd problem, it looks like dbus wasn't running. and wicd-client will not operate without dbus running. the antix=LX line in the boot parameters does something to prevent dbus from running, or at least communicating with wicd, as removing the antix=LX line restored wicd function for me. This was when running live...I thought the lean and mean parameters should have been removed on install.

The antiX= should have been removed automatically during then install but even if it wasn't, it has no effect on an installed system. Since roky said his was a full install, I did not pursue this. The"D" parameter turns off dbus. The"M" parameter now turns off networking for real (as of antiX-14-a3 or antiX-14-a4). I hit the same problem roky is suffering and this led me to figure out we needed to remove the"M" parameter from antiX=. The change occurred when we moved most of the live /etc/init.d/ scripts into the initrd. This allowed"M" to really disable networking.

I think you can replicate roky's problem if you add the"M" parameter. I tried it here and ceni still seemed to work (?) but wicd gives a warning about not being able to connect to ***wicd's*** dbus interface.

I routinely use wicd here with antiX=LX. OTOH if you use the"D" parameter then the window manager won't start so you can't even try to use wicd. So if roky is using the Live system then my bet is he is using the"M" parameter, which turns off networking.

HTH

rokytnji · posted: 2015-01-28 16:54

Ok. Back for another round. Lots of good suggestions. Thanks Bros. Here is add info to clutter this thread.

My grub4dos menu.lst that boots everything on this laptop. AntiX grub sits in root /boot. Not MBR.

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# menu.lst produced by grub4dosconfig-v1.9.2
color white/blue black/cyan white/black cyan/black
#splashimage=/splash.xpm
timeout 10
default 0

# Frugal installed Puppy

title Puppy tahr 6.0 (sda1/tahr6.0.1frugal)
  uuid 53d9cac4-e9c3-477e-aaa9-8e8a7ee843bc
  kernel /tahr6.0.1frugal/vmlinuz   psubdir=tahr6.0.1frugal pmedia=atahd pfix=fsck
  initrd /tahr6.0.1frugal/initrd.gz

# Full installed Linux

title AntiX 14 (sda2/boot)
  uuid a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
  kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp root=/dev/sda2 ro
  initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp
  
  title AntiX 14 (sda2/boot) ro 3 cli boot
  uuid a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
  kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp root=/dev/sda2 ro 3
  initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp

# Windows

# Advanced Menu
title Advanced menu
  configfile /menu-advanced.lst
  commandline

Here is / etc/default/grub in AntiX

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# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset quiet vga=normal"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass"root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
GRUB_BACKGROUND=/usr/share/wallpaper/back.jpg

Here is /boot/grub/grub.cfg

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#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from  etc/grub.d and settings from etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN  etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  set have_grubenv=true
  load_env
fi
if ["${next_entry}" ] ; then
   set default="${next_entry}"
   set next_entry=
   save_env next_entry
   set boot_once=true
else
   set default="0"
fi

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
  menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
  menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if ["${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z"${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}
function load_video {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
    insmod all_video
  else
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
   font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos2' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2  a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
fi
    font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
  set gfxmode=auto
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos2' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2  a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
fi
insmod jpeg
background_image -m stretch /usr/share/wallpaper/back.jpg
if ["${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
    set timeout_style=menu
    set timeout=5
  # Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
  # unavailable.
  else
    set timeout=5
  fi
fi
play 480 440 1
### END etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN  etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos2' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2  a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
fi
insmod jpeg
if background_image /usr/share/wallpaper/back.jpg; then
  true
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END  etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN  etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
function gfxmode {
    set gfxpayload="${1}"
}
set linux_gfx_mode=
export linux_gfx_mode
menuentry 'antiX GNU/Linux' --class antix --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d' {
    load_video
    insmod gzio
    if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='hd0,msdos2'
    if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos2' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2  a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
    else
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
    fi
    echo    'Loading Linux 3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp ...'
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp root=UUID=a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d ro  nomodeset quiet vga=normal
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp
}
submenu 'Advanced options for antiX GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d' {
    menuentry 'antiX GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp' --class antix --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp-advanced-a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d' {
        load_video
        insmod gzio
        if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='hd0,msdos2'
        if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos2' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2  a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
        else
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
        fi
        echo    'Loading Linux 3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp ...'
        linux    /boot/vmlinuz-3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp root=UUID=a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d ro  nomodeset quiet vga=normal
        echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
        initrd    /boot/initrd.img-3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp
    }
    menuentry 'antiX GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp (sysvinit)' --class antix --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp-init-sysvinit-a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d' {
        load_video
        insmod gzio
        if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='hd0,msdos2'
        if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos2' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2  a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
        else
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
        fi
        echo    'Loading Linux 3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp ...'
        linux    /boot/vmlinuz-3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp root=UUID=a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d ro  nomodeset quiet vga=normal init=/lib/sysvinit/init
        echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
        initrd    /boot/initrd.img-3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp
    }
}

### END  etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN   etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END  etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN  etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry"Memory test (memtest86+)" {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='hd0,msdos2'
    if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos2' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2  a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
    else
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
    fi
    linux16    /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry"Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='hd0,msdos2'
    if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos2' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2  a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
    else
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
    fi
    linux16    /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
menuentry"Memory test (memtest86+, experimental multiboot)" {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='hd0,msdos2'
    if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos2' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2  a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
    else
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
    fi
    multiboot    /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin
}
menuentry"Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200, experimental multiboot)" {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='hd0,msdos2'
    if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-ieee1275='ieee1275//disk@0,msdos2' --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2  a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
    else
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a7da04f2-7c65-4c9d-834a-b8eda71a2f0d
    fi
    multiboot    /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END  etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN  etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END  etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN  etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### END  etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###

### BEGIN  etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END / etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN / etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
  source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z"${config_directory}" -a -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END  etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

This is the 1st info post. I will be back in the next post with why I used"gksu wicd"
Plus some other explanations. I will try that rm line link D.O. Posted in mepis forums
1st for Ceni. Got a lot on my plate to digest on this. Too bad I cannot pass the plate
to my dogs. As they cannot eat or digest this __{{emoticon}}__

Flip to the bitch switch. @#$^* Forum Bug!

rokytnji · posted: 2015-01-28 17:41

Shoot. Thought I had it. using

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su -c"dpkg --purge linux-wlan-ng"

But

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c/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant
wpa_supplicant: wpa-driver nl80211,wext (default)
wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant -s -B -P /run/wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid -i wlan0 -D nl80211,wext -C /run/wpa_supplicant
Starting /sbin/wpa_supplicant...
wpa_supplicant: waiting for"/run/wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid":  0 (max. 5)
wpa_supplicant: creating sendsigs omission pidfile: /run/sendsigs.omit.d/wpasupplicant.wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid
wpa_supplicant: ctrl_interface socket located at /run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0
wpa_supplicant: configuring network block -- 0
wpa_supplicant: wpa-ssid"WIN_0745" -- OK
wpa_supplicant: wpa-psk ***** -- OK
wpa_supplicant: enabling network block 0 -- OK

dhclient -v -pf /run/dhclient.wlan0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.wlan0.leases wlan0     
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.3.1
Copyright 2004-2014 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:13:f7:ca:af:e3
Sending on   LPF/wlan0/00:13:f7:ca:af:e3
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPOFFER from 192.168.254.254
DHCPACK from 192.168.254.254
/ etc/resolvconf/update.d/libc: Warning: / etc/resolv.conf is not a symbolic link to / etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf
bound to 192.168.254.10 -- renewal in 108685134 seconds.
run-parts --exit-on-error --verbose / etc/network/if-up.d
run-parts: executing / etc/network/if-up.d/000resolvconf
run-parts: executing / etc/network/if-up.d/ethtool
run-parts: executing / etc/network/if-up.d/mountnfs
run-parts: executing / etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate
run-parts: executing / etc/network/if-up.d/openssh-server
run-parts: executing / etc/network/if-up.d/upstart
run-parts: executing / etc/network/if-up.d/wpasupplicant

Press Enter key to continue ..

But no connection. I manually did a symlink>absolute with roxfiler as root for

/ etc/resolvconf/update.d/libc: Warning: / etc/resolv.conf is not a symbolic link to / etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf

but no joy.

Soooooooooooo. I guess I'll blow away this install. Now that I have documented how I can fix the graphics issue if it comes up. The reason I should re-install? Because I have on my own, tweaked stuff from online suggestions from arch and ubuntu and debian suggestions. I may have scrambled eggs for a install now. So time to start freah.

Oh yeah. The 'gksu wicd' thing was because when you use the antixcc. Wicd asks for your password to access
your network cards. I was exploring different routes and though gksu might help.

As far as dbus deamons and wicd deamons. To hell with them. I just checked ~./dbus properties.
Everyone could execute. Only owner could write.
So a reinstall it is.

Happy Trais, Rok @#$%* Forum Bug!

rokytnji · posted: 2015-01-28 19:02

IBM T23 on back burner. M&A Companion Touch netbook arrived via Fed Ex since my last post.
I bumped the ram from 1 gig to 2.

To anyone reading this with one of these. There are 2 paper circle caps covering the access panel philip
screws. Pry them out. Remove the screws. Then slowly pop out access cover . Now you can change ram
or hard drive. I bumped mine to 2 gig of ram from 1 gig.

Touchscreen works guys with Pen and Finger. I can open items on menu or taskbar or scroll the windows.
The touchpen has no buttons like on my Dell XT2 which act as mouse buttons. Just a passive touch screen
with a plastic pen from the looks of things.

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$ inxi -zv7
System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.9.1)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8 dm: slim
           Distro: antiX-14-a5-RV_386-full Killah_P 14 January 2015
Machine:   System: Intel product: Intel powered classmate PC v: 3rd Gen
           Mobo: QCI model: Intel powered classmate PC v: 3rd Gen
           Bios: Phoenix v: HP94510A.86A.0035.2009.0427.2020 date: 04/27/2009
CPU:       Single core Intel Atom N270 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB
           flags: (nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 3192
           clock speeds: min/max: 800/1600 MHz 1: 1333 MHz 2: 1600 MHz
Memory:    Using dmidecode: you must be root to run dmidecode
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:27ae
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.2.901 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x600@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2
           GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:27d8
           Sound: ALSA v: k3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000
           bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Ralink RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
           driver: rt2800usb v: 2.3.0 usb-ID: 005-005 chip-ID: 148f:3070
           IF: wlan0 state: N/A mac: N/A
           WAN IP: <filter> IF: eth0 ip: N/A ip-v6: N/A
           IF: wlan0 ip: <filter> ip-v6: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 62.0GB (1.2% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK6028GA size: 60.0GB serial: Y8EMW5AWW
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: DataTraveler_2.0 size: 2.0GB serial: 899810270000000000000041-0:0
           Optical: No optical drives detected.
Partition: ID-1: /live/boot-dev size: 1.9G used: 700M (37%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1
           label: N/A uuid: 122F-22AF
RAID:      No RAID data: /proc/mdstat missing-is md_mod kernel module loaded?
Unmounted: No unmounted partitions detected
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 108 Uptime: 10 min Memory: 214.5/2008.4MB
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.1
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301 running in roxterm) inxi: 2.2.16 
demo@antix1:~
$

Looks good for installing. Screen resoluton good. Wicd connected wireless OK. Touchpad and sound works. Looks good for OOTB compatibility. Figured some nice news needed in this thread.
Before installing this on here. I will reboot and make sure LX cheats are removed. I just booted
blind without touching any F keys on this post.

So the IBM T23 will be on simmer today. Sorry.

rokytnji · posted: 2015-01-28 21:01

Install went OK.

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$ lsusb -t
/:  Bus 05.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
/:  Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/8p, 480M
    |__ Port 3: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M
    |__ Port 3: Dev 2, If 1, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M
    |__ Port 5: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=ums-realtek, 480M
    |__ Port 6: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=rt2800usb, 480M
/:  Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/:  Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M

Internal card reader not mounting or reading sd cards.

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lsusb -v
<snip>
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x0bda Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
  idProduct          0x0158 USB 2.0 multicard reader
  bcdDevice           58.87
  iManufacturer           1 
  iProduct                2 
  iSerial                 3 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           32
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          4 
    bmAttributes         0xa0
      (Bus Powered)
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
      bInterfaceSubClass      6 SCSI
      bInterfaceProtocol     80 Bulk-Only
      iInterface              5 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
<snip>

Usb ports mounting ok though so a SD card reader to usb suffices for me.

I Made a ext 4 extended parttion and named it /data. But / etc/fstab did not make a entry for it during the install process.

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harry@scuzbucket:~
$ cat / etc/fstab
# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
UUID=129d95eb-70ae-4fc1-8699-0b415b0fd761 / auto defaults,noatime 1 1

#Extra Partition entry by Rok#

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harry@scuzbucket:~
$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="129d95eb-70ae-4fc1-8699-0b415b0fd761" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="0734b2be-01"
/dev/sda2: UUID="382f5510-30a9-4453-abf2-ed218834396d" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="0734b2be-02"
/dev/sda5: LABEL="/data" UUID="e3728887-6e16-4261-b727-4772665997e9" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="0734b2be-05"
/dev/sdc1: TYPE="vfat"

Slitaz mountbox in antixcc>disks>mount drive works ok to mount /data after I made a directory in /media named date eg: /media/data. So I can live with that also. I used chown to give permisson to copy over stuff to /data .

Watching movie while in tablet mode with Gnome Mplayer. Mplayer2 works good also.
Not too many bugs on this hardware. Guvcview picked up the webcam also.
Nice day out. So done testing for today. Bad weather coming in for the weekend.
So I wll pick up then.

anticapitalista · posted: 2015-01-28 21:33

roky - take a bow for all your hard work testing on different hardware. Very much appreciated!

One question (not just to roky). d.o mentioned that linux-wlan-ng is probab;y not needed. Could users test this out.

Is prism2-usb-firmware-installer needed?

rokytnji · posted: 2015-01-29 19:39

anticapitalista wrote:d.o mentioned that linux-wlan-ng is probab;y not needed. Could users test this out.

Is prism2-usb-firmware-installer needed?

On this IBM T23. I threw off all of prism I could find like I posted earlier. This is a new fresh install by the way,

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harry@scuzbucket:~
$ apt-cache policy prism2-usb-firmware-installer 
prism2-usb-firmware-installer:
  Installed: 0.2.9+dfsg-5
  Candidate: 0.2.9+dfsg-5
  Version table:
 *** 0.2.9+dfsg-5 0
        500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/contrib i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Uninstalled on IBM T23 because

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harry@scuzbucket:~
$ inxi -n
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller
           driver: e100
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:d0:59:cc:ba:8a
           Card-2: Ralink RT2800 802.11n PCI driver: rt2800pci
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:13:f7:ca:af:e3

OK. Just for info. I started with my PLOP CD and my AntiX patched 5 live usb drive.
I picked Vesa from F key menu as graphics and eliminated antix=LX from boot menu
and typed in vga=1024x768 and crossed my fingers.

I booted up to 1800x1200 or whatever screen vesa gave me. But I got through the installer OK even
with the oversize screen. Still using grub4dos bootloader on mbr of hard drive and antiX grub installed to / instead. Rebooted.

Desktop comes up 800x600 resolution and cpu is 100% so I do a quick ass check on video driver and I find
I am running the save driver. Even though I picked vesa on live session. Like I say. Just info.

I reboot into cli boot and su to root instead of logging in to the desktop.
I remove the savage driver. (See above posts). I try and install vesa but am told the vesa driver is already installed. I reboot.

I login through slim. My resolution is now 1024x768 and my cpu is calm and quiet. No hammering.
Ram use is low also. My God. I think I found out how to bypass the Savage chip bug install.

I connect through Wicd just fine now. My previous tweaks probably screwed up the deamons. Hence the re-install for proof of concept/idea. Glad I was thorough. Like mentioned earlier. All p80211 stuff should be gone on this rig. I did not try ceni though as I was more curious about the Wicd situation and am a happy camper it connected.

While posting, fully updated"apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade". I downgraded flash already to 10.3 because this is a Pentium 3 laptop. Youtube defaulted to html 5 so I play youtube that way on this laptop
because Iceweasel supports html5. Only a mouse click on youtubes site to tell it to use html5 as default player.

My addon pcmcia usb 2.0 card is picked up OK. Sound and everything looks OK on this laptop
finally. Still to fresh of a install to tell though.

The facts:

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harry@scuzbucket:~
$ inxi -zv7
System:    Host: scuzbucket Kernel: 3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.9.1)
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.5 dm: slim
           Distro: antiX-14-a5-RV_386-full Killah_P 14 January 2015
Machine:   Mobo: IBM model: 26474MU
           Bios: IBM v: 1AET64WW (1.20 ) date: 10/18/2006
CPU:       Single core Mobile Intel Pentium III - M (-UP-) cache: 512 KB
           flags: (pae sse) bmips: 2398 speed/min/max: 1200/800/1200 MHz
Memory:    Using dmidecode: you must be root to run dmidecode
Graphics:  Card: S3 Graphics SuperSavage IX/C SDR
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 5333:8c2e
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.2.901 drivers: vesa (unloaded: fbdev)
           Resolution: 1024x768@61.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.5, 128 bits)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller
           driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: 1c00 18c0 bus-ID: 00:1f.5 chip-ID: 8086:2485
           Sound: ALSA v: k3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller
           driver: e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: 6400
           bus-ID: 02:08.0 chip-ID: 8086:1031
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Ralink RT2800 802.11n PCI
           driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1814:0601
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
           WAN IP: <filter> IF: irda0 ip: N/A ip-v6: N/A
           IF: eth0 ip: N/A ip-v6: N/A IF: wlan0 ip: <filter> ip-v6: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 30.0GB (12.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: IC25N030ATCS04 size: 30.0GB serial: CSH301D3C7674B
           Optical: /dev/sr0 model: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4240N
           rev: 0213 dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd
           Features: speed: 24x multisession: yes
           audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw state: running
Partition: ID-1: / size: 20G used: 3.5G (19%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           label: N/A uuid: b3bfbde5-2035-45db-9d0e-df2caac290ee
RAID:      No RAID data: /proc/mdstat missing-is md_mod kernel module loaded?
Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/sda1 size: 6.44G
           label: N/A uuid: 53d9cac4-e9c3-477e-aaa9-8e8a7ee843bc
           ID-2: /dev/sda3 size: 2.10G
           label: N/A uuid: 98e99ed1-c3f8-4fab-8167-1d43980260ef
           ID-3: /dev/fd0 size: 0.00G label: N/A uuid: N/A
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0C mobo: 47.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 4873
Info:      Processes: 89 Uptime: 30 min Memory: 215.5/1003.8MB
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.1
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301 running in roxterm) inxi: 2.2.16 
harry@scuzbucket:~

The look:

I think I can put a fork in this. Because it's done.

DeepDayze · posted: 2015-01-29 20:31

Good you got everything working for the most part on the T23 now. As you most likely had a rather old install and your tweaking over the years has apparently messed up wicd and whatever else. Not sure if there's any fixed savage driver out there, but at least vesa worked for you. As I might reinstall antiX on my T23 as well I'll be sure to remove the savage driver as it's broken on the more recent Xorg versions.