antiX-M8.5-rc3 available

anticapitalista · posted: 2010-02-18 17:00

Now available is antiX-M8.5-rc3 (only full version)

Changelog:

* 2.6.32-8 MEPIS kernel and latest MEPIS firmware deb
* fixed live keyboard mapping for non-US locale
* fixed live pcmcia recognition (I hope for most if not all cards)
* dillo upgraded to 2.2
* upgraded mpdpss
* goggles musicmanager upgraded
* xine-ui added
* gxine added
* corrected menu entries and .conkyrc

If you have patched rc1 or rc2 to rc4, then you don't really need this version.

Deltas available this time.

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I think this brings us pretty close.

rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-18 19:14

* fixed live pcmcia recognition (I hope for most if not all cards)

Fixed it on my Belkin F5D 7010 ver.6 Wireless G PMCIA Cardbus Anti. I am gonna give up on plop for a couple days and see if anyone comes up with any good suggestions for getting usb to be recognised using plop. Maybe I will get lucky.

I was so impressed. I blew away my Xubuntu 8.10 install on this IBM A22 Laptop that dualboots with Puppy Dingo. Install went flawless.

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harry@biker:~$ sux
Password: 
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
root@biker:/home/harry# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20003880960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2432 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf048567a

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1         660     5301418+  83  Linux
/dev/hda2            2341        2432      738990   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda3             661        1329     5373742+   5  Extended
/dev/hda4            1330        2340     8120857+  83  Linux
/dev/hda5             661        1329     5373711   83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order
root@biker:/home/harry#

Grub was the only snag. It didn't pick up Puppy Dingo 4 on hda5."/" AntiX is hda1."/home" is hda4 for rc4. So If I gotta test a new rc. I can keep /home intact at least.
On to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst. AntiX 8.5 is now officially this laptops default operating system. For the ASUS EEE 900. I am gonna wait till final comes out for it. Then AntiX 8.5 will be installed as deault operating system on internal SSD drive. Happy Trails and you are the man in my book. Rok __{{emoticon}}__

plvera · posted: 2010-02-18 22:58

Anti:

Partial sucess to report. Livecd picked up my pcmcia ethernet card, but not my wireless (even after reboot). Went ahead and did an install anyway, and the same results, wireless not picked up.

Also, livecd won't boot on my machine unless I type nodma in the grub line.

rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-18 23:31

My lspci -knn for pivera

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    Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A20m/A21m [1014:0154]
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI [1814:0301]
    Subsystem: Belkin Device [1799:701e]
    Kernel driver in use: rt61pci

rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-18 23:36

Here is my full readout pivera

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harry@biker:~$ lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge [8086:7190] (rev 03)
    Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge [8086:7191] (rev 03)
00:02.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1450 [104c:ac1b] (rev 03)
    Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A21m/T20/T22 [1014:0130]
    Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
00:02.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1450 [104c:ac1b] (rev 03)
    Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A21m/T20/T22 [1014:0130]
    Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
00:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c556B CardBus [Tornado] [10b7:6056] (rev 20)
    Subsystem: 3Com Corporation Device [10b7:6356]
    Kernel driver in use: 3c59x
00:03.1 Communication controller [0780]: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem [10b7:1007] (rev 20)
    Subsystem: 3Com Corporation Device [10b7:6159]
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] [1013:6003] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A20m [1014:0153]
    Kernel driver in use: Sound Fusion CS46xx
00:07.0 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA [8086:7110] (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE [8086:7111] (rev 01)
    Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
00:07.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB [8086:7112] (rev 01)
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:07.3 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI [8086:7113] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x [1002:4c4d] (rev 64)
    Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A20m/A21m [1014:0154]
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI [1814:0301]
    Subsystem: Belkin Device [1799:701e]
    Kernel driver in use: rt61pci
harry@biker:~$

plvera · posted: 2010-02-18 23:38

Roky, here's mine:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge [8086:7190] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge [8086:7191] (rev 03)
00:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1225 [104c:ac1c] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:009e]
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
00:04.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1225 [104c:ac1c] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:009e]
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
00:07.0 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA [8086:7110] (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE [8086:7111] (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
00:07.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB [8086:7112] (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:07.3 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI [8086:7113] (rev 02)
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro 2E [125d:1978] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:009e]
Kernel driver in use: ES1968 (ESS Maestro)
00:10.0 Communication controller [0780]: Agere Systems WinModem 56k [11c1:0448] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Actiontec Electronics Inc Device [1668:2100]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x [1002:4c4d] (rev 64)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:009e]
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Device [1acb:e202]
Kernel driver in use: 8139too

rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-18 23:43

06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Device [1acb:e202]
Kernel driver in use: 8139too

While I am not a wireless expert. I think that is your pcmcia card and it is loaded up with the 8139too driver. So maybe it is either you didn't get the firmware via the kernel or it is just a wicd config thingy/

plvera · posted: 2010-02-18 23:46

Right now it's the ethernet that's connected. I forgot to mention that neither wicd nor ceni picked up the wireless. Which firmware should I get?
thanks.

eriefisher · posted: 2010-02-18 23:48

8139 is a wired connection. Do you know what the wireless card is?

rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-18 23:49

Would have to search myself. Will post back later If I find something.

rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-18 23:58

Look at this also. According to this. You have the driver according to lspci -knn

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edit. see what happens when you put in terminal

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dmesg | grep -i wlano

eriefisher · posted: 2010-02-19 02:10

Pedro, try removing ndiswrapper and then loading the broadcom driver.

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rmmod ndiswrapper
rmmod b43
modprobe b43

You can also, as root, edit /etc/default/mepis-network. Change NDIS=yes to NDIS=no. Reboot. Make sure that b43 get loaded even. See /etc/modprobe.d/b43.conf, edit it if needed.

secipolla · posted: 2010-02-20 10:53

anti, at least in rc4 Dillo is still 2.1.1.
If you want 2.2 and if you install like I posted at
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rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-20 13:39

Noticed in pcmanfm when you try to unmount usb drive by right click in directory tree I get this message

org.freedesktop.hal.storage.unmount-others no <-- (privilege, result)

I see it is a privilige result from hal storage. Not sure what to edit. I can unmount device using right click in gparted ok though. Noticed this when making persistent pendrive using the Control Panel>Drives>AntiX to USB function.

masinick · posted: 2010-02-25 03:37

Here with antiX M8.5 RC 3 in a Virtualbox session, running under ANOTHER antiX M8.5 session, which was upgraded to RC 3 over the network tonight. This instance on the Gateway works perfectly. I may reinstall the instance on the Lenovo because it is the one where I have been having video driver issues that slow the thing to a crawl; h2 seems to think that the beta video drivers out there right now are suspect and a probable cause of my performance issues on that box.

On THIS box, antiX runs great both installed and Virtual and it looks TERRIFIC!