topic title: antiX-test versions to play with (NEW)
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#16
Cuttlefish wrote:Having a bit of trouble with wireless on my laptop. Have the issue with ceni not opening up with the CC, but opens okay when I use the terminal. Also when I try to configure ceni, and after it scans for available networks the wireless indicator light will go off.

Here is what I have.
Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath9k

BTW, will there be a i686 version for the final release? I noticed that this is a 486.

Thanks
It is the same wireless chip as mine in my above post from yours. My connection is wpa2 encrypted also. No problems. Only difference is I used wicd to connect since I am running the full iso.

This is my landline in the house Desktop. Custom built Asus shuttle micro box. This is the one with my 23 incher led screen. Resolution OK.

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demo@antiX1:~$ inxi -z -F
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit) Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-full 01 February 2012
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M2A-VM version: 1.XX Bios: Phoenix version: ASUS M2A-VM 1604 date: 12/19/2007
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 svm) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2199.540 MHz 2: 2199.540 MHz
Graphics:  Card: nVidia G71 [GeForce 7900 GS] 
           X.Org: 1.11.3.901 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A
Audio:     Card: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.24
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 322.1GB (0.2% used) 1: /dev/sda WDC_WD3200AAKS 320.1GB 
           2: USB /dev/sdb DataTraveler_2.0 2.0GB 
Partition: ID: swap-1 size: 6.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0C mobo: 42.0C gpu: 75.0 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 5625 psu: 0 sys-1: 1004 
Info:      Processes: 89 Uptime: 1 min Memory: 145.3/2024.3MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.28
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Cuttlefish
Joined: 18 Dec 2008
#17
Thanks roky. I always have trouble with wicd and fight to get it to work. Ceni always works. I'm a bit confused by that. I'm using the full iso too. Hmm.

Dave
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#18
Went back outside and plugged in pendrive to both m/c shop Wireless Desktops. Emachine Desktop with AntiX 11 installed only likes the 2.6.38 liqourix kernel. No 3.0 kernels want to boot on that Desktop. As stated in my previous posts on new kernel thread. Previous 2.6 kernels work just fine though with my wireless usb thumbdrive on that desktop.

This readout is from my IBM M57 Desktop that runs a wireless pci card. Same router with wpa2 encrypted network.

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demo@antiX1:~$ inxi -z -F
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit) Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-full 01 February 2012
Machine:   System: LENOVO product: 6075BHU version: ThinkCentre M57
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LENOVO Bios: LENOVO version: 2RKT41AUS date: 03/20/2008
CPU:       Dual core Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2160 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1795.637 MHz 2: 1795.637 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller 
           X.Org: 1.11.3.901 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1: Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI driver: rt61pci 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 82.0GB (0.8% used) 1: /dev/sdb ST380815AS 80.0GB 
           2: USB /dev/sda DataTraveler_2.0 2.0GB 
Partition: ID: swap-1 size: 3.27GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   Error: You do not have the sensors app installed.
Info:      Processes: 91 Uptime: 1 min Memory: 65.3/1999.4MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.28
So 3 out of 4 aint bad. Besides. I am happy with the Antix install on that Emachine as is. I just keep updating it. Run it till I kill it since it was a dumpster machine.
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male
Joined: 04 Nov 2011
#19
__{{emoticon}}__

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demo@antiX1:~$ inxi -F
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.2 Distro: antiX-base 01 February 2012
Machine:   System: LENOVO product: 20564QG version: ThinkPad T500
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 20564QG Bios: LENOVO version: 6FET83WW (3.13 ) date: 03/15/2010
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo CPU T9400 (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2527.221 MHz 2: 2527.221 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller 
           X.Org: 1.11.3.901 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1680x1050@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: >filter<
           Card-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection 
           IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 168.2GB (-) 1: /dev/sda HITACHI_HTS54501 160.0GB 
           2: USB /dev/sdb TransMemory 8.1GB 
Partition: ID: swap-1 size: 4.29GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0C mobo: 33.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0 
Info:      Processes: 74 Uptime: 15 min Memory: 149.9/1920.6MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.28
excellent, just like the stick!
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drg
Joined: 22 Feb 2010
#20
antix1-full installed OK on P200MMX, 192M ram. Took a long time, typical for this box, big CD, didn't time it but more than 30 minutes. Used the cli-installer directly, ie not going into a gui. Slim works OK.
Before and during this install, I'd inserted an old usb flashdrive to get an easy fstab entry, which worked, but now that flashdrive only is recognixed and will open up in rox-filer. Aha, a UUID number issue.

Also did a separate install onto P4, 3.2GHz, without that usb flashdrive “trick”. Could not get rox-filer to mount it; perhaps my figuring out how to do so is lacking. Slim does not pop up unless I start it as root from the console (runlevel 3), but does not give rox-icewm option. If I log in as user in runlevel 3 and type startx, I do get rox-icewm, but no slim. Must be the way I installed.

But, aha, a chance to try the filemanagers 4pane and sunflower. Thru' devious means (a livecd) I copied over the needed .deb files. Created a /media/sdb1 mount point. Yup, they work ( on both boxes) and can mount usb flashdrive, and then mc or rox-filer can too. 4Pane has a Mount a Partition option, with a“mount a non-fstab partition”choice. You need to give root password to get the mount. I think pmount is used here. Not as easy as thunar.
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male
Joined: 04 Nov 2011
#21
Installing to the HDD was not successful. Grub refuses to cooperate.

First of all,

- The installer requires an explicit swap partition. He does not accept the existing tours.
This course is formatted, giving it a different UUID.

The system

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# fdisk -l /dev/sda 
160.0 GByte, 160041885696 Byte
255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spur, 19457 Zylinder
Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00033483

   Gerät  boot.     Anfang        Ende     Blöcke   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        1306    10490413+  83  Linux
/dev/sda2            1307       19457   145797907+   5  Erweiterte
/dev/sda5            1307        1593     2305296   83  Linux
/dev/sda6            1594        2115     4192933+  82  Linux Swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7            2116        4116    16073001   83  Linux
/dev/sda8            4117       17170   104856223+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sda9           17171       18151     7879851   83  Linux
/dev/sda10          18152       19457    10490413+  83  Linux
Grub in the installer reported an unspecified"error" and aborts its installation.
I want to have him in sda7.

Retrieved from"outside" (Live CD / flash drive) is considered to fall, it was not created menu.lst.

Then the GRUB console

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grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
 (hd0,0)
 (hd0,6)
 (hd0,8)
 (hd0,9)

grub> root (hd0,6)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

grub> setup (hd0,6)
 Checking if"/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
 Checking if"/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
 Checking if"/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
 Running"embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,6)"... failed (this is not fatal)
 Running"embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,6)"... failed (this is not fatal)
 Running"install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,6) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu
.lst"... succeeded
Done.

grub>
I once read somewhere that one should not fool him until he realizes ...

Let's see how many times I have to do it ...

@Anti: Is it really possible in the installer select Grub2?
sda7 was previously in a Linux system with Grub2 ...
Last edited by male on 04 Feb 2012, 12:57, edited 1 time in total.
Posts: 299
Cuttlefish
Joined: 18 Dec 2008
#22
Good day folks,
I'm having a difficult time on my laptop. I do believe that I have my wireless working via wicd, but ceni does not work. I say believe, since I can't get iceweasel to connect to any web page. So I'm not really sure.

I've also noticed that the word"null" appears below my conky after bootup, but then disappears after awhile.
I'll keep plugging away. __{{emoticon}}__

Dave
Posts: 279
afab4
Joined: 17 Oct 2009
#23
Cuttlefish wrote:Good day folks,
I'm having a difficult time on my laptop. I do believe that I have my wireless working via wicd, but ceni does not work. I say believe, since I can't get iceweasel to connect to any web page. So I'm not really sure.

I've also noticed that the word"null" appears below my conky after bootup, but then disappears after awhile.
I'll keep plugging away. __{{emoticon}}__

Dave
I finally ended up installing the latest Liquorix kernel to get my Intel wifi 5100 wireless working. I was able to find my wireless network after calling ceni from a root terminal.

I also was unable to get grub to install to my partition. I didn't try to install it to the MBR.
i configured my menu.list on the boot partition manually.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#24
There is a new ceni in the antiX repo that should fix the failure to open from antixcc.

afab4 did you try these steps for antiX kernel?


========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://wiki.debian.org/iwlagn"
linktext was:"http://wiki.debian.org/iwlagn"
====================================


Yes, there is a bug with installing grub to root partition. You can do it (with error) or chose not to install grub like afab4 did and edit your existing menu.lst (or whatever is the case for grub2).
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male
Joined: 04 Nov 2011
#25
Cuttlefish wrote:I've also noticed that the word"null" appears below my conky after bootup, but then disappears after awhile.
This is because of this line in the .conkyrc

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${color3}${execi 300 persist-enabled}
The polls for the 300 sec persistenden memory.
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afab4
Joined: 17 Oct 2009
#26
anticapitalista wrote:
afab4 did you try these steps for antiX kernel?


========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://wiki.debian.org/iwlagn"
linktext was:"http://wiki.debian.org/iwlagn"
====================================

I followed those directions except I downloaded the 2 packages as debs from the Sid repo's.
dpkg informed me that the firmware and wireless-tools packages were already installed.
I ran modprobe as instructed but it could not find the module.
iwconfig could not locate any wireless interface.
I then downloaded the latest liquorix kernel and headers and installed them, reconfigured my menu and rebooted.
ceni was then able to see the wireless interface and installation was successful.
I have been unable to get this wireless card working with any of the new antix kernels.
I haven't tried a stock Debian kernel.

Update: i installed Debian 3.2.0-1-686-pae and wireless works perfectly.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#27
Ok, thanks for that afab4, I think I can fix it with a kernel upgrade.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#28
afab4, I just uploaded a newer kernel and headers that hopefully gets your wifi working. Care to try it? 3.2.2-antix2

At mepisimo:


========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.mepisimo.com/antix/Testing/"
linktext was:"http://www.mepisimo.com/antix/Testing/"
====================================
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afab4
Joined: 17 Oct 2009
#29
anticapitalista wrote:afab4, I just uploaded a newer kernel and headers that hopefully gets your wifi working. Care to try it? 3.2.2-antix2

At mepisimo:


========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.mepisimo.com/antix/Testing/"
linktext was:"http://www.mepisimo.com/antix/Testing/"
====================================
Works great! Boots up fast too! THANKS
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afab4
Joined: 17 Oct 2009
#30
Since I installed the latest Liquorix and Debian kernels in my quest to get my wireless working in antiX-12 Test, i thought a ram usage comparison with the newest antiX kernel was in order.
I booted each kernel and recorded the ram usage at idle.

Liquorix= 49
Debian= 47.5
antiX= 49

impressive....