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Heh... I wonder why it wouldn't boot for me. Have you actually tried the Breeezy file in your VM, or only other Puppy distribution images?
EDIT: ****, I'm sorry... I'm an idiot. I needed to redo the MBR on my SD. That was it. Once I did that, it booted fine. Now I have to see about figuring out enough details to make it connect to my hidden SSID router....
Last edited by mkrishnan (2007-12-27 9:50:47 pm)
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Wireless is not working for me yet, but I'm sure somehow I'm doing something wrong. I even unhid my SSID in the hope that scanning for it would help... but,no luck. This is the procedure I have used (unsuccessfully):
1) Start Networking Wizard
2) Select the ath0 device Puppy found
3) Hit the test button (reports unsuccessful)
4) Hit the wireless button and populated as follows (my net is WAP PSK):
Name: Home_Profile {assume can be anything}
ESSID: XXXX {my SSID obviously}
Mode: Managed
Key: XXXX {my PassPhrase obviously}
Network Id: {blank}
Frequency: 2.462 G {verified this as AP setting}
Channel: 11 {verified this as AP setting}
Access Point MAC: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX {verified this on AP}
5) This is the point I hit a wall... I have tried hitting 'Use this Profile' and then trying to get an IP with DHCP and/or Test connectivity again (no luck)... I have also tried hitting 'Save' but the info just disappears. The Eeepc Wiki on installing Puppy (non-Breeezy) mentions something about a semi-hidden profile selector that I have searched all over for, but I can't find it.
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Thanks for your comments, folks - hey, those were quick. 
Connection to open networks is a breeze with Setup - Network Wizard, just press the buttons ath0, Wireless, Scan, Use profile, Auto DHCP and Save.
However, WAP is something else and I still have to check on it. Feel free to post your solutions here.
I also added "making partition active" in the breeezy page:
http://minipc.org/safepup/index.php?fil … m#activate
But as you already observed, Gparted does it better.
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These instructions are for WPA (note I mistakenly called it WAP PSK in my earlier post... fat finger transposed) under Puppy 2.11&2.12. I believe Breeezy is based on 2.13, but perhaps they are still applicable. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto … aa654bff02
I assume that only the WPA supplicant is required (but not the other wifi dodpup mentioned in the post).
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Note there is a bug in WPA passphrase authentication in Puppy (through to 3.01) whereby the wizard will not accept a passphrase less than 9 characters. So if you have an 8 character passphrase ,which is the WPA minimum, it will not be accepted.
So set a password to 9 or more characters, or edit the wizard (see puppy forum thread on 3.01 bugs. It's in the previous versions too though.).
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Here is a more general guide to WPA written by Puppy Linux developer tempestuous:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. … 336#159336
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THX raffy that's a better guide then the one I stumbled on. The guide suggests that the supplicants for WPA&WPA2 should already be there (i.e. /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf). I looked and did not see them, perhaps they are not 2.13 or they have been removed from the Breeezy incarnation.
On a more interesting Note, the February 6, 2007 (at the bottom of the page) news items here... suggests support for the WPA supplicant was not added to the Network Wizard until 2.14.
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I have the same problem as rkrishnan, just a blinking cursor when booting from the SD card. I've PMd him but would someone be able to help me out how to fix the MBR of the SD card?
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This WPA dotpup for the eee (click to install) will let you fix the WPA issue. It will open a readme after installing the essential files. The dotpup installer will close after you close the WPA Readme.
http://minipc.org/safepup/breeezy-WPA.pup
To make connection automatic at startup, place "wpa-connect" in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Make sure you save at shutdown of the eee to save the new files in your SD card.
Reference: http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Wifi/wireless … -0.5.7.pup
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Wifi/wireless … README.txt
EDIT: 9a6or, I have PM'd you about this update: http://minipc.org/safepup/index.php?fil … m#activate
Last edited by raffy (2007-12-30 4:49:11 am)
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raffy,
I've followed your fdisk instructions but setting the boot flag was not enough to make my SD card bootable 
mkrishnan's fix was to run "lilo -M /dev/sdX" in order to restore the MBR but I haven't tried it yet... I also remember an HP program which prepared USB sticks for booting, I might give it a try. I've been through the same problem when playing with SLAX/DSL/Puppy/Vector/Feather on a USB stick in the past.
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Another option: In Puppy Linux, there is a Universal installer that prepares flash devices automatically, so it's only the boot flag that could be missing occasionally. If you have one such old Puppy install, you can erase the Puppy files and then copy the files from the breeezy package.
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I have a Linux desktop with lilo on it so in a superuser terminal I typed
lilo -M /dev/sdb
and now Puppy boots from the SD card (which was /dev/sdb on the PC).
Thanks mkrishnan!
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I'm in Puppy now but wifi doesn't work with WAP... edit WEP
Any progress on that?
Puppy is really snappy, it gives the feel of speeed I loved so much in DSL.
It doesn't seem to affect functionality but the Console has some horizontal lines in the window, looks like a graphics driver issue.
Last edited by 9a6or (2007-12-30 3:08:05 pm)
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raffy you rock! WPA works flawlessly via your instructions.
You may want to considered adding the dotpup to your zip (it's hard to download stuff if you lack connectivity ;-) ), and your advice about adding "wpa-connect" in /etc/rc.d/rc.local to your pop-up ReadMe.
Great job. This is in my opinion the easiest/safest SD based alternate OS for the EEE.
UPDATE: Despite the addition of the wpa-connect command to /etc/rc.d/rc.local, wireless does NOT start on reboot... but I can get it to start by clicking on /etc/rc.d/rc.local0 (observe the 0) in ROX.... here is a copy-paste of my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file:
#this file called from rc.local0
#you can edit this file
#When firewall is installed, will append lines to this file...
wpa-connect
Last edited by QwertyGraves (2007-12-30 2:45:12 pm)
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Thanks for the kind comments - credit the ease of use and speed to Barry Kauler and co-developers of Puppy Linux. I just rebuild it based on my ideas of a breeezy OS for day-to-day browsing and file management.
QG quote: "Despite the addition of the wpa-connect command to /etc/rc.d/rc.local, wireless does NOT start on reboot..." OK, please add "wpa-connect" as the last line in /usr/sbin/delayedrun.
9a6or, you may be better off using WPA - it's said to be more secure.
Microphone, webcam and WEP are still not available. For now (December 31, 2007), I have updated the zip package:
http://minipc.org/safepup/index.php?fil … %20eee.htm
Happy New Year!!!
Last edited by raffy (2007-12-30 7:56:20 pm)
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raffy,
BT (in UK) must have changed something on my router because I cannot access it and honestly I don't use my desktop too much now that I have the Eee so I didn't bother... now I have a reason to fix it so that I can switch to WPA for Puppy to run happily an interesting chain of events.
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Yeees, WPA on Puppy on eee
Thanks raffy and others
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Breeezy update for Battery Monitor is available in the home page.
For building the MBR of USB or SD flash, look here:
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=80510#p80510
Last edited by raffy (2008-01-06 7:43:17 am)
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There's an update for WEP.
WEP users, let me know if you encounter problems. Thanks.
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@raffy - I downloaded & installed the WEP package this morning and it works great!
I do have a couple of questions for raffy or anyone else:
1. How do you install icewm in breeezy and which version would you recommend?
2. Is there a way to install the latest version of puppy (3.01?) with the eee sound working, display @ 800x480, ethernet and wifi? I tried installing it myself using the wiki guide for 2.14 and couldn't get sound or ethernet/wifi to work.
BTW, is there a Breeezy-specific thread where we should post questions/requests and/or bugs? (I searched & couldn't find one).
Thanks in advance
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Thanks for the feedback, guyinva. Users are welcome to email me with their problems with breeezy (raffymn <AT> yahoo d0t com ). I've also created this topic for forum users to discuss bugs and tweaks.
For Puppy Linux version 3.01, you should follow/post under this thread:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=22245
If you use 3.01, then you can get EZpup for that version and enjoy IceWM.
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Hi folks;
has anyone managed to make puppy run with wlan on eeepc 2G surf? Neither the ndiswrapper approach nor using the puppy ath modules worked for me. ndiswrapper created the wlan0 but signal quality is at 0db even stood next to my router. I'm thinking that the hardware in the 2Gsurf must be different somehow.
I also tried eeexubuntu - that got a wlan working from the live CD on the USB drive but after installing to the machine, wlan failed to work.
And i have now tried breeezy 203 - this time neither ath nor ndiswrapper modules would load.
Next trying pupeee b4
I wanted puppy to work for me!
Last edited by jpa_cds (2008-04-25 5:41:46 am)
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jpa_cds wrote:
Hi folks;
has anyone managed to make puppy run with wlan on eeepc 2G surf? Neither the ndiswrapper approach nor using the puppy ath modules worked for me.
Which Puppy version are you using? There are PET packages with the Eee driver for Wifi and Xorg. A few special puplets are custom made for the Eee PC. Look on the Puppy forums. I use 2.14R with additional drivers, available in the Puppy forums.
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(Breeezy is based on Puppy 2.13.)
I wonder if your wireless is turned off? One forum member reported that she could turn on/off the wifi only in Xandros. Turn the wifi on then reboot the eee to use Puppy.
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Hi; and 
Turned out that the problem was my router - the wlan had died! I found this out when reverting to my old laptop.
So now have pupy-eee running OK - when booted from a usb key. So I installed it to the internal SD chip and now have a lovely eeePC with lots of free space. Presently the acpi does not work (it does work when puppy-eee is booted from the usb key in that the dashboard widget then shows %charge available). I suspect some GRUB tweaking is called for. Whatever - when booted from either SD or USB Puppy will not sleep. FnF1 does nothing and there is no sleep / suspend / hibernate item in the shutdown menu.
WLAN is working and FnF2 turns it off and on. I also got LAN ethernet to work - had to search a bit, it turns out you need to manualy load the ATL2 module using the Network Wizard for it to work.
Getting there and Thanks for the help!
john./
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