Porteus 3.4.1-i686 on Atom notebook - no wifi.

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Post#1 by jasio » 05 Jun 2023, 19:00

Hello guys!

I downloaded .iso for my old notebook from here: http://brokenman.porteus.org/porteus/i686/iso/

After booting up everything seems ok, but the wifi doesn't work. I'ts an old Samsung NC10 notebook with Atheros wireless card.
Can i do something to start it working? On Lubuntu i386 wifi is working fine. It looks that Porteus finds Atheros AR2425 chip, but unfortunately it doesn't work...

Thanks!

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Post#2 by Ed_P » 05 Jun 2023, 22:21

Hello jasio. Try a current version from one of the Porteus mirrors. http://porteus.org/porteus-mirrors.html
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Post#3 by jasio » 06 Jun 2023, 14:49

Thak You for the answer Ed_P. Versions x86_x64 are complaining about processor, but version for i586 is booting up, but with problems (BTW Porteus ver. 5 vs 3.4.1 is loading about 50% longer, and at start it takes almost 3x the memory).
One is at the beginning, where i got err failed to load com32 file vesamenu.c32. So i manualy type GRAPHICAL and then during starting up i got second hiccup - skipping rootcopy directory, nonposix filesystem: use 'nonposix-rootcopy' cheatcode. BUT wifi works, so it's kind a success ;)

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Post#4 by Ed_P » 06 Jun 2023, 15:27

jasio wrote:
06 Jun 2023, 14:49
loading about 50% longer, and at start it takes almost 3x the memory
What DE are you loading? What cheat codes are you using? Try not using the rootcopy cheatcode. How are you booting Porteus: ISO, grub2, BIOS, USB? :%)
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Post#5 by jasio » 06 Jun 2023, 16:22

My enviorment is LXDE on both. Cheatcodes are from standard porteus.cfg file - i didn't touched them :) I'm booting Porteus from usb drive (iso file, then Rufus).

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PS Hmm.. maybe the nonposix error is about this? Non-Posix-Rootcopy I will try to change it and see if there is any difference.

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Post#6 by ncmprhnsbl » 07 Jun 2023, 06:13

jasio wrote:
06 Jun 2023, 16:22
PS Hmm.. maybe the nonposix error is about this? Non-Posix-Rootcopy I will try to change it and see if there is any difference.
yes, this.

wow, had to download porteus-v3.4.1-i686.iso to see what it was exactly.. one of the early iterations of the nemesis (arch based, using openrc init) excursion..
still works(as they do) but it'd nigh impossible to add much to it..
i don't think arch or manjaro package archives go anywhere near far enough back for that.
there is a devel module that looks to correspond to it, so compiling might be possible..
it'd probly be easier to mess with the 3.2 slackware line if you're going to use older software..
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Post#7 by jasio » 07 Jun 2023, 17:28

Thank You very much guys! I'm to big noob to try to do something by myself - linux is to complicated, and to time consuming, to know it at such a level, when you can do your own version of operating ystem ;) Guess i will stuck with Lubuntu, and deal with longer booting times, and a bit slower working than Porteus, but.. it is robust, complete os and it's rather simple to use, so till the old junk will last, then maybe Lubuntu will do... ;)

Thank You one more time and greetings! :)

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