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[SOLVED] Problem after installing Slitaz on a TI Extensa... need help!

HAL9000 — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:12:29 +0100

Hello !

I've just installed the "slitaz-loram-cdrom-sqfs.iso" on my TI extensa laptop (166 Mhz, 48 Mo RAM).
The /boot/grub folder exists, with a menu.lst file.

But when the computer starts, nothing happens... even the GRUB menu isn't displayed.

Any idea to solve this ?

Thanks for help -and for this wonderful distro- !

How do I install google chrome?

eldergeek — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:15:28 +0100

My wife wants me to install Slitaz stable (2.0) on her 500 MHz IBM laptop but only if I can also install google chrome (she's into 'cloud computing' and loves chrome/chromium). I'm not smart enough to figure out how to do that. Can someone explain it for me please? Thanks.

problem with window system

anthony — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:27:12 +0100

Hi I just installed slitaz (the airocrack version) - running compressed filesystem from the hardrive instead of USB as the USB wouldnt boot. However X is not working properly, it starts up and I can run programs but there is no "top section" of the window - so you cant close the program or move it around, also nothing appears in the taskbar area when programs are opened, and alt-tab does nothing. It is currently behaving strangely and is unusable as is. Is there a way to view any errors - log file somewhere? And is it possible to change the refresh rate of the monitor too?

How to store data in home (a installation on hdd) ?

icecream — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:51:32 +0100

Hello, I live in France, I'm a new user of slitaz, which I find perfect.
I don't succeed to mount the hda6 partition to store my document ( /home ), I've tried to change /proc/cmdline but I can't.
With the live cd, it's easy, we need to write "slitaz home=hda6 before the boot".
Can you help me please ?
Thanks. :)

pcmcia / cardbus networking not working

cannonfodder — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:28:38 +0100

Just installed SliTaz 2.0 base on a Compaq Pentium 166MHz with 48MBs of RAM...

Everything seems to be working fine except for networking.

This laptop has a Netgear PCMCIA ethernet card.

The result of lspci, relative to networking:

00:11.0 CardBus bridge: Tezas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 01)
00:11.1 CardBus bridge: Tezas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: ADMtek 21x4x DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 11)

The result of tazhw detect-pci:

> Module in use: yenta_socket
> Module in use: yenta_socket
> Module in use: tulip
! Missing module: ac
! Missing module: battery

Results of ifconfig (as root) indicate only one interface, the loopback (lo).

I have configured /etc/network.conf for a static IP but the default DHCP didn't work either.

I know the Netgear PCMCIA card is fine because it works in Tiny Core.

Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Slimming SliTaz on Eee PC 701 2G Surf.

globetrotterdk — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:38:49 +0100

Are there any suggestions for slimming SliTaz on an Eee PC 701 2G Surf? I am first and foremost interested in removing anything that isn't necessary for the Eee. I want to avoid removing functionality if possible, this includes CD/DVD related functionality as I have an external CD/DVD R/W drive I can connect to the Eee. I am using SliTaz 2.

I want to add Flash and OpenOffice.org without system performance taking a big hit.

Does SliTaz still load into RAM when installed to an HD or in my case an SSD?

DLNA server package compatible with xbox360 & Samsung internet TV's

Sam — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:17:49 +0100

Hi I'm a bit of a noob having only used slitaz for a month or so. I've just got a new Samsung TV with internet@tv functionality (it streams video off of a pc running a DLNA server) and I'd like to stream from my slitaz machine to the TV. However the TV is fussy about what DLNA servers it recognises/discovers, it didn't recognise windows media connnect server and only liked the windows-based wiselinkpro server software.

I've done some research and found that some linux users have had success serving to samsung TV's with MiniDLNA. I've not had any success installing the MiniDLNA application onto my Slitaz machine by decompressing the tar.gz and running the executable from the terminal.

It would be great if someone who's got more linux/slitaz knowledge than me could put together a tazpackage to do a proper install. These samsung TV's are likely to become pretty widespread.

cheers
Sam

linux-cpufreq

Payoon — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:26:48 +0100

Just for information:
I am not sure, but I think in the linux-cpufreq.tazpkg for the new cooking the module cpufreq_ondemand is missing. In the directory I found only cpufreq_conservative and cpufreq_powersave.
Otherwise slitaz works 24/7 very well.

mount internal HD partition without root permission

bikepunk — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:43:20 +0100

hi

I would like to be able to browse and write my internal HD partions from PCMan, without root permission.
is it possible to have them listed automatically from the boot in PCMan and to mount/umount them as if they were pendrives ?

thanks in advance

No sound with the sound card ENSONIQ 1371

Nikus — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:31:01 +0100

I installed slitaz, but I have no sound with my ENSONIQ 1371 card. The command lsmod replies me : snd_ens1371 19204 0. I manage to lauch alsamixer with su user but not with the normal user, I have this error : alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Permission denied.
Anyone have the same issue or a solution ?

usb booting ,, help needed

adhikariindia — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:16:33 +0100

Dear friends
I have celeron1000ghz(p3motherboard) pc , i have to load slitaz via usb-boot,i have gos loaded with internet connection dial-up but i do not have usb booting feature,, also i dont want floppy..how do i boot slitaz from usb "
please help
sam

Slitaz Cooking 20092212 Feedback

Casey — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:22:24 +0100

Hi,

Let me first start by saying Slitaz is an amazing little creation. The usability/versatility of this tiny iso, its responsiveness, everything about it, is truly mind boggling. This unique mix of features also make it a perfect fit for a USB based persistent backup linux for when I'm on the road and faced with using locked down Windows boxes.

On to feedback:

1. Love the inclusion of a real package manager. Compared to other small footprint distributions, this is a huge boon, not to mention it eases the transition from more full featured distributions for new users. Trying to figure out the mess of dependencies from custom Puppy linux .pet files will quickly convince you of the usefulness of a proper package manager and rich, up to date repos.

2. Love OpenBox as a WM - it offers a beautiful environment and does JUST what it advertises, allowing the user to choose their own panel/launcher/tray applications to suite their needs.

3. I think dropping Xvesa and moving to Xorg - as seen in the newest cooking builds, is a good idea, particularly since the size difference doesn't seem that big - newest cooking "snow" isos are still under 30mb. Support for more resolutions will be welcome - 1440x900 displays we're the bane of my little USB Slitaz stick.

4. Tazusb - a great tool, but it's been broken the last 2 cooking builds - works fine in the official 2.0 release - can't seem to find a particular file from the LiveCD on both cooking 20091104 and 20091222. Using the windows tazusb.exe works however - not ideal, but it's a workaround.

5. The Xorg using ISOs do not work on any of the 3 boxes I've been using for testing the liveCD. Startx fails in all cases and fallback options are limited to 800x600 xterm console or "install Xorg" - I thought Xorg was pre-installed? Also, Slim appears to be disabled in all cases, forcing me to use the startx command. I am about to burn the Xvesa ISO to see if that one works.

Help. Need to configure S-VIDEO OUT

MacLone — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:48:46 +0100

hi.
I'm installing slitaz on my dell inspiron 1100. I use this lap for viewing videos on my TV via s-video. I would like to configure slitaz in order to see my videos on tv as i use with windows.
Any help to do this?

SliTaz install on Eee PC 701 2G GRUB problems.

globetrotterdk — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:53:22 +0100

I tried SliTaz, but even booting from a SliTaz CD and with a USB key set as "home" at boot, it is impossible to get GRUB set properly at install. I have tried editing GRUB after the fact, but never got SliTaz to boot. It just stutters and goes back to GRUB in an evil circle. I have since tried a Debian install, which installs GRUB with the correct parameter (hd0,4) and boots without problems. I would like to try SliTaz again, but I don't know how to get it to work properly, despite looking at the documentation and searching the Net. Any advice? I have an Eee PC 701 2G and am trying to install SliTaz 2.0

udev & hal problems

kultex — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:44:01 +0100

I was trying today to write a cd with burnbox and my external usb dvd-writer - I did not succeed... the only thing that worked, was starting graveman as root.
I also have often problems with hal unmounting my usb drive.

All this reminds me on the discussion of the plugdev group -

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/11/msg00201.html
http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/2007-May/001631.html

the german gentoo wiki says, you have to be member of plugdev, to use hal as user http://de.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/HAL
and all other linx I use, there is a plugdev groop

it is just a thought... I am just a user.....

New Cooking Version ......

Mohammad — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:25:05 +0100

Always I loved and used slitaz for its relaxability but in the new cooking version take down previous usefull tools such as :
1. File manager could not automount my HDD Partitions ( FAT , NTFS )
2. MPLAYER not installed and need to be installed from internet
3....

Can't connect Slitaz to internet via ethernet cable

SnoringFrog — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:37:18 +0100

I can't get Slitaz hooked up to the internet. I have the ethernet cable plugged into the laptop and the other end into the router, but no interent. I was following the instructions I found here: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=512934#p512934 (but I'm not using and eee, it was just something that came up when I googled for help). I got down to "then start ethernet
menu > system tools > Netbox Configure networking
click on start
you should now have an ethernet connection" When I click on start under DHCP on the Netboz configure networking box, nothing happens.

Noob Here

PartsMan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:47:31 +0100

Hi. Josh here. I have an old dell laptop I am trying to get SliTaz set up on.
It is an Inspiron 8100. I can't seem to get SliTaz to "see" my usb wireless adapter.
My whole interest in this system was a lite distro that ran Firefox.
I know the adapter is working because I just used it with
Ubuntu Notebook remix two weeks ago on the same computer.

Merry Christmas

truls — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:21:20 +0100

I wish every SliTaz user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New SliTaz Year!!
Eraly in november I discovered SliTaz Linux, it's a slim "BIG" Swizz army knife I am wearing in my pocket on a 8 cm small cdrom. It is also my primary OS at home on my 6 year old Fujitsu Siemens Amilo PC. A huge thanks to all SliTaz developers - you are the best.

Slitaz Video Player Problem

turnip — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:42:13 +0100

I installed slitaz and VLC and any codec packs I can find. I go to the internet, open an email with a wmv file, and try to play it using VLC. The thing doesnt work so I try Gxine, Mplayer, and FFplayer. FF player is the only one that will play it but it has a crappy interface, and the other 2 dont even open it, and VLC apparently doesnt have the codecs for it. So either how do I get the codecs for a wmv file, or how do I get gxine or mplayer to open up? Thanks.

Need help im new

haseebmrn — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:00:56 +0100

i need help on how i can downalod and run jdk when i downalod jdk form the website www.java.com and it downalods it just dosnt open

Unable to get Broadcom 4311 working with SliTaz

JonC — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:38:15 +0100

Moving thread from mailing-list to forum, per request from Rohit.

I've been unable to get my BCM4311 working under SliTaz cooking-20091124. I updated it with the for tazpkg install of three packages from ~jozee (linux-2.6.30.6.tazpkg, linux-wireless-2.6.30.6.tazpkg, and the broadcom-wl-.10.91.9.3_2.6.30.6.tazpkg). I did a "tazusb writefs" after that to write the updated root to the USB drive. The behavior is still the same. wl loads fine but no wireless device shows up in dmesg (other than the module load), iwconfig, or ifconfig.

Did I get the packages from the wrong location?

Here's the output I'm seeing from iwconfig/ifconfig/lspci/dmesg. Is here anything else that would help to diagnose?

Thanks,

Jon


root@slitaz:~#  
root@slitaz:~# lspci | grep -i network
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
root@slitaz:~#  
root@slitaz:~# dmesg
[..somelinesdeleted..]
b44 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:00.0
b44.c:v2.0
eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:15:c5:71:a9:71
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
PPP Deflate Compression module registered
PPP BSD Compression module registered
PPP MPPE Compression module registered
NET: Registered protocol family 24
tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky 
dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)
winbond-840.c:v1.01-e (2.4 port) Sep-11-2006  Donald Becker 
  http://www.scyld.com/network/drivers.html
[..somelinesdeleted..]
usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
NET: Registered protocol family 15
RPC: Registered udp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
ata1.00: ATA-7: FUJITSU MHV2120BH, 0085002A, max UDMA/100
ata1.00: 234441648 sectors, multi 8: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      FUJITSU MHV2120B 0085 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 234441648 512-byte hardware sectors: (120 GB/111 GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
 sda:<5>sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
ata2.00: ATAPI: TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW TS-L632D, DE03, max UDMA/33
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D DE03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
 sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
Freeing unused kernel memory: 336k freed
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x180b1, caps: 0xa04713/0x200000
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input2
Linux agpgart interface v0.103
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 945GM Chipset
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 7932K stolen memory
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12b
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x001f1500
input: HDA Intel Mic at Ext Left Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input3
input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Left Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input4
ssb: exports duplicate symbol ssb_admatch_size (owned by kernel)
Error: Driver 'b44' is already registered, aborting...
ohci1394 0000:02:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[19]  MMIO=[ef9fd800-ef9fdfff]  Max Packet=[2048]  IR/IT contexts=[4/4]
sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
sdhci-pci 0000:02:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 19)
sdhci-pci 0000:02:01.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Registered led device: mmc0::
mmc0: SDHCI controller on PCI [0000:02:01.1] using DMA
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[344fc00025559961]
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SanDisk  Cruzer Micro     0.1  PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 4001760 512-byte hardware sectors: (2.04 GB/1.90 GiB)
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sdb: sdb1
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
NET: Registered protocol family 10
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
wl: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
root@slitaz:~#  
root@slitaz:~# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P  
wl                   1269612  0 
lib80211                4836  1 wl
ipv6                  198472  10 
sdhci_pci               6280  0 
sdhci                  13892  1 sdhci_pci
mmc_core               37792  1 sdhci
led_class               3436  1 sdhci
ohci1394               24980  0 
ieee1394               65408  1 ohci1394
snd_hda_codec_idt      49092  1 
snd_hda_intel          21200  0 
snd_hda_codec          47116  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm                51780  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              16344  1 snd_pcm
snd                    43584  5 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               5180  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          7248  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
battery                 9952  0 
rtc                     9136  0 
intel_agp              23032  1 
agpgart                25980  1 intel_agp
root@slitaz:~#  
root@slitaz:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

dummy0    no wireless extensions.

root@slitaz:~#  
root@slitaz:~# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:C5:71:A9:71  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:17 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

root@slitaz:~#

DMA issues, drives randomly disabling DMA mode

xtremeqg — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:35:48 +0100

Greetings, I have been trying to install slitaz onto my computer for the last couple days but I ran into some problems which I cannot resolve myself.

The situation is as follows: I have the liveCD version booting just fine from an XD card inside my camera (which is doubling as a card reader) as I dont have any usb thumb drives laying around. I have 8 hard drives of various sizes on multiple controllers and I wish to tie together using LVM ontop of software raid 5. I ran a couple simulations in VMWare to be sure that this setup would work and I did not encounter any showstopping problems.

However now that I am actually building the raid arrays, I am running into many problems. Just building the first array (~80 GB in size) took about 2 hours at a very very slow speed of about 8MB/s. Raising the min and max limits had no effect whatsoever, nor could I find any reason for it being so slow on my hardware. While trying to diagnose the problem, I found numerous errors and warnings in dmesg about interrupts being lost and DMA mode being disabled at random:

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Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character

vinyl — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:01:03 +0100

Peut-être que je devrais mettre ceci en Français parce que c'est un problème que j'ai avec des caractères non anglais.

Quizás debería poner esto en Español porque es un problema que me surge con archivos con caracteres no ingleses.

Je parle/comprends pas allemagne

Eu sim entendo português

Can't with GUI file manager or xterm copy files with characters like ó. I repeatedly get the message in the subjectline and have tried doing export lang=(something with @euro or .utf8). Any suggestions to fix this + copy these philes?

Cant connect to internet

bolle — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:52:26 +0100

Ive tried everything but nothing will work!

Slitaz doesnt see my wireless network!
what do i do?

Registration form broken

xtremeqg — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:42:35 +0100

Greetings, I had some problems registering as the dropdown list for DateOfBirth_Year only contained one value ("0"). This caused validation to reject the form. I managed add a valid date and bypass the validation by pasting the following javascript into the address bar:

javascript:void(document.forms['Form_User_Register'].Form_DateOfBirth_Year.add(new Option('1930', '1930'), null));

Wiki for USB printer

pre_historic94 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:39:31 +0100

Can someone make a manual for printing in SliTaz. Cups already been upgraded to 1.4.2.

tazpkg not removing packages

vinyl — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:53:14 +0100

I've, afaik, removed Ghost in the Mail from the Package Manager, and the Package Manager says it's not installed, giving me the option to instal it, but it is still visible in the panel menu and still opens! How do I get rid of gitmail?

SoftMaker Office 2008 for Linux free download

jozee — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:20:39 +0100

I downloaded SoftMaker Office 2008 for Linux: (http://loadandhelp.com/home-en.html). It looks good and its small in size. Try it.Get the free license fist and then can download from http://www.softmaker.de/lh-download-linux-en.htm

Adding module

Tkcl — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:53:02 +0100

Hi all

it possible adding module of program to iso Slitaz, working
of Windows XP?

There are tools to work with Windows XP?

Thanks

Regards