Fienix - New PowerPC Distro

[kilaueabart]

I had thought that a change in upper panel icons was my unique problem when I wrote,

Instead of the usual internet icon in the upper right panel, I now have two icons, sort of rectangles. The one on the right has internets speed as kb/s by it. Clicking on it shows only the enP4096p4s4: 192... stuff and in: and out: speeds.

but I was surprised today to see the same icons in Christian's first screenshot of Fienix 2020-01 posted New Year's morning.

Apparently one of those sort-of-rectangles was added to the left of the old World internet icon with kernel 5.5. By the time of 5.5.0-rc4 the world was replaced with another rectangle, making two rectangles. Noticing only one rectangle in Casey's screen dump, I wondered if one of them might be wi-fi related, so I rebooted without my wi-fi dongle, but I still got both "rectangles," but the left one showed no wi-fi sources until I plugged the dongle back in. I still think not being able to connect with my usual wi-fi source represents a problem that might be fixable. What makes this really puzzling is the fact that when I click on that left icon, it shows a list of five wi-fi sites, and clicking on any of them except the one I know the password for brings up the password requester immediately! Any clues here?

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[ 2563.726513] rtl8192cu: MAC auto ON okay!
[ 2563.759622] rtl8192cu: Tx queue select: 0x05
[ 2564.262030] rtl8192c_common: Polling FW ready fail! REG_MCUFWDL:0x00000006.
[ 2564.262037] rtl8192c_common: Firmware is not ready to run!
[ 2564.705527] wlx00e04c819215: authenticate with c8:54:4b:20:be:f6
[ 2564.727069] wlx00e04c819215: send auth to c8:54:4b:20:be:f6 (try 1/3)
[ 2564.731062] wlx00e04c819215: authenticated
[ 2569.762887] wlx00e04c819215: aborting authentication with c8:54:4b:20:be:f6 by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)

Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter

Now I wonder whether my "A start job is running for Raise network interfaces" problem was introduced to everyone with Kernel 5.5 and everyone else just ignores it?

[xeno74]

The first rectangle is the NetworkManager-Applet and second one is the MATE Netspeed applet.

[caseycullen]

Fienix updates for SpiderWeb and Arctic Fox are in the repository. Several cool new games, too - check them out!
-Casey

[xeno74]

Fienix updates for SpiderWeb and Arctic Fox are in the repository. Several cool new games, too - check them out!
-Casey

Thanks a lot! Which games did you add?

[caseycullen]

Fienix updates for SpiderWeb and Arctic Fox are in the repository. Several cool new games, too - check them out!
-Casey

Thanks a lot! Which games did you add?

Contrast - a 2D puzzle platformer
The Desert and the Sea - a 3D exploration puzzle game that sort of reminds me of a 3D version of Myst (glitchy loading window but the game plays perfectly)
Force: Leashed - a 3D puzzle chamber game that reminds me of Portal (unfortunately I had to disable sound, but it is very fun and playable without it)
Otherworlder - a turn-based strategy puzzle game

I didn't notice at the time, but I guess I was in the mood for puzzle games last night!
-Casey

[kilaueabart]

The first rectangle is the NetworkManager-Applet and second one is the MATE Netspeed applet.

Yes, the first rectangle produces the same sort of little window as clicking on the up-and-down arrows in Ubuntu. With one major difference: If I click on my wi-fi name in Ubuntu, it asks me for a password and then connects. In Fienix it is the only wi-fi name listed that clicking on does not bring up a password requester, and leaves me with no wi-fi.

[xeno74]

My FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N doesn't work with the new image.

Error messages:

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Jan  5 05:22:03 Fienix kernel: rt2800usb 1-10:1.0 wlx246511446201: renamed from wlan0
Jan  5 05:22:03 Fienix kernel: ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin'
Jan  5 05:22:03 Fienix kernel: rt2800usb 1-10:1.0: Direct firmware load for rt2870.bin failed with error -2
Jan  5 05:22:03 Fienix kernel: ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin'
Jan  5 05:22:03 Fienix kernel: rt2800usb 1-10:1.0: Direct firmware load for rt2870.bin failed with error -2

I solved this with installing the package "firmware-ralink".

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apt-get install firmware-ralink

It works again. Sorry to have bothered you.

I had to install some new packages for Bluetooth:

dpkg -i gir1.2-nm-1.0_1.20.6-1_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)

dpkg -i libnm0_1.20.6-1_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)

dpkg -i network-manager_1.20.6-1_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)

dpkg -i libsbc1_1.4-1_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)

dpkg -i pulseaudio-module-bluetooth_13.0-3_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)

apt-get install blueman

[xeno74]

Hi Casey,

Arctic Fox 27.9.19, SpiderWeb 2.2.0, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth work without any problems on Fienix.

Screenshots:



Could you please add the following packages to the Fienix boot image?

• network-manager-gnome (is already in the Fienix repository). Before you have to remove the package "rdnssd" because it isn't possible to install the package "network-manager-gnome" if the package "rdnssd" is installed.
• firmware-ralink (is already in the Fienix repository)
• gir1.2-nm-1.0_1.20.6-1_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)
• libnm0_1.20.6-1_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)
• network-manager_1.20.6-1_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)
• libsbc1_1.4-1_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)
• pulseaudio-module-bluetooth_13.0-3_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)
• blueman (is already in the Fienix repository)

Thanks,
Christian

[caseycullen]

Could you please add the following packages to the Fienix boot image?

• network-manager-gnome (is already in the Fienix repository). Before you have to remove the package "rdnssd" because it isn't possible to install the package "network-manager-gnome" if the package "rdnssd" is installed.
• firmware-ralink (is already in the Fienix repository)
• gir1.2-nm-1.0_1.20.6-1_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)
• libnm0_1.20.6-1_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)
• network-manager_1.20.6-1_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)
• libsbc1_1.4-1_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)
• pulseaudio-module-bluetooth_13.0-3_powerpc.deb (from the Debian ports repository)
• blueman (is already in the Fienix repository)

Thanks,
Christian

Absolutely! Thanks for working that out and letting me know! I don't use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth on my machine so it's difficult to troubleshoot these issues for me.

[xeno74]

Hi Kilaueabart,

Sorry for my late answer. Did you install the firmware for your Realtek RTL8188CUS WLAN adapter?

If not, please download the following firmware package and install it with "dpkg -i" as root.

Download: firmware-realtek_20190717-2_all.deb

Then reboot your X5000 and try it again.

Thanks,
Christian