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Subscribers H/PC Sensei Posts: | 1,014 |
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| Thanks, Stefan!
Just tried to do setup....
When I try to login in as root, using 'r00t' as password, I get 'Sorry, try again'.
Thought this was the correct password per your instructions? |
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H/PC Elite Posts: | 657 |
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| Make sure you're typing r00t (with zeroes, not capital 'o's). Also, test your keyboard first on the user name field where you can see the characters. It could be possible as well that the zero key on your keyboard is mapped to something else. |
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Subscribers H/PC Sensei Posts: | 1,014 |
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| Thanks for your help, ntware.....
Yes, was typing zeroes....
Checked keyboard and when I type with zero key, I get zeroes on display.....
I tried again and I still get error message......
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H/PC Elite Posts: | 657 |
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| That's weird. It worked for me the first time. Perhaps, try logging in as user (password u$er) and then "su -" to see if you can get into root |
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Subscribers H/PC Sensei Posts: | 1,014 |
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| Quote ntware - 2020-10-08 9:58 AM
That's weird. It worked for me the first time. Perhaps, try logging in as user (password u$er) and then "su -" to see if you can get into root
You're a genius!
"su -" worked !
Thanks!
Onward and upward.....
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Subscribers H/PC Sensei Posts: | 1,014 |
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| Ran into another issue now...... 
Trying to setup card per Stefan's post above....
When I type ' { ' I get ' ` ' instead.....
On my 720 keyboard, the ' { ' is in yellow above the letter ' p ' . So, I pressed 'fn' and the ' { ' at same time.
??????
Thanks.
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H/PC Philosopher Posts: | 256 |
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| A keymapping issue? English vs. European? |
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Subscribers H/PC Sensei Posts: | 1,014 |
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| Yes, probably........
Meanwhile, I just noticed that if I press the ' fn ' key, it types a ' ` '.
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H/PC Elite Posts: | 657 |
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| The keyboard was configured for the english US version. My brazilian portuguese Jornada also has problems with the keyboard on Linux. It's just a matter of finding the keybindings and changing them appropriately. |
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Subscribers H/PC Sensei Posts: | 1,014 |
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| Quote _dev-null - 2020-10-07 11:48 PM
Hi Mark!
The AmbiCoM WL1100C should work in Linux without any pre-configuration from WinCE.
I use the exact same card http://www.sp-net.at/wiki/doku.php?id=prism2wifi
For WEP:
You can try to configure it like kenny, inside the /etc/network/interfaces. Or by typing these commands:
ip link set dev wifi0 up
iwconfig wifi0 essid "yourssid" key "yourhexkey" mode Managed
dhclient -v wlan0
For WPA, you need a STA firmware above 1.8.0 on your card and wpa_supplicant in Linux.
Create a configuration file (as root ):
vi /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
and insert this (edit ssid and key ):
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=root
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
network={
ssid="yourssid"
scan_ssid=1
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
psk="yourkey"
}
Then start it with these commands:
wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -D wext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
dhclient wlan0
Stefan
I have two usage scenarios that I will be typically using 720 in.
1) Work
At my workplace, we have a 'guest network' that is open to visitors. This is what I need to use there for 720.
I forget the exact name for system it uses (captured xxxxxx ? ), but it is type where typically on laptop, you open a webpage and it redirects you to a webpage that you have to click on the button to 'sign in' to guest network.
2) Home
At home, I have WPA password for accessing network. So, I assume I can follow your instructions for using this network.
So, what do I do about my Work network?
And how do you recommend setting that up alongside my Home setup?
In other words, I want to use 720 at during day and then at home in evening....
Thanks.
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Subscribers H/PC Sensei Posts: | 1,014 |
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| Quote ntware - 2020-10-08 10:53 AM
The keyboard was configured for the english US version. My brazilian portuguese Jornada also has problems with the keyboard on Linux. It's just a matter of finding the keybindings and changing them appropriately.
Hmmmm......as far as I can tell, I have a english US keyboard....has ' $ ' above the number 4 and a Euro character in yellow to the right of the $ sign. |
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H/PC Newbie Posts: | 24 |
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| Quote
I forget the exact name for system it uses (captured xxxxxx ? ), but it is type where typically on laptop, you open a webpage and it redirects you to a webpage that you have to click on the button to 'sign in' to guest network.
Captive portal 
It works by intercepting your client's DNS requests sending a response redirecting them to its own authentication page until you successfully authenticate. I use the same at my workplace with non-WPA devices. Ours is nice because it's geared towards college students and remembers the authentication for 6 months (by device MAC address ). |
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Subscribers H/PC Sensei Posts: | 1,014 |
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| Thanks kenny for the right name and info....
Meanwhile, I checked keyboard file in /etc/default/ and it shows XKBLAYOUT="us"
Been trying to find a command to show me or list the key map, so that I can check what is supposed to be key combo for getting symbols. None I've tried so far work.
btw, all the things I've been doing on 720 Devuan today are in console.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Edited by ArchiMark 2020-10-08 9:30 PM
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Subscribers H/PC Sensei Posts: | 1,014 |
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| Did xmodmap -pke in xterm and it lists all the keycodes....all 246.....
However, I need to 'scroll up' through the list to see if I can find the keycode for ' { ' and other yellow colored characters on keys.
Tried shift + alt + up arrow, but types a 'A' on display.
Tried shift + up arrow, but types a 'A' on display.
Seems like another thing to fix.....
So, stuck for now.....
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H/PC Elite Posts: | 657 |
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| You can't scroll on bare minimum terminal. Try adding
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to the end of your command, something like:
xmodmap -pke | less
If plain terminal is too scary for you, you can always start X with the "startx" command, and then open a GUI friendly terminal from there which accepts scrolling. |
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