Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

bodhi — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:25:08 -0500

@maihoamv,

I did not see any familiar config listed (I have not looked closely). However, in general, it's needed to be little endian and arch needed to be ARM.

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

maihoaomv — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:22:55 -0500

Thank you bodhi for getting back to me so quickly.
Ops, I guess I should have included the various platforms. I don't know a lot about the differences between the kirkwood and the broadcom but my understanding is the kirkwood is soft float (emulated) and rpi is hard float (hardware).

I really hadn't expected the module I compiled to work at all but despite the warnings it worked very well and iwconfig indicated a connection speed of 150Mb/s (N which is probably tops for my dinky lan) mostly due I suspect to the fact the dongle has a high gain antenna. However I got a ton of errors when I booted it this morning. But at least I know now the dongle can be made to work with the goflex.
Thanks

root@GoFlexHome:~/src/rtl8812au-master# cat Makefile |grep PLATFORM
CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ANDROID_X86 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_JB_X86 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_S3C2K4 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_PXA2XX = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_S3C6K4 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI = y
CONFIG_PLATFORM_MIPS_RMI = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_RTD2880B = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_MIPS_AR9132 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_RTK_DMP = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_MIPS_PLM = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_MSTAR389 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_MT53XX = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_MX51_241H = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_FS_MX61 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATJ227X = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_TEGRA3_CARDHU = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_TEGRA4_DALMORE = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TCC8900 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TCC8920 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TCC8920_JB42 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RK2818 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_URBETTER = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TI_PANDA = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_MIPS_JZ4760 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_DMP_PHILIPS = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_TI_DM365 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_MSTAR_TITANIA12 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_SZEBOOK = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUNxI = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUN6I = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATM702X = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATV5201 = n
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATM702X), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_ANDROID -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATM702X
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_TI_AM3517), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_ANDROID -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_SHUTTLE
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_MSTAR_TITANIA12), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_MSTAR_TITANIA12
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ANDROID_X86), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_JB_X86), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_PXA2XX), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_S3C2K4), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_S3C6K4), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_RTD2880B), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_BIG_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_RTD2880B
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_MIPS_RMI), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_MIPS_PLM), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_MSTAR389), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_MSTAR389
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_MIPS_AR9132), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_DMP_PHILIPS), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DRTK_DMP_PLATFORM
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_RTK_DMP), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DRTK_DMP_PLATFORM
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_MT53XX), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_MT53XX
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_MX51_241H), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_WISTRON_PLATFORM
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_FS_MX61), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATJ227X), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATJ227X
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_TI_DM365), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_TI_DM365
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_TEGRA3_CARDHU), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_TEGRA4_DALMORE), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TCC8900), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TCC8920), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TCC8920_JB42), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RK2818), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_ANDROID -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_ROCKCHIPS -DCONFIG_MINIMAL_MEMORY_USAGE
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_URBETTER), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TI_PANDA), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_MIPS_JZ4760), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_SZEBOOK), y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_MN10300), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_MN10300
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUNxI), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUNxI
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUN6I), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUN6I
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATV5201), y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DCONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATV5201
root@GoFlexHome:~/src/rtl8812au-master#

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

bodhi — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 02:15:44 -0500

maihoaomv Wrote:
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> I was able to compile rtl8812au on my GoFlexHome.
> I changed Makefile PLATFORM like this i386=n and
> ARM_Rpi=y as mentioned back on page 1 of the post.
> I was able to build it with a bunch of warnings
> but no errors. it worked when i did insmod
> 8812au.ko and it seems so far to be working fine.
> my question is ARM_Rpi the correct platform to us
> or should I select a different one and if so which
> one?
>
> Thanks

What are the possible platform parameters? Rpi has different instruction set, not Armv5, so best to choose the correct one.

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

maihoaomv — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 01:51:04 -0500

I was able to compile rtl8812au on my GoFlexHome. I changed Makefile PLATFORM like this i386=n and ARM_Rpi=y as mentioned back on page 1 of the post. I was able to build it with a bunch of warnings but no errors. it worked when i did insmod 8812au.ko and it seems so far to be working fine. my question is ARM_Rpi the correct platform to us or should I select a different one and if so which one?

Thanks

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

JoeyPogoPlugE02 — Thu, 07 May 2015 23:49:29 -0500

@ bodhi: COOL!
@ Leggo: COOL!

Yeah for the weekend I'll probably cool my jets a bit, clear the head. Check out tutorials. True I'm not familiar with LXDE but first glance it's very nice.

lxde.org/

There's been a lot of aha! moments since coming here, I never realized the breakdown of what goes into a GUI. Between LDXE and XFCE (desktop) I could be happy for a long time. Functional is beautiful me thinks. I was going to bring it up elsewhere, but as long as we're talking about GUIs, on the Mint Desktop scene I've decided on XFCE, and maybe LDXE would compliment that on the Pogos & Thin Clients.

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

bodhi — Thu, 07 May 2015 23:20:23 -0500

Here it is:

http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,21784

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

LeggoMyEggo — Thu, 07 May 2015 20:46:12 -0500

This tutorial just worked for me on Pro: VNC on Headless Debian

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

bodhi — Thu, 07 May 2015 19:42:27 -0500

@Joey,

I've realized after after searching and browsing my old notes that this is definitely way complicated for noobs to get this working: there are many implied steps you would have to spend many hours googling, searching forum for them.

Stay tune for a simple "desktop installation" instruction!

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

LeggoMyEggo — Thu, 07 May 2015 17:13:10 -0500

JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> how's your OpenWRT
> router working? I didn't screw mine up yet lol

I'm clueless when it comes to OpenWRT. Still try to get it to work, still fail each time. Just like it was with Ubuntu, and before that Debian and before that Fedora and originally Centos. So the older I am in dog years, the harder it is for me to learn new tricks. It's the reality of getting old(er).

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

bodhi — Thu, 07 May 2015 16:24:02 -0500

> Don't feel bad, VNC can be difficult to set up on
> a conventional PC (i.e. with real video display)
> so any complications added to it by not having a
> real video output to begin with are forgivable.

True. So from Windows PC, the easiest way to connect to a Linux box is RDC. But on the Linux side, all the components must be set up correctly. Wish I could find my notes. But given the difficulty Joey ran into, when I have time I might repeat the process on a fresh rootfs to see where the gotchas are regarding desktop installation.

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

JoeyPogoPlugE02 — Thu, 07 May 2015 16:22:39 -0500

Naw, no offense taken. In fact thanks a million Leggo not only for sharing your quite-inspiring creative skills but all the helps otherwise.
As for my coding sciLLz, this phase helped me understand what areas I need to brush up on, and what areas to totally leave alone. So with University out (as in, save a good book from the landfill) I'm on the lookout for Linux books, some cheat sheets, get some study area away from summer bugs and think a while... how's your OpenWRT router working? I didn't screw mine up yet lol Pretty cool.

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

LeggoMyEggo — Thu, 07 May 2015 13:42:07 -0500

Don't feel bad, VNC can be difficult to set up on a conventional PC (i.e. with real video display) so any complications added to it by not having a real video output to begin with are forgivable. If it helps to clarify, you need to setup a "virtual display" as in without a physical output on the Pogoplug side which you will then use a VNC program to display that GUI on your workstation. Just think of VNC as SSH'ing to a gui instead of the command line. Both of them are virtual terminals with one being text, the other one graphic. The setup is the key.

You'll probably be successful the next go around if you wait a little while and after you have a little more Linux experience. I can tell you from my experience, if you are struggling with wireless than your skills aren't quite there yet. That's not meant to be offensive, I'm just telling you my experience at trying the same thing as you at about the same staged skills you appear to have.

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

JoeyPogoPlugE02 — Wed, 06 May 2015 16:34:01 -0500

-edited- okay okay, I got into Webmin and looked at the packages listed for all things x, and indeed it's time to move on, start over with the other Pogo. Begrudgingly I might just register it with the Pogo people and like it.

In a way it;s a shame Damn Small Linux won't run on Pogoplugs, as it's not bad at all on a 366MHz 128MB RAM Thin Client. Little usable Firefox, tiny everything. So I'll go clean the wireless out of the still-sealed PogoPro and prepare for a solid install, solid backup too.

Hey did I thank every helper here? Sorry I got lost in wireless potential and a GUI I'm more curious to see in action than need to use. But with more solid backups in the near future I can experiment with confidence.

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

Gravelrash — Wed, 06 May 2015 07:25:50 -0500

@Joey

you could always purge the x* installation you have and try this one; obviously omitting the arduino stuff

http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,19514,19545#msg-19545 : courtesy of monkmandolins

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

JoeyPogoPlugE02 — Tue, 05 May 2015 16:45:14 -0500

That's what I did earlier, went through the xrdp modules one by one. Remote desktop was initiated by x64 Windows, but below are results from Windows 7 x86 laptop. Again through the xdrp choices one by one:

root@DebianPlug:~# cat ~/.xsession-errors
Xsession: X session started for  at Tue May  5 11:47:32 EDT 2015
xrdb: Connection refused
xrdb: Can't open display ':11.0'
xhost:  unable to open display ":11.0"
/usr/bin/x-session-manager: X server already running on display :11.0
xrdb: Connection refused
xrdb: Can't open display ':11.0'
ssh-agent is already running

** (xfce4-session:2313): ERROR **: Cannot open display:
Trace/breakpoint trap
root@DebianPlug:~#

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

bodhi — Tue, 05 May 2015 16:22:30 -0500

JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote:
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>

> 
> root@DebianPlug:~# cat ~/.xsession-errors
> Xsession: X session started for  at Tue May  5
> 11:47:32 EDT 2015
> xrdb: Connection refused
> xrdb: Can't open display ':11.0'
> xhost:  unable to open display ":11.0"
> /usr/bin/x-session-manager: X server already
> running on display :11.0
> xrdb: Connection refused
> xrdb: Can't open display ':11.0'
> ssh-agent is already running
> 
> ** (xfce4-session:2313): ERROR **: Cannot open
> display:
> Trace/breakpoint trap
> root@DebianPlug:~#
> 
>

This log is old. This must have recorded the events when you tried to run xstartup at command line previously.

Try connecting with RDC again, after it crash/or give you blank screen,... exit RDC completely on the PC end, go to the Pogo and capture the xsession-errors content. Please post it here.

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

JoeyPogoPlugE02 — Tue, 05 May 2015 15:31:38 -0500

Gravelrash the first command gave the results below, but it otherwise updated afterwards. Same exact result logging in.

root@DebianPlug:~# mv ~/.config/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc ~/.config/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc.old
mv: cannot stat '/root/.config/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc': No such file or directory
root@DebianPlug:~#

No such file or directory. ??? Windows would do that if you're locked out of a directory by another process.

Re: Running pocesses

Gravelrash — Tue, 05 May 2015 14:05:52 -0500

try this

mv ~/.config/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc ~/.config/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc.old

do

apt-get update; apt-get upgade; apt-get install -f

reboot and try again

if that doesnt work..... google is your friend

Running pocesses

JoeyPogoPlugE02 — Tue, 05 May 2015 11:24:17 -0500

the only thing I discern up there, is something is already running. Thought to try Webmin and copy running processes:

ID  ↓ 	Owner    	Size    	Command   
1 	root 	2148 kB 	init [2]
2 	root 	0 kB 	[kthreadd]
3 	root 	0 kB 	[ksoftirqd/0]
5 	root 	0 kB 	[kworker/0:0H]
7 	root 	0 kB 	[rcu_preempt]
8 	root 	0 kB 	[rcu_sched]
9 	root 	0 kB 	[rcu_bh]
10 	root 	0 kB 	[migration/0]
11 	root 	0 kB 	[migration/1]
12 	root 	0 kB 	[ksoftirqd/1]
14 	root 	0 kB 	[kworker/1:0H]
15 	root 	0 kB 	[khelper]
16 	root 	0 kB 	[kdevtmpfs]
17 	root 	0 kB 	[netns]
18 	root 	0 kB 	[writeback]
19 	root 	0 kB 	[crypto]
20 	root 	0 kB 	[bioset]
21 	root 	0 kB 	[kblockd]
22 	root 	0 kB 	[ata_sff]
23 	root 	0 kB 	[kworker/0:1]
24 	root 	0 kB 	[cfg80211]
25 	root 	0 kB 	[rpciod]
26 	root 	0 kB 	[kswapd0]
27 	root 	0 kB 	[fsnotify_mark]
28 	root 	0 kB 	[nfsiod]
37 	root 	0 kB 	[kworker/1:1]
38 	root 	0 kB 	[scsi_eh_0]
39 	root 	0 kB 	[scsi_tmf_0]
46 	root 	0 kB 	[ipv6_addrconf]
47 	root 	0 kB 	[deferwq]
68 	root 	0 kB 	[kworker/1:2]
108 	root 	0 kB 	[scsi_eh_1]
109 	root 	0 kB 	[scsi_tmf_1]
110 	root 	0 kB 	[usb-storage]
116 	root 	0 kB 	[kworker/0:1H]
121 	root 	0 kB 	[kworker/1:1H]
122 	root 	0 kB 	[kworker/0:2]
131 	root 	0 kB 	[kjournald]
267 	root 	2800 kB 	udevd --daemon
352 	root 	2796 kB 	udevd --daemon
354 	root 	2796 kB 	udevd --daemon
1541 	root 	4912 kB 	dhclient -v -pf /run/dhclient.eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.eth0.leases et ...
1597 	root 	5920 kB 	/sbin/wpa_supplicant -s -B -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid -i wlan0 -D nl80 ...
1617 	root 	4908 kB 	dhclient -v -pf /run/dhclient.wlan0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.wlan0.leases ...
1714 	root 	2352 kB 	/sbin/rpcbind -w
1746 	statd 	2672 kB 	/sbin/rpc.statd
1758 	root 	2940 kB 	/usr/sbin/rpc.idmapd
1903 	root 	2440 kB 	/sbin/syslogd -C128
1907 	root 	2312 kB 	/sbin/klogd
1933 	messagebus 	3180 kB 	/usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
2070 	avahi 	3376 kB 	avahi-daemon: running [DebianPlug.local]
2074 	avahi 	3376 kB 	avahi-daemon: chroot helper
2108 	root 	9948 kB 	/usr/sbin/nmbd -D
2114 	root 	6244 kB 	/usr/sbin/sshd
2143 	xrdp 	23488 kB 	/usr/sbin/xrdp
2164 	root 	19192 kB 	/usr/sbin/smbd -D
2166 	root 	14084 kB 	/usr/sbin/xrdp-sesman
2201 	root 	19708 kB 	/usr/sbin/smbd -D
2207 	root 	19776 kB 	/usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
2218 	root 	2064 kB 	/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 linux
2301 	root 	3180 kB 	/usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 10 --print-address 12 --session
2308 	root 	6208 kB 	/usr/lib/xfce4/xfconf/xfconfd
2343 	root 	9288 kB 	sshd: root@pts/0
2345 	root 	3264 kB 	-bash
2380 	root 	0 kB 	[kworker/u4:0]
2468 	root 	0 kB 	[kworker/u4:1]
2526 	root 	0 kB 	[kworker/u4:2]
2739 	root 	22092 kB 	/usr/share/webmin/proc/index_size.cgi
2748 	root 	1748 kB 	sh -c ps --cols 2048 -eo user:80,ruser:80,group:80,rgroup:80,pid,ppid,pgid,pcpu, ...
2749 	root 	2936 kB 	ps --cols 2048 -eo user:80,ruser:80,group:80,rgroup:80,pid,ppid,pgid,pcpu,vsz,ni ...

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

JoeyPogoPlugE02 — Tue, 05 May 2015 10:52:02 -0500


root@DebianPlug:~# cat ~/.xsession-errors
Xsession: X session started for  at Tue May  5 11:47:32 EDT 2015
xrdb: Connection refused
xrdb: Can't open display ':11.0'
xhost:  unable to open display ":11.0"
/usr/bin/x-session-manager: X server already running on display :11.0
xrdb: Connection refused
xrdb: Can't open display ':11.0'
ssh-agent is already running

** (xfce4-session:2313): ERROR **: Cannot open display:
Trace/breakpoint trap
root@DebianPlug:~#

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

bodhi — Tue, 05 May 2015 02:30:39 -0500

Not swap issue. Swap only helps it run OK, but should not prevent xfce to start.

One more thing to check: after you tried to connect with RDC and it could not start, what is the content of your xsession-errors? please post output of:

cat ~/.xsession-errors

If we don't see anything big in the xsession-errors, I'm out of ideas.

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

JoeyPogoPlugE02 — Tue, 05 May 2015 01:33:55 -0500

I'm afraid not, but here's the screenshot of WinSCP if it helps.

If it's a swap issue, I still not only lack a working swap file, the desktop Mint install ran out of partitions for one as well. Not a good swap week here lol

Re: XFCE installed with goodies. Got that far.

bodhi — Tue, 05 May 2015 00:41:21 -0500

Joey,

Give it another shot?

Edit the file ~/.vnc/xstartup to have these lines.

startxfce4 &
xsetroot -solid grey
/etc/X11/Xsession

Note that this file is executed automatically by xrpd when you connect with RDC client from Windows. On RDC dialog, choose the first option sesmanXvnc and log in as root user.

Re: XFCE installed with goodies. Got that far.

JoeyPogoPlugE02 — Mon, 04 May 2015 15:27:49 -0500

Gents I don't know if my lack of working swap file is the cause of my RDP problems, but it's a persistent problem. After trying this, replacing fstab reference to /etc/rc.local, here's what free does after a reboot:

root@DebianPlug:~# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        121776     116872       4904          0      47968      36088
-/+ buffers/cache:      32816      88960
Swap:            0          0          0
root@DebianPlug:~#

Instead of unscrambling an egg, I'm kind of compelled to start a new thread, as this one has beat a dead horse into glue lol

To answer this thread's topical question Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?
No. lol

Re: XFCE installed with goodies. Got that far.

JoeyPogoPlugE02 — Mon, 04 May 2015 11:59:17 -0500

Does this make (or lack) sense? Just fdisk -l and free commands:

root@DebianPlug:~# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        121776      92108      29668          0       5400      38060
-/+ buffers/cache:      48648      73128
Swap:            0          0          0
root@DebianPlug:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/mtdblock0: 14 MB, 14680064 bytes
171 heads, 42 sectors/track, 3 cylinders, total 28672 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xaaaaaaaa

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

          Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/mtdblock0p1   ?  2863311530  1431655763  1431655765   aa  Unknown
/dev/mtdblock0p2   ?  2863311530  1431655763  1431655765   aa  Unknown
/dev/mtdblock0p3   ?  2863311530       21843   715838805   aa  Unknown
/dev/mtdblock0p4   ?  2863311530  1426085203  1428870485   aa  Unknown

Disk /dev/mtdblock1: 119 MB, 119537664 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14 cylinders, total 233472 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mtdblock1 doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sda: 7849 MB, 7849115648 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 954 cylinders, total 15330304 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x67990726

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1              10     7812869     3906430   83  Linux
/dev/sda2         7823655    15326009     3751177+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5         7823718    12016619     2096451   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6        12016683    15326009     1654663+   b  W95 FAT32
root@DebianPlug:~#

Given the best of my abilities, I went into etc/fstab and deleted three lines of the same thing (forgot) and added, like bohdi said:

I would avoid adding this to fstab. Turn swap on in /etc/rc.local is better, IMO. 

/etc/rc.local 
....
swapon /swapfile1
swapon /swapfile2
....

I then pasted that code exactly as shown after the exit line of code in /ect/rc.local. I then changed "swapfile1" to "/dev/sda5" because that's a whole partition formatted Linux swap on the USB stick. At first i changed the second line "swapfile2" to that image file i already made somewhere in ect (not fstab). Confused? I am. lol

Here are the results of fdisk -l and free:

root@DebianPlug:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/mtdblock0: 14 MB, 14680064 bytes
171 heads, 42 sectors/track, 3 cylinders, total 28672 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xaaaaaaaa

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

          Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/mtdblock0p1   ?  2863311530  1431655763  1431655765   aa  Unknown
/dev/mtdblock0p2   ?  2863311530  1431655763  1431655765   aa  Unknown
/dev/mtdblock0p3   ?  2863311530       21843   715838805   aa  Unknown
/dev/mtdblock0p4   ?  2863311530  1426085203  1428870485   aa  Unknown

Disk /dev/mtdblock1: 119 MB, 119537664 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14 cylinders, total 233472 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mtdblock1 doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sda: 7849 MB, 7849115648 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 954 cylinders, total 15330304 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x67990726

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1              10     7812869     3906430   83  Linux
/dev/sda2         7823655    15326009     3751177+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5         7823718    12016619     2096451   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6        12016683    15326009     1654663+   b  W95 FAT32
root@DebianPlug:~# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        121776      79972      41804          0       6360      40768
-/+ buffers/cache:      32844      88932
Swap:            0          0          0
root@DebianPlug:~#

There's some other swap code I tried as well, getting desperate and surprised this unit boots.

I lament, why don't they have a swap manager in Webmin?

And further, i wonder if we should make an updated, separate thread about setting up swap files when you have to do that on USB stick. We all understand a USB stick won't last too long (and will eventually break), but even small USB sticks can spare 1-4 GB easilly for a swap. Or another method, have a dedicated USB slot for spare USB sticks and feed the beast until it dies. Plug in another. USB sticks are like batteries anyway, you want them either alive or fully shot. Keeps a cleaner workspace :-D

Re: XFCE installed with goodies. Got that far.

Gravelrash — Mon, 04 May 2015 06:24:49 -0500

Joey

Look here for good info on creating swapfile

http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,19624,19645#msg-19645

.

Re: XFCE installed with goodies. Got that far.

JoeyPogoPlugE02 — Mon, 04 May 2015 00:16:22 -0500

Right after doing an apt-get update, I think I tried doing this right:

root@DebianPlug:~# cat ~/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
startxfce4 &root@DebianPlug:~# #!/bin/sh
root@DebianPlug:~# xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xrdb: Can't open display ''
root@DebianPlug:~# startxfce4 &
[1] 2352
root@DebianPlug:~# /usr/bin/startxfce4: Starting X server

/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: 3: exec: /usr/bin/X: not found
chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup
root@DebianPlug:~# xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error

Also I can't verify my VNC password is set right, but i alternate between using Pogo's password and VNCs. Of the choices in the connect dialog, one says it's connected but it's a black screen, another says everything's okay and then flashes off, the rest say "error: problem connecting".

I wont' fault any of you if you want to wash your hands of this. -edit self-defeating ponder-

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

bodhi — Sun, 03 May 2015 22:56:00 -0500

Quote

Create/edit this file in your home directory for xrdp to start xfce automatically:

cat ~/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
startxfce4 &

"cat" is the equivalence of "type" in MS-DOS. So whenever you see "cat", it means that the the person is posting the content of a file. The above means: create the xstartup file at the current home login directory (~), and this file should be placed under the .vnc directory. If the file was already there, then edit to add the last 2 lines into that file.

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

JoeyPogoPlugE02 — Sun, 03 May 2015 20:04:00 -0500

Gravelrash up above when I wrote that, my USB stick had one partition. Since then I put the USB stick in a Windows format app and added swap samba partitions. Took screenshot, attached.

Then on my laptop running live Mint I used GParted to see what Linux sees. Oh i forgot, Pogoplug Debian ought to have the dev/sdc allocations.
Cut to the chase, this should be easier to setup a swap than making an image file within the OS partition. So for now the bigger troubles are that cat problem

Re: Easy/possible to install driver for RNX-AC600UB in Pogoplug?

Gravelrash — Sun, 03 May 2015 18:23:27 -0500

What pr9bems are you having creating a swapfile?