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Update: I've installed an SSD PATA hard drive in the machine loading now several times faster.

I wonder if there are new attempts we could do with the camera driver. Any suggestions?

What does your ATAPI connector look like? Is it like the external CD connectors on old Toshiba's? Sorry for the delyed reply, only saw your question now. There are two working ways on the VAIO to connect and ATAPI CD-ROM/CD-RW: 1. PCMCIA Connector, I found an old drive on eBay and it arrived, I can...

Also, how can we verify that the machine is indeed normally operational with these drivers? You would need to get a VAIO laptop with a genuine webcam. Hahaha thanks for your enthusiasm! Never in a million years this machine rocks and is unprecedented! Let’s try another way then: Edit2: Let's try wi...

I think that we are back to the same conclusion - neither the meye nor the sonly_laptop modules can communicate with the camera. Would it be possible that the 3.1.10 kernel would be too early a version to run those modules successfully? Also, how can we verify that the machine is indeed normally op...

We now know for sure that meye is auto-loaded at bootup. Because sony_laptop is a dependency of meye, it gets loaded too. The sonypi module is irrelevant and you can delete the sonypi.conf file that you created. Instead, create the file sony_laptop.conf in /etc/modprobe.d. One at a time, add these ...

rcrsn51 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:42 pm It's interesting that rfkill is associated with sony_laptop.

Run: rfkill list all

rfkill list all returns this:

You used the wrong commands to check if the modules were auto-loaded. Use lsmod instead. Please be more specific then troubleshooting will be faster :) lsmod | grep meye displays: meye 210474 0 videodev 57950 1 meye sony_laptop 23326 1 meye lsmod | grep sony_laptop displays: sony_laptop 23326 1 mey...

I had already read that article many times. So here are some things from the article to try. 1. Run the command: mknod /dev/sonypi c 10 250 2. Go to the folder /etc/modprobe.d 3. Create file called sonypi.conf with these lines alias char-major-10-250 sonypi options sonypi minor=250 4. Reboot. 6. Ha...

Thank you for the additional driver info. Let's hope it's not a conflict then since both seem to be loaded. Yes, this at least leaves any doubt that the driver is for the complete product range and also covers the GT1: it's very clear it does from the functionality specifications of the driver. How ...

Thank you! Maybe this is what you need :idea: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ ... sonypi.rst Yes, this at least leaves any doubt that the driver is for the complete product range and also covers the GT1: it's very clear it does from the functionality specifications of the driver. Now the que...

Here is the advancement of the camera troubleshooting on the VAIO GT1: Starting comment: If the modprobe command returns nothing, the module was located and loaded. Run "lsmod | grep meye" or "modinfo meye" Tried all of these sequences: lsmod | grep meye displays: meye 210474 0 v...

I might ask the question to the responsible individuals of the driver development: they may know whether this model is compatible with the driver or not.

Edit: message sent, let's hope this thread will not end like this....

reissued the following after boot: dmesg still unchanged.

rcrsn51 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:46 am modprobe sony_laptop camera=1
modprobe meye video_nr=0
mplayer tv://

Booted and tried, still the same result...

Try this: modprobe sonypi Or maybe modprobe sonypi camera=1 Then: modprobe meye Then: mplayer tv:// OR modprobe sony_laptop camera=1 modprobe meye mplayer tv:// I don't know what happened with this version of Slacko, but it went amnesic, I cannot load the userfile anymore for some reason, and puppy...

The idea here is that the meye module should get you the device /dev/video0. But it didn't. Probably because it isn't loaded yet! Run: modprobe meye Run: lsmod | grep meye Is the module loaded OK? Try again: mplayer tv:// If there is still a problem, run: dmesg Look for messages related to the came...

Here is the meye kernel module for Slacko533 , which I believe is non-PAE. Test it with the command: mplayer tv:// Everything goes right... up to (rebooted with the save file enabled in case, same output): Playing tv://. TV file format detected Selected driver: v412 name: Video 4 Linux 2 input auth...

Xenial runs simply too slow on this machine, despite the kernel 4.x.x being attractive to run the camera with the original driver. Here are the news: bingo the drivers source are available! sonypi and meye drivers are still present in the latest kernel source: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke...

The different kernel sources sfs packages for Slacko are found here: http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/ They will be in the different Slacko pet directories. You probably need one from the pet_packages-slacko directory. May have to look in other Slacko directories but not the 64 bit ones. Slacko...

The [136b:ff01] device is supported by a driver called "meye". But it may not be compiled into old kernels. Run the command: modprobe meye If it's not present, there is not much you can do, unless you can find the source code and compile it yourself for a particular kernel. It's not prese...

You didn't follow my instructions. Sorry I have but the instruction's arguments -nnk didn't pass in Puppy4.31 but in Slacko I have the following (did need time for both to boot! :) ): 0:0b.0 Multimedia controller [0480]: Kawasaki Steel Corporation ELSA72002 Motion JPEG [136b:ff01] (rev 01) Subsyste...

Run the command: lspci -nnk Identify the [vendor:product] ID codes for the camera, like [136b:ff01]. See point 2/ of the above post: lspci result: 00:0b.0 Multimedia controller: Kawasaki Steel Corporation ELSA72002 Motion JPEG (rev 01) and the link to the driver doc: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html...

HI everybody, Thank you so much for your assistance in the previous thread, for specs please refer to it: https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=791 We are down to two main LICK iso's running 1/ OK - Puppy4.31 the fluidest 2/ More compatible - Slacko5.6-4G but much slower even after so...

Sure, sorry I got carried away. Let me prepare that. I need to prioritize the issues, but am also very busy on the side, so it may take a little while. Thank you for the suggestion. EDIT2: REDIRECT NOTICE: as suggested, new thread related to the GT1 camera operation: https://forum.puppylinux.com/vie...

Sorry for the double post (again) but... found this! Searching for PCI drivers, I don't know yet how to use it, normally it is a similar driver on the GT1 than on the Vaio picturebook, and good news too, as: "This driver supports the ‘second’ version of the MotionEye camera ( :) which is the on...

Hi, Would it be possible to create a new thread for LICK information's, such as a how-to for loading saved .2fs files because the thread mentioned in the Fatdog page is no longer accessible. We are apparently several users not knowing how to do so successfully (from the lickmenu.lst? which syntax?),...

To setup a swap file with older Puppies, try Swap File Manager 4.6 from here http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=58615 As to Lick starting with a save file, not sure, I haven't used Lick (have it downloaded though JIC) but if I remember correctly, this can be controlled via menu.lst, will ...

See if this link works.... https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ao-_qqv5iz91gS_gcmdsww-w_VOj?e=sgeHCr As for the extra entries, you should have a menu.lst file in your C: directory, open that in Notepad or other test editor to remove unwanted entries. Wiz I'm on it right now, it's the best looking iso but it couldn...

Hi all, trying to make my way forward, solving problems one by one. I have following questions linked to what I'm trying to enable with the GT1, 5/ is most pressing (how to start a saved session) Question: Puppy setup 1/ At boot, 1024x768 x 16//x24 : (unconfirmed maximum for monitor ok for card) // ...

There's now a whole new challenge: succeed to activate the side camera and be able to capture from it. A quick look at Gtkam doesn't seem to be successful to find the webcam, but it's also not the first purpose of the app. There are 2 options basically 1/ To install Wine and have the Sony Smart Capt...