How to use wifi and touch screen in Dell Latitude ST? (BionicPup32)

[ironsniper1]

Hey all tried posting on a different forum and rather than help was told to come here, but whatever installed Puppy Linux on a dell latitude st and am currently trying to get wireless and touch screen working,

however even know there is a driver for the wireless card it is not being detected, I don't know if it is a driver problem or if the card is bad, when I type lcpci I get some stuff but it mostly seems stuff is missing drivers

if I type dmesg I get the following



if anyone has any advice on what to try let me know thanks

[bigpup]

Answer these questions so we can help you.
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Most Puppy versions have menu->System->Pup-Sysinfo program
You can find a lot of information in it.
Any of the info it provides, can be copied and pasted, into a post on this forum.

Anything shown in a terminal/console.
Highlight to copy.
Middle mouse button to paste.

[ironsniper1]

Bionicpup32 8.0
Full

[bigpup]

I am not sure Puppy Linux is designed to work on this type computer.

What does work?????

Has the WIFI worked with another operating system?

Any bios setting that can enable or disable the WIFI or a physical switch?

[ironsniper1]

I am not sure Puppy Linux is designed to work on this type computer.

What does work?????

Has the WIFI worked with another operating system?

Any bios setting that can enable or disable the WIFI or a physical switch?

puppy Linux was the only distro out of 8 I tried that would work on this computer, I am not sure if the wifi worked or not, it did have windows 7 pro on it but that was erased, nothing in the bios about wifi and as far as I can tell no wifi switch, I also have it on a dock and none of the USB ports on the dock work, but the single USB port on the computer itself works as does the sdcard reader and some times the touch screen works

[bigpup]

I found this, seems to be a bios setup thing.

Optionally if the Latitude ST unit is shipped from the factory without a LAN driver and the driver is installed manually, you will be prompted to turn on the WLAN. The following steps need to be performed to successfully install the WLAN card.

a)Connect a USB keyboard to the computer and restart the computer.

b)Press the F2 key at the Dell logo to “Enter Setup”.

c)Select F9 to load defaults.

d)Select F10 to Save settings and Exit.

WLAN will connect automatically after windows starts up.

This resets the hidden Wireless Radio Enable setting, and removes the Hardware Disable setting.

In Pup-Sysinfo->Devices->PCI->Summary
See if it gives any info about a wlan or wifi device.
If yes.
Post what it says.

I hope someone comes along, that has used Puppy, on this type computer.
I do not have one.
They will know more than I do or maybe can suggest a better Puppy version.
Puppy Linux has a bunch of different versions, because one version does not work on all possible computers.

May help to edit the subject of this topic and add tablet to what the computer is.

[ironsniper1]

I found this, seems to be a bios setup thing.

Optionally if the Latitude ST unit is shipped from the factory without a LAN driver and the driver is installed manually, you will be prompted to turn on the WLAN. The following steps need to be performed to successfully install the WLAN card.

a)Connect a USB keyboard to the computer and restart the computer.

b)Press the F2 key at the Dell logo to “Enter Setup”.

c)Select F9 to load defaults.

d)Select F10 to Save settings and Exit.

WLAN will connect automatically after windows starts up.

This resets the hidden Wireless Radio Enable setting, and removes the Hardware Disable setting.

In Pup-Sysinfo->Devices->PCI->Summary
See if it gives any info about a wlan or wifi devices.
If yes.
Post what it says.

if I use the network wizard and let it auto probe it finds the ethernet port on the dock and loads the driver for it but it does not work with it

[bigpup]

Did you try the steps I posted?

Were you given this computer or got it used?

There is a chance it has no WLAN (WIFI) card in it.

Want to take the back off and look inside?
The card should be mounted on the upper far right corner of the motherboard.
If there is one.
Maybe a label on it will tell us what make and model it is.

[ironsniper1]

Did you try the steps I posted?

if you mean the bios thing yes and it didn't do anything

[bigpup]

I typed when you did.
See my above post.
https://www.parts-people.com/blog/2013/ ... tallation/

[ironsniper1]

I typed when you did.
See my above post.

oh the wifi card yes there is one and the antenna is plugged in as well, I have an old USB wireless card but only one working USB port is there a way to probe for the other ports to see if it may find and install a driver for them to get those working?

[bigpup]

No label on the card telling you make and model?

[bigpup]

What other ports?
What type?
How many of each?

You are looking at the computer.
We only know what you tell us!
Must be specific!!

[ironsniper1]

i think if i remember right its a DW1535c

https://www.dell.com/support/article/en ... de?lang=en

[bigpup]

For your WIFI.

menu->System->Boot Manager->Modules->Add new module

See if you can find this module to add:

ath6kl

If yes. Any help?

[bigpup]

i think if i remember right its a DW1535c

https://www.dell.com/support/article/en ... de?lang=en

anything here help?
https://www.dell.com/support/article/en ... ns?lang=en

Forget the apt get stuff.
Puppy does not have apt get.

[ironsniper1]

For your WIFI.

menu->System->Boot Manager->Modules->Add new module

See if you can find this module to add:

ath6kl

If yes. Any help?

i added them and nothing happened and I rebooted and nothing happened

[bigpup]

The problem with the WIFI is finding out what make and model the WIFI card is.
You probably need the firmware and driver module for it.
But can only guess what they are, without knowing make and model of the WIFI card.

Could try Xenialpup 7.5 or even Tahrpup 6.0.5 Puppy versions.

Maybe Atomicpup
https://archive.org/details/atomicpup-XX66

[ironsniper1]

The problem with the WIFI is finding out what make and model the WIFI card is.
You probably need the firmware and driver module for it.
But can only guess what they are, without knowing make and model of the WIFI card.

Could try Xenialpup 7.5 or even Tahrpup 6.0.5 Puppy versions.

Maybe Atomicpup
https://archive.org/details/atomicpup-XX66

it is a DW1535C and I found my old USB hub and so now I can use this old USB wireless card, is there anything I should do to try and install drivers etc?

[TerryH]

Doing a google search lead to it possibly being Atheros ARS263 (Atheros AR6003X-BC2B). There are a couple of folders in the fdrv for AR6003.


https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/Atheros_ARS263

Check if any information is output in dmesg. In a terminal:

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dmesg | grep wifi

[ironsniper1]

Doing a google search lead to it possibly being Atheros ARS263 (Atheros AR6003X-BC2B). There are a couple of folders in the fdrv for AR6003.


https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/Atheros_ARS263

Check if any information is output in dmesg. In a terminal:

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dmesg | grep wifi

running that command I get the output for the USB wireless card

[bigpup]

If I am finding the correct information.
The Dell DW1535C wifi caed.
Has the Atheros AR6003X chip set.
This uses the ath6kl driver.
Uses the ath6k firmware.

Looking in Bionicpup32 8.0
It has the ath6kl driver and ath6k firmware, with specific AR6003 support files.

So if the wifi card is good and powered on.
It should be working.

You say you did the bios steps, that are suppose to make sure the card is turned on.

I am running out of ideas.

[ironsniper1]

If I am finding the correct information.
The Dell DW1535C wifi caed.
Has the Atheros AR6003X chip set.
This uses the ath6kl driver.
Uses the ath6k firmware.

Looking in Bionicpup32 8.0
It has the ath6kl driver and ath6k firmware, with specific AR6003 support files.

So if the wifi card is good and powered on.
It should be working.

You say you did the bios steps, that are suppose to make sure the card is turned on.

I am running out of ideas.

Try the dmesg with the USB wifi adapter not plugged in.

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dmesg | grep wifi

did that and got nothing , I think it might be dead

[perdido]

Hi ironsniper1,

Could your run the following commands in terminal and see if you recognize a reference to your wifi card in the output? I can't tell if you are talking about a pci device or usb device so lets check both buses.

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lsusb

and

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lspci

If you see something referencing what you suspect is the wifi card just provide the complete line in your reply so we can identify your card and find the correct driver. Knowing the brand/model is not enough, we need to find out the chipset.

As an example of what is needed to identify the device.
ID 07d1:3c04 D-Link System WUA-1340

After you do that we can proceed in a logical manner.

.

[ironsniper1]

lsusb shows the usb wireless and lspci does not have anything for the wireless, also to test to see if the wifi card even works I am going to reinstall windows 7 real quick and see if it works in there and then reinstall linux after

it has a mini pcie DW1535C wifi card that is not working in Linux, but I have a spare USB wireless card that does work but I cam trying to get the 1535 working

[perdido]

lsusb shows the usb wireless and lspci does not have anything for the wireless, also to test to see if the wifi card even works I am going to reinstall windows 7 real quick and see if it works in there and then reinstall linux after

it has a mini pcie DW1535C wifi card that is not working in Linux, but I have a spare USB wireless card that does work but I cam trying to get the 1535 working

Your information about a DW135C is pretty much useless without identifying the chipset, there were probably many different chipsets used in that card.
Since you can't provide what is needed I wish you well and good luck, maybe you will stumble into the answer.
Bye

[ironsniper1]

lsusb shows the usb wireless and lspci does not have anything for the wireless, also to test to see if the wifi card even works I am going to reinstall windows 7 real quick and see if it works in there and then reinstall linux after

it has a mini pcie DW1535C wifi card that is not working in Linux, but I have a spare USB wireless card that does work but I cam trying to get the 1535 working

Your information about a DW135C is pretty much useless without identifying the chipset, there were probably many different chipsets used in that card.
Since you can't provide what is needed I wish you well and good luck, maybe you will stumble into the answer.
Bye

that sounded a bit rude, every place I look online about this card every site has said it has the same atheros chipset so I don't know what to tell you, it works on windows 7 but windows 7 is a dog on this thing, now maybe the issue is because its a wireless and a Bluetooth card in one I don't know

[bigpup]

What info does Windows 7 give you about the WIFI card?

[ironsniper1]

What info does Windows 7 give you about the WIFI card?

[TerryH]

This is just my guess, but that wifi card utilizes the SDIO bus. I think it's a kernel related issue that it just isn't being identified. It is above me to advise how to proceed. Maybe post in the bionicpup32 thread and peebee or someone with kernel experience my assist.

A couple of threads regarding SDIO wifi cards:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1170776 ... ot-working
https://www.silabs.com/community/wirele ... ction-ajSx