Precise Puppy 5.7.1

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watchdog
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#541 Post by watchdog »

snayak wrote: Where should I look for the following pakages?

4. Kernel sources for 3.2.48

Didn't find them at sfs folder http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/quirky/sfs/. :-(
https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... atched.sfs

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Mike Walsh
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#542 Post by Mike Walsh »

Hi, snayak.

We'll try and get your Chrome sorted out a bit later on (I haven't forgotten!), but for now, I'll try and answer these:-

1) Java: Use rerwin's Get-Java package, here:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=101592

2) Python: Use the PPM.

3) Virtualbox: Should be in the PPM, but I'm really not certain whether the Precise repositories are still working, since 12.04 Precise Pangolin went EOL in April. If not, give this thread a look:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=63332

4) Kernel sources: Ally (our unofficial 'archivist') has mirrored every single Puppy kernel, dev_x and kernel_sources package here:-

http://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linux_Kernels

The one you want is there; I've checked. Just scroll down till you find it. Be warned; it's a huge list! It's well worth bookmarking, too.

[Shortcut:-] http://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linux ... atched.sfs

Hope those help.


Mike. :wink:
Last edited by Mike Walsh on Fri 28 Jul 2017, 16:02, edited 1 time in total.

snayak
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#543 Post by snayak »

Dear watchdog and Mike,

Many many thanks.
I am indebted for your time and support.

Sincerely,
Srinivas Nayak
[Precise 571 on AMD Athlon XP 2000+ with 512MB RAM]
[Fatdog 720 on Intel Pentium B960 with 4GB RAM]

[url]http://srinivas-nayak.blogspot.com/[/url]

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#544 Post by snayak »

Dear All,

I went to:
Right Click->Desktop->pupX set properties of X
I set:
Screen saver Enable
Delay 5
Cycle 2
Blank screen rather than displaying a pattern

But I saw screen saver not working!
I changed time, yet no difference.

Is this screen saver setting working?
What is "Allow exposures"?


Sincerely,
Srinivas Nayak
[Precise 571 on AMD Athlon XP 2000+ with 512MB RAM]
[Fatdog 720 on Intel Pentium B960 with 4GB RAM]

[url]http://srinivas-nayak.blogspot.com/[/url]

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#545 Post by perdido »

Hello snayak,

Delay = how long before screen saver starts with no mouse / keyboard activity (mine is set to 5 seconds)

Cycle= how many seconds before screen saver changes to new pattern, (mine is set to 600 seconds)

Allow Exposures = Have that ticked (I don't know what it does but screensaver does not run if not ticked)

Click Apply button

Screen saver should now have blank screen after 5 seconds of no activity.

.This I verified in Precise 5.7.1 just now :)

.

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#546 Post by snayak »

Dear perdido,

Thanks for your time.

I did as you said. But no luck. :-(

I think, on my Athlon machine it is not working.
I have done frugal installation of precise on it.


Sincerely,
Srinivas Nayak
[Precise 571 on AMD Athlon XP 2000+ with 512MB RAM]
[Fatdog 720 on Intel Pentium B960 with 4GB RAM]

[url]http://srinivas-nayak.blogspot.com/[/url]

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#547 Post by snayak »

Dear All,

I compiled a C program and it failed.

# gcc -lm a.c
/tmp/ccxAJOXM.o: In function `length':
a.c:(.text+0x5a): undefined reference to `sqrt'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
#

I have
precise-5.7.1-retro.iso
devx_precise_5.7.1.sfs
kernel_src-3.2.48-patched.sfs

Surprised that C math library is absent. :-(
How to remedy?

Sincerely,
Srinivas Nayak
Last edited by snayak on Sat 02 Sep 2017, 01:14, edited 1 time in total.
[Precise 571 on AMD Athlon XP 2000+ with 512MB RAM]
[Fatdog 720 on Intel Pentium B960 with 4GB RAM]

[url]http://srinivas-nayak.blogspot.com/[/url]

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#548 Post by rcrsn51 »

snayak wrote:How to remedy?

Code: Select all

#include <math.h>

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#549 Post by snayak »

Dear rcrsn51,

Yes, I included <math.h>.

But surprised to see linking error for math lib.
First time in my life seeing such a tragedy! Sad

In case you have Precise 571, kindly try this:

a.c
------
#include<stdio.h>
#include<math.h>
int main()
{
int i=16;
printf("%f\n",sqrt(i));
return 0;
}
----------
#gcc -lm a.c


Sincerely,
Srinivas Nayak
[Precise 571 on AMD Athlon XP 2000+ with 512MB RAM]
[Fatdog 720 on Intel Pentium B960 with 4GB RAM]

[url]http://srinivas-nayak.blogspot.com/[/url]

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#550 Post by rcrsn51 »

A little googling provides the answer:

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gcc a.c -lm

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#551 Post by snayak »

Dear rcrsn51,

Obliged for your help.
Your suggestion works. :-)

gcc -lm a.c worked in fatdog611.
g++ -lm a.c even worked in precise571.
but
gcc -lm a.c didn't work in precise571.
where as
gcc a.c -lm worked in precise571!

I am not able to believe this!


Sincerely,
Srinivas Nayak
[Precise 571 on AMD Athlon XP 2000+ with 512MB RAM]
[Fatdog 720 on Intel Pentium B960 with 4GB RAM]

[url]http://srinivas-nayak.blogspot.com/[/url]

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#552 Post by leonid »

Laptop ASUS F5R. I close the laptop and it does not go into sleep mode. What shall I do?

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#553 Post by 8Geee »

Try pressing the power switch when you open it.
If a box appears press cancel.

If it boots up, thats another problem (usually apci).

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#554 Post by dcung »

Not sure if this is the correct thread to post, but looks 'somewhat related' to my query. Refer link below please.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=113958

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#555 Post by nic007 »

I have the following problems with this distribution running on my Compaq 6720s laptop with builtin wifi card: there is a conflict with the wifi card, at bootup just after the modules are loaded wifi switches of and you can't turn it on again. As far as I can see the correct wifi module is loaded. The other problem is that the cpu fan runs at full tilt and is stuck in that mode after resuming after suspending to RAM. Any quick solutions? Alternatively - I also have Precise 5.3.95. I don't have the problems as mentioned above with this one the only problem here is that my USB external harddrive won't mount, not even with Pmount (doesn't see the drive). Any ideas?

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#556 Post by 6502coder »

Have you tried using a USB port expander hub and plugging the USB hard drive into that?
Just a thought based on my experiences posted here, although my problem was with USB flash drives and not USB hard drives:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 14#1022214

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#557 Post by nic007 »

Thanks but not going to do that. The problem is distribution (and specific version) related. I have no problems with these issues in any other puppys. It seems as Precise Puppy in general does not play well with this machine's hardware in some way or the other.

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