X-Slacko Slim 4.4r49 (unique, stable, and flexible)

[TLPuppy]

I am a totally new user to X-Slacko slim and linux.

I install X-Slacko Slim 4.4r32 to USB and run with EeePC 1000H, all seems well.
But there are 2 small issues can't figure out:

1. How to setup swap file to the location other then USB?

2. How to play HEVC/265 code viedo(.mkv file) in this puplet? I tried but only audio and no video shown out.


Many thanks...

[mistfire]

@TLPuppy

1. Try Swap File Manager on X-Slacko Slim
2. Try to install VLC player

[TLPuppy]

@ mistfire , Thank you for your time to point me out.

I tried Swap File Manager but only can change file size, saving location can't be selected.


VLC installation, I installed vlc-2.1.0-i686-s14 via ppm, it shown up No suitable decoder module when playback HEVC video.
Searched for how to install libdeb265 of VLC in forum and it looks like needing compile ability.... I don't have it!!!

Tried to play HEVC code video in Xenialpup-7.5 puplet with mpv mplayer(mpv_0.14.0), it work but it like slow motion... performance not so good!

Is there any method can make Gnome mplayer work for HEVC video or any solution in your puplet?


Many thanks!!

[mistfire]

@TLPuppy try to update mplayer. If you want to use swap file to other location. You will need to write a bash script and place it on /root/Startup

[TLPuppy]

@ mistfire

I will try it later.
Thank you.

[mikeslr]

@TLPuppy... If you want to use swap file to other location. You will need to write a bash script and place it on /root/Startup

Alternative. As I don't know how to do the above, what I'd do is boot into Puppy, Open Menu>System>gparted; resize (shrink) one of the partitions on the hard-drive. Then format the now unallocated space as a Swap partition. Puppy will use both the SwapFile and the Swap-Partition.

If you want to delete the swapfile, nic007's instructions, http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 252#965252 work. Perhaps to avoid confusion, remove the swapfile first before creating the swap-partition.

By the way, the "Common Knowledge" "Swap should be twice RAM" has no basis in reality. It was a guess based on how something else worked which spread without testing. Your swap can be as large as you think will be useful.

[mikeslr]

Edit: Forget what wrote about running VLC under Wine below the line. Just ran the videos under VLC under Wine as explained below and under both Xenialpup64's MPV and dpup-Stretch's mpv and gnome. Running under Wine was profoundly inferior.

It may be possible to build an mpv player for X-slacko Slim. But I don't have a running version of that Puppy. I don't mind sharing what I build for myself, or even going out of my way to build an app I'm not going to use. But having to setup a Puppy and a build environment first stretches even my generosity.

I do like X-Slacko Slim. It's very well thought out and functional. mistfire's abilities are many levels beyond mine. But getting video players capable of using recent codec to run under a 6 year old system would require a current labor of love.

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FWIW,

IIRC, X-Slacko Slim 4.4r32 is binary compatible with Slackware 14.1 first published in 2013. The libraries to run HEVC/H.265 codec are relatively new. The first VLC able to use them, I believe, was VLC version 2.2.8. I could find no versions available for Slackware 14.1. There is a version for Slackware 14.2, https://sotirov-bg.net/slackpack/search.cgi?q=vlc. Slackware 14.2 was released in 2016. It may be possible to use VLC 2.2.8 under Slackware 14.1, but to do so it is likely that many Slackware 14.2 libraries would have to be installed. A further complication arises under Puppies. Recent VLC's refuse to run as "root" -- which All Puppies do. Consequently, those VLC's have to be run as "Spot". There are threads on the Forum on how to do that.

I suspect that you will find similar problems, though not the "running as root" problem, with other video players.

The simplest way to run videos employing HEVC/H.265 may be the following:

(1) Download Wine-portable-3.3_v2.1.tar.gz from this link, http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 245#989245. Decompress it (UExtract). See the instructions here, beginning with the phrase "Download and unpack the tar.gz.", http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 452#971452.

(2) After Registering Wine-portable, make sure you have an internet connection. When you run "wine.sh winecfg" from a terminal it will offer to install two programs which you may not need, but then again you may.

(3) After Wine-portable is set up, you can install VLC version 3.0.7.1 into it, from here, https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

It seems to run fine installed to my Wine-portable-3.3. Tested with HEVC video from http://jell.yfish.us/ and x265 – Tears Of Steel 1080P @ 400kbps from https://x265.com/hevc-video-files/

You'll find a listing Menu>System>Wine Windows Program Loader. Use the scroll-tool to select VideoLAN/VLC/Vlc. See the Wine-portable thread for other information about using Wine-portable.

[TLPuppy]

@mikeslr, thank you very much to share me these information.

I will try it later and report bcak.

[mistfire]

New X-Slacko Slim iteration released

Changes:
* Improved handling of AppImage, Snap (experimental, requires snap installed), and Flatpak (experimental, requires flatpak installed).


Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11OoDP ... 6Strlpdulz
MD5 Checksum: fbfebcfcf0ee5a781bbf75a65a261e2a

[mistfire]

New X-Slacko Slim iteration released

Changes:
* Fixes on udev initialization

Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1v6964 ... F4LJfXEB94
MD5 Checksum: 664a029ffc4dcf39b1caf45563549127

[mistfire]

New X-Slacko Slim iteration released

Changes:
* Reorganized Menu structure
* Added support for Paldo Linux packages
* Some fixes

Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CGMBV ... HSgu0wwgGB
MD5 Checksum: bd107444bfb26c1dd4b9434b96113f98[/b]

[mistfire]

New X-Slacko Slim iteration released

Changes:
* Improved GUI interfaces for puppy core apps
* NSS library now included for much easier installation of web browsers in package or sfs modules

Download:https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KGzt6 ... VKnck3CKhX
MD5 Checksum: 715510666357b8a2e21b10aa9a6f9c31

[MochiMoppel]

Gave it a try on my Lenovo IdeaPad S10.

Problems:
1) My external monitor (VGA 1600x1200) is not recognized.
xrandr lists only one (netbook) monitor and the ext. monitor mirrors the netbook screen in its native 1026x600 resolution. Tried to change resolution to 1600x1200, but this would merely zoom the 1026x600 display to fill the ext. monitor and results in huge texts and icons but not in a change of resolution.

2) Upon the "fake" resolution change the USB keyboard and mouse attached to the netbook stopped working. X-Slacko could only be operated by the netbook's own keyboard and touchpad. Unless this is fixed the distro is unusable for me.

[01101001b]

@01101001b what application did you want to set in spanish?

Hi mistfire! Thank you so much for your concern! And please accept my apologies for not replying soon

Back then I was quite in a hurry so I had to find a solution no matter what. I couldn't so I had to try something else and in the middle of all that mess I forgot my consult. My bad

Thanks again!

[mistfire]

New X-Slacko Slim iteration released

Changes:
* Improved Puppy Package Manager
* Improved Puppy core apps

Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=14udhD ... IZPRvaJXll
MD5 Checksum: f2a3fa237b212d0fac6dec8f478464f1

[mistfire]

Gave it a try on my Lenovo IdeaPad S10.

Problems:
1) My external monitor (VGA 1600x1200) is not recognized.
xrandr lists only one (netbook) monitor and the ext. monitor mirrors the netbook screen in its native 1026x600 resolution. Tried to change resolution to 1600x1200, but this would merely zoom the 1026x600 display to fill the ext. monitor and results in huge texts and icons but not in a change of resolution.

2) Upon the "fake" resolution change the USB keyboard and mouse attached to the netbook stopped working. X-Slacko could only be operated by the netbook's own keyboard and touchpad. Unless this is fixed the distro is unusable for me.

Try to change kernel and zdrv modules. Using kernel file and zdrv file of other puppies. Just rename the zdrv file to zdrv_xslacko_4.4.sfs

[mistfire]

New X-Slacko Slim iteration released

Changes:
* Linux kernel 4.14.150
* Added support for zstd compressed packages
* Tweaks on initrd
* Some bugfixes

Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1H2aal ... A9YdxjHQa3
MD5 Checksum: e5bbb15b3a22f100e00848c053da72f4

[mistfire]

New X-Slacko Slim iteration released

Changes:
* Improved package upgrade/downgrade
* Improved package removal
* Fix some hibernation issues
* More bugfixes

Download:https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Dm14g ... ZCdwKbga5T
MD5 Checksum: 6aff0c630267e428208d7b47a966de77

[mistfire]

New X-Slacko Slim iteration released

Changes:
* Some fixes on package management

Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oKVUg ... TZg4jKMYO8
MD5 Checksum: e8cb02799e7024ac4f94d1605a647fe9

[tommy]

I have noticed that the CAPS LOCK and BLOC NUM keyboard leds don't turn on when the keys are pressed.

This happens in both laptop keyboards and desktop keyboards.

Though it's a minor bug I find it quite annoying. Is it possible to have the usual behaviour

CAPS LOCK pressed --> Caps lock LED turns on/off ?
BLOC NUM pressed --> Bloc Num LED turns on/off ?

Thank you!