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Lobster · Posted: Mon 21 Dec 2009, 06:35 Post subject: Quirky 002 feedback

download
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=01288

On first booting it told me it could not find kernel
then it did

I typed puppy pfix=ram
but it preferred to upgrade my existing 001 Quirky save file
- what I should type is quirky pfix=ram

Another strange one one - left the Quirky Puppy for a while
and when I came back the screen was all bleached out
This also happened with 001 but I forgot to report it

Ok gonna play some more Smile

ttuuxxx · Posted: Mon 21 Dec 2009, 07:39 Post subject:

looking forward to testing it out.
hope the compiler works Smile

ttuuxxx

mories · Joined: 21 Dec 2009 Posts: 30

Booting with parameter pkeys=es cause errors:
loadkmap: /dev/tty0 : No such file or directory
loadfont: /dev/tty0 : No such file or directory

Pausing for 60 seconds ...

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5167 Location: Finland

Acer Travelmate 6592G iwlagn wireless module loads ok and internet works.
Touchpad moves are really short, dont no where to change that.
Backlight brightness control is missing just like k2.6.30.5 Puppy and puplets. Something is different in these newer kernels. Wish it would come back.
Previous kernels worked through video module aka 4.12 and 4.21.

Pupradio works out of the box.

All the best and Merry Christmas

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK

Frugal install. Activating touchpad tapping through mouse set-up wizard changes configuration in xorg.conf correctly but is not activated at next boot.

mawebb88 · Joined: 13 Jul 2008 Posts: 245 Location: France nr Lyon

Installed as frugal and with Grub2 (using UNR 9.10) and booted just fine. But no suitable wireless modules.

Rgds Mike

dawnsboy · Posted: Mon 21 Dec 2009, 17:50 Post subject: Eeepc 701 4g

Booted up just fine. Looks a lot like most mainstream puppy version other than the bulldog on a skateboard background. Got online with wpa wireless in no time.

I noticed that right-clicking on a flash video in Seamonkey causes the browser to crash. Customarily right-clicking on a flash video brings up a context menu.

bigpup

When I used Quirky 002 on two different computers that had a Quirky 001 sfs file, it performed an upgrade operation on the first run.
I got all kinds of different desktop problems. None of the problems where the same between computers. I removed all Quirky 001 sfs files and did a clean boot with Quirky 002 and no problems. Seems the upgrade is not working.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4740 Location: Kentucky

Did a frugal install of Quirky 002 on my P3 test box with onboard Intel 810 graphics. Cannot achieve my desired 1024x768x16 screen resolution only getting 800x600x16.

Setting the resolution to 1024x768x16 in xorgwizard results in 800x600, however the xorg.conf file already shows 1024x768 when attempting an edit.

However, Quirky does boot fast and shut down even faster..... Smile

rameshiyer

I am facing shutdown and reboot problem while working in Live CD Mode. I am yet to try in Full Hard Disk Install.
I need Internal Conexant 56 K Softmodem driver for quirky 002. Kindly provide the same in pet package.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5167 Location: Finland

Frugal install. Shutdown and reboot problem once also. It bounced back to graphical desktop. Ctrl+alt+backspace and shutdown didnt work (command not found) and reboot command didnt help.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 22 Dec 2009, 02:16 Post subject:

Well the compiler works in this version Smile

excellent
ttuuxxx

rameshiyer

I am happy to inform you all that this time Java Runtime is working fine in Seamonkey 1.18 without any tweaking. I have not noticed any problem till this time. May be Quirky environment setup!. I don't know. In Puppy 4.3.1, the working of Java runtime is not properly. Whereas Java runtime in SeaMonkey is working properly. Moreover, Java Runtime is also working in Google Chrome !!!
(Full Hard Disk installation with Grub)

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4622 Location: GB

Quite a cute little beast. No d/l or the other problems reported elsewhere.
However, it still remains the only distro that doesn't shut down properly on all chipsets. Since every other developer has fixed this, be it kernel-based or w.h.y., this project should, in my opinion, halt until someone sufficiently knowledgeable fixes it. Recent threads have at last identified this flaw as one the biggest concerns of users.
Furthermore, since NatWest Bank declines to support SM, despite my own dislike of this Mozilla offering, it is a show terminator. NatWest/RBS/Coutts/DirectLine/etc/etc, a group with a very motley history, remains a very large international operation - one of the Big Four retail banks. Either Puppy/SM needs to conform to the NatWest list or persuade them to extend their list to SM.
Ironically, if the problem occurred in Opera, that browser has the facility to emulate any other!
Maybe there are a bundle of pressing intricacies of code to fix, but these two aspects are major trees in the wood. As such, we need a 'down tools' until they are addressed.

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4349 Location: merriam, kansas

Full installs.

Liked 001 seamonkey a little better as it permits dragging url
to personal toolbar, 002 doesn't.

002 gparted has yellow warning triangle on 430 ext4 partition?

Gparted shows 740mb unused, 264 used, on 1004mb partition
Freemaplet shows 690 free on that partition.
Partview shows 755 free on that partition.

Quirky connection wizard works very well with my Atheros (ath5k)
cards, no scanning or wpa problems like 4.30 or 4.31 have.

Would be nice to have the Broadcom fix for Lenovo s10 netbook
wireless.

The splash sceen puppy always makes me laugh. Very Happy