Slackpup 0.4 beta

[BarryK]

The announcement for 0.3 on my blog:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=01695

The forum discussion on Spup 0.2:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=57110

A major feature of this pup is that Kenel Mode Setting is turned on for Intel 'i915', Nvidia 'nouvea' and ATI 'radeon' kernel modules -- see /etc/modprobe.d
-- if any other hardware needs to have KMS turned on, you can experiment with an appropriate config file in this directory.

Note, the kernel video drivers are at /lib/modules/2.6.34/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/

Find the bugs!

EDIT:
Spup 0.4 has arrived:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=01715

You might also find this post on Samba printing to be useful:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 211#433211

Discussion on 0.4 starts from the bottom of page 3...

[Jim1911]

Slackpup 0.3 beta is working well. kudos

Only problem so far is the new nouvea driver. It is found using probe to setup the driver. The display had problems though, small dashes of different colors were scattered over the screen and kept moving around. When exiting to prompt the screen resolution was changed so it was very difficult to see the print. Also, upon shutdown, it went to a black screen. This driver is useless for my hardware.

Choosing nv on reboot worked fine and hopefully a pet will be made of the nvidia 256.36 driver for this distribution.

Thanks,
Jim

System: BFG NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS 512MB, Asus P6T Motherboard, Intel core i7-920 (8MB Cache, 2.66 GHz), DDR3 3GB 1333MHz ram, Pioneer DVR-2910 DVD+-RW Dual Layer Burner, Realtek ALC1200 Audio, HP Photosmart C5280 All-in-One

[BarryK]

Yeah, I'm new to using 'fbcon' kernel module, the frame-buffer console driver, and I don't know how to specify the resolution.

Note, the intel kernel driver doesn't seem to need 'fbcon', seems to have its own console driver. That also has the problem of displaying in a very high resolution, or rather, very small text.

[BarryK]

Attached is the Slackware 13.1 ntfsprogs package. It supplies the missing libntfs* shared library.

The ntfsprogs package template in Woof had screened out the shared library, now fixed.

I had to gzip it, as this forum will not accept an .txz file as attachment.
So, download it, then run 'gunzip', then click on this package, then choose Yes button to install...

[Billtoo]

Computer 1 - ati hd 3200 onboard - chose probe

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
02:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23885 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 04)

Driver used by Xorg:
radeon

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
#
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Computer 2 - nvidia 8600GT - chose probe

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
07:02.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)

Driver used by Xorg:
nouveau

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
#

Screen had strange lines here and there over entire screen so I exited to the prompt and ran xorgwizard and chose the nv driver.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
07:02.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)

Driver used by Xorg:
nv

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
#

The screen is good with the nv driver.

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I installed a pet of wine 14.2rc5 that I made in quirky the other day and it worked well.
I installed safari 5.0 + install_flash_player.exe in wine and safari played flash videos at cnn and youtube perfectly.
Safari ran fast too.
I downloaded firefox from the slackware repo in puppy package manager and it worked perfectly,also downloaded amarok 2.30
from slackware repositories and it has a lot of dependencies.Amarok would come up when I clicked on the menu entry but it showed
a lot of error messages and wouldn't work.
EDIT:
I installed the devx and ran amarok again, only a couple of errors this time and I could load a file.Mp3's won't play but ogg files play fine.

[James C]

Fresh frugal install on my old P3 test computer.


VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (GMCH) Graphics Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (CGC) Chipset Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Driver used by Xorg:
intel

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
#

[James C]

Moved the testing to running live on my Quad-core with onboard Nvidia graphics.


VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
oem: NVIDIA
product: MCP61 - mcp61-86 Chip Rev

Driver used by Xorg:
nouveau

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
#

[tronkel]

Good video using ATI Radeon:

VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: 01.00

Driver used by Xorg:
radeon

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

Xsane has to be re-installed from PM to correct missing dependencies.

CUPS shell will not show at localhost:631. Nothing prints.

[01micko]

hmmmm....

eek! (see screeny)

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
oem: NVIDIA
product: G98 Board - 5610002u Chip Rev

Driver used by Xorg:
nouveau

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution:  Depth 24  Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video

This is after I opened the menu and then shut it... looks like menu icons are fragmented and displayed anywhere.

Cheers

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Ahh that's better, good old nv and we're back to a usable display

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VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
oem: NVIDIA
product: G98 Board - 5610002u Chip Rev

Driver used by Xorg:
nv

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution:  Depth 24  Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video

Thanks

[sasaqqdan]

http://puppy.cnbits.com/node/1487

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
oem: NVIDIA
product: GT216 Board - 0680vb05 Chip Rev

Driver used by Xorg:
vesa

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution:  Depth 24  Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video

[stu90]

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VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
oem: ATI RadeonŽ Xpress 1150

Driver used by Xorg:
radeon

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution:  Depth 24  Depth: "Display"

Boots to desktop no problem

Connects to secure wireless network

gnome mplayer plays avi, mp3, flash, streaming radio.

Does this version have duel core support as only picking up single core on
Processor: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50

Puppy package manager when ever i try to view package dependencies the preinstall window closes.

[aarf]

booted xorg with "probe". manual selected x24 .
posted from sns wifi. screen is normal.
gnomeplayer plays opera /tmp extracted video, ogg, mp4, mpeg.
ppm is still cut off at the bottom.

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)

Driver used by Xorg:
intel

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution:  Depth 24  Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# 

[tubby]

Frugal install on Toshiba Portege laptop.


VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
oem: Trident CYBER 8820

Driver used by Xorg:
trident

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

No problem with video probe, but the same problem and fix with wifi on this computer, i have noticed that there are two rc.pcmcia scripts?, one in etc/init.d and the other in etc/rc.d.

[Billtoo]

emachines d620 laptop

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RS690 01.00

Driver used by Xorg:
radeon

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
#

I spent the morning adding applications to spup 030, all pets and others that I compiled in spup 030.Then I did a remaster and burned a new cd, the custom spup iso is 293mb
I did a full install on this laptop and so far it is working great, I think it will remain here for quite a while.I am using wine-1.2-rc6 and it is working well on this laptop.
This is good, thanks

[richwa4sxz]

VIDEO REPORT: Slackpup, version 030

Chip description:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Driver used by Xorg:
vesa

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

Attempting to run Xorg worked but Seamonkey just generated large black areas at the animated Google page. Vesa goes to black at the console mode causing me to do a blind reboot. Audio seems to work as expected.

[aarf]

opera-10.60-6386.i386.linux
/tmp/xerrs.log

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The program 'operapluginwrapper' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'.
  (Details: serial 383492 error_code 3 request_code 3 minor_code 0)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

havent noticed this youtube video stopper before use in spup although it may be elsewhere as well. stops video and need to reload the page to restart but on long videos of 10 min still unable to get past about half way before the error stops the video.


EDIT; finally got this down. trick is not to resize, move, open or refresh any widows while the video is playing. dont touch anything at all just watch the video.
also be sure the pupsave has enough space for the video go into /tmp after it downloads then you can copy the flash file out of /tmp and play it in gnomeplayer. (and edit it in openshot)
you2pup downloader is failing for me at present.

[aarf]

pwidgets-2.3.0.pet only displays the analog clock.
wifi is holding very well.
general opera web browsing is not resulting many crashes.
overall good stable impression.
fsck is clean.
edit: so i did another right after this post this is the partition that contains only opera
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# fsck -f /dev/sdb2
fsck 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)
e2fsck 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
Free blocks count wrong for group #19 (3422, counted=3423).
Fix<y>? yes

Free blocks count wrong for group #26 (1748, counted=1749).
Fix<y>? yes

Free blocks count wrong for group #29 (4580, counted=4581).
Fix<y>? yes

Free blocks count wrong (56465, counted=56468).
Fix<y>? yes


opera: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
opera: 2693/62496 files (34.2% non-contiguous), 193516/249984 blocks
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edit: lupu500 fails the same way "Free blocks count wrong"on fsck as well

[piratesmack]

Thanks, Slackware and Puppy are my 2 favorite distros.

I'm having one problem. The acpi-cpufreq kernel module fails to load with the error 'no such device', so I can't use speedstep on my netbook.

[BarryK]

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Does this version have duel core support as only picking up single core on
Processor: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50[/quote]

No, the 2.6.34 kernel was configured with SMP disabled. The next release of Slackpup will have an SMP-enabled kernel.

[tazoc]

Find the bugs!

All those great packages on the Quirky repo can't be accessed in PPM. Slackware, Woof and Wary, but not Quirky.
-TazOC