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#41 Post by pa_mcclamrock »

OK, I'm using SeaMonkey on Slacko B4 to send this message. Internet connection (Ethernet + router) works automatically, so does sound, printing with AbiWord is no problem. On reflection, I do like having SeaMonkey all ready to go, instead of having to download a browser (other than Dillo or some such thing) before getting to use it. Aside from a couple of bugs that need to be squashed, this looks like an excellent example of how much can be done in the "Puppy 4.x extended" line. (I like Lucid 5.2.8 a lot, but I never did understand why Ubuntu was supposed to provide a better basis for a Puppy build than good old Slackware.)

Here are the two bugs I've found:

When I clicked the Desktop Icon Switcher menu item, I did get the icon switcher, but I also got both the "Personalize Settings" and "Network Connection Wizard" boxes, which I hadn't requested.

In Pmusic, there's no progress bar when I'm playing some music; the status line just keeps saying "Buffering . . . Please wait." I don't know if this version of Pmusic does this everywhere or only in Slacko for some reason, but the versions of Pmusic I used to use did have a progress bar that gave actual information about the playing time.

Squash those bugs, and keep up the good work!
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#42 Post by 01micko »

Thanks for report Pa, good to have you aboard :)
pa_mcclamrock wrote:When I clicked the Desktop Icon Switcher menu item, I did get the icon switcher, but I also got both the "Personalize Settings" and "Network Connection Wizard" boxes, which I hadn't requested.
Hmmm.. I can't reproduce that one.. anybody else see that? Please test.

Pmusic is a different animal now. I'm sure Zigbert will see your report and offer an explanation. It is in heavy development.. did you notice the equalizer? :)

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#43 Post by James C »

01micko wrote:Thanks for report Pa, good to have you aboard :)
pa_mcclamrock wrote:When I clicked the Desktop Icon Switcher menu item, I did get the icon switcher, but I also got both the "Personalize Settings" and "Network Connection Wizard" boxes, which I hadn't requested.
Hmmm.. I can't reproduce that one.. anybody else see that? Please test.

Pmusic is a different animal now. I'm sure Zigbert will see your report and offer an explanation. It is in heavy development.. did you notice the equalizer? :)

Cheers
Just completed a second frugal install, switched icons in both installs.......no problems here.

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#44 Post by James C »

Second frugal install on my Windows 7, PCLOS 2011,Lucid box......actually used the installer this time.
Everything working on initial boot.No problems so far.

# report-video

VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 4.99.6

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

Driver used by Xorg:
nvidia

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: " 1440x900 " Depth: Depth 24

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

# glxgears
11582 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2316.400 FPS
11592 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2318.400 FPS
11856 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2371.200 FPS
11546 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2309.200 FPS
11750 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2350.000 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
Memory : 1034MB (160MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 23 Sep 2011 08:25:18 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : CMI8738-MC6 - C-Media CMI8738
Audio Adapter : ICH4 - Intel ICH5

Ethernet controller : ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100
Multimedia audio controller : C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738
VGA compatible controller : nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS]

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#45 Post by jim3630 »

01micko wrote:
Still need wl driver eh? The firmware you requested is in there... so it fails? If so I'll remove for B5/RC1, thanks for report
01mick0 if brcmsmac and brcmfmac drivers are in that woof it needs to be enabled during kernel compiling time. It resides in staging drivers section and compilers dont notice it easily so I have been told.

If those drivers are not in the kernel then the firmware pet will only help those who have the brcmsmac or brcmfmac driver pet which I do not.

Yes I'm still using the wl pet for now,.

Have looked and can't find a Xorg_High pet for my intel graphics card. the one for 529 did not work here.

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#46 Post by BarryK »

aarf wrote:can't get to the bottom of this screen to select something to create pupsave.
can just hit return and it defaults to whatever.
Ah, you have a 600 pixel high screen. Ok, I will have to try and fix some of the shutdown GUI windows to fit into that height.

Gtkdialog4 now has support for vertical or horizontal scrollbars if window or a widget needs to be size-constrained. I'll look into that.

Note to 01micko,
You are brave not having gtkdialog3 in Slacko!
[url]https://bkhome.org/news/[/url]

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#47 Post by 01micko »

jim3630 wrote:
01micko wrote:
Still need wl driver eh? The firmware you requested is in there... so it fails? If so I'll remove for B5/RC1, thanks for report
01mick0 if brcmsmac and brcmfmac drivers are in that woof it needs to be enabled during kernel compiling time. It resides in staging drivers section and compilers dont notice it easily so I have been told.

If those drivers are not in the kernel then the firmware pet will only help those who have the brcmsmac or brcmfmac driver pet which I do not.

Yes I'm still using the wl pet for now,.

Have looked and can't find a Xorg_High pet for my intel graphics card. the one for 529 did not work here.
Ok, got it, thanks :wink:

Xorg_High=Mesa in Slacko. It was supposed to work in Slickpet [ :oops: ].. however it does work in PPM.. go to PPM, puppy-slacko > system > mesa-7.10.2-s, about 21M
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#48 Post by 01micko »

erm.. forum traffic jam!

double post, removed by me
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#49 Post by aarf »

BarryK wrote:
aarf wrote:can't get to the bottom of this screen to select something to create pupsave.
can just hit return and it defaults to whatever.
Ah, you have a 600 pixel high screen. Ok, I will have to try and fix some of the shutdown GUI windows to fit into that height.
480 pixels high?
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#50 Post by BarryK »

pemasu wrote:Xf-prot fails in downloading: error expanding fp-Linux-i686-ws.tar.gz. Aborting.
Does it expect savefile to be created first ? Or maybe the connection and download just failed, the message flickers too quick for me, like most things in my life.
See my report on Xfprot here:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02493

Avast! is an alternative:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02494
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#51 Post by 01micko »

BarryK wrote:
aarf wrote:can't get to the bottom of this screen to select something to create pupsave.
can just hit return and it defaults to whatever.
Ah, you have a 600 pixel high screen. Ok, I will have to try and fix some of the shutdown GUI windows to fit into that height.

Gtkdialog4 now has support for vertical or horizontal scrollbars if window or a widget needs to be size-constrained. I'll look into that.

Note to 01micko,
You are brave not having gtkdialog3 in Slacko!
Small screen res users... [aarf in particular]

attached is a hacked pupdialog, only useful if you install when pfix=ram, it contains a condition that tests your screen height and if less than or equal to 600px then adds a scroll bar, the gui will be 400px high, 450 px wide but the problem is that this is hard coded, can't work around it in the context of pupdialog. Splash screens will look awful, but it will work and you will be able to use it.. it's a one off thing anyway.

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Shutdown bug... people experiencing this please state your connection program.. I'm nearly certain it's Frisbee, it's also intermittent, doesn't always occur for me.

Barry.. nothing brave :) ..it's going pretty well so far..IMHO gtkdialog3 is far too buggy (I have gtkdialog, with symlinks gtkdialog3 and gtkdialog4, r298)

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#52 Post by BarryK »

jim3630 wrote:
01micko wrote:
Still need wl driver eh? The firmware you requested is in there... so it fails? If so I'll remove for B5/RC1, thanks for report
01mick0 if brcmsmac and brcmfmac drivers are in that woof it needs to be enabled during kernel compiling time. It resides in staging drivers section and compilers dont notice it easily so I have been told.

If those drivers are not in the kernel then the firmware pet will only help those who have the brcmsmac or brcmfmac driver pet which I do not.

Yes I'm still using the wl pet for now,.
Yes, the Broadcom firmware was put into Woof recently:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02484

01micko could use this kernel PET, which does have that broadcom driver:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_pa ... 686-w5.pet

But, it was compiled in Wary. If anyone wants to recompile it for Slacko, I have made it so easy-peasy:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02476

...the script even creates the kernel PET!
[url]https://bkhome.org/news/[/url]

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#53 Post by BarryK »

aarf wrote:
BarryK wrote:
aarf wrote:can't get to the bottom of this screen to select something to create pupsave.
can just hit return and it defaults to whatever.
Ah, you have a 600 pixel high screen. Ok, I will have to try and fix some of the shutdown GUI windows to fit into that height.
480 pixels high?
Oh, ok, I didn't look properly.
[url]https://bkhome.org/news/[/url]

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#54 Post by 01micko »

BarryK wrote:
01micko could use this kernel PET, which does have that broadcom driver:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_pa ... 686-w5.pet

But, it was compiled in Wary. If anyone wants to recompile it for Slacko, I have made it so easy-peasy:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02476

...the script even creates the kernel PET!
yes Barry, haven't tried your script yet, I used Iguleder's a couple of months back. Will do though as an alternative. Didn't tempestuous mention about enabling some scsi driver? I'll dig around.

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#55 Post by BarryK »

01micko wrote:
BarryK wrote:
01micko could use this kernel PET, which does have that broadcom driver:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_pa ... 686-w5.pet

But, it was compiled in Wary. If anyone wants to recompile it for Slacko, I have made it so easy-peasy:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02476

...the script even creates the kernel PET!
yes Barry, haven't tried your script yet, I used Iguleder's a couple of months back. Will do though as an alternative. Didn't tempestuous mention about enabling some scsi driver? I'll dig around.

Cheers
Ah yes, I have that in my to-do list for the next kernel compile.

My notes:

"Enable FUSION MPT scsi support, then enable all of these:
mptspi
mptfc,
mptsas"
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#56 Post by jim3630 »

01micko wrote:
Xorg_High=Mesa in Slacko. It was supposed to work in Slickpet [ :oops: ].. however it does work in PPM.. go to PPM, puppy-slacko > system > mesa-7.10.2-s, about 21M
01micko thanks for the info. slickpet>drivers recommended "Xorg_High" to avoid confusion perhaps should state "mesa.."

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#57 Post by Lobster »

Nobody including me, takes my hacking reports seriously :oops:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 582#565582
. . . however . . . it did seem to happen overnight whilst the computer was connected with transmission (which leaves a potential 'carrier' channel open)
Maybe I need Fido?
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 833#559833

I have installed the Avast virus checker and am doing a thorough scan
(very nicely implemented).

Pets for Psip Puppy Phone are now ready for testing on B4
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 012#567012

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#58 Post by davids45 »

G'day,

Like a couple of earlier testers/posters, on my desktop, Slacko B4 just goes to reboot when I was sure I hit power off. This with a Frugal & a Full Slacko. Maybe a hardware specific issue - what do you need to know to check?

And for a bit of trivial slackness, there's a missing 'n' in the initial start-up box which told me I had a 'conection'.

No problems when running Slacko-B4 - nice and quick, with internet fine, pets & sfs load well, DTV card has good picture and sound.

Compliments to the chef.

David S.

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#59 Post by 01micko »

David, S thanks

What proggy are you using to connect, are you using wireless? I think this is the root of the shutdown issue. It only surfaced in B3
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#60 Post by aarf »

I am on tethered phone and also thought i hit shutdown and got reboot. Had closed the lid too.

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