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pemasu · #81 Post by **pemasu** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 11:24

01micko. Yep, those three kernel module driver additions have been in the table in recent kernel discussions. Barrys specs includes that broadcom driver, but check it in staging section. vgaswitcheroo needs debugfs, do not disable it if you wonder why it is there. It is nice addition for those dual graphics owners if they want to play with on the fly graphics switching. It might even work.

I count now about 4-5 reasons why to test newer kernel. And it might have some other new drivers included as bonus.

mavrothal · #82 Post by **mavrothal** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 11:28

01micko wrote: Compiling ffmpeg now

while at it could you look why guvcview-1.5.0 fails on video recording with

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Checking video mode 320x240@32bpp : OK 
[mp2 @ 0x83d59c0] codec type or id mismatches
could not open codec
Segmentation fault

A fast google search points to ffmpeg

mories · #83 Post by **mories** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 11:38

Slacko B4 has this little bug
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 425#538425

01micko · #84 Post by **01micko** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 11:58

mories wrote:Slacko B4 has this little bug
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 425#538425

I see.. but this could cause sfs_load to bug.. I'll add the fix but will consult with shinobar.. the fix makes the script useless.

cowboy · #85 Post by **cowboy** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 13:05

01micko - report on B4 and my Brookdale "r" us chip.

having difficulty with B4, the brookdale effect is alive and well, I'm getting lines and shattered desktops with every new boot. Posting now from Seamonkey and B4 running vesa. That holds. Have tried the manual "BROOKDALE" command but getting there is a problem - the screen either goes black while trying to exit to prompt, or if I can get there and run "BROOKDALE", when I then try to execute "xwin", the screen goes black and stays black.

Often, effect begins shortly after hearing the "woof woof" bark, and a couple of times, the screen has gone completely black after the opening bark. A few other times, I've reached the "Personalize Settings" block, only to have the screen go black after making my choices there. Happens whether I choose OK at that point, or try and invoke xorgwizard from the button.

One note, and it's just me. I found the pre-checked boxes for Numlock and the UTC clock confusing on Personalize Settings. Took me a bit to realize they were not pre-checked, and that you have a hover effect there to turn them both blue and checked.

If you need me to test anything in particular 01micko, just let me know. I like how Slacko is shaping up; your efforts are paying off, and there are some great programs included. thanks.

p.s. The "Brookdale Effect"? was that a Vonnegut short story?

Jades · #86 Post by **Jades** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 13:33

01micko wrote:Yep, that was a legacy thing with xorg_high, fixed..

Downloaded mesa-7.10.2-s from PPM and installed on Pentium D machine without problems, getting around 297 fps on glxgears, not bad.

01micko wrote:check this ..http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... i486-s.pet

Thanks! Seems to be working OK on the K6, on one of the rare occasions when it's decided to start properly. Played a couple of MP3s on GNOME MPlayer without incident. Will test more.

Sage · #87 Post by **Sage** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 14:09

We go back to Stardust

Why not upgrade the Soldiers' Point to have a video + sound loop of the waves on the shore?

zigbert · #88 Post by **zigbert** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 14:29

It seems that I have fixed the Pburn trouble.
Will come back with updates later

Sigmund

zigbert · #89 Post by **zigbert** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 16:12

Here it is

Jades · #90 Post by **Jades** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 16:45

I've uploaded a HardInfo report for Slacko B4 running on Merlin, the Pentium D machine. The address is http://www.jades.org/comps/hir_merlin_slacko_b4.html - this is the machine with the indifferent wireless performance.

drblock2 · #91 Post by **drblock2** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 18:30

mick01

No, you cannot hide your light under a bushel. We will always find you, but a link to this thread from the first page of the B3 thread would have facilitated things

. Google solved the problem and I later discovered that there is a link via slickpet and puppy news - but this seems rather roundabout.

Installation on my AMD Athlon 2000 MHz machine (ca. 2002) worked fine. Automatic ethernet connection and sound configured properly on boot, nv driver installed. Cannon Lida 25 scanner works out of the box.

I am impressed by the new look - although the font rendering could possibly be better.

Now for a number of small points:

1. The welcome box on start up reappears sporadically. Once at start up when it is appropriate and again after dowloading Flash Player in SeaMonkey and once again after updating nv to nvidia.

2. PPM works well, but does not inform the user that the package has been successfully installed.

3. CUPS also works perfectly, but the introductory screen after "Add New Printer" disappears after a few seconds, not enough time for a nooby to read it.

4. Shut down with save file and eth0 connection causes reboot when started from the menu, but works correctly if I exit X and type "poweroff" at the command line. (Incidentally, shut down is much faster than on most other puppies, which take for-e-e-e-e-ver to shut down when local network drives are attached.)

5. Abiword does not open .odt or .docx files, which reduces it usefulness considerably. This is not a specifically Slacko problem.

6. The libGLU.so files necessary for VirtualBox are missing, but I was able to borrow them from Slacko's sister Luci. All three seem to be identical. I will check this out and report back. If true, this would reduce the necessary capacity by ca. 1 MB.

In general, Slacko B4 makes a solid impression - it also seems to be the fastest Puppy of all. Super!

rodin.s · #92 Post by **rodin.s** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 18:37

We need lang packs for the repo that can be auto accessed by first-run (shino).. anyone interested???

I have made lang_pack_ru for Slacko-4.99.5 and now I need to update it a little for beta 4.

rcrsn51 · #93 Post by **rcrsn51** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 18:45

drblock2 wrote:3. CUPS also works perfectly, but the introductory screen after "Add New Printer" disappears after a few seconds, not enough time for a nooby to read it.

Most of the information on that screen is out of date. It perpetuates the myth that you can install a printer just by finding its PPD file.

The entire cups_shell script could be replaced with one line:

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defaultbrowser http://localhost:631

jim3630 · #94 Post by **jim3630** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 18:54

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

01micko did fresh pfix=ram installed mesa-7.10.2-s.pet restarted x and got

# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
276 frames in 5.0 seconds = 55.097 FPS
377 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.258 FPS
377 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.261 FPS
377 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.259 FPS
377 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.259 FPS

this is one of the few puppys that fixed the geometry automatically to the correct FPS as the monitor refresh rate. very nice.

all my shut downs have worked without converting to a reboot on this box with frisbee installed.

confirm on the pupsave dialog I cannot tell which of the selections I have chosen. it does not highlight.

rcrsn51 · #95 Post by **rcrsn51** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 18:58

The default GTK theme "23oz" has an odd appearance with check boxes. You can see this on the CUPS administration page, where all the items on the right side appear to be checked. There is just a subtle difference in brightness between checked and unchecked.

Even a non-nooby might find this confusing.

jim3630 · #96 Post by **jim3630** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 19:08

pemasu wrote: Also you get that new broadcom driver jim3630 has been stubbornly speaking of. You get rid of his complaints also...
I said the latter positively, no hard feelings behind. Dont take me wrong. Lol.

pemasu ha, ha, good to see your sense of humor friend. stubborn carries a connotation of : difficult to handle, manage, or treat and 01micko is more than able to handle me. I would have used persistent because I've "remaining infective for a relatively long time."

jim3630 · #97 Post by **jim3630** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 20:05

now have shut down converted to reboot with only broadcom wl, frisbee from menu, and mesa 7-10.s- pets installed.

zigbert · #98 Post by **zigbert** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 20:46

Pmusic 2.1.3

mavrothal · #99 Post by **mavrothal** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 20:54

rcrsn51 wrote:The default GTK theme "23oz" has an odd appearance with check boxes.
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Even a non-nooby might find this confusing.

Totally agree.
Also the fact that the check mark is there (see semonkey prefs for an example) makes things even more confusing.
Please change.

On a related note (though just a matter of taste), these "blue a round themes" adopted on latest luci and slacko, look to me (an old time mac user) like "OS9 classic meets gtk1"

Stripe · #100 Post by **Stripe** » Sat 24 Sep 2011, 21:05

hi all

just a useability issue with the first run wizard, I was setting up a frugal install from an iso image on a hard drive and getting the machine to boot using grub4dos. After booting the machine from the cd the autorun of settings was nothing but a pain (seemed to slow the machine down as well), I did not want to change any settings or connect to the internet.

is there any chance of making the first run wizard operate from a desktop icon so that it does not automatically run? or a simple yes/no gui asking if you want to run it? it can always be run later from the personalize settings option in the menu

I have just experienced a reboot from the power off command, wireless via sns and a frugal install

cheers

don

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