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#121 Post by eternal-sunshine »

Hi Lobster
Thanks for that.
I had made a similar addition to my install but my point to 01Micko was that others may like it as well as Dropbox is gaining popularity.

FWIW I note yours point to http://www.dropbox.com home page but I have set mine to http://www.dropbox.com/login.

Cheers

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keyboard layout issue

#122 Post by mave »

Hi,

trying Slacko B4: did an install, personal save file, setting german localization... seems to be fine.

First surprised and in this minutes I'm booting again and uuups: no german keyboard layout. Looking on the counbtry settings: everything's okay: german But having US-layout.

Restart X and: hey, here we are!

Slacko B4 seems to forget the keyboard layout while having a correct user setting?

mave

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Re: delaydrun

#123 Post by 01micko »

shinobar wrote:
01micko wrote:it was a real mess before with first-run being called from /usr/sbin/delayedrun and ~/Startup/fullstart :roll:
The delaydrun should not call any dialogue, firstrun, welcome1stboot, nor flashplayer installer. Then they must be more simple.
hmm.. I agree.. but the way it's structured now it is like a daemon.. turns out I had to call first-run in delayedrun.. bit sad about that.. :( .. but at least it is all working as expected... trying to keep processes to a minimum, there is lots commented in delayedrun in B5! Thanks shino :)

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In other news..

I'm almost certain acpid is to blame for poweroff issues.. I had this theory before eternal-sunshine's post (thanks).. I will look for and prepare the best possible package.

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#124 Post by Lobster »

installed xfce from slacko PPM 8)
run startxfce4 from command line
Didn't Lucid have swap window manager code?

Compiz could not do :cry:
Gmome games downloaded and all looked OK

Lots more to test and use in PPM . . . :)

Found mhwavedit, which I was playing with a large 89MB wav file today
was very stable.
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#125 Post by DaveS »

Rockstar is a bit of fun. Rockstar... Eucalyptus what is it with you and green?
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#126 Post by Sage »

I'm almost certain acpid is to blame for poweroff issues.
Always has been - even Dougal struggled with it. It's become a feature of Puppy - only ever encountered it maybe once or twice(?) with other distros. Boot code always works, but it isn't the same for all systems, mostly =force, but sometimes =off or even on. Weird.

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Russian for welcome1stboot.sh

#127 Post by rodin.s »

I have made Russian translation for welcome1stboot.sh. I have also fixed line 51 of the script.
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#128 Post by pemasu »

Acpid is usually daemon in /usr/sbin. It mostly sits there and listens if something wakes it up using commands in /etc/acpi/actions.
There is usually 2 scripts, one shuts down from powerbutton and other suspends to the ram. Not much else. Acpid binary is usually small.
I have this reduced script in /etc/acpi/actions. It is originally done by patriot, improved by shinobar and I then took most of their work out, lol:

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SOUND="/usr/share/audio/bark.au"
PLAY="aplay"
[ -f "$SOUND" ] && which $(basename $PLAY) >/dev/null && $(basename $PLAY) "$SOUND" 

#echo "DISPLAY=$DISPLAY" >> /root/acpi.log
X_pid=`ps ax | awk '{if (match($5, "X$") || $5 == "X") print $1}'`
if [ "$X_pid" != "" ]; then
#if [ "$DISPLAY" != "" ]; then
 [ -f /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE ] && source /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE
 [ -f /etc/rc.d/pupsave.conf ] && source /etc/rc.d/pupsave.conf
 GTKDIALOG=$(which gtkdialog3)
 PUPSAVECONFIG=$(which pupsaveconfig)
 fi
 [ "$PUPSAVECONFIG" = "" ] && PUPSAVECONFIG=$(which pupsave)
if  [ "$PUPMODE" != "5" -o "$PRECHOICE" != "" -o "$PUPSAVECONFIG" = "" ]; then
P=wmpoweroff
else
P=poweroff
fi
exec $P
Kernel ACPI section is much much more, to what sage referred. It accepts also boot time kernel parameters.
ACPI allows control of power management from within the operating system.
ACPI can typically be configured from within the operating system. This is unlike APM where configuration often involves rebooting and entering the BIOS configuration screens to set parameters.
ACPI has several different software components:
a subsystem which controls hardware states and functions that may have previously been in the BIOS configuration
These states include:
thermal control
motherboard configuration
power states (sleep, suspend)

A policy manager, which is software that sits on top of the operating system and allows user input on the system policies

the ACPI also has device drivers that control/monitor devices such as a laptop battery, SMBus (communication/transmission path) and EC (embedded controller).
It would be hard for me to use laptop without ACPI kernel system support.

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#129 Post by eternal-sunshine »

1. Still unable to get Chromium to work with B4. Using slickpet and chromium 15 but I can't find all the missing deps (GConf orbit2 libevent). Found orbit2 in lupu528 but not the others. Anyone any ideas.

2. So I tried Chromium 16.0.881-slacko pet from PPM. It didn't complain of any missing deps but still wouldnt run.

3. Barrys Softmaker Office 2008 cut-down pet (12MB) works well.

4. I placed OOOlight sfs file (from their web site) in /mnt/home and also /mnt/home/slackoB4 but it isn't recognised in BootManager. I checked and it's a version 4 sfs.
The sfs does work ok in lupu528.

And it works as a pet in slacko but not as an sfs file but I really prefer to run as sfs. Anyone can help here?

5. installed Dropbox 1.0.20-1.0.20 from PPM and this doesnt run from Menu. CLI says
/usr/bin/dropbox: /usr/bin/python: bad interpreter: no such file or directory
. So I assume it needs python to run. Any idea which version and where I install it to?

Thanks
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SiS Card

#130 Post by sszindian »

01micko wrote:

sszindian.. I have bad news..

My SiS machine uses the vesa driver, I compiled as many versions as I could find of the SiS xorg driver and not one would work. It is pretty much unsupported since 2010/10 .. not good

There is precious little info around the web on SiS older chips and newer Xorg, except it fails! There was one patched driver I found for Xorg-7.5 but it failed in Xorg-7.6.


Many thanks mic for all the trouble this SiS card caused, I really appreciate all the work involved you trying to fix me up! I guess we'll just have to wait and see what comes up if the Slack-Geeks have any any solution or not. Shame, I really wanted to help with the testing of Slacko but if other versions of Puppy keep upgrading and going with the Xorg-7.6, it may well mean that older machines like mine and newer Puppy versions will have to part ways.

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#131 Post by Jim1911 »

Manual frugal installation on an ext4 partition is working great on my main system with a wired internet connection and a second system on a NTFS partition whith wifi internet connection. Internet connections were perfect on both systems. On the wifi connection I used Frisbee to make the connection.

Both systems booted perfectly and all software checked is working fine. The new first shutdown scripts are OK, however I prefer using shinobar's pupsaveconfig for first shutdown since it provides an option to create a 4fs save file. So after creating an initial save file I deleted it and created new 4fs save files using pupsaveconfig.

As for video, my main system has a Nvidia card, and your NVIDIA 280.13 driver works fine. The Dell system has a ATI video card and the recommended add on driver is Xorg_High which isn't available.

Sorry, I don't have any problems to report. Are there any specific items where you need feedback?

Thanks for this super release,
Jim

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#132 Post by jpeps »

I'm stumped. For some reason I can't get links to load in Notecase Pro.
It opens defaultbrowser to the home page. It does the same when I try to go to it's homepage in the help menu. The "$@" is listed correctly for defaultbrowser, and works fine from the commandline. I tried different browsers with the same result.

Links work fine in NotecasePro in lucid and three-headed dog. I booted with prefix=ram, loaded NotecasePro pet, and had the same problem (I left the defaultbrowser alone...so it loaded Seamonkey). Everything else in Notecase Pro works fine in slacko. Any ideas?

I get an error message when trying to load a link:

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(process:17840): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
	Using the fallback 'C' locale.
edit: I get that error in Dog also....so that's not it.
edit2: echo'd from defaultbrowser script; definitely not passing the args.
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#133 Post by 01micko »

Acpid is attached ..I don't know if it's going to fix shutdown issues!

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Tasgarth and those with sound issues, try alsamixer, I will make it the default mixer, it works for me on my eee-701 sd where retrovol settings would not.

Acpid removed, see next page
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#134 Post by 01micko »

eternal-sunshime

I dislike packaging stuff with deps included, slickpet doesn't get dependencies, i'll remove chromium-15. The thing is, if you package stuff with shared libs included then when/if you uninstall that package they get dragged out with it .. this could cause other apps to bork, so if I package with deps (rarely) I put them in a non standard place, then if they go it doesn't affect things. One way to do that is put shared libs in say /opt/lib and make a wrapper script for the app adjusting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH when the app is run so it finds the shared libs it needs.

python can be found in PPM, in slackware repo, just type "python" in the search box.

I'll take a look at OOo lite.
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#135 Post by 01micko »

DaveS wrote:Rockstar is a bit of fun. Rockstar... Eucalyptus what is it with you and green?
:? ... :) ..wait til you see the full theme in action ... new jwm theme too.. actually there really isn't much "rock star" about rockstar... except the left handed checkbox .. should suit you tho.. with your left handed window deco :)
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#136 Post by Lobster »

Do we still have Porteus module compatibility? What does this mean? Where are the modules? 8)
http://porteus.org/distro-download/porteus-scripts.html

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#137 Post by charlie6 »

Hi Mick,
01micko wrote:Charlie, you can do it manually anyway, drop to the prompt and run xorgwizard, then before you type xwin run "BROOKDALE" (caps, no quotes.) :) run xwin and all is happy in Brookdale virtual land.
Thanks Mick! ...this only works here at the conditions that «...drop to the prompt and run xorgwizard...»
doing it FAST ENOUGH BEFORE ANY DIALOG BOX POPS UP
and NOT running xorgwizard now.

Instead: afterwards exit to prompt, entered BROOKDALE without starting xorgwizard;
and at prompt entered xwin.
Then X restarts nice and the settings may continue without any X problems.

Here on Brookdale rev01 + B4 me noticed that immediately after live-cd boot and before any rox window popup, background is displayed OK.
Afterwards, upon any dialog box window popup, - whatever Personalize settings popup, or opening a rox window such as clicking on Files icon to open /root files window - the screen filckers ± 0.1 sec to black + stripped lines and comes back again. From here not any longer chance to get X working: menu texts disappear etc ...

All this tested several (enough) times on fresh live-cd bootups to check its reproducibility.

Charlie

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#138 Post by eternal-sunshine »

01micko
Thanks for your reply and explanation re deps. Away from my test rig now for 24 hrs but will report back then.
Cheers

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#139 Post by davids45 »

G'day 01micko,
Tried the acpid-2.0.12-s.pet on a Frugal & Full B4 on this desk-top.
Still goes to re-boot ("requested re-boot" message displayed after Slacko quits so I know what's coming).
Exiting to Prompt then typing 'poweroff' gives same re-boot situation.

Desktop sysinfo report (first bit, in case this helps) reads:
Slacko Puppy 4.99.6

89 Tasks, 1 Running. Uptime: 13 min, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.04

Current window manager: JWM (starts from C.L. with: 'xwin jwm')

JWM vsvn-500
ROX-Filer 2.10

Network Interface

=== report-video ===

Slacko Puppy, version 4.99.6 on Mon 26 Sep 2011

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller
ATI Technologies Inc Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: CEDAR 01.00

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: radeon

X.Org version: 1.9.5
dimensions: 1600x900 pixels (423x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
[ 14.867]
X.Org X Server 1.9.5
Release Date: 2011-03-17
[ 14.867] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0

=== Kernel command line ===

root=/dev/sda14 pmedia=atahd

=== /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE ===

PUPMODE=2
#ATADRIVES is all internal ide/pata/sata drives, excluding optical, excluding usb...
ATADRIVES='sda sdb '
#ATAOPTICALDRIVES is list of non-usb optical drives...
ATAOPTICALDRIVES='sr0 sr1 '
PUP_HOME='/'
PDEV1='sda14'
DEV1FS='ext3'

=== probepart ===

/dev/sda1|ntfs|41029946
/dev/sda2|ext3|5751270
/dev/sda3|ext3|5847660
/dev/sda4|none|2
/dev/sda5|ext2|771360848
/dev/sda6|ext3|6217092
/dev/sda7|ext3|103056912
/dev/sda8|ext3|6201026
/dev/sda9|ext3|6168896
/dev/sda10|ext3|6201026
/dev/sda11|ext2|5976116
/dev/sda12|ext3|5638752
/dev/sda13|ext3|6120702
/dev/sda14|ext3|6152832
/dev/sdb1|ext2|6144000
/dev/sdb2|ext2|6144000
/dev/sdb3|swap|643072
/dev/sdb4|none|2
/dev/sdb5|ext2|520376320
/dev/sdb6|ext3|20480000
/dev/sdb7|ext3|20480000
/dev/sdb8|ext3|5187584
/dev/sdb9|ext3|5298176
/dev/sdb10|ext3|5410816
/dev/sdb11|ext3|5453824
/dev/sdb12|ext3|5429248
/dev/sdb13|ext3|7559168
/dev/sdb14|ext3|8192000
/dev/sdb15|ext2|8318976
/dev/sdc|none|0
/dev/sr0|none|2097150
/dev/sr1|none|2097150

=== df -h ===

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda14 2.9G 1.3G 1.5G 46% /
shmfs 504M 0 504M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda5 363G 86G 259G 25% /mnt/sda5
/dev/sdb5 245G 91G 141G 40% /mnt/sdb5

=== free ===
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 2074544 176136 1898408 0 10000
Swap: 321532 0 321532
Total: 2396076 176136 2219940

2026 MiB total physical RAM (less shared video--unauthoritative)

=== CUPS 1.4.6 ===

DefaultPrinter CUPS-PDF
Printer fujixerox

=== /initrd/tmp/EXTRASFSS ===

=== User Installed Pkgs (PPM) ===
Package Description
avidemux2-AllInOne-2.5.1-i486
eremove-1.4 spam deleter from server
FileManagersNew-110101 Geany text editor
Games 5ball game
Graphics The Gimp
Java1.6.0.24 Java Control Panel
pwidgets_DS-pwidgets-2.2.4 Pwidgets tiny desktop apps
LHP_sys_info-0.5 Lighthouse System Information & Video Report
softmakeroffice2008 TextMaker2008
wine1317-programs Word 97 editor
evince-2.30.3-i386 View multi-page documents
wine-1.3.28-i486_v1 Wine Windows Program Loader
acpid-2.0.12-s acpi deamon with dialog box and lid supend

=== /initrd/tmp/bootinit.log (Disregard any 'FATAL' messages) ===

=== /tmp/bootsysinit.log ===

VERSION UPDATE
LOAD KERNEL MODULES
LOAD SWAP
MISC. SYSTEM SETUP
ln: creating symbolic link `/mnt/home/': File exists
WAIT MODULES LOADED
USER SELECTED MODULES
SETUP SERVICES
RECOGNISE MEDIA DEVICES
Waiting for interfaces to initialize...
cat: /etc/fontmap: No such file or directory
configuring network interface eth0
cheching if interface eth0 is alive...yes
MISC. DESKTOP STUFF
PERSONAL BOOT SCRIPT
Success!
cups: started scheduler.
Starting system message bus: /usr/bin/dbus-uuidgen --ensure ; /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
Starting HAL daemon: /usr/sbin/hald --daemon=yes
pcd-run-hooks', reason CARRIER
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: reading lease `/var/db/dhcpcd-eth0.lease'
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: rebinding lease of 192.168.2.3
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: sending REQUEST (xid 0x4dd9454d), next in 4.94 seconds
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: acknowledged 192.168.2.3 from 192.168.2.1
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: checking for 192.168.2.3
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: sending ARP probe (1 of 3), next in 1.14 seconds
3
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: sending ARP probe (2 of 3), next in 1.71 seconds
6
9
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: sending ARP probe (3 of 3), next in 2.00 seconds
12
15
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: leased 192.168.2.3 for 31536000 seconds
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: adding IP address 192.168.2.3/24
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: adding route to 192.168.2.0/24
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: adding default route via 192.168.2.1
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: writing lease `/var/db/dhcpcd-eth0.lease'
dhcpcd[3482]: eth0: executing `/usr/libexec/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason BOUND
dhcpcd[3482]: forking to background
dhcpcd[3482]: forked to background, child pid 3781

=== whiteout(.wh.*) files in /bin /etc /lib /sbin /usr ===

=== xdriinfo ===

xdriinfo: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

=== report-video ===

Slacko Puppy, version 4.99.6 on Mon 26 Sep 2011

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller
ATI Technologies Inc Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: CEDAR 01.00

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: radeon

X.Org version: 1.9.5
dimensions: 1600x900 pixels (423x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes "

and so on.

Thanks and regards,
David S.

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#140 Post by Sage »

Possible that ssz has other HW issues because B4 now works with all my SiS video systems. They did release a PCI card about a decade ago which did give endless grief in 'doze. I used to have one somewhere but can't find it now. If it turns up I'll test it.

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