Wary Puppy 5.2.2, 18 Nov. 2011

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Wary Puppy 5.2 final (October 14)

#81 Post by Billtoo »

Manual frugal install to emachines D620 laptop.
I installed the mega video upgrade from the video upgrade wizard in
the setup menu.

Fri 14 Oct 2011 Operating System: Wary Puppy-5.2 Linux 2.6.32-smp
5.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS product: RS690 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1280x800 pixels (338x211 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa Project
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.3

AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2650e
Core 0: 1596 MHz

# glxgears
746 frames in 5.0 seconds = 149.037 FPS
744 frames in 5.0 seconds = 148.775 FPS
756 frames in 5.0 seconds = 151.022 FPS

Computer
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2650e
Memory 1813MB (69MB used)
Ethernet controller Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Network controller Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY

Working well so far.

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#82 Post by raffy »

Wary 5.2 has updated Xorg in eMachines D443 laptop (AMD Fusion E-350 Radeon HD 6310) and Puppy is now running happily with direct rendering in 1366x768 display.

Thanks, Barry.
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#83 Post by Flash »

My attempt to update the multisession 5.2 beta 2 Blu-Ray to 5.2 final fell flat, pardon the alliteration. I told Burniso2cd to burn the 5.2 final iso to the multisession BD-RE disk without blanking the disk first. After Burniso2cd was done, I shut down, saving to the newly burned BD-RE disk. This has always worked with rewritable multisession DVDs. But when I rebooted, somehow it loaded the .sfs file from an earlier Puppy, one I don't remember burning onto this BD-RE. Naturally that combination didn't work very well, though it did work well enough for me to use Pburn and Burniso2cd. So I wound up blanking the BD-RE with Pburn and reburning the 5.2 final iso again with Burniso2cd. This time it worked, except of course all my settings from configuring the 5.2 beta 2 were lost.

My only complaint so far is with SeaMonkey. Web pages load slowly and scroll very jerkily. Also the CPU load indicator (on the right end of the system tray) maxes out sometimes when I have many tabs open. Then things really slow down. This hasn't happened in most other Puppys I've tried. I haven't the slightest idea what to try that might fix this.

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Re: insert kills seamonkey

#84 Post by Shep »

rodin.s wrote:Old bug is back. Insert key kills Seamonkey while writing a message.
Had it ever gone away? :x :x

My solution is to reassign the Insert key. See http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=69175

The best workaround would be to set it so that the Insert key does nothing except in combination, e.g., Ctrl-Insert, or Shift-Insert but the best I could manage was to set it to become a second Backspace key.
Last edited by Shep on Sat 15 Oct 2011, 05:31, edited 1 time in total.

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#85 Post by James C »

Flash wrote: My only complaint so far is with SeaMonkey. Web pages load slowly and scroll very jerkily.
I noticed the same thing here on this box with a semi-old Nvidia card.Did the Xorg mega video upgrade and things are markedly better.YMMV though but it seemed to help here.

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#86 Post by Flash »

Where do I find the Xorg mega video upgrade? I'll give it a try.

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#87 Post by James C »

Flash wrote:Where do I find the Xorg mega video upgrade? I'll give it a try.

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menu/setup/video upgrade wizard

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#88 Post by Flash »

Thanks. It's also in the Puppy Package Manager, under Setup (I think.) :)
I installed it, hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, ran xorgwizard-automatic and SeaMonkey does seem to be running more smoothly now. :)

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#89 Post by James C »

For what it's worth, after installing the newer Xorg, glxgears is reporting slightly higher numbers and the gear rotation appears much smoother.

# report-video

Wary Puppy, version 5.2 on Fri 14 Oct 2011

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller
nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev c1)
oem: NVidia
product: NV18 () Board Chip Rev A2

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: nv

X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (411x263 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/root/ as report-video,
and archived with xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log as report-video-full.gz

# glxgears
525 frames in 5.0 seconds = 104.981 FPS
541 frames in 5.0 seconds = 108.057 FPS
529 frames in 5.0 seconds = 105.696 FPS
535 frames in 5.0 seconds = 106.866 FPS
527 frames in 5.0 seconds = 105.313 FPS
521 frames in 5.0 seconds = 104.093 FPS
513 frames in 5.0 seconds = 102.493 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1034MB (284MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 14 Oct 2011 11:51:00 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Software Rasterizer
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235

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#90 Post by rjbrewer »

James C wrote:
# glxgears
525 frames in 5.0 seconds = 104.981 FPS
541 frames in 5.0 seconds = 108.057 FPS
529 frames in 5.0 seconds = 105.696 FPS
535 frames in 5.0 seconds = 106.866 FPS
527 frames in 5.0 seconds = 105.313 FPS
521 frames in 5.0 seconds = 104.093 FPS
513 frames in 5.0 seconds = 102.493 FPS
My 1.6Ghz Pent.M laptop runs 220 FPS with Wary 5.2 and
750 FPS with Wary 5.1.3.4.-uni.

The uni version uses about 15% less cpu; though it
doesn't seem to make much difference with video stream
quality.

It does run about 5 degees cooler.

Uni:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/test/wary-5.1.3.4/

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#91 Post by BarryK »

DaveS wrote:Wary frugal. I get exactly the same error as in Racy when trying to print form anything other than the CUPS test page,

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HP (Default Printer) "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops failed"
DaveS,
I also responded to your post on my blog. Here is that response:

Actually, /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops is a symlink that I put in after discussion with rcrsn51.

Could you try two things:

1. delete that symlink. Then try printing.

2. replace the symlink with the actual file, that is, copy it from /usr/bin/pdftops. Then try printing again.

I think that the first one will fix it, but I am interested to know if number 2 also works.
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#92 Post by BarryK »

Guys,
Regarding reports of slow video with Xorg 7.3, could you try this:

In the Puppy Package Manager, with "puppy-wary5" repo selected, type this into the search box:

"mesa"

That will find "mesa-6.5.2-w5c" -- install it.

You will have to restart X, then do speed tests again.
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#93 Post by Terryphi »

Is anyone else finding that using a savefile from an earlier version of Wary breaks Wary 5.2?
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#94 Post by esmourguit »

Bonjour à tous,

Live CD Wary 5.20.
lauching "remove_builtin" my pc crashes.
Only the Ctrl+Alt+Return then xwin allows me to return to desktop.

Cordialement ;)
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upgrade from 5.1.4.1 to 5.2

#95 Post by upnorth »

Managed to upgrade 5.1.4.1 to 5.2 but the following needed to be run manually from cli to fix breakage:

rm /etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders
gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders >/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders

This is now fully functional and fast 8)

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#96 Post by DaveS »

BarryK wrote:
DaveS wrote:Wary frugal. I get exactly the same error as in Racy when trying to print form anything other than the CUPS test page,

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Set Allowed Users
HP (Default Printer) "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops failed"
DaveS,
I also responded to your post on my blog. Here is that response:

Actually, /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops is a symlink that I put in after discussion with rcrsn51.

Could you try two things:

1. delete that symlink. Then try printing.

2. replace the symlink with the actual file, that is, copy it from /usr/bin/pdftops. Then try printing again.

I think that the first one will fix it, but I am interested to know if number 2 also works.
Tried both solutions. Neither worked. Deleting the symlink gives a file not found error, replacing the symlink with the lib gives the exact same error as before.
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#97 Post by rjbrewer »

BarryK wrote:Guys,
Regarding reports of slow video with Xorg 7.3, could you try this:

In the Puppy Package Manager, with "puppy-wary5" repo selected, type this into the search box:

"mesa"

That will find "mesa-6.5.2-w5c" -- install it.

You will have to restart X, then do speed tests again.
WOW!

That really got the gears running smooth on the Intel
laptop.

Went from 220fps to 4400fps .

Thanks

edit:

The 4400fps was with the spinning gear window minimized;
regular size window gives 660fps.
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#98 Post by Colonel Panic »

I'm using it now, and although it's still new on my machine it looks excellent (great themes too).

Thanks for all your hard work,

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#99 Post by BarryK »

DaveS wrote:
BarryK wrote:
DaveS wrote:Wary frugal. I get exactly the same error as in Racy when trying to print form anything other than the CUPS test page,

Code: Select all

Set Allowed Users
HP (Default Printer) "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops failed"
DaveS,
I also responded to your post on my blog. Here is that response:

Actually, /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops is a symlink that I put in after discussion with rcrsn51.

Could you try two things:

1. delete that symlink. Then try printing.

2. replace the symlink with the actual file, that is, copy it from /usr/bin/pdftops. Then try printing again.

I think that the first one will fix it, but I am interested to know if number 2 also works.
Tried both solutions. Neither worked. Deleting the symlink gives a file not found error, replacing the symlink with the lib gives the exact same error as before.
Well, I don't know what to suggest. Many earlier puppies, included early Wary's, did not have 'pdftops', yet printing worked.

I just did a simple test of pdftops, in /usr/share/examples:

# pdftops Acrobat.pdf out.ps

...and it worked.
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#100 Post by davids45 »

G'day,

Two issues on my desktop system:
1) as installed, both Full & Frugal tried, the /tmp directory write permissions being set by default to "off" prevent Cups from letting my fujixerox colour laser print. Changing the permissions to "write" for Group and World lets me use the printer. Thanks to rcrsn51 for his help in sorting this out for me. So this is sort-of a "Solved" or "Soluble" bug.

2) I cannot get xorgwizard to run any radeon or ATI driver on my graphics card (reported as ATI Cedar Pro [Radeon HD 5450], oem=ATI ATOMBIOS product=Cedar 01.00) so I can best use my 1600x900 monitor.
Wary defaults to vesa and 1280x1080 which is poor quality graphics compared to virtually all other current Pups that have very usable radeon drivers, and/or I can install one of the ATI-catalyst pets. Trying a few (wrong-kernel) ATI-Catalyst pets wreck the Wary install.

Perhaps I need to wait for Racy?

Any helpful advice appreciated.

David S.

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