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#501 Post by 01micko »

Slacko 5.4 Beta 3 4g and PAE versions, devx and kernel source is released.

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Slacko - beta3 [5.4]

#502 Post by Billtoo »

I did a full install on my emachines D620 laptop.

Report Video 1.4 - Tue 6 Nov 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.7.0 -Linux 3.2.33-4g i686
Chip description:
5.0 VGA compatible controller:ATITechnologiesInc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RS690 01.00
X Server: Xorg Driver used: radeon
X.Org version: 1.12.3
dimensions: 1280x800 pixels (338x211 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
OpenGL
Vendor X.Org R300 Project
Renderer Gallium 0.4 on ATI RS690
Version 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4
Direct Rendering Yes
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
277 frames in 5.0 seconds = 55.379 FPS
298 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.426 FPS
298 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.423 FPS
Computer
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2650e
Memory 1812MB (75MB used)

Network controller Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY

My wireless isn't support in beta 3, I had to plug in the ethernet
cable.
I was surprised to see that Nexuiz runs on this laptop, it's actually
playable when the effects are set to the lowest level, google earth
should run too but I haven't tested that yet.
I installed kdegames in ppm and they run okay but no menu entries
showed up in the puppy menu so I start them with gexec.

That's it so far, looks good :)
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#503 Post by zigbert »

Slacko 5.4 Beta 3 PAE
Not able to connect to internet

sns log file

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Information about this interface:
 Interface: abort
wlan1  Driver: rt73usb  Bus: usb  MacAddress: 
 Description: Ralink RT73 USB Wireless LAN driver. 
 
STEP1a: ifconfig abort
wlan1 up
ifconfig: bad address 'wlan1'
 
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LAST 10 LINES of /var/log/messages:
Nov  7 05:49:18 puppypc5299 user.info kernel: [   20.439948] r8169 0000:05:00.0: eth0: link down
Nov  6 14:49:56 puppypc5299 daemon.info acpid: starting up with proc fs
Nov  6 14:49:56 puppypc5299 daemon.info acpid: 3 rules loaded
Nov  6 14:49:56 puppypc5299 daemon.info acpid: waiting for events: event logging is on
Nov  6 14:49:57 puppypc5299 user.notice powerapplet: Abort, unable to open /proc/acpi/battery
Nov  7 12:57:34 puppypc5299 user.warn kernel: [  521.526408] EXT4-fs (sdb1): warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended
Nov  7 12:57:35 puppypc5299 user.info kernel: [  521.600652] EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
Nov  7 12:59:22 puppypc5299 user.warn kernel: [  628.950680] EXT4-fs (sda1): warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended
Nov  7 12:59:22 puppypc5299 user.info kernel: [  628.950829] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
Nov  6 14:59:45 puppypc5299 daemon.err dhcpcd[21034]: dhcpcd not running
Works in Slacko 5.3.3
Is this a known issue, or should I test more. in case yes, What?

I haven't tested much. Only checked some pMusic 3 issues. Will test more, but web connection would lift the general use..... :wink:


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Problems with Beta 3 on Pentium D machine

#504 Post by Jades »

I've been testing the non-PAE with Opera version of Slacko 5.3.7.0 on my Pentium D 3.4GHz machine and unfortunately I have to report that I'm having major problems with it.

I managed to boot into a pfix=ram session and sound and graphics were working. Network Wizard could see the Netgear WN111v2 USB wireless dongle and I could attempt to set it up, but on scanning for networks there weren't any shown. Frisbee and SNS couldn't see any either. Slacko 5.3.3, on which I am typing this report, usually sees 15 and wireless works perfectly.

While flaky wireless performance was probably not unexpected, given the usual pattern with Slacko betas on this setup, worse was to come with trying to create a save. The problem I've previously noted with 5.3.6.0 being unable to create a working save on my NTFS drive has come back. So far, the only successful new save I've created was on the FAT32 memory card in my Nokia X3-02 (with the phone set to Mass Storage).

I was able to get seemingly successful boots from the NTFS drive by using saves created in previous test builds in Slacko but on these Puppy couldn't see the wireless dongle - the only save which could see it was the newly-created 5.3.7.0 save on the X3-02 although it still can't see any networks.

FWIW, Slacko 5.3.6.5 did have reasonably working wireless in that it worked from bootup, although I still had the problem with the connection dropping out and needing to run wireless setup again to kick it back into life.

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#505 Post by Sage »

Slacko 5.4 Beta 3 4g and PAE versions, devx and kernel source is released.
What excellent taste in default wallpaper! Maybe get on the blower to you know who?!

This frozen mouse issue is a real pain. It has only started appearing in releases in the last few months. Sometimes the suggested fixes work, sometimes just rebooting (without saving!) works, sometimes nothing works. A universal solution seems desirable for both regular testers as well as to avoid frightening off incomers.

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#506 Post by 01micko »

@Billtoo.. did your wireless work in a previous slacko? Next will have the wl driver anyway.

@zigbert.. your problem looks like it is related to assigning wlan1 to the interface, If you only have 1 wireless donge it should be wlan0. I've never seen that one before. I have a dongle that uses ralink usb (rt73) so I can test.

@jades.. it's got to be a firmware issue. I still didn't see your latest dmesg output. Anyway, I have the latest carl9170 firmware and I'll attach. Install it and reboot.

@Sage.. "the bike guy" is back too :wink: .. will need to sort out the mouse issue, it has to be timing if it's intermittent.

EDIT: beta 3 will be reuploaded soon., I'll bump to beta 4 and add deltas

IWCONFIG is broken, this happened to me once before in woof :evil:
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#507 Post by Jades »

01micko wrote:@jades.. it's got to be a firmware issue. I still didn't see your latest dmesg output.
Forgot to post it, sorry. Been busy the last few weeks sorting out accounts for a charity. This week, I have a bad cold.
01micko wrote:Anyway, I have the latest carl9170 firmware and I'll attach. Install it and reboot.
Tried it, didn't make a difference. Still can't see any networks. I've attached dmesg output from both Slacko 5.3.3 (on which wireless does work properly) and from Slacko 5.3.7.0 after installing the firmware pet provided and rebooting (save on phone).

Interestingly, other than a brief flash after having disconnected and reconnected the WN111v2 dongle, the light on it has stayed off on 5.3.7.0. It didn't flash at all while I was trying to find a network.

Any thoughts on my not being able to make a save to an NTFS partition?

[Edit: clarified that light staying off comment applied to 5.3.7.0.]
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#508 Post by 01micko »

Jades, iwconfig is broken, I am rebuilding, I will add deltas and the new carl firmware anyway. Please grab a delta, but it will likely be tomorrow for you.

You can try Barry's wireless-tools from ibiblio in the quirky/wary5 repo if you want.

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#509 Post by Jades »

01micko wrote:Jades, iwconfig is broken, I am rebuilding
I didn't know what iwconfig was, had to search for it on Wikipedia. I see why more than one person had reported wireless problems now.
01micko wrote:You can try Barry's wireless-tools from ibiblio in the quirky/wary5 repo if you want.
IIRC the current test build of Wary worked OK with wireless when I tried it last. I don't normally use Wary on Merlin though.
01micko wrote:Thanks
Glad to help.
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#510 Post by rerwin »

01micko,
I have used your Frisbee 2.4beta as the basis for my effort to integrate Frisbee into puppy. I discovered an apparent inconsistency in the name of the /etc/init.d/Frisbee initialization script. The main Frisbee script contains :

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eval $RETVALS
if [[ "$EXIT" == "RESTART" ]] ; then 
	/etc/init.d/10-Frisbee stop
	/etc/init.d/10-Frisbee start
	exec Frisbee
fi
I see no such file. Is this code correct?
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#511 Post by 01micko »

Richard

It's been awhile since I looked at the code, but I am aware that there is no service script. To be honest I didn't thoroughly go through the code at all, I mainly just got rid of the pupcowsay or whatever it was and used gtkdialog-splash. As far as I can remember everything was dealt with in the Startup folder.

I will review my package though, it's quite old. Also, note the package I use in Slacko is "frisbee_special".

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#512 Post by 01micko »

Beta 4 is out!

As promised there are delta for 4g and PAE from beta 3 which was declared a non-starter. No delta for firefox as there was no beta 3 uploaded for that.
Wireless in all 3 is working on a variety of cards that I have.

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#513 Post by mavrothal »

01micko wrote:Beta 4 is out!
See main post
Boy,,, you are prolific! :D
Updated 5.3.6.5 to 5.3.7.1 (FF non PAE). No (wired) network, no interface or module to be found! No sound, no kernel modules other than the ones loaded in the init. Reboot, same thing.
Run "depmod -a" and reboot, Bingo! :wink:
You might need to look at your kernel/rc.sysinit
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#514 Post by spandey »

Sorry if I am asking the obivious, but which iso for FF with PAE ?

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#515 Post by 01micko »

mavrothal wrote:
01micko wrote:Beta 4 is out!
See main post
Boy,,, you are prolific! :D
Exams are over :)

I'm kinda glad the stupid iwconfig bug was there because it gave me the chance to get opera-12.10 out there. It only takes 30 minutes to reproduce the 3 versions. The worst part is the upload on my crappy bandwidth! (330kbps v .. 100kbps ^)
mavrothal wrote:Updated 5.3.6.5 to 5.3.7.1 (FF non PAE). No (wired) network, no interface or module to be found! No sound, no kernel modules other than the ones loaded in the init. Reboot, same thing.
Run "depmod -a" and reboot, Bingo! :wink:
You might need to look at your kernel/rc.sysinit
Hmmm... I did 2 updates on flash drives, 1 ext3 and 1 FAT and both only needed a reboot, but yeah should work without one, I'll investigate. Again probably a busy-box depmod call which doesn't work, maybe need to update busybox.

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spandey wrote:Sorry if I am asking the obivious, but which iso for FF with PAE ?
Sorry mate, didn't build PAE-firefox, only 3 versions. The rationale is that if you have PAE capable then you have decent gear (I don't use it personally, but it's there for the ones with the big RAM) and can afford the extra space to download Firefox. You can get the latest in the repo if you look in the Slackware-patches repo in PPM. That may or may not change for final.
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#516 Post by mavrothal »

01micko wrote:Again probably a busy-box depmod call which doesn't work, maybe need to update busybox.
Maybe there is more to it.
For the first time in a long time and many puppies, XO kernel compilation failed in 5.3.7.1. (same source compiled fine in Precise)
Didn't look at the error carefully but if you do not have beta5 out by tomorrow ( :lol: ), I'll let you know

Latter The error I get is

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arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c:1396:17: error: conflicting types for ‘syscall_trace_leave’
and a fast google search shows is that a gcc-4.7.1 issue that 5.3.7.1 has.
Hopefully tonight I'll check if this patch fixes it

Latter-latter Yeap. Patching the kernel source with the above patch solves the issue. So if you want to compile a lupu or any 2.6.x kernel in slacko_14, keep that in mind.
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#517 Post by James C »

Slacko 5.3.7.1 -Opera version. No problems yet.Sound,internet and display all working and correct on boot.


# report-video
Report Video 1.4 - Tue 6 Nov 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.7.1 - Linux 3.2.33-4g i686

Chip description:
d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2)
oem: NVIDIA
product: MCP61 - mcp61-86 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver used: nouveau

X.Org version: 1.12.3
dimensions: 1366x768 pixels (361x203 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
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 55
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 56
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 59
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 58
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
5099 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1019.746 FPS
5251 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1050.059 FPS
5235 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1046.748 FPS
5257 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1051.352 FPS
5235 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1046.801 FPS
5254 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1050.680 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : 4x AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor
Memory : 2853MB (203MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Tue 06 Nov 2012 11:53:06 PM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on NV4C
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia

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#518 Post by James C »

Frugal install on the Athlon XP box........all good so far.

Report Video 1.4 - Wed 7 Nov 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.7.1 - Linux 3.2.33-4g i686

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: nouveau

X.Org version: 1.12.3
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 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
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
1800 frames in 5.0 seconds = 359.963 FPS
1947 frames in 5.0 seconds = 389.352 FPS
1795 frames in 5.0 seconds = 358.884 FPS
1836 frames in 5.0 seconds = 367.183 FPS
1878 frames in 5.0 seconds = 375.574 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1033MB (187MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed 07 Nov 2012 12:35:35 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI nv18 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235

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Slacko - beta4 [5.4]

#519 Post by Billtoo »

I decided to try the pae version of beta 4 and did a full install on
my emachines D620 laptop.

Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 3.4.17-PAE (i686)
Compiled #1 SMP Fri Nov 2 19:12:33 EST 2012
C Library GNU C Library version 2.15 (stable)
Default C Compiler GNU C Compiler version 4.7.1 (GCC)
Distribution Unknown distribution

The wireless network is working again with this version.

Sound didn't work at first, there was a red x beside the retrovol icon
in the tray.I configured retrovol and unmuted everything but still no
sound, I ran alsamixer and pressed F6 to choose the sound card and
rebooted, sound is working now.
Multimedia
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB

The graphics card support (ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200
Series]) is great, Nexuiz and Google Earth work well.

There is the problem with the puppy menu not showing any kdegames
entries but the games work fine when started with gexec.

That's it so far, thanks.
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Broadcom wl support

#520 Post by peebee »

I've added the delta files needed to install the Broadcom wl wifi driver onto Slacko 5.3.7.1 both kernels k3.2.33-4g and k3.4.17-PAE here:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 5&start=20
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