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#581 Post by ally »

posting from a lenovo t61 using 5.3.7.1-PAE live cd

everything working well so far apart from abiword 'white' page not visible on start, minimize and back to correct

have added chromium 22 (sfs) and wake on lan (pet)

like the addition of premote rdesktop (normally install x11 & tightvnv)

looking really good - thanks

:)

EDIT:

well, a bit early to post

shortly after original post I was unable to mount one of my drives so tried to restart X but system hang and everything went slow

am now posting from the non-PAE version (I have 4gb installed but had issues with the slacko 5.3.3 PAE also)

premote wouldn't connect using vnc so have installed tightvnc

previous slacko pets seem to be working ok so far

:)

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#582 Post by Ray MK »

Report Video 1.4 - Fri 16 Nov 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.7.1 - Linux 3.4.17-PAE i686

Chip description:
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
oem: Intel(r)852MG/852MGE/855MG/855MGE Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(r)852MG/852MGE/855MG/855MGE Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg Driver used: intel

X.Org version: 1.12.3
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (270x203 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

All seems good on my 10yr old Acer Laptop.

Love the backdrop and really pleased to have Opera.

Thank you 01micko for all that you do to provide a super Puppy for us.

Very best regards - Ray.
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#583 Post by 01micko »

ally wrote: premote wouldn't connect using vnc so have installed tightvnc
Yeah, vnc is not included, rdesktop and ssh (client) are. It's easy to install ssh (server). Infrastructure is there already. As for vnc, I might have to find a SlackBuild and add it to the repo.

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#584 Post by 01micko »

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RC1 is released

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#585 Post by James C »

Fresh manual frugal install of 5.3.7.7 RC1 FF on the trusty old Athlon XP box. Everything correct on initial boot....no problems yet.

# report-video
Report Video 1.4 - Sat 17 Nov 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.7.7 - 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.
1758 frames in 5.0 seconds = 351.566 FPS
1804 frames in 5.0 seconds = 360.790 FPS
1749 frames in 5.0 seconds = 349.717 FPS
1755 frames in 5.0 seconds = 350.899 FPS
1532 frames in 5.0 seconds = 306.268 FPS


-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1033MB (211MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sat 17 Nov 2012 11:53:19 PM 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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#586 Post by Billtoo »

Manual frugal install to hard drive.
I installed the proprietary nvidia driver and configured it to use two
monitors.
Report Video 1.4-Sun 18 Nov 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.7.7 -Linux 3.4.17-PAE i686

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller:nVidiaCorporationGF108 GeForce GT 430] (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GF108 Board - 1071v0p1 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver used: vesa

X.Org version: 1.12.3
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (524x292 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (382x302 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

OpenGL
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2/3DNOW!
Version 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.19
Direct Rendering Yes
Computer
Processor 6x AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1045T Processor
Memory 8233MB (303MB used)

JWM doesn't seem work with this setup so I compiled fluxbox 1.3.2 and it
does work with two monitors, it's going to take some time to setup the
menus but it should work okay, for now I'm using the "run" command on
the fluxbox menu a lot :)

Report-video still has the vesa bug.
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#587 Post by ETP »

Hi 01micko,

There are some errors relating to JWM in === /tmp/xerrs.log ===

A rogue line in .jwmrc-tray is one of the causes:

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<TrayButton popup="Popup text" icon="Path to Icon">exec:Name of Executable</TrayButton>
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#588 Post by 01micko »

ETP wrote:

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<TrayButton popup="Popup text" icon="Path to Icon">exec:Name of Executable</TrayButton>
Thanks, fixed.

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There are 2 far more serious bugs, both in PPM and both woof.. while Barry is busy prettying up upu/dpup slacko has taken a knock for the worse.
  • clicking a pet fails to run fixmenus
  • installing something that requires deps from the slacko repo also searches and installs old packages from the old slacko-5.3x repo
I will look at the first one, possibly roll back the changes, the second one I can fix by eliminating the old slacko repo. Nothing from there should be installed anyway, but you can still add it by choice. Install anything from there and you are on your own :wink: .

The pet below fixes issues 1and 2 and also fixes deps for google-chrome. I have also reuploaded bibletime, it was a bad compile.
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#589 Post by mavrothal »

Hi Mick,
RC1 is certainly snappier :lol:

However, the problem with sound in the XOs exist and trying to truck it down I think I came across a bigger problem. Installing udev-182 from the official slackware repo brakes Slacko (XO or not). Not just the sound. Even worse, removing it with PPM totally brakes the build (X will not start after removal of udev-182).

I do not know if this is a Slackware package problem or a Slacko issue. I do know that Precise and Ubuntu udev-175 do not have this problem (or Slacko 5.3.x and slackware udev-165).

On another matter, the 3-level deep menus are really user unfriendly as users should not only guess the category but the sub-category to find what they want. The fact that some apps are placed in not "evident" subcategories makes things worse. jwm_menu_create is certainly snappier than fixmenus but it may need some rework on the "3-level deep" part... :wink:
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#590 Post by 01micko »

mavrothal wrote:However, the problem with sound in the XOs exist and trying to truck it down I think I came across a bigger problem. Installing udev-182 from the official slackware repo brakes Slacko (XO or not). Not just the sound. Even worse, removing it with PPM totally brakes the build (X will not start after removal of udev-182).
udev is a mess. I'll leave it at that, except that anything after 175 is no good for puppy. Fedora uses kmod.. no? Any idea how they are getting sound? You could try compiling module-init-tools for XO builds, would most likely work.
mavrothal wrote:On another matter, the 3-level deep menus are really user unfriendly as users should not only guess the category but the sub-category to find what they want. The fact that some apps are placed in not "evident" subcategories makes things worse. jwm_menu_create is certainly snappier than fixmenus but it may need some rework on the "3-level deep" part... :wink:
You can configure that if you want ..SUBMENU="" in ~/.jwm/JWMRC (and /etc/JWMRC if distro building). However, I strongly disagree with 1 big column of stuff, it looks awful and is slow to navigate. Tiers are staying.
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#591 Post by mavrothal »

01micko wrote:
mavrothal wrote:However, the problem with sound in the XOs exist and trying to truck it down I think I came across a bigger problem. Installing udev-182 from the official slackware repo brakes Slacko (XO or not). Not just the sound. Even worse, removing it with PPM totally brakes the build (X will not start after removal of udev-182).
udev is a mess. I'll leave it at that, except that anything after 175 is no good for puppy.
You may want to put a block/warning to avoid "accidents"
01micko wrote:Fedora uses kmod.. no? Any idea how they are getting sound?
From what I see all they do is to run "alcactl restore" at a later time and NOT at module load time :?
01micko wrote:You can configure that if you want ..SUBMENU="" in ~/.jwm/JWMRC (and /etc/JWMRC if distro building). However, I strongly disagree with 1 big column of stuff, it looks awful and is slow to navigate. Tiers are staying.
Is your baby :D
SUBMENU="" will do for me :wink:
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#592 Post by Jasper »

Hi 01micko, mavrothal et al,

I use Htop and I rarely use anything else from the System menu.

So, as appropriate, I like simplicity and speed of choice and use.

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#593 Post by rcrsn51 »

01micko wrote:clicking a pet fails to run fixmenus
That would explain the situation here. The installer reports it as "Category: none" and doesn't run fixmenus.

But running fixmenus manually adds it.

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#594 Post by majorfoo »

Clean full install to ext4 partition using PAE version

Everything i have tried works otb.

Very fast.

Thanks for your hard work and dedication to Puppy.

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#595 Post by MinHundHettePerro »

Hello :)!

While, in 5.3.7.0/1 I experienced quite a few lock-ups - everything freezing, no Ctrl-Alt-F*/Ctrl-Alt-BkSp (nor Ctrl-Brk/C ...) possible - , in 5.3.7.7 I have seen none of this, as yet 8).

Looking good, so far :)/ MHHP
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#596 Post by ETP »

01micko,

Please see this post: (same issue in 5.3.7.7 - screeny is a good example)

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 602#665602

Also in the following did you intend two entries for defaultbrowser or one for the browser & one for defaultemail?

<Key keycode="178">exec:defaultbrowser</Key>
<Key keycode="236">exec:defaultbrowser</Key>
<Key keycode="111">exec:screeny</Key>
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#597 Post by zigbert »

Test Slacko rc1

Updated wizard for multiple soundcards works as expected. No trouble at all.

The new video wizard gave me full HD resolution. Great stuff - but wow... 53Mb to download.... There are humans (cooperations) out there that is not known to the Puppy way of doing things. On the other hand, the Puppy way of setting up a Xorg Wizard is only useful to those familiar with the nerdy Linux terminology....

Tried Gimp 2.8.2 for the first time. - Looking forward to replace 2.6.x. I checked the repo and it contains much of the goodies, but lacks a car simulator game. :!: I checked for Vdrift, Torcs, Stunt Rally and Racer. Any serious distro offers a decent solution for drifting :lol:

All there is to say is that this looks really good. And it feels snappier than 5.3.3.

There are some bugs coming up in Pmusic, so please give a note if you miss the latest version.... And I guess you have your reasons for not using the gtkdialog-splash with borders.


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#598 Post by 01micko »

zigbert wrote:Test Slacko rc1

Updated wizard for multiple soundcards works as expected. No trouble at all.
8)
zigbert wrote: The new video wizard gave me full HD resolution. Great stuff - but wow... 53Mb to download.... There are humans (cooperations) out there that is not known to the Puppy way of doing things. On the other hand, the Puppy way of setting up a Xorg Wizard is only useful to those familiar with the nerdy Linux terminology....
I can slim it by about 1M by trimming docs and dev but I could not see the point. The bloat comes from the fact that the config GUI requires QT libraries, ati/amd include their own.. I don't know why they couldn't use gtk or even xlib. As for Xorg Wizard, yeah, not the most noob friendly, but hopefully only a few noobs ever get to see it.
zigbert wrote: Tried Gimp 2.8.2 for the first time. - Looking forward to replace 2.6.x. I checked the repo and it contains much of the goodies, but lacks a car simulator game. :!: I checked for Vdrift, Torcs, Stunt Rally and Racer. Any serious distro offers a decent solution for drifting :lol:
The sfs-manager is new and is a bit empty. Part of the reason is ibiblio still has trouble. Trying to upload stuff is a pain. That said, I didn't test 'torcs', but can and will.
zigbert wrote: ... And I guess you have your reasons for not using the gtkdialog-splash with borders.
There is a bug with that if you choose the "-fg" argument.

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#599 Post by James C »

Puppy needs SeaMonkey so I made a pet of 2.13.2........ awesome persona not included. :)

Does seem smoother than Firefox on this old Athlon XP box.
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#600 Post by 01micko »

zigbert wrote:I checked for Vdrift, Torcs, Stunt Rally and Racer. Any serious distro offers a decent solution for drifting :lol:
Torcs has only just released a new stable version .. so I compiled it, easy actually apart from some small bugs in the make process. The sfs is massive though.. 291MB :shock: .. a bit big maybe to upload to the main repo, especially since I upload something about 50M it constantly breaks :roll: ..

I can still put it in the sfs manager but as a special case where it only downloads from smokey01's repo. Seems to work fine but I really need to test a bit more before I commit it.. :twisted:

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