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#161 Post by meeki »

Q5sys:
I dont need 12 screens... but I am eyeing up this:
looks like they make it in PCI E 1x too! and a 4 plug DVI

Image

Just a thought when you want 8 screens :)

I hate mint Cinimon, MATE; Unbuntu unity. I just found out they hate running nvidia multi X screen setup. Sure xander works but but unless you use twin view on the quadro card it runs at 80 to 90% of its GPU ram. Gerr!

I love Fatdog / LH64. A simple 'Desktop=:0.X (launcher command) &' and your set.
By unbuntu making things so fricking simple; they have stole simple commands from lower intermediate users. Unbuntu based distros are driving away their base coders. We have all left for other OS's.

Right now for my steam fix I'm booting into Unbuntu with a e17 desktop.

As soon as Lighthouse / Fatdog comes out with a Glibc 2.15 up i'll be back with a renewed compiling force.

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#162 Post by don570 »

pmirror is installed but it lacked mirdir which is the utility that
does the actual transferring.

I compiled it in fatdog 610 and it works in Lighthouse 64
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#163 Post by don570 »

I couldn't get my pet package of the Bash manual to
install correctly because you have some block
in effect.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 564#671564

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Re: qbittorrent

#164 Post by Q5sys »

Two KDE apps I have started using more. They probably rely on a ton of KDE libs but if you have the KDE sfs installed then you're good to go. These are extra apps for KDE that do not ship with KDE.

Yakuake
Yakuake is a drop-down terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology.

Official Site = http://extragear.kde.org/apps/yakuake/
Package = http://puppy-linux.org/q5sys/yakuake-2. ... 64-1sl.pet
MD5 = 6a37dca40a1f96f43a70e3107bd7a842


Krusader
Krusader is a twin-panel file manager, similar to Midnight Commander or Total Commander.

Official Site = http://extragear.kde.org/apps/krusader/
Package = http://puppy-linux.org/q5sys/krusader-2 ... 64-1sl.pet
MD5 = d43d93dc3220113d14a35c23f114adbb

If you have any issues let me know.

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#165 Post by Q5sys »

Im trying to build drivers for a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI card

and I have one slight problem...
in the make file, I have this entry where I'm getting an error.

MODPATH = /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/ssound

however in /lib/modules/3.0.3/kernel/drivers there is no sound sub-dir
Where on earth are the kernel sound drivers in lhp?
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#166 Post by Q5sys »

Q5sys wrote:Im trying to build drivers for a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI card

and I have one slight problem...
in the make file, I have this entry where I'm getting an error.

MODPATH = /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/ssound

however in /lib/modules/3.0.3/kernel/drivers there is no sound sub-dir
Where on earth are the kernel sound drivers in lhp?
sigh... sometimes command line betrays you. GUI lets you see all the folders at once, instead of just cd-ing into the directory you want

If anyone is wondering its under:
/lib/modules/3.0.3/kernel/sound

Any particular reason thats not in with the rest of the drivers?

Problem #2


Here is the make file:

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ctxfi-objs := xfi.o ctatc.o ctvmem.o ctpcm.o ctmixer.o ctresource.o ctsrc.o ctamixer.o ctdaio.o ctimap.o cthardware.o cthw20k2.o cthw20k1.o
        
obj-m += ctxfi.o

ifeq ($(DEBUG), y)
CFLAGS += -g -DDEBUG
endif

KERNELDIR 	?= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
PWD		:= $(shell pwd)

all:
	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD)

clean:
	rm -rf *.o *~ core .depend .*.cmd *.ko *.mod.c .tmp_versions

PHONY := install uninstall

MODDIR = $(PWD)
MODPATH	= /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/ssound
MODULES = ctxfi.ko

install:
	@echo "Copy module files..."
	@rm -rf $(MODPATH)
	@mkdir $(MODPATH)
	@cd $(MODDIR)/; cp -f $(MODULES) $(MODPATH)/
	@echo "Update module dependency relationships..."
	@/sbin/depmod
	@/sbin/modprobe ctxfi

users := $(word 3, $(shell /sbin/lsmod | grep ^ctxfi | head -n 1))
uninstall:
	@if [ "$(users)" = "0" ]; then \
		echo "Unload ctxfi..."; \
		/sbin/modprobe -r ctxfi; \
	fi
	@echo "Remove module files..."
	@rm -rf $(MODPATH)
	@echo "Update module dependency relationships..."
	@/sbin/depmod

.PHONY: $(PHONY)
and here is my output....

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make -C /lib/modules/3.0.3/build M=/initrd/mnt/dev_save/work/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.3'
  LD      /initrd/mnt/dev_save/work/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/built-in.o
  CC [M]  /initrd/mnt/dev_save/work/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/xfi.o
/initrd/mnt/dev_save/work/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/xfi.c:14:26: fatal error: sound/driver.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [/initrd/mnt/dev_save/work/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/xfi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/initrd/mnt/dev_save/work/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.3'
make: *** [all] Error 2

the package from creative is supposed to be everything you need. But apparently, I'm missing something on my local system I should have. Ideas?

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Creative X-Fi workaround

#167 Post by tazoc »

Hi Q5sys,
I googled sound/driver.h: No such file or directory and found this at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1304627:
rosseto wrote:Re: Can't install X-Fi drivers in 9.10
I know that it's not the best solution.. but after a bunch of tries it worked for me =)
I simply removed the include directives of sound/driver.h present in xfi.c and ctac.h
After I comment the following statement in xfi.h
//card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0);
(the function snd_card_new probably is called from sound/driver.h)
After that I successfully compiled and installed and after a reboot the sound was working fine good.
With the Devx loaded you will find the files noted above at /usr/src/linux-3.0.3/sound/pci/ctxfi/

Hope that helps,
TaZoC
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bash_advanced_guide-6.6 pet

#168 Post by tazoc »

don570 wrote:I couldn't get my pet package of the Bash manual to
install correctly because you have some block
in effect.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 564#671564
Hi don570,
Lighthouse moves /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc for consistency with Puppy's docs.

I've rebuilt your Pet and the .desktop files accordingly and now it works. This is a really nice Pet, thank you!

Regards,
TaZoC
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Re: Creative X-Fi workaround

#169 Post by Q5sys »

tazoc wrote:Hi Q5sys,
I googled sound/driver.h: No such file or directory and found this at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1304627:
rosseto wrote:Re: Can't install X-Fi drivers in 9.10
I know that it's not the best solution.. but after a bunch of tries it worked for me =)
I simply removed the include directives of sound/driver.h present in xfi.c and ctac.h
After I comment the following statement in xfi.h
//card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0);
(the function snd_card_new probably is called from sound/driver.h)
After that I successfully compiled and installed and after a reboot the sound was working fine good.
With the Devx loaded you will find the files noted above at /usr/src/linux-3.0.3/sound/pci/ctxfi/

Hope that helps,
TaZoC
I'll test various options... I dont think it makes any sense to intentionally remove stuff that creative obviously thought was a good idea. Maybe there is another work around. Thanks for the info... I'll see what I can manage.

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#170 Post by Q5sys »

Not that anyone was waiting to find out... but the Nvidia Quadro NVS 420 cards work fine in LHP with the Nvidia drivers.
Oddly enough they apparently overrule the NVS 290 card completely. Its still on my board but its not detected at all after I installed the NVS 420 card.
Image
Spans across all 4 screens with no problem.
My 2nd NVS 420 is in the mail currently, when it arrives I'll plug it in and see how the sytem works with two NVS 420s.

If anyone is currently in the market for GFX cards... I no longer need my old setup. So I'm selling my two ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB cards.
Here for specs
Here for pics: Pic 1, Pic 2 Pic 3
I ran these under LHP since it 4.43 I believe. I have not had any issue with them and they work fine with puppy.

See Sig for link.

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#171 Post by meeki »

Q5sys I want a photo from your camera of all them screens running when you get it setup....... please :)

sorry the 290 did not play nice with the other NVS's. My 290 is happy with my 550 TI thought it would work for you.

Oh and fair price on them cards.

on another note I just got my network (internet back up) went playing around with my linux router box and had a hell of a time getting it all back up.

tossed unbuntu running e17 desktop and back to my LHpup install. I just love this OS I can't stay away. My wife had to use my computer while her laptop was waiting for a new power adapter and she hates LightHouse :P I had to install a copy linux mint (the one she uses) in Virtualbox for her. I think Lighthouse is too rough for ubber basic users.

Happy holidays to all you LightHouse lovers.

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#172 Post by meeki »

Oh good news too I got a working pet and SFS of Dropbox that does not break Virtual Box or any thing else I know of.

It's version 1.6.6 released 12/14/2012

The bad -

you have to login every time you reboot

Its the closed source version. Dropbox does have an version you can compile GPL version 1.4.0 the prob is it needs nautilus. This version would fix the auto login issue if we had nautilus.

You need to tell it to use a folder outside the pup save file if you need space.

The Good. -

The icon in the tool bar shows up and works now. It tells you whats syncing.

Again after i get my service back up and the server running right ill post a copy here :)

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#173 Post by Q5sys »

meeki wrote:Q5sys I want a photo from your camera of all them screens running when you get it setup....... please :)

sorry the 290 did not play nice with the other NVS's. My 290 is happy with my 550 TI thought it would work for you.

Oh and fair price on them cards.
Got both of my NVS 420s now!
Whats odd is that the NVS 290 ran great with my two GTX 550Ti cards in SLI. Not quite sure why it suddenly decided not to work with the 420 card. I've got both NVS 420s installed and they are running nicely. I only own 5 screens though... but right now i've got them all hooked up.

As for pics... Here is the inside of the rig:
http://puppy-linux.org/q5sys/system/DSC04522.JPG
Screenshot:
Click for larger image. Size warning. Image Resolution = 5760 x 2160 pixels
Image

Can't wait to start getting the rest of my new system. Rest of my system will be up for sale within a month or so. Out with the old and in with the new.

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#174 Post by Q5sys »

Newest Nvidia Driver pet.
Nvidia-313.09-beta-k3.0.3-L64
Nvidia considers this driver to be Beta. It does have some significant increases in some areas.
Per Nvidia:
- Improved the performance of glDrawPixels() by up to 450% when the pixel data is of type GL_BYTE.
- Improved performance of OpenGL framebuffer object binds with Xinerama enabled by 2000-3000% when the application's windows do not span screen boundaries.

Keep in mind however this driver is considered BETA.
It may or may not work fully on your system. If that is the case, you can use the last stable driver: use Meeki's link below.

Both of these drivers have included significant improvements over the older 304.64 Driver.
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#176 Post by meeki »

Image

Nvidia 310.19 SFS Dirvers
SFS http://lhpuppetsfs.puppytune.org/sfs/nv ... x86_64.sfs
MD5 http://lhpuppetsfs.puppytune.org/sfs/nv ... 64.sfs.md5

These drivers are for GeForce cards 8000 and up. See supported card list here.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-disp ... river.html

Q5sys nvidia pet did not work for me.

If your looking for lagacy nvidia drivers
Nvidia 304.64 PET Dirvers
PET http://lhpuppetsfs.puppytune.org/pet/Nv ... .3-L64.pet
MD5 http://lhpuppetsfs.puppytune.org/pet/Nv ... 64.pet.md5

See supported card list.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-disp ... river.html

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#177 Post by Q5sys »

meeki wrote: Q5sys nvidia pet did not work for me.
thanks for the report. I'll pull the link.
SFS release is a problem for video drivers. Due to the layering of the system when it boots... save file sits on top of SFS files... so if they have an older driver in their save file... the newer one in the SFS wont be used.

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#178 Post by meeki »

thanks for the report. I'll pull the link.
Its the 310 pet not the new beta one ya posted. Your pet works until I reboot. If I jsut reboot X it works. On a full restart of the system your pet made my screen txt small at boot and when xwin loads It goes black.
SFS release is a problem for video drivers. Due to the layering of the system when it boots... save file sits on top of SFS files... so if they have an older driver in their save file... the newer one in the SFS wont be used.
Agree.... this is why I am switching all my Drivers to SFS for now on. Even if i uninstall my old 304 nvida pet and install my new 310 SFS it fails.

Ive now installed and uninstalled the nvida SFS and it stays happy.

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#179 Post by Q5sys »

meeki wrote:
thanks for the report. I'll pull the link.
Its the 310 pet not the new beta one ya posted. Your pet works until I reboot. If I jsut reboot X it works. On a full restart of the system your pet made my screen txt small at boot and when xwin loads It goes black.
SFS release is a problem for video drivers. Due to the layering of the system when it boots... save file sits on top of SFS files... so if they have an older driver in their save file... the newer one in the SFS wont be used.
Agree.... this is why I am switching all my Drivers to SFS for now on. Even if i uninstall my old 304 nvida pet and install my new 310 SFS it fails.

Ive now installed and uninstalled the nvida SFS and it stays happy.
cool. Might want to make a note that it will require a user to install any previously installed nvidia pet so updates can be done via the SFS method.
Its a good idea, keeps the bloat out of the safe file and makes updating and rolling back a piece of cake.
Good thinking doing that with the video files, It never crossed my mind before.

gcmartin

Save sesssion processing in Mariner and other LH64s

#180 Post by gcmartin »

Question
In LH64, isn't the save-session files (I run live media) loaded before the SFSs. Thus this puts it highest in the order and SFS loading would not compromise save session stuff.

I ask, because I seem to remember TaZoC doing a significant amount of structuring to arrive at the boot-time management that we see.

This is, I believe, how it works in, say, Mariner.

Is that a correct view?

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