Upup Precise 3.7.2 with kernel 3.7.2, no pae

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#81 Post by pemasu »

I did download latest svn of ndiswrapper:
svn co co https://ndiswrapper.svn.sourceforge.net ... diswrapper ndiswrapper-svn

And it compiled just fine. Maybe my previously used source was broken by heavy usage...or this latest just compiled and the previous one didnt.

Anyway.....here is ndiswrapper kernel module driver.
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#82 Post by artsown »

pemasu, ndiswrapper allowed me to get a connection using frisbee.

At least I managed to discover that wlan0 power management is off by
default using this kernel. And I was able to do some download speed
testing to verify that wireless performance seems solid and reliable. I
was curious to know if the 3.7.2 kernel has the wireless power management
bug, and it does not seem to.

However, I won't be using 3.7.2 with a wireless connection since the
use of the Windows driver gives me too many annoying problems.

Art

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#83 Post by artsown »

I decided to raise a issue here in the hope of getting the attention of
appropriate developers. If there's a more appropriate location on the
forum please let me know.

There's a very serious flaw in Barry's simple network setup and also
the more complicated network setup concerning wireless. Only a small
number of available networks are displayed for selection and they are
not ordered according to signal strength. It's likely that the user's
network has the strongest signal but it may not be presented for
selection. I noticed that Frisbee does order them according to signal
strength as they should be.

Art

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nice to have: a kind of Xorg-High.pet ...:-)

#84 Post by charlie6 »

Hi Pemasu,
yeah...! running with the intel_drv.so xorg driver on 945G video controller (Dell 620 laptop)...
glxgears report less than 300 frames in 5 seconds --> :shock: -->:( !

It would be nice to have a kind of Xorg-High.pet (as it is already the case for dPup-Exprimo-3.6.2 --> on the same Dell 620 glxgears rates more than 3000 frames in 5 sec ...!! yesss...-three-thou-sands- :shock: )

i have installed Barry's Precise mesa-8.03.pet ...but results are better ... without it :o ...! (last edited: :oops: oops....uPup-Precise already has mesa-8.04 in it ...)

thanks anyway !
Charlie

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#85 Post by pemasu »

Charlie6. I think Precise Puppy and so....also Upup Precise has everything included.

This post might help you get better response with glxgears:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 457#649457

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#86 Post by charlie6 »

Pemasu ...Thanks ...it indeed helps :)
This post might help you get better response with glxgears:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 457#649457
here on intel 82845G Brookdale video chip get ca. 1300 frames in 5 sec --> :)

charlie

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#87 Post by Fabio T »

On INTEL HD4000 video chip :

34943 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6988.600 FPS
34950 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6989.870 FPS
34983 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6996.540 FPS
34734 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6945.522 FPS
34855 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6970.955 FPS

Wow!

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Upup Precise 3.7.2 with kernel 3.7.2, no pae

#88 Post by Billtoo »

@pemasu

I compiled and made a vlc 2.0.5 pet in upup precise 3.7.2, I used the
same method as last summer for vlc 2.0.3.
It'll need the dvb firmware if you still have that pet and qt-4.8.2.
It works on this pc with the ati driver, will likely need the proprietary nvidia driver but may work with the nouveau driver (haven't tested that)
Anyhow, here's the link if you'd like to test it:

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-e450a73f.html
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#89 Post by pemasu »

Billtoo. Thanks. Your vlc-2.0.5 works fine. Subtitles and dvb-c tuning works. Tv channels plays fine. I have several dvb firmware pets. Including the one I think you meant.

All my usual video test formats and files played fine.

I stripped your vlc pet from 12 Mb to 5.2 Mb and then I uploaded it with the same name to the upup repo.

Thanks.

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#90 Post by James C »

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Upup Precise, version 3.7.2

Chip description:
oem: Copyright 1998 TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS INC.

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Depth (bits, or planes): 16
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe
Drivers requested to be loaded: vesa

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): vesa
Loaded modules: dbe ddc dri dri2 extmod fb glx int10 kbd mouse record shadow vbe

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1024x768 pixels (321x241 millimeters)
Depth: 16 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
#

What should have been the correct "trident" driver actually loaded on initial boot but caused a lot of screen distortion and flickering so I switched to "vesa".

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+
Memory : 505MB (148MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sat 26 Jan 2013 11:43:02 PM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on softpipe
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : VIA686A - VIA 82C686A/B rev50

Multimedia audio controller : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
Ethernet controller : ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
VGA compatible controller : Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 (prog-if 00 [VGA controller

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# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:        505804       490080        15724            0        46124
-/+ buffers:             443956        61848
Swap:            0            0            0
# 
Pretty good live pfix=ram on an old box with no swap. :)
Too many bad sectors was the end of the hdd.
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#91 Post by futwerk »

new backgrounds.
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#92 Post by artsown »

I managed to finally get wirless working well with the Windows driver. Frisbee now
comes up and makes the wlan0 connection quickly at startup. I can confirm that
power management on wlan0 is off by default. I haven't experienced any symptoms
of the wireless bug. I haven't yet booted up enough times to say anything about
the black screen bug but so far I haven't seen it.

So it certainly looks like the 3.7.2 kernel is free of the wireless bug! Hooray! I plan to
just use 3.7.2 every day for awhile to see if any issues arise.

Art

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Precise 3.7.2. with PAE Kernel

#93 Post by Fabio T »

Precise is the most stable Puppy for me (automatic suspend when lid is closed, etc etc).

No stop in work of software, no other noticeable errors, stability and reliability.

When you think to compile a PAE-kernel version?

Thanks a lot for your work.

fabio

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#94 Post by Hogweed »

Download link in first post ( http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/UpupPrec ... recise372/ ) is 404 not found.

To the poster above wanting a PAE version - I think this is what you are looking for http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=82255

There's also Precise 5.4.3 - See http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00070

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#95 Post by pemasu »

Sorry about the download link. I have had to remove my previous work heavily due to disk space requirements. I have had generous permission from smokey01 to upload to the site. Now there has been need to restrict the load. So...I have removed a lot stuff from there. But...it was not meant to remove this build. I am uploading it atm again. I am so grateful that I have had opportunity to upload to the smokey01.com that I dont want to spoil it.

About PAE 3.7.2 kernel. Probably not going to do it. I just dont have enough time to do all those things I would like to.

I am atm trying to create working dpup wheezy, and the progress has been good. Soon there is time to update Upup Precise builds, when Barry Kauler announces 'woof plateau' time. Then I believe Barry uploads next Precise Puppy and I try follow with my enhancement builds. So...one person....one life...many things to do.

I used this build mostly before I changed to the Dpup Wheezy builds. I am delighted that it behaves with people.

Download link: http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/UpupPrec ... recise372/

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#96 Post by artsown »

I posted about this on the Users section of the Forum and thought I'd mention it here
as well. This concerns the fact that I must use my Windows wireless driver and a
situation where it wasn't being loaded automatically at startup. I was forced into a
clumsy procedure to get connected each startup.

I placed the line:
modprobe ndiswrapper
in the file /etc//rc.d/rc.sysinit
down near the end and just before the lines concerning wireless.

Now at startup, I get a automatic connection via Frisbee.

Precise 3.7.2 continues to work well here.

Art

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#97 Post by Fabio T »

Hogweed wrote: To the poster above wanting a PAE version - I think this is what you are looking for http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=82255
I've looking for a 3.7.2. kernel, because in kernel 3.2.29 suspend-and-wake function when lid of my laptop is closed and reopen hangs machine and I must reboot to continue.

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#98 Post by James C »

Since I have three or four Exprimo (Squeeze) installs plus Precise 3.7.2 on this old Athlon XP box I've been doing some fairly in-depth comparison testing.Considering resource usage,kernel version,etc. I've concluded that if I had to choose only one version to leave on this box I'd choose Precise 3.7.2.
Works fine and no problems even worth mentioning. You build a good distro. :)

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#99 Post by James C »

Decided to do a quick frugal install on this Windows 7/PCLOS/Puppy box. No problems....everything looking good ootb.

# report-video
VID# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Upup Precise, version 3.7.2

Chip description:
oem: NVIDIA
product: G98 Board - 5610002u Chip Rev

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1024x768x16
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Loaded modules: dbe dri dri2 exa extmod fb glx kbd mouse record shadowfb

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
2772 frames in 5.0 seconds = 554.378 FPS
2987 frames in 5.0 seconds = 597.331 FPS
2898 frames in 5.0 seconds = 579.523 FPS
3079 frames in 5.0 seconds = 615.701 FPS
2966 frames in 5.0 seconds = 593.180 FPS
2684 frames in 5.0 seconds = 536.519 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
Memory : 1033MB (219MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed 13 Feb 2013 09:25:19 PM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on NV98
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : CMI8738-MC6 - C-Media CMI8738
Audio Adapter : ICH4 - Intel ICH5

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FireWire (IEEE 1394)		: Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Ethernet controller		: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
Multimedia audio controller		: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
VGA compatible controller		: NVIDIA Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

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#100 Post by James C »

Precise 3.7.2 on an old XP box.Only little thing was the internet didn't connect on boot but SNS made quick work of that. Otherwise,everything looking good.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Upup Precise, version 3.7.2

Chip description:
Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1024x768
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): intel
Loaded modules: dbe dri dri2 extmod fb glx kbd mouse record

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1024x768 pixels (270x203 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
377 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.259 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.141 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.147 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.144 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.143 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Memory : 1016MB (176MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Thu 14 Feb 2013 03:05:16 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) 865G x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : ICH4 - Intel ICH5

Multimedia audio controller : Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
Ethernet controller : Intel Corporation 82541EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller

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# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       1016904       598800       418104            0        63464
-/+ buffers:             535336       481568
Swap:      2150396            0      2150396
#

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