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Bruce_n_Duane · Joined: 01 Nov 2005 Posts: 71 Location: Washington State

Did frugal install of Precise Puppy 5.4.91 nopae on Toshiba Satellite A205
with 2 GB of ram 2GB pupsave file using Grub4Dos that has started 50+ puppies over the years.

Most everything works with few error messages in the /tmp logs

Cups scheduler does not start: logged error is child exited with error 127

Trying to add a printer from menu==>system==>Cups Manager
browser opens with URL=localhost:631

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Did a frugal install of Precise Puppy Alpha1 5.4.90 with 512MB pupsave
Nothing added. /tmp log files say cups scheduler started
browser opens with URL=localhost:631/admin

Was able to add my HP PhotoSmart 5200 printer

So only Cups broken in nopae version
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both versions report that "logger invalid option --- "i" all 3 /tmp logs

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nopae Missing dependencies in nopae additional pets

Installed software in this order via PPM
Source:Ubuntu repositorie
mc_4.8.1 + mc_data_4.8.1 no missing dependencies
llk-linux_2.3 no missing dependencies
guvcview-1.5.3 missing libasound21.0.24.1 & libxcursor11.1.2
firefox_18.0.2 missing lsb_release_4.0 & python2.8
gnucash_2.4.10-1 missing guile-1.8 added from Ubuntu via PPM
also missing libmime-base64-perl & libnet-perl
& upstart-job

Via Browser and muga-linux forum for Additional Software
pwidgets-2.4.1
wbar-2.3.0
sys-info-1.5.1 by TaZoc
PupControl & Pupmates (PupApps, PupShutdown, PupClock)
wallpaper-0.6.2 (Nathan's wallpaper)
Via SFS Files
LibraOffice_3.4.4_Lucid

All seem to work great even with missing dependencies

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about missing dependencies What I have found via Google search

libasound21.0.24.1 only mention is Barry's list of dosbox_0.74-2 depends
and now here in this message

libxcursor11.1.2 the highest version I found is libXcursor1.1.13

lsb-release-4.0 does not exist

Python2.8 Firefox says it needs it but seems to work without it.

guile-1.8 I loaded this using PPM from Ubuntu 12.04 repository
Gnucash would not start without it

libmime-base64-perl does not exist
libnet-perl does not exist
upstart-job does exist but I am not loading 60+ megabytes and the
complete gnome environment for this

I do not know where the PPM gets it's list of dependencies.
My guess is the libxcursor is a typo and should be libXcursor1.1.12
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Great Puppy!!! Barry, you and your team have built a great OS hear
when the first Alpha release with minor (itsy bitsy tiny) bugs. Most
Alpha versions are ant's nests of bugs and often the final release is
still an ant's nest of bugs.

I look forward to the next releases of pae and nopae Precise Puppy.

My first puppy was Chubby Puppy 1.06
I switched from Ubuntu Hardy to Puppies as my main OS because
puppy booted in 15 seconds and Ubuntu in 3 minutes.

I marvel at how well all the puppies and derivatives just WORK!!
Download the iso. Open it in ROX and take out 3-4 files.
Point the GRUB menu.lst to start it and it works!!

Thank you all for the great OS.
-Bruce.

rcrsn51

rodin.s · Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 340 Location: Ukraine

Latest report-video works good. The second card is detected.

Bruce_n_Duane · Joined: 01 Nov 2005 Posts: 71 Location: Washington State

I tried your suggestion

# /etc/init.d/cups start
cupsd: Child exited with status 127!
cups: unable to start scheduler.
#

The checksum on the iso matched the one provided.

I tested cups before loading any additional software.
I got the same results as above.

What would you like me to try next?

-Bruce.

rcrsn51

Bruce_n_Duane · Joined: 01 Nov 2005 Posts: 71 Location: Washington State

I did as suggested

# rm -rf /var/spool/cups /var/run/cups /var/cache/cups
# /etc/init.d/cups start
cupsd: Child exited with status 127!
cups: unable to start scheduler.
#

same result

I tried to add the PupSysInfo.txt file to this post but it was not accepted as it was a ".txt" file.

rxrsn51 thanks for your help. what would you like me to do next?

-Bruce.

rcrsn51

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 6730 Location: Earth

To upload your sys-info, try this

Bruce_n_Duane · Joined: 01 Nov 2005 Posts: 71 Location: Washington State

rcrsn51 should I remove Cups and reinstall it. if so how should I accomplish that.

Thanks gcmartin and radky

radky · Joined: 02 May 2010 Posts: 709

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5478 Location: Finland

Playing with chrome browser. I tested the root disabling feature.
http://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel

/usr/local/petget/hacks-postinstall.sh
I did add this into it:

rcrsn51 · Posted: Tue 19 Feb 2013, 15:08 Post subject:

@Bruce: Run

linuxcbon · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 1165

Hi Barry, I report bugs, you chose to solve them or not.
- ghostscript works but /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/ is missing.
- It seems that foomatic doesn't work and perl neither.
- /etc/apm uneeded because acpi replaced apm

Bruce_n_Duane · Joined: 01 Nov 2005 Posts: 71 Location: Washington State

Thanks for the continued help rcrsn51 and gcmartin!!!

Sorry I was gone so long but loading a second computer and many many tests takes time.

Loaded Hannspring Netbook with copy of files from Toshiba.
renamed pupsave so booted with no savefile: Cups works
booted with savefile: Cups broken
booted with new blank savefile: Cups works

Went back to Toshiba
renamed pupsave so booted with no savefile: Cups works
booted with new blank savefile: Cups works

So the problem is not Precise Puppy nopae 5.4.91

it is in one of the software pets or sfs files I added.

Thank you for the help. It is now load a package and check unitl I find out which one breaks Cups. It will take some time but I will report back.

Thanks again.
-Bruce.

rcrsn51