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BarryK · Last edited by BarryK on Fri 01 Mar 2013, 06:49; edited 2 times in total

Racy 5.5RC2
See my blog for download:
http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00157

Discussion starts on page 3 of this Forum thread:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=688640#688640

Racy 5.5RC
See my blog for announcement and download:
http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00151

Wary 5.5RC
See my blog for announcement and download link:
http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00148

If you want to read earlier posts:
Wary 5.3 Forum thread:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=77303
Wary 5.3.92 beta2:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=81171

Feedback welcome!

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 4380 Location: Ontario

faster download site for wary

http://ftp.nluug.nl/ibiblio/distributions/quirky/test/wary-5.4.90/

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Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 2807 Location: Ontario Canada

I did a manual frugal install to a 4gb flash drive running on an AAO
netbook.
VIDEO REPORT: Wary Puppy, version 5.4.90
Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
Modules requested to be loaded: synaptics dbe type1 freetype xtrap glx
dri
Drivers requested to be loaded: fglrx
Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): fglrx
Loaded modules: amdxmm dbe ddc dri extmod fb fglrxdrm freetype glesx glx kbd
mouse pcidata ramdac synaptics type1 vbe vgahw xtrap
Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1024x600 pixels (256x144 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes
OpenGL
Vendor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Renderer ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series
Version 3.3.11672 Compatibility Profile Context
Direct Rendering Y_es
...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# glxgears
8951 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1790.056 FPS
8893 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1778.526 FPS
9044 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1808.755 FPS
Processor
Name AMD Athlon(tm) II Neo K125 Processor
Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter rt73
I downloaded and installed opera_12.14.1738_i386.deb + amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-legacy-linux-x86.x86_64.run

It's working well so far.

EDIT:more info on processor:
AMD Athlon II Neo K125

The AMD Athlon II Neo K125 Processor is an entry level single core CPU for
small laptops. It has an integrated DDR3-1066 memory controller and supports
HyperTransport 3.0 with 2000 MHz.

The performance is similar to a 1.7 GHz Pentium M / Core Solo and therefore
faster than 1.6 Ghz clocked Atom CPUs in Intel based netbooks.

Series AMD Athlon II Neo
Codename Geneva
Clock Rate 1700 MHz
Front Side Bus 2000 MHz
Level 1 Cache 128 KB
Level 2 Cache 1024 KB
Number of Cores / Threads 1 / 1
Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 12 Watt
Manufacturing Technology 45 nm
Socket S1
Features MMX, 3dDNow!, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection,
Virtualization, integrated DDR3 memory controller
64 Bit 64 Bit support
Hardware Virtualization AMD-V
Announcement Date 05/12/2010
Product Link (external) AMD Athlon II Neo K125

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 1334 Location: London, England

The tg3 ethernet driver module does not work with my Broadcom NetLink 57788 (and some others, so I am told).

I downloaded the latest driver tarball from http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/netlink_k57.php and compiled it.

It works for me and I will attach it but I expect you will wish to compile your own.

I notice those *.ko drivers in that directory are not stripped so I didn't strip this one. Do we know if they are best left not stripped?

tater · Joined: 29 May 2010 Posts: 32 Location: Michigan, USA

I burned a fresh iso and md5sum is good.

Booted puppy pfix=ram

The first thing I checked was Pnethood.

I'm happy to say that wary scaned and found my samba shares fast with no problems.

I'll be testing and report back.

Peace!

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 6643 Location: Kentucky

Manual frugal install on my main Athlon XP box....... sound,internet and display all working and correct on initial boot.Overall, looking good so far.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Wary Puppy, version 5.4.90

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev c1)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe type1 freetype xtrap glx dri
Drivers requested to be loaded: nv

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): nv
Loaded modules: dbe ddc dri extmod fb freetype GLcore glx i2c int10 kbd mouse pcidata ramdac type1 vgahw xaa xtrap

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1440x900 pixels (411x263 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
#
# glxgears
451 frames in 5.3 seconds = 85.619 FPS
552 frames in 5.4 seconds = 101.528 FPS
552 frames in 5.6 seconds = 98.429 FPS
690 frames in 5.8 seconds = 118.168 FPS
828 frames in 5.7 seconds = 144.094 FPS
828 frames in 5.6 seconds = 147.588 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1034MB (156MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Puppy Linux
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sun Feb 24 23:30:42 2013
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa GLX Indirect
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235

tater · Joined: 29 May 2010 Posts: 32 Location: Michigan, USA

I went ahead and did a manual frugal install and grub4dos then created a save file.

I have success connecting to my print server after installing hplip 3.12.10a for precise.

Video is working good.

This seems to go good with my P4 1.7 with 768mb and a geforce 4 mx 440. Nice, Fast, Responsive.

I'll continue on testing.

Peace!

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 5079 Location: GB

Snappy - nice. Sound, vision, connect & Flash all working ootb.
Go for 100Mb.

BarryK · Posted: Tue 26 Feb 2013, 07:15 Post subject:

Can you guys who are interested in Pmusic, give it a test?

That was one thing I was doubtful about, as I am a bit confused about Pmusic and just what versions of ffmpeg it works with.

Wary/Racy 5.3 has Pmusic 2.5.3. The last of the 2.x series is available:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-noarch/pmusic-2.6.7.pet

...in fact all earlier versions are too.

If you guys experience any difficulties with Pmusic, could you try that older one?

Note, Wary 5.5RC has ffmpeg 'ffmpeg-0.8.12-1-w5c.pet'.
Wary 5.3 has 'ffmpeg-20111002-w5c.pet'
If I recall rightly, the original ffmpeg lacked network support, and someone, it might have been shinobar, recompiled it, hence the different PET in 5.5RC.

...that's another thing, if anyone experiences problems with ffmpeg, you could try the older PET:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-wary5/ffmpeg-20111002-1-w5c.pet
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-wary5/ffmpeg_DEV-20111002-1-w5c.pet

BarryK · Posted: Tue 26 Feb 2013, 07:53 Post subject:

Racy 5.5RC now available:

http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00151

esmourguit · Posted: Tue 26 Feb 2013, 08:07 Post subject:

Bonjour à toutes et tous,

It seems that I have a problem with remasterpup2.
Just after validated in this window, the attached message is displayed:

Cordialement Wink

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 1334 Location: London, England

Pmusic is missing the tray icon thingy, but it is playing aac and mp3 streams for me here OK. I do use Pmusic, but not for handling extensive libraries and playlists or anything so can't comment on all the features and functions.

I think the 2.6.7 version is as high as you can go without upgrading gtkdialog, but I don't think it is a barrier as regards ffmpeg, I guess zigbert will clarify.

I am glad you have stuck with the 0.8.12 version of ffmpeg because certain apps that I like to use will not work with the later versions (yet?). The latest Slackos have become a problem for me because of this. I have always used the 0.8.12 version in Wary/Racy 5.3 and have never had any problems with it.

You are correct, the original had network disabled, I believe you uploaded a re-compile yourself and the 0.8.12 was from shinobar a little later.

L18L · Confirm, same happens in precise 5.4.90 (at the moment)

Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 2807 Location: Ontario Canada

I did a manual frugal install to an 8gb SDHC card formatted ext4, using
grub4dos as the bootloader.
Report Video 1.3 - Tue 26 Feb 2013 on Racy Puppy 5.4.91 - Linux 3.8.0 i686
Chip description:
5.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RS780 01.00
X Server: Xorg Driver used: radeon
X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
# glxgears
2254 frames in 5.0 seconds = 450.673 FPS
2276 frames in 5.0 seconds = 455.173 FPS
2275 frames in 5.0 seconds = 454.944 FPS

I couldn't get amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-legacy-linux-x86.x86_64.run
to compile, it gave an error about missing tools, I have the devx and
kernel_src-3.8.0-patched.sfs loaded.
I downloaded and installed opera_12.14.1738_i386.deb + added midnight
commander.
EDIT:I burned the racy-5.4.91.iso to a dvd and then ran the puppy
remaster utility using that dvd.
It was going well until a message saying the puppylivecdbuild had no
bootloader in it, it quit the script then.
I've used the remaster live cd in the past without problems but it
doesn't work for me in racy 5491.

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 6643 Location: Kentucky

Manual frugal install of Racy 5.4.9.1 to the trusty old Athlon XP box.Sound and internet working and correct on boot....... X put up a fight.
Booted to an incorrect 1280x1024 resolution (with the vesa driver) and every attempt to exit to a prompt in order to use xorgwizard caused the computer to freeze necessitating a hard rebootAttempted several times..Finally copied the xorg.conf from Precise to /etc/X11/ so now successfully using the nouveau driver at the correct 1440x900 resolution.

# report-video
Report Video 1.3 - Tue 26 Feb 2013 on Racy Puppy 5.4.91 - Linux 3.8.0 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: 1.11.0
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
326 frames in 5.0 seconds = 65.169 FPS
530 frames in 5.0 seconds = 105.849 FPS
507 frames in 5.0 seconds = 101.390 FPS
517 frames in 5.0 seconds = 103.376 FPS
546 frames in 5.0 seconds = 109.097 FPS
522 frames in 5.0 seconds = 104.270 FPS
523 frames in 5.0 seconds = 104.348 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1033MB (162MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Puppy Linux
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Tue Feb 26 14:05:46 2013
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Software Rasterizer
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235