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zygo
Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 233 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue 26 Feb 2013, 21:55 Post subject:
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Thanks rerwin,
Puppy *can* fully change between my 2 network IFs.
I've replied on the Frisbee thread http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64472&start=180
Thanks gcmartin,
I have a tower PC but prefer "pay as you go" ISPs. Mr reply on the Frisbee thread should answer your questions.
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rerwin

Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1922 Location: Maine, USA
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Posted: Wed 27 Feb 2013, 19:55 Post subject:
Another frisbee version to avoid endless wpa log |
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I have noticed that the /tmp/wpa_supplicant.log file gets updated with many lines every time the networks are scanned, every 30 seconds or maybe more frequently. This is unacceptable for normal operation for long periods.
To correct this excessive logging, I added a control checkbox for when debug-level logging is needed, but otherwise to be left unchecked (disabled). The updated frisbee-1.0 package, 20130228 (was 20130227), is at the usual place:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=684092#684092
Please test this version soon, so it can be considered for inclusion in the release version of precise 5.5. Thanks.
Richard
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sszindian

Joined: 24 Apr 2010 Posts: 775 Location: Pennsylvania U.S.
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Posted: Fri 01 Mar 2013, 21:04 Post subject:
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Starting to get a little confusing as to where to post results for Precise with all the various threads, and new versions some things starting in the middle of old threads, hope this gets to the eyes and ears of BK
Precise-5-4-93
Did an 'upgrade' to Precise-5.4.91 (was going to upgrade to 5.4.92 but BK beat me to the draw with 5.4.93 just after downloading 5.4.92... boy, when he's on a roll
Anyway, upgrade went fine, usual loss of personal apps & icons, no big deal.
All programs appear to be working as before with one little 'quirk' as in previous versions... analog clock disappears from pwidgets ( 2.4.0 & 2.4.1) on desktop every now and then? Appears to me it isn't a pwidgets fault as this also happens in Dpup-Precise, Dpup-Wheezy and Slacko... Hmmm... maybe a big bad wolf thingy? Just guesing of course?
Previous version of 5.4.91 was 'dropping WiFi' a few times per day, only re-coop was a cold hard button shutdown... have to see what happens for a few days with 5.4.93? (Using: Linksys AE1000 usb plugin... Verizon Router - built into DSL modem- and rt2800usb setup - which was automatic.) Hope it's now fixed! There are some other distro's that have an auto re-connect after a drop, that would be a nice feature to consider for somewhere down the road?
OK... 2-hrs after writing the above on the WiFi thing... WiFi DROPPED, again a cold shutdown. The WiFi hung while my wife was posting a message in Facebook. After thinking on this, I decided to try to remove Pwidgets as I have a Weather module installed that keeps reaching out for updates, I thought this may be the problem with the drops. Going to the PPM I REMOVED Pwidgets (PPM said it in fact removed Pwidgets). Well, Pwidgets was still on the desktop! A reboot and although Pwidgets was said to be removed, all the modules still appear on the desktop? I re-installed Pwidgets and just removed the weather module (that took) so now I maybe can see if that has anything to do with the WiFi drops? Don't understand why Pwidgets DID NOT remove after being un-installed through the PPM???
EDIT: It's not the Pwidgets weather module, another drop without it!!!!
Seamonkey 15 preforming well!
Youtube viewing... some of the fonts are showing up as 'PCOMPASS FONTS' (squiggly little arrowheads) instead of regular text? (That's a new one for me.)
OK... that's what I have so far... testing continues!
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mchabez
Joined: 21 Feb 2013 Posts: 12
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Posted: Sat 02 Mar 2013, 13:51 Post subject:
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A few more issues:
1. Glipper tray icon's background is white, not transparent.
2. Package deps like "upstart-job" aren't resolved in PPM. There is no such package name "upstart-job" in the Ubuntu Precise repos, as it's a virtual package provided by "upstart". One such package dependent on upstart-job is "binfmt-support".
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artsown
Joined: 12 Sep 2012 Posts: 311
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Posted: Sat 02 Mar 2013, 15:55 Post subject:
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Barry, 01Mico requested that I post this on one of your threads. It
concerns a bug in the startup script where optical media are being
interrogated. A freeze occurs forcing a power down. I had learned to
live with this happening once in awhile but for some reason his latest
Slacko (5.4.0.5) is really bad in this regard (10 freezes in a row). So
I finally opened the case and disconnected the cables from the DVD
Drive. That allowed Slacko to startup.
The drive is a fairly new LiteOn Super All Write DVD Writer. It's been
causing this trouble going back to your Precise 5,4.3 (or so). It doesn't
happen if I manage to start up and create a Save file. It only occurs
when trying to start a pup the first time.
Art
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rerwin

Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1922 Location: Maine, USA
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Posted: Sat 02 Mar 2013, 19:00 Post subject:
/tmp permissions hazard - fixed |
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01micko has been after me to clean up the /tmp directory permisions in my frisbee-1.0 packages, because it created situtaion that jeopardizes puppy stablity/rebustness. I have corrected that problem in the 20130228 version now available in the usual places.
Here is his patient explanation to me: Quote: | Here is the problem.. I wish i could find the link.
If permissions on /tmp are not drwxrwxrwt (or 1777) some cups drivers do not work. We found this problem occurring time and time again in Lupu, and it was mainly because of bad DEB packages with 755 or drwxr-xr-x. A package that contains those permissions will change the permissions on /tmp on the system. Some debs were so bad that they weren't even owned by root! They would default to users:500.
I know you delete the file directly but the damage is done. As soon as the pet gets extracted to it's path the permissions change, check your /tmp, permissions will likely be wrong.
It also affects users who want to use the universal installer to install to a USB drive, I don't know why but it is reported in the slacko-5.4 bug thread, I can find that link.. http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=677630#677630
I hope this gives you some understanding. I had problems with zigbert's Pmusic too, as he was using /tmp as a temporary location to install other stuff, rox right clicks I think, that don't work in woof.
It's not for me, because woof changes the permissions to 1777 when the build is almost complete. it's for the users out there installing and testing. They may find later on that printing has failed or they can't get their USB stick to work. These problems are difficult to debug. If I see a post like that I'll ask for the output of ls -l /
NOTE: You only need to change the permissions on /tmp and no other directory in your package tree.
. . .
In rox, if you select "properties" you get the checkboxes, all on the left (9 of them) should be checked and on the right the bottom one.. "sticky" is the label. |
The link points to this conversation: Quote: | Master_wrong
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during install into usb flashdisk there is syslinux error
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possibly unsafe /tmp/ permissions
fix
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chmod 1777 /tmp
then run installer
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01micko
Perms are already 1777 on /tmp. You may have installed a bad package.
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SFR
@Master_wrong & @01micko
That's strange, but in my case /tmp sometimes has 1777 and sometimes 777.
Eg. in my install (pmedia=ataflash on internal SATA HDD) it had 777 by default and I couldn't make it to preserve 1777 after reboot.
(/initrd/pup_ro2/tmp has 777 as well, perhaps that's why?)
I simply added chmod 1777 /tmp to rc.sysinit to achieve this.
On the other hand, when I switch to pmedia=atahd, /tmp suddenly becomes 1777 and, in addition, it appears as a mount point.
(I checked this a few minutes ago in VBox, 5.4-PAE)
Also, pristine boot without a savefile also gives /tmp 777.
IIRC I noticed this also in 5.3.3, but I didn't report it, because usually I have "luck" of experiencing "it's_just_me" kind of issues... |
Attached are small mods to dir2pet and installpkg.sh to ensure correct permissions in a .pet and after installation of any package. Here are the difference listings: Code: | --- dir2pet-5492 2013-01-13 19:09:21.000000000 -0500
+++ dir2pet 2013-03-02 16:33:48.000000000 -0500
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#w482 if preexisting pet.specs, read fields from it.
#100201 improve reading of pet.specs
#100303 fix bug detection arch-dependent pkg.
+#130302 ensure package tmp directory, if any, has all permissions.
if [ ! $1 ];then
echo "It is required to invoke this script like this:
@@ -347,6 +348,8 @@
exit
fi
+[ -d $DIRPKG/$BASEPKG/tmp ] && chmod 1777 $DIRPKG/$BASEPKG/tmp #130302
+
cat /tmp/petspec_db_entry | tail -n 1 > $DIRPKG/$BASEPKG/pet.specs
echo
--- installpkg-5492.sh 2013-02-19 08:35:15.000000000 -0500
+++ installpkg.sh 2013-03-02 16:31:22.000000000 -0500
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
#130114 revert 130112 "multiarch symlinks now optional".
#130126 'categories.dat' format changed.
#130219 grep, ignore case.
+#130302 ensure tmp directory has all permissions after package expansion.
#information from 'labrador', to expand a .pet directly to '/':
#NAME="a52dec-0.7.4"
@@ -358,6 +359,8 @@
mv /*.xpm /usr/local/lib/X11/mini-icons/ 2>/dev/null
mv /*.png /usr/local/lib/X11/mini-icons/ 2>/dev/null
+ls -dl /tmp | grep -q '^drwxrwxrwt' || chmod 1777 /tmp #130302
+
#post-install script?...
if [ -f /pinstall.sh ];then #pet pkgs.
chmod +x /pinstall.sh
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phdzaps
Joined: 29 Nov 2009 Posts: 7
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Posted: Sat 02 Mar 2013, 23:51 Post subject:
delayed run Subject description: a small change |
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I am not sure if it is a real improvement or not but I think it is:
in /usr/sbin/delayedrun, I change line 199 to read:
[ -x "$a" ] && exec $a &
Things seem to run slightly better for me after. This is in multiple versions of puppy also.
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zygo
Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 233 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun 03 Mar 2013, 08:33 Post subject:
USB flash memory stick not listed in pmount |
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The following USB flash memory stick is not listed in pmount in PP5.4.92 but was in the previous version of PP.
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Manufacturer=SanDisk
Product=Cruzer
VendorID=0781 ProductID=5530 KERNEL-DRIVER(builtin)=usb-storage
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I have one other which I've been using for years and that works fine in both versions of PP. I've been using the new one for only a few months. It's light displays the usual flashing while if boots and when it's ready.
Edit: It's no longer listed in pmount in Quirky 130. I suppose it died.
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futwerk
Joined: 07 May 2011 Posts: 364
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Posted: Sun 03 Mar 2013, 17:40 Post subject:
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some new backgrounds.
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BarryK
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Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 8829 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Posted: Mon 04 Mar 2013, 06:05 Post subject:
Re: delayed run Subject description: a small change |
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phdzaps wrote: | I am not sure if it is a real improvement or not but I think it is:
in /usr/sbin/delayedrun, I change line 199 to read:
[ -x "$a" ] && exec $a &
Things seem to run slightly better for me after. This is in multiple versions of puppy also. |
Errr, that's what it already is.
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josepinto
Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 38
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Posted: Mon 04 Mar 2013, 16:52 Post subject:
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Hi,
I cannot unload SFS using SFS load on the fly.
José Pinto
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666philb

Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 3293 Location: wales
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Posted: Mon 04 Mar 2013, 16:54 Post subject:
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updated quickpet_precise
added a load of games http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=83642
_________________ Tahrpup, built with trusty tahr packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=96178
Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331
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anikin
Joined: 10 May 2012 Posts: 1020
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Posted: Mon 04 Mar 2013, 17:17 Post subject:
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An attempt to remaster precise-4.5.93 (no CD drive, but the ISO is mounted) ends with this error warning - see attached image. The one-line fix suggested in wary/racy thread doesn't help. Any ideas?
PS: this was initially posted in a wrong thread, sorry.
edit: a quick test - remaster doesn't stumble on this ISO in dpup exprimo-3.6.2. Something must have changed in the script. See another attached image.
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666philb

Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 3293 Location: wales
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Posted: Mon 04 Mar 2013, 18:27 Post subject:
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hi anikin
did you see my reply in the other thread?
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anikin
Joined: 10 May 2012 Posts: 1020
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Posted: Mon 04 Mar 2013, 18:52 Post subject:
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666philb wrote: | hi anikin
did you see my reply in the other thread? |
hi,
the iso is mounted, nonetheless the script doesn't work for me. This puppy runs off of an ext4 sd card. Can it be that ext4 isn't fully supported? I can see strange boot messages saying fs is ext2 instead of ext4?
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