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[jamesbond]

See next post for announcement.

[fatdog]

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Fatdog64 621 Final announcement
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Kirk and James are pleased to announce Fatdog 621 release.
This is a bugfix release for 620, if you don't experience any problems with 620 (or are happy with the patches), then you don't need to get this.

It has the same kernel as 620, same devx, same kernel sources, same browser version.

Changes from 620:
* Drop Joliet mastering in favour of ISO9660:1999 (iso-level 4) for better bluray and large-file compatibility (thanks to Ted Dog). See discussion here: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=85853
* peasydisc updated to 1.1 (thanks rcrsn51)
* Fix for "eject problem" in 620.
* xorg-server patched for panning.
* New, improved clean shutdown.

and a few other bug fixes.

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Fatdog64 620 Final announcement
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Kirk and James are pleased to announce Fatdog 620 Final release.
Four (4) months in the making (including 3 months of public beta), this release marks the third release of Fatdog 600 series and comes with a lot of improvements over the last release, Fatdog64-611.

Get it from http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/iso.

For those who are new to Fatdog, please read the Frequently asked Questions and Answers (aka FAQ) to save yourself from headache (the same documents are also included in the ISO).

Due to time constraint, we will only release Seamonkey ISOs from now onwards. Firefox 20.1 is available as a pet packages, from the Package Manager.
Proprietary display drivers is also available:

• nvidia-legacy
  
• nvidia
  
• ati-catalyst-12.8
  
• ati-catalyst-13.1
  
• ati-catalyst-legacy

Get them using the Package Manager. Look for those whose names end with "3.8.7" - that's the kernel version number used in this release. Make sure your check that your video card is supported before installing them - there is a reason why there are so many drivers.

It may take a while for the mirrors to be updated.
Special thanks for our beta testers and other contributors: JustGreg, 01micko, rcrsn51, Billtoo, smokey01, and many others that I forgot to mention - you are appreciated

Changelogs - For users of Fatdog64-611

Featured Changes from Fatdog64-611

• UEFI and Secure Boot support (booting, USB installs, frugal installs)
  
• "Save to directory" (in addition the usual savefile).
  
• Bluetooth support (HID devices, audio streaming, modems)
  
• f2fs read/write support
  
• Package manager, soundcard wizard, modem dialer improvements
  
• Dual isohybrid: one image for ISO and flash drive, and supports UEFI/non-UEFI in a single image.
  
• Graphical boot menu on the ISO image
  
• Supports LVM and mdadm software RAID devices for savefile target
  
• Encrypted savefile now uses LUKS
  
• User Mode Linux (UML) sandbox
  
• Linux 3.8.7, additional and updated, and numerous bug fixes.

Detailed changes from Fatdog64-611:
Updates:

• savefile-tool can now fsck and resize encrypted savefiles (thanks Hans)
  
• VLC-2.0.6
  
• Linux-3.8.7
  
• Flashplayer-11.2.202.280
  
• Update libGLU to 9.0.0
  
• Update netdiscover to 03-03-13 without manufacture ID's to reduce size.
  
• Update dnsmasq to 2.65
  
• Update pmusic to 3.2.3
  
• Drop old cdrkit-1.11.1 and replace with cdrtools-3.01a13 (latest)
  
• Seamonkey-2.17
  
• glipper-lite revision 284 replaces glipper 0.95.1 (thanks disciple)
  
• mongoose fix for cgi SCRIPT_NAME handling
  
• Avidemux-2.6.3
  
• bigreqsproto-1.1.2
  
• dri2proto-2.8
  
• fontsproto-2.1.2
  
• glproto-1.4.16
  
• inputproto-2.3
  
• kbproto-1.0.6
  
• libpciaccess-0.13.1
  
• libdrm-2.4.42
  
• MesaLib-9.1.1
  
• mtdev-1.1.3
  
• randrproto-1.4.0
  
• recordproto-1.14.2
  
• scrnsaverproto-1.2.2
  
• util-macros-1.16.2
  
• xcmiscproto-1.2.2
  
• xextproto-7.2.1
  
• xf86-input-evdev-2.8.0
  
• xf86-input-keyboard-1.7.0
  
• xf86-input-mouse-1.9.0
  
• xf86-input-wacom-0.20.0
  
• xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.3.tar.gz
  
• xf86-video-intel-2.21.5
  
• xf86-video-modesetting-0.7.0
  
• xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.7
  
• xf86-video-nv-2.1.20
  
• xf86-video-openchrome-0.3.2
  
• xf86-video-sis-0.10.7
  
• xf86-video-vesa-2.3.2
  
• xf86-video-vmware-13.0.0
  
• xorg-server-1.12.4
  
• xproto-7.0.23
  
• background_reshape updated to wjaguar's change: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=695028#695028
  
• guess_fstype updated to upstream, supports f2fs detection (20130205) http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00127
  
• mkfs.f2fs from git commit fef98ebd
  
• Patch Broadcom wl to name interface wlan instead of eth.
  
• Package-manager: download progress and cancel-able download
  
• Update Transmission-2.77
  
• Update autochown-2013.2
  
• Update Samba-3.6.12 (partial)
  
• Add 3 sets of missing Radeon firmware
  
• syslinux updated to 4.06
  
• e3 updated to 2.8
  
• package manager: show descriptions, search for packages
  
• drive-icon: option to redraw/re-order icons when it gets mangled by gparted
  
• update wpa_supplicant to 2.0
  
• lxpanel updated to 0.5.12
  
• Update libbluray to git 1/25/13
  
• Update libaacs to git 1/25/13
  
• Update Libvpx to git 1/29/13
  
• Gparted-0.14.1
  
• Dhcpcd-5.6.7
  
• Pburn-3.7.15
  
• and other numerous bug fixes.

New Features:

• Supports UEFI and Secure Boot - with documentation
  
• Dual isohybrid: one image for ISO and flash drive, and supports UEFI/non-UEFI in a single image.
  
• Refind 0.6.7 (thanks Rod) UEFI bootloader with shim from Matthew Garret (mjg59)
  
• Boot menu (thanks smokey01 on insisting on this )
  
• Experimental LVM support - support savefile on LVMs
  
• Experimental mdadm support - support savefile on mdadm linux software raid
  
• "Allow read-only access to other users" in event manager (thanks Barbol)
  
• wvdial options for Virgin Broadband (thanks rerwin)
  
• autochown daemon automatically keeps all files under Downloads folder always owned by spot
  
• supports dm-crypt encryption (in addition to cryptoloop)
  
• new encryption mode: savefile will be encrypted with dm-crypt (=LUKS) by default (old cryptoloop savefile still recognised and will be loaded properly)
  
• "savefile" boot option now accepts directory (in addition to a real loop-mounted savefile). The "+" option in savefile is no longer used, use "/" instead.
  
• new "dofsck" boot option: check filesystems before mounting. Ext2/3/4 and FAT only.
  
• User Mode Linux (UML) sandbox (with documentation). Just add uml_utilities and linux_uml from the repo.
  
• Add xf86-video-modesetting-0.6.0
  
• xournal for PDF annotation
  
• New dialer that should work with dial-up, 3G and GPRS modems (Also replaces Blackberry-modem)
  
• New soundcard manager to set default soundcards (as well as a few other options)
  
• Bluetooth support (mouse, audio-streaming and bluetooth modems tested)
  
• Sample dnsmasq.conf which can be used for netbooting with minimal amount of work.
  
• Add CPUtemp, not enabled by default and perl sensors-detect not included.
  
• Add alternative Grub Legacy installer (legacy_grub_2013-1.1) - thanks rcrsn51
  
• Add peasyglue-1.3 - thanks rcrsn51
  
• Game Armagetronad Advanced.
  
• Move kernel source to separate sfs file. Makes administration less problematic for us.
  
• Add brctl (bridge_utils-1.5)
  
• Add dhcpcd-3.2.3 added to /usr/local/bin
  
• Rudimentary f2fs support - ability to read/write f2fs formatted partition
  
• peasydisc 1.0 replacing burniso2cd (thanks rcrsn51).
  
• forced loading of modules by listing them inside /etc/modules
  

Note about bluetooth support:

• Bluetooth support is disabled by default, you need to enable the bluetooth service first.
  
• You may need to get a firmware for your bluetooth devices to work.
  
• obexd isn't installed (available in the repo). So far only object push is supported, object pull (that is, retrieving something from the bluetooth device) isn't supported so that's why it is not included by default.
  

Changelogs for 620beta3 users:
Updates:

• savefile-tool can now fsck and resize encrypted savefiles.
  
• VLC-2.0.6
  
• Linux-3.8.7
  
• Flashplayer-11.2.202.280
  
• peasydisc 1.0 replacing burniso2cd (thanks rcrsn51).
  
• Forced loading of modules by listing them inside /etc/modules
  
• Proper documentation of User Mode Linux (UML) feature
  
• other bug fixes.

[fatdog]

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Note for 621
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1. The devx for 621 release is identical to that for 620. If you have already downloaded devx for 620, you don't need to download again.

2. Kernel sources for 621 is the same as 620. If you already have it then you don't need to download again. Otherwise it is available here: http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/sfs/600/kernel-sources-3.8.7.sfs

3. Fatdog Contributor Repo (see below) is now included by default in 621.

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Note and Bug fixes for 620
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1. The devx for 620 release is identical to that for beta3. If you have already downloaded devx for 620beta3, you don't need to download again.
2. Kernel source is now separate from the devx. Get it from http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/sfs/600/kernel-sources-3.8.7.sfs

Fatdog Contributor Repo
We have setup a new Contributor Pet Repository: http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/pets/contrib/600/.
This will contain packages from contributors. For now, I have collected Billtoo's pets from 620beta1, beta2 and beta3 threads, as well as pemasu's cpupower pet.

You can access this repository directly from the Package Manager. To do so, open /root/.packages/fpm-repositories using geany, and add the following line:

[to.scared.to.say]

For BluRay support you'll need this pet that contains the keys:


http://www.mydrive.ch/
user name: fatdog@to.scared.to.say
password: fatdog

It contains the latest KEYDB.cfg I can find and the latest vuk collection I can put together.

If you get an error then the BluRay is too new. The key file only supports up to MKB version 30.

[smokey01]

I have uploaded Fatdog64-620 to my site.
http://www.smokey01.com/jamesbond/fatdog64/Fatdog64-620.iso
http://www.smokey01.com/jamesbond/fatdog64/fd64-devx_620.sfs
http://www.smokey01.com/jamesbond/fatdog64/kernel-source-3.8.7.sfs

[Billtoo]

I installed fd620 final to my emachines d620 laptop, looking good.
Thanks

[irishrm]

Did a USB install.

Everything working well.

Great work-thanks.

irishrm.

[Ted Dog]

This looks like a awesome release... To bad I have to wait hours to download the full iso. Please provide Delta files in the future.

[pedro]

I'm having problems with nvidia driver. When i install the 310.44 driver i get error messages and x does not start

mv: cannot stat '/var/log/xorg.o.log: no such file or directory
/usr/x11r7/bin/xinit: giving up
/usr/x11r7/bin/xinit: unable to conect to x server No such file or directory
/usr/x11r7/bin/xinit: server error

[smokey01]

[kirk]

[picatrix]

Hi all,
I´ve a HP 8730w with nvidia Quadro FX 2700M 1920x1200 (310.44 Certified from Nvidia web site):
sadly confirming nvidia-310.44-3.8.7.pet breaks x... first complaining about kernel compatibility, then "no screen found" also changing drivers (vesa too)...

[pedro]

[Ted Dog]

[Ted Dog]

yea, got online, wow that network wizard is dumb. had to try it so many different ways to get it to work, but I did and this is my first post Why not use the other network wizard like one used in puppylinux.
Found my video and I think audio but no wolf-wolf sound option to see if the audio worked. Hope I can save my settings in the 10Megs remaining on my boot USB (a 256meg old school flashdrive) First time booting my main server computer using that method, nice work on the dual hybrid all in one iso, hope BarryK will notice and use this.

More play needed where can a user get a good game of solitaire for fatdog.