Quirky April 7.0 - 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.4.1

[BarryK]

30 April 2015
Quirky April 7.0.4.1 released

Blog announcement:
http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00195

Feedback starts here in this forum thread:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 798#842798

8 April 2015
Quirky "April" 7.0.3 released

Blog announcement and download link:

http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00187

Feedback for 7.0.3 at page 25:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 316#839316

19 March 2015
Quirky 7.0.2, codenamed "April", has been released

See my blog announcement and download links:

http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00181

Feedback for 7.0.2 begins at page 16 of this thread:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 501#834501

5 March, 2015
Quirky 7.0.1, codenamed "April", has been released

See my blog announcement and download links:

http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00175

Feedback for 7.0.1 begins on page 9 of this thread:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 074#832074

26 Feb. 2015
Quirky 7.0, codenamed "April", has been released.

Read all about it in my blog post:

http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00174

Feedback is welcome in this Forum thread.

Quirky 7.0 comes in two flavours, i686 and x86_64, take your pick!

They work identically. The only difference that I am am aware of, is the 'get-edid' utility (reads info from the monitor, used by the xorgwizard), does not work in the x86_64 build
--if anyone can solve that, it would be great!

Older threads are here:
Wary64: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=97699
April64: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=97332
April64: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=97160
T2: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=97332

Note, Wary64 was an experiment to cut-down the size. I have abandoned that.

[Ted Dog]

still small nice, when we use ISO for install do we need to get other files or can the ISO be used to install directly? somewhat unclear. Either way good idea for a compatible install platform.

[linuxcbon]

hi Barry,
congratulations for the hard work.
I have one question, why is it in directory quirky6/
best regards

[James C]

Quirky April 64 7.0 live cd....... working well so far during this brief live test.

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Quirky April64, version 7.0

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0a65 (rev a2)

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):
  Driver loaded (and currently in use): nouveau
  Loaded modules: dbe dri2 exa extmod fb glx kbd mouse shadowfb

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  1440x900 pixels (381x238 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

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

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# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       4054008      1311840      2742168         1584        12380
-/+ buffers:            1299460      2754548
Swap:     14540792            0     14540792
# 

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-Computer-
Processor		: 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
Memory		: 4054MB (636MB used)
Operating System		: Unknown distribution
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: Thu 26 Feb 2015 12:49:35 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution		: 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Unknown
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter		: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
Audio Adapter		: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia

Downloaded everything,will do some installs tomorrow and report further.

[linuxcbon]

Is there a bug downloading the DEVX pet file in http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/quir ... april-7.0/ ?
It downloads more than 284M ...never stops ?

[rameshiyer]

While trying to setup PPPOE setup in Quirky 7, the setup function is not available for save. Before entering the userid and password, the window disappears from the screen. How to add the details when the "setup field" is not appearing for initial setup. While clicking, it is just blinkering and then goes.

[gcmartin]

Hello @Linuxcbon. I did not have a problem downloading the DEVX. I downloaded all of April64 files using ETP's ChromeCastPUP. Further, I used "wget ..." vs browser downloading to target the storage directory I wanted it to go in on my drive.

Dont know if this experience would help.

Hello @BarryK. Congratulations in putting things together as you have. I see couple of problem resolved. There is one I reported earlier that is still with us. Here's the scenario:
Created the 8GB scenario using your recommendation to "... | dd bs=4M ..." from your Install webpage for this April's 8GB USB.

System booted nicely, FirstRUN went OK with hostname and other localization needs. Thanks for addressing that one issue.

Because of what happened in testing your earlier versions, I decided to see if the never-ending "Please wait, Probing hardware ..." problem still exist, before proceeding further in use of the system. It does!!!

Here's the test, again. I booted twice to see if maybe it would disappear on the 2nd boot. No, still there. Replicate by following this:

1. Boot the system from USB; mine mounted at sdb1&2
2. Click the "mount" icon on desktop
3. It'll open and show local drive and the USB
4. Close the window
5. Insert a 2nd USB (the one I used was your WARY64 from last weekend) so you now have 2 USBs attached. On this system the 2nd USB DID NOT SHOW UP ON DESKTOP AFTER ITS LIGHT STOPPED BLINKING. The desktop remains unchanged.

I found this in DMESG:

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[   13.884157] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[  145.140099] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[  145.268802] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1307, idProduct=0163
[  145.268808] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[  145.268812] usb 1-2: Product: USB Flash Drive
[  145.268816] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: USB 2.0
[  145.268819] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 8ca475a2984028
[  145.269536] usb-storage 1-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[  145.269797] usb-storage: device found at 5
[  145.269831] scsi host8: usb-storage 1-2:1.0
[  145.269985] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[  146.271206] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access     USB 2.0  USB Flash Drive  0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[  146.271990] usb-storage: device scan complete
[  146.272581] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdg] 15794175 512-byte logical blocks: (8.08 GB/7.53 GiB)
[  146.273586] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdg] Write Protect is off
[  146.273596] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdg] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
[  146.274450] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdg] Asking for cache data failed
[  146.274458] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdg] Assuming drive cache: write through
[  146.370586]  sdg: sdg1 sdg2
[  146.373833] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI removable disk

Now, clicking "mount' on desktop, I get the never-ending message! And pulling the USB out of the system does NOT cause the mount window to appear or cause the never-ending message to terminate. I physically restart the desktop to clear the message.

Something wrong when a 2nd USB stick is inserted after system is on desktop.

[gcmartin]

@BarryK have you seen this "security alert"? It affects what you have in your REPO. When time permits, could you upgrade the version in your REPO to V4+, please.

Other testing I have run using distro's USB services are fine.

[BarryK]

hi Barry,
congratulations for the hard work.
I have one question, why is it in directory quirky6/
best regards

Too difficult to change that, have to live with it.

[Puppus Dogfellow]

Quirky April 7 mirrored

[BarryK]

Is there a bug downloading the DEVX pet file in http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/quir ... april-7.0/ ?
It downloads more than 284M ...never stops ?

I hope it is not a SeaMonkey bug. Have upgraded to SM 2.32.1.

Try using wget.

You should also be able to get it in the PPM. Just do a search for "devx".
...yes, you can, I am downloading it now via the PPM. I am getting it from ibiblio.org

[BarryK]

While trying to setup PPPOE setup in Quirky 7, the setup function is not available for save. Before entering the userid and password, the window disappears from the screen. How to add the details when the "setup field" is not appearing for initial setup. While clicking, it is just blinkering and then goes.

I never use pppoe, so can't be very helpful.

From your description, it seems to be crashing.

You could try running it in a terminal, see if you get any useful error message.

Um, I think the script is /usr/sbin/pppoe_gui

[ally]

nluug not a seamonkey problem as happening in chrome

I use nluug as my primary download as in the uk and always fast, however, occasionally it doubles file size, ok if wget

have used BKs mirror links today without difficulty

file going up now onto the april archive.org page:

http://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_April64

[linuxcbon]

I use nluug as my primary download as in the uk and always fast, however, occasionally it doubles file size, ok if wget

yes I have this problem in downloading
http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/quir ... pril64.pet
but other files work ok... I will try another mirror.

[ETP]

Hi Barry & congratulations on what seems a great release.

Only yesterday I commented in James & Kirks Fatdog64-700 FINAL [Feb 22 2015] thread that they had seized poll position in the “Blowfish

[linuxcbon]

April64 7.0

- when starting, num lock light is on, but keys are not locked.
- geany still missing icons for "Build" and "Save All"
- feature request : midori. I guess it has the potential to replace seamonkey which is bloated.

[Rodney Byne]

Barry,

PupRadio doesn't launch.

In the default repos shown, the PPM seems
almost empty of any packages.
What happened to them all?

Outwardly the OS looks ok, good job so far.
The avids will no doubt have deeper findings anon.

Regards.

[James C]

http://distrowatch.com/

[Billtoo]

Installed to a 32gb flash drive:

I installed the proprietary nvidia driver:

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Thu 26 Feb 2015 on Quirky April64 7.0 Linux 3.17.4 x86_64
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1082 (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GF110 Board - 12630002 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.16.2
dimensions: 3840x1080 pixels (1204x343 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

Number of GPUs: 1

GPU #0:
Name : GeForce GTX 560 Ti
UUID : GPU-7620a950-6e50-f76c-02ae-42352231249f
PCI BusID : PCI:1:0:0

Number of Display Devices: 2

Display Device 0 (DFP-0):
EDID Name : Ancor Communications Inc ASUS VE278
Minimum HorizSync : 24.000 kHz
Maximum HorizSync : 92.000 kHz
Minimum VertRefresh : 50 Hz
Maximum VertRefresh : 85 Hz
Maximum PixelClock : 170.000 MHz
Maximum Width : 1920 pixels
Maximum Height : 1080 pixels
Preferred Width : 1920 pixels
Preferred Height : 1080 pixels
Preferred VertRefresh : 60 Hz
Physical Width : 600 mm
Physical Height : 340 mm

Display Device 1 (DFP-3):
EDID Name : Acer G276HL
Minimum HorizSync : 31.000 kHz
Maximum HorizSync : 83.000 kHz
Minimum VertRefresh : 56 Hz
Maximum VertRefresh : 76 Hz
Maximum PixelClock : 170.000 MHz
Maximum Width : 1920 pixels
Maximum Height : 1080 pixels
Preferred Width : 1920 pixels
Preferred Height : 1080 pixels
Preferred VertRefresh : 60 Hz
Physical Width : 600 mm
Physical Height : 340 mm


Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Core 0: @1600 1: @1600 2: @3200 3: @1600 4: @1600 5: @1600 6: @2000 7: @1600 MHz

That's it so far, will test more later.

Thanks

[rufwoof]

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