tahrpup64 6.0.5 CE

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01micko · #181 Post by **01micko** » Wed 23 Sep 2015, 20:08

666philb wrote:
the 4* kernels really don't like my nvidia card. 4.1.2 booted to desktop correct resolution and would lock up after a few minutes. your 4.1.7 seems better ...i get to desktop, correct resolution but if i drop to prompt that's it freezes with flashing cursor.

in the 3.14 kernel i'm using at the moment... nouveau fails to load, so vesa loads and i get to a working desktop but incorrect resolution. i am able to then install the proprietary driver.

hopefully 4.1.8 will further improve nouveau... it would be nice to have a 4* kernel as default

I wonder if that is a firmware issue? Nouveau firmware is a cut down version in puppy. You can extract all of it from the official driver.

666philb · #182 Post by **666philb** » Wed 23 Sep 2015, 20:42

01micko wrote:
666philb wrote:
the 4* kernels really don't like my nvidia card. 4.1.2 booted to desktop correct resolution and would lock up after a few minutes. your 4.1.7 seems better ...i get to desktop, correct resolution but if i drop to prompt that's it freezes with flashing cursor.

in the 3.14 kernel i'm using at the moment... nouveau fails to load, so vesa loads and i get to a working desktop but incorrect resolution. i am able to then install the proprietary driver.

hopefully 4.1.8 will further improve nouveau... it would be nice to have a 4* kernel as default
I wonder if that is a firmware issue? Nouveau firmware is a cut down version in puppy. You can extract all of it from the official driver.

could be ... i'll have a look into it

666philb · #183 Post by **666philb** » Wed 23 Sep 2015, 21:03

new iso uploaded.....see first post http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=96748

updated loads of packages with 01mickos pets compiled in tahr
updated vlc to 2.2.1
jwmrc templates fixed (i think)
wallpaper setter fixed
missing perl libs added for urxvt & gtkdialog
pdf-writer added
added a bugfix icon to collect and fix bugs
built using latest woof (well yesterdays)

one bug i've found .... when building the iso the puppy bootsplash ends up looking this!?

Iguleder · #184 Post by **Iguleder** » Wed 23 Sep 2015, 21:08

666philb - are you using the latest woof-CE? I want to make sure everything works fine for you on x86_64, after my efficiency improvements in 1download.

666philb · #185 Post by **666philb** » Wed 23 Sep 2015, 21:16

hi Iguleder,

i believe it's about 16hours old as of this post.

just checked and have yes ..... latest iso was built with your commits

live · #186 Post by **live** » Wed 23 Sep 2015, 22:34

To hassle 666philb a bit more before RC

If you could kindly update:
pfind 6.1 > 6.2 (update OK)

At boot no Internet connexion box, contrary to tahr32

Ffmpeg lacks some enablings like the frei0r for Kdenlive, etc, these ffmpeg builds are working
http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/

Regarding devx_tahr64_6.sfs
* gcc 4.6.4 > 4.9.3 or 4.8.5
* Python 2.7.6 > 2.7.10
https://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/ ... /Misc/NEWS
* glade 3.8.0 > 3.8.5

Thanks

Billtoo · #187 Post by **Billtoo** » Thu 24 Sep 2015, 01:58

I added some stuff,did a remaster,and burned the custom puppy iso to a
DVD-R.
It's working okay on this pc.

Thanks.

Edit: I ran PUI from my remastered DVD-R and installed to a 16gb flash
drive, running on my macmini.

Edit2: I ran PUI from my remastered DVD-R and installed to a 64gb flash drive, running on gateway desktop, installed proprietary Nvidia driver.

Thanks again.

Edit3: I ran PUI from my remastered DVD-R and installed to an 8gb flash drive, running on an Acer Laptop, installed ati proprietary driver.

mavrothal · #188 Post by **mavrothal** » Thu 24 Sep 2015, 05:42

666philb wrote: i believe it's about 16hours old as of this post.

Are you running the merge2out script from within the git repository folder or you download a tarball or the repo?
In the first case the last line of the DISTRO_SPECS in your "woof-out_x86_64_x86_64_Tahr64" folder should have

BUILD_FROM_WOOF='testing;5d7af9c;<date> <time>'

I guess you do not, since there is no ubuntu/tahr folders within the /woof-CE/woof-distro/x86_64 folder. You may want to add it sooner rather than latter. there is no need for Tahr64 to get "finalized" to do this.

James C · #189 Post by **James C** » Thu 24 Sep 2015, 05:50

Quick live run,looking good except for the typical problem of audio and HDMI.

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root# inxi -Fff
System:    Host: puppypc2890 Kernel: 3.14.45 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: JWM git-1263 Distro: tahrpup64 6.0.3.8
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A97 LE R2.0 version: Rev 1.xx serial: 140323665200131
           Bios: American Megatrends version: 2202 date: 12/12/2013
CPU:       Octa core AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core (-MCP-) cache: 16384 KB 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz 5: 1400.00 MHz 6: 1400.00 MHz 7: 1400.00 MHz 8: 1400.00 MHz
           CPU Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov cmp_legacy 
           constant_tsc cpb cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid 
           fma fma4 fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm lwp mca mce misalignsse mmx 
           mmxext monitor msr mtrr nodeid_msr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat pausefilter 
           pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp 
           rep_good sep skinit sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext 
           tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xop xsave 
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 750] 
           X.org: 1.15.1 drivers: vesa FAILED: nouveau tty size: 78x23 Advanced Data: N/A for root 
Audio:     Card-1: NVIDIA Device 0fbc driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.14.45
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel 
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 40:16:7e:b2:b8:be
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1120.2GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SV300S3 size: 120.0GB 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB 
Partition: 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 136 Uptime: 11 min Memory: 362.6/7875.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17

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-Computer-
Processor		: 8x AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor
Memory		: 8064MB (422MB used)
Machine Type		: Physical machine
Operating System		: Puppy Linux
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: Thu Sep 24 00:48:31 2015
-Display-
Resolution		: 1920x1080 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.4, 128 bits)
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter		: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
Audio Adapter		: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
Audio Adapter		: PC-Speaker - pcsp

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root# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: tahrpup64, version 6.0.3.8

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107 [GeForce GTX 750] (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 ddc extmod fb glx int10 kbd mouse shadow vbe vesa

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  1920x1080 pixels (508x286 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

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

James C · #190 Post by **James C** » Thu 24 Sep 2015, 06:08

Fresh frugal install on the hexa-core, no HDMI so all looking good.

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root# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: tahrpup64, version 6.0.3.8

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (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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root# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       8064688      1042052      7022636            0       108224
-/+ buffers:             933828      7130860
Swap:      8396796            0      8396796

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root# inxi -Fff
System:    Host: puppypc31858 Kernel: 3.14.45 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: JWM git-1263 Distro: tahrpup64 6.0.3.8
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A97 LE R2.0 version: Rev 1.xx serial: 150545593600028
           Bios: American Megatrends version: 2601 date: 03/24/2015
CPU:       Hexa core AMD FX-6300 Six-Core (-MCP-) cache: 12288 KB 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz 5: 1400.00 MHz 6: 1400.00 MHz
           CPU Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov cmp_legacy 
           constant_tsc cpb cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid 
           fma fma4 fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm lwp mca mce misalignsse mmx 
           mmxext monitor msr mtrr nodeid_msr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat pausefilter 
           pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp 
           rep_good sep skinit sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext 
           tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xop xsave 
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] 
           X.org: 1.15.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: vesa) tty size: 78x23 Advanced Data: N/A for root 
Audio:     Card-1: NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.14.45
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel 
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 1c:87:2c:5a:bb:e2
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1120.2GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SV300S3 size: 120.0GB 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB 
Partition: ID: swap-1 size: 8.60GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 131 Uptime: 9 min Memory: 355.3/7875.7MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17

watchdog · #191 Post by **watchdog** » Thu 24 Sep 2015, 12:26

All looking good on my hardware:

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root# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: tahrpup64, version 6.0.3.8

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
  Driver loaded (and currently in use): intel
  Loaded modules: dbe dri2 extmod glx kbd mouse synaptics

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  1280x800 pixels (338x211 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

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

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root# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       1009936       889360       120576       200236        97464
-/+ buffers:             791896       218040
Swap:      1023996        87604       936392

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Processor	Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 530 @ 1.73GHz
Memory	1009MB (528MB used)
Machine Type	Physical machine
Operating System	Puppy Linux
User Name	root (root)
Date/Time	Thu Sep 24 14:13:20 2015

Thanks!

gcmartin · #192 Post by **gcmartin** » Thu 24 Sep 2015, 21:42

6038 Smooth and stable.

bigpup · #193 Post by **bigpup** » Fri 25 Sep 2015, 03:04

Tahrpup64 6.0.3.8
Live USB flash drive
md5 check good

Nvidia Geforce GTX 960

Boots to a black screen.

Have tried pfix=nox
Boots to black screen.
No prompt.

Boot process seems normal to the point of changing over the graphics.

Changed to the kernel that 01micko made.
Tahr_kernel.4.1.7.tar.xz

Boots with no problem to working desktop.

So, this kernel seems to support my hardware with no problems booting.

Note:
When changing the kernel.
The kernel package had zdrv_tahr64_6.0.3.7.sfs.
I renamed the zdrv_tahr64_6.0.3.7.sfs to zdrv_tahr64_6.0.3.8.sfs.
Not sure if the name change was really needed.
Just seemed to be logical all the files should be the same Tahrpup64 version.

bigpup · #194 Post by **bigpup** » Fri 25 Sep 2015, 03:52

01micko and 666philb,

Because I am using the Tahr_kernel.4.1.7.tar.xz that 01micko made.
I am not sure if you want me to report any problems I may have.

You tell me?

LateAdopter · #195 Post by **LateAdopter** » Fri 25 Sep 2015, 12:06

Hello 666philb

I am trying to track down some performance problems with Tahr64. I have solved one.

1) Tahr64 is slow loading the desktop during boot and slow loading VLC. In both cases, if I exit and rerun without rebooting, they are quick. So I deduced that it must the slow extracting files from the base SFS.

I re-squashed the base SFS with the mksquashfs default block size and these options:

-noappend -comp xz Xbcj x86

That fixed the problem.

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                            Original (524k)      Resquash (131k)
Total Boot                    21                            17

Desktop load                  6                              3

VLC load                      5                              2

I don't claim any precision for these times, but it is about twice as fast.

2) The backing store issue, I can't find where to put -bs

This issue was found a while ago on Fatdog. The story is that the xserver backing store was broken and disabled for a long time. Then, some bright spark decided to mend it and enable it by default. Not only that, but you can't disable it via xorg.conf the -bs has to be on the command line that starts X.

The backing store is bad for GPUs without hardware compositing support ( i.e. more than about 3 years old) and bad for video playback. I don't know what it is good for!

In Fatdog it is disabled in xserverrc:

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#!/bin/dash
F_XSERVER_PID=/tmp/xinitrc-Xserver.pid.$USER	# used by wmexit
echo $$ > $F_XSERVER_PID
#exec X "$@" -bs +accessx -nolisten tcp > /tmp/xerrs.$USER.log 2>&1 #use this line instead of the one below for accessibility. 
exec X "$@" -bs -nolisten tcp > /tmp/xerrs.$USER.log 2>&1

I can't find the equivalent place where X is started in the maze of scripts that make up a Puppy.

Do you have any idea where it is, so that I can get my video playback working properly in Tahr64.

Many thanks for building this Puppy.

EDIT:

I found out what to do. It is necessary to create .xserverrc if it doesn't exist. So I just copied the Fatdog one, which had the desired effect.

ETP · #196 Post by **ETP** » Fri 25 Sep 2015, 15:49

Testing tahrpup64 6.0.3.8 beta k 3.14.45
Hi 666philb,

Manual frugal install to fat32/f2fs 8GB USB2 stick with syslinux 4.04 boot.
Initial boot to desktop with working sound & ethernet. Nouveau driver with GeForce GT 610.
I do agree with LateAdopter's comments about performance but this is looking great.

The only minor issue is that the font on the clock is not responding to a point or weight change.
By default you have PupClockset-2.3 but installing 2.3.1 made no difference. I have not seen this
behaviour before but no doubt radky will be able to throw some light on it.
The following pets were installed & worked as expected:

PupClockset-2.3.1|PupClockset manager
GetLatest64bitChromeVersion-V4|Get Latest Chrome Version
PupControl-2.6|Control panel
xdotool_3.20130111.1-3.1_amd64|no description provided
VoiceControl_V1|Voice Control for any Pup
PopcornTime-0.3.8.3-LINUX64-V4|Watch Movies and TV Shows instantly
wbar_2.3.0-1_amd64-April64|A light and fast launch bar.
PupSnap-2.5_Scrot-0.8_64Bit|PupSnap screen capture
google-chrome-stable_current_amd64|Access the Internet

Chrome is worth a mention as it has been out of sorts recently. The latest version (45.0.2454.101 stable-64-bit)
issued on 24th Sept seems to have resolved most of the issues & is working superbly with this beta.

Leaving the best till last, I was ecstatic with the inclusion of shinobar's minidnla which I pointed at my video share.
(A posh name for a 32GB USB stick in the back of the box which is common to Win 8.1 Manjaro & all Pups)

I could not get it to work initially but then looking at the script realised that the conf file needed to be named
minidlnad.conf rather than minidlna.conf. It is either that or change the script slightly. Once working it
mounts the stick automatically & the "Tahr DLNA Server" with Tux logo pops up on the media server list of my Sony TV.
Obligatory screenshot follows: (F11 for full-screen)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_iVVJ ... sp=sharing

radky · #197 Post by **radky** » Fri 25 Sep 2015, 22:12

ETP wrote:The only minor issue is that the font on the clock is not responding to a point or weight change.

Distro: tahrpup64 6.0.3.8
Window Manager: JWM vgit-1263

If I understand correctly, the XML configuration code of JWM changed significantly a few months ago (ca. vgit-1240).

The new code is not backward compatible with current JWM themes (in Puppy) and may return multiple errors when switching themes or changing font attributes of the tray clock.

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JWM: warning: /root/.jwmrc-tray[2]: invalid autohide setting: "false"
JWM: warning: invalid action: "minixcal"
JWM: warning: /root/.jwmrc[324]: invalid tag in Active: Text
JWM: warning: /root/.jwmrc[325]: invalid tag in Active: Title
JWM: warning: /root/.jwmrc[329]: invalid tag in WindowStyle: Inactive
JWM: warning: /root/.jwmrc[342]: invalid tag in PagerStyle: ActiveForeground
JWM: warning: /root/.jwmrc[343]: invalid tag in PagerStyle: ActiveBackground
JWM: warning: /root/.jwmrc[350]: invalid tag in MenuStyle: ActiveForeground
JWM: warning: /root/.jwmrc[351]: invalid tag in MenuStyle: ActiveBackground
JWM: warning: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme[8]: invalid tag in Active: Text
JWM: warning: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme[9]: invalid tag in Active: Title
JWM: warning: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme[13]: invalid tag in WindowStyle: Inactive
JWM: warning: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme[23]: invalid tag in TaskListStyle: ActiveForeground
JWM: warning: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme[24]: invalid tag in TaskListStyle: ActiveBackground
JWM: warning: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme[43]: invalid tag in PagerStyle: ActiveForeground
JWM: warning: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme[44]: invalid tag in PagerStyle: ActiveBackground
JWM: warning: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme[58]: invalid tag in MenuStyle: ActiveForeground
JWM: warning: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme[59]: invalid tag in MenuStyle: ActiveBackground

The following link provides additional information:

https://github.com/joewing/jwm/issues/166

Edit:

Prior versions of JWM supported the "Clockstyle" XML tag which enabled changing clock-font attributes (font name, size, weight, style and color) independent of font attributes in other segments of the tray.

Unfortunately, the Clockstyle tag is not supported in recent releases of JWM. Specifically, the clock will inherit the global font attributes of the entire tray.

For example, applying large and bold font attributes to improve visibility of the clock could appear as follows:

01micko · #198 Post by **01micko** » Sat 26 Sep 2015, 05:57

Here is my loop to fix old jwm config files. (see edit below)

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for i in `find . -type f -name '*jwmrc*'`;do 
	echo "fixing $i"
	cp $i ${i}.old
	xsltproc /etc/jwm-2.3.xslt ${i}.old > $i
	[ $? -ne 0 ] && "fixing $i faled"
	rm ${i}.old
done

For best effect run it inside of each known location of jwm config files.This may not cover them all.

You also need this file in /etc <-- http://www.joewing.net/projects/jwm/xslt/jwm-2.3.xslt

YMMV!

EDIT: hmm... doesn't seem to work very well in this jwm version. It did work on v2.3.0 but a fair bit has happened since then (including the clock font bug @radky; well I consider it a bug that you can't change the clock font.)

radky · #199 Post by **radky** » Sat 26 Sep 2015, 14:26

Hi 01micko,

Support for the ClockStyle configuration option was removed from developmental releases of JWM effective 2015-07-04, and was officially absent in JWM 2.3.2 (released 2015-09-13).

If I understand correctly, the ClockStyle tag is supported in JWM 2.3.1, released 2015-06-28.

666philb · #200 Post by **666philb** » Sun 27 Sep 2015, 14:51

live wrote:To hassle 666philb a bit more before RC

If you could kindly update:
pfind 6.1 > 6.2 (update OK)

At boot no Internet connexion box, contrary to tahr32

Ffmpeg lacks some enablings like the frei0r for Kdenlive, etc, these ffmpeg builds are working
http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/

Regarding devx_tahr64_6.sfs
* gcc 4.6.4 > 4.9.3 or 4.8.5
* Python 2.7.6 > 2.7.10
https://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/ ... /Misc/NEWS
* glade 3.8.0 > 3.8.5

Thanks

hi live,

pfind will update pfind next build.

frei0r plugins are a setup separate package available in the ppm

i did try adding gcc 4.8 but failed,spent too much time on it and gave up... will look into it again next build as more and more packages require a newer gcc to complete.

glade & python i'll stick with the versions in the repos to maintain compatibility

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