Xenialpup CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017

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666philb · #381 Post by **666philb** » Sat 11 Mar 2017, 20:45

spiritwild wrote:will any fixes be implemented into the "bugfix" feature of previous xenial or is that a dead end option?

hi spiritwild,

there's been such a gap and so many changes that i won't be using the bugfix option. 7.0.8.2 will be released soon and i'll start utilising the bugfix option in that...... it might even be a quickpet

666philb · #382 Post by **666philb** » Sat 11 Mar 2017, 20:47

Billtoo wrote:I did a manual frugal install to the hard drive:

System: Host: puppypc26644 Kernel: 4.9.13 i686 (32 bit) Desktop: JWM 2.3.5 Distro: xenialpup 7.0.8.1
Machine: Mobo: Gateway model: FX6860 serial: 109726660000629
Bios: American Megatrends v: P01-A3 date: 04/19/2011
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-2600 (-HT-MCP-) speed/max: 1600/3401 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF110 [GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM]
Display Server: X.org 1.18.4 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 165x44 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Network: Card-1: Ralink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe driver: rt2800pci
Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
Drives: HDD Total Size: 2000.4GB (1.6% used)
Weather: Conditions: 14 F (-10 C) - Partly Cloudy Time: March 10, 7:19 PM EST
Info: Processes: 209 Uptime: 17 min Memory: 161.1/3019.0MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35

I had to add intel_pstate=disable to the kernel line of the menu.lst
file to get the CPU Frequency scaling tool to work.

I added @radky's FbBox-4.1 + installed kpat with PPM
Installing kpat didn't break the "passwd root" command.

I don't have time to test more now but will soon.

Thanks.

hi billtoo,

thanks for testing.
i'll be disabling intel_pstate in the next kernel ..... does your computer freeze when you don't disable it?

melon688 · #383 Post by **melon688** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 03:23

Laptop LCD brightness control problem

xenialpup 7.0.8.1 (7.0.4)

compaq CQ43,Fn+F2,Fn+F3 ,NO
HP DV6000,Fn+F7,Fn+F8 ,NO
copmaq V3000,Fn+F7,Fn+F8 ,YES
Dell 1535 ,Fn+up,Fn+down ,YES

Tahr 6.0.5

compaq CQ43,Fn+F2,Fn+F3 ,YES
HP DV6000,Fn+F7,Fn+F8 ,YES
copmaq V3000,Fn+F7,Fn+F8 ,YES
Dell 1535 ,Fn+up,Fn+down ,YES

sszindian · #384 Post by **sszindian** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 03:55

Wrong Thread

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bigpup · #385 Post by **bigpup** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 07:20

Xenialpup CE 7.0.8.1
Frugal with save folder on USB flash drive.

menu->Setup->Default Applications Chooser

Nothing happens.

menu->Setup->PuppyApps Default Applications Chooser

That works OK.

Brown Mouse · #386 Post by **Brown Mouse** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 08:18

Same issues as with Tahr 6.0.6.
Some usb and sd devices cannot be seen or mounted.

bigpup · #387 Post by **bigpup** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 08:20

What are they formatted?

Brown Mouse · #388 Post by **Brown Mouse** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 09:17

bigpup wrote:What are they formatted?

FAT and VFAT.
Everything else sees them ok.

tlchost · #389 Post by **tlchost** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 12:33

Brown Mouse wrote:Same issues as with Tahr 6.0.6.

Same here,,,the lack of audio makes it a no starter....there are other problems, But I simply gave up after not being able to use tahr 6.0.6 or this one on my new Dell.

Billtoo · #390 Post by **Billtoo** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 12:44

666philb wrote: i'll be disabling intel_pstate in the next kernel ..... does your computer freeze when you don't disable it?

No, it doesn't freeze but the CPU Frequency Scaling Tool won't work until intel_pstate=disable is added to the kernel line of the menu.lst file.

Once that is done I can set it to ondemand,80% etc.

Thanks.

puppytahruser · #391 Post by **puppytahruser** » Mon 13 Mar 2017, 10:19

Is there any way to upgrade from previous xenialpup? Or just need to download the iso and install it again.

watchdog · #392 Post by **watchdog** » Mon 13 Mar 2017, 11:17

Install it again. If you have a previous adrv.sfs then it may work simply renaming it depending on what packages are inside.

puppytahruser · #393 Post by **puppytahruser** » Mon 13 Mar 2017, 11:29

Thank you WD for your reply. I will try it.

James C · #394 Post by **James C** » Tue 14 Mar 2017, 02:04

Quick manual frugal.

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oot# inxi -Fxx
System:    Host: puppypc7337 Kernel: 4.9.13 i686 (32 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: JWM 2.3.5 dm: N/A Distro: xenialpup 7.0.8.1
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A97 LE R2.0 v: Rev 1.xx serial: 150545593600028
           Bios: American Megatrends v: 2601 date: 03/24/2015
CPU:       Hexa core AMD FX-6300 Six-Core (-MCP-) cache: 12288 KB
           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 42143
           clock speeds: min/max: 1400/3500 MHz 1: 1400 MHz 2: 2000 MHz
           3: 1400 MHz 4: 3000 MHz 5: 1400 MHz 6: 1400 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0a65
           Display Server: X.org 1.18.4 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           tty size: 83x29 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0be3
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.9.13
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000
           bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: 1c:87:2c:5a:bb:e2
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1120.2GB (6.3% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SV300S3 size: 120.0GB serial: N/A
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB serial: N/A
Partition: ID-1: swap-1 size: 8.60GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb5
RAID:      System: supported: linear raid0 raid1 raid10 raid6 raid5 raid4
           No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
           Unused Devices: none
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 201 Uptime: 24 min Memory: 226.6/2946.3MB
           Init: SysVinit v: N/A runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: N/A
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.291 running in urxvt) inxi: 2.2.35

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root# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       3017036    1366176    1650860     318252     123080    1015348
-/+ buffers/cache:     227748    2789288
Swap:      8396796          0    8396796
root#

bigpup · #395 Post by **bigpup** » Wed 15 Mar 2017, 00:50

Very, Very new Asus G11CD Tower
Intel® Core™ i5 6400 Processor
NVIDIA® GeForce GTX970 4GB

Working OK using this:
Tahrpup64 6.0.5 with kernel 4.1.7
Pup-Sysinfo

VIDEO CARD:

VGA controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 13c2 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8664
Flags: bus master, fast device select, latency 0
Interrupt Request (IRQ): 135
Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at e000
Expansion ROM at df000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
--
Kernel Driver: nouveau
Memory Used: 1264.50 KB
Path: /lib/modules/4.1.7/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko
Description: nVidia Riva/TNT/GeForce/Quadro/Tesla
Dependencies: drm, drm_kms_helper, ttm, mxm-wmi, hwmon, wmi, i2c-algo-bit
Used by: 2
--
Video Card OEM: NVIDIA
Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Product: GM204 Board Chip Rev
VESA BIOS Extensions: VESA 3.0 detected.
Memory: 16384kb

The problem
Boots to black screen.

Xenialpup 7.0.8.1
Xenialpup64 7.0.8.1
frugal on USB flash drive.

Both boot OK up until the point of starting X.
Display goes black and nothing else happens.

Tried to boot to noX
Would not do it.
Still the black screen.

step · #396 Post by **step** » Thu 16 Mar 2017, 09:12

xenialpup64-7.0.8.1-uefi.iso boots in qemu with UEFI option. A small issue: while the system is early loading, qemu displays a black screen with just this message "system hasn't inizialized video (yet)". Then after about 20 seconds, the normal boot console log starts showing until the system is fully booted to graphics.

666philb · #397 Post by **666philb** » Thu 16 Mar 2017, 14:43

bigpup wrote:Very, Very new Asus G11CD Tower
Intel® Core™ i5 6400 Processor
NVIDIA® GeForce GTX970 4GB

Working OK using this:
Tahrpup64 6.0.5 with kernel 4.1.7
Pup-Sysinfo
VIDEO CARD:

VGA controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 13c2 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8664
Flags: bus master, fast device select, latency 0
Interrupt Request (IRQ): 135
Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at e000
Expansion ROM at df000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
--
Kernel Driver: nouveau
Memory Used: 1264.50 KB
Path: /lib/modules/4.1.7/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko
Description: nVidia Riva/TNT/GeForce/Quadro/Tesla
Dependencies: drm, drm_kms_helper, ttm, mxm-wmi, hwmon, wmi, i2c-algo-bit
Used by: 2
--
Video Card OEM: NVIDIA
Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Product: GM204 Board Chip Rev
VESA BIOS Extensions: VESA 3.0 detected.
Memory: 16384kb
The problem
Boots to black screen.

Xenialpup 7.0.8.1
Xenialpup64 7.0.8.1
frugal on USB flash drive.

Both boot OK up until the point of starting X.
Display goes black and nothing else happens.

Tried to boot to noX
Would not do it.
Still the black screen.

hi bigpup,

it's probably missing firmware.
you could try grabbing the firmware.sfs from here http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=97276, renaming it to adrv_xenialpup_7.0.8.1.sfs and putting in the same place the main puppy.sfs & zdrv.sfs are.

666philb · #398 Post by **666philb** » Thu 16 Mar 2017, 14:51

step wrote:xenialpup64-7.0.8.1-uefi.iso boots in qemu with UEFI option. A small issue: while the system is early loading, qemu displays a black screen with just this message "system hasn't inizialized video (yet)". Then after about 20 seconds, the normal boot console log starts showing until the system is fully booted to graphics.

hi step ,
have a look through /var/log/messages to see what happened during the boot process.

bigpup · #399 Post by **bigpup** » Fri 17 Mar 2017, 06:47

hi bigpup,

it's probably missing firmware.
you could try grabbing the firmware.sfs from here http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=97276, renaming it to adrv_xenialpup_7.0.8.1.sfs and putting in the same place the main puppy.sfs & zdrv.sfs are.

This had no affect.
Xenialpup 7.0.8.1 frugal on usb flash.
Xenialpup64 7.0.8.1 frugal on USB flash.

The screen seems to go black about the time it is switching to using the nouveau driver.

I am posting this from Tahrpup 6.0.6 running on the same computer.
It boots with no problem.
Note:
That added firmware did help on Tahrpup 6.0.6 to get the wifi working on it.
Needed the rtl8821ae driver.

Got Xenialpup64 7.0.8.1 to boot using the Vesa driver.

VIDEO REPORT: xenialpup64, version 7.0.8.1

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] (rev a1)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1024x768
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe
Drivers requested to be loaded: vesa

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): vesa
Loaded modules: dbe ddc fb glx int10 kbd mouse shadow vbe

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes

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

More testing:
added nouveau.modeset=0 to the boot options.

Xenialpup 7.0.8.1
Xenialpup64 7.0.8.1

Both boot to desktop and seem to be working with the Nouveau driver.
Do not understand why this should be needed.

666philb · #400 Post by **666philb** » Fri 17 Mar 2017, 19:11

hi bigpup,

can you try booting with

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nouveau.config=NvGrUseFW=1

and if that fails can you try this http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... .0.8.1.sfs

renaming to adrv.......sfs as before

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