Xenialpup64 CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017

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gychang · #241 Post by **gychang** » Sun 23 Apr 2017, 12:57

666philb wrote:Xenialpup64 7.0.8.4 beta
built with woofCE testing

this is xenialpup64 CE built with 64bit ubuntu xenial xerus 16.04 libs.
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iso devx here http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/test/xenialpup/
for the kernel sources type sfsget into a terminal
for 32bit compatibility libs type sfsget into a terminal
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happy testing

is there a non-uefi version, just straight 64bit?, is there a 32bit?

thanks,

bigpup · #242 Post by **bigpup** » Sun 23 Apr 2017, 16:09

Xenialpup 7.0.8.1 32bit
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106479

is there a non-uefi version, just straight 64bit?

Why do you need this?
The UEFI version should boot on computers that do not have UEFI bios and are 64bit computers.

Sailor Enceladus · #243 Post by **Sailor Enceladus** » Sun 23 Apr 2017, 17:49

charlie6 wrote:Hi Phil,
b43 story continues...
....

One might need «...the PIO-enabled version of the b43 driver» How can one get it?

HTH, Charlie

I normally just use and rename the 3.14.54 tahr_64 kernel here. I don't think the 4.9.15 one there actually has b43 (or it didn't when I downloaded it ?, I could have sworn the one I downloaded was 115MB though... hmmm... or maybe I magically downloaded something else heh).

sheldonisaac · #244 Post by **sheldonisaac** » Sun 23 Apr 2017, 22:06

bigpup wrote:Xenialpup 7.0.8.1 32bit
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106479
is there a non-uefi version, just straight 64bit?
Why do you need this?
The UEFI version should boot on computers that do not have UEFI bios and are 64bit computers.

Thanks, bigpup. I have such a system.
On this Dell E6410, I put it on the secondary drive, which has more space,

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ls -l /mnt/sdb3/xenial/
total 317220
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   2353530 Apr  7 15:58 initrd.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 246489088 Apr  7 16:04 puppy_xenialpup64_7.0.8.5.sfs
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   5564704 Mar 17 11:57 vmlinuz
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root      4096 Apr 14 06:09 xenialpup64save-apr2
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  70082560 Mar 20 13:08 zdrv_xenialpup64_7.0.8.5.sfs

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timeout 4
default 0

title tahr 6.0.6 (sda1/t215)
  find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /t215/initrd.gz
  kernel /t215/vmlinuz  pmedia=ataflash psubdir=t215 pfix=fsck,nocopy
  initrd /t215/initrd.gz

title xenialpup64 7.0.8.5 (sdb3/xenial)
  find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /xenial/initrd.gz
  kernel /xenial/vmlinuz  pmedia=atahd psubdir=xenial pfix=fsck,nocopy
  initrd /xenial/initrd.gz

bigpup · #245 Post by **bigpup** » Mon 24 Apr 2017, 00:04

Why are you using the nocopy boot option?

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kernel /xenial/vmlinuz  pmedia=atahd psubdir=xenial pfix=fsck,nocopy

That computer should have enough ram to be able to load the xenialpup sfs into memory.

belham2 · #246 Post by **belham2** » Thu 27 Apr 2017, 08:01

Hi Phil & all,

Just yesterday I did a woof-CE build of Xenialpup64, to see if anything was updated (like the bug fix from Tahr to Xenial), and I come to find out what is in the "woof-CE" build repo is a bit different than what Phil released here. See the pics below. Pics 1/2 are what Phil released here---notice the '7.0.8.4' and pics 3/4 are from the woof-CE build I did yesterday, listing as only '7.0.8'. I choose everything exactly as Phil had done his build, using latest kernel 4.9.15, which under Xenial works flawlessly in all my dual screen setups along with xorg & redshift (when will Slacko ever fix their problems here??).

Anyhow, among the differences I immediately notice is Phil used 'JWM 2.3.6'. But weirdly in the woof-CE build from yesterday, woof-CE gives you 'JWM 2.3.5'. Anybody know what else in the xenial-builds woof-CE is different with? (Phil, what else did you change, leave out, or what----am surprised the woof-CE stuff is not the same as what you released.) As a side note, it sure would be interesting (and a great development) when doing 'woof-CE' builds to have the build process offer alternative choices in DE/WMs (like Porteus used to do with WMs and Browser and Email choices) where a person could choose something like Radkky's FbBox as the default, or even full Openbox, over JWM, instead of having to perform major surgery on the 'woof-CE' process steps, extricating JWM and painstakingly replacing everythng JWM does & is responsible for, with FbBox.

bigpup · #247 Post by **bigpup** » Thu 27 Apr 2017, 18:42

Anyone tried to use Lock?

It does not seem to work for me.

The first time I click on the desktop Lock icon, the password setup screen opens. Does not seem to record any input.
Clicking on Lock icon has no affect.

Brown Mouse · #248 Post by **Brown Mouse** » Fri 28 Apr 2017, 08:02

I'm still having issues where both Xenial and Tahr 6.0.6 cant seem to recognise some usb sticks and sd cards.The effected usb sticks are Kingston brand but other Kingston sticks do open even though all are formatted vfat and are seen in all other OS's that I have tested in.
Can anyone else confirm a similar issue?

belham2 · #249 Post by **belham2** » Fri 28 Apr 2017, 09:48

bigpup wrote:Anyone tried to use Lock?

It does not seem to work for me.

The first time I click on the desktop Lock icon, the password setup screen opens. Does not seem to record any input.
Clicking on Lock icon has no affect.

Hi Bigpup,

I tested Xlock on the Xenials (in my previous message above) and I also set up another fresh frugal xenialpup64 (pics below), and xlock worked on all (obviously cannot use tas to take a screenshot when xlock triggers). Both with savefile not yet created and with savefile created & xenial rebooted, I set xlock passwd multiple times (remember, it will not show the passwd as you're typing it), re-entered it again for verfification, then changed xlock-backgrounds, fired it up, it worked each time. Even cleared passwd on all 3 frugals, changed them all again, and there were still no problems with xloxk firing up and running whatever xlock background chosen:.

belham2 · #250 Post by **belham2** » Fri 28 Apr 2017, 10:03

Brown Mouse wrote:I'm still having issues where both Xenial and Tahr 6.0.6 cant seem to recognise some usb sticks and sd cards.The effected usb sticks are Kingston brand but other Kingston sticks do open even though all are formatted vfat and are seen in all other OS's that I have tested in.
Can anyone else confirm a similar issue?

Brown Mouse,

Am curious----for vfat on the Kingston sticks, are each of them formatted and setup vfat-wise using the same program (i.e gparted) on the same OS? And "then' all are tested on Tahr/Xenial to see if they are each recognized? Just a thought, and something to try. Learned my lesson with USB sticks long ago....stick to Linux (pups and/or otherwise) when first setting them up for any file format, and if some give problems still, pass them on to the kids & get new ones (haha)

.

Brown Mouse · #251 Post by **Brown Mouse** » Fri 28 Apr 2017, 11:26

belham2 wrote:
Brown Mouse wrote:I'm still having issues where both Xenial and Tahr 6.0.6 cant seem to recognise some usb sticks and sd cards.The effected usb sticks are Kingston brand but other Kingston sticks do open even though all are formatted vfat and are seen in all other OS's that I have tested in.
Can anyone else confirm a similar issue?
Brown Mouse,

Am curious----for vfat on the Kingston sticks, are each of them formatted and setup vfat-wise using the same program (i.e gparted) on the same OS? .

No,of course they are not.
I've had some of them for a long time and obviously they may or may not have been formatted more than once.
And that wouldn't explain why they all work in any other OS I plug them into.Including Tahr 6.0.5.
That suggests to me its an issue with the latest kernel being used.

bigpup · #252 Post by **bigpup** » Fri 28 Apr 2017, 14:29

belham2,

Thanks for testing Xlock.

Now I have to figure out why it is not working for me on my computer.

Update:
OK, I was not doing the password setup correctly.
However, that password setup screen is not very informative on what to do.

Have to enter a password.
Hit the enter key.
Enter the password again to verify.
Hit Enter key.
Now the password is set and Xlock works.

Tell me how this lets you know theses steps

I know, you should just know to hit enter after inputting a data entry. However, I always test like I know nothing about Linux or Puppy.

Sailor Enceladus · #253 Post by **Sailor Enceladus** » Fri 28 Apr 2017, 17:27

@bigpup: I didn't find the lock screen password thing confusing the first time I tried puppy. In all these years, I have never heard anyone else say they found it confusing either. It seems similar to how you would type in a password in your browser when setting up something.

Billtoo · #254 Post by **Billtoo** » Tue 02 May 2017, 23:30

I did a new manual frugal install of Xenialpup64 to the hard drive:

root# inxi -b
System: Host: puppypc3627 Kernel: 3.16.43 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: JWM 2.3.6 Distro: xenialpup64 7.0.8.4
Machine: Mobo: Gateway model: FX6860 serial:
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 driver: nvidia tty size: 124x39 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: 3000.6GB (3.0% used)
Info: Processes: 167 Uptime: 1:00 Memory: 305.3/16032.0MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35
root#

I updated PPM and Palemoon and installed some applications.

Works good so far,

Thanks.

Billtoo · #255 Post by **Billtoo** » Fri 05 May 2017, 01:31

I did a manual frugal install to the hard drive of my Acer laptop:

root# inxi -b
System: Host: puppypc36812 Kernel: 4.4.66 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: JWM 2.3.6
Distro: xenialpup64 7.0.8.4
Machine: System: Acer (portable) product: Aspire V5-571P v: V2.17 serial:
Mobo: Acer model: Aspire V5-571P v: V2.17 serial:
Bios: Phoenix v: V2.17 date: 02/27/2013
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3-3227U (-HT-MCP-) speed/max: 900/1901 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Display Server: X.org 1.18.4 driver: intel
tty size: 97x28 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169
Card-2: Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n driver: bcma-pci-bridge
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (5.4% used)
Info: Processes: 186 Uptime: 37 min Memory: 563.0/5766.8MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35
root#

I updated PPM and install application + updated the Palemoon browser.

It's working well so far,
Thanks.

ETP · #256 Post by **ETP** » Fri 05 May 2017, 14:04

Hi Billtoo,

I must point out that your 2 tests above relate to xenialpup64 7.0.8.4 beta issued 31/03/17 but that
Phil issued 7.0.8.5 on 7th April. The thread title needs to be changed to reflect that.

Billtoo · #257 Post by **Billtoo** » Fri 05 May 2017, 14:15

ETP wrote:Hi Billtoo,

I must point out that your 2 tests above relate to xenialpup64 7.0.8.4 beta issued 31/03/17 but that
Phil issued 7.0.8.5 on 7th April. The thread title needs to be changed to reflect that.

Hi ETP,

I built the 2 that I'm using in woof-CE a few days ago, the iso produced is 7.0.8.4.
It was a fresh install of woof-CE so I'd think it's the latest.

Beats me

belham2 · #258 Post by **belham2** » Fri 05 May 2017, 14:20

ETP wrote:Hi Billtoo,

I must point out that your 2 tests above relate to xenialpup64 7.0.8.4 beta issued 31/03/17 but that
Phil issued 7.0.8.5 on 7th April. The thread title needs to be changed to reflect that.

Hi ETP,

I posted about this a little over a week ago, asking about it. It was quite obvious that what Phil released on 7 APR was different than what I was getting doing the latest (w/ mos recent kernel) woof-CE builds early last week.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... &start=240

ETP · #259 Post by **ETP** » Fri 05 May 2017, 15:00

@ Billtoo & belham2,

Thanks for clarifying the position. I guess that I was not the only one to be confused and that
Phil expects readers of this thread to test his 7.0.8.5

Billtoo · #260 Post by **Billtoo** » Sat 06 May 2017, 02:28

I did a manual frugal install to the hard drive:

root# inxi -b
System: Host: puppypc25168 Kernel: 4.9.15 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: JWM 2.3.6 Distro: xenialpup64 7.0.8.5
Machine: Mobo: Gateway model: FX6860 serial:
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 driver: nvidia tty size: 129x58 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: 3000.6GB (2.0% used)
Info: Processes: 230 Uptime: 29 min Memory: 342.7/16030.9MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35
root#

I updated PPM + Palemoon and added applications.

A new proprietary Nvidia driver was released May 4th and I installed
that.

Seems to be working well so far.

Thanks.

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