(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Posted: **Thu 26 Jul 2012, 01:40**

Yeah... it's fixed sorry all.

Posted: **Thu 02 Aug 2012, 05:35**

I like this new 5.3.3 but...

I had a hard time in 5.3.1 getting my bluetooth keyboard to work but I managed it.

Trying the same thing in 5.3.3, I can't do it- because when I type modprobe rfcomm it says:

"fatal: module rfcomm not found"

Same with l2cap.

I tried copying them from 5.3.1 to the appropriate folder, but then it tells me it's an invalid module format.

Do you have to recompile the kernel with those modules, or can you perhaps make a pet so we can install them?

Did you mean to leave them out, or was that by mistake?

Blueman tells me that bluez daemon isn't running, and while I have it installed, I don't know how to get it going. Typing hcidump gives me an "address family not supported by protocol" message.

I love slacko, but I'd really like to see better bt support.
I REALLY want to use my mini bt keyboard with this!

Posted: **Mon 13 Aug 2012, 09:13**

Having used puppy as my live-cd/rescue-cd of choice for several years, I have just done my first frugal install of slacko on an old netbook.

Mostly things work fine - but I have just noticed that I am unable to mount any usb storage as read-write; whether through the desktop icons or through command-line all usb drives mount as read-only.

I have searched as far as time and bandwidth will allow, but I cannot find this mentioned anywhere else in the forums. Is this a common problem - have I made a stupid mistake somewhere?

Thanks, Richard.

Posted: **Tue 14 Aug 2012, 02:12**

r_j_h wrote:Having used puppy as my live-cd/rescue-cd of choice for several years, I have just done my first frugal install of slacko on an old netbook.

Mostly things work fine - but I have just noticed that I am unable to mount any usb storage as read-write; whether through the desktop icons or through command-line all usb drives mount as read-only.

I have searched as far as time and bandwidth will allow, but I cannot find this mentioned anywhere else in the forums. Is this a common problem - have I made a stupid mistake somewhere?

Thanks, Richard.

More details, please? Just how old a netbook and what kind? I recall something in Barry's blog about kernel support for USB1.0 going away, is it that old? What filesystem(s) are on the drives? And is this peculiar to Slacko or will LuPu or some other Puppy do the same thing? Anytime Puppy thinks there might be something wacky with a drive (or interface to it ) it will only mount it read-only. If it is a FAT filesystem you can try:

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mount /dev/xxx -t vfat -rw /mnt/xxx

Or ntfs if that's what it is. Good luck!

Posted: **Tue 14 Aug 2012, 02:23**

r_j_h wrote: I have searched as far as time and bandwidth will allow, but I cannot find this mentioned anywhere else in the forums.
Thanks, Richard.

As far as searching goes, this helps:
http://wellminded.com/puppy/pupsearch.html

Posted: **Wed 15 Aug 2012, 08:46**

1. Problem with WINE-1.5.2 explained in this post.

2. Problem with WINE-1.1.39 explained in this post further down the same thread.

Posted: **Thu 16 Aug 2012, 09:22**

kevin bowers wrote: More details, please? Just how old a netbook and what kind? ...

A Compaq 110-1010 vintage 2009-ish, I'll be amazed if it's only USB 1, but thanks for the tip.

kevin bowers wrote: What filesystem(s) are on the drives? And is this peculiar to Slacko or will LuPu or some other Puppy do the same thing?...

I have no facility to download lupu at the moment - but I'll try that over the weekend.

kevin bowers wrote: If it is a FAT filesystem you can try:
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mount /dev/xxx -t vfat -rw /mnt/xxx
...

They are all NTFS and I have already tried that, but thanks again.

Are there any log files other than dmesg which would provide some useful information? dmesg is not telling me much...

Thanks again, R.

Posted: **Sat 18 Aug 2012, 21:08**

Hi.

First off, thanks to all in involved in Puppy, in all it's flavours.
Although I am reporting what appears to be a very minor bug in the
Slacko 5.3.3 series, the efforts related to Slacko are very much
appreciated. It is, indeed, very good.
Hopefully I am not wasting your time by reporting something that is already known. I have tried to check, but may not have been very horough.

The problem:
A right-click on a clear area of the desktop (under the default configuration) brings up the menu, as expected. After this is cleared (by a left-click), subsequent right-clicks on the desktop icons (including the drive icons) result in the desktop menu appearing, as if they were right-clicks on a clear area of the desktop (or as if the icons were not there, or simply not identified).
A subsequent left-click (or in some/many cases two spaced left-clicks) on one of the icons results in it working as expected. Following this, right-clicking on the icons also works as expected (as if the "problem trigger" had been reset).
Another right-click on a clear area of the desktop recreates the problem, and subsequent left-clicking on an icon clears it again.

Wary 5.3 and Racy 5.3 do not seem to display the same behaviour on the same hardware (Intel 845 and 945 graphics - although I would suspect it might be to do with ROX in some way).

As noted above, it is very minor. I only noticed it when trying to nut out an
intermittent loss of a drive icon when right-clicking it. I think that might
have been user error- trying to be too quick, and accidently double-clicking
(perhaps catching the "remove item" menu option).
I think it's only a minor usage issue, and I am only reporting it because it
was found (and on the unlikely off chance it might be a pointer to something that might be troubling others).

Thanks again.

Posted: **Sun 19 Aug 2012, 06:11**

Baldronicus:
Bug confirmed. (Also exists in 5.3.3.2.) It would seem that we have all been living with it!
Minor as you say, but very confusing for anyone new to Slacko.
Thanks for your report.

Posted: **Sun 19 Aug 2012, 08:45**

It is the same with Slacko 5.3.1 which is lightning fast, totally stable and ideally fits my needs.

Posted: **Mon 20 Aug 2012, 01:52**

I'm almost used to the desktop drive icons disappearing on a right-click, I blame it on the mouse sending a double-click signal (it's a cheap wired mouse anyway). This happens in Slacko and Lupu both, usually when I'm trying to unmount a drive. Just means that about one shot in three or four I have to open pmount.

Posted: **Mon 03 Sep 2012, 23:31**

Possible solution for some suspend issues

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Posted: **Tue 04 Sep 2012, 19:03**

Using Slacko 5.3.3...

ON both "fido" user and root session, I got this annoying permanent issue of time and date being always off by hours, sometimes days.

Even after doing a net sync as root, time and date's always messed up when I reboot Puppy.

This is a major issue. The system needs proper time settings for it to work correctly. How do I solve this?

Thanks

Posted: **Fri 07 Sep 2012, 17:23**

Ready for a fun one?

I installed the .sfs for Skype from the SlickPet installer... I lost the taskbar and all right-click functionality immediately after? I unload the .sfs and it works just fine again. Thoughts?

Also, I can't get the Pet Package Manager to open for some odd reason, though that's been since I started using Slacko. I got it to open one time, and never again.

Posted: **Fri 07 Sep 2012, 18:07**

christhi wrote:Using Slacko 5.3.3...

ON both "fido" user and root session, I got this annoying permanent issue of time and date being always off by hours, sometimes days.

Even after doing a net sync as root, time and date's always messed up when I reboot Puppy.

This is a major issue. The system needs proper time settings for it to work correctly. How do I solve this?

Thanks

As usual get yourself a new battery for the mainboard and i mean these :

Otherwise throw that worn old hardware out of the windows .

Posted: **Sat 08 Sep 2012, 04:47**

Evil20071 wrote:Ready for a fun one?

Also, I can't get the Pet Package Manager to open for some odd reason, though that's been since I started using Slacko. I got it to open one time, and never again.

Did you install any apps? It might have been a bad pet.

Try looking in /root/.packages/user-installed-packages and maybe delete the last entry, or more.

I had a similar problem in Fatdog, mind you it may not be the same issue in Slacko.

Posted: **Sat 08 Sep 2012, 06:14**

No, actually. I was just looking at what was listed on it.

Now, here's the kicker... I unloaded the Skype sfs, downloaded the DEV sfs and the jre sfs, loaded all three and rebooted... all working fine now?

No clue what it was, but I haven't found any other issues so far. Just don't for the life of me know what caused it to do that....

As for the pet package manager... it's working again too...

Strange much? I think so...

Posted: **Sun 09 Sep 2012, 09:12**

Odd... I resized my personal save file this morning, and now ROX Pinboard won't run at boot? I can't get it to boot at all, nor ROX File Manager? I noticed in my system logs (Cause I do check them) this under boot:

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'FATAL' messages may be insignificant.

=== /initrd/tmp/bootinit.log ===

mount: mounting /dev/sr0 on /mnt/data failed: No medium found
PAUSE 5SEC: tried to mount /dev/sr0, iso9660 f.s.
mount: mounting /dev/sr0 on /mnt/data failed: No medium found
RETRY FAILED: mounting /dev/sr0, iso9660 f.s.
1048576+0 records in
1048576+0 records out
e2fsck 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/mnt/dev_save/Puppy-Linux-533/slackosave-Jonathan.4fs: 13726/98304 files (0.8% non-contiguous), 392686/393216 blocks
resize2fs 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009)
Resizing the filesystem on /mnt/dev_save/Puppy-Linux-533/slackosave-Jonathan.4fs to 655360 (4k) blocks.
Begin pass 1 (max = 8)
Extending the inode table     ----------------------------------------XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The filesystem on /mnt/dev_save/Puppy-Linux-533/slackosave-Jonathan.4fs is now 655360 blocks long.

e2fsck 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009)

I noticed the FAIL message loading iso9660 f.s. Not sure exactly what that is or why it failed. Full system specs are attached to my sig (Clicky banner).

Distro Specs:

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=== Distro Specifications ===

Operating System: Slacko Puppy 5.3.3
Desktop Window Manager: JWM vsvn-578
Desktop Start: xwin fvwm95

=== /etc/DISTRO_SPECS ===

#One or more words that identify this distribution:
DISTRO_NAME='Slacko Puppy'
#version number of this distribution:
DISTRO_VERSION=5.3.3
#The distro whose binary packages were used to build this distribution:
DISTRO_BINARY_COMPAT='slackware'
#Prefix for some filenames: exs: slackosave.2fs, slacko-5.3.3.sfs
DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX='slacko'
#The version of the distro whose binary packages were used to build this distro:
DISTRO_COMPAT_VERSION='13.37'
#the kernel pet package used:
DISTRO_KERNEL_PET='linux_kernel-3.1.10-patched_s_4gA.pet'
#16-byte alpha-numeric ID-string appended to vmlinuz, puppy_slacko_5.3.3.sfs, zdrv_slacko_5.3.3.sfs and devx.sfs:
DISTRO_IDSTRING='s120505091759ZZZZ5.3.3XXXXXXXXXX'
#Puppy default filenames...
#Note, the 'SFS' files below are what the 'init' script in initrd.gz searches for,
#for the partition, path and actual files loaded, see PUPSFS and ZDRV in /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE
DISTRO_PUPPYSFS='puppy_slacko_5.3.3.sfs'
DISTRO_ZDRVSFS='zdrv_slacko_5.3.3.sfs'
DISTRO_PUPPYDATE='May 2012'
#DISTRO_XORG_AUTO='yes'

And just in case a bad .pet may be to blame, the list there:

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=== /root/.packages/user-installed-packages ===

icewm-1.3.5-me2-i486-dpup|Icewm Window Manager
wine-1.5.2-i486_v1|Wine Windows Program Loader
epson_status_monitor-1.0|Epson printer status monitor
epson_inkjet_printer_escpr-1.1.2|Epson printer driver
smbw_cups_backend-1.3|no description provided
epson_inkjet_printer_escpr-1.1.2|Epson printer driver
escputil-1.0|no description provided
epson_24pin-1.0|Epson printer driver
epkowa-2.28.1|Epson scanner driver
firefox-12.0-s|Firefox Web Browser
aufs-util-3-i486|uufs utilities
ziggy_patch_ppm-2|slacko ppm patch
skype-4|Skype Internet Telephony
thunderbird-13.0.1|Thunderbird mail reader
google-chrome-stable_current_i386|Access the Internet
google-chrome-stable_current_i386|Access the Internet
FileZilla-3.1.6|Download and upload files via ftp, sftp and ftps
guvcview-1.5.0-s|A video viewer and capturer for the linux uvc driver
guvcview_slack_DEP-1.5.0|no description provided
powertop-1.13|PowerTOP power usage monitoring tool
lxtask-0.1.3-i486|Manage running processes
flash-player-11.2.202.233|Adobe Flash Player and Preferences
sfs_grabber-0.1|Install sfs files
Psip32-1.2RC2-Slacko|Psip32 Puppy Phone
dejavu_fonts-2.32|DejaVu fonts, minimal
dejavu_fonts_extra-2.32|DejaVu fonts, extra
icewm_NLS-1.3.7-i686-s|no description provided
lxrandr-0.1.1|LXRandR monitor configuration
jackd|
libavxxx-5250|deps for guvcview
portaudio-V19-i486|no description provided
libffado-2.0.0-i486|no description provided
libiec61883-1.2.0-i486|no description provided
jack-1.9.7-i486-1|
libxml%2B%2B-2.34.1-i486-1|no description provided
v4l-utils_0.8.8|
fixme-1.0-p4|Fixme sliding tiles puzzle, very basic
jre-7u7-i586|jre7u7
jack-1.9.8|
wine_menu-1|Wine Menu
pidgin-basics-2.5.5-i486-uj|Send instant messages over multiple protocols
gnutls-2.10.5-i486-431|no description provided
libgcrypt-1.4.6-i486-431|no description provided

libtasn1-2.9-i486-431|no description provided
pidgin-2.10.0-i686-lupu528|Chat over IM.  Supports AIM, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN, Yahoo and more
pidgin-2.10.3-i486-431|Chat over IM.  Supports AIM, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN, Yahoo and more
xvattr-1.3-i386-dpup|gxvattr XVideo Settings Utility
libavxxx-5250|deps for guvcview

jwmconfig2-20110904|JWM configuration

jwm2-493|JWM window manager

jwm-theme-purplegum-01|jwm theme
jwm-theme-purplegum-01-1|jwm theme
jwm-theme-bluegum-01|jwm theme
jwmconfig2-120125-slacko|JWM configuration
avast-1.3.0-puppy|Scan for viruses, commercial but free for personal use, needs license key
avast_NLS-1.3.0-puppy|antivirus scanner, commercial but free for personal use, needs license key
unrar-3.7.8-x86|expand rar archives

Meanwhile, I'm going to be using a different puppy till this one isn't sick anymore.

Also: Just tried booting up with IceWM instead of JWM, still no ROX Pinboard.

Posted: **Sun 09 Sep 2012, 21:37**

Evil20071 wrote: mount: mounting /dev/sr0 on /mnt/data failed: No medium found
PAUSE 5SEC: tried to mount /dev/sr0, iso9660 f.s.
mount: mounting /dev/sr0 on /mnt/data failed: No medium found
RETRY FAILED: mounting /dev/sr0, iso9660 f.s.

I noticed the FAIL message loading iso9660 f.s. Not sure exactly what that is or why it failed.

I can answer that one. ISO9660 filesystem is used on CDs and DVDs, and sr0 is your first CD/DVD drive. Puppy was looking for files on a CD just in case it was there, but you were booting from HD, right? It simply failed to find a CD, usually because there was none in the drive. Not related to your Rox problems, I wouldn't think, unless you were actually booting from CD. I suspect corrupted system files, maybe a HD failure?

Posted: **Sun 09 Sep 2012, 22:00**

Well... I loaded without my save file... then mounted my save file... and copied some of the original system files over from the slacko 533 sfs... and it works... 0.o?

I think I'm just going to delete my save file and re-start from scratch... seems like a good idea at this point...

Apparently, I must have either deleted or modified some system files that didnt' need to be messed with somewhere or another... though I haven't messed with anything other than changing the desktop background and installing some pets...

I'm leaning towards a bad pet or sfs somewhere...

I'll start fresh and then go from there...

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TIme & date settings messed up!

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