tahrpup64 6.0.5 CE

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01micko · #166 Post by **01micko** » Mon 21 Sep 2015, 11:31

I have built a massive kernel for tahr64. It's 70MB.

Why so big?

It contains all the redistributable firmware allowed for the drivers that it contains. So if you have a quirky video, sound, wireless whatever driver this may work for you. (Certainly no guarantees).

Get it here <-- http://01micko.com/kernels/Tahr_kernel.4.1.7.tar.xz

md5 <-- 6e5bb08f959192c426a1ef876ec92bf5 Tahr_kernel.4.1.7.tar.xz

It may even work for you in tahr32 as it's configured to emulate 32 bit. It does unfortunately have the bug where you can't type before the OS is loaded, at least on my gear.

You should have a frugal install to HDD or USB to use it. Just replace the current vmlinuz and zdrv_tahr64_6.0.3.7.sfs and reboot. It has the DISTRO_IDSTRING already appended (see /etc/DISTRO_SPECS).

have fun with that.

Billtoo · #167 Post by **Billtoo** » Mon 21 Sep 2015, 12:32

@01micko

I did a new manual frugal install with my custom puppy iso and
installed your new kernel.
The builtin wireless works on this pc now, I needed to use a usb
wireless adapter before.

Thanks.

Edit: I did another new manual frugal install to use on my Acer
Laptop,I had to use eth0 before but wireless is working now:

Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

The broadcom wireless on my macmini isn't supported, still need my usb wireless adapter on that one.

Will you be uploading the kernel source sfs?

Edit2: I made a new manual frugal installation for a laptop that has a
touchscreen,when I touch an icon the mouse cursor moves but that's it.
The mouse cursor is about an inch below the icon when I touch it.

sheldonisaac · #168 Post by **sheldonisaac** » Mon 21 Sep 2015, 14:16

01micko wrote:I have built a massive kernel for tahr64. It's 70MB.
Why so big?

It contains all the redistributable firmware allowed for the drivers that it contains. So if you have a quirky video, sound, wireless whatever driver this may work for you. (Certainly no guarantees).

Get it here <-- https://01micko.com/kernels/Tahr_kernel.4.1.7.tar.xz

You should have a frugal install to HDD or USB to use it. Just replace the current vmlinuz and zdrv_tahr64_6.0.3.7.sfs and reboot.

Works fine.

Many thanks.

I'm rather new at this, and certainly not an expert.
I think the existing tahr64 also worked OK.

How to get my wireless light to go on? rcrsn51 helped me previously, but I've not yet been able to get (which) wl driver for tahr?
something about pupscan? blacklist?

EDIT:

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lspci -nn | grep -i net | grep -i broadcom
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4353] (rev 01)

Thanks again,
Sheldon

peebee · #169 Post by **peebee** » Mon 21 Sep 2015, 18:54

01micko wrote:I have built a massive kernel for tahr64. It's 70MB. .......

It may even work for you in tahr32 as it's configured to emulate 32 bit. It does unfortunately have the bug where you can't type before the OS is loaded, at least on my gear.

have fun with that.

Tried it in 32-bit LxPup-15.06 (Slacko-5.9.3 derivative) - just renamed the zdrv - seemed to work fine

So not tahr specific.

Also loaded the 32-bit Chromium45 sfs with pepperflash plugin and tested it with BBC iPlayer and Youtube - both without any problems.

Stemsee and 666philb know the kernel config settings needed to enable a usb keyboard during boot (assuming that's the problem you're seeing).

Cheers
peebee

01micko · #170 Post by **01micko** » Mon 21 Sep 2015, 23:58

peebee wrote: Stemsee and 666philb know the kernel config settings needed to enable a usb keyboard during boot (assuming that's the problem you're seeing).

Cheers
peebee

Found it, did an lsmod and an odd one showed up: ohci_pci

Sure enough that's it; need

CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD_PCI=y

Thanks.

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@Billtoo. I won't upload sources yet as I'll do another build but probably wait out until 4.1.8 is released. Can I get the chip ID from the device on your mac-mini please? (oh, just checked and 4.1.8 is out!)

Billtoo wrote:Edit2: I made a new manual frugal installation for a laptop that has a
touchscreen,when I touch an icon the mouse cursor moves but that's it.
The mouse cursor is about an inch below the icon when I touch it.

That's not the kernel, that's puppy's kludgy Xorg implementation. It needs a major overhaul.

Billtoo · #171 Post by **Billtoo** » Tue 22 Sep 2015, 00:42

01micko wrote: @Billtoo. I won't upload sources yet as I'll do another build but probably wait out until 4.1.8 is released. Can I get the chip ID from the device on your mac-mini please? (oh, just checked and 4.1.8 is out!)

The wireless adapter on the macmini is:

Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)

I'm pretty sure it's supported in my X-slacko-3.1 installation but it's not in Tahrpup64.

Actually when I tried to set up wlan0 it appeared to set up properly and the green bars showed up in the tray but when I run palemoon it says no network connection.

Thanks

Edit: I just unplugged my usb wireless adapter and rebooted, then tried to use wlan0, it's a no go.

01micko · #172 Post by **01micko** » Tue 22 Sep 2015, 02:02

@Billtoo

Get the original zdrv_tahr64_6.0.3.7.sfs and mount it. Find /lib/firmware/b43 directory and copy it to /lib/firmware/b43 on your system and then reboot. The adapter might work then as that firmware isn't in my kernel.

Billtoo · #173 Post by **Billtoo** » Tue 22 Sep 2015, 02:52

01micko wrote:@Billtoo

Get the original zdrv_tahr64_6.0.3.7.sfs and mount it. Find /lib/firmware/b43 directory and copy it to /lib/firmware/b43 on your system and then reboot. The adapter might work then as that firmware isn't in my kernel.

I did as you suggested but no luck with the builtin wireless.

I shutdown and booted my X-slacko-3.1 flash drive and wlan0 is working fine on the macmini.

At least I can use wireless with my usb adapter in Tahrpup64, I'd need quite a long ethernet cable because it's in another room.

Thanks

James C · #174 Post by **James C** » Tue 22 Sep 2015, 03:58

01micko wrote:I have built a massive kernel for tahr64. It's 70MB.

Working well on this box.

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root# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: tahrpup64, version 6.0.3.7

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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-Computer-
Processor		: 6x AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
Memory		: 8064MB (494MB used)
Machine Type		: Physical machine
Operating System		: Puppy Linux
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: Mon Sep 21 22:56:13 2015
-Display-
Resolution		: 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter		: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
Audio Adapter		: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia

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root# inxi -FFF
System:    Host: puppypc26852 Kernel: 4.1.7 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: JWM git-1263 Distro: tahrpup64 6.0.3.7
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 flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 2500.00 MHz 3: 2000.00 MHz 4: 2000.00 MHz 5: 1400.00 MHz 6: 1400.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] 
           X.org: 1.15.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: vesa) tty size: 80x25 Advanced Data: N/A for root 
Audio:     Card-1: NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k4.1.7
           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 (2.1% used) 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: 136 Uptime: 13 min Memory: 154.2/7875.3MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17

666philb · #175 Post by **666philb** » Wed 23 Sep 2015, 09:39

watchdog wrote:Perhaps there is a typo in /usr/bin/wallpaper.
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#!/bin/dash
?

CUPS-PDF printer is broken. Missing /usr/lib/cups/backend/pdf-writer. I reinstalled CUPS-PDF printer using ppd file from ghostscript.

thanks
fixed wallpaper and added pdf-writer

666philb · #176 Post by **666philb** » Wed 23 Sep 2015, 09:41

gyro wrote:Hi 666philb,

Wonderful surprise to find the latest fsck4 code in the "init" script.
Thanks.

gyro

forgot to say that i added that

666philb · #177 Post by **666philb** » Wed 23 Sep 2015, 09:43

radky wrote:
watchdog wrote:
radky wrote:
Adding these files to the base tahrpup64 will also stop messages in xerrs.log about missing perl modules when running urxvt.

/usr/lib/perl/5.18.2/auto/List/Util/Util.bs
/usr/lib/perl/5.18.2/auto/List/Util/Util.so
/usr/lib/perl/5.18.2/auto/re/re.bs
/usr/lib/perl/5.18.2/auto/re/re.so
/usr/lib/perl/5.18.2/List/Util.pm
/usr/lib/perl/5.18.2/List/Util/XS.pm
/usr/lib/perl/5.18.2/re.pm
/usr/lib/perl/5.18.2/Scalar/Util.pm
/usr/share/perl/5.18.2/integer.pm
/usr/share/perl/5.18.2/utf8.pm

thanks for finding those .... added to next build

666philb · #178 Post by **666philb** » Wed 23 Sep 2015, 09:46

gcmartin wrote:Just an idea for consideration after looking at @Billtoo's recent post.

For PPM future, can the PET Repo from other 64bit distros be added selections to the PPM2? Example Slacko64, Just-Lighthouse64, April64 and Xanad's contributions, FATDOG7x PETs, and any that are appropriate buckets of functions.

you could well get into a hell of a mess adding pets from those repos .... some will work some won't and some will break tahr64.

if you really want to then click on the 'add new repo' button in the PPMs settings and try to follow the cryptic instructions

666philb · #179 Post by **666philb** » Wed 23 Sep 2015, 09:54

01micko wrote:
148 packages are now uploaded. The attached script will get them all. Md5's are included in the script package.

Build system is uploaded to github.

https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/p ... ree/master

Read the readme.md to get started as there is the facility for multiple iterations of the build sytem depending on puppy version.

Please Note: the vobcopy package is reuploaded so there will be an md5 mismatch.

thanks 01micko,

i've been through all the .pets swapped april versions for your tahr versions mostly. i did keep a few from april if they were newer and worked ok

i really like the dunst.pet ... works well with deadbeef and hexchat

666philb · #180 Post by **666philb** » Wed 23 Sep 2015, 10:05

01micko wrote:I have built a massive kernel for tahr64. It's 70MB.

Why so big?

It contains all the redistributable firmware allowed for the drivers that it contains. So if you have a quirky video, sound, wireless whatever driver this may work for you. (Certainly no guarantees).

Get it here <-- https://01micko.com/kernels/Tahr_kernel.4.1.7.tar.xz

md5 <-- 6e5bb08f959192c426a1ef876ec92bf5 Tahr_kernel.4.1.7.tar.xz

It may even work for you in tahr32 as it's configured to emulate 32 bit. It does unfortunately have the bug where you can't type before the OS is loaded, at least on my gear.

You should have a frugal install to HDD or USB to use it. Just replace the current vmlinuz and zdrv_tahr64_6.0.3.7.sfs and reboot. It has the DISTRO_IDSTRING already appended (see /etc/DISTRO_SPECS).

have fun with that.

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

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

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