(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

I'm running the latest version of Slaco64. I installed shadow from the puppy package manager because I wanted the adduser command. Everything installed fine but sore some reason some of my symbolic links from /usr/bin to /opt/java/bin disappeared. However, I don't know if this was related to installing shadow or not.

P.S. when I su to the new user I created it gives me a warning that there is no user called "scanner". How should I create said user?

Hi all.

This seems to be the latest 32 bit brew of 01micko's Slacko-700:
https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... -08-19.iso
IHTH. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.)

It's on the general Slacko page on the Internet Archive site:
https://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_Slacko

Downloading now.

BFN.

Hello again folks.

I came out of my session with my new Slacko-700 Pup with a headache
and mixed feelings.

For some reason, I could feel the hand of the master, 01micko's focus on
conciceness, his obsession for the correct details in exactly the right place, but
at the same time I needed to do a lot of fiddling to get what i want out of it.

It's probably just me...

I noticed a couple of weird things, though:
-- I had to pluck the executable gtk_chtheme off another Pup. Slacko-700
does not have it. Slacko 700 has the wrapper but not the exec;

-- I could't copy to the same dir. with ROX. It just doesn't work. I had to
call a console in the dir. and do ;

-- kernel 4.4 is such a slowpoke. Tomorrow I'll change to a speedier one;

-- there's no way the PPM can be made to work... (edit, Dec. 26, late
morning);

-- it hangs on reboot. I have to disconnect and reconnect the electrical
cord to get my computer back on.

If anyone knows the solution to any of the above, pls ring in below.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Anyway, after a lot of fiddling, as I said, I managed to come up with a
desktop I can look at. (Pls see attached.)

These new Pups should definitely come with an extra pet or sfs of
practical fonts and good GTK themes.

Tah-dah.

musher0 wrote:I noticed a couple of weird things, though:
-- I had to pluck the executable gtk_chtheme off another Pup. Slacko-700
does not have it. Slacko 700 has the wrapper but not the exec;

Hi musher0,

I believe, starting with Slacko 6.3, everything was moved to Menu -> Desktop -> Puppy Theme Manager, and the 2nd column at the bottom in it called "Apps decoration (gtk)" and the More button to the right of it became the new home of a gtk-theme preview/selector, and it's all connected through a template called "ptheme" now which is part of woof-CE when you build an iso, which is supposed to be a new global way to handle jwm 2.3.x and rox to replace the original jwmconfig + gtkchtheme + other standalone customization apps. Not sure if I'm as much a fan of the new ptheme as the old apps either, just explaining what seems to have happened.

Thanks, peebee. I'll have a look at it. BFN.

I've been using this one since mid October, keeping up with the Slackware updates -Bugfixes.

# sh VulnChecker
l1tf Not affected
meltdown Not affected
spec_store_bypass Not affected
spectre_v1 Mitigation: __user pointer sanitization
spectre_v2 Mitigation: Full AMD retpoline
#
--------------------------------
EDIT: I just loaded the Google-Earth-Pro sfs and it works too

Hi BillToo.

Could you elaborate a little on: "this one"? Thanks.
Can't be peebee's new slacko, I think: it's still hot from the oven.

Also, I just edited my post above.

BFN.

musher0 wrote:Hi BillToo.

Could you elaborate a little on: "this one"? Thanks.
Can't be peebee's new slacko, I think: it's still hot from the oven.

Also, I just edited my post above.

BFN.

Hi

It's one that I downloaded the original iso from page 1 of this thread before it changed, then updated PPM and used the Update notices and Slackware Bugfixes from the setup menu.

The screenshot shows the 64 bit one that I did on Oct 10th.

Doing this takes a couple of hours but I find it works pretty well and then you just have to check for and apply any new updates once in a while.

Turning off all repositories except the Slackware 14.2 offial helps.

Hello all.

At peebee's request, I moved the post that was originally here, there.

I agree. It will keep this thread more on topic.

BFN.

I installed to a usb-3.0 SSD:

# inxi -bw
System: Host: puppypc14556 Kernel: 4.9.134-lxpup-32-pae i686 (32 bit) Desktop: JWM 2.3.6 Distro: ScPup 18.12
Machine: Device: desktop System: HP-Pavilion product: GN559AA-ABA a6220n serial: MXF7470DNX
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Berkeley v: 1.04 serial: X312345678
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 5.13 date: 10/24/2007
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E4500 (-MCP-) speed/max: 1600/2200 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Oland [Radeon HD 8570 / R7 240/340 OEM]
Display Server: X.org 1.20.3 driver: radeon tty size: 136x21 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Network: Card: Intel 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e
Drives: HDD Total Size: 526.4GB (0.8% used)
Weather: Conditions: 19 F (-7 C) - Clear Time: December 26, 11:48 PM EST
Info: Processes: 175 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 115.7/4036.4MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.8
#

It boots fine, will test more later.

Why not a thread of it's own instead of destroying the Slacko-700 rc3
thread?

Still grumbling , this grouch solved slacko-700's time synchronization problem,
using htpdate.

One down, so many to go!

BFN.

Billtoo wrote:Why not a thread of it's own instead of destroying the Slacko-700 rc3 thread?

There is!!!

Hello all.

This now happy grouch solved slacko-700's sluggishness and ROX-Filer
responsiveness issues that I have reported earlier by changing the ex-
factory 4.4 kernel with a kernel 3.16 specially designed for the slackoPup.
Yey!

I also tested kernel-4.1.11, but to no avail. It presented me a black screen
just before loading X.

Anyone with a ~ 10 year-old computer can do the same, i.e. replace the
ex-factory kernel with kernel-3.16. The increase in speed and
performance is staggering. It's easy to do as well. If you need help
with this operation, pls leave a note below or send me a PM?

Tah-dah.

musher0 wrote:Anyone with a ~ 10 year-old computer can do the same, i.e. replace the ex-factory kernel with kernel-3.16. The increase in speed and
performance is staggering. It's easy to do as well. If you need help
with this operation, pls leave a note below ....

Hi musher0 - you are very generous, warmhearted and goodlooking - and it's christmas - so what are the chances of you making available an iso including the fast kernel already installed (please)?

I haven't got to grips with kernel surgery yet so if you could possibly offer a ready-made solution that would be fantastic.
(flattery & greasing x10...)

g/g, you have a way of making people feel like a warm peanut butter toast!!!

Happy Holidays to you too!

I'm sure l can come up with a recipe for a retro slacko-700_k316, but I'm
unavailable part of today (Friday).

BFN.

Greengeek?

Here is one change kernel thread that 01micko initiated.

May I suggest that you use the utility 01micko has presented there.
Some recent Pups have it ex-factory, IIRC.

~~~~~~~~

I believe the forum has a couple of other threads on the subject. If you
know of other threads addressing the topic "kernel changes", please
chime in below and mention the URL? TIA

~~~~~~~~~~~~

A tangent if I may:

Forums are a bazaar of topics by their very nature. But they can be a
wonderful and fun source of information.

I'm sorry to say that the search engines are of little help when it comes
to (re)discovering the gems that are in them.

(Case in point: this Puppy forum.)

BFN.

Hi gang.

For the record, I've been busy with slacko-700 rc3, starting from
here, and the following posts.

greengeek, you still might have a gift for the the New Year (keep your
fingers crossed!), but I'll be announcing it there.

The reason is simple: this thread is about a BETA 2 version and the other
one is offering an rc3 (release candidate 3) version. As you may already
know, according to developer usage of these expressions, "rc" versions
are more advanced and polished than "beta" versions.

BFN.

01micko wrote:Slacko and Slacko64 700 BETA 2


MAIN ISO (a whopping 298MB )

slacko64-6.9.6.4-uefi.iso

64 iso checksum

NB: the chromium screenshot is @peebee's chromium64 sfs

Iso link is broken for me...

gychang wrote:

01micko wrote:Slacko and Slacko64 700 BETA 2


MAIN ISO (a whopping 298MB )

slacko64-6.9.6.4-uefi.iso

64 iso checksum

NB: the chromium screenshot is @peebee's chromium64 sfs

Iso link is broken for me...

I think that this thread has been superseded by the following thread:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=110510