testing: a slacko without xorgwizard-automatic

[darry1966]

Again Dell D620. Video playback with Gnome Mplayer is working after it failed in 6.3.0. Overall an improvement with less icons on the desktop and better theming - Puppy benefiting from looking more professional in its looks.

So promising start Micko.

[Keef]

Compaq NC6120 Laptop.

Chip description:
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
oem: Intel(r)915GM/910ML/915MS Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(r)915GM/910ML/915MS Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

Little slow while loading kernel modules, but got to desktop.
Resolution correct (1400x1050).
USB Mouse, touchpad, all working.

(Wifi not working though - ipw2200. Loaded module manually, but no interface detected.)

[sheldonisaac]

Wifi not working though - ipw2200

Oh, I've just booted the new 32-bit to check on my wireless and sound.
(I'd replaced the original Broadcom little board with an Atheros, to try to make LibrePup wifi work; in this Dell E6410.)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 5C:26:0A:3C:77:EB
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 5C:AC:4C:75:28:12
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

Seems OK.

Audio works.

[unicorn316386]

(Wifi not working though - ipw2200. Loaded module manually, but no interface detected.)

Finally another ipw2200 victim! You will probably have problems with the other kernels I mentioned as well.

[James C]

Everything working on initial boot.

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 6.3.0.1

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
  Modules requested to be loaded:       dbe 

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
  Driver loaded (and currently in use): intel
  Loaded modules: dri2 evdev fb glx

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  1024x768 pixels (270x203 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

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

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# inxi -Fff
System:    Host: puppypc22774 Kernel: 3.14.57 i686 (32 bit) Desktop: JWM 2.3.2 Distro: Slacko Puppy 6.3.0.1
Machine:   Mobo: MICRO-STAR INTL model: MS-7037 version: Ver 0A Bios: Phoenix version: 6.00 PG date: 06/08/2004
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-HT-) cache: 512 KB 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 3000.00 MHz 2: 3000.00 MHz
           CPU Flags: acpi apic bts cid clflush cmov cx8 de dts fpu fxsr ht mca mce mmx msr mtrr 
           pae pat pbe pebs pge pse pse36 sep ss sse sse2 tm tsc vme xtpr 
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller 
           X.org: 1.14.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: vesa) tty size: 80x25 Advanced Data: N/A for root 
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0 Sound: ALSA ver: k3.14.57
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too 
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:11:09:27:3b:5a
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 400.1GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD2000JB size: 200.0GB 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD2000JB size: 200.0GB 
Partition: ID: swap-1 size: 2.20GB 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: 96 Uptime: 21 min Memory: 179.6/2011.6MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17 

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# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       2059880       702084      1357796            0        75224
-/+ buffers:             626860      1433020
Swap:      2150396            0      2150396

[Marv]

32 bit 6.3.0.1 frugally installed to Pentium M laptop with ipw2200 wireless.

Boots to desktop ok. Touchpad, keyboard, all other input devices ok, sound ok. flsynclient works correctly on the ALPS touchpad.
The 3.14.57 kernel is quite slow to load modules on boot and would not connect to ipw2200 (no device found blacklisted wl etc... still no). change_kernel to 3.14.55 from slacko 6.3.0 and boot was noticeably faster and ipw2200 connects (Dougal perfect, SNS no, Frisbee yes but without a way to set the dropwait needed by the ipw2200).

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-Computer-
Processor		: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz
Memory		: 2059MB (115MB used)
Machine Type		: Physical machine
Operating System		: Slacko Puppy - 6.3.0.1
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: Thu 03 Dec 2015 05:59:15 PM CST
-Display-
Resolution		: 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 852GM/855GM x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter		: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
Audio Adapter		: PC-Speaker - pcsp
-Input Devices-
 Power Button
 Lid Switch
 Power Button
 AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
 Fujitsu FUJ02B1
 Video Bus
 PC Speaker
 ALPS PS/2 Device
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint
 Fujitsu Application Panel buttons
-Printers (CUPS)-
CUPS-PDF		: <i>Default</i>
-SCSI Disks-
ATA TS32GCF170
MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-830S
JetFlash Transcend 32GB

Quite usable in this state, glxgears FPS as expected for this laptop.

[wyzguy]

Fresh frugal install of the 64 bit iso.
Regular keyboard and usb Logitech mouse both work.

When I go into terminal mode (command line) and enter the following:

find / -iname "*.conf" | egrep -i xorg

I get a "hard link count is wrong ..." message. Try it.

[darry1966]

GLXgears and FPS working with intel driver.

[bigpup]

Nouveau driver support:
About Nouveau support for the Geforce GTX 960 and any other Maxwell chip Nvidia cards.

I found this:

[Nouveau] [PATCH 2/2] remove maxwell support for now
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/n ... 21597.html

This was in July 2015

This statement says it all.

There is no EXA acceleration, user better off with modesetting.

You would think this has been corrected by now, but I have not found anything saying it.

[James C]

Slacko64 Puppy 6.3.0.2
Nvidia Geforce GTX 960

No help.

Boots to a desktop, but the desktop is all distorted and in general
unusable. Just a bunch of lines, partial images, and colors

I switched to the modesetting driver

Desktop OK using that driver.
.

Same results as bigpup with a GTX-750 card.Works with modesetting driver.

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko64 Puppy, version 6.3.0.1

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1381 (rev a2)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
  Depth (bits, or planes):              24
  Modules requested to be loaded:       dbe 
  Modules requested to not be loaded:   glx 
  Drivers requested to be loaded:       modesetting 

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
  Driver loaded (and currently in use): modesetting
  Loaded modules: dbe extmod fb kbd mouse shadow

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  1920x1080 pixels (508x285 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

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

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# inxi -Fx
System:    Host: puppypc2343 Kernel: 4.1.11 x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) Desktop: JWM 2.3.2 Distro: Slacko64 Puppy 6.3.0.1
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A97 LE R2.0 version: Rev 1.xx serial: 140323665200131
           Bios: American Megatrends version: 2202 date: 12/12/2013
CPU:       Octa core AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core (-MCP-) cache: 16384 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 56215.5 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 1700.00 MHz 5: 1400.00 MHz 6: 1400.00 MHz 7: 1400.00 MHz 8: 3500.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA Device 1381 bus-ID: 01:00.0 X.org: 1.14.3 driver: N/A tty size: 80x25 Advanced Data: N/A for root 
Audio:     Card-1: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices ] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2 
           Card-2: NVIDIA Device 0fbc driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k4.1.11
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller 
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 40:16:7e:b2:b8:be
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1120.2GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SV300S3 size: 120.0GB 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB 
Partition: 
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: 138 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 286.0/7875.3MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.53) inxi: 1.9.17 

Side note, I tried k-4.3.0 a couple of days ago and still no go with nouveau on this box.

[James C]

Just experimenting.....booted Alienbob's new Slackware Live iso
http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/slackware-live-edition/ ........ it first booted to the distorted display with nouveau then automagically reverted to modesetting. It took a couple of minutes but booted to a desktop.

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bash-4.3$ uname -a
Linux darkstar 4.1.13 #1 SMP Fri Nov 13 18:16:47 CST 2015 x86_64 AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

[Marv]

32 bit 6.3.0.1 Frugal Grub4Dos install to 80Gb SATA HD on Bay-Trail desktop (Celeron J1900 CPU, RTL8168g NIC, intel i915 dvr graphics, PS2 mouse, US keyboard). 64 bit done previously on this desktop.

boots to desktop ok
keyboard works (US only to test)
PS2 connected generic scrollwheel mouse works
USB detection and hotplugging fine

wired network connection automatic at boot using RTL8168g NIC
sound ok

glxgears working, FPS as expected for this desktop.
kernel changed to 3.14.55, no discernable differences.

[Ghost Dog]

I'm trying to update xorg for Lucid, see here. Xorgwizard-automatic doesn't work anymore, though. How do I adapt this new method?

[gcmartin]

A very interesting occurrence in testing this "Proof of Concept".

Firstly, thanks @01Micko, I can see where you are guiding us in the community. Excellent.

On this Slacko version, I downloaded, created a DVD, and booted this on a 6-7 yr/old HP Touch laptop used for seminars.

On initial use, before FirstRUN completion, I tried screen touches: "touching" was not there. So I walked away on Saturday not doing much more, except to leave it running on a table in the house. This morning, I find that on-screen finger-tracking is WORKING!

Nothing has been done on my part. Thanks for where this is heading.

[Dry Falls]

2014 acer-aspire all intell box here which is notoreious for not booting newish pups to desktop had no problem with 6.3.0. 6.3.0.1 or 6.3.0.2. Very nice. Also compliments on the pupsave upgrade script. oh by the way, it's slacko64.

df

[gcmartin]

Scenario:
DVD boots an AMD X2 HP touch laptop to desktop. System has acquired an IP address by the time it reaches desktop from the DHCP server via the wired network. FirstRUN operations are same expected operations as have been seen over the years without issue.

Problem:
Routing over the LAN is NOT occurring. I have no obvious error indications except I can not get responses for simple pings, or any other LAN service from one PC to any other.

And, I cannot route thru to the internet. I had this problem before, on a DELL touch AIO. But, it is still with us and occurs on several networks I have tested over past 2 days.

Asking community
Requesting advice to assist discovery of the problem. This is unique to this PUP and was 1st discovered last year in FATDOG and NEVER resolved. Now it is here, in Slacko64-6xxx.

Most important to me is why in this PUP this has surfaced? None of the other distros; namely mainline distros, mainline OSes, every other PUP (excepting FATDOG) has never exhibited this problem. So, its either some major directional change in network behavior after it acquires its LAN personality from the DHCP host or something buried in WOOFCE.

This is NOT a static IP, and the DHCP hosts do NOT do static assignments of the IP to this laptop/DELL touch AIO.

[Marv]

@gcmartin,

What NIC is in this HP laptop? Driver used? And does it 'remap' eth0 to eth1? ie. when booting from a pup that works, what is the active interface and what does it show in this pup? Output of dmesg | grep eth? Just to help the thought processes.

[01micko]

Those with ipw problems.. I need you to try something.

The firmware for these devices is in /lib/modules/all-firmware/ipw* (there are 3 possible directories)

Can you try moving those 3 directories to /lib/firmware/ and reboot. See if connection can work then.

Thanks.

---------------

Thanks Marv - dmesg output may provide a key for many connectivity problems.

[unicorn316386]

^^ Just tried moving the 3 ipw* folders and rebooting, didn't seem to have any positive effect here it seems.

The "dmesg" output looks interesting though. Here's a section of diff between my 3.14.55 and 3.14.57 output:

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--- dmesg_31455.txt	2015-12-09 00:38:42.000000000 -0500
+++ dmesg_31457.txt	2015-12-09 00:30:17.000000000 -0500

@@ -774,7 +775,19 @@
 pps_core: LinuxPPS API ver. 1 registered
 pps_core: Software ver. 5.3.6 - Copyright 2005-2007 Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
 PTP clock support registered
+tg3.c:v3.136 (Jan 03, 2014)
+tg3 0000:01:00.0 eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95751) rev 4001] (PCI Express) MAC address 00:12:3f:23:bb:55
+tg3 0000:01:00.0 eth0: attached PHY is 5750 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0])
+tg3 0000:01:00.0 eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1]
+tg3 0000:01:00.0 eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit]
 cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
+lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
+lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
+libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
+libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
+ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
+ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
+[drm] initialized overlay support
 yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: ISA IRQ mask 0x0cf8, PCI irq 19
 yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: Socket status: 30000006
 pci_bus 0000:02: Raising subordinate bus# of parent bus (#02) from #03 to #06
@@ -784,19 +797,10 @@
 yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: pcmcia: parent PCI bridge window: [mem 0x40000000-0x43ffffff pref]
 pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0x40000000-0x43ffffff:
  excluding 0x40000000-0x43ffffff
-lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
-lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
-libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
-libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
-tg3.c:v3.136 (Jan 03, 2014)
-tg3 0000:01:00.0 eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95751) rev 4001] (PCI Express) MAC address 00:12:3f:23:bb:55
-tg3 0000:01:00.0 eth0: attached PHY is 5750 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0])
-tg3 0000:01:00.0 eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1]
-tg3 0000:01:00.0 eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit]
-input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input7
-ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmpr
-ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
 ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
+ipw2200 0000:02:03.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
+ipw2200 0000:02:03.0: Falling back to user helper
+input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input7
 Bluetooth: Core ver 2.18
 NET: Registered protocol family 31
 Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
@@ -804,14 +808,12 @@
 Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
 Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
 usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
-ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
 pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0fffff:
  excluding 0xc0000-0xc7fff 0xcc000-0xcffff 0xf0000-0xfffff
 pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff:
  clean.
 pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff:
  clean.
-[drm] initialized overlay support
 fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
 input: DualPoint Stick as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8
 input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6
@@ -819,8 +821,11 @@
 i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
 i915 0000:00:02.0: registered panic notifier
 [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
-intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 52571 usecs (2533 samples)
+intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 52521 usecs (2531 samples)
 intel8x0: clocking to 48000
+ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
+ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
+ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:03.0 failed with error -5
 pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0fffff:
  excluding 0xc0000-0xc7fff 0xcc000-0xcffff 0xf0000-0xfffff
 pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff:

Heading to bed but maybe I'll try playing around with this some more tomorrow. Thanks for this debugging tip.

[mavrothal]

Here's a section of diff between my 3.14.55 and 3.14.57 output:

Is the kernel the only difference or dmesgs come different puppies?