EasyOS version 2.3.2, June 22, 2020

[Philh]

Tried on AMD Radeon laptop
It got the correct resolution.
Videos playing in xine were very jerky. I tried different ouputs from xine but but that didnt make any difference.
libva and libvdpau errors. Dont know if they are relevant. See attachment.

Tried a different AMD Radeon laptop and x wouldnt start.
Xorgwizard said text mode disabled in this build.
Tried easy radeon.modeset=0 but still wouldnt start.

On an intel netbook resolution was correct and videos played ok.

[FeodorF]

wifi didn't work for me. It was missing the firmware driver rtl8712u.bin.

To solve the problem I went to the hidden folder:

/mnt/sdb2/.session/ (Wkg partition of the stick)

and created the following folders:

lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin

to make wifi work.

[linuxcbon]

Easy Linux 0.3
- very long time to start at 1st time.
- xine is better and smaller than vlc or kodi. Please keep xine only, it's my favorite.
- at first boot

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 /etc/X11/xkb/symbols : No such file or directory

- xorgwizard doesnt work in console mode , too bad

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Sorry, the text-mode Xorg Wizard is disabled for this build of Puppy.

Not alpha quality : X crashes (my video card is Radeon HD)

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(EE) Backtrace :
Bus error at address 0x7f02e4c4a000

dmesg gives :

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radeon 000:01:05.0 : GPU lockup ...
radeon 000:01:05.0 : ring 0 stalled ...

xwin gives in dmesg :

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traps jwm[2963] trap invalid opcode in libpixman-1.so.0.34.0

[don570]

I've tried unsuccessfully to get to the desktop.

I have noticed the Xerus64 (which works well) uses X Server 1.18.3

Easy 0.3 uses X Server 1.19.1 Release date 2017-01-11

Arch Linux uses
xorg-server-1.19.3-2

Fedora 25
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.19.3-1.fc25.x86_64.rpm

Warning : these won't run on Easy linux because of dependencies

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[L18L]

... I went to the hidden folder:

/mnt/sdb2/.session/ (Wkg partition of the stick)

and ...

Thank you for sharing this knowledge.

As always, booting without drm_kms_helper ... no console and no desktop.

With boot parameter

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 drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=edid/1920x1080.bin

got a desktop.

renamed gpudriver.conf

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mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/poulsbro.conf[b]HIDE[/b] /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/poulsbo.conf

after reboot got:
Direct Rendering Yes.

Name of that file does not matter (poulsb(r)o or 20-gpudriver.conf)
Important is only *.conf.

[Philh]

I dont think the multiple sound card wizard updates retrovol properly.
Doesnt set the HW 0 or 1
Geoffrey's version seems to work ok for me.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=100033

[Billtoo]

I did a new install to a 16gb SDHC card:

Computer
Processor 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
Memory 5977MB (182MB used)
Machine Type Physical machine
Operating System Easy Pyro64
User Name root (root)
Date/Time Fri Jun 2 11:04:57 2017
Audio Devices
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA Intel MID
SCSI Disks
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH70N
ATA ST500DM002-1BD14
Generic- Compact Flash
Multiple Flash Reader
Version
Kernel Linux 4.10.9-yocto-standard (x86_64)
Version #1 SMP Sat May 13 18:14:07 GMT-8 2017
C Library GNU C Library version 2.25 (stable)
Distribution Easy Pyro64
Display
Resolution 3840x1080 pixels
Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Version 1.19.1
Monitors
Monitor 0 1920x1080 pixels
Monitor 1 1920x1080 pixels

I used xrandr to setup for 2 monitors,saved the command line as a script then put it in root startup.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Easy Pyro64, version 0.3

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1920x1080
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): intel
Loaded modules: dbe dri2 evdev extmod fbdevhw glx present

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 3840x1080 pixels (1013x285 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
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Works good so far.

[don570]

Note to Barryk:

If you are interested in backup software you should look at
Lucky Backup. It is free --> linux and windows versions
It uses rsync.

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[eztuxer]

Running very nicely on Lenovo ideapad 110 with 2 X celeron intel @ 1.6 GHz of off Covfefe 16 GB USB stick.
Good job Barry, finally a 64 bit version that works for this laptop.
I like this new concept, I have always resented the fact that after selecting locales etc at first run, you had to do it all over after first shutdown.

This kernel is hot !

[linuxcbon]

In easy 0.2 but surely the same in 0.3 :

- bugs in ppm due to language not english ?
For example, when installing xine :

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# ppm
cat: /tmp/pup_event_sizefreem: No such file or directory
expr: syntax error
/usr/local/petget/installpreview.sh: line 101: [: 13757: unary operator expected

mkdir: can't create directory '/audit/deposed/libxine2_1.2.6DEPOSED': No such file or directory
mv: cannot move 'libxine2_1.2.6-1build5_amd64.deb' to '/audit/packages/': No such file or directory

[Gordie]

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad W-510 with a Microsoft 3500 Wireless Mouse.
The mouse is dead and am stuck with the touchpad and trackpoint. Tried to fix as per the dead mouse option on the first boot menu but no dice

[FeodorF]

L18L wrote:

... 'Easy Linux' comes with libGLEW.so.2.0.0 ...

If you like to play around with glx you'll have to link:

/usr/lib/libGLEW.so.2.0.0 to: /mnt/sdb2/.session/usr/lib/

and rename it to: libGLEW.so.1.9

my results: # glxinfo > /root/glxinfo.txt (I used the urxvt terminal)

direct rendering: Yes
..
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
..
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965Q
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 17.0.2
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
..
23 GLX Visuals
visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer sr ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a F gb bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x020 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x021 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x07f 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
..
36 GLXFBConfigs:
visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer sr ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a F gb bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x05b 0 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x05c 0 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x05d 0 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
..

[FeodorF]

Success!

Using 'rcrsn51's Samsung printer driver pet for 64-bit Puppies,
as well as his newest PeasyPDF v3.9 for cups printing.

[rcrsn51]

...as well as his newest PeasyPDF v3.9 for cups printing.

The Print tool in old versions of PeasyPDF let you select a a range of pages to be printed. But that option has started to fail in some new, complicated PDFs that I tried. The print job would hang up in CUPS.

So v4.0 removes it. If you only want to print a selection of pages, extract them first using the Extract tool. This two-step procedure is a little slower, but works more reliably.

[BarryK]

Thanks for all the feedback guys!

Sorry I haven't been very responsive recently, but I will get back to Easy.

Right now I am working on importing the remaining source packages into OpenEmbedded, see my latest blog posts.

After that exercise, I intend to read this forum thread and see if I can fix some of the issues, then do another build.

[linuxcbon]

Easy 0.2 (cannot test 0.3, it doesnt go to the desktop)

- missing libraries :
In /usr/bin/
libnuma.so.1 => not found
libquadmath.so.0 => not found
liblavjpeg-2.1.so.0 => not found
liblavfile-2.1.so.0 => not found
liblavplay-2.1.so.0 => not found
libappindicator3.so.1 => not found
libgimp-2.0.so.0 => not found
libgimpbase-2.0.so.0 => not found

In /usr/sbin/
libx86.so.1 => not found
libpipeline.so.1 => not found

[linuxcbon]

Hi Barry,

are you sure all those 100s of packages are really needed ? Maybe you can sort out "the not needed" and not include them anymore ? It will allow to have a lighter puppy and an easier work for compiling. Just a simple idea.

Cheers, linuxcbon

[FeodorF]

Quirky Pyro64 version 0.2 and Easy Linux 0.3 alpha work very well with 'FreeFileSync'.

See Barry's news: http://barryk.org/news/?viewDetailed=00565

a) Download FreeFileSync_9.1_Ubuntu_17.04_64-bit.tar.gz https://www.freefilesync.org/download/F ... bit.tar.gz
b) extract to the same folder: FreeFileSync, RealTimeSync, Resources.zip
c) click on FreeFileSync and you are good to go.

[BarryK]

Well, major effort, but have imported about 140 packages into OpenEmbedded. It is now on github, for others to use, and provide input:

http://barryk.org/news/?viewDetailed=00576

So, should be able to get back to building Easy and Quirky!

I have just done a x86_64 Quirky build, and booted it on my laptop. Everything tested so far, works. There are lots more Xorg drivers, and when I do a i686 build in OE, this will be very good for older PCs.

[L18L]

Barry,
updated our translation tool momanager
see http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=81259
to work also in Easy's full install (also working for en and its flavours).
Hope you like it.

Missing rcrsn51's peasyglue in Easy.

I have Easy installed on a 8 GiB USB stick.
I do like that I could simply add my boot code

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drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=edid/1920x1080.bin

to syslinux.cfg, both of them in / and under EFI.

Resolution changer does not really change anything for me....
With Fatdog or slacko64 it does