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Lobster · Last edited by Lobster on Thu 11 Sep 2008, 02:47; edited 1 time in total

download 'retro'
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/test/puppy-4.1retro-beta/

This has the 2.6.21.7 kernel, and is conservatively configured for maximum compatibility on old hardware.
The devx_407.sfs will work, just rename it to devx_408.sfs.

Barrys blog for details
http://www.puppylinux.com/blog/?viewDetailed=00362

4.1
http://tmxxine.com/wik/wikka.php?wakka=PuppyDingo41

click on the info icon for release details

add software
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=229732#229732

initial impressions
We should add to announcements as this feels ready for more widespread usage
Download was slow - so faster hosts welcome
No problems with usage, great help / info
Pmount seems improved and the backup feature seems good
(don't remember that before)
I still feel the guy on the bike is better to differentiate from Dingo4
I like the image and others too are impressed - an icy landscape is as memorable and individual and bland as 'MS Iceberg edition'

It is great to see how many have worked on this version
and how polished it feels.

The last alpha I managed to use for a couple of days before switching back to 4.00

4.1 I could live with Smile

What are your impressions?
Does it work OK on the Eeepc?
How is Hiawatha working?
Does it feel faster?
Any hardware not working, now working? Smile

PaulBx1 · Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 2308 Location: Wyoming, USA

Is 4.1 called Dingo? I thought that was 4.0 only.

I tried booting with it, and going into the network wizard. For some reason it thought my Ricoh card reader was eth0. Needless to say, my network connectivity is poor through this card. I can post an image if anyone is interested.

OK here it is:

Pardon the large image size. I have tried to resize it several different times, and failed. Normally this is something I'm capable of, but I give up.

Lobster · Posted: Thu 11 Sep 2008, 01:36 Post subject:

The bootmanager does not show sfs in my home directory or some way to add them - all it shows is seen in the enclosed image)

I am booting from CD/DVD
- so something to do with the directory linking?

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4638 Location: GB

BarryK · Posted: Thu 11 Sep 2008, 02:51 Post subject:

Lobster,
how on earth did you get that!? Where does your /mnt/home point to?

# readlink /mnt/home

If you have sfs file there, then that is weird. That BootManager code has been unchanged for quite some time, and I thought it is working well.

Maybe you have something at /mnt/home that has upset the BootManager. Can you run 'ls':

# cd /mnt/home
# ls

Lobster · Posted: Thu 11 Sep 2008, 03:13 Post subject:

paulh177 · Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 870 Location: ST862228

this kernel reverts to the "hda" nomenclature rather than "sda" ?

paul

Lobster · Posted: Thu 11 Sep 2008, 06:44 Post subject:

My HD is designated 'hda1'

Caneri · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 1567 Location: Canada

Try this link for the beta..it should be quite fast.

http://puppylinux.igsobe.com/puppylinux/puppyfiles/test/puppy-4.1retro-beta

Best,
Eric

eprv · Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 19

Works very well for me
Pmount works great
trash working
only spell check in abiword did not work, tried the suggestions in the abiword forum without success

great puppy, if the new kernel will do the same it is fantastic.

Regarding the sfs I had this problem in 4.00, just rename them to _408.sfs they will be recognized then.

Minnesota · Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 312

Network wizard not showing USB network... module zd1211rw is loaded.. unloading and reload did not solve problem. Previous, 4.1's have had problems with finding live network nodes, but the wizard did show interface.

I ran on two machines, directly from the CD.

jakfish · Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 711

A couple of notes about 4.1 Beta and EEE 900:

1) fresh install won't pick up the 900's wireless (even though the ath_pci module pre-loads), but when I used a puppy_save made from Alpha 5 and Tempestuous' wifi pet for the 900, wifi works in Beta

2) This is interesting b/c the pet did not work in Alpha 6

3) Tempestuous' acpi pet for 900 fn keys doesn't work for any key in Beta

4) Is it my general optimism, or does Beta boot even faster than Alpha?

Jake

dogone · Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Posts: 202 Location: Arizona, USA

4.1 beta retro shares alpha 7's failure to retain my wired *static* IP and gateway addresses across reboot or power cycle. Alpha 6 did not have this problem.

408R is the fastest Puppy ever on this hardware.

NoNameAmI · Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 77

I was able to try the Beta1 last night a little before bed.. will test it further today or tomorrow.

I did find one issue that to me is big...

When connecting to irc.starchat.net from ayttm on the beta1, no users show in the user pane in channel despite being there. I had to install Pidgin from the Petget installer in order to use Starchat. This could be a bug in Ayttm but not sure. I would think if Pidgin can work right with that server that it has to be something with Ayttm.

On a side note, I do like the speed and responsiveness of Ayttm.

dogone · Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Posts: 202 Location: Arizona, USA

As with alpha7, the Xsane image scanner menu item "does not work". No orange scanner dialog. Nothing.

sane-find-scanner detects my scanner and running xsane from the terminal works. The scanner functions perfectly assuming the correct device number (01) is selected. Again, no change from alpha7.

Note also in the attached hardware report that the scanner is listed many, many times.