Puppy 4.3.1-Release-Candidate -- bug reports

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Re: burniso2cd can frustrate user verifying disk

#76 Post by nic2109 »

kazzamozz wrote:
Yes everytime I have tried to do a verification I get an error, stating it is unable to verify disk. However I check the disks by booting up with them and they are fine.
:?
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Yeah; it's been like that for me for ages. So much so that I haven't bothered with "Verify" for months and months - at least back to 4.1.
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Undetected internal modem -- bug found!

#77 Post by rerwin »

And we have a winner! -- tubby!

Tubby's report of his internal modem not being detected automatically is now solved. The modem is built into the sound card and is one of those supported by the SmartLink driver, slmodem. But the firmware.dep file does not associate the driver, snd_ali5451, with the slmodem firmware.

The slmodem line in all /etc/modules/firmware.dep.2.6.xx.xx versions -- for each of the kernels -- should now be:

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slmodem:slamr.ko,slusb.ko,snd-via82xx-modem.ko,snd-atiixp-modem.ko,snd-intel8x0m.ko,snd-hda-intel.ko,snd-ali5451.ko
Tubby, and anyone else with this modem, can update the file by copy-pasting this command and entering in a console:

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sed -i -e 's/\(,snd-hda-intel.ko\)/\1,snd-ali5451.ko/' /etc/modules/firmware.dep.`uname -r`
and then rebooting. There should be no need to probe for the modem. This fix can also be applied to any puppy 4.1.2 or 4.2.1, and probably others.

Thank you tubby for calling attention to this problem, which results in a better Puppy! In a nick of time (whatever that means).
Richard

Update: Corrected _ to -, per Barry's instruction. Thanks, Barry.
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#78 Post by rerwin »

(Inadvertent duplicate posting.)

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Re: Partview accuracy

#79 Post by BarryK »

wrong post
Last edited by BarryK on Tue 13 Oct 2009, 23:31, edited 1 time in total.
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#80 Post by BarryK »

ecube wrote:I feel that information about mounted partitions is sufficient and have put together a small perl script which is sufficient for my needs.
Ecube,
That's great! I was hoping that my first-go at writing Partview would stimulate someone else to have a go.

Your solution is simple and fast.

It has one problem though. As it only shows mounted partitions, if there aren't any then it aborts with an error.

That's a problem if someone boots Puppy for the first time, or with "pfix=ram" then they click on the tray icon that runs Partview -- and nothing happens.

Could you modify the script so that if no partitions mounted, put up a message that Partview displays information about mounted partitions only.

...thanks, if you can do that, I'll put it into 4.3.1.
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#81 Post by BarryK »

Feverfew,
Thanks for the updated images of the taskbar and menu.

rerwin,
Thanks for the verify-fix for burniso2cd.

Zigbert,
Pburn upgraded to 3.1.2.

rerwin,
I have upgrade pmodemdiag to your -2 version.

rerwin,
Added snd-ali5451.ko (note not '_'):
slmodem:slamr.ko,slusb.ko,snd-via82xx-modem.ko,snd-atiixp-modem.ko,snd-intel8x0m.ko,snd-hda-intel.ko,snd-ali5451.ko
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4.3.1 Internet connection settings not saved

#82 Post by wuwei »

I had experimented with 430 upgrading a full HDD installation of 421. The LAN connection did not save for the next boot. So far so bad.
Next I did a frugal install of 431RC and the connection settings were saved on the fresh install. Hurray!
BUT...
then I made an executable in /root/startup to have the numlock active at startup.
( #!/bin/sh
numlockx on)
Funny enough this killed the connection settings. As soon as I removed the executable, the settings are saved again for the next boot.

Any idea if this is my doing or a bug?

Thanks guys.

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#83 Post by paulh177 »

Also posted in Barry's blog but added here for completeness.

4.30 frugal on acer aspire one; upgraded from 4.3 to 4.3.1 using the servicepack .pet

I have 3 ptns on my aspire one 120GB hdd: sda1 ~20GB ext3; sda2 ~10GB ext2 ; sda3 ~83GB ext3

If i mouse-hover over the drive icons on the desktop, sda1 shows as 110.2GB ext2; sda2 as 92.2GB ext3; and sda3 as 9.8GB ext2.

Gparted, parted, Pmount and partview show them "correctly".

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#84 Post by Denethor »

Excuse the language but I am using a translator!

I have a problem with puppy linux already present in the version 4.30 network!
I have a Packard Bell Dot S with Atheros 8132 PCI-E Ethernet network adapter. When I try to connect the OS recognizes me automatically atlc1 driver if I am not mistaken. Tells me that all ok is never then when I go to do the car configuration DHCP not detects me suffered the setting the makes only after a little waiting and eventually fails the network! I think it is a bug in the drivers because sometimes obliterated and in the process of recovering the same driver was able to make it work but I cannot now!

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Re: burniso2cd can frustrate user verifying disk

#85 Post by tlchost »

rerwin wrote: Since this might be considered a long-standing-bug fix, I offer it for the next RC.
Would this also work with previous 4.x versions of Puppy?

Thanks.
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#86 Post by gyro »

In pup-4.3.1-rc2, if a standard desktop icon is deleted, and then an sfs file is added or removed in BootManager, the deleted icon reappears on the desktop after the next boot.

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#87 Post by dawg »

gyro wrote:In pup-4.3.1-rc2, if a standard desktop icon is deleted, and then an sfs file is added or removed in BootManager, the deleted icon reappears on the desktop after the next boot.
Yep, a usual "Puppy" thing...

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Making Multi-session CD

#88 Post by retry3 »

Using 431rc2 frugal in notebook with probable defective hard drive.
I am a newbie forever.

Can make normal .iso CD,s but not multi-session which I need.

Tried: Barry's latest instructions on remastering; Remaster Pup Live CD; Pburn from right click on iso file; Pburn from desktop menu; Burn iso 2CDD

The remastered ones will not even boot.

I ran the others with pfix=ram and "saved to CD", but at reboot, they refused to boot. I tried one twice with pfix=ram and it rebooted ok the first time but refused after I saved the second session.

Incidentally, it seemed that Pburn could not find the iso file until I moved it into home root file.

Don't know if this is a bug in 43x, in my setup, equipment or me.

Puppy is great.

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#89 Post by dawg »

OK Houston, I have a problem, and I've had it since 430 actually, I just always forget to report it, since I'm usually in my 421.. sorry

Whenever trying to play any audio, it turbo-repeats chunks of it, progressing very slowly, and also slows down my USB mouse.
The audio can then be "killed" and dies out eventually (the introductory "Puppy bark" also loops crazily until I close the intro screen), but the mouse remains slow until reboot (restarting X doesn't help). The touchpad is unaffected.
This happens (at least) on my lappy 1.. gonna try to test the other machines soon (sometime tomorrow, I hope).

Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse
Audio Adapter ATIIXP - ATI IXP

Loaded Kernel Modules:

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cpufreq_ondemand	'cpufreq_ondemand' - A dynamic cpufreq governor for Low Latency Frequency Transition capable processors
p4_clockmod	cpufreq driver for Pentium(TM) 4/Xeon(TM)
speedstep_lib	Library for Intel SpeedStep 1 or 2 cpufreq drivers.
lp	
snd_pcm_oss	PCM OSS emulation for ALSA.
snd_seq_dummy	ALSA sequencer MIDI-through client
snd_seq_oss	OSS-compatible sequencer module
snd_seq_midi_event	MIDI byte <-> sequencer event coder
snd_seq	Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer.
snd_seq_device	ALSA sequencer device management
snd_mixer_oss	Mixer OSS emulation for ALSA.
rfkill_input	Input layer to RF switch connector
fan	ACPI Fan Driver
arc4	ARC4 Cipher Algorithm
ecb	ECB block cipher algorithm
b43	Broadcom B43 wireless driver
mac80211	IEEE 802.11 subsystem
input_polldev	Generic implementation of a polled input device
led_class	LED Class Interface
rfkill	RF switch support
cfg80211	wireless configuration support
hsfmc97ati	Conexant low-level hardware driver
hsfsoar	HSF module for SmartDAA(tm) devices
serio_raw	Raw serio driver
pcspkr	PC Speaker beeper driver
hsfserial	Virtual serial port driver for Conexant modems
hsfengine	Conexant modem engine
snd_atiixp	ATI IXP AC97 controller
snd_ac97_codec	Universal interface for Audio Codec '97
ohci1394	Driver for PCI OHCI IEEE-1394 controllers
ac97_bus	
snd_pcm	Midlevel PCM code for ALSA.
hsfosspec	OS-specific support module
8139too	RealTek RTL-8139 Fast Ethernet driver
mii	MII hardware support library
snd_timer	ALSA timer interface
snd	Advanced Linux Sound Architecture driver for soundcards.
ieee1394	
soundcore	Core sound module
snd_page_alloc	Memory allocator for ALSA system.
i2c_piix4	PIIX4 SMBus driver
i2c_core	I2C-Bus main module
shpchp	Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver
ati_agp	
agpgart	AGP GART driver
pci_hotplug	PCI Hot Plug PCI Core
video	ACPI Video Driver
wmi	ACPI-WMI Mapping Driver
output	Display Output Switcher Lowlevel Control Abstraction
battery	ACPI Battery Driver
parport_pc	PC-style parallel port driver
parport	
evdev	Input driver event char devices
thermal	ACPI Thermal Zone Driver
button	ACPI Button Driver
processor	ACPI Processor Driver
ac	ACPI AC Adapter Driver
fuse	Filesystem in Userspace
aufs	aufs -- Advanced multi layered unification filesystem
nls_iso8859_1	
nls_cp437	
usbhid	USB HID core driver
usb_storage	USB Mass Storage driver for Linux
squashfs	squashfs 4.0, a compressed read-only filesystem
ohci_hcd	USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
ssb	Sonics Silicon Backplane driver
ehci_hcd	USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
usbcore	
yenta_socket	
rsrc_nonstatic
[431rc2 frugal]

Any hope for this getting fixed? :) I like 43x otherwise, it boots faster etc..

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#90 Post by BarryK »

dawg,
I wonder... as an experiment, blacklist those hsf* kernel modules.
You can do that in the BootManager.
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#91 Post by dawg »

Hi Barry.. No luck.. but while at it, I also went blacklisting some other modules later, of which blacklisting b43 resulted in the mouse being slow already on startup.

Incidentally! - I've also been getting a message Disabling IRQ #5 at bootup right after the Loading kernel modules...
I guess this could be related..

I'm attaching the logs now, if it helps any..


GTG now, BB tomorrow-ish..
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burniso2cd fix for all Puppy 4.1, 4.2 & 4.3

#92 Post by rerwin »

tlchost, et al,
Regarding the burbiso2cd fix to delay verification for 15 seconds:
Would this also work with previous 4.x versions of Puppy?
The answer is not simple, which is why it took me so long to respond. The fix provided in this thread is appropriate for all Puppys based on 4.3.0. (It is now built into 4.3.1.) For 4.1.2- and 4.2.1-based puppys I have provided retrofitted versions in the relevant threads for those versions. Here are the links to them:
Puppy 4.1.2: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 306#352306
Puppy 4.2.1: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 299#352299
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zmixer stuck

#93 Post by pavl »

I saw this reported as a bug for 4.3.1, but is it one? I only have the problem on one machine.

On my newest machine (Acer Aspire 5315, Intel Celeron) I can't get the sound in to work. Zmixer just won't allow to increase mic in, line in or cd, eventhough in alsamixer it works. On al the other machines I run puppy I didn't have this problem.

If somebody found a solution yet I would be very gratefull I he/she would let me know howto.

And for the rest: Puppy Linux 4.3.1 rocks!

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