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BarryK

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http://puppylinux.com/test/puppy-4.3.1-rc2/

Of course, the usual thing. If you have been testing 4.3.1-RC1 be sure that there is no 'pup-431.sfs' left behind on the hard drive.

Ah, I just got a pm, Ecube has posted a fix for Partview. It now puts up a message if no partitions mounted. Attached. Gunzip it and copy it into /usr/local/Partview/.

eprv · Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 19

Hi,
I like the frugal install to ext 3 with save to disk option (not save to file)
I know it was problematic in the past
but there is no warning now during installation so tried again
however attempting to do that, works until I try to load an sfs file
than it crashes during next boot:
setting up the layered file system... fail
Fatal: module pci ................... not found
................
pup_ro4 is overlapped
it ends with kernel panic

I had to write down the messages as the system could not load so it may be not exact

rerwin · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1318 Location: Maine, USA

I have consulted with zigbert about pfind and pburn vanishing after starting up on my 400 MHz PC..

toutix · Joined: 13 Oct 2009 Posts: 6

431rc2 behaves same way as 431rc1:

-booting from usb stick stops on "Loading drivers needed to access disk drives....." with HP/Compaq mini 110c
-booting flawlessly from same usb stick on older IBM X41
-booting flawlessly from external usb CD rom drive also on 110c
-filesystem used on usb stick is ext2

Thanks for puppy!

MinHundHettePerro · Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 832 Location: SE

431RC2, Res. 800x600:
fdd, 7+1 int. hdd part., (2 non-detected SCSI int. hdd) CD, DVD, 2x8 part. ext. USB hdd.
HotPup of 2.14R didn't stack drive icons Confused

Ok, I don't normally run with all these partitions mounted, but still ...

No worries on my behalf, though, I know that this problem is not so prevailing with higher res's Wink

.

/
MHHP

davids45 · Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 580 Location: Chatswood, NSW

G'day,
The untidy stacking of drive icons is also a problem for high res. monitors if there are multiple-partitioned multiple hard-drives, as well as lots of optical drives and usb drives.
As noted by MinHundHettePerro, this stack-up problem has been fixed in quite a few Puplets (eg ttuuxxx's 2 revisited & MU's NewYears), but not in the basic Pups.
One annoying aspect of this iconic stack-up is, when installing from the Live CD to such a well-endowed system, to mount the optical drive with the Live CD so as to locate the installation files, it is not always easy to see the right icon (eg sr0) in the stack.
While it's OK once you know where things are and what to do, this untidiness could be a problem for newcomers to Puppy who have the latest and greatest hardware, as well as those with older hardware and smaller screens.
David S.

Jim1911 · Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 2353 Location: Texas, USA

I have tried unsuccessfully to make a frugal installation on an ext4 partition. I was able to make a full hd installation on an ext4 partition.

Cheers,
Jim

r__hughes · Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 336 Location: Canada

Just one small glitch in an otherwise perfect new Partview (in first & sercond versions of the perl script)

My 15.01G sda1 drive is wrongly reported to be 16G
My 16,0G sda2 is correctly reported as 16G

see picture below

Kal · Posted: Wed 14 Oct 2009, 22:58 Post subject:

This is on the service_pack-430-to-431.

I noticed that on the symbolic links to the libraries in /usr/lib, their copies not links as they should be. This just uses more space is all (no big deal). Being space conscious, you might like to know.

Kal

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

Found a strange message in dmesg, not present in Puppy 412:

Tui

Problem as as reported with V4.3.1-RC1 - Please read

Still there! This is being sent via Live CD v4.3.1-rc2 all in ram

So what's wrong at my side, if all is well with you guys ?

Tui

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 5245 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

Sorry rerwin

My mistake

I have changed the sleep values in these packages.

svgt · Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 107 Location: Hamburg, Germany

I have no success with the roaring penguin, If I drive the setup all is ok.

But when I try to start the connection I get the following error:

pppoe-start_shell /usr/bin/pppoe-start: line 191: 3381 terminated
$CONNECT "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1

I use a pcmcia PC-Card Level-One FPC-0106TX Card Bus Adapter

Regards
Svgt

BarryK · Posted: Thu 15 Oct 2009, 18:14 Post subject:

cthisbear · Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 2943 Location: Sydney Australia

Barry:

Have you seen this.
Many users would love this feature.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47838

" If you've been missing WICD or NetworkManager, this pet is for you.

Wpa_gui runs in the background and automatically
connects you to any open wireless network it finds.
Encrypted Network?
No problem, just hit scan, double click your network,
and enter the password.
Choose file->save, and you'll be automatically connected
whenever you're in range. "

Regards........Chris.