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Wary 020

#16 Post by Billtoo »

This is on an emachines d620 laptop.

VIDEO REPORT: Wary, version 020

Chip description:
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RS690 01.00

Driver used by Xorg:
radeonhd

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: 1280x800 Depth: 24

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

Probe warned that it may not be okay for monitor but it worked fine.

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#17 Post by `f00 »

______100423-1stLook______
Jwm looks real good (no corner artefacts with xcompmgr) - the icon-switcher downscaling may give a bit of crunkiness on some older pngs.

Heh, looks like there's profiles with pfbpanel now? (on reading xerr.log, maybe only provision for possibly) - that'll teach me to copy-overwrite a perfectly good new oem pfbpanel with the one I modded from w019 on an initial session that'll soon be commited to disc :roll: (must have been the eyeglaze from too much fiddling with the almost 1300 lines of config in some other wm).

All gone. Used a jwm traybutton to exit to prompt and .. blackscreen, no prompt, no kybd led, nada. I recall a mssg coming up about every time an rxvt console was started

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bash: [: -ge: unary operator expected
..and then a prompt would come up. Maybe that has something to do with it or a bad traybutton cmd for jwm490 <TrayButton popup="Exit to Prompt" icon="prompt16.xpm">exec:wmexit</TrayButton>. Found this out in w019 after an overwrite of the 489 binary with the 490. Or that binary is only for w020 :| (another blackscreen even trying ctrl+alt+bs in w019).

______100424,upgrade from w019 (so not a pure test)______
Did not try pet(s), it was enough to get vesa functional for me (and get it saved on a switch-in-disc on a reboot from w019 for upgrade - /tmp/versioncleanup dir fine). The codemssg above repeats as 1st line every time a console is opened. Not too much fiddling to get a comfy environment (nine wms work well, with some caveats for exiting jwm).

Jwm gives a blackscreen exit with anything other than a direct cmd in console or gexec ("restartwm" or "wmexit"), ctrl+alt+bs gives blackscreen (nasty surprise that, but it's so for me). Switching is 'normal' (in my case using plogout, a mod of a murgaLua applet from Macpup that I've been using) in all other wms (afterstep, blackbox, e16, fluxbox, jemimah's icewm-1.3.6, openbox, pekwm and wmx).

video test basically the same as for w019, xorg will not accept "ati" as driver in the usual mp edit (minor tweak of a few generic lines and h&v refresh) of xorg on initial boot (must be the as-given "vesa" on those driver lines)

ps - have yet to apply the edit in BarryK's initial article.. 'close' is relative to general consensus.

pps - conky fine (both w019 and w020) now, some dummy ;) pitched in some bad xcb* libset that earlier quirkys needed..

hwr@a
test on: i686 machine
processor - Pentium 3 @1GHz
RAM - 512M
vidcard0 - RV280 (aka ATI Radeon 9200), AGP
vidcard1 - not used, but also RV280 (switched off in BIOS - aka Radeon 9200SE), PCI (old-style)
soundcard - emu10k1 (aka Creative Audigy 2 ZS or SB0350)
boot/save method - liveCDrw, multisession
limitations - no printer, no internet connection
Attachments
xerrs.log.tar.gz
(very 1st initial xerrs.log inside archive)
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Re: wary020 memory meter?

#18 Post by BarryK »

broomdodger wrote:wary020 frugal
Question about the memory meter.

With a 32MB save file, there is 19MB free.
Not only is the memory meter red... but it is also flashing.

Tried right click to set min/max but no config, like the temp meter.

How to config?

It took some thought to determine what that icon is, ok, an "old" style memory chip! Somewhat like MS Windows still uses a floppy icon. But at first I thought rings on a post.
.
It is red and flashing to warn you that 19MB is not enough space to do much. You really should create a 64MB save file as minimum.

Yeah, the icon is strange. It is supposed to be kind of like an integrated circuit. I still haven't decided whether I like it or not.
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Re: wary020 more gnumeric issues

#19 Post by BarryK »

broomdodger wrote:wary020 frugal

start gnumeric from console after installing goffice-0.6.3.pet

# gnumeric
Reading file:///root/my-documents/Book1.gnumeric

** (gnumeric:24676): CRITICAL **: scg_edit_start: assertion `IS_SHEET_CONTROL_GUI (scg)' failed

** (gnumeric:24676): CRITICAL **: wbcg_edit_finish: assertion `IS_SHEET (wbcg->editing_sheet)' failed
Writing file:///root/my-documents/Book1.gnumeric

** (gnumeric:24676): CRITICAL **: wbcg_edit_finish: assertion `IS_SHEET (wbcg->editing_sheet)' failed

** (gnumeric:24676): CRITICAL **: wbcg_edit_finish: assertion `IS_SHEET (wbcg->editing_sheet)' failed
#

start gnumeric from console
open an existing file
click in a cell
save
quit

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Tried the same in puppy431, no problems:

# gnumeric
Reading file:///root/my-documents/Book1.gnumeric
Writing file:///root/my-documents/Book1.gnumeric
#
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But, apart from Gnumeric putting out those error messages, did it actually work? That is, the operations you selected (save, etc).

Gnumeric is famous for its verbosity, and many error messages do not actually stop it from working, so you need to clarify that.
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#20 Post by BarryK »

JustGreg wrote:The devx.sfs has not been released for Wary 020. Can the Wary 019 version be used by renaming it to reflect the 020 version? Thanks in advance for the help.
Yep, can do.
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Re: ATI driver

#21 Post by BarryK »

bigpup wrote:
BarryK wrote:Don't forget guys, if you have ATI video, I would like to know if either of these alternate Xorg drivers work for you:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... &start=180

Billtoo has already responded that he got the wrong screen resolution with the ATI driver that comes with Wary 020, got the correct resolution (1920X1080) when he used the 'xf86-video-ati-radeon_mach64_r128-6.12.7-w1.pet' package.

...that's the latest driver, would like to know if that doesn't work for anyone.
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro AGP video card

Works only with Vesa driver, but not sure if I am doing this correctly. Installed both Ati drivers you sugested and started xorgwizard. When selecting the choose button should I see a list of drivers to select from?
If I select probe whatever gets selected gives me the black screen of death.
The ATI pets are mutually exclusive. You install just one of them then run Xorg Wizard. The Wizard should automatically choose the most appropriate driver.
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Re: wary020 more gnumeric issues

#22 Post by broomdodger »

BarryK wrote:... apart from Gnumeric putting out those error messages, did it actually work? That is, the operations you selected (save, etc)...
Yes, it does seem to work.

Cleaning up a database, =CONCATENATE() many columns - ok
Save as .gnumeric - ok
Save as .txt (tab delimited file) - ok

When I need to cleanup some database files,
Excel is not as good at opening and saving them as gnumeric.
For this specific file, gnumeric was much easier than the DB program.

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Re: ATI driver

#23 Post by bigpup »

BarryK wrote:
bigpup wrote:
BarryK wrote:Don't forget guys, if you have ATI video, I would like to know if either of these alternate Xorg drivers work for you:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... &start=180

Billtoo has already responded that he got the wrong screen resolution with the ATI driver that comes with Wary 020, got the correct resolution (1920X1080) when he used the 'xf86-video-ati-radeon_mach64_r128-6.12.7-w1.pet' package.

...that's the latest driver, would like to know if that doesn't work for anyone.
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro AGP video card

Works only with Vesa driver, but not sure if I am doing this correctly. Installed both Ati drivers you sugested and started xorgwizard. When selecting the choose button should I see a list of drivers to select from?
If I select probe whatever gets selected gives me the black screen of death.
The ATI pets are mutually exclusive. You install just one of them then run Xorg Wizard. The Wizard should automatically choose the most appropriate driver.
Retried your suggested drivers. Only Vesa driver works.

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#24 Post by rjbrewer »

Barry;
Re; my comment about gnome-mplayer not playing my local
public radio streams.

It plays all three types perfectly; only had to r-click, save as,
drag or setrun.

On this laptop; Wary is doing everything easier and better
than my 4.3.1 and 4.1.2 installs, so far.

Inspiron 700m, Pent.M 1.6Ghz, 1Gb ram.
Msi Wind U100, N270 1.6>2.0Ghz, 1.5Gb ram.
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#25 Post by `f00 »

I like the new-style memory meter icon since it is simple at-a-glance and very good at being a 'signal flag' (to borrow a nautical term). Of course 'freemem' varies - for some it may be like the check engine light on a car's dashboard.

xf86-video-ati-radeon_mach64_r128-6.12.7-w1 dotpet installed a few times and xorg automatically chose dead blackscreen on probe and test branches of the xorgwizard - no response on ctrl+alt+bs input, so hardoffs (and no fscheck on subsequent boots since liveCDmulti).

Should I try saving the install session 1st before running xorgwizard? vesa works well enough for me at my standard 1024x768 24bit (but it'd likely be well to get rid of rage theater stuff in xerrs.log :| ).

Console 1stline mssgs fixed by that simple edit in initial article of this thread - probably just me, but lots of variety in colors of cli and mssg-box ui (sometimes it even looks 'standard' :lol: ).

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#26 Post by rjbrewer »

Just when things were going so well....

Finally got around to trying movie and music dvds' in gnome-mplayer.

Movies tend to stop or freeze occasionally.

Concert dvds' will start with menu list (not smoothly), but not
have sound after the show starts.

Starting simple begins with a track half way through the dvd, and
sound is out of synch.

If it were possible to install gxine from 4.3.1 and vlc-0.8.6h-engv-5-1,
I'd be set.
Wasn't able to get any other player to work.

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#27 Post by BarryK »

rjbrewer wrote:Just when things were going so well....

Finally got around to trying movie and music dvds' in gnome-mplayer.

Movies tend to stop or freeze occasionally.

Concert dvds' will start with menu list (not smoothly), but not
have sound after the show starts.

Starting simple begins with a track half way through the dvd, and
sound is out of synch.

If it were possible to install gxine from 4.3.1 and vlc-0.8.6h-engv-5-1,
I'd be set.
Wasn't able to get any other player to work.
Go into Gnome-mplayer Preferences and choose video out as 'Xv' rather than 'X11' -- see if that improves things. 'X11' is the slowest, and I think the vesa driver has to use it.
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#28 Post by rjbrewer »

I've tried different video and audio settings, on 2 different laptops
and a pc.

Some discs play fairly well, and some have more severe problems.
Using gxine in 4.3.1 or 4.1.2, they all play without problems.

Edit:
Found a few "home-made" type video dvds' that will play in 4.3.1
gxine and cant be detected at all with 4.1.2 gxine.

The dvd issue is the only problem I remember having with mplayer,
even using Geexbox last year.
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jwm in wary & lupu

#29 Post by upnorth »

Hi:

I just tried the jwm in wary020 and noticed that dillo2.2 no longer would appear on the screen eventhough it would run with no error messages or missing libs, etc. This is what has happened in lupu as well, since version lupu006. (not sure what version jwm was in lupu006)

In wary, I switched back to openbox and dillo2.2 would then appear on screen normally.

In lupu, I rolled back jwm to v457 from quirky repo and added the libjpeg7 dependency. Dillo then work normally.

Another person reported the same symtoms when trying to run yudit in lupu. see: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... ee8#413758

It is very odd because in both cases the application can be seen for a split second after reboot is selected.

But with dillo2,2 anyways, it is somehow related to jwm after 464.
464 installed now in lupu and dillo2.2 working
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Re: jwm in wary & lupu

#30 Post by BarryK »

upnorth wrote:Hi:

I just tried the jwm in wary020 and noticed that dillo2.2 no longer would appear on the screen eventhough it would run with no error messages or missing libs, etc. This is what has happened in lupu as well, since version lupu006. (not sure what version jwm was in lupu006)

In wary, I switched back to openbox and dillo2.2 would then appear on screen normally.

In lupu, I rolled back jwm to v457 from quirky repo and added the libjpeg7 dependency. Dillo then work normally.

Another person reported the same symtoms when trying to run yudit in lupu. see: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... ee8#413758

It is very odd because in both cases the application can be seen for a split second after reboot is selected.

But with dillo2,2 anyways, it is somehow related to jwm after 460. Not sure about 464 yet.
Not so good. Would you mind sending an email to Joe, the developer of JWM? I don't remember if he has a "bugzilla".
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jwm >464

#31 Post by upnorth »

So far I have this submitted anonymously:


http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=2993347

I'll look into the site some more to see if there is anything better. He has #jwm on freenode too but nobody there but me 8)


update
I narrowed it down to 475 as being the last version that lets dillo2.2 appear on screen. Am running a version of 475 now (built in ubuntu) with all options enabled except debug, 119k when stripped. No black icon background problem but some icons on main menu seem a little screwy. The desktop icon switcher kind of b0rqs with 475 - needed reboot to change.
I see that alot of other bugs were fixed between 475 and 490.

I don't know what change caused the problem: 475<>476
http://joewing.net/websvn/log.php?repna ... F&isdir=1&

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Other than that, with jwm, geany always opens in windowed mode and too wide for the screen. Very similar to the way nicoedit 2.4 was in the past.
With openbox, it is fine.

Overall, wary is great on this 10-11 year old machine. :)

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jwm492

#32 Post by upnorth »

http://joewing.net/websvn/comp.php?repn ... []=%2F@492

from changlog:
492 21h 44m joewing /src/hint.c Don't make windows forever invisible if they are mapped in the Withdrawn state.

JWM 492 cures the problem of dillo-2.2 not appearing on screen. 8)

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yudit

#33 Post by don570 »

I've test yudit on several puppies including quirky1
and never had any problem except for Lucid Puppy(lupu)
The error at the terminal was something like 'locale support
needed'

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#34 Post by upnorth »

Yeah, if it works with quirky 1.0, and jwm as window manager (jwm 490, I think) it's probably ok as far as jwm is concerned.

For dillo2.2, the problem was only with jwm 476 through 491. But the symptoms were very similar with the app starting and running, not appearing, then appearing for a flash when exiting from session.

Of course, with openbox, I never had any problems at all.
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fix for geany too wide

#35 Post by upnorth »

EDIT: This probably won't be necessary, there is a config option in geany I overlooked, but this method could be used elsewhere.

If anyone is switching to jwm:
I added this to /root/.jwm/jwmrc-personal and it works.

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<Group>
  <Class>Geany</Class>
   <Option>maximized</Option>
</Group>
This will cure the problem of geany always opening too wide for screen and in windowed mode.
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