Quirky 1.4 bug reports and feedback

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Sage · #106 Post by **Sage** » Wed 22 Dec 2010, 15:43

Ah yes, HardInfo doesn't do sound chips. Someone reported a CLI but I never remember those. Quickest and most certain is to open the box + torch + watchmakers eye-magnifier; don't necessarily even trust the book or website as they often fit chips from a range of stock. Great thing about opening the box is that it gives you the option of doubling the lifetime by judicious use of the vacuum cleaner.

tlchost · #107 Post by **tlchost** » Wed 22 Dec 2010, 16:38

Sage wrote:Quickest and most certain is to open the box + torch + watchmakers eye-magnifier;

Easier and less destructive is to use an older OS that works.

Someone pointed me to some of Barry's statements about support for Quirky....kinda sums it all up.

But...1.2 seems to work fine.

Thom

Sage · #108 Post by **Sage** » Wed 22 Dec 2010, 17:03

Easier and less destructive

Not so. Only someone from transatlatica could possibly conceive that sliding the side/lid is 'destructive'. A healthy PC requires a Spring clean at least twice a year even if you're not swapping stuff more often. My most heavily used boards don't even live in a box.

fluxit · #109 Post by **fluxit** » Wed 22 Dec 2010, 18:07

tlchost wrote:Quirky 1.4 does not recognize the sound chip on my motherboard.

Can I copy files from 1.2 that do work, or can someone tell me how to identify the chip so that I can request specific help in this thread?

This topic should help you.

gyro · #110 Post by **gyro** » Fri 24 Dec 2010, 18:14

Quirky 1.4 is missing the link "/usr/lib/libgee.so.0".

gyro

tlchost · #111 Post by **tlchost** » Fri 24 Dec 2010, 19:03

Sage wrote:
Easier and less destructive
Not so. Only someone from transatlatica could possibly conceive that sliding the side/lid is 'destructive'.

Thanks for your small minded and insulting response.

BarryK · #112 Post by **BarryK** » Fri 24 Dec 2010, 22:20

gyro wrote:Quirky 1.4 is missing the link "/usr/lib/libgee.so.0".

gyro

Ok, I have put in that symlink. Also set the libgee template in Woof to always create that symlink. It must be needed for apps compiled against an older version of libgee.

Note, it is not always a good idea to just put in a symlink, better to install the old libgee pkg, as there may have been api changes. Anyway, if your app works with the symlink, good.

gyro · #113 Post by **gyro** » Sat 25 Dec 2010, 15:26

BarryK wrote:Ok, I have put in that symlink. Also set the libgee template in Woof to always create that symlink. It must be needed for apps compiled against an older version of libgee.

Thanks, they are genie apps compiled on puppy 4.3.1, (still my main puppy). I must recompile them sometime.

PS: I hope you release that other version of Quirky 1.4 that would be a real successor to Quirky 1.3.

gyro

Saturn · #114 Post by **Saturn** » Mon 03 Jan 2011, 05:09

I tried everything before posting here.... including installing the latest ati driver and media codecs
yet, i can not play my music video archive!...
it does not matter which format, all i get is a blank screen with sound only.
quirky 1.4 works fine on my dell dimension 2400, but not this new core2 duo setup i just purchased.

is there something missing?

any ideas?

I'll be grateful for any assistance you guys can muster...

Thanks!

Saturn · #115 Post by **Saturn** » Mon 03 Jan 2011, 06:01

Update: i cant seem to play dvd's either
ogle player freezes

BarryK · #116 Post by **BarryK** » Tue 04 Jan 2011, 14:31

gyro wrote:I hope you release that other version of Quirky 1.4 that would be a real successor to Quirky 1.3.

How about this, Wary 5.0 can now "do" Quirky 1.3:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02065

...needs testing though.

Hmmm, it will probably work in Quirky 1.4 also.

postfs1 · #117 Post by **postfs1** » Sun 09 Jan 2011, 01:46

To reedit up to date.

robinhook · #118 Post by **robinhook** » Tue 15 Feb 2011, 10:36

where are the kernel src .sfs for quirky 1.1~1.4?Seems that it's missing...

But how can I compile my own HW drivers for my quirky box if there is such a need?

rcrsn51 · #119 Post by **rcrsn51** » Tue 15 Feb 2011, 12:44

where are the kernel src .sfs for quirky 1.1~1.4?Seems that it's missing...

Go to bkhome.org/sources. The login is puppy:linux. Quirky uses the 2.6.33.2 kernel.

postfs1 · #120 Post by **postfs1** » Thu 17 Feb 2011, 00:17

To reedit up to date.

Billtoo · #121 Post by **Billtoo** » Fri 15 Apr 2011, 13:52

I installed quirky to a 4 gb flash drive.
On first boot a popup screen came up saying the mouse pointer hadn't
moved, I use a wireless keyboard and mouse with this netbook and it
is working fine.
The screen resolution is set to 800x600, it should be 1024x600.
Sound works, I set the levels with alsamixer.
Wireless network is working, I have a linksys usb wireless adapter
plugged in and it uses the rt73 usb driver.

Computer
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) II Neo K125 Processor
Memory 1813MB (83MB used)
Operating System Puppy Linux 0.14
User Name root (root)
Date/Time Fri 15 Apr 2011 09:13:03 AM EDT
Display
Resolution 800x600 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Unknown
X11 Vendor (null)
Multimedia
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
Input Devices
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
Logitech USB Receiver
Logitech USB Receiver
Power Button
Lid Switch
Sleep Button
Power Button
Video Bus
PC Speaker
1.3M WebCam

VGA compatible controller ATI Technologies Inc Device 9712
Audio device ATI Technologies Inc Device 970f
Ethernet controller Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1073
Network controller Broadcom Corporation Device 4357

The builtin ethernet and wireless adapters aren't detected.

peebee · #122 Post by **peebee** » Sat 16 Apr 2011, 10:33

Hi Barry

Tried the BABY version frugal install on my HP550 laptop - booted fine, only problem is that the new quirky only uses part of my screen - it should be 1280*800 but looks 1024 wide as there are big black bars down each side. The display that is showing is fine. I tried going out to the prompt and run xorgwizard which did probe as expected and found my 1280*800 screen but on return to xwin the truncated screen was still shown.

Wifi connection via SNS was OK but disconnected after a short time (a regular problem with some puppies) and I'm posting from Seamonkey now (but had 2 prompts to download flashplayer so far.

Cheers
Peter

nooby · #123 Post by **nooby** » Sat 16 Apr 2011, 12:23

Re this thing "Wifi connection via SNS was OK but disconnected after a short time (a regular problem with some puppies) "

Did they not joke about it in teh Lupu 525 thread that it had a Stay connected button that pinged the relevant thing often enough to allow it to stay connected. I am not on that level so I failed to get what they talk about but me being on LAN was not affected and I did see the stay connected once and then never found it again so do a search and maybe you find it? Some stay connected pet???

rjbrewer · #124 Post by **rjbrewer** » Sat 16 Apr 2011, 13:43

nooby wrote:Re this thing "Wifi connection via SNS was OK but disconnected after a short time (a regular problem with some puppies) "

Did they not joke about it in teh Lupu 525 thread that it had a Stay connected button that pinged the relevant thing often enough to allow it to stay connected. I am not on that level so I failed to get what they talk about but me being on LAN was not affected and I did see the stay connected once and then never found it again so do a search and maybe you find it? Some stay connected pet???

Oops,

wrong post.

taca0 · #125 Post by **taca0** » Sun 17 Apr 2011, 03:08

Hi,

Just to report that Vesa not works on my VIA EPIA M board. I had use Xorg vesa and work only with Xorg version 7.3 1.3.0 or a new one 1.9.5 .

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Quirky 1.4 bug reports and feedback

Re: No Audio

no video?

where are the kernel src .sfs for quirky 1.1~1.4?

Quirky 1.5

Almost good