3 Puppy versions failed to play web videos.

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sunburnt · #1 Post by **sunburnt** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 08:25

I hate to say it, but Firefox in Puppies 526, 527, and even 511 failed on my AMD cpu.

Sadly I went to the Tiny Core Linux site ( traitor! ) and downloaded it.
Easy to get it to boot, it`s rather spartan in appearance and function.
Even though I muffed up installing Firefox5 and Flash10 it works well.
Firefox is very stable and smooth video on my old AMD 2.4mhz.

An interesting Linux distro., different and innovative. Easy GUI setup.

nooby · #2 Post by **nooby** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 08:49

is not this one very similar to another thread you started about puppy failing.

is this a kind of wild fire going on?

Semme · #3 Post by **Semme** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 09:11

Yeah, this may be the thread to start with if you're looking to get video to play along nice with Xorg. Tiny I believe runs Xvesa by default.

aarf · #4 Post by **aarf** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 09:46

sunburnt wrote:I hate to say it, but Firefox in Puppies 526, 527, and even 511 failed on my AMD cpu.

Sadly I went to the Tiny Core Linux site ( traitor! ) and downloaded it.
Easy to get it to boot, it`s rather spartan in appearance and function.
Even though I muffed up installing Firefox5 and Flash10 it works well.
Firefox is very stable and smooth video on my old AMD 2.4mhz.

An interesting Linux distro., different and innovative. Easy GUI setup.

links to the videos/? perhaps you need a plugin or configuration?

Sylvander · #5 Post by **Sylvander** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 09:59

Within my copy of Luci-528 [updated the lupusave->(renamed to lucisave), from Lupu-526, that had been updated from Lupu-525]...
Firefox-3.6.18 with libflashplayer-10.3.181.22 installed...
When playing Youtube videos...
Only shows video with NO SOUND.

Tried uninstalling the libflashplayer-10.3.181.22->[oops, should I have uninstalled flashplayer?] and installing flashplayer-10.3.181.34
I chose to not save the session afterwards, but I notice that flashplayer-10.3.181.34 is still installed [the only flashplayer installed], and so is libflashplayer-10.3.181.22
And there is still no sound.

#6 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 11:07

sunburnt wrote:on my old AMD 2.4mhz.

Interesting that you could install on a ZX-80?
Wasn't that the speed if it?

aarf · #7 Post by **aarf** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 11:54

luci 529, youtube plays ok in opera-next-11.50-1040.i386.linux with latest flashplayer 10.3.183.5. on EeePC 701 4G

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gcmartin · #8 Post by **gcmartin** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 13:48

Hi @aarf
You may want to share where he can find luci 529. Just a thought. i have been running an AMD X2 for several years. Very fast PC even though others are faster.

My Question to the OP, @sunburnt.
Why on earth are you running 32bit OS for a production PC using a 64bit processor? Does this somehow use some logic that we are missing here? Please share why you are doing this?

Thanks in advance.

sunburnt · #9 Post by **sunburnt** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 17:46

Hi semme; Thanks for the link, but it`s not a setup problem.
.................. Puppy starts with Xvesa also, most distros. do.

Hi gcmartin; It`s an AMD Sempron, so it`s not fully a 64 bit cpu, just some of it.
And I don`t think this has anything to do with Puppy`s video problem.

Lobster explained......... It`s a bug with some AMD cpus involving Firefox / Flash.

It probably won`t be fixed with a patch, but hopefully the next Puppy resolves it.

### Observation: Everyone stumbles at times, but problems can`t persist.
....................................... Other wise credibility and forward momentum are lost.

James C · #10 Post by **James C** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 17:52

FWIW, I have no problems with Firefox and streaming videos in Puppy on my Athlon II x4 or Athlon x2 or Athlon XP boxes.Do have trouble getting a Chrome build to work though.

sunburnt · #11 Post by **sunburnt** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 17:57

Yep... It seems to be a rather selective bug is what Lobster indicated.

I like Tiny Core, very different setup so it`s interesting.
It`s very close to a OS setup I`ve talked about here for years now. No union.

Puppy`s been my main OS for about 6 to 7 years now, I don`t change that easy...
I`ll be looking forward to the next full release of Puppy, 528 I think?

aarf · #12 Post by **aarf** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 17:59

gcmartin wrote:Hi @aarf
You may want to share where he can find luci 529. Just a thought.

luci529 is three headed dog.
fatdog for amd64's

8-bit · #13 Post by **8-bit** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 19:19

aarf,
It was my understanding that Luci 528 was renamed 2headeddog and that there was no test release of a Luci529.
What would have been Luci529 was offered as 3headeddog.

James C · #14 Post by **James C** » Sat 13 Aug 2011, 19:25

8-bit wrote:aarf,
It was my understanding that Luci 528 was renamed 2headeddog and that there was no test release of a Luci529.

Three-Headed Dog (Luci-529) is another Lucid derivative with a newer kernel (2.6.37.6).
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 539#552539

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