Lucid Puppy 5.2.8 - Updated ISO Version 005 - APR 05 2012

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#1126 Post by kevin bowers »

I have a brand-new full install of TESTING01a on a new MSI V-class P4 board. I am also having problems with Wi-Fi not surviving reboot, and here's a really weird one: on shutdown, the ps/2 optical mouse stays lit! Wi-Fi is rt61.
Edit: After playing with it for awhile, the Wi-Fi problem seems to have corrected itself. The mouse also stays lit when Windows XP shuts the computer down, so I have to believe I have a faulty board--it is a "refurbished" one.

All else seems good, basic stuff like sound (Realtek) and video, input-output all work, Google Earth runs on a 64 MB nVidea card, we all seem happy.

In case everybody else forgets: Thanks to all the devs, Playdayz and the whole crew, and as always to Barry.

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#1127 Post by cthisbear »

"The Testing ISO is experimental

Understood.
When I first used lucid and Slacko...I was underwhelmed.
This sounds like a smart arse reaction....but it is not.

But 528 is a splendid release.

Creativity and fortitude, smart people, long term testing,
and sometimes hot responses from people like moi, have spurred
the creation of the best Puppy ever.

Forget the Ubuntu parts...and the whinges.
The best Puppy ever....new users....many old users.

Mind you I still use Puppy 4.3.1 for data recovery >> bad drives.

It ain't easy out there mate...and you have excelled.
Take your time....but this was a strange one.

"""""""""""

Can you possibly send our Saluki goddess jemimah any help >> b43.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... &start=915


" cthisbear wrote:


Any chance of contacting playdayz for fixes.

" You guys gotta help me out and suggest relevant fixes.
I don't have enough room in my head to follow all the
various development threads and go full steam on saluki. "


"""""""""""""

" Do you mean that after Personalize Settings the screen is
frozen or that the mouse stops working? "

When Personalize Settings script/screen starts to run
the mouse dies.

"""""""""

"If the mouse is not detected you might try removing
the usb plug and reinserting it in a different usb port. "

Done that. Booted on different usb port. >> same result.

Replugged....different mouse....

used >> cntrl alt backspace to restart...still no result
and no power lights in the mouse....

seems as if usbs are cut off...switched off etc...Weird.

Chris.

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#1128 Post by PenguinPupLin »

From PPM in my Lucid Pup 528, I downloaded the FProt-6-Lucid antivirus package but it failed to install , no menu icon though the folder and files were created.

The readme file in /opt/f-prot says : To install, copy this folder to where you wish the install to be located
(for example /opt/f-prot) and run the 'install-f-prot.pl'.

Thought it would install automatically after download. What should I do now?

Any help appreciated.

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#1129 Post by playdayz »

this was a strange one.
cthisbear, Yeah, It does a lot different. Maybe we can learn some things to feed back into 5.2.8. The Broadcom driver is the one prepared by tempestuous. Maybe there is info that will help (the preference?). I thought the preference would go in /etc/rc.d/MODULESCONFIG in the PREFLIST but I notice that it is not in there in the TESTING ISO.

broadcom_sta-5.6.48.36-i486.pet from http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 596#421596 referenced from http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 464#448464 needs preference: "ssb:b43" 
I downloaded the FProt-6-Lucid antivirus package but it failed to install , no menu icon though the folder and files were created.
PenguinPupLin, I believe that F-Prot is a command line program, which doesn't have a menu entry.
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#1130 Post by PenguinPupLin »

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PenguinPupLin, I believe that F-Prot is a command line program, which doesn't have a menu entry.
OK, get what you mean, for example, in ROXTerm, run "fpscan" with options; never expected this in PPM downloads. Thanks for pointing it out.

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#1131 Post by otropogo »

PenguinPupLin wrote:From PPM in my Lucid Pup 528, I downloaded the FProt-6-Lucid antivirus package but it failed to install , no menu icon though the folder and files were created.

The readme file in /opt/f-prot says : To install, copy this folder to where you wish the install to be located
(for example /opt/f-prot) and run the 'install-f-prot.pl'.

Thought it would install automatically after download. What should I do now?

Any help appreciated.
Have a look through the two pages of the following thread on this topic. It's been a while, so I don't remember the details, but I had a similar problem and solved it. Repost your results here, and if it still doesn't work, I'll try to help you further. I'm running fprot on my 5.2.8

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 9&start=15
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#1132 Post by peebee »

playdayz wrote:The Broadcom driver is the one prepared by tempestuous. Maybe there is info that will help (the preference?). I thought the preference would go in /etc/rc.d/MODULESCONFIG in the PREFLIST but I notice that it is not in there in the TESTING ISO.

needs preference: "ssb:b43" 
Hi playdayz

I tried the preference ssb:b43 but it didn't help my reboot wifi fail to connect problem.

By trying various things I have found that if:
1. I use Dougal's Network Wizard to setup a profile for my wifi
2. I put dhcpcd into /etc/rc.d/rc.local
and 3. after reboot I right click on the network tray icon, bring the network down, right click again and bring the network back up then I do get a working wifi wpa2 connection on eth1 (after a message from the Network Wizard and a little green box saying "borderless success")

which seems to suggest that the new wl driver is working ok its just not playing correctly with any of the setup programs after a reboot.

A possible clue is that Frisbee seems to be trying to use wlan0 after a reboot instead of eth1 which the wl driver creates.

Cheers
peebee
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#1133 Post by majorfoo »

Booted live cd - no internet connection - had to set up manually

Did full install to ext4 partition and booted to desktop
Auto-connected to internet
Sound Ok

Installed Seamonkey-2.7, plus several other items from storage partition

So far, everything works properly

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#1134 Post by majorfoo »

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#1135 Post by kevin bowers »

I tried the preference ssb:b43 but it didn't help my reboot wifi fail to connect problem.

By trying various things I have found that if:
1. I use Dougal's Network Wizard to setup a profile for my wifi
2. I put dhcpcd into /etc/rc.d/rc.local
and 3. after reboot I right click on the network tray icon, bring the network down, right click again and bring the network back up then I do get a working wifi wpa2 connection on eth1 (after a message from the Network Wizard and a little green box saying "borderless success")

which seems to suggest that the new wl driver is working ok its just not playing correctly with any of the setup programs after a reboot.

A possible clue is that Frisbee seems to be trying to use wlan0 after a reboot instead of eth1 which the wl driver creates.

Cheers
peebee
My Wi-Fi problems have returned also. Sometimes SNS works properly on bootup, no apparent reason why it will or won't. Sometimes SNS will successfully configure wlan1, 2, or 3 instead of wlan0 (there is only one wireless card). Dougal's wizard announces success but fails to provide a connection. I'm confused, any suggestions? This rt61pci card worked well under 528.004, and still does under Windows. Thanks!

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#1136 Post by playdayz »

I'm confused, any suggestions? This rt61pci card worked well under 528.004,
Main suggestion is to use 5.2.8.004. The Testing ISO has a lot of innovation so report what doesn't work, but if something doesn't work then don't feel that you have to fix it in order to have the latest Lucid--the Testing ISO is more like a parallel development for experiential purposes. At least that's the way I see it. If you would like some of the updated programs, then you can get the ones you want individually and install them in 5.2.8.004.

Audacious 3.2
This is the latest Audacious audio player. The B2SB plugin is working, which is stereo to binaural conversion. http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/audacious-3.2-1.pet

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#1137 Post by bigpup »

playdayz wrote: If you would like some of the updated programs, then you can get the ones you want individually and install them in 5.2.8.004.
Any chance you could offer a programs instant update pet?
It would contain all the updated programs. One pet for all.
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected :shock:
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Can't fix it

#1138 Post by Volhout »

:(

PlayDayz,

Tested the test iso on my home machine (this machine works well with 528-528.004) and can't get it to detect my printer in CUPS. It is a USB multifunction (printer/scanner/card reader) device EPSON RX425.
When starting CUPS in 528 - 528.004 the printer shows as a selectable item in the list when "add printer". Not in this test iso. It only shows PDF printer and LPT / serial as options.

It is (AFAIK) not a CUPS issue, since 528 uses the same CUPS version as this test iso (version 1.4.3). Maybe changes in the USB drivers have caused it (USB modeswitch ?).

I hope you have an idea how I can help you to find the cause. Tried several things like hotplug, but no cure. Also the scanner does not detect. It must be somewhere low level (at USB level) I guess..

Tell me what I can do to help or diagnose.

Volhout

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#1139 Post by PenguinPupLin »

otropogo wrote:
Have a look through the two pages of the following thread on this topic. It's been a while, so I don't remember the details, but I had a similar problem and solved it. Repost your results here, and if it still doesn't work, I'll try to help you further. I'm running fprot on my 5.2.8

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 9&start=15
Many thanks,otropogo, went to the link and installed the xfprot-2.4_fprot-6.0.3.pet,now running the virus scanner.
Just wonder how effective it is - noticed quite a number of "[Not Scanning]<Maximum directory/link traversal depth reached>" files. Anyway, I'll continue testing and trying the various settings. Also I'm looking for other virus scanners to try both within Linux and Windows to check my Windows Vista disk.

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#1140 Post by playdayz »

ny chance you could offer a programs instant update pet?
It would contain all the updated programs. One pet for all.
One pet to bind them, one pet to rule them all! Possible.
xfprot-2.4_fprot-6.0.3.pet,now running the virus scanner.
Just wonder how effective it is - noticed quite a number of "[Not Scanning]<Maximum directory/link traversal depth reached>" files.
I am just curious PenguinPupLin. Does the non-X version of f-prot give the same errors if you run it on the same directories from the command line?

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#1141 Post by don570 »

Note to playdayz:

I've spent a lot of time improving baconrecorder.
It's finally at a stage I'm happy with it. :lol:

Would you include version 2.5 in Lucid Puppy?
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 462#602462

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#1142 Post by majorfoo »

playdayz wrote:
Audacious 3.2
This is the latest Audacious audio player. The B2SB plugin is working, which is stereo to binaural conversion. http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/audacious-3.2-1.pet
New version of Audacious works great on my machine. Tried in Lucid-528 and now in THD-001-Ver 3. No problems to report.

Majorfoo

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#1143 Post by playdayz »

Puppy Programs Update 01 for Lucid 5.2.8.004 (6MB)
http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/PPU-01-5.2.8.004.pet

These are the latest versions of the Puppy Programs from Lucid 5.2.8 collected into one pet. We can test for a bit then I will put it on the first page of this thread. It should be OK in any version of Lucid 5.2.8 or Three-Headed Dog, but, remember, this is testing!

ffconvert 1.2 - shinobar
sfs-load 1.3 - shinobar
PupControl 1.8.8 - radky
Sylpheed 3.1.2 - playdayz
mtpaint 3.40 - don570
PupApps 1.6.2 - radky
PupSnap 1.6.3 - radky
pprocess 2.2.4 - zigbert
Pburn 3.4.3 - zigbert
firewallstate 2.1 - tasmod
grub4dos 1.7.2 - shinobar
isomaster 1.3.9 - BarryK
pbackup 3.1.9 - zigbert
pfilesearch 1.28 - zigbert
pfind 4.24 - zigbert
PupClockset 1.8 - radky
PupSysinfo 2.1.2 - radky
and just under the wire Bacon Recorder 2.5 by don570!

(firewallstate won't show the update until you reboot)

Pmusic_Upgrade-Lucid528-003 (5MB)

Pmusic 2.4.0 is available in a separate pet which also contains ffmpeg 0.8.9
http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/Pmusi ... 28-003.pet
If you already have Pmusic_Upgrade-002 with Pmusic 2.3.0 you can just use the latest pet from the Pmusic thread.

Kdenlive Video Editor
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=74615
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#1144 Post by kevin bowers »

playdayz wrote:
I'm confused, any suggestions? This rt61pci card worked well under 528.004,
Main suggestion is to use 5.2.8.004. The Testing ISO has a lot of innovation so report what doesn't work, but if something doesn't work then don't feel that you have to fix it in order to have the latest Lucid--the Testing ISO is more like a parallel development for experiential purposes. At least that's the way I see it. If you would like some of the updated programs, then you can get the ones you want individually and install them in 5.2.8.004.
Yes, if I can't get this install to work, but I don't want to cave too easily, and it now looks like I won't have to. Installed Frisbee, and it seems to do the trick nicely, at least for four boots now. I am now wondering if SNS and Dougal's wizard are having problems with my balky old router, although that does not explain why no other OSs are. At any rate if anyone else has the same general problem I suggest Frisbee before giving up altogether.

PS Thanks for the new multi-program .pet also!

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#1145 Post by Tman »

I find that SFS-Load 1.3 sometimes has problems unloading sfs files in Lucid 5.2.8-004 and was wondering if anyone else has experience this issue.
Lucid still uses aufs, right? My experience is that version 1.2 is more stable with pups using aufs, rather than unionfs.

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