Racy Puppy 5.2.2 Final, 18 Nov. 2011

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#106 Post by linuxcbon »

glxgears : command not found

gcmartin

FirstRun and Internet Tool changes in RACY

#107 Post by gcmartin »

@Barry

There are 2 things i think you would be interested in, at system start. The following 2 tools has some minor issues:
  • FirstRUN
  • Internet Connection Wizard
FirstRUN
After making initial changes, the desktop restarts. If you should need or want to revisit FirstRUN (say, Menu>Settings>FirstRUN) one does NOT find their changes showing as one would expect. (Shown attached)

Internet Connection Wizard
There are 3 items of issue in this.
  • The SMB/CIFS international "valid" characters for a hostname is A-Z, 0-9, and the hyphen character(s). When used in the tool, it is stripping our the hyphen when found.(For example, RACY-RCtest1 is being changed to RACYRCtest1)
  • When the hostname is changed via the tool, should one want to re-enter to verify, before restarting the desktop, the original information is found in the tool.
  • And, I have found that most, if not all system fields are attempted to be changed, even though the desktop was not restarted. Fields are:

    Code: Select all

    # hostname
    RACYRCtest1
    # echo $HOSTNAME
    RACYRCtest1
    # cat /etc/hosts
    127.0.0.1 localhost RACYRCtest1
    192.168.1.1 pc2
    192.168.1.2 pc3
    192.168.1.3 pc4
    # cat /etc/hostname
    RACYRCtest
All of this is attached in reports for review and verification.

Finally, a system report is enclosed.
The system appears healthy, responsive, and stable overall.

Hope this helps
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FirstRun1.png
Initial setting of FirstRUN
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FirstRun2.png
FirstRUN does NOT remember changes made when it was run initially.
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Set HOSTNAME.png
Requested hostname in tool. But tool is NOT setting hostname correctly according to ISO standards
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Set HOSTNAME2.png
Going back in, found that the tools is NOT showing change made
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System_Report.tar.gz
Video and Hardinfo reports
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#108 Post by upnorth »

Booted fine to desktop from syslinux usb stick ....
sound&net both good

# report-video
Racy Puppy, version 5.1.110 on Thu 27 Oct 2011

Chip description:
2.0 VGA compatible controller
Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
oem: Intel(r)Q33/Q35/G33 Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(r)Q33/Q35/G33 Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: # vesa

X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
====
Then exit to prompt, ran xorgwizard, probe and select res:
# report-video
Racy Puppy, version 5.1.110 on Thu 27 Oct 2011

Chip description:
2.0 VGA compatible controller
Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
oem: Intel(r)Q33/Q35/G33 Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(r)Q33/Q35/G33 Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: intel

X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

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on antique machine from same usb syslinux stick - pfix=ram,
(started via grub on hard disk>plop> syslinux on stick)
ancient non ddc monitor is out of sync with newer xorg's, so ctrl-alt-backspace, then xorgwizard, all good now.
# report-video
Racy Puppy, version 5.1.110 on Thu 27 Oct 2011

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller
ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c)
oem: ATI MACH64

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: mach64

X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 800x600 pixels (212x159 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

still running pfix=ram now and posting from seamonkey

Added:
I forgot to set timezone on first run on this machine, fixed, subseqent boots are fine. :)
Last edited by upnorth on Fri 28 Oct 2011, 00:24, edited 2 times in total.

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#109 Post by Ray MK »

Hi Barry

Absolutely blinding - using Opera12 alpha - luvly puppy.

Manual frugal to sda1 ext3. 9yr old acer laptop Travelmate 243LC.
256mb ram, 2.5Ghz Celeron Proc, 800mb swap partition.

This is so fast - amazing.

Looks and feels great - thanks so much for this.

Very best regards - Ray

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#110 Post by James C »

Even though I still don't see the point of using a kernel that only benefits users with 4 Gb or more of ram........Wary 5.1.110 live saving to a usb flash drive.
Initial boot had working sound and internet (wired dsl) but incorrect screen resolution (1280x1024).Used xorgwizard to change to the nouveau driver and the correct 1366x768 resolution.

Racy Puppy, version 5.1.110 on Thu 27 Oct 2011
Chip description:
d.0 VGA compatible controller
nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2)
oem: NVIDIA
product: MCP61 - mcp61-86 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: nouveau

X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1366x768 pixels (361x203 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes


-Computer-
Processor : 4x AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor
Memory : 3884MB (173MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Thu 27 Oct 2011 03:50:24 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia




Kernel : Linux 3.0.7 (i686)
Compiled : #1 SMP Sat Oct 22 23:34:56 GMT-8 2011
C Library : GNU C Library version 2.10.1 (stable)
Default C Compiler : Unknown
Distribution : Unknown distribution

# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 3884120 445436 3438684 0 53612
Swap: 0 0 0
Total: 3884120 445436 3438684

From this brief testing so far things appear to be working well.

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#111 Post by James C »

Everything persistent through several reboots.Installed several pets...no problems.
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#112 Post by jim3630 »

installed 5.2beta2 frugal manual pfix=ram to ext4. auto-selected 1920x1080 resolution for HDMI connected tv and on computer screen the display is filled to full width.

This is remarkable is the first time after testing many, very many pups including slacko. now know erroneous assumption prior
releases while capable of displaying 1920x1080 plugged in large screen display could only show a diminished width display on computer monitor.

noticed the auto-chosen driver is versa while I usual use xorg_high.

can mesa work with this? noticed very low system resources usage.

auto-detected broadcom driver on wlan0 and able to make wifi connection with sns without issue.

multi-sound card appears not to work correctly. can not get mplayer to output sound to HDMI.

thanks for a very promising puppy
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Petget with PUPMODE=13 works

#113 Post by shinobar »

Petget with PUPMODE=13 works on Racy Puppy 5.1.110, kernel 3.0.7 with unionfs. :D

It was failed(freeze) on the last Racy, Slacko and Dpup on the same hardware.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 969#571969
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 210#567210
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 042#555042
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#114 Post by BarryK »

DaveS wrote:Unable to connect to internet. My Broadcom wifi not detected. Tried loading module... fail :(

EDIT: re-install, was able to load module. Survived re-boot, but no auto-detection.
Dave,
Have you looked in /var/log/messages, to see if there are any error reports about your broadcom interface?
If there are, post them here.
[url]https://bkhome.org/news/[/url]

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#115 Post by BarryK »

This is especially for GCMartin:

The hostname is now set directly in the Internet Connection Wizard, see attached snapshot icw2.png.

The two updated script connectwizard and hostname-set have to go into /usr/sbin.

GCMartin, I have not yet looked at the other stuff you have posted.
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#116 Post by BarryK »

Note also, the Internet Connection Wizard, script 'connectwizard' in previous post, is now internationalised. Translations are welcome.
[url]https://bkhome.org/news/[/url]

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Racy Puppy 5.1.110 (5.2 beta2 - 27 Oct 2011)

#117 Post by Billtoo »

Grub4dos isn't working, I tried to run it from within racy and
nothing happened.
I downloaded and installed grub4dos-0.4.4.v1.6.3.pet from the forum
and it worked.

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grub4dos on Racy

#118 Post by shinobar »

Billtoo wrote:Grub4dos isn't working, I tried to run it from within racy and
nothing happened.
Will you take a favor?
  1. Boot up Racy with 'pfix=ram' boot option,
  2. Type on the virtual terminal:

    Code: Select all

    grub4dosconfig
I would like to know the messages on the terminal.
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Racy Puppy 5.1.110 (5.2 beta2 - 27 Oct 2011)

#119 Post by Billtoo »

Manual frugal install to emachines D620 laptop.
The screen resolution and sound were good on first boot, I loaded the
broadcom wireless module in network manager to setup the wireless
network connection.
I updated seamonkey to 241,updated flash player plugin, and installed
some pets.
# report-video
Racy Puppy, version 5.1.110 on Fri 28 Oct 2011

Chip description:
5.0 VGA compatible controller
ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RS690 01.00

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: radeon

X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1280x800 pixels (338x211 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

Computer
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2650e
Memory 1812MB (95MB used)

Racy is working well on this laptop.

@shinobar

Grub4dos works fine on this laptop, I don't know why it wouldn't on
the desktop but I check it again tomorrow.
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#120 Post by Sage »

This one (.110) is fantastic. Everything works OOTB - sound, video, DHCP, etc. and shows none of the issues complained about above on any of my systems. So much better than all the other derivatives, even including Wary.

One tiny matter, (I think raised by DaveS?) : the display in 1024x768, but no other resolutions, is shifted a bit less than half-an-inch to the left. This is a new feature for me but not DS.

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#121 Post by jim3630 »

xorg wizard does not give any choice of different drivers or resolution but cycles through and back to original resolution of 1600x900 on both external HDMI and computer monitors once quick setup has finished.

menu>setup>setuppuppy>xorg..wizard> resolution changer cannot get
external monitor to work via HDMI cable regardless of restarting xserver or rebooting when chosen different resolution than orginal 1600x900.

regarding apparent failure of multi-sound card to work with mplayer, same problem occurred in slacko and the solution was to regress one version of mplayer. is there an earlier version of mplayer for Racy might try? thanks

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#122 Post by tronkel »

Yep, I'm experiencing the same thing as Sage on this hardware here. Very slick and fast. Haven't tested everything yet though, but everything seems to work out of the box - even better than Wary 5.2 by the looks of it.

Sage seems to have issues with Seamonkey. Can't say that I have come across any problems with it so far. It runs faster than Google Chrome does on this system.

This version takes its place for me as the best currently available version of Puppy to date. I have about 10 or so various flavours of Puppy installed at any one time. All of them seem to work well, but this one is the fastest version by far for general web surfing and the normal daily tasks. Debian Wheezy is also slick on my system but this Racy is even slicker.

Can't be far to the final version now? This Racy Puppy is my preferred Linux distro of them all.
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sfs_load-1.2.9

#123 Post by shinobar »

ANNOUNCEMENT: The on-the-fly SFS loader, test release: sfs_load-1.2.9.pet is available. Your feedback is welcome.
The first supports unionfs (Racy 5.1.110). Also expected to work on usual Puppy.
(Older versions did not support most recent Racy 5.1.110, kernel 3.0.7 with unionfs patch.)

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64354
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#124 Post by DaveS »

Sage wrote:This one (.110) is fantastic. Everything works OOTB - sound, video, DHCP, etc. and shows none of the issues complained about above on any of my systems. So much better than all the other derivatives, even including Wary.

One tiny matter, (I think raised by DaveS?) : the display in 1024x768, but no other resolutions, is shifted a bit less than half-an-inch to the left. This is a new feature for me but not DS.
Ha ha... not guilty. I agree... a brilliant release. Only problem was my wifi, which was not autodetected and module not loaded but everything else is great. Even the touchpad :)
I hope there will be a 'tiny' version................
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#125 Post by jim3630 »

DaveS wrote:
Sage wrote:This one (.110) is fantastic. Everything works OOTB - sound, video, DHCP, etc. and shows none of the issues complained about above on any of my systems. So much better than all the other derivatives, even including Wary.

One tiny matter, (I think raised by DaveS?) : the display in 1024x768, but no other resolutions, is shifted a bit less than half-an-inch to the left. This is a new feature for me but not DS.
Ha ha... not guilty. I agree... a brilliant release. Only problem was my wifi, which was not autodetected and module not loaded but everything else is great. Even the touchpad :)
I hope there will be a 'tiny' version................
lol hoping here for a "larger" version since can't get less than 1600x900. but think something is off a bit since can't see bottom of computer screen while external monitor shows all.

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