Racy Puppy 5.2.2 Final, 18 Nov. 2011

[mavrothal]

Is there any webcam application for/that works with Racy/Wary?

In console: mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=768:height=450:device=/dev/video0 -fps 30

That works with my laptop.

In mine too, thanks.
But I was thinking more along the lines of guvcview, wxcam, Cheese etc.

[veronicathecow]

On Asus M4A78LT-M LE AMD 760G Socket AM3 Integrated ATI Radeon 3000 2 Gb RAM
Running Racy 5.1.110 from CD

Pmusic. Clicking on tray icon does not display/hide Pmusic if it is started by opening an mp3 file but does if started from menu system.

When running quick setup a single click on drop down box shows the list but disappears. A second click and it appears and stays up.

A newbie might assume that a calculator icon is for a Calculator rather than a spreadsheet program.

As always thanks Barry for your hard work especially the help text on the first run wizard. A simple explanation and then a technical explanation, absolutely brilliant. If only all Linux programs etc had this it would make it so much easier for people at entry level of knowledge

[veronicathecow]

Mplayer. when choosing full screen I get a small image with a large yellow border. I think it is displaying at the native resolution but won't go above.

Sound. As always with any Linux install I have ever had sound very low, in this case almost off. Is there any chance that a sound setup could be included in first run dialogue to allow channels to be selected and volumes changed. Thanks

[raffy]

Impressive - both network cards (AR8152 and BCM4313) are working and the RadeonHD 6310 display is set correctly at 1366x768 - testing eMachines D443 AMD Fusion E-350.

This machine used to need a cold-boot to W7 (for the right graphics drivers, I suspect) before it can be usable (warm-booted) with the other new Pups. Now it can be cold-booted from Racy.

Thanks, Barry.

[shinobar]

@jim3630 and billtoo

# grub4dosconfig
BINSTALLER=bootlace.com
sda(MBR)_500.1GB_ATA_ST9500325AS_
fd0_(FLOPPY_DISK)

I wonder if you cannot see the message regarding gtkdialog.
Press 'Cancel' button on the main dialog, then you shall get a message and then fall back to the prompt.

# grub4dosconfig
BINSTALLER=bootlace.com
sda(MBR)_500.1GB_ATA_ST9500325AS_
fd0_(FLOPPY_DISK)
/usr/sbin/grub4dosconfig: line 581: 24105 Terminated $GTKDIALOG -p DIALOG -c >&/dev/null
#

If it does not fall back to the prompt(#), i suspect that the gtkdialog3 is freezing.

[jim3630]

@jim3630 and billtoo

# grub4dosconfig
BINSTALLER=bootlace.com
sda(MBR)_500.1GB_ATA_ST9500325AS_
fd0_(FLOPPY_DISK)

I wonder if you cannot see the message regarding gtkdialog.
Press 'Cancel' button on the main dialog, then you shall get a message and then fall back to the prompt.

# grub4dosconfig
BINSTALLER=bootlace.com
sda(MBR)_500.1GB_ATA_ST9500325AS_
fd0_(FLOPPY_DISK)
/usr/sbin/grub4dosconfig: line 581: 24105 Terminated $GTKDIALOG -p DIALOG -c >&/dev/null
#

If it does not fall back to the prompt(#), i suspect that the gtkdialog3 is freezing.

yes
Press 'Cancel' button on the main dialog, then you shall get a message and then fall back to the prompt.

# grub4dosconfig
BINSTALLER=bootlace.com
sda(MBR)_500.1GB_ATA_ST9500325AS_
fd0_(FLOPPY_DISK)
/usr/sbin/grub4dosconfig: line 581: 10476 Terminated $GTKDIALOG -p DIALOG -c >&/dev/null
#

[shinobar]

yes
Press 'Cancel' button on the main dialog, then you shall get a message and then fall back to the prompt.

# grub4dosconfig
BINSTALLER=bootlace.com
sda(MBR)_500.1GB_ATA_ST9500325AS_
fd0_(FLOPPY_DISK)
/usr/sbin/grub4dosconfig: line 581: 10476 Terminated $GTKDIALOG -p DIALOG -c >&/dev/null
#

Well then, when press 'OK' button?

[jim3630]

regarding sound,

have the speaker icon in the tray right clicked icon and configured retrovol, see pics.

mplayer preferences audio finally got output via HDMI.

what is the correct choice for retrovol tray? I don't have two barks are startup.

[jim3630]

yes
Press 'Cancel' button on the main dialog, then you shall get a message and then fall back to the prompt.

# grub4dosconfig
BINSTALLER=bootlace.com
sda(MBR)_500.1GB_ATA_ST9500325AS_
fd0_(FLOPPY_DISK)
/usr/sbin/grub4dosconfig: line 581: 10476 Terminated $GTKDIALOG -p DIALOG -c >&/dev/null
#

Well then, when press 'OK' button?

ok return nothing, nada, zip. when run from menu.

from console.

# grub4dosconfig
BINSTALLER=bootlace.com
sda(MBR)_500.1GB_ATA_ST9500325AS_
fd0_(FLOPPY_DISK)
/usr/sbin/grub4dosconfig: line 581: 22907 Terminated $GTKDIALOG -p DIALOG -c >&/dev/null
PCPARTS:
/dev/sda10|ext4|39913461
/dev/sda11|ext4|39918592
/dev/sda1|ext4|106165521
/dev/sda2|ext4|34600960
/dev/sda3|ext4|34600960
/dev/sda5|ext4|55214080
/dev/sda6|ext4|52428800
/dev/sda7|ext4|95347712
/dev/sda9|ext4|23578624

LPART:/dev/sda10|ext4|39913461

Usage:
fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table
fdisk [options] -l <disk> list partition table(s)
fdisk -s <partition> give partition size(s) in blocks

Options:
-b <size> sector size (512, 1024, 2048 or 4096)
-c[=<mode>] compatible mode: 'dos' or 'nondos' (default)
-h print this help text
-u[=<unit>] display units: 'cylinders' or 'sectors' (default)
-v print program version
-C <number> specify the number of cylinders
-H <number> specify the number of heads
-S <number> specify the number of sectors per track

The first partition starts from: 0(LBA)
/usr/sbin/grub4dosconfig: line 670: missing_error: command not found
#

[01micko]

Testing Slacko and Racy (here) there is a common bug with light encryption, the gdk-pixbuf files need updating, hence desktop is not showing in Racy, but in Slacko there are the triangle icons. Fix is the same for both.

Code: Select all

gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache

[jim3630]

installed all of vlc pets from wary repo trying to get it to work. plays sound only with avi files error.

No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "mp4v". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "mp4v". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.

mplayer from menu will only size small when opened. clicking full screen show yellow border around original small view size.

[James C]

Racy 5.1.110 live pfix=ram on another semi-old box.Internet and sound working on boot but incorrect resolution again.Used xorgwizard with nouveau driver and got the desired 1440x900.

# report-video
Racy Puppy, version 5.1.110 on Fri 28 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: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/root/ as report-video,
and archived with xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log as report-video-full.gz



-Computer-
Processor : 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
Memory : 3888MB (146MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 28 Oct 2011 11:29:57 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia

# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 3888360 401708 3486652 0 47440
Swap: 0 0 0
Total: 3888360 401708 3486652

[BarryK]

I have a problem with 'glxgears' in Racy, see my blog report:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02574

Tests of glxgears on other video hardware greatly appreciated!

Make sure all apps etc. closed before testing, in case it hangs. I had to hold down the power-off button on my laptop for 4 seconds.

[Billtoo]

Sat 29 Oct 2011 Operating System: Racy Puppy-5.1.110 Linux 3.0.7
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1082 (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA product: GF110 Board - 12630002 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (513x292 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

# glxgears
125530 frames in 5.0 seconds = 25105.977 FPS
126446 frames in 5.0 seconds = 25289.131 FPS
126220 frames in 5.0 seconds = 25243.836 FPS

no problems.

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Sat 29 Oct 2011 Operating System: Racy Puppy-5.1.110 Linux 3.0.7
5.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS product: RS690 01.00

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

# glxgears
792 frames in 5.0 seconds = 158.248 FPS
790 frames in 5.0 seconds = 157.945 FPS
802 frames in 5.0 seconds = 160.227 FPS

no problems.

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Sat 29 Oct 2011 Operating System: Racy Puppy-5.1.110 Linux 3.0.7
0.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS product: PARK 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1600x900 pixels (423x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

# glxgears
2113 frames in 5.0 seconds = 422.537 FPS
2120 frames in 5.0 seconds = 423.807 FPS
2216 frames in 5.0 seconds = 443.151 FPS

no problems.

[ETP]

No problems.

[veronicathecow]

Am running in virtualbox version 4.1.4 and am having problems with mouse integration and resolution
When I move in certain parts of the screen the cursor changes to the host cursor unless I disable integration.
Secondly no matter what resolution I choose it still takes up to large an area and means I have to scroll.
Thanks

[shinobar]

Was failed with some environment when the 1st partition is ext4 file system (thanks to jim3630 and billtoo).
grub4dos-0.4.4.v1.7.1.pet (Update: 29 Oct 2011) now available.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=51697

* 29oct11 v1.7.1: fix was failed with ext4, drive letter, gtkdialog4 thanks to 01micko, help button, no sort probepart, bootable check

[rcrsn51]

Here is guvcview for Racy.

[Billtoo]

Here is guvcview for Racy.

It works great, thanks.

[linuxcbon]

On desktop, not laptop, powerapplet_tray shown, battery and apm modules loaded.