Wary Puppy 5.2.2, 18 Nov. 2011

Please post any bugs you have found
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version 526 of Right click

#31 Post by don570 »

I've made a new version of Right click pet package.
I checked it on this version of Wary and Shinobars
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=67013

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#32 Post by BarryK »

Wary Puppy 5.1.106 (5.2beta2) is out:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02538

Testers welcome!
[url]https://bkhome.org/news/[/url]

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#33 Post by James C »

Fresh manual frugal install of Wary 5.1.106 on my main Athlon XP linux box.Internet,audio and display all working on initial boot and persistent through a couple of reboots.
Installed Htop and Firefox 7.0.1..... both working well.

# report-video

Wary Puppy, version 5.1.106 on Tue 11 Oct 2011

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller
nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev c1)
oem: NVidia
product: NV18 () Board Chip Rev A2

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: nv

X.Org version: 1.3.0
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (411x263 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

Code: Select all

# glxgears
966 frames in 5.5 seconds = 177.172 FPS
966 frames in 5.5 seconds = 176.025 FPS
966 frames in 5.6 seconds = 171.936 FPS
966 frames in 5.3 seconds = 180.758 FPS
966 frames in 5.5 seconds = 175.527 FPS

Code: Select all

# free
              total         used         free       shared      buffers
  Mem:      1034520       472824       561696            0        33408
 Swap:      1228932            0      1228932
Total:      2263452       472824      1790628
Looking solid so far.

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#34 Post by James C »

Been running Wary for several hours straight,tweaking and adding stuff..... no difficulties yet.Went ahead and installed Opera 11.51....works fine too.
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Wary Puppy 5.1.106 (5.2beta2)

#35 Post by Billtoo »

Manual frugal install to acer netbook.
Tue 11 Oct 2011 Operating System: Wary Puppy-5.1.106 Linux 2.6.32-smp
5.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS product: RS880M 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: fglrx
X.Org version: 1.3.0
dimensions: 1024x600 pixels (256x144 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: ATI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series
OpenGL version string: 3.3.11079 Compatibility Profile Context

AMD Athlon(tm) II Neo K125 Processor
Core 0: 1695 MHz

# glxgears
8874 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1774.689 FPS
9077 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1815.301 FPS
8985 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1796.938 FPS

Computer
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) II Neo K125 Processor
Memory 1813MB (145MB used)
Ethernet controller Atheros Communications AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet
Network controller Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n

Network manager couldn't see either the ethernet or broadcom wireless
controllers.
I plugged in a linksys usb adapter which uses the rt73 driver and it
is working fine.
I plugged the usb cable for my canon powershot A570 camera and it was
detected and I was able to transfer the photos to the hard disk by
dragging and dropping the folder to the my-documents directory.
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#36 Post by James C »

Fresh manual frugal install of 5.1.106 on my old P3 test box.Sound and display good on initial boot but no internet (wired dsl).SNS made quick work of it though.Everything persistent through a couple of reboots.

# report-video
Wary Puppy, version 5.1.106 on Wed 12 Oct 2011

Chip description:
1.0 VGA compatible controller
Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (CGC) Chipset Graphics Controller (rev 03)
oem: Intel810(TM) Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: intel

X.Org version: 1.3.0
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (321x241 millimeters)
depth of root window: 16 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 : Pentium III (Coppermine)
Memory : 253MB (128MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed 12 Oct 2011 12:09:21 AM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa GLX Indirect
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : ICH - Intel 82801AA-ICH
VGA compatible controller : Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133
Ethernet controller : Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100

# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 253928 248152 5776 0 31436
Swap: 1020088 0 1020088
Total: 1274016 248152 1025864

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slow video -- acer Aspire ONE

#37 Post by broomdodger »

acer Aspire ONE
Wary Puppy, version 5.1.106

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These are too tall for 1024x600
BootManager
HardInfo

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The 'intel' video driver is very slow, Xvesa is faster.

But if I use Xvesa I can not turn off trackpad tapping, the trackpad is too sensitive.

The 'intel' driver was selected by 'Probe', is there a better/faster Xorg driver so that I can disable this twitchy trackpad.

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Wary Puppy, version 5.1.106 on Tue 11 Oct 2011

Chip description:
2.0 VGA compatible controller
Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
oem: Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: intel

X.Org version: 1.3.0
dimensions: 1024x600 pixels (223x125 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

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#38 Post by broomdodger »

James C wrote:Been running Wary for several hours straight,tweaking and adding stuff..... no difficulties yet.Went ahead and installed Opera 11.51....works fine too.
Hello James C
What produced the processor etc info in your png?

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slow video -- acer Aspire ONE

#39 Post by broomdodger »

ok, I found a better xorg driver, quite a difference!

With xorg 'intel' video driver chosen by 'Probe'

# glxgears
313 frames in 7.3 seconds = 42.988 FPS
276 frames in 6.4 seconds = 43.285 FPS
276 frames in 6.3 seconds = 43.473 FPS
276 frames in 6.3 seconds = 43.800 FPS
284 frames in 6.4 seconds = 44.417 FPS
284 frames in 6.4 seconds = 44.574 FPS

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With xorg 'i810' video driver chosen by 'me'

# glxgears
1120 frames in 5.6 seconds = 198.541 FPS
1163 frames in 5.6 seconds = 207.757 FPS
1069 frames in 5.0 seconds = 213.800 FPS
1242 frames in 5.2 seconds = 239.072 FPS
1260 frames in 5.2 seconds = 243.604 FPS
1392 frames in 5.2 seconds = 269.446 FPS

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#40 Post by James C »

broomdodger wrote:
James C wrote:Been running Wary for several hours straight,tweaking and adding stuff..... no difficulties yet.Went ahead and installed Opera 11.51....works fine too.
Hello James C
What produced the processor etc info in your png?
That's Conky.I used the pet out of the Dpup Exprimo thread
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 6ad#561157

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Browser crashes

#41 Post by Volhout »

Running 106 from USB stick (Universal installer: Wary) on Intel dual core.

Installed flash player when prompted.
Press search button (google search) in browser. Browser crashes and closes.

May be related to the animated Google theme.
Browser works okay on forum (static pages)

Problem remains when restarting (after creating save file).

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#42 Post by BarryK »

There was a report that the 'save' desktop icon when booting off USB, is broken.

Yes, the message at the top won't go away. I fixed it, plus improved a couple other messages that popup at the top of screen.

The two attached scripts can be used in all recent Woof-built puppies, including Wary, Racy and Slacko.

Gunzip 'save2flash.gz' to /usr/sbin, make sure it is executable.
Gunzip 'pup_event_frontend_d.gz' to /sbin, make sure it is executable.

You then need to restart X.

Then click the 'save' icon on desktop. There should be a momentary yellow window in the center of the screen, then an orange message at top of screen while session is saving -- and you should see the LED flickering on your USB drive.
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Re: slow video -- acer Aspire ONE

#43 Post by BarryK »

broomdodger wrote:ok, I found a better xorg driver, quite a difference!

With xorg 'intel' video driver chosen by 'Probe'

# glxgears
313 frames in 7.3 seconds = 42.988 FPS
276 frames in 6.4 seconds = 43.285 FPS
276 frames in 6.3 seconds = 43.473 FPS
276 frames in 6.3 seconds = 43.800 FPS
284 frames in 6.4 seconds = 44.417 FPS
284 frames in 6.4 seconds = 44.574 FPS

" -------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6----
With xorg 'i810' video driver chosen by 'me'

# glxgears
1120 frames in 5.6 seconds = 198.541 FPS
1163 frames in 5.6 seconds = 207.757 FPS
1069 frames in 5.0 seconds = 213.800 FPS
1242 frames in 5.2 seconds = 239.072 FPS
1260 frames in 5.2 seconds = 243.604 FPS
1392 frames in 5.2 seconds = 269.446 FPS

" -------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6----
Yes, the 'intel' driver running on my old laptop, also seems sluggish. if I recall rightly, I upgraded the version of the 'intel' driver, from that used in earlier Wary's, that is, back in Wary 5.1.4 and earlier.

I will test an earlier 'intel' driver.
[url]https://bkhome.org/news/[/url]

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Re: Wary Puppy 5.1.106 (5.2beta2)

#44 Post by BarryK »

Billtoo wrote: I plugged the usb cable for my canon powershot A570 camera and it was
detected and I was able to transfer the photos to the hard disk by
dragging and dropping the folder to the my-documents directory.
Yay :D That's two cameras working (yours and mine)!

Anyone else got a camera to test?
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#45 Post by BarryK »

In case you guys haven't noticed, Wary now has tazoc's superb Lighthouse sys-info, so if you report a bug, you can also post a tarball of your hardware (no personal info will be in it -- tazoc's sys-info displays the contents of the tarball so that you can verify nothing personal in it before posting it).

Look in the System menu.
[url]https://bkhome.org/news/[/url]

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#46 Post by BarryK »

The script /usr/sbin/shutdownconfig has some text in one of the windows that is not appropriate for when X is running. I fixed it, attached.

This script is only used at the first shutdown. Slacko will need this too, I will send a pm to 01micko.
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Digital Camera Olynpus FE 100

#47 Post by tronkel »

I've done some testing on pupcamera with my Olymous FE-100 model. An oldie that I have owned for about 5 years. Later today, I'll repeat this experiment with the camera on the Android smartphone as well and report back how that went.

Since the days of Puppy 3 series (I think) GTKAM has never been able to detect this camera. However, every Puppy has always been able to show me all my pics by simply clicking on the detected USB device icon at the bottom of this desktop. It shows a folder named DCIM, inside of which are all the photos. This Wary is no exception and does exactly the same thing as all previous Puppy versions have done.

So experiment went like this:

1. Power up the camera, hot-plug the USB cable and as always successfully displays the USB icon which is successfully mounted as has always been the case.

Result: no auto-mount of device via pupcamera

Next, unmount the camera unplug the cable and start again.

2. This time start the pupcamera script.

Result: Message box displays saying that gphoto2 has not detected a camera.

Close pupcamera down, mount the device from the desktop icon and leave the device mounted.

Start pupcamera again. This time camera gets detected, mounts and opens device /dev/sdc1.

Result: Photos get displayed in DCIM

Should the pupcamera script not be mounting a folder called /mnt/camera?

To summarise then, device has to be manually mounted first in order that camera gets detected by gphoto2

From a terminal, running "gphoto2 --auto-detect" mirrors the same behaviour as the pupcamera script.

This version is great though. The JWM menu items text displays bolder in the version than in previous versions which suits my aging vision. As these Puppy versions mature, I have to do less and less tweaking to configure the system to my needs. Great work indeed!
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More info

#48 Post by Volhout »

Find attached sysinfo in system.gz

Bug: Seamonkey browser crashes at Google homepage, but works fine on other web pages. May be related to animated objects on the page.

- homepage = www.google.nl (not .com)
- method: clear the hypelink field (adress), and press button with magnify glass.

Normally this brings me with a search for nothing to the google homeplage. In this release it crashes the browser. There could be a relation to the empty adress field when pressing the magnifying glass. The search for anything but an empty field goes well, but it does not end up at google.nl.

Manual entry shows that the problem resides at www.google.nl page. Not the way you get there.


Tried on a different (AMD64 system) and the problem does not occur. Please find attached system info in: sys-info-111012.gz
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Smartphone camera gets detectd by pupcamera

#49 Post by tronkel »

Second digital camera experiment. Entirely different outcome compared with the Olympus FE-100

Pupcamera detected the Motorola Defy MB525 device instantly, displaying the model number and a usb reference.

Using the open button it displayed the root file system of the phone underneath which lies the dcim folder containing the pics. This time the desktop device icon did not required to be mounted manually. The device mount point is now /mnt/camera1 as I think it ought to be.

So whether or not you get the camera auto-detected seems to depend on what sort of device it is.

This cool auto-mount of your smart-phone is going to impress your mates - impressive or what?
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External USB 3G Modems

#50 Post by alec78 »

Hi all,
Has anybody else noticed that in regular use external USB 3G modems now take appreciably longer to prepare themselves than in previous puppies?
Since 5.1.103, I think, the initial set up of an USB 3G modem has been easier, you only need to tick the "external modem" box when running the set up wizard. Previously I needed to click the delete button and then the probe button, because the wizard had latched onto an on board dial-up modem.
Now, however, each time the modem is plugged in it takes the same 12 seconds approx. for the sr0 icon to appear on the desktop, but a further 50 seconds approx. for the probing box to disappear from the desktop, and the modem be ready for use.
In Lucid once the sr0 icon appears on the desktop the modem is ready to use.
BTW I too think lettering and icons in 5.1.106 have far better definition.
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