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GNOME MPlayer version built-in in Slacko doesn't work properly for me. When I open a video, I can listen to the sound but I get a black background instead of the video itself. I can see the video when I move the window, but resizing it the video gets distorted. This doesn't happen with version 1.0.2 which is what I'm using now, it works flawless.

The following was posted in the Spanish forum:

tayacha wrote:I want to use skype but it only detects the usb camera and not the built-in mike. When I run alsa wizard it detects only one sound card, sis si7012, When I run alsa config, it detects that sound card, and also detects the usb/audio of logitech. However, when I choose usb/audio, skype detects it, I can record but not play the sound (it doesn't detect si7012 card anymore)

Slacko will not shutdown, it says it saving to sdb1 (USB Flash drive) the goes back to the desktop.

I have seen two threads so far.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=75483

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=75359

any ideas? My 1gb that also has Slacko works great.

Update: I did not try to fix it, there is one idea/ fix here
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=75483

Right now I am using the upgraded Slacko, it has been working just fine.

torgo wrote:Hi folks. I mentioned a Slacko driver issue in a thread on the Beginners forum, and someone suggested that you might want to know about it here in this thread as well.

The device is the Tenda W311U wireless-N USB adapter. It works in Lucid 5.28 but not in Slacko.

Lucid tries to load the rt2800usb module. That one doesn't work. But if you prevent rt2800usb from loading, Lucid also loads the rt2870sta module - and that one works fine when configured with the Network Wizard.

But in Slacko, neither module works. In the Network Wizard, it fails when you click to Scan for wireless networks. The error message is:

Error!
Failed to raise interface wlan0.
Failed command was: ifconfig wlan0 up
Error returned was:
ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted



Simple Network Setup shows the wlan0 interface on the list (using either rt2800usb or rt2870sta) but gives the "Failed to activate interface wlan0" error window as soon as you click the wlan0 button.

Hopefully that's enough information to mean something to somebody. I'm also trying out other modules, but so far none of them will run the device.

I have the same error with HP pavilion dv6 i7 intel 8GB ram and ralink rt3090 pci wireless card.
The second problem i encountered is with flSynclient 0.6. In this case i cannot use the two/three finger touch enabling the right/center button emulation.
I only can use the one fingher touch for left or right or center button (with windows7 i can use all features of my touchpad).

I can't seem to get GParted to work in Slacko Puppy.

When i run "GParted" in Terminal, I get "/usr/sbin/gpartedbin: error while loading shared libraries: libgtkmm-2.4.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

Libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 doesn't seem to be apparent in the repositories. Am I just missing something?

I'm running Slacko 5.3.1 in a hard drive installation on a Lenovo G550 Laptop. I have the Slackware, Salix & Slacky repositories loaded. I'm no more than an intermediate n00b at Puppy, so please forgive any cluelessness.

Just want to add that I'm looking forward to the future of Slacko!

Hi, I hope that this is the appropriate place to post this:

I have come across a problem using Figaro's fpm2 password manager under Slacko 5.3.1.
There appears to be a conflict between fpm2 and the clipboard manager (CM).
Slacko by default runs Parcellite CM at startup.

When all three of Parcellite's 'Clipboards' preferences in the 'Behavior' tab are enabled [i.e. Use Copy, Use Primary, Synchronize clipboards], then some limited functionality only for fpm2 is possible.
The functions which work that way are the copying of 'User' or of 'Pass' by way of the toolbar icons or through the 'Edit' menu.
However, REPEATED paste/Ctrl+V or mouse middle click on (any) target is possible because fpm2's 'Clear target after paste' preference setting does not work when CM is running [CM retains the copied data].
fpm2's 'Jump' function will copy both Password and Username, but ONLY the Password can then be pasted by either paste/Ctrl+V or mouse middle click [depending on fpm2's 'Launcher' preference settings]. And again, REPEATED pasting is possible.
fpm2's 'Copy Both' function [from the 'Edit' menu] will work similarly to the 'Jump' function.

Any change to the above Parcellite 'Clipboards' preferences prevent ANY copy/paste from fpm2.

I have used fpm2 under Lucid 5.2.5 without a problem.
The reason: Lucid's CM (Glipper) is not loaded at startup.
If Glipper is run, then the same problem as in Slacko is encountered.

In addition to CM preventing proper functioning of fpm2, running the two together seems to be creating a security risk.
If for example fpm2's 'Jump' function is used, then CM retains both the Username and the Password and makes them available for viewing in cleartext. What's more, it appears that Parcellite's preferences can be set so that clipboard content will be saved . Username(s) and Pasword(s) could thus be made visible through CM in subsequent sessions.

It seems wrong in principle, that data which is supposed to be stored securely in fpm2 may become accessible through CM.

Can't say whether fpm2 or CM is to blame for the situation. There may be valid reasons for what CM does and how it does it. But my feeling is, that the CM should not be permitted to run when fpm2 is in use.

As for my own setup, I have now removed the symlink to /usr/bin/parcellite in /root/Startup/.
That way, Figaro's fpm2 works as I think it ought to.

Cheers

Installed the xscreensaver-512 from the Slacko 5.3.1 repository, it said missing dependency gtkdialog. Then downloaded the gtkdialog-4.0.8.0-i486-s from PPM, yet checking dependencies still showed gtkdialog is missing.

Same for lha-114i and zoo-2.10_22 archiving utilities. I'm trying to unzip .gz file which XArchive doesn't seem to recognize, eg firstrun-1.9.6.gz

Any help appreciated.

The latest version of Audacity(1.3.14) worked nicely for me.
This version only works in slacko.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 449#604449

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Installed Slacko 5.3.1 for my friend's PC with Geforce FX5200 graphics card,then upgraded the nv driver to Nvidia-173 recommended by Slickpet>drivers, and glxgears was running superfast.

After that installed the xscreensavers-5.12 from PPM which also required dependencies glew-1.5.7 and mesa-7.9.2 (which i later upgraded to mesa-7.10.2-s from Slacko repo). However,this seems to break glxgears which returned "Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual" and glxinfo also reported "Error:couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig".

Need help resolving this issue. TIA.

Added: Also noticed running Pupclockset manager and/or JWM configuration cause the clock_analog widget (in ver 2.4.0) to disappear from the desktop

Latest:-
Solved: Glxgears problem resolved by reinstalling the Nvidia173 pet.

Disappearing clock_analog widget still there. Anybody has any idea why or how to fix it?

I just installed Slacko Puppy 5.3.1 onto an Asus Eee PC

All good so far except that after the first shutdown any further attempt at shutdown results in the window manager restarting. I was able to shut down by exiting the window manager to the command shell & using ctrl-alt-delete.

Edit: I saved changes to /dev/sda1 while shutting down.

The problem appears to be in the rc.shutdown script when it kills processes that use /initrd/pup_rw

I'm going to try racy 5.2.2 instead...

I have the trinity sfs loading but when I follow steps to link libraries, I get
#ldconfig
bash: ldconfig:command not found

when I drop out of X, If I run
# startkde

I get a bunch of text referring to libGL.1.so not being found.

Aside from this, I have this running on an oddball handtop and everything works which is an amazing feat.

OQO model 02

The biggest issue is to blacklist via_agp so that wireless and usb work. To the bootloader options add Start with vesa and 640x480 (fix later down)

Important trick is to have a usb mouse handy b/c the trackstick is nuts. Easy to fix with creating a script in startup to load the ps2 device as basic
Once you restart X, you will be good to go.

The sleep times are important: without it, the erratic trackstick stays. If it is longer, the keyboard becomes random.

I tried adding this to /etc/modules.conf like in ubuntu in /etc/modules but it did not resolve the issue. options psmouse proto=bare has no effect

X will still look weird with the screen too small.

Add a modeline under the monitor section and change sync values Then make every reference of 640x480 into 800x480. Restart X. You should have working trackstick along with the screen looking nice.

EDIT: I changed driver to openchrome and went to thw quickpet and installed mesa. I put at the "modules section of xorg.conf

then

Will try to start kde again[/code]

Gave slacko 5.3.1 a try on my eee pc 901. Unlike other puppys it won't open a wifi connection (neither "sophisticated" wizard which never failed before nor frisbee). After the first boot frisbee showed the first log, after the second boot the wifi device was there but it didn't launch either (see 2nd log). Hope this issue.

Hope that this issue will be fixed when my beloved Lucid Puppy runs out.

Seems to be rt2800pci. It needs rt2860.bin firmware. What does dmesg tells concerning rt2800pci and according firmware loading.

You could first rmmod rt2800pci and then modprobe rt2800pci and then check the content of command dmesg.
Is there problem with firmware loading.

jodother,

Wifi works on an Asus EeePC 901 using Racy puppy 5.2.2, but you've got to install the firmware and mess about with wpa_supplicant.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 2&start=45

Hi pemasu and mark

thanks a lot for your hints!

First of all: I'm no linux expert, just a more or less experienced user. I downloaded the
2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2
file from
http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support ... php?sn=501.

I expected that in contains a .bin file or something similar but I xarchive failed to unpack it. My default Linux Mint archiver reported an error in the tar child.

So I tried to launch wpa_supplicant manualy from usr/sbin hoping that it can somehow deal with the tar.bz2 file. But that failed too.

If there is a solution please tell me as I was a schoolchild.

jodother wrote:2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2

Maybe it is not bzipped but gipped. Rename the file name *.bz2 to *.gz.

You need to compile the source with the kernel sources.
Also you need to edit the file 'os/linux/config.mk' before make: EDIT: There is a tarball the config.mk is already modified to support WPA.
2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0_wpa.tar.gz
http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/
You can compile it with your kernel sources.

I tried searching the forum (and this topic in particular), but didn't find anything related.
I am wondering, if there is any reason why Slacko 5.3.1 has version 4.0 instead of 4.2 for mksquashfs/unsquashfs (while i.e. Racy does have 4.2).
I was trying to "unsfs" my puppy_racy_5.2.2.sfs from withing Slacko, but that was (naturally) impossible.
No big deal, just curious why. Are there any other issues with version 4.2 on Slacko 5.3.1 ?

slacko working well on an hp mini 210 netbook except that /dev/video0 is broken.

built in webcam works on 5.2.8 but something is wrong when on slacko.

ideas?

This may have been mentioned already, but when I get on AbiWord in Slacko 5.3.1 and go to Format -> Paragraph and make the line spacing double spaced, nothing happens. I've never experienced this before with AbiWord. The other puppies don't have this issue. I'm a student and have to write papers so I never would have noticed this otherwise.

it may be due to the version of AbiWord, also there is a missing library

which can be added by using libaspell15-0.60.6-10.pet
see http://puppylinux.org/wikka/AbiWord

btw, I would recommend LibreOffice if your doing a lot of wordprocessing.

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I have notice a minor bug in the PPM for Slacko - it displays slackware binaries on startup even though Puppy-Slacko is selected as the repository - even searches are within the slackware repositories. This can be fixed by click on slackware-repository selector then back on to the Puppy-Slacko option - but could lead to confusion and selection of wrong packages.

Bonjour messieurs. This distro works well, and nowadays, its rare.
Eth0 and wlan 0, both are available
Sessions are save correctly
No desktop icons which disappear
Fast connection
All that is normal. Yes. And that is what the customer wants.