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# report-video
Slacko Puppy, version 5.3.2.6 on Sat 25 Feb 2012

Chip description:
2.0 VGA compatible controller
Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
oem: Intel(r)865G Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(r)865G Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: intel

X.Org version: 1.9.5
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (270x203 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

# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
378 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.414 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.144 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.146 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.140 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.146 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.144 FPS

James.. was that the machine which normally drew a blank when running report-video where the driver is listed? Is this straight from boot to desktop or did you run xorgwizard?

I've tried to eliminate the "lie" that sometimes "vesa" is reported without actually breaking the truth when vesa is actually the driver. Also tried to eliminate any "driver not found" or whatever messages but it is still a fall back.

Also, I can't recall if that slickpet hanging issue is fixed for you when running the video test, hopefully it is.

Just attempted to install the nvidia-96.43.20-k3.1.10-slacko_4gx3-s driver on the Athlon XP install. Rebooted still using nouveau driver.... attempting to switch to the Nvidia driver resulted in being unable to start X. Deleted savefile and restarted fresh...... again.

01micko wrote:James.. was that the machine which normally drew a blank when running report-video where the driver is listed? Is this straight from boot to desktop or did you run xorgwizard?

I've tried to eliminate the "lie" that sometimes "vesa" is reported without actually breaking the truth when vesa is actually the driver. Also tried to eliminate any "driver not found" or whatever messages but it is still a fall back.

Also, I can't recall if that slickpet hanging issue is fixed for you when running the video test, hopefully it is.

Boots straight to the desktop using the nouveau driver and reports correctly as using nouveau. Using "test graphics" in Slickpet results in a "sorry no driver......" message but I had the driver already saved.

01micko wrote: Jades

That gnumeric failure is due to the lack of the gnome help browser called YELP. As you can imagine it's a bloated gnome app that requires a bunch of useless to puppy dependencies. The gnumeric sources need to be patched by someone smarter than me in C to allow opening the web help in the defaultbrowser.

Thanks for the explanation, I didn't know that was how Gnumeric handled URLs and had assumed it simply reached out to see what was the default browser. An odd bit of clunkiness in what is otherwise an excellent spreadsheet.

01micko wrote:Also, did your carl9170 issue appear fixed? I added it to the wag-profiles.sh as explained in the other thread.

Looks like it, I went straight through Network Wizard in the normal way without having to go through the additional dialogues. Should I be concerned that I know the IP addresses of my ISP's Primary and Secondary DNS servers off by heart?

All seems well for PAE testing. Ran into a PPM issue and have PM to you on it.

Thanks

01micko wrote:Barry is gonna get sick of my feature requests! ( . ziggy you're not the only one ).

It's a pleasure.... Do you know why? - You're always behind schedule, so I never feel any rush

gcmartin wrote:All seems well for PAE testing. Ran into a PPM issue and have PM to you on it.

Thanks

Yeah "ziggy" gui is broken in PPM, see Known Issues in the main post.

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Sigmund...

My motto.. better late than never...

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James,

The old drivers for nvidia wont work as kernel names are different, now identifies as 3.1.10-slacko_4gU, that's enough to bork all existing nvidia drivers, it only means more work for me..

Once this kernel is proven solid and stable I'll compile and upload to ibiblio nvidia and amd video drivers, and ndiswrapper (not done as yet)

01micko wrote: James,

The old drivers for nvidia wont work as kernel names are different, now identifies as 3.1.10-slacko_4gU, that's enough to bork all existing nvidia drivers, it only means more work for me..

Once this kernel is proven solid and stable I'll compile and upload to ibiblio nvidia and amd video drivers, and ndiswrapper (not done as yet)

Pretty obvious now that you mention it......

Hi Mick,

I had the same problem as reported above using an existing save file that had a recent NVIDIA driver version 290.10. I was able to manually select nv to get it to work, however, reinstalling the NVIDIA driver contaminated the background images so I discarded the old save file and created a new one.

Installing the new NVIDIA Driver Version 295.20 was successful with the new save file. Everything appears to be working fine.

Cheers,
Jim

D/L 5.3.2.6 iso, booted to desktop
sound- ok
auto connect to internet- ok

Next did clean full install to hard drive on 4gb ext4 partition

Upgraded Seamonkey to 2.8 beta 3 - ok

Installed xscreensaver 5.15- ok
Installed Shermans Aquarium 3.01 - ok

Hp Pentium 4, 2.8ghz cpu, 2gb mem, 40gb hd 4 partitions and 20 gb hd 4 partitions, Intel 82865g graphics controller,

No problems to report.

Don't know how you do all this and still go to school full time.
Hat's off to you

Don't know how you do all this and still go to school full time.
Hat's off to you

Multitasking is an acquired skill, it is not exclusive to women

hm, just a thought!

I'm wondering how much is actually different between a pae and non-pae build and if part of the install could test and install the correct files.

Something, I think, to put into your 5.3.4 todo anyway.

downloading now....

As I reported earlier with the previous release, Gparted errored out again while attempting to reformat a partition.... leaving the partion as "unknown". Prior occurance was on the P4 test box, this time was on the Athlon XP box.Went ahead and formatted with Exprimo both times with no problem.
Evidently it's only happening here but thought I'd report it.

Otherwise though,looking pretty good.

Hi Mick

5.3.2.6 seemed to work fine using an updated 5.3.2.4 savefile...

however have just tried to make a new system with a new savefile and after the reboot I get no background and no icons - see attached.

My disk is ntfs formatted. The savefile I created was ext2 no encryption.

Very strange.
Cheers
Peter

I'd be interested peebee if the same occurs on racy which uses roughly the same woof. What this is indicating is that the save didn't work at all.
Also, perhaps you could try again using shinobar's pupsaveconfig, which creates the save before shutdown. Barry has changed a fair bit in shutdown scripts lately.

To remedy the current situation run: restart X then reset your wallpaper.

01micko wrote:I'd be interested peebee if the same occurs on racy which uses roughly the same woof. What this is indicating is that the save didn't work at all.
Also, perhaps you could try again using shinobar's pupsaveconfig, which creates the save before shutdown. Barry has changed a fair bit in shutdown scripts lately.

To remedy the current situation run:

Code: Select all

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

restart X then reset your wallpaper.

Just tried shino's pupsaveconfig and this worked fine......

>>> Dell Studio XPS 1340

I got Broadcom >> b43 to work on previous slacko....9th post.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... &start=240

Courtesy of pemasu >> his pet and grump's post.

This time >> nothing.

"""""""""""

I did the same steps in the above post nothing.

Rebooted again ...fresh boot...

pinched the previous files from older Slacko....lib/firmware/b43

renamed your b43....copied my older b43 to the same >> lib/firmware

Then in the network wizard unloaded the b43 module,

then reloaded it....but it fails to find wireless.

But Puppy barks first off this time....
no fiddling >>> ticking speaker for the Dell.

And a nice wallpaper.

I will now get out old baked bean tins and string...
bewdy mate.

Regards...Chris.

Hope your course is going well mate.

01micko wrote:I'd be interested peebee if the same occurs on racy which uses roughly the same woof. What this is indicating is that the save didn't work at all.
Also, perhaps you could try again using shinobar's pupsaveconfig, which creates the save before shutdown. Barry has changed a fair bit in shutdown scripts lately.

To remedy the current situation run:

Code: Select all

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

restart X then reset your wallpaper.

racy 5.2.2.7 worked OK - created a pupsave same parameters and successful reboot to working desktop....

see 5.2.2.8 is available - haven't tried that yet....waiting waiting waiting for download - sometime later - racy 5.2.2.8 also worked OK - again successfully created a pupsave same parameters and successful reboot to working desktop