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#361 Post by tlchost »

01micko wrote:
tlchost wrote:Some sfs files are NOT recognized withing the boot manager
. Bootmanager has certain filters in place. Which sfs don't show? Do they show in sfs_load? I'm not going to touch the bootmanager code as it's a bit sensitive, maybe this issue will show up in Precise and Barry can have a look at it.
I made the sfs file in slacko 533 using dir2sfs....worked fine there. It showed in sfs load, and once it was there, it also showed in the boot manager.
As for java, when it gets close to release I'll make a pet and sfs of the latest version at the time. I was looking at making an app to do it automatically, I may revisit that.
Great.....hopefully the autoapp will work when Slacko lives on a bootable usb formatted in fat32.

thanks

Thom

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#362 Post by James C »

Slacko 5.3.6.5 (Opera version) live pfix=ram.Booted straight to the correct 1366x768 resolution using "nouveau" as expected with working sound. Used SNS to connect to the internet.

# report-video
Report Video 1.4 - Tue 16 Oct 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.6.5 - Linux 3.2.31-4g i686

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: 1.12.3
dimensions: 1366x768 pixels (361x203 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
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 55
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 56
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 59
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 58
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
5237 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1047.120 FPS
5505 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1100.806 FPS
5897 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1179.105 FPS
5878 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1175.352 FPS
5918 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1183.373 FPS
5905 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1180.937 FPS
6050 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1209.905 FPS
6010 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1201.710 FP

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Slacko - beta2 [5.4]

#363 Post by Billtoo »

This version is working well, 5360 does too for that matter.
I found some themes for tint2 on the interweb :)
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#364 Post by Sage »

Well done, mick! Tested the regular & FF whilst you were sleeping. Both represent substantial improvements, fast smooth and stable. No issues to report across a slew of SktA, 478, 775, 754 and 939 machines with 256Mb or >. Shame that the SP seems to have increased from a comfortable 192Mb, recently, but I'll be twiddling some more buttons with Slacko in the coming weeks to see what the art of the possible might be.
There might be more interest welling up for a revival of your miniSlack? BK has also mentioned a possible cut-down Pup. Certainly, I've always advocated a sub-100Mb .iso, although a sub-50 target seems to have vanished in the wind. John's MeanPup remains in my armoury.
Just the Netgear/Cohiba/Wiston/Prism dongle issue remains, not unique to Slacko or even Puppy. Weirdest device I've ever seen, but would be useful if a guru could crack this problem before I crack its case with a lump hammer. Or worse, decamp to PCLOS! Despite scathing attacks on the Web, there do exist distros that successfully activate it.

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Broadcom & Chromium

#365 Post by peebee »

I've created the delta file needed to install the Broadcom wl wifi driver onto Slacko 5.3.6.5 with Kernel 3.2.31-4g - it's available from:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 553#648553

[edit] deleted - see later post [/edit]

I've tested 5.3.6.5-4g-FF with b43, wl, frisbee, firefox and pnethood and all seems as expected.

I'm having problems keeping up with the flood of multiple versions!! So haven't downloaded the PAE version yet.

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Re: Chromium

#366 Post by ETP »

peebee wrote: I'm sad to report that the Chromium 22 pet created from slacky.eu that worked fine on the previous beta 5.3.6.0 no longer works on 5.3.6.5-4g-FF - just gives "Segmentation fault" when run in a terminal :(
It was the 13.37 version so maybe the 14.0 version (not yet available) is now needed?
Strange its working for me. (I did try to like FF for about 2 minutes) I did update flash prior to installing your pet.
  • === /root/.packages/user-installed-packages ===
    tempiconsvg-0.14-i486|tray temperature monitor
    fontwizard-0.0.1|Configure fonts for LCD
    faenza_lrx_new|
    lxtask-1.4|Manage running processes
    xdotool-2.20110530.1-3|no description provided
    xpad-4.0|Xpad sticky notes
    PupClockset-1.9.2|PupClockset manager
    flashplayer11-11.2.202.243|Adobe Flash Player 11 browser plugin and Preferences. Note, this may not work on older PCs, use instead an earlier 11.x or even 10.x
    Blue-Tripack|JWM themes
    chromium-22.0.1210.0-i686-1sl|Browse the Web
    PupSnap-1.8_Scrot-0.8_32Bit|PupSnap screen capture
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#367 Post by Sage »

Finally got a handle on the Cohiba/Netgear beast - maybe. It actually works with SNS out of the new Carolina 002 at first attempt. Maybe we can persuade BK/mick/jamesbond and co. to examine & communicated with the ever-energetic elroy to discover what he does that's different. Did use a 3.4G 64bit Intel box on this test, so not sure if that's a factor? It doesn't seem to be so with other Puppy test boxes. Correspondents on other Fora insist that this dongle is 64bit incompatible, which we now know isn't true - it runs on Mint Xfce 64bit, too.
For the record, Saluki was always a struggle and Carolina001 was a bit of a lemon on most of my systems, but C002 is very much improved.

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Slacko - beta2 [5.4]

#368 Post by Billtoo »

I just finished setting up 5365 non pae and I found the same two small
bugs, the kdegames dependency and having to remove the csh in profile.d
Otherwise it's working great.
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#369 Post by oldyeller »

I have just downloaded,

Will report on it soon :D

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Re: Chromium

#370 Post by peebee »

ETP wrote:Strange its working for me. (I did try to like FF for about 2 minutes) I did update flash prior to installing your pet.
Hi ETP

You are correct - my report was mistaken - due to being too frugal with my savefile size - once I'd retried with a 512MB savefile everything worked OK.

My apologies that I mislead you.

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#371 Post by oldyeller »

I did a frugal install of 5.3.6.5-non pae on my Dell D430

Report video
Report Video 1.4 - Wed 17 Oct 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.6.5 - Linux 3.2.31-4g i686

Chip description:
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML 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: 1.12.3
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (270x203 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
libqtwebkit is missing for bibletime, and is not in any of the repos,

Also pmusic is not opening up any dir/files-don't know if zigbert has been told or not about this.

I downloaded DeafBeef music player it works. That is all so far.

Cheers
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#372 Post by oldyeller »

I do like the look of this edition of slacko-5.3.6.5-non pae;

Geany is in Utility and not in Document/text, But you may know this already.

Also I downloaded icewm and the menu does not work even after doing fixmenus. I know that there will be somethings that will need to be fixed.

Just going through the repo of slacko.

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#373 Post by James C »

Fresh manual frugal install of 5.3.6.5 (Opera) on the Athlon XP box. Zero problems....... everything working on initial boot.

# report-video
Report Video 1.4 - Wed 17 Oct 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.6.5 - Linux 3.2.31-4g i686

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: nouveau

X.Org version: 1.12.3
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
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
1817 frames in 5.0 seconds = 363.318 FPS
1775 frames in 5.0 seconds = 354.997 FPS
1689 frames in 5.0 seconds = 337.726 FPS
1840 frames in 5.0 seconds = 367.868 FPS
1780 frames in 5.0 seconds = 355.912 FPS
1676 frames in 5.0 seconds = 335.137 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1033MB (216MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed 17 Oct 2012 02:19:04 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI nv18 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235
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#374 Post by James C »

Installed SeaMonkey 2.13.1 through the new Updates Manager........ no problems.

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#375 Post by James C »

Slacko 5.3.6.5 FF live pfix=ram. Display,sound and internet all working and correct on initial boot.

# report-video
Report Video 1.4 - Wed 17 Oct 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.6.5 - Linux 3.2.31-4g i686

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: 1.12.3
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
# glxgears
99 frames in 5.0 seconds = 19.787 FPS
143 frames in 5.0 seconds = 28.490 FPS
149 frames in 5.0 seconds = 29.613 FPS
142 frames in 5.0 seconds = 28.295 FPS
76 frames in 5.0 seconds = 15.083 FPS
90 frames in 5.0 seconds = 17.913 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1033MB (186MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed 17 Oct 2012 04:32:19 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on softpipe
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235

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#376 Post by 01micko »

James C wrote:Booted pfix=nox,ram in an attempt to use the preferred "nouveau" driver as is usual in Slacko......total fail.X wouldn't start.Reverted to "nv" to post this.
:lol: I thought that might happen.. I still think nouveau is the way to go. But we devs have to kill a few guinea pigs in the name of "science" :lol:
oldyeller wrote:libqtwebkit is missing for bibletime, and is not in any of the repos
Thanks for testing that. I am recompiling qt right now so it will get fixed.
Billtoo wrote:libdbusmenu-qt ...
..is a pain in the a*se. It's only 140k compressed so I might include it. Jury's out on that one.

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Thanks for reports everyone, I'm a bit tight for time in the next week or so, but keep the reports rolling in, I'll get to them.
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#377 Post by peebee »

Broadcom wl wifi support for k3.4.14-PAE is now available from:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 5&start=20
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Running oout of memory

#378 Post by tlchost »

When running this command in Beta2, PAE version I run out of memory
on my system that that 16 gigs:

dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=usb-image.iso

In 533 PAE, the iso is created correctly.

Is there something I've overlooked/;should do a different way?

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Re: Running oout of memory

#379 Post by rcrsn51 »

tlchost wrote: I run out of memory
Do you mean RAM or save-file space?

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Re: Running oout of memory

#380 Post by tlchost »

rcrsn51 wrote:
tlchost wrote: I run out of memory
Do you mean RAM or save-file space?
I noticed the problem when I attempted to create the iso with no save file, and slacko reported 8 gigs of memory. Should I try with a save file, and what size would be valid, since nothing has been added to slacko?

thanks

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