Slacko 5.4 - FINAL 2 Dec 2012

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oldyeller
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#691 Post by oldyeller »

livecd now instead of a save file. on Dell D430


slacko 54. RC2 does not load the swapfile/parttion. either with live cd or savefile.

With a savefile it does take some time not much for the cd to start in order for the desktop to appear.
Report Video 1.4 - Sat 1 Dec 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.9.5 - Linux 3.2.33-4g 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: 1280x1024 pixels (338x270 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes



Computer
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Summary
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-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU U7700 @ 1.33GHz
Memory : 2064MB (206MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sat 01 Dec 2012 10:57:25 AM EST
-Display-
Resolution : 1280x1024 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GM x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
-Input Devices-
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
DualPoint Stick
AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad
Lite-On Technology Corp. USB Multimedia Keyboard
Lite-On Technology Corp. USB Multimedia Keyboard
USB Optical Mouse
Video Bus
Lid Switch
Power Button
Sleep Button
Dell WMI hotkeys
PC Speaker
HDA Intel Mic
HDA Intel Headphone
-Printers (CUPS)-
CUPS-PDF : <i>Default</i>
-SCSI Disks-
ATA SAMSUNG HS08XJC
HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-U10N

I am not sure if the cpu is for i686 or not? any ideas?

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Re: Language pack for Slacko

#692 Post by vicmz »

L18L wrote:
vicmz wrote:...
I can't download Slacko RC2 to test, so please could someone test the language pack and tell if the bug is still present?:.
Esta bien?
Then the extra menu entries for programs that may or may not be installed don't show up in the latest Slacko, great. :D Thank you, L18L! I'll let others know in the Spanish forum.
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#693 Post by ally »

system has been up for about 8 hours, about 3 or 4 since I reformatted the drive and the problem with drive mounting has occurred again

take ages to mount when clicked

starting programs no problem, just mounting and opening drives

if anybody could point the way for troubleshooting I'd be grateful

:)

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#694 Post by Sage »

Maybe a little more info about your HW, esp. drive(s).
Neither diamonds nor drives are forever - both are unstable! Ribbon cables and connectors can be twisted and swapped too often. SATA is less reliable than old IDE, simply on statistics of their bell curves - if they're old, they're likely to survive longer, but new stuff still has to be chasing price of fabrication as well as ascending the leading edge of the bell. Boards have bad caps which don't always fail catastrophically. Knowledge is not essential to fix HW unlike the clever SW guys around here. The trade does it by simple substitution - keep changing stuff (one at a time, though) until it works.
Then there's always the issue of compatibility of HW along with underhand attempts at leverage by certain companies; fortunately, we don't have a great fruit fetish on this Forum.
Just a few additional things to worry about that don't get aired too often by the resident gurus. Be sure micko will solve everything in the end.

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#695 Post by zigbert »

pMusic 3.0.5 is highly recommended.

Changelog
- Bugfix: pMusic closes if gui troubles with utf-8 content

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#696 Post by 01micko »

zigbert wrote:pMusic 3.0.5 is highly recommended.

Changelog
- Bugfix: pMusic closes if gui troubles with utf-8 content
Too late
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#697 Post by 01micko »

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Final is out



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#698 Post by James C »

Already downloading...... :lol:

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Slacko 5.4 - FINAL 2 Dec 2012

#699 Post by Billtoo »

Manual frugal install to hard drive.

Computer
Processor 4x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Memory 8233MB (130MB used)
Display
Resolution 2880x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer GeForce 8600 GT/PCIe/SSE2
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
OpenGL
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer GeForce 8600 GT/PCIe/SSE2
Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.19
Direct Rendering Yes
Monitors
Monitor 0 1440x900 pixels
Monitor 1 1440x900 pixels
Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 3.4.17-PAE (i686)
Compiled #1 SMP Fri Nov 2 19:12:33 EST 2012
C Library GNU C Library version 2.15 (stable)
Default C Compiler GNU C Compiler version 4.7.1 (GCC)

I installed kdegames in ppm and added some pets.

It's working well, congratulations on reaching Slacko-54 final.
JWM is supporting two monitors, good stuff :)
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#700 Post by ally »

@ sage

the hanging is on a lenovo t61 (my daily machine) hitatchi ht72* family

the hanging only occurs with this build, fine with 5.3.3 and others

I could never get the old 5.3.3 pae to function correctly so assume this, downloading the new builds and will try the non-pae

@ 01micko

love your work!!

:)

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#701 Post by Sage »

hitatchi ht72
Is that a travelstar drive - part of the 'deathstar' range?!

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Slacko 5.4 - Final 2 Dec 2012

#702 Post by majorfoo »

Full install to ext4 partiton.

Loaded several pets and checked them out.

Only problem I have encountered is: Fixmenus will not work
# error: could not open display
error: could not open display
#

Otherwise, looks good.
Thanks 01micko for your continued efforts in providing great puppies for us to play with.

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Re: Slacko 5.4 - Final 2 Dec 2012

#703 Post by rcrsn51 »

majorfoo wrote:Only problem I have encountered is: Fixmenus will not work
I did a fresh full install of slacko-5.4-firefox-4g and fixmenus worked OK. I wonder if you have installed a PET with a bad .desktop file. It would be worth tracking this down.

It seems like recent Puppies are more susceptible to menu problems.

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#704 Post by morgonzola »

Anyone have a standalone sfs for kdenlive compiled? I know there is a pet but it is huge and I also know that it exists for saluki but I tried it just now and it does not work. On a side note, is there a way to DL packages but not install them, and then use some pet2sfs thing to turn a whole Dir into a sfs?

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#705 Post by smokey01 »

morgonzola wrote:Anyone have a standalone sfs for kdenlive compiled? I know there is a pet but it is huge and I also know that it exists for saluki but I tried it just now and it does not work. On a side note, is there a way to DL packages but not install them, and then use some pet2sfs thing to turn a whole Dir into a sfs?
Download the pet from the site not via Puppy Package Manager.
If you have Dons right clicks installed, simply right click on the pet and extract here. Make sure you have the pet in an empty directory, just for simplicity, not really necessary. Now you should have a directory something like kdenlive-x.x
In a console type dir2sfs kdenlive-x.x and a sfs will be created.

If the pet contained a pinstall file the sfs file may not work, depending on what action the pinstall needed to take.

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#706 Post by RSH »

Hi.
On a side note, is there a way to DL packages but not install them, and then use some pet2sfs thing to turn a whole Dir into a sfs?
Usually only applications that download with its dependencies can be saved without to install (from the package manager).

For the other applications just install them and then use gnewpet by jpeps to recreate the installed .pet (application - should work also on installed .deb files).

To turn a complete directory into a single sfs use LazY PaDS (combines .pet and .deb files from a directory into a single sfs).

Both are in the Forums Utilities Section.
[b][url=http://lazy-puppy.weebly.com]LazY Puppy[/url][/b]
[b][url=http://rshs-dna.weebly.com]RSH's DNA[/url][/b]
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VirtualBox

#707 Post by drblock2 »

TheAsterisk's VirtualBox installer virtualbox-4.2.4-x86_src.install.pet works magnificently in Slacko 5.4 PAE K3.4.17. You can get it here:

http://www.silverdollarsolutions.com/Pu ... guide.html

Install the Slacko 5.4 devx and k3.4.17 kernel sources and then run the pet.

Bravo! and Three Cheers for TheAskerisk!

I would strongly recommend against attempting to install VirtualBox from Oracle's run files. I tried several versions that had installed successfully on previous Puppies. The best you can hope for is simple failure (terminated signal -9) on launching the virtual machine, more likely is a complete freeze up requiring a reset with the hardware button on the box. This can lead to file system corruption (in the one case where this happened, I was fortunately able to use Windows XP's chkdsk to repair damage to my FAT32 partition).

See the VirtualBox thread:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... d9e71b6768

for further information on this problem.

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Cailbre in Slacko 5.4 Not Installing

#708 Post by Fishy »

I have devx5.4.sfs installed and have installed python separately as well. Python not found still appears when installing Calibre, an ebook management program. I haven't had this problem in a long time. Missing link somewhere? :?

Thanks for a very nice OS. :D

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keeping PPM installed packages

#709 Post by jrb »

Hi All,
I'm sure I saw someone in one of the Slacko5.4 threads asking about keeping the packages that PPM downloads and then installs, but I can't find it. :oops:

Anyway here's a .pet with modified downloadpkgs.sh and installpkg.sh that will install the packages but leave the downloaded packages in /root. You just have to move them to where you want them.

Only briefly tested, so use at your own risk. :shock:

Cheers, J

EDIT!: If you're happy with this one, fine, but there's a better one down the page. 8)
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Re: keeping PPM installed packages

#710 Post by tlchost »

jrb wrote:Hi All,

Anyway here's a .pet with modified downloadpkgs.sh and installpkg.sh that will install the packages but leave the downloaded packages in /root. You just have to move them to where you want them.
Fantastic! Thanks a lot

Thom

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