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Re: Frisbee in beta 2

#211 Post by elroy »

Pete22 wrote:...frisbee suddenly died while I was working. It would not restart no matter what I did. Maybe not important but just thought I would mention it. Network wizard
started up just fine.
Thankfully you found an alternative means of getting a connection.

When Frisbee disconects on me, I right click on the icon in the task bar notification area and choose 'Setup networking'. Then when the Frisbee dialog opens I choose 'Wireless Network Reset'. Sometimes it takes a good 40 seconds for the available networks to become visible and populate the listbox. When it finally redraws, I click on my network to select it, and then choose "Connect to Selected Network".

elroy

Re: Broadcom wl support in Carolina 002

#212 Post by elroy »

peebee wrote:The rerwin_woof_fixes-delta-3f.pet hasn't made it into the 002 build - it needs to be loaded before Broadcom wl wifi support works.
I'm so sorry, peebee. It's on my todo list for 003. That was my fault entirely.

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#213 Post by Sage »

a savy user
- that's where I get caught everytime!
Otherwise, yes - and maybe, no. But I am an Xfce fan.

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Carolina

#214 Post by Billtoo »

Running from live dvd on intel imac with savefile.

Carolina, version 002 on Thu 18 Oct 2012

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller
ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 2400 XT
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: M74 01.00

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: # vesa

X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1680x1050 pixels (444x277 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

OpenGL
Vendor Mesa Project
Renderer Software Rasterizer
Version 2.1 Mesa 7.10.3
Direct Rendering Yes

Computer
Processor 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8135 @ 2.40GHz
Memory 4127MB (248MB used)

BRCM2046 Hub
Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Sound Blaster X-Fi Go! Pro
EHCI Host Controller
USB2.0 Hub
Keyboard Hub
USB Receiver
Apple Keyboard
DRX-820U
Built-in iSight

Looks nice, will test more.

elroy

#215 Post by elroy »

Awesome report, Billtoo. Much appreciated.

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#216 Post by Billtoo »

elroy wrote:Awesome report, Billtoo. Much appreciated.
I tracked down the kernel sources file and compiled the
proprietary driver.

Display
Resolution 1680x1050 pixels
OpenGL Renderer ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation

OpenGL
Vendor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Renderer ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
Version 3.3.11653 Compatibility Profile Context
Direct Rendering Yes

# glxgears
14490 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2897.853 FPS
14321 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2864.066 FPS
14607 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2921.378 FPS

Thank you.

elroy

#217 Post by elroy »

Billtoo wrote:I tracked down the kernel sources file and compiled the
proprietary driver.

Display
Resolution 1680x1050 pixels
OpenGL Renderer ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation

OpenGL
Vendor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Renderer ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
Version 3.3.11653 Compatibility Profile Context
Direct Rendering Yes

# glxgears
14490 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2897.853 FPS
14321 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2864.066 FPS
14607 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2921.378 FPS
You're welcome. Although I must admit, I'm quite jealous of your FPS :D

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Having to restart xwin every 30 minutes.

#218 Post by dennis-slacko531 »

First, thanks for the Saluki fork.

I looked over all 15 pages on the forum & I guess I could try Geoffrey's suggestion on page 10 (get the old nvidia pet). But Saluki never had this issue, so I thought you wouldn't mind my inquiry.

Things go fine but then the mouse pointer just turns to a + (plus sign...) and I can move the pointer but nothing catches the focus, you know, can't do jack... So, I press Ctrl + Alt + Backspace and go into a full terminal and restart the desktop with xwin (or startx, thanks for that). It's happened about 4 times since I've been using lina-002 (frugal 1.5GB savefile) -- just started enjoying Carolina about 8 hours ago, a beauty!

Anyhow, I have a home-brew:

GeForce FX5600
Intel 2.8 P4 smp
1GB ram
80GB baracuda

UPDATE: I duplicated the mouse pointer (changing to + and being useless) -- I had Clementine playing an mp3 and it happened. That looks like the "problem" IMO.
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#219 Post by rg66 »

Thanks for the light version, very nice. Is it possible to just have the a_drives and light puppy_sfs in the repo to keep the download even smaller?

Did a custom build with 002 light non pae, same problem as with Saluki, "open with" menu non alphabetized.
X-slacko-5b1 - X-tahr-2.0 - X-precise-2.4
[url=http://smokey01.com/rg66/]X-series repo[/url]

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#220 Post by Geoffrey »

I've compiled the game freedroidrpg-0.15.1 http://www.freedroid.org/

This is a largish game with the SFS coming in at 208.7 MB.

Look in the PPM under SFS Downloads.

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[b]Carolina:[/b] [url=http://smokey01.com/carolina/pages/recent-repo.html]Recent Repository Additions[/url]
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Carolina light non-PAE

#221 Post by Marv »

A little more time with Light (makes right?). Not much to report but I found I preferred the shutdown-gui from Saluki so I swapped it back in. Use it a lot when shaking things out and having all the options right there seems to work better.

Once in a blue moon, under Saluki 023 (don't think I saw it in 021 or earlier) and now under Carolina the touchpad says it's shutting down and then does so! I can't correlate it to anything yet and just ctrl + Alt + Del and restart X from the shutdown GUI. 1.6 GHz Pentium M laptop, intel i915 graphics, 1 gb RAM. frugal install on CF Card. Seems somewhat similar to what dennis-slacko531 saw here:
Things go fine but then the mouse pointer just turns to a + (plus sign...) and I can move the pointer but nothing catches the focus, you know, can't do jack... So, I press Ctrl + Alt + Backspace and go into a full terminal and restart the desktop with xwin (or startx, thanks for that).
Anyone else ever see this?

Still pretty smooth sailing in a light breeze.
Pups currently in kennel :D Older LxPupSc and X-slacko-4.4 for my users; LxPupSc, LxPupSc64 and upupEF for me. All good pups indeed, and all running savefiles for look'n'feel only. Browsers, etc. solely from SFS.

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#222 Post by Geoffrey »

I,ve added a tutorial to the How-tos, Tutorials, and Help page for those who need to install Nvidia drivers, see the first post.

It's more of a pictorial so it should be easier for non English speaking users to follow, there are links to the files required as well as a embedded Nvidia drivers web page for convenience.

These are the steps I have taken to install my card, if anyone has trouble with it, let me know in what way it can be improved and I will make any necessary changes.

Here is a direct link http://smokey01.com/carolina/pages/nvid ... orial.html
[b]Carolina:[/b] [url=http://smokey01.com/carolina/pages/recent-repo.html]Recent Repository Additions[/url]
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Re: Carolina light non-PAE

#223 Post by Geoffrey »

Marv wrote: Seems somewhat similar to what dennis-slacko531 saw here:
Things go fine but then the mouse pointer just turns to a + (plus sign...) and I can move the pointer but nothing catches the focus, you know, can't do jack... So, I press Ctrl + Alt + Backspace and go into a full terminal and restart the desktop with xwin (or startx, thanks for that).
Anyone else ever see this?
I to have had the same thing happen, though I'm unsure as to whether it happened before I made a save file, but it hasn't reoccurred since.
[b]Carolina:[/b] [url=http://smokey01.com/carolina/pages/recent-repo.html]Recent Repository Additions[/url]
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#224 Post by yerc1 »

yerc1 wrote:Is there a chance to have Carolina support for the ENE sdcard reader?
I'm looking into this. However, I've been busy with dental issues, so I may not be able to devote my full attention to it for a couple days.
thanks elroy.
i'd rather you look after yourself first. that way we all can have more in Carolina :)

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Carolina

#225 Post by Billtoo »

Running from live dvd with savefile on hp desktop pc.

Carolina, version 002 on Fri 19 Oct 2012

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller
nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] (rev a2)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GT216 Board - 0682vb12 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: nvidia

X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (373x231 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

OpenGL
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer GeForce GT 220/PCIe/SSE2
Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.60
Direct Rendering Yes

sh-3.00# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
302 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.341 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.889 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.892 FPS

Computer
Processor 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz
Memory 4146MB (203MB used)

Carolina 002 is working well on this pc too.
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Quite Rss

#226 Post by josepinto »

Hi,

Could Quiterrs be added to Carolina repo.

It´s in Saluki repo.

Thanks,

José Pinto

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#227 Post by linux »

elroy wrote: I'm quite curious to hear of your progress concerning the Macbook Pro install. Please keep us updated on this front.
Tried out Carolina on the MacBook today. On-board audio, on-board wireless network, all working really well. I could not configure the touch-pad settings as advised but it probably just needs a driver installed.

I still could not get the my brothers USB Realtek based wireless N adapter to work properly it is now recognized as a Wlan at startup after adding the driver you mentioned but it would not allow us to configure a network, even after disabling the on-board wireless. If I had the same USB network adapter I could configure it to work with my laptop and sort the problem out.

Thanks again for your help

elroy

#228 Post by elroy »

rg66 wrote:Thanks for the light version, very nice. Is it possible to just have the a_drives and light puppy_sfs in the repo to keep the download even smaller?
Yes, I can do that. But in order to make, for example, a light non-PAE you would need to swap out 4 files: adrv_lina_002.sfs, puppy_lina_002.sfs, initrd.gz, and zdrv_lina_002.sfs. Those 4 files are about 111 MB, not much smaller than the light non-PAE ISO itself.

The light PAE version can be made by changing out just the adrv_lina_002.sfs with the standard carolina-002 adrive. I have uploaded the light PAE version adrive to that directory in folder labled 'PAE-light-adrive'.
rg66 wrote: Did a custom build with 002 light non pae, same problem as with Saluki, "open with" menu non alphabetized.
The stock light non-PAE is itself a custom build (with slight modification). The "open with" menu is alphabetized. Ubuntu has a Thunar bug report for this behavior -
Incorrect alphabetical sort order in thunar with non-latin (eg. cyrillic) file names. It's possible this is what you're experiencing and may be due to your locale setting not being handled correctly by Thunar.

Xfce also has a bug report Incorrect sort order in thunar with numeric names.

Thunar sorts using "sort -n", which does not always sort correctly for anything outside English, non-numeric sorting.
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#229 Post by elroy »

linux wrote:I could not configure the touch-pad settings as advised...
Another thing to try is to go to Control Panel-->Hardware-->FlSynclient touchpad settings.

elroy

Re: Quite Rss

#230 Post by elroy »

josepinto wrote:Could Quiterrs be added to Carolina repo.
QuiteRSS is already in the repo, in the internet category. Make sure your Package Lists inside the Package Manager are updated.

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