Precise Puppy 5.4 and 5.4.2

[cthisbear]

rerwin:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 2&start=75

" For now, please try the attached packages without Frisbee,
to see if there is any wireless improvement or impact "

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I used both of the Pets

firmware_linux_module_b43-20121024.pet

broadcom_sta-5.100.82.112-k3.2.29.pet

and I also installed Frisbee by peebee ,

and just restarted X-Server

instead of rebooting with a saved file

and my encrypted network shows up in Frisbee

and I am posting via Wireless on the Dell.

""""

I should also report that the Lan works as well
on a pristine first boot....before any pet fixes.

Ethernet controller:

NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 Ethernet (rev b1)

Great work....Chris

[cthisbear]

One thing I hate.

Trying to cut and paste in Precise.

Like dealing with the invisible man....shocking.

The desktop wallpaper is OK in itself.
I loved Billtoo's??? little pic....aka pumpkins.

Chris.

[rameshiyer]

So far I have not faced any problem. Also like to inform you all that my Huawei 3G Modem working in both inbuilt connection manager as well as through Hauwei Mobile Partner Software (3rd party software). I am usually using 2G sim in 3Gmodem due to economical reasons. In mobile partner, the connection is quick and stable. More SPEED. I am now able to send SMS, USSD, etc.

[watchdog]

[*] One of the most frequent questions in the forum is why the modem doesn't connect. I have a G3 ZTE MF636 USB modem, of the type that looks like a memory stick, and also contains memory, and it is a couple of years old by now. It does not connect.

Have you tried first installing:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_pa ... 2.4-up.pet

and

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_pa ... 120815.pet

?

[Sky Aisling]

Thank you Barry, for another swell Puppy!

So far, I've tried Precise-Puppy 5.4 on three machines and haven't been able to break the system.*
I've had no black-out X issues on bootup.
Network Wizard is connecting on all three machines.
Precise is flying on all of them. (well, the 13 year old Presario is a bit slow).
I am delighted to see Shinobar's SFS-Load on-the-fly program listed in the menu/setup.

However, try as I might, I cannot find the setting for the panel clock to set to 12 hour time.
Where is the panel setting for the 12 hour clock?
Where is the panel setting to change the icons of the panel?

Also, where is the 'home' button on Seamonkey-2.13.1 tool bar?

Suggestion: please include *Pfind* or similar application icon on the desktop. Thank you.

Kudos Barry! Looks like you've done it again.

*Machines running Precise-Puppy 5.4 from Live-CD:

Zareason Big Lap (Asus)
3 gigs RAM
Intel Celeron M CPU 410@1.46GHz

Dell Inspiron 5100
1 gig RAM
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.40GHz

Compaq Presario 1200US
128 mg RAM
Intel Coppermine

[emil]

Don't know if this is already reported:

There are "broken" links in the html help (Help Icon).
They point on the web location instead of the local file system, so one cannot notice if there is internet connection.

HOWTO: write programs (points to http://puppylinux.com/howto/programming.htm)

one image in localisation is linked to puppylinux.com

Keyboard shortcuts for International characters
cannot be found
file:///usr/share/doc/shortcutkeys.htm is missing.

I would wish a more prominent color for text highlighting.
otherways its superb.
cheers

[Ray MK]

Report Video 1.4 - Sat 27 Oct 2012 on RetroPrecise Puppy 5.4 - Linux 3.2.32 i686

Chip description:
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
oem: Intel(r)852MG/852MGE/855MG/855MGE Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(r)852MG/852MGE/855MG/855MGE Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg Driver used: intel

X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (270x203 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

Interesting - not sure if it’s because of the newer kernel or being non-pae - but this precise puppy seems much snappier than the standard pae version of precise. Also runs cooler and with less cpu activity - very nice.

JFYI - sys-info reports attacted.

[watchdog]

I have compiled a wl.ko for Broadcom Sta driver linux using a patch I found here:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... er-947294/

I don't have tested it because I don't have the notebook with Broadcom wireless here. I use to load wl.ko by linux Sta on the fly by inserting in /root/Startup a file with a kind of content of the following type:

#!/bin/sh
rmmod b43
rmmod ssb
rmmod bcma
rmmod wl
modprobe lib80211
modprobe cfg80211
insmod /pathofnewwl/wl.ko

I loaded the wl.ko for test at:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9iMb4 ... TZEc3pZRjg

[slenkar]

after the layered file system was created,. I booted precise up again and the desktop is now just black with no icons, plz help

[peebee]

duplicate post - sorry

[peebee]

I have compiled a wl.ko for Broadcom Sta driver linux .....

Hi watchdog

Please have a look at:
Broadcom-STA "wl" wifi drivers - repository of latest

and http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 2&start=77 earlier in this thread from rerwin.

Cheers
peebee

[artsown]

slenkar .... When it does that select Menu - Shutdown - Restart X server.
The retro (non PAE) version doesn't have that bug.

Art

[Sky Aisling]

Artsown

How does a newbie tell if Precise version is *PAE* or *non-PAE*?

[rjbrewer]

Artsown

How does a newbie tell if Precise version is *PAE* or *non-PAE*?

Click on the "help" icon upper left.

Non-pae says "retro precise".

[Sky Aisling]

Sky Aisling wrote:
Artsown

How does a newbie tell if Precise version is *PAE* or *non-PAE*?

rjbrewer writes:

Click on the "help" icon upper left.

Non-pae says "retro precise".

I took my download from
http://puppylinux.org/main/Download%20L ... elease.htm
Is that a PAE or non-PAE download?

Edit: the main download is PAE. But, I have to ask how does a Newbie know that? Or even know what PAE is? And, if she/he needs non-PAE download where is it found? I have to keep championing for the Newbie as so many new users of Puppy are coming aboard.
Edit: non-PAE download location: http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=03066

[peebee]

From page 6: For now, please try the attached packages without Frisbee, to see if there is any wireless improvement or impact.
Richard

Hi Richard

Tried the B43 firmware and dhcpcd pets on a pristine frugal install of Precise 5.4-pae.

All seemed well....wifi connection established as expected.

Do you want me to replace the dhcpcd in Frisbee for Precise from:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 2&start=85
and see how that behaves?

Cheers
peebee

[oldyeller]

I have downloaded both Precise pups.

Precise 5.4 official;
works great can use puppy-precise in the ppm to download and install pkgs.

Precise-retro 5.4 non pae;
I have downloaded again and reburned it to cd and still through the ppm using puppy-precise repo can not download and install any pkgs what so ever.

the noarch-repo in the ppm works just fine.

[tallboy]

Re: Failing to get a working internet connection

Have you tried first installing: http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_pa ... 2.4-up.pet and http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_pa ... 120815.pet

Nope, and that is my point. Any new puppy should be a relatively mature product by now, and trouble like failing to get an internet connection up and running at first try, should simply not happen! I think that booting, finding all hardware, and covering all possible ways to connect to the internet, is an absolute minimum requirement for any distro. If some other applications don't work because of new kernels, libs or other dependencies, so be it. That can be explained and fixed, but only if you are online!

If I came from Windoze, and if Precise was my first attempt to use puppylinux, the next thing happening would be that all my friends would hear about that awful linux 'thing' that couldn't even find the net!

Besides, I could not download those .pets without an internet connection, in fact I couldn't even read this post...

tallboy

[rerwin]

tallboy, watchdog,
There is no need to install the mentioned usb_modeswitch packages. They are built into precise 5.4. From the "wood_installed_packages list:

Code: Select all

usb-modeswitch-1.2.4-up|...|mode switcher for hybrid USB devices|ubuntu|precise||
usb-modeswitch-data-20120815|...|mode switcher data base||||

So, that's not the problem.

Tallboy, your modem should be supported by this puppy. Would you give us some information to allow me to work the problem? Please boot pfix=ram and try to start the modem by going through the "connect" icon and following the prompts to get to pupdial. If no modem is detected (ttyUSB?), click on CHOOSE, then PROBE, to see if it is found. If not found, open a console and enter pmodemdiag, to get a pmodemdiag...tar.gz file in your main (/root) directory. Attach that file to a posting here. TIA.
Richard

[smokey01]

Artsown

How does a newbie tell if Precise version is *PAE* or *non-PAE*?

In a terminal type: cat /proc/cpuinfo

This will show you a lot of information about each of you processors.

Pay attention after flags:
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority

pae will will listed if it supports it.