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#136 Post by oldyeller »

I have just ran into another problem with the retro non-pae. on my dell D430.

When I went to boot precise I got more than just kernel panic on my screen I got a lot more.

Nothing was found on my computer at all. That was strange and I did not write anything down that was showing on the boot screen.

I booted into Manna on a usb stick and went into the precise frugal folder and all I saw was a triangle were the folder use to be. I did have two savefiles in it.

Also the other day booting I had another problem, You would think that after the first I would not try any more!! wrong. This is what Happened. When booting up it said that there was a problem with the ext3 partition.

So I booted in pfix=ram and made another savefile, That did not matter any way since it said there was a problem the partition. Again I did not write anything down, sorry. I went into Manna and opened Gparted and there was nothing wrong with the ext3 partition.

I know that with out the information that the boot screen showed this probably does not really help, But I thought I still would say something about it any way.

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EDIT: I have found the real problem my HARD DRIVE has bad sectors in it. So there is nothing wrong with any of puppies I have been using.
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#137 Post by Ray MK »

Now that’s interesting - I’m running a frugal precise 542 no-pae - flawlessly.
No hiccups - all seems extremely stable - etc.

However, when using precise 542-pae things were generally ok but wifi internet kept dropping connection - even when in active use, with both seamonkey and opera.

Exactly the same with very latest Wary. Strange?
Tried selecting vesa with wary - usually bullet-proof, ran fine but same wifi internet problem.
Do not use cable ethernet connection anymore - ‘cos wife hates the cables.

This is the first time for yonks that any puppy has hiccupped on my 10yr old Acer laptop.

Just thought I’d mention above for general info.

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Multisession on laptop

#138 Post by earl »

sorry if this is covered...

An older gateway laptop with a broadcom wireless modem(which now works fairly reliably), but has failed to multisession either a CD or DVD. Works very nicely on a thumb drive.

Can someone explain the issue with multisession on laptops?

Thanks

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DISTRO_ARCHDIR definition is empty.

#139 Post by npierce »

The /etc/DISTRO_SPECS file (in precise-5.4.2.iso -> puppy_precise_5.4.2.sfs) contains an empty definition of DISTRO_ARCHDIR:

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DISTRO_ARCHDIR=''
Because of this the new code in /usr/local/petget/installpkg.sh that fixes overwritten multiarch directory links does not execute.

I took a quick look at 3builddistro in Woof, but couldn't figure out why DISTRO_ARCHDIR is not being set properly.

Thanks to new Puppy user and forum member Repip for his patience and help in tracking this down. (See http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 448#669448 and http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 502#669502.)

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#140 Post by scsijon »

grub4dos bootloader config appears in both System and Setup

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black screen

#141 Post by goolwa_pup »

Hi All

I am using a quad core phenom II (2 extra cores unlocked) , with 4 gb ram, nvidia video card, and an ssd drive

just tried precise

on the black screen issue....i was greeted by a totally black screen....so I added the following to menu 1st (from the forum)

pfix=ram nouveau.modeset=0 worked for me.... thanx who wrote that :)

then i downloaded the nvidia driver from the package manager and that worked...

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#142 Post by Iguleder »

There's a missing package required for building stuff against gnutls: libp11-kit-dev. :!:

It's a new dependency of gnutls (which appeared in later Ubuntu releases and Slackware 14.0). If this package is missing, many applications with optional SSL/TLS support will build without it. Some won't tell you, until you notice you can't use SSL URLs, verify certificates, encrypt stuff, etc'.

So far, aria2 failed to build and BitlBee's configure script simply turned that support off (how rude!) and went on. I guess that's just the beginning - more things should fail.

EDIT: oh crap, it seems OpenSSL is problematic because of conflicts between 0.9.8 and 1.0.0. libcrypto.so does not exist and applications try to link against 0.9.8, while they build against 1.0.0's headers.

EDIT 2: file_DEV and /usr/bin/whereis (from util-linux) are needed to build Vifm.

EDIT 3: /usr/bin/col (from bsdmainutils) is needed to build UnNetHack.
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#143 Post by vicmz »

Sorry for the off-topic, I've made a .pet of Openbox with extra add-ons. Works in Precise, Wary and Slacko, may work in other Puppies:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=82800
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#144 Post by OscarTalks »

I notice that there is no package of x264 in Precise Puppy, only a libx264.so.120 with none of the usual symlinks in /usr/lib.

In order to compile the x264 plugin for Linphone I have to compile and install the x264 package first, which (with the latest snapshot) creates a libx264.so.129 and one symlink libx264.so as well as a binary and headers of course. I hope installing this does not cause any conflict with other applications.

Anyway I thought I would just mention that I have uploaded a new build of Linphone 3.5.2 for Precise Puppy with NLS enabled and would welcome any testers. I know it isn't quite as robust and user-friendly as Skype, but it is a fraction of the size. The x264 video codec plugin is posted as an optional extra.

Maybe I should also emphasise more that it is an Instant Messaging application which can be minimised to the tray. Perhaps computer users are generally more interested in that than in audio and video calling.

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#145 Post by pemasu »

http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/libx264-dev
http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/x264

I would have used those for compatibility.
I suppose you wont brake anything by using newer libx264 version... as long you have previous libx264 also installed. But having 2 versions of libx264 included does not make much sense....if you can go on with the existing one.

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#146 Post by OscarTalks »

Thanks Pemasu. That makes much more sense. I will give that a try. The plugin lib itself is located in /usr/lib/mediastreamer/plugins and is just a small linker so hopefully I can include it in the Linphone .pet and keep it under 2MB if another libx264 is not needed.

LATER:- Re-uploading now as an all-in-one .pet which I think works without needing to install the x264 package or anything else.
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5.4.2 Service pack - upgrade works fine

#147 Post by ETP »

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#148 Post by 666philb »

posted in wrong thread
Bionicpup64 built with bionic beaver packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114311
Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331

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Cups Help Files Missing

#149 Post by shadower_sc »

Hello,

The CUPS help files are missing. None of them are there: /usr/share/doc/cups/help/

I was writing up my documentation for my new Kiosk based on Precise Puppy 5.4.2 and found that the cups help I referred to was not present.

Sincerely,
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Re: Cups Help Files Missing

#150 Post by rcrsn51 »

shadower_sc wrote:The CUPS help files are missing. None of them are there: /usr/share/doc/cups/help/
Those help files are mostly technical stuff. The more user-centric help is here.

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Re: DISTRO_ARCHDIR definition is empty.

#151 Post by BarryK »

npierce wrote:The /etc/DISTRO_SPECS file (in precise-5.4.2.iso -> puppy_precise_5.4.2.sfs) contains an empty definition of DISTRO_ARCHDIR:

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DISTRO_ARCHDIR=''
Because of this the new code in /usr/local/petget/installpkg.sh that fixes overwritten multiarch directory links does not execute.

I took a quick look at 3builddistro in Woof, but couldn't figure out why DISTRO_ARCHDIR is not being set properly.

Thanks to new Puppy user and forum member Repip for his patience and help in tracking this down. (See http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 448#669448 and http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 502#669502.)
Thanks for the report. This is now fixed:
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#152 Post by BarryK »

Iguleder wrote:There's a missing package required for building stuff against gnutls: libp11-kit-dev. :!:

It's a new dependency of gnutls (which appeared in later Ubuntu releases and Slackware 14.0). If this package is missing, many applications with optional SSL/TLS support will build without it. Some won't tell you, until you notice you can't use SSL URLs, verify certificates, encrypt stuff, etc'.

So far, aria2 failed to build and BitlBee's configure script simply turned that support off (how rude!) and went on. I guess that's just the beginning - more things should fail.

EDIT: oh crap, it seems OpenSSL is problematic because of conflicts between 0.9.8 and 1.0.0. libcrypto.so does not exist and applications try to link against 0.9.8, while they build against 1.0.0's headers.

EDIT 2: file_DEV and /usr/bin/whereis (from util-linux) are needed to build Vifm.

EDIT 3: /usr/bin/col (from bsdmainutils) is needed to build UnNetHack.
Thanks, I have added libp11-kit-dev to the devx.

libcrypto.so does exist in the devx, in /usr/lib.

Nothing can compile against libssl 0.9.8 as no dev-components for it are installed. Nor should any source configure even try to.
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#153 Post by BarryK »

Iguleder wrote:EDIT 2: file_DEV and /usr/bin/whereis (from util-linux) are needed to build Vifm.

EDIT 3: /usr/bin/col (from bsdmainutils) is needed to build UnNetHack.
thanks for the info, have added all of this.
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#154 Post by BarryK »

OscarTalks wrote:I notice that there is no package of x264 in Precise Puppy, only a libx264.so.120 with none of the usual symlinks in /usr/lib.
Thanks, I have added 'libx264-dev' to the devx.
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#155 Post by BarryK »

artsown wrote:Hi Barry.

Barking up the wrong tree? :)

I happened to have one "mostly black screen" Pup in a frugal
install on a old IBM NetVista. The Pup is Racy 5.3.90 The video
hardware is Intel and Racy is set for 1280 X 1024 The cpu is
a p4 2.0ghz and RAM is 512 meg.

I tried modifying both sleep settings in the .initrc from 0.5 to
various values from 0.1 to 6.0 None of the settings fixed the
problem. I verified that the ,initrc file was indeed modified by
checking it after each reboot. I could tell when the sleep was
set to a high value since the startup screen remained totally
black (except for cursor) for a seemingly long time before a gui
(or toolbar at least) appeared.
OK, could I stretch your patience a bit more, for some more testing?

If you get the JWM tray, with menu, and that all looks OK, but the actual desktop is black (no wallpaper) and no desktop icons, then it is just about certain that ROX-Filer failed to start, meaning it is most likely not a video-driver problem.

if you get other display issues, such as the JWM menu not displaying properly, or a completely black screen, then it is a video driver problem.

If your case is likely to be a ROX-Filer startup problem, here are some more tests:

1. Make sure that /root/.xinitrc is restored to pristine, before you edited it.

2. Reboot until you get the black-screen problem. Examine /tmp/xerrs.log -- this will usually have an error message if ROX-Filer had failed to start.

3. In a terminal window, run "ps" and you should be able to see if ROX-Filer is running, or not.

4. If, from above tests ROX-Filer is not running, or is outputing an error message, edit /root/.xinitrd as follows:

Uncomment this code:

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##w468 rox may not start old hardware, try again... 120517 bring this back...
##PS="`ps`"
##if [ "`echo "$PS" | grep 'ROX\-Filer'`" = "" ];then
#if ! busybox pidof ROX-Filer;then
# touch /tmp/roxfilerstartupproblem #see /sbin/pup_event_frontend_d
# sleep 0.5
# if ! busybox pidof ROX-Filer;then #check again.
#  rox -p /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin
# fi
#fi
...change "sleep 0.5" to "sleep 3", then reboot multiple times, see if you get the black screen. If not, try reducing that sleep.
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