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Posted: **Sun 25 Nov 2012, 19:13**

Precise has JWM version vsvn-574 that is not screen rotation compatible. So I compiled the latest from svn, version 581 that is (and actually pretty fast)
Here it is.

Posted: **Sun 25 Nov 2012, 22:10**

On a machine built with Intel's D525MW board with an Atom dual-core processor, 4 GB RAM and integrated graphics I get a kernel panic right after loading vmlinuz and initrd.gz yielding this message:

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[1.877454] Kernel panic - not syncing:  VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block (2,0)

Checked that puppy_precise_5.sfs is on the disk/drive. This appears to be a problem mounting the initrd.

To make sure this was not the result of a bad read, burn or bad dvd drive I also booted from a flash drive that works on other machines, with the same result. The only thing unusual about the machine, besides the 4 GB RAM, is an SSD in place of the usual hard drive. But, that should not affect anything at this stage.

Ideas?

Added: this problem does not occur with Fatdog 6.01 or Lupu 5.28.005.

Posted: **Mon 26 Nov 2012, 03:50**

So far I'm loving the new Precise Pup. I only wish I was up to speed enough to help out the developers.

I used the tool in Lucid to build the SFS file for the latest version of LibreOffice. I loaded it in Precise. I haven't pushed it too hard, but it seems to be working just fine.

But how would Precise users normally go about getting LibreOffice?

The "get LibreOffice" tool doesn't seem to be available in Precise (the repository seems quite bare, but I guess it's too new to have many PET files available yet), and the version of LO in the Ubuntu repository is way out of date (and also not SFS).

This thread is probably the wrong place to have asked, but I thought it might be a significant enough menu item that it should perhaps be considered for the next service pack or ISO upgrade.

Posted: **Mon 26 Nov 2012, 15:56**

Used the service pack to upgrade another frugal install.... no problems. The PPM now updates much,much faster.....good deal.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.4.1.1

Chip description:
oem: NVIDIA
product: MCP61 - mcp61-86 Chip Rev

Driver used by Xorg:
vesa

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# 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.
4312 frames in 5.0 seconds = 862.256 FPS
5257 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1051.330 FPS
5191 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1038.113 FPS
5265 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1052.768 FPS
5173 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1034.565 FPS
5265 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1052.996 FPS

Once again, using "nouveau".

-Computer-
Processor : 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
Memory : 3888MB (190MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Mon 26 Nov 2012 09:54:58 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on NV4C
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia

-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
Version : 1.11.3
-Monitors-
Monitor 0 : 1440x900 pixels
Vendor : nouveau
Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on NV4C
Version : 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4
Direct Rendering : Yes

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# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       3888484       476700      3411784            0        57100
-/+ buffers:             419600      3468884
Swap:      4300796            0      4300796
#

Posted: **Thu 29 Nov 2012, 18:00**

Torgo wrote:... But how would Precise users normally go about getting LibreOffice? ...

I beleive Pemasu has made a LibreOffice (LO) PET that works with Precise. The PPM could install LO into the system without the expense of the download build and SFS process to have LO omni present in the system.

It is my belief (although more knowledgible people will weigh-in) that PET are for incorporation into the system as a permanent presence in the system, while SFS intend to provide selected use of a product like LO, when needed by doing an SFS-load; as such SFS exist outside of the system and is layered in when needed. (This is just one view of advantage.)

The PPM has a long tradition of handling PETs.

Appeal to @Pemasu to get his PET to @BarryK. This would then show up in the PPM for Precise installation.

Here to help

Posted: **Thu 29 Nov 2012, 20:45**

I want to remove the launch of retrovol-tray because I find it too ram hungry.
So I deleted the launcher found in /root/Startup.
But retrovol icon remains present in the taskbar (tested with JWM).
I do not understand why ...

Posted: **Thu 29 Nov 2012, 21:24**

But retrovol icon remains present in the taskbar (tested with JWM).
I do not understand why ...

/usr/sbin/delayedrun......check it what it says about retrovol_tray.....you migh find the reason.

Posted: **Thu 29 Nov 2012, 22:50**

pemasu wrote:
But retrovol icon remains present in the taskbar (tested with JWM).
I do not understand why ...
/usr/sbin/delayedrun......check it what it says about retrovol_tray.....you migh find the reason.

Accurate. We had to delete some lines in delayed run.

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#101004 jemimah has disabled tray applet in retrovol, now using obmixer_tray...
if [ ! -f /root/Startup/obmixer_tray ];then
 if [ ! -f /root/Startup/retrovol_tray ];then #101013
  if [ "`which retrovol`" != "" ];then
   if [ "`retrovol -help 2>&1 | grep '\-show'`" != "" ];then
    retrovol ${BGOPT} & #100119 tray volume control by pizzasgood. 100504
   else
    retrovol -hide ${BGOPT} & #100413 versions after 0.2. 100504
   fi
  fi
 fi
fi

Note: the launcher retrovol placed in /root/Startup is useless (except pupplet Jemimah).

Thank you for this information.

Posted: **Fri 30 Nov 2012, 00:31**

ASRI éducation wrote:I want to remove the launch of retrovol-tray because I find it too ram hungry.
So I deleted the launcher found in /root/Startup.
But retrovol icon remains present in the taskbar (tested with JWM).
I do not understand why ...

No, don't delete it, just change it's properties to not-executable (right-click on the file, select 'Properties'), then restart JWM.

Posted: **Fri 30 Nov 2012, 05:04**

BarryK wrote:The latest Service Pack, bumps Precise Puppy from version 5.4.1 to 5.4.1.1.

Announcement and download link here:
http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00039

The dvdauthor in the service_pack-5.4.1_TO_5.4.1.1_precise.pet is 111kB and it is still broken.
The only working dvdauthor is the one extracted from the slacko 533, which is 135kB large.
Or the PET:
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet ... 7-i486.pet

Posted: **Fri 30 Nov 2012, 05:36**

Precise Puppy 5.4.2 is released. This was going to be 5.4.1.2, but I bumped it, as quite a lot of changes at Woof-level.

See blog post:
http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00049

Posted: **Fri 30 Nov 2012, 12:53**

Manual frugal install to the hard drive.

VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.4.2
Chip description:
oem: NVIDIA
product: GF108 Board - 1071v0p1 Chip Rev
Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe
Drivers requested to be loaded: vesa nvidia nvidia nvidia
Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): nvidia
Loaded modules: dbe dri dri2 extmod glx kbd mouse ramdac record wfb
Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 3840x1080 pixels (1048x292 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes
Monitors
Monitor 0 1920x1080 pixels
Monitor 1 1920x1080 pixels
OpenGL
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2/3DNOW!
Version 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.19
Direct Rendering Yes
Network controller Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe Computer
Processor 6x AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1045T Processor
Memory 8310MB (123MB used)
I installed several applications using ppm,vlc,kdegames,lxterminal.
It's working well so far.

Posted: **Fri 30 Nov 2012, 22:10**

Manual frugal install on the old Athlon XP box.Everything working well so far.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.4.2

Chip description:
oem: NVidia
product: NV18 () Board Chip Rev A2

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1440x900
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Loaded modules: dbe dri dri2 exa extmod fb glx kbd mouse record shadowfb

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
1720 frames in 5.0 seconds = 343.818 FPS
2341 frames in 5.0 seconds = 468.125 FPS
2390 frames in 5.0 seconds = 477.927 FPS
2340 frames in 5.0 seconds = 467.955 FPS
2333 frames in 5.0 seconds = 466.576 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1034MB (217MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 30 Nov 2012 04:09:10 PM CST
-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

Posted: **Sat 01 Dec 2012, 19:02**

Manual frugal install to hard drive.

VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.4.2
Chip description:
Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1280x1024
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe
Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): intel
Loaded modules: dbe dri dri2 extmod fb glx kbd mouse record
Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1280x1024 pixels (338x270 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes
OpenGL
Vendor Tungsten Graphics, Inc
Renderer Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Desktop x86/MMX/SSE2
Version 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4
Direct Rendering Yes
Computer
Processor 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
Memory 6087MB (96MB used)
Linksys rt73 Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter

I installed the usual using ppm, it's working well.

Posted: **Sat 01 Dec 2012, 20:55**

faster download site for precise 5.4.2

http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... ise-5.4.2/

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Posted: **Sat 01 Dec 2012, 21:50**

Sorry for the off-topic

@James C

How can I install the system details panel you have on the top-right corner of your screenshots? Is it conky? Are there any .pet packages for that?

Posted: **Sat 01 Dec 2012, 22:39**

vicmz wrote:Sorry for the off-topic

@James C

How can I install the system details panel you have on the top-right corner of your screenshots? Is it conky? Are there any .pet packages for that?

Yes, it's just Conky with a tweaked config. There are conky packages in the Precise repo in the PPM.

Posted: **Sun 02 Dec 2012, 04:29**

James C wrote:
vicmz wrote:Sorry for the off-topic

@James C

How can I install the system details panel you have on the top-right corner of your screenshots? Is it conky? Are there any .pet packages for that?
Yes, it's just Conky with a tweaked config. There are conky packages in the Precise repo in the PPM.

Thanks

Posted: **Sun 02 Dec 2012, 15:03**

I ran Precise 5.4.2 for a couple of days and it seems to be solid with the
exception that it black screens on about 20% of startups and it still fails
to start up at all on one of my PCs. I post this because I've become
curious about the reason(s) all four of my various PCs having Pentium 4
cpus have problems with Pups built on 3. something kernels but have no
such problems running Pups built on earlier kernels. Why???

Art

Posted: **Sun 02 Dec 2012, 16:59**

vicmz wrote:
James C wrote:
vicmz wrote:Sorry for the off-topic

@James C

How can I install the system details panel you have on the top-right corner of your screenshots? Is it conky? Are there any .pet packages for that?
Yes, it's just Conky with a tweaked config. There are conky packages in the Precise repo in the PPM.
Thanks

Just a bonus Conky screenshot.......

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