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[oldyeller]

[James C]

Manual upgrade from 5.4.0.5 to 5.4.0.6 on the old P4 test box. Everything looking good so far.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.4.0.6

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1024x768
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: 1024x768 pixels (270x203 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.
378 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.464 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.144 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.143 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.144 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.143 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.143 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Memory : 2592MB (213MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.4.0.6
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sun 03 Mar 2013 11:19:59 PM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) 865G x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : ICH4 - Intel ICH5
-Input Devices--Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Memory : 2592MB (213MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.4.0.6
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sun 03 Mar 2013 11:19:59 PM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) 865G x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : ICH4 - Intel ICH5

[Sage]

Good evening/morning, mick!
How many back issues will the present delta fix (just one, I suspect?).
Have loaded an earlier 5.3 release onto a friend's laptop to dual boot. What are the chances of a successful update by re-installing as a FULL. pfix= ram, etc, etc?

[01micko]

Evening here

I would back up the personal data and do a clean install, after testing pfix=ram of course. Because of Slackware moving to "kmod" (module-init-tools has not been developed in 3 years) for kernel module loading there is a rocky road to tread in upgrading from 5.3 to 5.4 (soon to be 5.5). I'll do a delta from 5.4.0.5 when ready.

All that said, if you have backed up there is no harm in trying but first read THIS page. There will be a new page with even more comprehensive tips and work arounds for known issues on release of 5.5.

[Sage]

Thanks for your speedy response, mick! I guess this information may be of assistance to quite a few folks, maybe worth repeating de temps en temps?
Your notes in your link are especially helpful regarding wireless issues; have had 'no connect' and' disappearing connection' features crop up frequently. Not saving the WPA Key can also be distracting, requiring finding the router(!) and up-ending it to read the key.
Personally, I took the precaution of lifting the floorboards during my last move and hard-wiring networking throughout. I also set my Key to something more memorable than the one supplied, but editing the router config is beyond most regular folks and can cause havoc if they hit the wrong key...

[01micko]

No problem.

And thanks.. you jogged my memory into including another helpful parameter for wireless stability.. I'll just dig up the code... to do with power management.

Ah... my memory prevailed (but I did check )

[artsown]

Concerning a workaround for the wireless bug, I had written a "how to"
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=84266

Art

[8-bit]

I had occasion to look at /tmp/bootsysinit.log and found that a directory and a file were not being found.
One was /lib/modules/3.2.33 that was there, but named 3.2.33-4g.
I created a syslink in the modules directory to it.

The other, a file, was /etc/modules/firmware.dep.3.2.33.
When that file is not found, do the firmware dependencies get loaded?

I was just wondering why the -4g was added to directory and file names on files associated with the sysinit process as it seems that it is causing directories and files to not be found.

[Jades]

[Jades]

[01micko]

Art,

I'll link to your "how to" in the extended release note.

8-bit

Nice catch, fixed.

[mavrothal]

5.4.0.6.1 looks good (and I did add the udev-175 use in Pox_git ) but hava a strange "problem" with frisbee.
In a pfix=ram setting the frisbee window before connection is "normal" size, but after the connection is established and appears in the frisbee UI (ie connected to: 123.45.67.890) the window resizes to the full screen size but stays in position and runs off screen.
Looks like that connection triggers a gtkdialog window resize
Anyone else is seeing this?

[01micko]

Mavrothal... yes, on a small screen this is an issue with frisbee, I think when the text comes up it's too big for the hbox .. remove homegenous="true" and it does fix it IIRC.

[Billtoo]

I'm still testing 5406pae on my acer desktop.
I did another remaster that has lots of applications (713mb iso) and
did a manual frugal install of that to an 8gb SDHC card with grub4dos
as the bootloader.
I used the customize option in the remaster script so when I boot it
up it's ready to go, takes 90 seconds to boot and I don't need to make
a savefile so there's plenty of room on the SDHC card.

video-info-glx 1.5.1 Mon4Mar2013 on Slacko Puppy 5.4.0.6 Linux 3.4.17-PAE i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller:nVidia Corporation G84[GeForce 8600 GT](rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: G84 Board - p402h00 Chip Rev
X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.12.3
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (373x231 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8600 GT/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.32
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Core 0: @1603 1: @1603 2: @1603 3: @1603 MHz

5406 pae is working well here.

[chillinfart]

I don't know if this issue was noticed on this thread, but since i started with Slacko i can't get running any vpn service (PPTP/OpenVPN).

Perhaps that the system doesn't create correctly the interface used by the VPN client, even after symlink /bin/ip . The same issue happens between GPPTP and OpenVPN.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=83155