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Slacko 5.5 is released

Official Release Announcement

Slacko homepage with download links.

EDIT: Now up at all mirrors listed on the download page.


Post your experiences here.

Updates

2013/03/10

• updated PPM with dejan555's pidgin, weechat, fluxbox and OscarTalk's deadbeef-static
• sfs manager update, libreoffice-4.0.1, also fixes a bug where default* (wordprocessor, spreadsheet etc) still opened the dafaults in the main sfs (attached)
• fix trash sound (attached)

NOTE: When updating PPM avoid Packages-puppy-slacko-official. The one we use is Packages-puppy-slacko14-official and in fact it is probably better just to get that one, maybe slacky and salix too. If you forget run the following code in a terminal. If you don't want to do it, please carefully check the deps when downloading from PPM.

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Fresh manual frugal install of Slacko 5.5 on the Athlon XP box....... zero problems so far.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.5

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev c1)

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):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): nouveau
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.
1959 frames in 5.0 seconds = 391.799 FPS
2056 frames in 5.0 seconds = 411.097 FPS
1997 frames in 5.0 seconds = 399.239 FPS
2051 frames in 5.0 seconds = 410.198 FPS
2043 frames in 5.0 seconds = 408.476 FPS
2012 frames in 5.0 seconds = 402.254 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1033MB (238MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.5
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Tue 05 Mar 2013 12:00:20 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI nv18 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235

Manual frugal upgrade from 5.4.0.6 to 5.5 ..... no problems once again.

VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.5

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 = 75.551 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 = 75.142 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 (164MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.5
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Tue 05 Mar 2013 12:14:37 AM 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

I've done a remaster of Slacko 5.5 pae and used the remastered iso to
do a frugal install to an 8gb SDHC card, using grub4dos as the
bootloader.
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.5

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23885 PCI Video and
Audio Decoder (rev 04)
Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe
Drivers requested to be loaded: fglrx
Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): fglrx
Loaded modules: amdxmm dbe ddc dri dri2 extmod fb fglrxdrm glesx glx kbd
mouse ramdac record vbe vgahw
Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes
OpenGL
Vendor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Renderer ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
Version 3.3.11672 Compatibility Profile Context
Direct Rendering Yes
Computer
Processor 4x AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 810 Processor
Memory 7975MB (234MB used)

No problems, thanks for Slacko 5.5.

01micko

Fresh manual frugal install to Fat32 USB2 stick with syslinux 4.04 boot.
Initial boot to desktop with working sound, wired Ethernet and Nouveau driver at expected resolution. (1920x1080)
Nice to not require “nouveau.modeset=0

Booted Live on a Pristine boot under KVM host (FATDOG620). Slacko is booted in 768MB VM and is using a mere 98MBs. All is well, thus far. System is extremely responsive. Tomorrow I will report on booting Live on a real PC. in meantime, here the VM's numbers

The file slacko-5.5-4G.iso.md5.txt contains the wrong ISO name.

But once I fixed it, it checked correctly.

rcrsn51 wrote:The file slacko-5.5-4G.iso.md5.txt contains the wrong ISO name.

Fixed.

Slacko-5.5-4G

Looks good mic!

First did a pfx=ram load to check out WiFi... It took 3-trys with SNS before setup would take (exact same thing as happened in Racy). After 3rd try and setup, WiFi ran strong and without problems.

Next: did an upgrade to 5.4.0.5, all went well so far, tryed several applications that were previously installed in 5.4.0.5 and all worked!

Minor: Analog Clock dissappears from Pwidgets on desktop on occasion, mostly after an Internet session, almost always after a youtube session?

Now: I know I've mentioned this several times in the past but, I'm going to mention it again... Xscreensaver works beautiful EXCEPT pictures DO NOT SHOW in the GLSlideshow module or the Carousel Module? This is not a puppy specific problem as other distro's on the net have the same problem. I cannot find a solution anywhere (lots of Internet suggestions that don't work either) but, it sure would be nice to have one for Slacko if anyone finds a fix?

Testing continues...

>>>---Indian------>

Ok, 5.5 installed from scratch + usual tons of apps/customizations - everything's up and running.

Sorry, no bug report this time.

Thanks a lot & Greetings!

Hi Micko,

When it comes to testing Slacko, I always go 4g. However, when I went to download this 5.5 release, something clicked in my brain and I chose the PAE version instead. Because, we, unwashed NooBs can be adventurous sometimes. It runs very well on my little eeepc. Overall, this is a well crafted OS. It has a feel of completeness. You deserve nothing, but praise for all your hard work. Although, if pushed to find something, I'd like changed, it would be:
1) reduce the default number of virtual desktops in the tray to 2, or even 1. Those who need more, will be those who would know how to change it.
2) the default setting in the font wizard - all boxes checked. It makes a huge difference! Again, those who like anemic, thin fonts can easily uncheck the boxes.
And a little frustrating moment, that I experienced - there's no latest (056) deadbeef in the PPM. At least, I couldn't find it.

anikin wrote: And a little frustrating moment, that I experienced - there's no latest (056) deadbeef in the PPM. At least, I couldn't find it.

Here's a link to an sfs of 0.5.6 that I made in slacko:

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-80977abe.html

booted live cd and did full install to ext4 partiton

deleted firefox and added seamonkey 2.16

added several pets from my storage partition
did not detect any problems on items added/changed

next did remaster of live cd after adding several pets

remaster booted just fine. only problem no sound. It was ok on boot of original live cd and on full install.
Right clicked on sound icon in tray, opened to full window, and found
master unchecked and slider bar completely off

checked box for master and moved slider to right and all is now ok on this remaster

remastered again and same problem. Ideas ?

01micko wrote:Slacko 5.5 is released

Boring...it all works out of the box on a bootable USB, really disappointed that it detected video, audio, network....nothing for me to do but use it.

Oh, wait....there is that very annoying time zone problem....even if I tell is I am in the US on the East Cost, it thinks I'm surrounded by kangaroos.

But, I figured it out, finally.

Great Job ..... Thanks!

Billtoo wrote:Here's a link to an sfs of 0.5.6 that I made in slacko:
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-80977abe.html

Thanks for the link, Billtoo. Do you also have it as a pet? I'd like to "embed" deadbeef into Slacko and then remaster.

majorfoo wrote:checked box for master and moved slider to right and all is now ok on this remaster
remastered again and same problem. Ideas ?

Have you tried setting audio via the terminal to see if it makes a difference:

anikin wrote:Do you also have it as a pet? I'd like to "embed" deadbeef into Slacko and then remaster.

Anikin,

In the Slackware 14.0 Slacko Puppies, Deadbeef will only compile without ffmpeg support because of the more recent ffmpeg version (unless someone can point to a suitable patch). A lot of the functionality is still there via all the other plugins, but this is the main reason why I never posted a .pet for the latest Slackos. I believe you may also need to include libiconv (which you didn't in 5.3.3) but don't recall for certain. Are you looking for a .pet package with DEV files included?

Slacko Puppy version 5.5, released Mar 2013

video-info-glx 1.5.1 Wed 6 Mar 2013 on Slacko Puppy 5.5 Linux 3.2.33-4g i686
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)
oem: Intel(R)Ironlake Mobile Graphics Chipset Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(R)Ironlake Mobile Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg Driver: intel
X.Org version: 1.12.3
dimensions: 1366x1024 pixels (361x270 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4

Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
Core 0: @933 1: @933 2: @933 3: @933 MHz

Manual frugal to ntfs hdd and booting from ext4 SDcard with grub4dos. Using an E732 laptop with a cracked screen and an old proview LCD monitor.
Everything seems to work extremely well, looks and feels really nice. What a luvly puppy - many thanks and very best regards - Ray

Hi Mick

Looking really good - have so far tested Frisbee, Samba, Chromium and LibreOffice and all work as expected.

I've had a tiny problem with Firefox - a Clear List button on the downloads screen that is greyed out and doesn't work - see screenie.

I also tried to upgrade my desktop's 5.4 frugal install savefile without success - I know you recommend a clean install because of the kmod module changes but the lack of an upgrade path when you've invested a lot of effort in the previous version (and probably forgotten some of the changes you've made) is a bit of problem which should maybe be highlighted in the release notes?

Cheers
peebee