Slacko 5.5 feedback and bug reports

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jackwise
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#76 Post by jackwise »

Hi,
I'm a newbie using puppy linux but I had no problem until last weekend.
Frisbee stops to work ( don't detect wireless connections) and I want to uninstall it, but with no success.
I uninstalled it from setup/installed packages but it still working.
I stop it from start-up boot but it still working.

How can I get rid of it ??

I'd appreciate any help.

JW

mini-jaguar
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#77 Post by mini-jaguar »

I seem to have a problem with rebooting.

If I shut down, shuts down regularly, no problems.

However, if I reboot, it gets stuck after the:
"acpid: exiting
# _"
line.

4G version.

I have checked the md5.

It does this every time, tried about 10-15 times at least. USB or hd installation, does it in both cases. I tried USB at first, the installed to the hard drive.

(edit: by the way, it only does this only on a Dell Inspiron 1501, works fine on another computer I tried)

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James C
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#78 Post by James C »

Finally upgraded this old dual-core box up to Slacko 5.5. Zero problems.

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

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
24
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe
Drivers requested to be loaded: nvidia vesa

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): nvidia
Loaded modules: dbe dri dri2 extmod fb glx kbd mouse ramdac record wfb

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1440x900 pixels (402x251 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.
302 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.274 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.747 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.747 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.747 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.747 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.745 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.749 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
Memory : 3374MB (255MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.5
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Tue 19 Mar 2013 10:40:13 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a/integrated/SSE2/3DNOW!
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia

mhanifpriatama
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#79 Post by mhanifpriatama »

delete

Arefacti
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frisbee problem

#80 Post by Arefacti »

jackwise wrote:Hi,
I'm a newbie using puppy linux but I had no problem until last weekend.
Frisbee stops to work ( don't detect wireless connections) and I want to uninstall it, but with no success.
I uninstalled it from setup/installed packages but it still working.
I stop it from start-up boot but it still working.

How can I get rid of it ??

I'd appreciate any help.

JW
hello, I had the same problem, I did that.
after uninstalled the program like you did,

I installed :

dhcpcd-5.2.9-i486.pet
wpa_supplicant-0.6.9-i486.4X.pet
xpupsay-1.2.1-i486.pet
Frisbee-beta-2.pet

not the first time for me it's work. Find these pets to Jeminah's posts

Hope I help you !

me, I try to get a french language pack with no success.

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#81 Post by Tasgarth »

Arefacti
me, I try to get a french language pack with no success.
French language pack :
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02733
ftp://download.tuxfamily.org/toutou/5xx ... alisation/

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Karl Godt
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#82 Post by Karl Godt »

mini-jaguar wrote:I seem to have a problem with rebooting.
If I shut down, shuts down regularly, no problems.
However, if I reboot, it gets stuck after the:
"acpid: exiting
# _"
line.
4G version.
I have checked the md5.
It does this every time, tried about 10-15 times at least. USB or hd installation, does it in both cases. I tried USB at first, the installed to the hard drive.
(edit: by the way, it only does this only on a Dell Inspiron 1501, works fine on another computer I tried)
I have the same problem with 2.6.37.x and 3.x kernels on my Dell-Optiplex 745 and 755 . The kernel source has some reboot fixes for Dell but only few dell are mentioned there . I am experimenting with the kernel parameter " reboot=f " and busybox reboot -f | busybox reboot -f -n in the /sbin/reboot script with unreliable successes - sometimes works, sometimes not .

Arefacti
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French language pack

#83 Post by Arefacti »

Tasgarth wrote:
Arefacti
me, I try to get a french language pack with no success.
French language pack :
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02733
ftp://download.tuxfamily.org/toutou/5xx ... alisation/
thanks ! :D

mini-jaguar
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#84 Post by mini-jaguar »

Karl Godt wrote:
mini-jaguar wrote:I seem to have a problem with rebooting.
If I shut down, shuts down regularly, no problems.
However, if I reboot, it gets stuck after the:
"acpid: exiting
# _"
line.
4G version.
I have checked the md5.
It does this every time, tried about 10-15 times at least. USB or hd installation, does it in both cases. I tried USB at first, the installed to the hard drive.
(edit: by the way, it only does this only on a Dell Inspiron 1501, works fine on another computer I tried)
I have the same problem with 2.6.37.x and 3.x kernels on my Dell-Optiplex 745 and 755 . The kernel source has some reboot fixes for Dell but only few dell are mentioned there . I am experimenting with the kernel parameter " reboot=f " and busybox reboot -f | busybox reboot -f -n in the /sbin/reboot script with unreliable successes - sometimes works, sometimes not .
This certainly hasn't been my experience with the 3.x kernels. A very small minority of them had problems, 10% at most, rest worked fine.

jmccoy1
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Slacko Repos

#85 Post by jmccoy1 »

Hi - recently made a frugal install of Slacko 5.5 to upgrade my EeePC 900A from 5.4. GREAT OS! Everything works OTB. Thanks, Mick!

I have one suggestion, though. Perhaps the note about using Packages-puppy-slacko14-official could be in the release announcement? I had some problems with Gnome-Mplayer and tried to install about 6 versions of VLC before I found the feedback and bug reports thread and installed the right one (all is well, now).

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error gimp entry menu

#86 Post by wahyu »

Hello, thanks for this awesome distro ...
i use in my Acer Aspire One AO722, all hw detected corectly...

just wanna report that i get this error menu after load gimp-2.8.2.sfs
how to fix this? thanks.
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don570
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#87 Post by don570 »

Try my packages of Gimp. They might be better packaged
to avoid double entries..


Gimp 2.8.4 for Slacko and Precise

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Re: error gimp entry menu

#88 Post by thunor »

wahyu wrote:...
just wanna report that i get this error menu after load gimp-2.8.2.sfs
how to fix this? thanks.
I'm using that sfs without issue. Open a terminal and execute "grep gimp /usr/share/applications/*" -- you should only have gimp.desktop. The other place dekstop files go is ~/.local/share/applications.

I just want to report that this Puppy distro is absolutely fantastic. I've got a manual frugal install on a Compaq Presario C500 laptop with Intel graphics, Conexant audio and Broadcom wireless and I didn't have to do any fiddling, it just worked! It seems faster than my last slacko533 and it really looks nice. Also the majority of my games worked because the SDL libraries are built-in so I only had to compile SDL_sound and SDL_gfx.

I've downloaded audacious-3.3.1-i486.sfs because as you [Mick] said it comes with GTK+ 3 and I've actually used that to get a gtk3 test version of gtkdialog running, so I'm having a lot of fun at the moment :)

I didn't get on with JWM in slacko533 (SDL fullscreen corruption still) but I like Openbox with fbpanel anyway so it doesn't matter.

Awesome work, best Puppy that I've tried and you can even view TTF files now :D

Kindest regards,
Thunor

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Re: error gimp entry menu

#89 Post by 01micko »

thunor wrote:I didn't get on with JWM in slacko533 (SDL fullscreen corruption still) but I like Openbox with fbpanel anyway so it doesn't matter.
JWM-692 (irrc this ships with) has many fullscreen bugs fixed, although I still have an issue with JWM-715 in virtualbox, though I can't be 100% sure that it is JWM. I'll do some more tests and report on Joe's github site. I don't have a problem running Nexuiz (Billtoo put me on to that one, a rather large shooter [~1 GB :shock: ], open source too, uses opengl or sdl, there is a choice).

Glad you are having fun 8) .
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#90 Post by 8-bit »

I have been using Slacko 5.5 for a while and everything was working well.
So this may come under the category of "If it is not broke, don't fix it.
But I went to menu - desktop - fontwizard and clicked on all the options and tried apply.
All I saw initially was that the font in AbiWord seemed to be darker.
So I went back and unchecked those boxes.
Now, the fonts that appear in program headers, the menu, and other places seem ragged and I tried rechecking the boxes in fontwizard with no change.
So now I am at a loss as what to do beside reinstalling Slacko 5.5.
I should mention that the fonts were initially quite clear in all places and applications before I started playing with Fontwizard.

So, can this be verified that there is a problem with Fontwizard.

I do have the Nvidia pet installed by the way.

Also, is there an easy way out of my situation?

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#91 Post by 01micko »

8-bit wrote:I have been using Slacko 5.5 for a while and everything was working well.
So this may come under the category of "If it is not broke, don't fix it.
But I went to menu - desktop - fontwizard and clicked on all the options and tried apply.
All I saw initially was that the font in AbiWord seemed to be darker.
So I went back and unchecked those boxes.
Now, the fonts that appear in program headers, the menu, and other places seem ragged and I tried rechecking the boxes in fontwizard with no change.
So now I am at a loss as what to do beside reinstalling Slacko 5.5.
I should mention that the fonts were initially quite clear in all places and applications before I started playing with Fontwizard.

So, can this be verified that there is a problem with Fontwizard.

I do have the Nvidia pet installed by the way.

Also, is there an easy way out of my situation?
Yes there is. Barry changed it, not so good for Slacko :( . Easy fix, just delete ~/.fonts.conf (hidden file), restart X and you are back to square 1. If you still have problems search the LQ slackware threads for decent info.
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#92 Post by 8-bit »

Thank you for that information!
I did not have a lot of stuff added to Slacko 5.5.00 so I made a new pupsave file and reinstalled the stuff I previously had.
I had forgot to mention that the monitor I am using is a LCD type and the fonts have always been very clear with any Puppy version.
Since I still have the old pupsave file though, I will try your suggestion and see what happens.
Thank you again.

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#93 Post by greengeek »

Booted successfully from frugal install (without savefile) but during first shutdown (after selecting savefile parameters) I got messages regarding "Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed". It was necessary to use the hard poweroff to complete shutdown.

Next reboot resulted in a corrupted desktop.

Toshiba TE2100 laptop
2GHz, 512MB.

EDIT : I deleted the savefile and tried again - this time successfully.
The first time around I had activated the firewall, and also changed timezone and language, so maybe that explains the different behaviour somehow.

I should have mentioned the savefile parameters are: ext2, 256MB
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Hp printers on Slacko 5.5 and cam viewer

#94 Post by watchdog »

All working in my install of slacko 5.5 now but I had some hard problems due to the not mature repositories and a PPM not perfect. Attempting to install guvcview I destroyed my slackosave: I had success instead with wxcam from slackware14 repository and examining a few dependencies. I use wxcam with preloading libv4l or v4l-utils. I compiled 0.8.6 version of v4l-utils you can find in this post:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 726f43fd1e

Installing a hp printer-scanner all in one I had troubles: I had not success with hplip in repositories, neither puppy4 hplip works. I had success running the sh script from:

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/in ... index.html

choosing debian 6.0 (slackware not listed). I don't have the skills to modify the script to put in a pet package the working hplip.

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main sfs not found on SSD-drive

#95 Post by rodin.s »

Some interesting problem have been reported on Russian Puppy forum. I have made Russian Slacko installer for Windows. After installation it in Windows-7 it gives message "main sfs not found". It was reported that Puppy directory with all files is created correctly. Windows installer creates something like this in menu.lst:

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title Slacko Puppy 55
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /Slacko-Puppy-55/initrd.gz
kernel /Slacko-Puppy-55/vmlinuz psubdir="Slacko-Puppy-55"
initrd /Slacko-Puppy-55/initrd.gz
boot
After modifying this line in menu.lst

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kernel /Slacko-Puppy-55/vmlinuz pmedia=ataflash psubdir="Slacko-Puppy-55" pupsfs=sda1:/Slacko-Puppy-55/puppy_slacko_5.5.sfs
main sfs was found, but there was kernel panic after switching to layered file system.
Precise-5.5 and Slacko-5.4 have also failed to find main sfs.
It's strange. Main sfs is not found even if it is next to vmlinuz and initrd.gz in the same directory and when in is specified as a parameter it gives kernel panic.
Installation on SSD-drive with one partition.

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