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goolwa_pup

Joined: 29 Oct 2009 Posts: 59
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Posted: Wed 19 Jun 2013, 21:15 Post subject:
precise hangs on detecting optical input |
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precise puppy 5.6.1 hangs on detecting optical input when booting
as reported on precise 5.4.3
as reported on precise 5.5
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HiDeHo
Joined: 16 Mar 2011 Posts: 311
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Posted: Wed 19 Jun 2013, 22:45 Post subject:
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Hi i am wondering if there is a version of xfce that will run on this Precise Puppy. I have started a thread about xfce click here to view and follow it.
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666philb

Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 3508 Location: wales
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Posted: Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:52 Post subject:
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HiDeHo wrote: | Hi i am wondering if there is a version of xfce that will run on this Precise Puppy. I have started a thread about xfce click here to view and follow it. |
hi hideho ... not a 100% working but mostly http://www.wuala.com/666philb/Documents/xfce4_4.8.0.3_sfs4.sfs/
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artsown
Joined: 12 Sep 2012 Posts: 351
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Posted: Sun 23 Jun 2013, 11:20 Post subject:
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goolwa_pup, I have a machine that sometimes hangs during
startup with that "optical input" message on screen. This started
happening with several recent pups. I found that I could work
around the problem by putting "pfix=nox" on the kernel line. Then
once I set up the video driver and created a personal Save file,
I could get rid of the "pfix=nox" and everything would be ok.
I just found that Barry's Raring 5.6.92 alpha doesn't doesn't tend
to hang on the initial startup. Instead, I'm offered keyboard, video
and time zone selections. It may be that pups using his latest woof
will be free of the hang problem.
Art
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bark_bark_bark
Joined: 05 Jun 2012 Posts: 1935 Location: Wisconsin USA
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Posted: Sun 23 Jun 2013, 18:58 Post subject:
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I have decided to run Precise Puppy 561 again on my Acer Aspire One D257 netbook (you could say this is my main PC).
I had set up my wifi connection, as usual I,
Code: | 1.) Run Dougal's Network Wizard
2.)Select wlan0
3.)It asks about the wl module not in the wpa_suppliant list, and as usual I allow it to add the entry.
4.)Press Scan
5.)Select the network
6.)Select Open, WEP, WPA/TSIK, or WPA2 (depends on network)
7.)type in password (if needed)
8.)Press 'save' and then 'use this profile'
9.)Connects to network.
10.) Then I press DHCP.
11.) Done |
But it did not connect. the wireless light on my netbook was on, but i could not connect to any site. I rebooted, tried again and same thing. I tried Frisbee, but with no luck either.
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goolwa_pup

Joined: 29 Oct 2009 Posts: 59
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Posted: Sun 23 Jun 2013, 20:16 Post subject:
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artsown wrote: | goolwa_pup, I have a machine that sometimes hangs during
startup with that "optical input" message on screen. This started
happening with several recent pups. I found that I could work
around the problem by putting "pfix=nox" on the kernel line. Then
once I set up the video driver and created a personal Save file,
I could get rid of the "pfix=nox" and everything would be ok.
I just found that Barry's Raring 5.6.92 alpha doesn't doesn't tend
to hang on the initial startup. Instead, I'm offered keyboard, video
and time zone selections. It may be that pups using his latest woof
will be free of the hang problem.
Art |
thanx artsown .....I will give it a go....however this issue really needs to be addressed by the developers....
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peebee

Joined: 21 Sep 2008 Posts: 4093 Location: Worcestershire, UK
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Posted: Mon 24 Jun 2013, 02:26 Post subject:
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bark_bark_bark wrote: |
2.)Select wlan0
3.)It asks about the wl module
But it did not connect. the wireless light on my netbook was on, but i could not connect to any site. I rebooted, tried again and same thing. I tried Frisbee, but with no luck either. |
Hi bark_bark_bark
1. issue this command in a terminal to determine which chip you have Code: | lspci -vnn -d 14e4: |
2. visit http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices to see which broadcom driver (there are 4 types) is recommended for your chip
3. blacklist wl and reboot to see if a different driver works
4. follow the instructions to do a manual wifi setup at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=22469 and note any error messages
5. if all that fails, run pdiag in a terminal and post/pm the tarball created
6. report if any of the above gives you success
Cheers
peebee
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goolwa_pup

Joined: 29 Oct 2009 Posts: 59
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Posted: Mon 24 Jun 2013, 04:11 Post subject:
hangs on recognising optical device |
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goolwa_pup wrote: | artsown wrote: | goolwa_pup, I have a machine that sometimes hangs during
startup with that "optical input" message on screen. This started
happening with several recent pups. I found that I could work
around the problem by putting "pfix=nox" on the kernel line. Then
once I set up the video driver and created a personal Save file,
I could get rid of the "pfix=nox" and everything would be ok.
I just found that Barry's Raring 5.6.92 alpha doesn't doesn't tend
to hang on the initial startup. Instead, I'm offered keyboard, video
and time zone selections. It may be that pups using his latest woof
will be free of the hang problem.
Art |
thanx artsown .....I will give it a go....however this issue really needs to be addressed by the developers.... |
I gave it a go and yes it worked........then found poweroff doesnt work from menu...poweroffed from terminal...rebooted.... ....and found it was still hanging on booting at recognising optical devices.....went into Lucid Puppy and found there was a save file 2fs created by precise even though i didnt see anything asking for one as it was shutdown from terminal....anyway I have had a look.... didnt like.... and will stick with Lupu for now thanx
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npierce
Joined: 28 Dec 2009 Posts: 858
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Posted: Mon 24 Jun 2013, 08:41 Post subject:
quicksetup: hyphenated time zones don't work. |
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When a user chooses a time zone containing a hyphen, quicksetup converts the hyphen to a plus sign. So, for instance, if the user selects "America/Port-au-Prince", quicksetup sets /etc/localtime to point to /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Port+au+Prince, a file that doe not exist.
Here is one possible patch (based on quicksetup 2013-05-13 07:52:17 in Woof):
Code: | diff -ur old/quicksetup new/quicksetup
--- old/quicksetup 2013-06-23 15:40:55.476286475 +0000
+++ new/quicksetup 2013-06-23 16:09:59.396079466 +0000
@@ -422,10 +422,8 @@
CZONE='/usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Perth'
DEF_TIMEZONE='Australia/Perth'
fi
- if [ "`echo -n "$DEF_TIMEZONE" | grep 'GMT' | grep '\+'`" = "" ];then #fix sign.
- DEF_TIMEZONE="`echo -n "$DEF_TIMEZONE" | sed -e 's%Etc/%%' | tr "\-" "\+"`"
- else
- DEF_TIMEZONE="`echo -n "$DEF_TIMEZONE" | sed -e 's%Etc/%%' | tr "\+" "\-"`"
+ if echo -n "$DEF_TIMEZONE" | grep -q 'GMT';then #fix sign.
+ DEF_TIMEZONE="`echo -n "$DEF_TIMEZONE" | sed -e 's%Etc/%%' | tr "+-" "-+"`"
fi
xDEF_TIMEZONE="`echo -n "$DEF_TIMEZONE" | sed 's%GMT%GMT\\\\%'`" #the sign needs a \ in front. ex: GMT\+8
#note, screen out UTC timezone, causes confusion... 111103 screen more...
@@ -1337,10 +1335,8 @@
[ ! -e /etc/localtime ] && DEF_TIMEZONE="" #111027 precaution.
if [ "$DEF_TIMEZONE" != "$ZONERETVAL" -o "$HWCLOCKTIME" != "$NEW_HWCLOCKTIME" ];then
FLAG_CHANGED="${FLAG_CHANGED}${TT_tz2}:yes|"
- if [ "`echo -n "$ZONERETVAL" | grep 'GMT' | grep '\+'`" = "" ];then
- ZONERETVAL="`echo -n "$ZONERETVAL" | tr "\-" "\+"`"
- else
- ZONERETVAL="`echo -n "$ZONERETVAL" | tr "\+" "\-"`"
+ if echo -n "$ZONERETVAL" | grep -q 'GMT';then
+ ZONERETVAL="`echo -n "$ZONERETVAL" | tr "+-" "-+"`"
fi
[ "`echo "$ZONERETVAL" | grep 'GMT'`" != "" ] && ZONERETVAL="Etc/$ZONERETVAL"
#111103 these are also in Etc dir... |
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Karl Godt

Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 4208 Location: Kiel,Germany
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Posted: Mon 24 Jun 2013, 11:15 Post subject:
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Wow, Great !
Still the GMT time setting on Puppy is WRONG !!
PERTH is GMT+8 !! NOT GMT-8 !!
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/australia/western-australia/perth/
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umair
Joined: 25 Dec 2010 Posts: 242 Location: KUST Kohat, Pakistan
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Posted: Tue 25 Jun 2013, 23:20 Post subject:
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Downloaded the ISO of new Precise 5.6.1.
FRUGAL Installation on my desktop.
Everything is working fine.
teamviewer8 runs well without any issue.
Skype 4.2 working nicely.
Also installed wine (to use cisco packet tracer). Running nicely without any issue.
Keep it up Guys.
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linuxbear
Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 623 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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Posted: Wed 26 Jun 2013, 15:06 Post subject:
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This is definately nice on an old machine @ work. I also did an install to a USB thumbdrive with unetbootin. The problem is that Unetbootin put everything in the root directory of the thumbdrive and I would rather locate all of the Precise files in a directory. Does anyone have any idea how to do this and which system files need editing. Also, what would be the minimum amount of files in the root directory required for a boot after the Unetbootin install?
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smokey01

Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 2811 Location: South Australia :-(
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Posted: Wed 26 Jun 2013, 16:41 Post subject:
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Do you need to use unetbootin?
I'm pretty sure grub4dos will do what you want.
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umair
Joined: 25 Dec 2010 Posts: 242 Location: KUST Kohat, Pakistan
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Posted: Wed 26 Jun 2013, 22:48 Post subject:
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linuxbear wrote: | This is definately nice on an old machine @ work. I also did an install to a USB thumbdrive with unetbootin. The problem is that Unetbootin put everything in the root directory of the thumbdrive and I would rather locate all of the Precise files in a directory. Does anyone have any idea how to do this and which system files need editing. Also, what would be the minimum amount of files in the root directory required for a boot after the Unetbootin install? |
Hi Linuxbear:
As suggested by the smokey01, You can use GRUB4DOS for that.
Here is the link where I post a detail that how to use your Flash Drive for Single or Multiple puppies in USB Drive. It will also work for your HDD (If you want to do.. ) http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=205609088&t=82373/
hope this will helps.
Thnx.
UMAIR
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Billtoo

Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 3680 Location: Ontario Canada
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Posted: Thu 27 Jun 2013, 11:41 Post subject:
Precise Puppy 5.6.1-final, May 29, 2013 |
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I did an install to a 4gb flash drive using unetbootin.
video-info-glx 1.5.3 Thu 27 Jun 2013 on Precise Puppy 5.6.1 Linux 3.2.44 i686
2.0 VGA compatible controller:
Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller (rev 09)
oem: Intel(R) Sandybridge/Ivybridge Graphics Chipset Accelerated VGA BIOS
product:
Intel(R) Sandybridge/Ivybridge Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0
X Server: Xorg Driver: intel
X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (338x270 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) Ivybridge Desktop x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Core 0: @1600 1: @1600 2: @1600 3: @1600 MHz
I added a few applications with ppm including firefox-22,kdegames, and xbmc.
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