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[musher0]

[Ted Dog]

go on and keep harping on petty quirks that need fixing. upload those bad boys code fixes to wolfce and let the rest of us cboose to include them. One great benefit of open woofce is some of this tiny pet peeves can finally be fixed. Mine are the multisession bug AND mouse freeze on non racy or wary builds.
do not let the rising dictators of the code base force you into silence. Im fighting this mindset from the get-go. And be rude, they are! how dare they force their will on a open source project!!!

[playdayz]

There is a kernel module driver named alx.ko. It is for Atheros AL8162 Fast Ethernet. The ethernet port doesn't work without it. I need it, but more important I think it is becoming "popular." As I recall Ubuntu left it out of maybe 12.10 (not sure which version) and heard a lot about it.

On the lighter side: I found out this morning that the warning about putting a pupsave on an ntfs disk should be taken seriously And, oh yeah, the ntfs disk is an SSD which should not be defragmented. As 01micko has said, I am also struggling with how to run Puppy on new laptops and Windows 8 computers. When Windows 7 boots in 15 seconds (!) everything else seems quite slow. A fast usb 3 flash drive would be a solution, but evidently many computers won't boot reliably from usb 3 (including mine). Resizing the existing hard drive caused Windows copy protection to go off. My solution will likely be to replace the dvd drive with a second ssd but I know that is not really feasible in most cases.

[Deacon]

I'm new at testing puppy and virtualization (I installed VB yesterday and still learning how it works).

I get to the intro screen but then it says my CPU doesn't have pae installed. Does this mean (a) I need to check off some kind of compatibility in VB or (b) that I need a delta? (I don't even know how the deltas work so, keep in mind, kind of new at this. Never tested an Alpha Puppy before.)

Or should I wait till I have another flash card handy?

EDIT: I found the PAE option in VB, sorry., trying to get it to work

[SFR]

[01micko]

@playdayz

ALX is already in my kernel config for the next, I will have to have a look at your video driver issue.

@SFR

I see it is only a very small patch so I'll check the change log for the next kernel and see if it is fixed or else apply the patch.

[SFR]

[Ted Dog]

[oldyeller]

Hi Mick,

Video-Info 1.5.1 - Fri 29 Nov 2013 on Slacko Puppy 5.6.3 - Linux 3.10.19 i686

Chip description:
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
oem: Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg Driver used: intel

X.Org version: 1.12.4
dimensions: 1280x800 pixels (338x211 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

Everything is working ok on this Dell D430

Cheers

[Billtoo]

Manual frugal install to a 32gb MicroSD card, computer is an AAO
721-3801 netbook.
video-info-glx 1.5.1 Fri 29 Nov 2013 on Slacko Puppy 5.6.3 Linux 3.10.19 i686
5.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RS880M 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
X.Org version: 1.12.4
dimensions: 1024x600 pixels (270x158 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RS880
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4

AMD Athlon(tm) II Neo K125 Processor
Core 0: @1700 MHz

Memory 1812MB (113MB used)
Network controller Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)

I tried to compile the proprietary driver for the graphics card but it
failed, couldn't view the log because I had to hold the power button
down to turn of the computer and the log file was not created/lost.

I think the proprietary driver would make this netbook run a little
cooler.

That's it so far.

EDIT:
I tried again and managed to get the log file this time by booting
into precise retro and loading the slacko savefile, then copied the
log from /usr/share/ati
The slacko savefile is euchred so I had to restore the backup save
file.
While in precise which is using the fglrx driver I took a screenshot
of the hardinfo sensors.

[Karl Godt]

Pretty normal temperature. For Netbooks.
Atom cores run 55-60°C at the moment in cold northern hemi November .
Summer 65-70°C is normal for me .

[James C]

Removed 1 Gb of ram from this old box and then upgraded from 5.6.1 to 5.6.3. Other than the expected icon fun there were no real problems. Looking pretty solid.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.6.3

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 = 75.393 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.169 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.143 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.141 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.147 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.141 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Memory : 1544MB (312MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.6.3
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 29 Nov 2013 11:32:49 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

[musher0]

@Karl_Godt:
Following your advice, I have gathered all solutions and comments on the
pupsave-creation bug in its own thread:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=90417&sort=lastpost

Hopefully, this will improve the focus of both threads.

Best regards.

musher0

[musher0]

[01micko]

Let it be known musher0, that slacko-5.7 will NOT be released with that bug.

Karl is working on it, me too when I get the time. I don't think Ted Dog meant anything too serious, possibly aimed as much at me (& company) as you..