My report on Quirky 6.0

[nancy reagan]

On DW BK talks about a live cd ??

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08279

This is a small and experimental live CD which, unlike the the original Quirky 6.0 released last month, is binary compatible with "Trusty Tahr", Ubuntu's current development tree. From the

But on ibiblio I do not see it.

Could anyone give me the link to this LIVECD ?

(which might make installing much easier for noobs like me).

[ally]

I think distrowatch has been misleading

the install scripts and very easy to run and use.....

[Bert]

Tahr:
Where has the only icon set I can tolerate gone? ! [aluminium]

Attached here
The pet was made by steve_s some 5 years ago.
Just checked, works well in Quirky Tahr.

Yours clickety-clicky
Bert

[Sage]

Ta, Bert!

[Billtoo]

I added xfce4 with PPM, it's not working 100% yet but it's useable, fun playing with it anyways
EDIT:
Getting closer.
EDIT:
It takes some time to set up but I like it.
EDIT:
Just discovered the wallpaper manager, allows changing wallpaper automatically.

[Sage]

Might want to try Carolina 1.2, just announced by Geoff, Bill?

[Billtoo]

Might want to try Carolina 1.2, just announced by Geoff, Bill?

I will give it a try, seems like it's feast or famine as far as new pups go

[peebee]

1. needs "rfkill unblock wlan" just like Precise5.7.1 to activate my Broadcom wifi

2. was able to compile the Broadcom STA wl.ko driver - however loading the kernel sources caused some problems - I downloaded the sfs mentioned on BK's blog and converted it to a pet - however this took a long, long, long time to install

3. running the First-run settings manually from the menu caused my selected background to revert to the default

Cheers
peebee

[broomdodger]

Compaq Presario v6000
clean install Tahr 6.0
+ sound working
- wifi not found on boot
+ sns connect ok

- PureFTPd does NOT start on any Tahr60

- PureFTPd STARTS on any Quirky T2 614

Bill

[broomdodger]

Compaq Presario v6000
clean install Tahr 6.0

Check for broken links IMMEDIATELY after first boot:
# find -L /lib /usr -type l -exec ls -la {} +
No broken links found.

Install devx-6.0-tahr.pet
Check for broken links:
# find -L /lib /usr -type l -exec ls -la {} +
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 23 2013 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libacl.a -> /usr/lib/libacl.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jan 13 20:48 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcurses.a -> libncurses.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Nov 2 07:53 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgssapi.a -> heimdal/libgssapi.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Nov 2 07:53 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libhcrypto.a -> heimdal/libhcrypto.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Nov 2 07:53 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libheimbase.a -> heimdal/libheimbase.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Nov 2 07:53 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libheimntlm.a -> heimdal/libheimntlm.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Nov 2 07:53 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libkadm5clnt.a -> heimdal/libkadm5clnt.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Nov 2 07:53 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libkadm5srv.a -> heimdal/libkadm5srv.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Nov 2 07:53 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libkrb5.a -> heimdal/libkrb5.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Nov 4 02:09 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libldap.a -> libldap_r.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Nov 2 07:53 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libroken.a -> heimdal/libroken.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Nov 2 07:53 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libwind.a -> heimdal/libwind.a

Bill

[adi]

the browser shows a window while the time is correct, other browsers not available.

[broomdodger]

PcurlFTP hangs Quirky Tahr 6.0
- it stays scanning
- will not reboot while PcurlFTP is hung scanning
- must kill the process
+ then can reboot

PcurlFTP works on Quirky T2 6.1.4

Bill

[broomdodger]

Quirky Tahr 6.0

gparted fails to run
- it starts, asks for drives
- but clicking okay nothing more happens

Quirky T2 6.1.4
gparted works

Bill

[slavvo67]

For those looking to take advantage of the pets available on Tahr, I downloaded and successfully ran PDF Shuffler in Tahr with no problems. I personally have been waiting forever to successfully run PDF Shuffler in Puppy, so I have to send a hoorah!! There are issues with some of the built-in items like FFConvert but it was nice to see the package manager doing such a nice job on the Ubuntu packages. Thanks Barry!

P.S. - For those that haven't seen, the new Quirky (Non-Tahr) has an upgrade to 6.1.4 in the Version Upgrade Manager. I haven't seen an official posting from Barry on this so it might still be in the testing stages before an official announcement. To play it safe, I made a new install of 6.1.3 on a different USB and then upgraded. No serious issues with 6.1.4 so far that I can see.

Best,

Slavvo67

[BarryK]

Had some problems with PPM. Quirky Tahr is empty, only Ubuntu ones seem to load?

Acccording to Barry's Blog

3. The "pet-tahr" repo in the Quirky Package Manager is not yet working

It's a lot of work for Barry to make a repository since all the apps
in the Ubuntu Tahr repository have to be carefully copied to a new
database.

No, "pet-tahr" is just a collection of PET packages that have been compiled in Quirky Tahr, or that we want for Quirky Tahr and not available elsewhere.

You can see online what is in there:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky ... ages-tahr/

Not much. Evince is a multiprotocol chat client, already included in the Quirky Tahr build.

EDIT:
Sorry, I got them mixed up, Evince is a PDF viewer.
The multiprotocol chat client is qutIM.

[BarryK]

1. needs "rfkill unblock wlan" just like Precise5.7.1 to activate my Broadcom wifi

2. was able to compile the Broadcom STA wl.ko driver - however loading the kernel sources caused some problems - I downloaded the sfs mentioned on BK's blog and converted it to a pet - however this took a long, long, long time to install

3. running the First-run settings manually from the menu caused my selected background to revert to the default

Cheers
peebee

I have inserted this line into line 326 in file /usr/local/simple_network_setup/sns:

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 #scan for networks...
 rfkill unblock $INTERFACE #140201 peebee reported need this.
 FLAGERR=

...let me know if that fixes it for you (and hopefully doesn't break wifi for others!)

Kernel source SFS??? No, Quirky does have use SFSs at all anymore.
There is a PET:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky ... atched.pet

[BarryK]

1. needs "rfkill unblock wlan" just like Precise5.7.1 to activate my Broadcom wifi

2. was able to compile the Broadcom STA wl.ko driver - however loading the kernel sources caused some problems - I downloaded the sfs mentioned on BK's blog and converted it to a pet - however this took a long, long, long time to install

3. running the First-run settings manually from the menu caused my selected background to revert to the default

Cheers
peebee

I have inserted this line into line 326 in file /usr/local/simple_network_setup/sns:

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 #scan for networks...
 rfkill unblock $INTERFACE #140201 peebee reported need this.
 FLAGERR=

...let me know if that fixes it for you (and hopefully doesn't break wifi for others!)

No, perhaps better to do it this way:

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 [ "`rfkill list ${INTERFACE} | grep 'Soft blocked: yes'`" != "" ] && rfkill unblock $INTERFACE #140201 peebee reported need this.

[James C]

Finally got a few free minutes....... fresh install of Quirky Tahr on an old test box. No problem installation and all essentials working on initial boot.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Quirky Tahr, version 6.0

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 dri2 extmod glx kbd mouse

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 = 75.534 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 = 75.144 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.143 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Memory : 2065MB (68MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Quirky Tahr - 6.0
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 31 Jan 2014 10:34:00 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

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# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       2065684       229072      1836612            0         8804
-/+ buffers:             220268      1845416
Swap:      2150396            0      2150396
#

[Billtoo]

I was able to compile the proprietary nvidia driver once I had
devx-6.0-tahr.pet,kernel_src-3.12.6-patched.pet,and
linux_kernel-3.12.6-nopae-aufs-squashfsbuiltin-i486-quirky6.pet
installed.
video-info-glx 1.5.3 Fri 31 Jan 2014 on Quirky Tahr 6.0 Linux 3.12.6 i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM] (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GF110 Board - 12630002 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.14.5
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (602x343 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 GTX 560 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.119

[Puppus Dogfellow]

installed Quirky Tahr on a 32 gb kingston stick, which is working well on a dell netbook. installed recoll 1.7, libreoffice 4.14/4.2, Firefox 26--all running smoothly.


...dropbox and xpad also installed okay...414 uninstalled cleanly...

goldendict 1.5 from the repo works; 1.0.1 off their site does not.

...i cannot get google chrome to run. only difficulty so far.

Quirky Tahr 6.0 fast download