Slacko 5.7 - March 2014

[Billtoo]

Manual frugal install to a 4gb flash drive.

video-info-glx 1.5.1 Sun 9 Mar 2014 on Slacko Puppy 5.7.0 Linux 3.10.32 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: 1.12.4
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (507x285 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

Working well so far.

[PaulR]

Manual frugal install to a 4gb flash drive.

Nice wallpaper!

[spandey]

Non-pae Frugal install is working fine. The firefox ESR is version 17 where as 24 is out. How to go about updating it?

[rufwoof]

AMD Athlon 3500 64 (1.5GB)
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT
Slacko 5.7 Frugal DVD boot image (Non-PAE)

Boots to black screen.
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and drops to text mode, xorgwizard select VESA, xwin and loads GUI OK.

Belkin wireless F5D6050 USB not found by Frisbee. Load at76c50x-usb-firmware.pet reboot and Frisbee connects to internet OK.

See that its the same dev version of abiword as in 5.6 which for me crashed after 30 mins of entering text and images (abiword stable as per slacko 5.5 works a lot better for me)

Tried updating graphics to NVidia, mouse locked up. Hard shutdown, savefile deleted and reverted back to more stable Slacko 5.5.

From what I did see of 5.7 it all looked nice.

[rufwoof]

I couldnt resist. Yeah. I had to download Slacko.
I opened an pdf and I used the search with Ctrl + F....as I always do. And....it seems the old bug is there....
Or is it just me.

Puppy Package Manger, search for "evince" and install that and its dependencies and it seems to be a much better alternative (installs to menu, documents, document viewer)

[rufwoof]

Tried updating graphics to NVidia, mouse locked up

That occurs if you have nv set and then use the menu, setup, quick set up first-run settings menu option and check the Video Wizard option and then OK

Previously (earlier versions) I could download nvidia code/drivers, when I check now using Video Upgrade Wizard it says nothing exists for my card/kernel.

The nv stuff that comes with 5.7 however doesn't appear to support sound as there's no sound despite having swapped around Multi-Sound cards, set volumes up (and using Alsa settings) etc.

As to the rest, looking great. I like the new dialogs

I've :

added support for Belkin F5D6050 wireless adapter (PET)
installed flashplayer which works ok (except no sound)
removed cdrdao
removed inchscape (draw)
removed abiword (unstable)
removed gnumeric (old)
removed epdfview (Ctrl-F doesn't work as required)
changed the taskbar number of desktops to 2
added PupSaveHotBackup (PET)
added OpenOffice (SFS) - as replacements for desktop icons abiword, gnumeric and draw
added evince (PET) and set that as the default program for PDF files (that does support Ctrl-F ok and is generally better IMO)
Changed HTOP colours to mono
Activated firewall
Activated adblock
Installed NoScript into firefox
Set firefox download directory to a downloads directory beneath the frugal savefile directory (outside of savefile space)
Cleared firefox cache and set cache size = 0 (so doesn't fill up savefile space)
Set firefox auto updates off

504MB savefile, 394MB free space.

JMHO but I believe that the above changes could be a big crowd puller for all those currently using Windows XP (a very big audience) in view of MS pulling support for XP - and it would be nice to have such changes already installed/available via a single ISO download. As is, abiword, gnumeric and epdfview are just too old.

THX

[gcmartin]

Running Live PAE on Dell Laptop

Android plugged in, but, not sure if this is what I'm suppose to see, since the MTP development began couple months ago?

Questions

• Is this the correct system pop-up that should occur when plugged in?
• Or, is there some steps that must occur prior to any MTP device use in the system?

Thanks in advance for any assistance

[James C]

Continued from my earlier post after some much needed sleep........

Fresh manual frugal install of Slacko 5.7 ...... other than using SNS for internet connection all working well.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.7

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C68 [GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a] (rev a2)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1024x768x16
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
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 55
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 56
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 59
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 58
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
4999 frames in 5.0 seconds = 999.695 FPS
5553 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1110.417 FPS
5542 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1108.270 FPS
5552 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1110.255 FPS
5509 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1101.788 FPS
5512 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1102.279 FPS
5519 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1103.690 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
Memory : 3113MB (268MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.7
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sun 09 Mar 2014 02:30:32 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on NV67
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia

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# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       3113716       803804      2309912            0        46396
-/+ buffers:             757408      2356308
Swap:      6246396            0      6246396
# 

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# uname -a
Linux puppypc11785 3.4.82 #1 SMP Mon Mar 3 17:15:25 EST 2014 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
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[rufwoof]

The nv stuff that comes with 5.7 however doesn't appear to support sound as there's no sound despite having swapped around Multi-Sound cards, set volumes up (and using Alsa settings) etc.

Sorted. Turned every possible option on in Retrovol and woof woof (DOH!)

[James C]

Manual frugal upgrade from 5.6.8 to 5.7..... no problems,everything was working ootb.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.7

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 = 75.434 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.130 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.161 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.136 FPS
375 frames in 5.0 seconds = 74.938 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Memory : 2065MB (166MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.6.8
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 07 Mar 2014 11:01:43 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:       2065636       800972      1264664            0        47468
-/+ buffers:             753504      1312132
Swap:      2150396            0      2150396

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# uname -a
Linux puppypc26281 3.4.82 #1 SMP Mon Mar 3 17:15:25 EST 2014 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
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[Billtoo]

Manual frugal install.

video-info-glx 1.5.1 Sun 9 Mar 2014 on Slacko Puppy 5.7.0 Linux 3.10.32 i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] (rev a2)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GT216 Board - 0682vb12 Chip Rev
X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.12.4
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (524x292 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 GT 220/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.119
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
Core 0: @2003 1: @2003 MHz

This one is working well too.

[bigpup]

AMD Athlon 3500 64 (1.5GB)
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT
Slacko 5.7 Frugal DVD boot image (Non-PAE)

Boots to black screen.
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and drops to text mode, xorgwizard select VESA, xwin and loads GUI OK.

From release notes:
http://slacko.01micko.com/notes.html
If you boot to blackscreen:
Try using this boot option for nvidia cards::

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nouveau.modeset=0

[bigpup]

01micko,

Maybe something at this web site would help to eliminate these Nouveau black screen boot issues.

Troubleshooting Nouveau
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/TroubleShooting/

[rufwoof]

Why is cdrdao included ?
I can't see any pre-installed apps relying on it.

I removed that inbuilt program, remastered - and its back again !

I've replaced abiword and gnumeric and draw (inchscape) with OpenOffice versions. I've also replaced epdfview with evince. Whilst the Openoffice replacements worked ok in the remastered version, evince didn't remaster as expected. I had changed the Roxfiler right click, 'Open With' and selecting 'Customise' to add in evince and remove abiword and gnumeric ...etc, and set run action to be evince instead of epdfview for all PDF file types, but that was lost in the remastering process (guessing setting run action is a local (home directory) thing rather than a global and hence not remastered).

I also removed gnumeric and abiword from the inbuillt set, but they're also back again in the remastered version.

I have however lost burn iso (burniso2cd) from the menu (or maybe that wasn't in the original?).

I didn't do any editing during the remaster process, just accepted all the defaults.

From release notes nouveau.modeset=0

Thanks.

[TechNot]

As suggested from the beginners forum by @gcmartin and @p310don I have booted the new 57 onto my older Thinkpad with the oddball Pent M processor (i686 but no pae)

I did download the non pae version and have it installed to 16gb usb which it has booted off of nicely ...everything seems to be running fine

sound ,wifi...extra thinkpad buttons all seams to work OTB

crossing my fingers this is the version I need to replace XP

[01micko]

Just an FYI post.

In all previous slacko versions I did not bother limiting the browser cache. The only way I knew how to do it was to install a default profile in /root/.mozilla. If you decide to run the browser as spot then this totally defeats the purpose.

Mozilla in their infinite wisdom has decided to remove that option from it's gui preferences program. . The only way to do it now is manually through about:config.

With a bit of research I devised a way to limit the browser cache without installing a default profile.

A file; /usr/lib/firefox*/defaults/preferences/local-settings.js needs to be created (you can check it out at /usr/lib/firefox-17.0.11/defaults/preferences). It contains the following:

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//
//default home page and cache
pref("browser.startup.homepage", "data:text/plain,browser.startup.homepage=file:///usr/share/doc/home.htm");
pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 60000);

You'll notice that this also sets the home page.

The trick about this though was how to implement it without hard coding?

Well I did this at the woof level with a pinstall.sh. The relevant part of the pinstall.sh contains this:

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# work around for firefox bug to set cache
if [ `pwd` != '/' ];then
 FF=$(find usr/lib -type d -name firefox*)
 PKGSTATDIR=`find ../../ -type d -name status -maxdepth 3`
 PKGSTATFILE=`find $PKGSTATDIR -type f -name 'findpkgs_FINAL_PKGS*'`
 FFVER=`grep 'firefox' $PKGSTATFILE | awk -F'|' '{print $6}'`
 FFVER=${FFVER%%.*}
 if [ "$FFVER" -ge 21 ];then
   mkdir -p ${FF}/browser/defaults/preferences
   PREFDIR="${FF}/browser/defaults/preferences"
 else
   mkdir -p ${FF}/defaults/preferences
   PREFDIR="${FF}/defaults/preferences"
 fi
 cat > ${PREFDIR}/local-settings.js <<_EOF
//
//default home page and cache
pref("browser.startup.homepage", "data:text/plain,browser.startup.homepage=file:///usr/share/doc/home.htm");
pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 60000);
_EOF

fi

That will seem like jumble to some, but all it does is create the above file. One important note though; mozilla, again in their infinite wisdom, moved the location of where these type of files are read in firefox-21. From /usr/lib/firefox*/defaults/preferences to /usr/lib/firefox*/browser/defaults/preferences.

This should work for seamonkey as well but the version change over would have to be noted.

Many thanks to Mike's Musings.

[gcmartin]

Tried to use Shinobar's Google Chrome Portable Installation utility, but Failed with the message below. I went to the PPM to find it

Chrome in Slacko57 requires libconf OR the installation fails. So I went ot the PPM. Error again.
Anyone know how to get the require library?

[darry1966]

http://pkgs.org/slackware-14.0/slackwar ... 1.txz.html

[watchdog]

Result of hard testing with browser open in many pages: I have a problem with ram and some scripts accessing hd to almost freezing. Not experienced in slacko 5.6 and wary with the same firefox 27.0.1 and the same backuped /root/.mozilla. For two times after using abiword and posting to wordpress the laptop almost freezes. Tried vesa driver and downgrade of abiword. I think I'll go back to wary. My "ps -a" output:

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 PID TTY          TIME CMD
 6782 tty1     00:00:00 xwin
 6832 tty1     00:00:00 xinit
 6838 tty1     00:00:04 jwm
 6900 tty1     00:00:12 ROX-Filer
 6901 tty1     00:00:00 pup_event_front
 7000 tty1     00:00:00 freememapplet_t
 7007 tty1     00:00:04 network_tray
 7026 tty1     00:00:01 parcellite
 7030 tty1     00:00:00 powerapplet_tra
 7034 tty1     00:00:05 retrovol
 7371 tty1     00:00:08 firewallstate
12087 tty1     00:05:01 firefox
12106 tty1     00:00:03 sylpheed
12314 tty1     00:00:00 dbus-launch
12763 tty1     00:03:50 plugin-containe
29391 tty1     00:00:00 urxvt
30337 pts/0    00:00:00 ps-FULL

[giannis4]

Hello,where is the disable screensaver option?.I cant find it.