Hey techno. Thanks for giving Slacko a spin.
Do you have any idea why it was trying to load 3 xorg drivers at once? BK's new xorgwizard no help? I think it tries to be a bit too much "one size fits all", however in saying that there it's what we have at the moment and probably won't get a lot of improvement in the next iteration.
After that though, we are thinking of using the FatDog style xinit scripts, but that might leave some older machines behind. We'll see.
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canin .. sorry my site was down over the weekend. It's back up now but there is still an issue with sub-domains. You can reach it at 01micko.com/slacko57
EDIT: well.. what do I know? The sub-domains are working now! (just got email from my host).
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technosaurus
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I have a laptop with radeon graphics, external monitor port and modeswitching was getting its own device and vesa was listed too. ... Audio was a pain too because my actual sound device is device 1 instead of 0. I had been using akita with no problems and miss some of scottman's tweaks and tools.
I would recommend an xvesa fallback. We are maintaining it on github as tinyxserver (only xvesa and xfbdev, though now I may dig up the Radeon one and add my device ID) goingnuts even made a multicall binary of xinit, xvesa, jwm &rxvt static built in <1mb which is nice if for instance libc or libX11 or 1 of its deps breaks... you could still get a working desktop with terminal assuming busybox is built static too.
I was hoping more people would be taking advantage of my simple icon tray by now to eliminate some of the heavy running background processes, but I guess I'll have to write a unified tray app with it, but I want it to be public domain so it may take a bit since I can't just port the existing applications (unless the devs release their code)
I've been playing with various tiny public domain decoders lately mp3, mp2 and ogg-vorbis. The players will be released to public domain soon... each <50kb static. I am hoping to get them under 32k to fit in most caches eventually.
I would recommend an xvesa fallback. We are maintaining it on github as tinyxserver (only xvesa and xfbdev, though now I may dig up the Radeon one and add my device ID) goingnuts even made a multicall binary of xinit, xvesa, jwm &rxvt static built in <1mb which is nice if for instance libc or libX11 or 1 of its deps breaks... you could still get a working desktop with terminal assuming busybox is built static too.
I was hoping more people would be taking advantage of my simple icon tray by now to eliminate some of the heavy running background processes, but I guess I'll have to write a unified tray app with it, but I want it to be public domain so it may take a bit since I can't just port the existing applications (unless the devs release their code)
I've been playing with various tiny public domain decoders lately mp3, mp2 and ogg-vorbis. The players will be released to public domain soon... each <50kb static. I am hoping to get them under 32k to fit in most caches eventually.
Check out my [url=https://github.com/technosaurus]github repositories[/url]. I may eventually get around to updating my [url=http://bashismal.blogspot.com]blogspot[/url].
Hmmm. Coming from a Biker with a GED, with a
Compaq CQ-57 running Slack0 5.7 .exe inside of Windows 7,
So if I report this wrong. Just ignore me, No biggy.
I installed moc
from PPM, updated PPM 1st. Salix repo moc verrsion.
It works. But. I start getting a freeze up of sorts. The cpu spikes in htop
to 100%. But. Only in split second pulsating intervals. I tried like hell to get
a screenshot showing the spike but missed it and then the freeze makes it hard to start all over again from scratch. I use Cntrl+Alt+Backspace
to restart JWM with xwin. mocp stays playing of course. But then I can use
Shift+q key to quit moc session in terminal.
Not sure if this is a moc inside of a Windows 7 issue. I say this because
a frugal or full Slack0 install never gave this problem. Only on the .exe
install I am running.
I'll maybe move on to using cmus instead on this unit. Just info report more than a "help me".
My screenys First one is moc not running/started yet. Second is moc running but I fail to show the cpu pulsating 100% spike in the shot (it is quick). Third is mocp running streaming radio station (which is what I usually use for lightweight streaming player)
Happy Trailz, Rok
Compaq CQ-57 running Slack0 5.7 .exe inside of Windows 7,
So if I report this wrong. Just ignore me, No biggy.
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# inxi -Fxz
System: Host: biker Kernel: 3.10.32 i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.7.1)
Desktop: JWM git-905
Distro: Slacko Puppy Linux Linux 3.10.32 [ arch]
Machine: System: Hewlett-Packard (portable) product: Presario CQ57 Notebook PC v: 068C110003204910000620100
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 3577 v: 24.48
Bios: Hewlett-Packard v: F.42 date: 11/07/2011
CPU: Dual core AMD C-50 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB
flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 3993
Clock Speeds: 1: 1000 MHz 2: 1000 MHz
Graphics: Card: ATI Device 9804 bus-ID: 00:01.0
Display Server: X.org 1.12.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: vesa)
tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.10.32
Network: Card-1: Ralink Device 5390
driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 07:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (23.8% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD2500BEVT size: 250.1GB
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 61.4C mobo: N/A gpu: 62.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 98 Uptime: 2:37 Memory: 285.4/1623.5MB
Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.1
Client: Shell (bash 4.1.01) inxi: 2.1.28from PPM, updated PPM 1st. Salix repo moc verrsion.
It works. But. I start getting a freeze up of sorts. The cpu spikes in htop
to 100%. But. Only in split second pulsating intervals. I tried like hell to get
a screenshot showing the spike but missed it and then the freeze makes it hard to start all over again from scratch. I use Cntrl+Alt+Backspace
to restart JWM with xwin. mocp stays playing of course. But then I can use
Shift+q key to quit moc session in terminal.
Not sure if this is a moc inside of a Windows 7 issue. I say this because
a frugal or full Slack0 install never gave this problem. Only on the .exe
install I am running.
I'll maybe move on to using cmus instead on this unit. Just info report more than a "help me".
My screenys First one is moc not running/started yet. Second is moc running but I fail to show the cpu pulsating 100% spike in the shot (it is quick). Third is mocp running streaming radio station (which is what I usually use for lightweight streaming player)
Happy Trailz, Rok
Interesting... when having a play with Slacko 5.7 a few weeks ago (one danged sweet Pup!), one thing I did notice was a slightly higher idling CPU use compared to some other Pups & distros - maybe ~5-7%, IIRC. In further playing, I installed LxPanel from the PPM, and noticed the icon tray (Freemapplet - Retrovol??) had not loaded to the new LxPanel... and CPU use @ idle had dropped to basically nil... 0-1%. Seems there indeed may be some room for improvement in regards to the tray's resource usage.technosaurus wrote: I was hoping more people would be taking advantage of my simple icon tray by now to eliminate some of the heavy running background processes...
Bob
Iso-booting remastered with TedDog's ram2sfs. Just perfect for me No More popup windows asking for save the file at shutdown.
A little guide to Personalise Banksypup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mecZm9BrL00
A little guide to Personalise Banksypup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mecZm9BrL00
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Not sure if this has been posted before, too many pages to go through. The resize personal storage script is showing save file size as much smaller than it really is, smaller than free space even. Screen shot is for a 512mb save file.
Edit: This seems to work
Edit2: If du fails and it uses pupsave.conf then it also fails after a resize as this doesn't get updated 
Edit3: This updates pupsave.conf after a resize which should be updated regardless.
Edit: This seems to work
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ACTUALSIZK=`du -b $HOMELOCATION | awk '{print $1}'` #total size of ${DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX}save.3fs
if [ ! $ACTUALSIZK ];then
ACTUALSIZK=`cat /etc/rc.d/pupsave.conf | grep SIZEPFILE | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' `
ACTUALSIZK=`expr $ACTUALSIZK \* 1024`
fi
ACTUALSIZE=`expr $ACTUALSIZK \/ 1024 \/ 1024`Edit3: This updates pupsave.conf after a resize which should be updated regardless.
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case ${EXIT} in
save)KILOBIG=$(($KILOBIG * 1024))
echo "KILOBIG=$KILOBIG" > /initrd${PUP_HOME}/pupsaveresizenew.txt
echo "PUPSAVEFILEX=$SAVEFILE" >> /initrd${PUP_HOME}/pupsaveresizenew.txt #131231
OLDSAVE=`cat /etc/rc.d/pupsave.conf | grep SIZEPFILE | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' `
NEWSAVE=$(( $KILOBIG + $OLDSAVE ))
sed -i s'/SIZEPFILE='$OLDSAVE'/SIZEPFILE='$NEWSAVE'/' /etc/rc.d/pupsave.conf
;;
*)
exit
;;
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Hey Rg66
Confirmed. I think it has something to do with sparse files.
I see you've already found a solution, but might want to test also this one:
Greetings!
Confirmed. I think it has something to do with sparse files.
I see you've already found a solution, but might want to test also this one:
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--- /initrd/pup_ro2/usr/sbin/resizepfile.sh 2014-01-06 21:02:31.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/sbin/resizepfile.sh 2014-07-17 13:50:25.156486816 +0200
@@ -49,11 +49,8 @@
HOMELOCATION="/initrd${PUP_HOME}${SAVEFILE}"
SIZEFREE=`df -m | grep "$PERSISTMNTPT" | tr -s " " | cut -f 4 -d " "` #free space in ${DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX}save.3fs
-ACTUALSIZK=`ls -sk $HOMELOCATION | tr -s " " | cut -f 1 -d " "` #total size of ${DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX}save.3fs
-if [ ! $ACTUALSIZK ];then
- ACTUALSIZK=`ls -sk $HOMELOCATION | tr -s " " | cut -f 2 -d " "`
-fi
-ACTUALSIZE=`expr $ACTUALSIZK \/ 1024`
+ACTUALSIZK=`stat -c %s $HOMELOCATION` #total size of ${DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX}save.3fs
+ACTUALSIZE=`expr $ACTUALSIZK \/ 1024 \/ 1024`
APATTERN="/dev/${SAVEPART} "
PARTSIZE=`df -m | grep "$APATTERN" | tr -s " " | cut -f 2 -d " "`
PARTFREE=`df -m | grep "$APATTERN" | tr -s " " | cut -f 4 -d " "`
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@SFR
That works, thanks. Stat -c and du -b give the same results so if there needs to be a fallback as the original had, I guess those two would do the job especially since ACTUALSIZE division is the same for both. Pupsave.conf is unreliable as pupsaveconfig sometimes overwrites the savesize info. I still think pupsave.conf should be updated after a resize though.
That works, thanks. Stat -c and du -b give the same results so if there needs to be a fallback as the original had, I guess those two would do the job especially since ACTUALSIZE division is the same for both. Pupsave.conf is unreliable as pupsaveconfig sometimes overwrites the savesize info. I still think pupsave.conf should be updated after a resize though.
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[url=http://smokey01.com/rg66/]X-series repo[/url]
[url=http://smokey01.com/rg66/]X-series repo[/url]
I found this:eowens2 wrote:Does anyone know where I can find the source for kernel 3.10.32?
The SFS manager in Slacko 5.7.0 lists the source code as an .sfs twice, but in both cases the result is "404, file not found" and "link broken".
Thank you.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... ko_PAE.sfs
It's a bug.eowens2 wrote:The SFS manager in Slacko 5.7.0 lists the source code as an .sfs twice, but in both cases the result is "404, file not found" and "link broken".
Fixed here
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MochiMoppel
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Slacko 5.7 contains the pretty outdated version 0.0.8 of xclip in /usr/X11R7/bin. The problem with this version: UTF-8 selection strings are not properly supportet. This bug is fixed in never versions. I tested version 0.12 which I downloaded from http://slackware.org.uk/slacky/slackwar ... clip/0.12/
Works fine now. Any chance to include a new version of xclip in Slacko 5.7?
Works fine now. Any chance to include a new version of xclip in Slacko 5.7?
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Thanks Mavrothal, for your attention to this problem.
I did a frugal/pupmode 13 installation of Slacko 5.7.0 to a USB stick (the full install described earlier was to HHD).
I then used SFS Manager to download and install kernel_sources-3.10.32-slacko_PAE.sfs, checking the same numbers as before: in the process, /usr/src grew from 57k (pre-install) to 482 M (post-install), in the ball park with what you described, so the problem would seem to be limited to full install/pupmode 2.
Although the modules I compiled appear to be working properly, perhaps it would be prudent to avoid using SFS Manager with a full install.
I did a frugal/pupmode 13 installation of Slacko 5.7.0 to a USB stick (the full install described earlier was to HHD).
I then used SFS Manager to download and install kernel_sources-3.10.32-slacko_PAE.sfs, checking the same numbers as before: in the process, /usr/src grew from 57k (pre-install) to 482 M (post-install), in the ball park with what you described, so the problem would seem to be limited to full install/pupmode 2.
Although the modules I compiled appear to be working properly, perhaps it would be prudent to avoid using SFS Manager with a full install.
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neversaynever
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Hi. How can I set the time-view in the 24 hours format on the bottom/right of the desktop ? (19:35 and NOT 7:35 pm). Thankyou
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I'm sorry!
I didn't search very well. I've found the answer here:
"Posted: Tue 15 Apr 2014, 13:45
SFR wrote:
Try Menu -> Desktop -> JWM Window Manager Settings -> Clock
Yes, it solved both problems completely:
Thank you very much."
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I'm sorry!
I didn't search very well. I've found the answer here:
"Posted: Tue 15 Apr 2014, 13:45
SFR wrote:
Try Menu -> Desktop -> JWM Window Manager Settings -> Clock
Yes, it solved both problems completely:
Thank you very much."
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ThoriumBlvd
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Any non-office version availible with FreeOffice link to register?
I did the following...
DL the iso then Burnt to CD (161Mb)
Register and DL FO-690.tgz
Used ISO Master to add the tgz to the iso files (222Mb)
Burnt to CD ---> Slack57XLpuppy.iso
Both Slacko_5.7 and Slack57XL as spares when I have real time to investigate.
However I did ShutDown and Run the Slacko 5.7.
Opines/observations
FF17ESR a good choice, FF23 here is also OK (From Slacko 5.5XL)
NEEDS: AdBlock Edge, Redirect Cleaner, Better privacy pre-installed
OMG: Google as search engine, may I suggest DuckDuckGo.
mtpaint 3.44.48 OK
Good job on back-off on OverWrite my 5.5XL sfs. pfix --> RAM
The rest would be personal choices not improvements. So Great job, booted and ran w/o issue(s) on an EEE900a.
Cheers,
Thorium
I did the following...
DL the iso then Burnt to CD (161Mb)
Register and DL FO-690.tgz
Used ISO Master to add the tgz to the iso files (222Mb)
Burnt to CD ---> Slack57XLpuppy.iso
Both Slacko_5.7 and Slack57XL as spares when I have real time to investigate.
However I did ShutDown and Run the Slacko 5.7.
Opines/observations
FF17ESR a good choice, FF23 here is also OK (From Slacko 5.5XL)
NEEDS: AdBlock Edge, Redirect Cleaner, Better privacy pre-installed
OMG: Google as search engine, may I suggest DuckDuckGo.
mtpaint 3.44.48 OK
Good job on back-off on OverWrite my 5.5XL sfs. pfix --> RAM
The rest would be personal choices not improvements. So Great job, booted and ran w/o issue(s) on an EEE900a.
Cheers,
Thorium
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neversaynever
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Hi.
I used USB slacko 5.6 till a week ago. Everything worked with ‘autorun Time Sync’ (I want a time synchronization at each boot).
I connect to web by Ethernet cable (eth0). Wireless is not configurated.
Now I installed USB Slacko 5.7 and I have problems with Time Sync at each boot.
I set autorun in Psync (and correctly “timesync.sh
I used USB slacko 5.6 till a week ago. Everything worked with ‘autorun Time Sync’ (I want a time synchronization at each boot).
I connect to web by Ethernet cable (eth0). Wireless is not configurated.
Now I installed USB Slacko 5.7 and I have problems with Time Sync at each boot.
I set autorun in Psync (and correctly “timesync.sh