Slacko64 - 64 bit 6.0 alpha

[Billtoo]

Manual frugal install to a 16gb sdhc card, pc is an emachines D620
laptop.
video-info-glx 1.5.3 Wed 25 Jun 2014 on Slacko64 Puppy 5.9.1 Linux 3.12.22 x86_64
5.0 VGA compatible controller: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] RS690M [Radeon Xpress 1200/1250/1270]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RS690 01.00
X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
X.Org version: 1.14.3
dimensions: 1280x800 pixels (338x211 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 R300 Project
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RS690
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 9.1.7

AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2650e
Core 0: @800 MHz

I used Dougal's network wizard to setup the broadcom wireless.
Installed a couple of apps with PPM.
I don't have sound working in VLC yet but sound is working with pmusic
so I think it will work once I get the settings correct.

Slacko64 alpha is pretty snappy on this not so powerful laptop.

EDIT:
Sound works fine with gnome-mplayer.

[James C]

Live pfix=ram on an old junk box.Basics all working on initial boot.

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# report-video
Report Video 1.3 - Wed 25 Jun 2014 on Slacko64 Puppy 5.9.1 - Linux 3.12.22 x86_64
 
Chip description:
  5.0 VGA compatible controller: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200 Series]  
  oem: ATI RADEON Xpress 200G Series
 
X Server: Xorg  Driver used: radeon

X.Org version: 1.14.3
  dimensions:    1024x768 pixels (270x203 millimeters)
  depth of root window:    24 planes 


   ...the above also recorded in /tmp/root/ as report-video,
and archived with xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log as report-video-full.gz

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# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh.  The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
332 frames in 5.0 seconds = 66.255 FPS
373 frames in 5.0 seconds = 74.429 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.027 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.026 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.027 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.028 FPS

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-Computer-
Processor		: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+
Memory		: 952MB (293MB used)
Machine Type		: Physical machine
Operating System		: Slacko64 Puppy - 5.9.1
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: Wed 25 Jun 2014 04:44:34 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution		: 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RS480
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter		: ATIIXP - ATI IXP
Audio Adapter		: PC-Speaker - pcsp

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# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:        952780       737364       215416            0        74964
-/+ buffers:             662400       290380
Swap:            0            0            0
# 

[01micko]

Frugal install of Slacko64 5.9.1.

Bug reports before I forget. Flashplayer downloader..... appears to download package then reports unable to download. No Flash downloaded.

Manually copied Flash from Slacko64 5.8.8 ..... not detected by Firefox.

Firewall settings lost on every reboot.Turn firewall on, but on next reboot it's off.

I think the reasons for this are the broken symlinks from /usr/bin/{bash,grep} to /bin/ (both firewall and getflash)

As for flash not being recognised it's likely an LD_LIBRARY_PATH issue. Both should be easy to fix.

Thanks

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ln -sf /bin/grep  ../usr/bin/grep
ln -sf /bin/bash  ../usr/bin/bash

Confirmed fixes both.. didn't touch LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

[Billtoo]

Dillo 3.0.4 works well on this laptop, 3 tabs open and using very little CPU %

Posting from it now.

Edit:

Dillo running only with only 1 tab open, lxtask screen.

[James C]

Frugal install of Slacko64 5.9.1.

Bug reports before I forget. Flashplayer downloader..... appears to download package then reports unable to download. No Flash downloaded.

Manually copied Flash from Slacko64 5.8.8 ..... not detected by Firefox.

Firewall settings lost on every reboot.Turn firewall on, but on next reboot it's off.

I think the reasons for this are the broken symlinks from /usr/bin/{bash,grep} to /bin/ (both firewall and getflash)

As for flash not being recognised it's likely an LD_LIBRARY_PATH issue. Both should be easy to fix.

Thanks

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ln -sf /bin/grep  ../usr/bin/grep
ln -sf /bin/bash  ../usr/bin/bash

Confirmed fixes both.. didn't touch LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Confirmed here as well both on the frugal install and running live.

I downloaded all this with the PPM to get Flash working....about 30 mb of apparently unnecessary stuff....

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flash-plugin-11.2.202.378-x86_64-1gv.txz

mozilla-nss-3.16-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

mozilla-nss-3.15.2-x86_64-2.txz

[James C]

Opera 12.16 works pretty well too.

[01micko]

So does the new opera-24 .XXXXXXXXX dev version.

Weird bug with window deco though

[01micko]

Sigmund .. here is vamps and vobcopy.

[Billtoo]

It seems that some SlackBuilds work better that others, I did the
SlackBuild for Dosbox-0.74 and it produced a
dosbox-0.74-x86_64-2_SBo.tgz that installed and works when clicked on.
Dosbox runs well even on this single core laptop.

[Puck]

Hello, yesterday I downloaded the iso of the new slacky and, finally, the devices were recognized. Now I want to install it but I need a hand to the Grub since I installed Sabayon Xfce, and I do not want to make trouble.

[jangelelcangry]

hi and good work with slacko puppy
but i'm having problems booting slacko64 5.6-9 versions using uui.
it says puppy_slacko64_5.9.1.sfs not found. Dropping out to initial-ramdisk console...
/bin/sh: can't access tty; Job control turned off
with a dvd rw disk i had, would be like hit and miss booting 5.8 version. sometimes boots other times the error appears.
but with usb will never boot in my sandy bridge machine.
why can't i boot slacko64 from usb?

[Billtoo]

I did a manual frugal install to a 16gb flash drive and tested it on a
pc with newer intel graphics.
The mouse was slow moving, plugging a drive into a usb port was slow
to mount and read.
Seems that anything to do with usb was slow.

Then I moved the flash drive to a pc with nvidia graphics and using
the nouveau driver, everything is good, mouse is working correctly and
when plugging in a usb device it's mounted quickly.

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Fri 27 Jun 2014 on Slacko64 Puppy 5.9.1 Linux 3.12.22 x86_64
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: nouveau
X.Org version: 1.14.3
dimensions: 3840x1080 pixels (508x285 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: nouveau
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on NVC8
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 9.1.7

[01micko]

Hey Billtoo.

Hmmm.. maybe the kernel is a bit old for recent intel?

You could try one of stemsee's kernels or build one your self, easy swappin' with the new setup.

Cheers!

[Billtoo]

Hmmm.. maybe the kernel is a bit old for recent intel?

When it booted up on the pc with sandybridge/ivybridge (forget which it is) disable interrupt 16 was on the screen for a second or two.
The interrupt 16 doesn't show up when it boots on this nvidia pc.

Could that be it or is that message normal on a pc with intel graphics?

EDIT:
I just booted up the pc with intel graphics again to double check, it has ivybridge graphics and the message is "disabling IRQ 16"

Mouse problem still there, also mounting/reading flash drive is very slow.

[Puppus Dogfellow]

i want to put this onto an external ssd i have which is apparently recognizable by my hardware all of sudden.

is there a more recent version of the f2fs-usb-installer-0.3-i686.pet, or should i just use that?

thanks in advance.

[James C]

Manual frugal install.....looking good.

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# report-video
Report Video 1.3 - Sat 28 Jun 2014 on Slacko64 Puppy 5.9.1 - Linux 3.12.22 x86_64
 
Chip description:
  d.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2)  
  oem: NVIDIA
  product: MCP61 - mcp61-86 Chip Rev
 
X Server: Xorg  Driver used: nouveau

X.Org version: 1.14.3
  dimensions:    1440x900 pixels (381x238 millimeters)
  depth of root window:    24 planes 


   ...the above also recorded in /tmp/root/ as report-video,
and archived with xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log as report-video-full.gz

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# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh.  The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
3691 frames in 5.0 seconds = 738.116 FPS
4066 frames in 5.0 seconds = 812.818 FPS
4153 frames in 5.0 seconds = 829.881 FPS
4136 frames in 5.0 seconds = 827.133 FPS
4137 frames in 5.0 seconds = 827.230 FPS

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-Computer-
Processor		: 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
Memory		: 3791MB (422MB used)
Machine Type		: Physical machine
Operating System		: Slacko64 Puppy - 5.9.1
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: Sat 28 Jun 2014 10:18:28 AM CDT
-Display-
Resolution		: 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Gallium 0.4 on NV4C
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter		: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
Audio Adapter		: PC-Speaker - pcsp

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# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       3791388      1823904      1967484            0       113552
-/+ buffers:            1710352      2081036
Swap:      8294396            0      8294396
# 

[IlluminatiPL]

5.8.8: 3.13.1
6.0 alpha: 3.12.22
So Why...?

When I recommend to remove a old Graphics (useless):

apm,ark,ast,chips,Cirrus,Mach64,MGA,Neomagic,S3,Savage,Tdfx,Trident,SiS,v4l,Voodoo - Because that's is only at 32bit. (not 64bit. - Main at 64bit Graphics is: Intel,AMD,Nvidia)

And Add to a Wacom drivers (Some users haves a Tablet Graphics) or a Replace to Midori from Firefox. [Lightest web Browser]

So any way I can be removing about a ePDFview... (Firefox/Chromium haves a HTML5 PDF Reader...) or Whatever no one at a Minimalist can be use a Sylpheed (All web browsers can be read at a E-Mail...) or a Transmission (I prefer from URL/FTP)

And a Second Question about a .sfs Lite make:

http://woof-ce.26403.n7.nabble.com/I-ha ... td515.html (From my Actually Account.)

[LateAdopter]

Hello 01micko

I noticed that fatdog had built a new kernel. So I thought,"why not stick it in slacko64 and see what happens?"

It actually works. That's amazing!

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-Version-
Kernel		: Linux 3.15.2 (x86_64)
Version		: #1 SMP Mon Jun 30 16:56:22 EDT 2014
C Library		: Unknown
Distribution		: Slacko64 Puppy - 5.9.1
-Current Session-
Computer Name		: puppypc15445
User Name		: root (root)
Home Directory		: /root
Desktop Environment		: Unknown (Window Manager: JWM)
-Misc-
Uptime		: 2 minutes
Load Average		: 0.61, 0.22, 0.08

Thanks 01micko jamesbond kirk for all this interesting stuff to play with.

[Jades]

Testing on Pentium D machine.

Following a pfix=ram boot, the Quick Setup option to launch the Xorg Wizard isn't working properly. On clicking the button for restarting X Server after making the settings Puppy briefly drops to the prompt as you'd expect but rather than starting the wizard it goes back to the desktop. Neither the keyboard or mouse will work however the machine is still running as the clock is working. Only way out is a hardware reset.

As with the other version of Slacko, I can't see the DeskJet 720C printer connected via parallel port in CUPS. On this version, typing modprobe ppdev in the task window returns this message:-

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modprobe: FATAL: Module ppdev not found.

When loading Firefox it pops up a new tab and tries to visit http://www.%u.com/ which errors.

[Jades]

Testing on Pentium D machine.

Following a pfix=ram boot, the Quick Setup option to launch the Xorg Wizard isn't working properly.

I think it's actually a problem with the Wizard itself - I dropped to the command line and tried to run it manually and all I got was the probing hardware message and it stopped at the prompt. The Wizard itself didn't come up.

Firewall setup wizard isn't working properly either, complains about an invalid grep option and also the absence of the Local Loopback interface - even though it's listed in Frisbee.