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#661 Post by mistfire »

@thinkpadfreak can you please send me your xorg.conf file that makes flsynclient works?
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#662 Post by thinkpadfreak »

@mistfire
The following is the xorg.conf

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#barry Kauler 2011
#pre-constructed xorg.conf, for use by /usr/sbin/xorgwizard-automatic

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this  section  is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

	Load "synaptics" #loadsynaptics

	# This loads the DBE extension module.
	Load        "dbe"  	# Double buffer extension

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

	# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed
	FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

	# Enables mode switching with xrandr
	Option "RandR" "on"

	# With this, Xorg won't talk to udev to add evdev devices
	# and you'll be back with the old Xorg behavior (pre-7.4)...
	Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"

	# Xorg 7.4, Ubuntu Jaunty, CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE is disabled by default...
	Option "DontZap" "false"

EndSection

# ===============================================================

Section "ServerLayout"
	InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "AlwaysCore" #serverlayoutsynaptics
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option      "XkbModel" "jp106" #xkbmodel0
	Option      "XkbLayout" "jp" #xkeymap0
	#Option      "XkbVariant" "" #xkbvariant0
	Option      "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2" #mouse0protocol
	Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
	#Option     "Emulate3Buttons"
	#Option     "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
	Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" #scrollwheel
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier "Synaptics Mouse"
	Driver "synaptics"
	Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
#	HorizSync    35-81
#	VertRefresh  59-76
	#UseModes     "Modes0" #monitor0usemodes
#	Option      "PreferredMode" "1024x768" #monitor0prefmode
	EndSection
	
Section "Modes"
	Identifier "Modes0"
	#modes0modeline0
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Card0"
#	Driver      "vesa" #card0driver
#	VendorName  "Unknown Vendor"
#	BoardName   "Unknown Board"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
#	DefaultDepth 24
	#Option         "metamodes" "1280x800_60 +0+0" #METAMODES_0
	Subsection "Display"
#		Depth       24 #screen0depth
#		Modes       "1024x768" #screen0modes
	EndSubsection
EndSection
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#663 Post by mistfire »

Thanks @thinkpadfreak, this time can you please boot tazpuppy on your computer with synaptics touchpad in pristine state and login as root. Then run this command

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Xorg -configure :2
This will create xorg.conf.new file in /root folder and post here the xorg.conf.new that was generated.I will compare the two xorg conf files
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#664 Post by thinkpadfreak »

@mistfire
It seems there is no such words as "synaptics" in xorg.conf.new.

xorg.conf.new

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Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
	Screen      2  "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/X11/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "dri2"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor1"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor2"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
        ### <percent>: "<f>%"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "kmsdev"             	# <str>
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "modesetting"
	BusID       "PCI:0:1:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
        ### <percent>: "<f>%"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"             	# <str>
        #Option     "fbdev"              	# <str>
        #Option     "debug"              	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card1"
	Driver      "fbdev"
	BusID       "PCI:0:1:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
        ### <percent>: "<f>%"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen" 	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card2"
	Driver      "vesa"
	BusID       "PCI:0:1:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen1"
	Device     "Card1"
	Monitor    "Monitor1"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen2"
	Device     "Card2"
	Monitor    "Monitor2"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection
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#665 Post by mistfire »

@thinkpadfreak based on the xorg.conf file that you given to me and also based on the puppy's xorgwizard scripts. I made a strategy, upon generating a new xorg file. It probes for synaptic touchpad. If it was detected then a new section for synaptics touchpad append on the newly generated xorg file before splitting it into different configuration.

On my latest experiment I made improvements on alsa automatic configuration as well as on synaptics touchpad.

UPDATE: flsynclient read settings at xorg.conf file not in /etc/xorg.conf.d I need to change strategy
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#666 Post by s243a »

I would like an option to have the tmp folder binded from the USB drive instead of residing in ram.

I created a thread about this:
"bind tmp folder to USB instead of having it in pure ram"
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#667 Post by mistfire »

@s243a

On my opinion: Binding /tmp on usb was not advisable unless the usb was external HDD literally. If you use /tmp on flash memory, it just shortens ng life of flash memory due to frequent data writing on /tmp
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#668 Post by mistfire »

On my latest experiment, the autoconfig now works on soundcards I make some improvements on Xorg autoconfig. Tazpanel now supports cellular dialup modem and Dialup process is now improved as well as backlight settings was improved.
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#669 Post by thinkpadfreak »

mistfire wrote:
> I make some improvements on Xorg autoconfig.

It may be too late, but ...

One of the Puppy Linux Japanese Forum members suggests making a change in the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/01-ServerFlags.conf.

If Option "AutoAddDevices" is changed to "true," flsynclient starts successfully.

He suspects that, with the above option "false," other files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d are not read.
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#670 Post by mistfire »

@Thinkpadfreak I wonder why Barry set the AutoAddDevices to false on xorg config?
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#671 Post by thinkpadfreak »

mistfire wrote:
> I wonder why Barry set the AutoAddDevices to false on xorg config?

I do not know much about X configuration. I looked into some recent Puppies.

I think older Puppies did not have the directory /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d.
For example, Tahrpup does not have the directory.

Xenialpup does have the directory, but uses xorg.conf (not an empty file).
Option "AutoAddDevices" is set as "false."

UpupBB has the directory, but uses xorg.conf (not an empty file).
Option "AutoAddDevices" is set as "true."

Edit:
The following is a quotation from ftp://www.x.org/pub/X11R7.7-RC1/doc/man ... l#heading5
Option "AutoAddDevices" "boolean"

If this option is disabled, then no devices will be added from the HAL or udev backends. Enabled by default.
It seems that the way of recognizing devices is changing now.
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#672 Post by mistfire »

@thinkpadfreak luckily my pc touchpad was synaptic. I try to use the former method in tazx script and based to your suggestion to set AutoAddDevices. flsynclient now works. So I revert back the tazx back to beta 5 and make some improvements. This time AutoAddDevices is now enabled and upon triggering xorg autoconfig, the display settings of different DE's will be reset.
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#673 Post by s243a »

I got the following error with dropbox (installed via the get-dropbox package)
Error
You cannot log in to the Dropbox desktop app because your device is running an unsupported operating system.

You must now be on glibc 2.19 or higher to log back in and use the Dropbox desktop application. We recommend that you update to a supported Linux operating system (Ubuntu 14.04+ or Fedora 21+) or meet the new system requirements.

Additionally, your Dropbox folder will need to be on an ext4-formatted hard drive or partition.
I don't think that there is much we can do because the version of glibc is too old on tazpup. It is possible to install a second instance of glibc and I may try that but I think I'll need to compile it.

At the moment I'm trying a different approach. I'm going to try running dropbox in chroot version of asciidog built via:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 908#996908
my script to create the chroot environment can be found at:
https://pastebin.com/dhyBd8ZH

Note that fredx181's script to build ascii dog must be run twice because the first time it will download the devuan version of debootstap which must be converted to a tazpkg and installed. Once debootstrap is installed the script will build asciidog but I'm missing the function to create the iso at the end of the script. Fortunately, I don't need to create the iso.

My script will then merge the two relevant folders into a ram disk that is capped at 250 mega bytes. If it grows more than this the system swaps it out of memory. The memory footprint will be small though because I'm maximizing the use of binds and symbolic links.

The script is preliminary. I will make a separate post about it once it has been tested more.
Last edited by s243a on Sat 03 Nov 2018, 06:33, edited 1 time in total.
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#674 Post by s243a »

s243a wrote:On previous versions of TazPup, the iron browser was the most capable browser that worked with TazPup. On the latest update it doesn't work. Strace tells me that it is trying to access shared memory.

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open("/home/tux/.config/chromium/Default/Visited Links", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
read(38, "\375\313W@T\31\257p", 8)      = 8
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {16980, 337363961}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {16980, 337428181}) = 0
gettimeofday({1539064712, 317493}, NULL) = 0
open("/dev/shm/.org.chromium.Chromium.prKdV8", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_LARGEFILE, 0600) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {16980, 337645474}) = 0
gettid()                                = 31887
time(NULL)                              = 1539064712
write(2, "[31887:31887:1009/065832:ERROR:s"..., 151[31887:31887:1009/065832:ERROR:shared_memory_posix.cc(302)] Creating shared memory in /dev/shm/.org.chromium.Chromium.prKdV8 failed: Permission denied
) = 151
access("/dev/shm", W_OK|X_OK)           = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
gettid()                                = 31887
time(NULL)                              = 1539064712
write(2, "[31887:31887:1009/065832:ERROR:s"..., 116[31887:31887:1009/065832:ERROR:shared_memory_posix.cc(305)] Unable to access(W_OK|X_OK) /dev/shm: Permission denied
) = 116
gettid()                                = 31887
time(NULL)                              = 1539064712
open("/proc/self/status", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 58
read(58, "Name:\tiron\nUmask:\t0022\nState:\tR "..., 1024) = 1024
close(58)                               = 0
write(2, "[31887:31887:1009/065832:FATAL:s"..., 164[31887:31887:1009/065832:FATAL:shared_memory_posix.cc(307)] This is frequently caused by incorrect permissions on /dev/shm.  Try 'sudo chmod 1777 /dev/shm' to fix.
) = 164
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [ABRT], NULL, 8) = 0
tgkill(31887, 31887, SIGABRT)           = 0
--- SIGABRT {si_signo=SIGABRT, si_code=SI_TKILL, si_pid=31887, si_uid=1000} ---
+++ killed by SIGABRT +++
Aborted
The strace suggests the following fix:

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write(2, "[31887:31887:1009/065832:FATAL:s"..., 164[31887:31887:1009/065832:FATAL:shared_memory_posix.cc(307)] This is frequently caused by incorrect permissions on /dev/shm.  Try 'sudo chmod 1777 /dev/shm' to fix.
but I'm not sure that's safe.
I don't think this is fixed yet, but I could be wrong. Anyway I think what needs to be changed is

tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs noexec,nosuid 0 0

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tmpfs         /dev/shm     tmpfs    noexec,nosuid        0       0
the noexec seems to go against the suggested premission settings by the iron browser.
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#675 Post by mistfire »

@s243a

That was weird. I already set the permission of /dev/shm to 1777 when the system boots up take a look at /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit that was supposed to be work. May I know where did you get that iron browser? I will try to download it

Also I found something weird on loading the save file (not save folder) in TazPuppy. The /initrd/mnt/dev_save mountpoint cannot be accesed by ordinary user account only the root account can. Even I set the permission to 1777 it still cannot be accesed by ordinary user.
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#676 Post by mistfire »

@s243a it seems my approach on /dev/shm does not work. I made a test by typing this command

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 echo 1 > /dev/shm/file
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#677 Post by s243a »

mistfire wrote:@s243a

That was weird. I already set the permission of /dev/shm to 1777 when the system boots up take a look at /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit that was supposed to be work. May I know where did you get that iron browser? I will try to download it

Also I found something weird on loading the save file (not save folder) in TazPuppy. The /initrd/mnt/dev_save mountpoint cannot be accesed by ordinary user account only the root account can. Even I set the permission to 1777 it still cannot be accesed by ordinary user.
Just search the tazpup package manager for "iron". I believe that it is called "iron-linux" in the package manager.
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#678 Post by mistfire »

@s243a I successfully fixed the /dev/shm permission upon booting. Now it successfully set the /dev/shm permission when the system boots.
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#679 Post by mistfire »

TazPuppy Beta 6 released

Changes:
* Automatic configuration now works on sound cards. Its alsa configuration is now located at /etc/asound.state
* Improved Xorg autoconfiguration for synaptic touchpads as well as autoconfiguration for backlights.
* Boots more faster due to fixes in sfs load
* /dev/shm permission fixed
* Tazpanel fixed
* 3G modem dialer and PPPOE is now separated application
* With GNOME PPP for dialup support
* Basic hotkey now working (Win key for application menu, CTRL+ALT+DELETE for task manager, and Print Screen for screenshot)
* More fixes

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uyu5c0 ... sp=sharing
Build kit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SOZx6q ... sp=sharing
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#680 Post by thinkpadfreak »

Mistfire, thank you for various improvements in beta 6.

Now, the synaptics touchpad is recognized and flsynclient starts successfully.
Xorg configuration introduces modesetting driver. I changed xorg.conf to use radeon driver. This does not matter much, I think.

I am glad that sfs_load does not take time at boot.

Before beta 6, I had difficulty enabling the default sound card, because the machine ThinkPad X121e has HDMI output. Now configuring the sound card has become much easier.

However, I am afraid the volume setting is not saved. This seems to be true of some recent versions.
To save the volume setting, I make a link /etc/asound.state pointing to /var/lib/alsa/asound.state. Then I execute the command alsactl store, which seems to save to /var/lib/alsa/asound.state.

Edit
The link got replaced by a new file at reboot. I changed the method as follows:

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# alsactl store
# cp /var/lib/alsa/asound.state /etc/asound.state
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