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BarryK · Posted: Mon 09 Jul 2007, 11:16 Post subject: Puppy 2.17alpha available

See announcement here:
http://www.puppylinux.com/news/comments.php?y=07&m=07&entry=entry070709-111155

This forum thread can be for feedback.

cb88 · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 1160 Location: USA

i am running on a 2.17 alpha on a p4 HT w/ the following specs:
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 945G/P Memory Controller Hub
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 2770 KERNEL MODULE: intel-agp

DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 945G/P PCI Express Graphics Port
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 2771 KERNEL MODULE: unknown

DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 945G Integrated Graphics Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 2772 KERNEL MODULE: intelfb

DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 945G Integrated Graphics Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 2776 KERNEL MODULE: unknown

DESCRIPTION: nVidia Corporation GeForce 6200
VENDOR: 10de DEVICE: 0221 KERNEL MODULE: unknown

it has pci express and the intel video chip is or should be disabled
xorg crashes xvesa doesn't but i have no 3d accelleration it claims that the xorg.conf file is incomplete.
2.14 does the same thing.

also 2.17 seems to boot faster possibly dues to better handling of smp capable proccessors in the new kernel or better sata handling. pmount is indeed faster and detects my simpletech flash drive thanks barry (any way to get the tabbed pmount in the final?).

also it appears you have stuck with jwm 1.8 not a prob really. one more thing sound is working so far.

please include mime type for .wma and change others from madplay to gxine or include a small music player killing madplay is a pain and confusing for beginners and please set defaul run action for .bmp to mtpaint as it is unset by default

I will try to report on the functionalit of beryl on 2.17 alpha soon.

happy hunting(for bugs) cb88

John Doe · Joined: 01 Aug 2005 Posts: 1689 Location: Michigan, US

SD Booting/Saving

Worked great on first machine. Saved right to the internal SD reader and found the pup_save when booted.

Lobster · Posted: Mon 09 Jul 2007, 16:43 Post subject:

CUPS is probably the biggest innovation and testing and feedback I am sure would be welcome by Barry

I will be testing out my dusty ol' Canon Bubblejet . . .

Also the modem connection improvements . . . more testing Smile

My initial feel of this is it is probably beta quality (but be careful) Make sure you read the notes.
http://www.puppylinux.com/download/release-2.17.htm

The finacial programs will also make welcome additions. I look forward to using notecase. Tuxcards is also available with the package installer - biut always better to use the inbuilt defaults (IMO) Cool

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Wolf Pup · Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 637

barry, 2.17 Alpha does detect lucent winmodem but can't connect, puppy 2.17 locks up and keyboard lights start flashing, pup save file is renamed to prevent loading + pfix=ram

when booting with Xvesa a browser pops up, but in Xorg no browser pops up?

can someone post a link to the extra HP drivers for cups PET package?

Greatnessguru

I'm using Puppy 2.17.Alpha just fine on an HP Vectra VE, 64MB RAM, 1 GB swap. I did pfix=clean from 2.14.Beta OK.

Q: How do I mount and manage/transfer files with a WebDAV volume? Rox? Pmount?

Thank you,
Eddie

kirk · Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1333 Location: florida

The sfs mounter is neat. Doesn't mount encrypted though, might not be worth the trouble. CUPS is a nice addition, used it with my HP 4si over a network had to use socket://192.168.254.200:9100 for my Device URI. Works nice. That's with hp jetdirect and postscript. Here's some problems:

1) On boot Puppy loads the rt73 module for my rt2570 usb wifi stick.

2) The bcm43xx wifi module doesn't work. Did work in 2.16.

If my wife will ever let me use her laptop for more than a couple minutes, I'll try to build and test new bcm43xx module. Crying or Very sad

Also, the run-pureftpd script hasn't been updated, it's got a rather big security hole. It's at:

http://www.puppyos.net/forum/?1181100547

More info on the dhcpcd problem. Posted on the blog:

http://www.puppylinux.com/news/comments.php?y=07&m=07&entry=entry070707-094306

zygo · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 206 Location: UK

I'm online with 217 alpha live cd entirely in RAM. No HD. No pup_save. I had to use an old wvdial.conf with these lines:

alienjeff · Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 2290 Location: Winsted, CT - USA

Firefox · Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 171 Location: UK

Downloaded 217alpha and used standard burn - no multisession.

Upon booting from it using pfix=ram the desktop showed the contents of the dillo file and then the dillo box came up with its contents, two for the price of one.

Pressed connect and it found my modem on serial cable connected ok then booted Seamonkey. Typed www.puppyos.com and pressed return, site not found, pressed again, same thing but the modem went down and redialled itself.
I then installed my standby wvdial153 and gnome-ppp, everything webwise now ok.
WHY isnt this standard?.

Decided to install frugal (co-exist) for a change on hda1 as i`d got a lot of puppy files on hda2 and 13meg space to fill.
Went through the install proceedures putting grub on MBR. Up came Kernel panic not synching no init found.

Booted up with 2.12 disc had a look at grub menu 1st. I`d got 3 lists of puppy on my hd? two for hda1 and one for the files on hda2. edited the files to find only puppy 2.17 on hd0,0.
Rebooted -same thing kernel panic.

Decided to do a full install on hda1. cleaned disk and mbr and formated to ext3
then installed full install. Screen/desktop came up normal - no dillo file but modem connect same problem, cant get through to websites even though modem appears to be running and every second click on url it redials.
Tried cups but no printer setup for hp710c printer so no good for me,
havn`t tried listening to radio streaming media so I suspect that wont be set up either.

cb88 · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 1160 Location: USA

beryl is a no go must need to recompile drivers xorg just crashes after they are installed.

the new pdf viewer crashed repeatedly on my laptop running from cd 300mhz 64mb ram. ran fine on my faster sempron 1.8ghz PC rendered fine good interface.

would rather have hv3 as the basic viewer even if it isn't perfect is would load fast on the first boot. gives more choice as it is becoming more functional.

has not detected two of my modems one is an Coexant HSF of some variation and the other i'am not sure but it is a compaq presario 1810 laptop if you do an internet search you may find info about it. the specs claim the video chip is 3d accelerated are there any grounds to this?check the file i attached below.

jeffrey · Posted: Mon 09 Jul 2007, 21:02 Post subject:

When booting from CD it displays the “Select your country” screen and no matter what I choose, pressing Enter merely throws a black line at the bottom of the screen. Nothing else happens. Eventually I press the Enter key again and the boot process gets going. This won't look good for the first-time user. Is it only me that has this problem? Is there some way that I can diagnose it better for you?
I get the same result on an old AcerPower 4100 PC (500MHz) and on an old Acer TravelMate 613 laptop.

BarryK · Posted: Mon 09 Jul 2007, 21:08 Post subject:

BarryK · Posted: Mon 09 Jul 2007, 21:14 Post subject:

Lobster, I notice your screen snapshot has a blank Notecase window -- to get an immediate notecase documet to see and play with, click the Help button.

I love Notecase. Findng some small things which we will have to report to the author:
1. Word wrap, it seems, has to be chosen every time it runs.
2. external URLs don't work -- clicking them nothing happens -- theres' no setup for chooing an external browser either.

BarryK · Posted: Mon 09 Jul 2007, 21:24 Post subject: