The time now is Mon 23 Apr 2018, 17:25
All times are UTC - 4 |
Author |
Message |
nic2109
Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 406 Location: Hayslope, near Middlemarch, Midlands, England
|
Posted: Fri 12 Oct 2007, 05:32 Post subject:
Problem(s) with USB Flash Drives Subject description: Cannot expand large .PET archive - Solved |
|
I have had three different problems with USB flash drive installations, but I'm not sure whether they are different problems or different symptoms of a single problem.
1) Puppy 3.0 final installed on a 1Gb flash drive with a 256Mb heavy encryption save file. Couldn't install EZpup-3.0 - too little space to expand the archive.
I tried to expand the save file by an additional 512Mb, but then Puppy wouldn't boot.
Re-installed into second setup.
2) Puppy 3.0 final installed on 1Gb flash drive as an HD install using the whole drive.
Same problem - insufficient space to expand EZpup-3.0 .PET archive.
Installed into third setup: a 2Gb flash drive with a 512 Mb save-file with heavy encryption.
Same problem. Tried to expand the save file by an additional 512Mb and re-boot.
3) Puppy 3.0 final on 2Gb flash drive with heavy encryption save file and a queued request to expand the save-file at next re-boot.
Re-booted OK but ignored the expand request. Still won't install EZpup-3.0.
SOLVED
=====
I don't actually know WHY it worked when previous methods didn't, but installation via MU's PSI application (aka "Puppy Software Installer") worked perfectly.
Also; it appears that not expanding encrypted save files is a feature not a bug! I read somewhere that Barry plans to change that, so it may appear in 3.02 or 3.1.
Last edited by nic2109 on Sat 20 Oct 2007, 08:13; edited 1 time in total
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
gray

Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Posts: 318 Location: Adelaide - South Australia
|
Posted: Fri 12 Oct 2007, 06:12 Post subject:
gxine |
|
Just a quickie : gxine wont play ogg files - demuxer not found.
replaced the dmx file with one from 2.17 & it works -obviously the version in Puppy 3.0 is f****d.
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
RickyVaio
Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 37
|
Posted: Fri 12 Oct 2007, 14:34 Post subject:
FIX! Subject description: Fix for /bin/sh:can't access tty;job control turned off |
|
Regarding my /bin/sh:can't access tty;job control turned off problems, I fixed it specifying the partition grub had to work on in ALL lines in menu.lst
My entry now looks like this:
Quote: |
title Puppy
rootverify (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=satahd
initrd (hd0,1)/initrd.gz |
I am now typing this from Puppy 3...
HTH
RickyVaio
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
wuwei

Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 795 Location: formerly de; now in tranquility
|
Posted: Sat 13 Oct 2007, 04:15 Post subject:
Puppy 3.00 bugs Subject description: connection problems |
|
When running Puppy 3.00 as a LiveCD I continue to find these problems, even after the PPPOE-fix. (My internet connects through a DSL modem, no router)
Roaring Penguin starts and connects, but Firefox doesn't get access to the internet, neither does Thunderbird.
Same problem occurs in Firehydrant and TMXprism3BETA.
TMXprism3 doesn't even start Thunderbird, neither from the menu, nor a changed desktop icon, nor the console. Also why does TMX use the old mut again? The new one in 2.17 was much more pleasant to look at.
None of this occured in any version of 2.17 I have tested, not Puppy, not TMX, NOP, etc.
Could you please address these issues? Guess this is the 3rd time I have posted this.
Otherwise I am very pleased with Puppy, the 2.17 versions that is. You are doing an excellent job.
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
barker
Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 4
|
Posted: Sat 13 Oct 2007, 17:39 Post subject:
Re: universal installer failure on usb flash [solved] Subject description: universal installer cannot install to pendrive |
|
seems to have been a problem with this particular usb pendrive (although it worked with previous versions). Using a USB pendrive with only 1 partition solved the problem.
barker wrote: | Hi I've used puppy's universal installer several times before, and never had problems- but with 3.0 it does not seem to work.
however my pendrive is formatted (fat16, ext2, ext3, fat32, one partition, two partitions, bootable flag, no flag - formatted in windows, formatted with linux, partitioned with gparted, or fdisk, or cfdisk (you see I've tried a few options Wink) it is only recognised as 'superfloppy formatted with ext3 - no files are copied across (although the operation takes some time and uses both the CD-drive and hard disk (swap?)). No options to install a boot loader or make the disk bootable appear afterwards.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Installing on ATA hard-drive no problem.
barker |
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
ecomoney

Joined: 25 Nov 2005 Posts: 2183 Location: Lincolnshire, England
|
Posted: Sun 14 Oct 2007, 02:41 Post subject:
Pfix = Ram |
|
Just a quick polish, when booting from the cd "puppy pfix=ram" to boot into memory and ignore any save files, the loading screen still says "searching for save files".
_________________ Puppy Linux's Mission
Sorry, my server is down atm!
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
cb88

Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 1169 Location: USA
|
Posted: Sun 14 Oct 2007, 17:07 Post subject:
|
|
if you restart jwm while the menu is being rewriten (as when a dotpup is being installed) jwm gets really messed up
_________________ Taking Puppy Linux to the limit of perfection. meanwhile try "puppy pfix=duct_tape" kernel parem eater.
X86: Sager NP6110 3630QM 16GB ram, Tyan Thunder 2 2x 300Mhz
Sun: SS2 , LX , SS5 , SS10 , SS20 ,Ultra 1, Ultra 10 , T2000
Mac: Platinum Plus, SE/30
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
willhunt

Joined: 05 Oct 2005 Posts: 495
|
Posted: Sun 14 Oct 2007, 21:25 Post subject:
Not knowing |
|
somehow I broke my new puppy
anyone know if this is a 3.0 problem
or something I've done?
here is the error I get
# kp
couldn't load file "/usr/lib/tcl8.5/gnocl-0.9.91/gnocl.so": /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: cairo_pdf_surface_create
while executing
"load /usr/lib/tcl8.5/gnocl-0.9.91/gnocl.so"
("package ifneeded Gnocl 0.9.91" script)
invoked from within
"package require Gnocl"
(file "/usr/sbin/kp" line 16)
#
/usr/lib/tcl8.5/gnocl-0.9.91/gnocl.so is there and there is no .wh. files
???
_________________ 176 Icewm Themes
vlc-0.8.6c-i586.pet
vlc-0.8.6c-i586.pet
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
Leon
Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 254
|
Posted: Mon 15 Oct 2007, 03:00 Post subject:
Re: Puppy 3.00 bugs Subject description: connection problems |
|
wuwei wrote: | When running Puppy 3.00 as a LiveCD I continue to find these problems, even after the PPPOE-fix. (My internet connects through a DSL modem, no router)
Roaring Penguin starts and connects, but Firefox doesn't get access to the internet, neither does Thunderbird. |
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=147002#147002
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
ecomoney

Joined: 25 Nov 2005 Posts: 2183 Location: Lincolnshire, England
|
Posted: Mon 15 Oct 2007, 03:25 Post subject:
No validation on pup_file choose |
|
There is no validation when choosing the pup_save.2fs file at bootup, entering a numberd choice not on the list causes puppy to load into RAM. Should there be validation at this point? What would happen if the user booted into ram and then at shutdown chose the same name for a pup_file? Would this cause data to be overwritten or would the write fail and the session be lost?
_________________ Puppy Linux's Mission
Sorry, my server is down atm!
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
edoc

Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 4722 Location: Southeast Georgia, USA
|
Posted: Tue 16 Oct 2007, 21:27 Post subject:
|
|
I tried one of the solutions for 3.00 Frugal on my laptop with W2K and it trashed the
w2K boot if not the install.
Quote: | Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
,windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrn1.exe
Please reinstall a copy of the above file. |
Since I don't know what broke it I can go ahead and see about finding and replacing
that W2K file but may just break it again!
Anyone seen this before?
_________________ Thanks! David
Home page: http://nevils-station.com
Don't google Search! http://duckduckgo.com
TahrPup64 & Lighthouse64-b602 & JL64-603
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
GatorDog

Joined: 12 Sep 2006 Posts: 136
|
Posted: Wed 17 Oct 2007, 12:56 Post subject:
Re: Not knowing |
|
willhunt wrote: | somehow I broke my new puppy
anyone know if this is a 3.0 problem
or something I've done?
here is the error I get
# kp
couldn't load file "/usr/lib/tcl8.5/gnocl-0.9.91/gnocl.so":
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol:
cairo_pdf_surface_create
while executing
"load /usr/lib/tcl8.5/gnocl-0.9.91/gnocl.so"
("package ifneeded Gnocl 0.9.91" script)
invoked from within
"package require Gnocl"
(file "/usr/sbin/kp" line 16)
#
/usr/lib/tcl8.5/gnocl-0.9.91/gnocl.so is there and there is no .wh. files
??? |
Menu/Multimedia/Puppy Sound Mixer doesn't run. If I try to start
it in a terminal ( pvolume-mixer.tcl), I get the same error as above
except the last line is - (file "/usr/sbin/pvolume-mixer.tcl" line 17).
Also, I get the same error as above with "kp".
Pup 3.01 w/ EZpup 3.0
rod
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
luck_gh0st

Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 28
|
Posted: Wed 17 Oct 2007, 20:02 Post subject:
|
|
same here === couldn't load file "/usr/lib/tcl8.5/gnocl-0.9.91/gnocl.so
Pvolume nor kp work but if I play a song in Gxine , the sound does work....
alsamixer works too.....
[/img]
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
luck_gh0st

Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 28
|
Posted: Thu 18 Oct 2007, 06:59 Post subject:
|
|
Oooooo k I've been racking my brains all night on this, and I found a cheap , dirty way to fix the above problem....
Simply put your Puppy 300 CD in and in the menu's setup tab use the puppy universal installer, do a Full install, and Upgrade, and when it asks about installing grub, just cancel.
now pmixer and the process killer are back!
I wonder what happened? something that I did notice was that everyone with this prob had used the EZpup, but it could just be coincidence.
Puppy is STILL the best!
Description |
|

Download |
Filename |
prob_fixed.png |
Filesize |
144.98 KB |
Downloaded |
634 Time(s) |
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
alienjeff

Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 2291 Location: Winsted, CT - USA
|
Posted: Fri 19 Oct 2007, 23:22 Post subject:
|
|
Please resize screenshots. Sheesh.
_________________ hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net
diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe
quote: "The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people." - Thomas Hooker
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
|