Puppy 4.3 Beta2 -- bugs and reports
- charlie6
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Hi,
on pup4.3beta2 frugall
I installed
xorg_xorg_full_dri-7.3.pet
to get OpenGL and subsequently instal, let us say ....MU's GoogleEarth sfs file.
To see if OpenGL was running I did this:
on pup4.3b2 + xorg.xorg-7.3-full-dri.pet
then no working OpenGL using that pet.
Cheers
Charlie
on pup4.3beta2 frugall
I installed
xorg_xorg_full_dri-7.3.pet
to get OpenGL and subsequently instal, let us say ....MU's GoogleEarth sfs file.
To see if OpenGL was running I did this:
on pup4.3b2 + xorg.xorg-7.3-full-dri.pet
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# glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
Cheers
Charlie
iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode
My wifi network misses the firmware. I have found that, when included in
/lib/firmware, the wireless network works properly. I include the firmware attached here.
It needs to be unzipped before copied to /lib/firmware directory.
I hope that it can be included in puppy 4.3.
/lib/firmware, the wireless network works properly. I include the firmware attached here.
It needs to be unzipped before copied to /lib/firmware directory.
I hope that it can be included in puppy 4.3.
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I have the same exact problem and it is present in both beta1 and beta2.Sylvander wrote:On my PC it won't auto power-off [does on BoxPup & Puppy 4.2.1-rc3], so it's necessary for me to manually use the off switch once it reports that the system has halted.
I have on older pentium3.
It goes through the shut down and ends in white text on the screen saying "system halted" and I then push the power button once to turn it off.
[u]Netbook[/u]; Compaq cq10 with Quirky008,Ubuntu 9.10,W7 :oops:
DRI
Hi charlie6:
DRI is working and I did not installed the full xorg, but the lesser xorg_xorg_dri-7.3-1 pet package plus the file r300_dri.so from the full package, for just my card. If I install the full dri pet, it always gives a problem, I believe it overwrites some files incorrectly in my /usr/X11R7/bin area.
I started over with a fresh backup, save file.
Kal
I am using a manual frugal install and my computer has an ATI 9550 graphic card.I installed
xorg_xorg_full_dri-7.3.pet
DRI is working and I did not installed the full xorg, but the lesser xorg_xorg_dri-7.3-1 pet package plus the file r300_dri.so from the full package, for just my card. If I install the full dri pet, it always gives a problem, I believe it overwrites some files incorrectly in my /usr/X11R7/bin area.
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# glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
Kal
Tray Volume Control
One more minor problem is my motherboard's on-board sound only uses PCM and the old absvolume in the tray, controls the Master volume only. The solution was to compile and put in a newer AbsVolume-4.3, replacing Puppy's from their site. This one uses PCM. Then I just started it in /root/.xinitrc with the command "absvolume &" only. It is not as fancy, but, works.
Kal
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Note to anyone wanting to compile their own kernel (and Barry) -
the lzma compression utility is required at the last stage of the kernel image compression, but Puppy 4.3b2's version of lzma will fail, since it does not recognise the "9" and "c" switches of the build script.
In fact, none of the official LZMA SDK versions from
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
will work this way.
Instead you need the unofficial LZMA Utils package from
http://tukaani.org/lzma/
the lzma compression utility is required at the last stage of the kernel image compression, but Puppy 4.3b2's version of lzma will fail, since it does not recognise the "9" and "c" switches of the build script.
In fact, none of the official LZMA SDK versions from
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
will work this way.
Instead you need the unofficial LZMA Utils package from
http://tukaani.org/lzma/
- BarryK
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Unfortunately, this is an issue that has to be taken up with the kernel developers.tom4jesus wrote:I have the same exact problem and it is present in both beta1 and beta2.Sylvander wrote:On my PC it won't auto power-off [does on BoxPup & Puppy 4.2.1-rc3], so it's necessary for me to manually use the off switch once it reports that the system has halted.
I have on older pentium3.
It goes through the shut down and ends in white text on the screen saying "system halted" and I then push the power button once to turn it off.
The kernel has a configure option to handle shutdown quirks of particular hardware, and I enabled that. However, recent kernels do not shutdown all the old PCs that once did shutdown.
[url]https://bkhome.org/news/[/url]
- BarryK
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Um, no it doesn't fail. I compiled the 2.6.30.5 kernel and it did get lzma compressed, 1978KB, compared with the 2.6.29.6 kernel at 2320KB.tempestuous wrote:Note to anyone wanting to compile their own kernel (and Barry) -
the lzma compression utility is required at the last stage of the kernel image compression, but Puppy 4.3b2's version of lzma will fail, since it does not recognise the "9" and "c" switches of the build script.
In fact, none of the official LZMA SDK versions from
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
will work this way.
Instead you need the unofficial LZMA Utils package from
http://tukaani.org/lzma/
That was a full hd installation, of pup 4.3beta1 I think.
lzma 4.32.0beta3 Copyright (C) 2006 Ville Koskinen
Based on LZMA SDK 4.43 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Igor Pavlov
Usage: lzma [flags and input files in any order]
-c --stdout output to standard output
-d --decompress force decompression
-z --compress force compression
-k --keep keep (don't delete) input files
-f --force force overwrite of output file and compress links
-t --test test compressed file integrity
-S .suf --suffix .suf use suffix .suf on compressed files
-q --quiet suppress error messages
-v --verbose be verbose
-h --help print this message
-L --license display the license information
-V --version display version numbers of LZMA SDK and lzma
-1 .. -2 fast compression
-3 .. -9 good to excellent compression. -7 is the default.
--fast alias for -1
--best alias for -9 (usually *not* what you want)
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- plaguedogs
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no sound
no sound on SigmaTel stac9228 driver loads fine alsa mixer shows card, but no sound,
this is in /etc/modprobe.conf
this is in /proc/asound/card0/codec#2
so ... i dont know, its broken for me.
mutepup
it had sound in my virtual box.... lol
ps, my grub is broken too
this is in /etc/modprobe.conf
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alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
this is in /proc/asound/card0/codec#2
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Codec: SigmaTel STAC9228
Address: 2
Function Id: 0x1
Vendor Id: 0x83847616
Subsystem Id: 0x10280242
Revision Id: 0x100402
No Modem Function Group found
Default PCM:
rates [0x7e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
so ... i dont know, its broken for me.
mutepup
it had sound in my virtual box.... lol
ps, my grub is broken too
- charlie6
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Hi Kal,
many thanks for your reply!
I installed xorg_xorg_dri-7.3-1 pet package plus the file nv_drv.so (which I suppose to suit my card) and place nv_drv.so in
/usr/X11R7/lib/xorg/modules/drivers folder.
Restarted and glxinfo answered again
I stay puzzled...
ps: have previously uninstalled the full xorg...and restarted.
cheers
charlie
many thanks for your reply!
my card is nvidia GeForce 6200 seDRI is working and I did not installed the full xorg, but the lesser xorg_xorg_dri-7.3-1 pet package plus the file r300_dri.so from the full package, for just my card. If I install the full dri pet, it always gives a problem, I believe it overwrites some files incorrectly in my /usr/X11R7/bin area.
I installed xorg_xorg_dri-7.3-1 pet package plus the file nv_drv.so (which I suppose to suit my card) and place nv_drv.so in
/usr/X11R7/lib/xorg/modules/drivers folder.
Restarted and glxinfo answered again
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direct rendering: No
ps: have previously uninstalled the full xorg...and restarted.
cheers
charlie
- charlie6
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Hi,
browsing accross the forum, I found that graphic card drivers could be kernel version dependent.
I should load nvidia-180-modiliases_180.44.pet
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 29&t=46306
and choice of driver acc. to (thnx MU !)
http://puppyisos.org/isos/2009-01-to-06 ... cards.htm
BUT:
- I hav'nt yet found the puppy5 repo to load and get a try ---> help please
- I am not sure it shall suit the kernel.
thanks for any advice
cheers, charlie
UPDATE:
browsing accross the forum, I found that graphic card drivers could be kernel version dependent.
I should load nvidia-180-modiliases_180.44.pet
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 29&t=46306
and choice of driver acc. to (thnx MU !)
http://puppyisos.org/isos/2009-01-to-06 ... cards.htm
BUT:
- I hav'nt yet found the puppy5 repo to load and get a try ---> help please
- I am not sure it shall suit the kernel.
thanks for any advice
cheers, charlie
UPDATE:
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- I hav'nt yet found the puppy5 repo to load and get a try ---> hel[/quote]- I hav'nt yet found the puppy5 repo to load and get a try ---> help please[/quote] HAVE FOUND here [url]http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=34001&start=45 [/url] Onpippy412k2.5.26.15 I downloaded one of these drivers and it worked fine ! It well seems to be kernel version dependent.[/color]
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Maybe you need a new kernel?Damn........... cant find any bugs!
http://www.osnews.com/story/22145/Linux ... _Released/
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Yes, I did a full HD install again, and lzma works fine.
My original problem seems to stem from the fact that I compiled the
modules only (make modules) without the kernel image. But a reboot
then complained about mismatched modules. So I compiled the kernel
image afterwards.
Moral of the story: don't cut corners. Just run "make".
My original problem seems to stem from the fact that I compiled the
modules only (make modules) without the kernel image. But a reboot
then complained about mismatched modules. So I compiled the kernel
image afterwards.
Moral of the story: don't cut corners. Just run "make".
Looks like Seamonkey has a whole new data storage system from 1.17 on, presumably based on the Firefox model. Whatever, its stable and fast. In fact everything about 4.3.2 feels faster than previous Pups.
I miss a proper shut down dialog though, the menu system is horrid with a touchpad, so I installed Zigberts as it is in keeping with the default theme. Changed the desktop but kept the icons... nice.
BTW, how can one trigger JWM to auto-update without 'refresh menus'?
Also wish there was a way to disable the screensaver permanently via the menu system.
I use an xset script in the startup dir but it seems an oversight, and what noob is going to know how to create the script?
Why does this Pup run faster on my dual-core machine than my SMP Pup?
I miss a proper shut down dialog though, the menu system is horrid with a touchpad, so I installed Zigberts as it is in keeping with the default theme. Changed the desktop but kept the icons... nice.
BTW, how can one trigger JWM to auto-update without 'refresh menus'?
Also wish there was a way to disable the screensaver permanently via the menu system.
I use an xset script in the startup dir but it seems an oversight, and what noob is going to know how to create the script?
Why does this Pup run faster on my dual-core machine than my SMP Pup?
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