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jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 2421

re: "jerky video"

Try this:
1. Install nvidia-195.36.15-k2.6.33.2-1-q from the PPM
2. exit to prompt. Rerun xorgwizard, and "probe"

This worked for me; the radeon driver used the extra libs supplied with nvidia, and flash now works.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 05 Jun 2010, 14:43 Post subject:

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4742 Location: Kentucky

Have made 2 new fresh frugal installs of Quirky 120...........one on my old P3 test box (733 mhz/256 mb ram/1 gb swap) and the other install on my main Linux box (Athlon XP 2.0 ghz/1 gb ram/1 gb swap).

Both installs appear to be working correctly so far........although I have a cpu temp indicator in the tray on the Athlon box but not on the old P3.Not really important though since both are desktops. Smile

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4742 Location: Kentucky

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9389 Location: SwedenEurope

Q1.20 works good on my HP/Compaq. Have not tested to do spotify on Wine but if it works in Q1.00 I trust it would work on the 1.20 too Am I wrong?

I am too lazy to install everything over to 1.2 from 1.0. I am very satisfied with Q1.

The only thing I miss on Q1 are the Quickpet thing.

Is that possible to make available?

Why I don't use Lucid Puppy 5.00? Because trying to run Spotify in wine kills it each time.

Béèm · Posted: Sat 05 Jun 2010, 15:00 Post subject: Re: quirky 1.20 jerky video

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9389 Location: SwedenEurope

Do we know if the rise of temperature is real or a software bug that report high temp which is not that high in reality?

Is it related to the fans not running despite they should start at a certain temperature? Is there any independent way to confirm it is making the circuits dangerous hot?

I am too lazy to spend time on it but to check my gut feeling.

I went to google and put this in the search

linux "high temperature"

Several answer do indicate quirky are not entirely alone?
But I want to know what is going on too. I ahve three computers with laptop chips and they scream warning of high temp within a minute of being booted on the newest quirkies.

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4352 Location: merriam, kansas

Béèm · Posted: Sat 05 Jun 2010, 15:29 Post subject: Re: quirky 1.20 jerky video

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4352 Location: merriam, kansas

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4352 Location: merriam, kansas

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4742 Location: Kentucky

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4352 Location: merriam, kansas

Thanks James C

That's the last place I would have thought of looking. Smile

edit;

Nvidea made no noticeable difference with ati mobility m3 agp 2x
It's not a Radeon

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 05 Jun 2010, 16:58 Post subject:

drblock2 · Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 118

Downloaded and installed Quirky 1.2 along with my save file from 1.2rc. The save file was updated quickly and sound, flash video, ethernet network and local LAN worked right out of the box.

I had to delete and reinstall my HP 6P laserjet to enable printing via samba, but this was no problem.

Unfortunately, the problems reported here: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=422085#422085 have not been resolved in the new version. Just to summarize:

1. Geany is still not able to open files on an smb mounted drive. Geany 0.19 has not resolved this - the problem did not appear with Puppy 4.31 and Geany 0.18.

2. Printing to a ps-file via CUPS-PDF still has no upper-left margin.

3. A shell script !#bin/sh does not start on booting despite link form executable in path to /root/Startup. (Say . . . this folder contains traytemp and start_cpu_freq as well. Do you suppose this might have something to do with the temperature problems?)