Lucid Puppy 5.2 feedback and bug reports

[playdayz]

In lupu520's DOTconfig-k2.6.33.2-27MAY2010-LUPU-SMP-TICKLESS the following is specified
Code:
CONFIG_NR_CPUS=4

while in Q140's DOTconfig-K2.6.31.14-25OCT2010 it is specified:
Code:
CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8

Couldn't that config option be the culprit?

Almost certainly, imho. These are from the kernel sources?

Anyway, just my nooby woof thoughts Shocked Smile;
- JFS module did not disappear by me erasing exotic modules (don't have a jfs drive to test, though).

The missing modules did reappear though when I unchecked Erase exotic modules They are in the pet above (but look in 520, they are not there)

[01micko]

I'm keeping track here and posting the most important fixes in the main post.

So far there is
1)the jfs fix, also perhaps if there are other modules missing that may have been present in 51x
2) the unetbootin work around.

Cheers

[bones01]

It's all working well for me. I had some trouble with 5.1.1 with some media programs not working and some missing deps. However, it's all working as it should with 5.2

Haven't come across things that worked in 5.1.1 but not 5.2. Even e-Sword minimizes and reopens, which is more than just a bit helpful.

Haven't tried Gimp yet, and that could be the problem. We'll see.

Good job everyone. Thanks for making it possible.

Bones

[bones01]

Does anyone have or know of "devices" that worked in 5.1.1 but not in Lucid 5.2?

Particularly that would be net devices such as wireless and filesystem devices such as odd filesystems.

Hi Playdayz

I don't know if this is the sort of thing you're thinking of, but the battery monitor (?) on the task bar isn't working. This is the first time I've used it unpowered since installing 5.2 so only just realised it isn't working. Hopefully I'll be finished before the battery is

Bones

[bignono1]

I have a menu problem in jwm, the Openpox wm is ok.
When i go : Menu\Desktop\Desktop Settings, then the submenu does not go to the wright direction, it goes to the left as in the attachment.
Fixmenus did not fix it, any idea?

[bones01]

Does anyone have or know of "devices" that worked in 5.1.1 but not in Lucid 5.2?

Particularly that would be net devices such as wireless and filesystem devices such as odd filesystems.

Hi Playdayz

I don't know if this is the sort of thing you're thinking of, but the battery monitor (?) on the task bar isn't working. This is the first time I've used it unpowered since installing 5.2 so only just realised it isn't working. Hopefully I'll be finished before the battery is

Bones

Uumm, I don't know what happened, but it's working now.

[bones01]

Good morning everyone

I installed GimPhoto 2.4.3 from a .pet that I had on file, and was pleased to see that it seemed to work well, but wanted to use the full Gimp. So, went to PPM, clicked on the listing in 'Installed Packages' and went through the routine to uninstall.

But it didn't.

I've now grabbed the full Gimp .sfs from Quickpet sfs get, and that has installed, or so it seems, but won't load up. It is in /mnt/home as it should be, and when I check the bootmanager it is where it should be. But when I go menu>graphics>GNUImageManipulationProgram it is still GimPhoto 2.4.3 that opens up.

I don't know if this is a Lucid 5.2 issue and will post this elsewhere on the forum if needed, but any help would once again be appreciated.

Bones

[technowomble]

Apart from the virtual desktop issue already mentioned by capoverde the only bug I've come across so far is that Quickpet recommends the Catalyst driver for my ATI Radeon HD3450 card, but I couldn't get it to work. Xorg High-GLX seems to suit my card, and gives good results in Google Earth.

[Karl Godt]

Almost certainly, imho. These are from the kernel sources?

The current .config is found in puppies mostly at /etc/modules while every other distro puts it somewhere at /boot .

[bigpup]

Apart from the virtual desktop issue already mentioned by capoverde JWM can still not be configured from the menu "JWM configuration" as for the tray size and virtual desktop number, must be set by hand.

Tray size and virtual desktop number selection works OK for me in JWM configuration.
Are you sure you are not in OpenBox when trying to make changes? Also you must restart JWM for the changes to be made.

[playdayz]

the only bug I've come across so far is that Quickpet recommends the Catalyst driver for my ATI Radeon HD3450 card, but I couldn't get it to work. Xorg High-GLX seems to suit my card, and gives good results in Google Earth.

That is the "right" recommendation by Quickpet, but, well, you know... Xorg_high is also appropriate for HD radeon cards. I am glad it is working.

[gcmartin]

... Are you sure ...

Can anyone tell me how to get PUP5.2 LiveCD running so that the taskbar ONLY shows what's running in the active Virtual Desktop instead of show all task in all desktops?
Thanks in advance

[bigpup]

... Are you sure ...

Can anyone tell me how to get PUP5.2 LiveCD running so that the taskbar ONLY shows what's running in the active Virtual Desktop instead of show all task in all desktops?
Thanks in advance

In live CD fbpanel configuration controls the taskbar.
menu>desktop>desktop settings>fbpanel configuration>taskbar tab
show all desks
Select false
select main tab
select OK
This setting should stop showing all tasks in all desktops.

[Tasgarth]

bones01 wrote:

I installed GimPhoto 2.4.3 from a .pet that I had on file, and was pleased to see that it seemed to work well, but wanted to use the full Gimp. So, went to PPM, clicked on the listing in 'Installed Packages' and went through the routine to uninstall.
But it didn't.
I've now grabbed the full Gimp .sfs from Quickpet sfs get, and that has installed, or so it seems, but won't load up.

I often use Gimp and it works well.
I tested GimPphoto with a prehistoric lupu-lucid (six months old). The system crashed...
Gimp and (or) GimpPhoto no longer working. So I was forced to delete the pupsave to put again a previous saved pupsave.bak (only with Gimp).
Currently (lucid 5.2) I use Gimp-full-2.6.10-lucid.sfs very often for photo retouching. It is stable.

[zachif]

I booted from the live CD, and ran the install wizard.
FULL install on SDA3 (Win7 on SDA1 and SDA2).
wizard completed successfully, identified Win 7, created the config for GRUB4DOS and everything seemed to be ok, until trying to boot...
Win 7 still boots OK, when selecting it from the grub4dos menu.
When trying to boot puppy, I get:

Booting Lucid Puppy 520 (sda3/boot)

setting root to (hd0,2)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 ro

Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format


now, the partition size is 256MB, and I have tried it twice!
partition created using Gpart launched from the install wizard.
partition was created as the default ext2.

can anyone help?!

Thanks!

[bigpup]

zachif,

Boot the live CD
Menu>system
run Grub4dos - bootloader config. Just select the defaults. That should make sure everything in the Grub4dos menu.lst is correct.

now, the partition size is 256MB, and I have tried it twice!
partition created using Gpart launched from the install wizard.

That may be a little too small partition size for a full install.

[01micko]

now, the partition size is 256MB, and I have tried it twice!
partition created using Gpart launched from the install wizard.

That may be a little too small partition size for a full install.

Definitely too small, the main sfs expands to a bit over 240M I think, then a small browser expands to at least 30M... that is not enough! 500M minimum I reckon should give some breathing space, though not much.

[James C]

now, the partition size is 256MB, and I have tried it twice!
partition created using Gpart launched from the install wizard.

That may be a little too small partition size for a full install.

Definitely too small, the main sfs expands to a bit over 240M I think, then a small browser expands to at least 30M... that is not enough! 500M minimum I reckon should give some breathing space, though not much.

Beat me too it.....

For what it's worth, my Lucid 520 full install ,with a couple of browsers,VLC and a Nvidia driver is over 800 mb.....a larger partition is needed for a full install.

[bigpup]

I had to know, so I did a full install of Lucid 5.2 with nothing added and no changes from initial boot.
Took 311MB of space.

[gcmartin]

Thanks BigPup, BUT, still doesn't change anything in the LiveCD system. ...No matter what I do. If its not a bug, then, you or I are not implementing the change properly. Or this is the "new' implementation.

... Are you sure ...

Can anyone tell me how to get PUP5.2 LiveCD running so that the taskbar ONLY shows what's running in the active Virtual Desktop instead of show all task in all desktops?
Thanks in advance

In live CD fbpanel configuration controls the taskbar.
menu>desktop>desktop settings>fbpanel configuration>taskbar tab
show all desks
Select false
select main tab
select OK
This setting should stop showing all tasks in all desktops.

I've been saying something wrong with tasks on taskbar in EVERY virtual desktop for about a month or so. How do I report this as a bug?

Thanks in advance.