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jim3630 · Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 792 Location: Northern Nevada

manual frugal install to ext4. used spup 2.6.37.6 broadcom wl.ko pet from this board and required use of built in Frisbee pet to make wifi connection.

installed ff 501.lucid525 pet and it seems very quick and responsive.

-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU P6100 @ 2.00GHz
Memory : 2520MB (191MB used)
Operating System : Puppy Linux 0.52
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 12 Aug 2011 07:29:43 PM PDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel

does seems like alot of memory usage but everything so far works.

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 8675 Location: qld

Fluffy anyone? Laughing

There are nvidia drivers in my brainwave repo.. not up to 280 as yet, 275 is there as well as 173 and 96.

http://brainwavedesigncentral.net/micko01/stuff/puppy/spup/pet_packages-spup/

Be warned, only the drivers 2.6.37.6s [NOT s5] are compatible. Use anything else there in this release at your peril! Most likely wont work.

EDIT: ati_fglrx-11.7 is now available too at the above link. Please read this post

Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 3461 Location: Ontario Canada

Manual frugal install to acer laptop.
Installed devx + kernel source sfs + ati-driver-installer-11-7-x86.x86_64.run

Fri 12 Aug 2011 Operating System: Three-Headed Dog-529 Linux 2.6.37.6
0.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS product: PARK 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: vesa
X.Org version: 1.7.6
dimensions: 1600x900 pixels (423x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: ATI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
OpenGL version string: 4.1.10907 Compatibility Profile Context

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 430
Core 0: 2260 1: 2260 2: 2260 3: 2260 MHz

sh-4.1# glxgears
25645 frames in 5.0 seconds
25855 frames in 5.0 seconds
25883 frames in 5.0 seconds

I have to start this laptop with pfix=nox,ram or it will go to the
desktop but not be able to create a save file on rebooting (screen
goes white and locks up laptop), choosing vesa until save file is
created and then installing proprietary driver works.

SNS worked to set up the wireless network.
Sound good.

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 6725 Location: Kentucky

Manual frugal install.....everything working on initial boot.Installed SeaMonkey 2.2 and the Nvidia driver.Looking good so far.

Fri 12 Aug 2011 Operating System: Three-Headed Dog-529 Linux 2.6.37.6
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev c1)
oem: NVidia product: NV18 () Board Chip Rev A2

X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.7.6
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (411x263 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
OpenGL version string: 1.5.8 NVIDIA 96.43.19

AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Core 0: 1998 MHz

...the above also recorded at '/tmp/root/report-video-glx'.

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1034MB (171MB used)
Operating System : Puppy Linux 0.52
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 12 Aug 2011 11:37:30 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235

# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 1034776 540228 494548 0 47052
Swap: 1228936 0 1228936
Total: 2263712 540228 1723484

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3613 Location: around the bend

wifi disconnecting need to then manually reconnect.
edit: possibly in association with low battery because i flat battery crashed it straight after posting this.

have you found a good way to reduce temperature?(attached)

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3613 Location: around the bend

Béèm · Posted: Sat 13 Aug 2011, 04:07 Post subject:

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 10548 Location: SwedenEurope

Yes I know I should just shut up Smile

davids45 · Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 1105 Location: Chatswood, NSW

G'day,

Frugal then Full installs of the three headed dog directly from .iso (no CD used - thanks rjbrewer for the how-to-do).

My desktop system has a new ATI radeon HD5450 card which has problems with many Pups' default radeon driver when shutting down (not just this Pup). And that's when the radeon driver would actually run - my monitor is 1600x900 which the default-to-radeon vesa did not offer.

01micko's ATI pet mentioned earlier in this thread fixed the problem plus allowed the ATI Catalyst Control Centre to also run. Other different kernel ATI pets have fixed the shut-down problem in many Pups but not always to also allow the ATI Control Centre to function which now looks to depend on the kernel being right. Pity about the ATI's size.

Everything else in luci-529 has worked well and quickly on my computer.

Thanks to playdayz for the succession of excellent Pups, regardless of their number of heads.

David S.

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 8675 Location: qld

Lobster · Posted: Sat 13 Aug 2011, 07:19 Post subject:

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3613 Location: around the bend

tasmod · Posted: Sat 13 Aug 2011, 08:21 Post subject:

I don't think we are on general bugs now, but on specific bugs.

Let me explain.

It seems now that most software works OTB. (General app bugs)

The issues now are:-
specific hardware,
software interaction
erroneous bugs

Specific hardware: Is say, when video card A works for everyone but video card B does not.
Video card B has issues with the hardware or kernel version.
(Only another person with same card can help really)

Software interaction: When an app works fine but install another app afterwards or before, it then spoils the original app operation.
(Sometimes hard to replicate)

Erroneous bug: Quick bug report, generally withdrawn quickly when a mistake is found by user.

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I spent many an hour trying to chase bugs of the above kinds, only to find when I had an answer, that when I checked forum it was solved.
I now stick to my own apps or those I had a hand in.

It would be impossible for playdayz to be able to handle the bugs himself and he has to wait for an appropriate user to solve it and get back to him. All kudos to him for handling it so well.

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3613 Location: around the bend

was thinking that Béèm would be a good bug co-ordinator. even before he posted about bugzilla. has he necessary methodical approach. maybe playdayz likes the idea of a bugzilla for his project where other devs dont for theirs?.

playdayz · Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 3794