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[01micko]

you know what time it is..

get

Slacko

time

Slacko B4 123M

checksum<-- b8c6a5378d21961197bac92d5ed72470 slacko-4.99.6.iso

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devx 130M

a29c56b3b938aa7122688a6efd6deb42 devx_slacko_4.99.6.sfs

Changelog

[01micko]

You should be able to build an EXACT copy of this version from woof with these instructions and files

Download Packages-puppy-slacko-official.gz and gunzip in your woof tree

Download DISTRO_PKGS_SPECS-slackware-13.37.gz and gunzip in your woof tree

Download woof_base_hack.gz and gunzip in your woof tree support/slacko and ensure it's set executable

Run woof, at the second last tab, set erase scsi, erase big modems, in the last tab do not check simple file names.

Run 3builddistro and accept all the defaults (enter)

The rest is automatic until you get to the themes popup, choose 23oz gtk, haiku icons, apuppyfloydian wallpaper, puppeee-blue jwm theme.

Then let woof run til you get to the modesetting questions, accept the defaults, then reject thunar, y to patch video-upgrade, z for ziggy ppm gui, y for slacko custom themes.

build your sfs, iso burn if you want.. building the devx is broken..it builds but the devx is broke, we have a frankenstein devx

All packages should be up at ibiblio.

Have fun!

[Lobster]

download (fast) and md5sum
checked - OK
new link on front page of wiki - now to burn and try

Many thanks
New shutdown (from desktop) e x c e l l e n t
New 4GB save file option [Lobster faints]

Tried to install later xorg with mesa but b4 did not find it on server
- this was a 'setup extra video drivers' option whose location seems to have misplaced me

New theme - nice (I changed it and the background but . . . have to tinker)

Very impressed. This really is a major advance for Puppy.

[01micko]

Just enjoying a beverage in my shed on the "brookys 'r' us" box (inadvertantly left running for 4 days on a USB install with B4 pre release ), listening to some music (Pmusic-2.1.1 is awesome ) , uptime now about 3 hrs, Frisbee is fine.. ha!

EDIT: Time flies when you're having fun..

[rcrsn51]

USB printing works fine. And now that libusb-1.0 is in play, Canon scanners finally work OOTB without a separate driver install.

[Tasgarth]

Testing Slacko 996.
bad news :
1) Sound : same problem as B3 tray slider is bad (GnomePlayer with Alsa is good and tray slidder also)
2) no power off => reboot only in spite of 'sleep 2'

[sszindian]

Bata-4:

First run... Select PROBE from menu for screen resolution... select 1440x900... screen comes up with 1024x1024 size, Hmmm... try to change it but 1440x900 isn't listed as available after the welcome-message so try 1024x7xx (forgot what the xx is) it now offers and that makes bigger icons and text on the screen but... everything is still slightly 'oval-shaped' as it was in Bata-2 and, the text while online is still very 'fuzzy' I posted back your request for my graphic card, model, etc., back in bata-2, (page 3 or 4) as you requested, but it appears (if there is a driver available for my card in Bata-4) it isn't working??? Anyway, no other version of a Puppy gives me this problem (Latest-Wary, Luci-529), Squeeze-4.99-2, any other Dpup's)

Pretty hard to test anything here with the fuzzy-text and bad resolution, sorry about that !!!!

>>>---Indian------>

[MinHundHettePerro]

Hello !

Brookdale rev3 is behaving nicely with B4 .

Manual frugal installation:
Just noting a new feature; the partition from which slacko was booted stays mounted (while still in pupmode 5). No ill-effects seen from manually un-mounting it, though. I only mention this because it's a new phenomenon - could indicate a script-bug has crept in somwhere, or could very well be a perfectly benign woof-script change.

More testing tonight ... / MHHP

[nooby]

[aarf]

slacko-4.99.5.iso___slacko-4.99.6.iso.delta
md5sum d132decd949ba197abbca4891635b458
Size: 22.73 MB

[pacer106]

Very Impressive on an old comcrap presario p3 i use for testing pups.
Frugal install 1 gb save file & i really liked the gui for save file running on desktop instead of usual way.

Was wondering would it be possible to tweak that to offer no save at every shutdown? I have seen some scripts on the forum for such things but ive only failed at tryin lol. Just an idea as it seems it works well with making the initial save file

[nooby]

[aarf]

can't get to the bottom of this screen to select something to create pupsave.
can just hit return and it defaults to whatever.

[majorfoo]

D/l full iso
boot to desktop ok
xorg probe 1024x768 ok
sound ok
auto connect to internet 0k

very fast on bootup

hp pent4 2.8 mhz
2 gb ram

will do full install adding my usual stuff and report back later

Very impressive

majorfoo

[Lobster]