Lucid 525 Retro-2.6.30.5

[JackWagon]

Thank you James C

My Dell is liking this 525-2.6.30.5 hybrid. I’ve been crank’n on this retro for over a day now. The first pupsave I created will not boot back into, so I installed to a flash USB and created a save file from there. Even after updating the bios, this Dell still does not have the option to boot from a USB device. I made a Wakepup2 floppy boot disk to resolve that problem. (The CD boot picks up the USB created pupsave with no problems.)

specification:
Dell Optiplex GX260
Pentium 4- 2.53Ghz
512M (502 after video) 200 used
Intel 82845G/GE Brookdale (rev 01)VGA

Installed packages:

Lucid 525 instant update-001 (the largest of the 3 updates which is 001&002 combined I believe)

525 Xorg High

Firefox-6.0-lucid525 (updated to 6.02)

flashupdater-002

sfs_load-1.1-fixed (on-the-fly SFS loader)

PupSnap-1.62

Xchat

SFS: wine-1.3.6-i486 SFS-4.sfs

Summary- This is a good choice for the thousands of Dell GX260's that are now too slow for the latest commercial operating systems.
Firefox 6 and everything I have tried is stable.
Thanks again James for your insight and contributions to this niche. 525/4.31 was the right choice for this project.
Any other suggestions/updates that can be made to improve this pup will be appreciated.

Jack W.

[James C]

Thank you James C

My Dell is liking this 525-2.6.30.5 hybrid. I’ve been crank’n on this retro for over a day now. The first pupsave I created will not boot back into, so I installed to a flash USB and created a save file from there. Even after updating the bios, this Dell still does not have the option to boot from a USB device. I made a Wakepup2 floppy boot disk to resolve that problem. (The CD boot picks up the USB created pupsave with no problems.)

specification:
Dell Optiplex GX260
Pentium 4- 2.53Ghz
512M (502 after video) 200 used
Intel 82845G/GE Brookdale (rev 01)VGA

Installed packages:

Lucid 525 instant update-001 (the largest of the 3 updates which is 001&002 combined I believe)

525 Xorg High

Firefox-6.0-lucid525 (updated to 6.02)

flashupdater-002

sfs_load-1.1-fixed (on-the-fly SFS loader)

PupSnap-1.62

Xchat

SFS: wine-1.3.6-i486 SFS-4.sfs

Summary- This is a good choice for the thousands of Dell GX260's that are now too slow for the latest commercial operating systems.
Firefox 6 and everything I have tried is stable.
Thanks again James for your insight and contributions to this niche. 525/4.31 was the right choice for this project.
Any other suggestions/updates that can be made to improve this pup will be appreciated.

Jack W.

Glad to hear it's working well for you.

[Roy]

James C,

Downloaded a copy of your lupu-525-2.6.30.5-v4.iso last evening, checked the md5sum, and burned it to a multisession CD...

My copy would boot (puppy pfix=ram) straight to the desktop [but only one (?) icon], but then would freeze there. A hard shutdown and a second clean (... pfix=ram) boot using the f2 key for boot options gave me a more complete desktop, but only a 800x600 desktop instead of a 1024x768. Running xorgwizard froze everything again. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace would not even give a response.

Since I cannot confirm a good burn with a multisession disc (a closed session DAO-burned disc can be confirmed), may I ask if anyone else has experienced the same problem?

I am downloading your original .iso as I type this.

-Roy

Aopen Black Media P4, 2.8Ghz, 2Gb RAM, 40Gb HD

[James C]

James C,

Downloaded a copy of your lupu-525-2.6.30.5-v4.iso last evening, checked the md5sum, and burned it to a multisession CD...

My copy would boot (puppy pfix=ram) straight to the desktop [but only one (?) icon], but then would freeze there. A hard shutdown and a second clean (... pfix=ram) boot using the f2 key for boot options gave me a more complete desktop, but only a 800x600 desktop instead of a 1024x768. Running xorgwizard froze everything again. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace would not even give a response.

Since I cannot confirm a good burn with a multisession disc (a closed session DAO-burned disc can be confirmed), may I ask if anyone else has experienced the same problem?

I am downloading your original .iso as I type this.

-Roy

Aopen Black Media P4, 2.8Ghz, 2Gb RAM, 40Gb HD

I'd suspect a bad burn. No one else has reported that problem and I've booted the cd on 10 or 12 different boxes...all straight to the desktop. Could possibly be a driver issue since Lucid Retro has the drivers from Puppy 431 but it works fine on all my test hardware.

[James C]

just curious.....anyone still using this?

This was my main OS for a time and I still have several installs on older hardware.

[greengeek]

Just downloading now. Haven't tried this one before - I recall I stopped using 525 when I discovered my old router would get upset by the dhcpcd version in some of the earlier 5 series pups. Time for a retry now that I have a different router...

I like the sound of 431 clone with new stuff added...

[Fossil]

@greengeek. I've been running Retro 2.6.30.5 for about two years on an old 1.8 MHz of indeterminate design. It works fine on this old machine. I like the original '4' series!

[Pelo]

Driver available to improve wireless connexion provided here by Rcrsn51.

[sindi]

This is the only puppy linux that worked fully for me on this laptop.
Kernel panics on Tahr, and Lupu 5.2.8.6 (lupu2016), crashes and video problems with Lupu 5.1.1 and regular 5.2.5 (cannot switch to VT and back to X), blue screen with Wary 5.5 and palemoon does not work easily, and an error message with Lupu 5.1.1 that led me to the solution/cure - kernel 2.6.32 or older. Puppy 4.3.1 worked somewhat but cannot handle palemoon or youtube-viewer.

Lupu 5.2.5 retro combines the best features of 4.3.1 and 5.2.5.

See my separate posting about the M5000.

This is a lovely lightweight 12" laptop with excellent keyboard, matte screen, good sound, working wifi, and it weighs only 3.5 lb without psu. 2004. I have a 2004 Compaq V2000 with nonworking VT to try with it next.

[sindi]

Compaq V2000 from 2004, 1280x768 pixels, Pentium M (1.3 > 1.6GHz),
works with Wary 5.5 and Tahr 6.05, not with Lucid 5.2.8.6/2016. It does work with Lucid 5.1.1 and 5.2.5 including Retro version but crashes if you try to access a VT (Ctl-Alt 2 or chvt 2). Laptop stays on but mouse and keyboard do not respond. Different problem from the 2004 ASUS. It plays Youtube at 720p with youtube-viewer, at about 78% CPU. Lucid 2016 video driver does not like the Intel chip. Any ideas why the virtual terminals do not work?

[sindi]

Tahr Puppy - cannot find /usr/bin (Same problem on several other laptops)

Lupu 5.2.8.7 (2016) kernel 2.6.33.2 - black screen, inode problem

Lupu 5.2.5 (2.6.32) or 5.2.5 retro (2.6.30) - works in X but freezes if I switch
to a vt Ctrl-Alt-F2 or chvt 2; Lupu 5.1.2 (2.6.32)does the same.

Wary 5.5 (2.6.32) - same as Lupu 5.2.5/5.1.1.
I did not try Wary 5.1.2 (2.6.30).

Puppy 4.3.1 (kernel 2.6.30) - kernel panic (despite same kernel as 525 retro)
Puppy 4.3.1 retro (kernel 2.6.25) - works properly with VTs
Will not run recent browsers or youtube-viewer.

Is there any Puppy 5 with kernel 2.6. 25 or anything else older than 2.6.30?
How can I replace the lupu 525 retro (or lupu 2016) kernel and modules with those from retro 4.3.1?

I run lynx and it does not display well inside X.

[perdido]

How can I replace the lupu 525 retro (or lupu 2016) kernel and modules with those from retro 4.3.1?

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Couple different ways in this topic
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=60180

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