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[MinHundHettePerro]

Hello !

Catching up ...........

The K2.6.39.4(PAE), was it compiled by you or originally by BK? The reason I ask is that (now, quite) a while ago I attempted to recompile it with the only compile-time change as to make it non-PAE; wouldn't even boot .

Yes, I do run the K2.6.39.4 slackos, due to highly(?) improved graphics compared to K2.6.37 - yes, BROOKDALE, but would, just for the sake of it , like to run this, more modern kernel, in a non-PAE fashion.

Cheers / MHHP (still in spup5297plus, just about to go 5.3.0.1)

[01micko]

[MinHundHettePerro]

Ta, just wanted to make sure... .

Yes, I re-compiled it non-PAEing your DOTconfig and http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet_packages-slacko/kernel_src-2.6.39.4-patched.sfs, must have been a hiccup here on my side ...

Cheers / MHHP

[01micko]

TBH I've never tried compiling from the sfs sources. I always get pristine from kernel.org and do it the hard way.

[MinHundHettePerro]

Took the lazy way out ...

Didn't want to find, and apply, all the patches.....

Cheers / MHHP

[aikidave]

Hi. I downloaded Slacko and created a bootable USB stick. I am using it on an older laptop without a hard drive. When I first booted with Slacko, the sound worked fine on the computer. At some point the sound stopped working. The volume control disappeared from the bottom of the screen. I deleted Slacko from the stick and created another bootable version on the stick. When I used this on the laptop, the sound worked fine initially but then after some time it stopped working again.
Anyone experienced this on their machines?
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Dave

[01micko]

hi aikidave,

Does this happen on second boot or several after? The answer to this is critical.

I ask this because sound is reconfigured on every boot so should be consistent. It may be that some file system corruption has crept in. What type of filesystem is on the root of the stick? FAT32 is ok but I prefer ext2 linux. It does seem more robust and is a maintained technology.

[bigpup]

01micko,

Lost sound is in heavy troubleshooting in the Lucid Puppy 528 topic. Same type problems are happening, as stated above. It starts on around page 40 of topic.
You can look at last 3 or 4 pages, of topic, for latest discussions. Your ideas needed.
It seems, Lucid 528, is not the only version of Puppy, having these lost sound issues.
Does seem to be tied to USB devices.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=582845#582845

About format of a USB stick.
Some computers will not boot from a USB stick formatted in any Linux format. It has to be Vfat. It is a bios thing. I have one.

[Billtoo]

I burned the iso to a DVD+RW.
I installed the devx and kernel source sfs with SFS-Load on-the-fly.
I installed the proprietary Nvidia driver.

Mon 12 Dec 2011 Operating System: Slacko Puppy-5.3.1 Linux 2.6.39.4
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84
[GeForce 8600 GT] (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA product: G84 Board - p402h00 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.9.5
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: GeForce 8600 GT/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 290.10

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600
Core 0: 1603 1: 1603 2: 1603 3: 1603 MHz
Computer
Processor 4x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Memory 8310MB (254MB used)
# glxgears
50389 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10077.775 FPS
50443 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10088.429 FPS
50403 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10080.398 FPS

I borrowed an icon set from Saluki because it matches my holiday
wallpaper

Everything seems to be working well.

[tempestuous]

[01micko]

[nooby]

I tested to use the new 5.3.1 and did ofix=ram to not use the old
save file and put all the iso files in a new subdir and booted with
grub4dos on NTFS and rebooted 3 times and never lost sound.

So maybe it has to do with usb and ext3 something.

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I did a typical Nooby post over at Lupu528 that may be relevant for Slacko 531 too?
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=588713#588713

I have also lost sound but fail to remember if it was on Asus using ext3 or if it was on Acer with NTFS formatting.

I do remember that suddenly after some restart of xorg to get the resolution I wanted then suddenly I had no speaker icon in the tray.

So I got back to using Snow puppy 5 instead. And did forget all about it.

[Jasper]

Hi 01micko,

Thank you for 5.3.1 Main; however I have two items to report:

(1) SeaMonkey remained as 2.4

so I tried to check other numbered updates, and

(2) Pfilesearch - did not seem to be included in the Menu
*** SEE ADDENDUM for update
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I installed the SeaMonkey 2.5 Slacko pet and all seems well.
Pfilesearch runs from the Console, but I did not quickly (or at all)
find its version number.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My regards

I was using 5.3 Main full time and it remained stable, fast and totally trouble free. I expect to use 5.3.1 Main full time now and will advise if there is anything you may wish to know about.

PS Having used Firefox and Thunderbird for a year and more, I very quickly got used to SeaMonkey and its email program - and I'm well pleased.

ADDENDUM:

Pfind is under Menu>Filesystem and Pfilesearch can be obtained using the "Advanced" option of Pfind (as well as directly from the Console).

[Aitch]

[tempestuous]