Slacko 5.3.3 bug reports and feedback

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Re: b43 problem

#61 Post by peebee »

broomdodger wrote: Broadcom BCM4318 wireless driver
Hi Broomdodger
The error reports in your post seem to indicate that you have a problem with the B43 firmware for your 4318 variant of the Broadcom wifi

Looks like quite old firmware is being loaded....you could try installing the more up to date firmware:
Version 5.100.138 and Version 5.100.143.3

You could see from dmesg in racy or wary which firmware was being loaded.....and you could try copying the firmware from them into 5.3.3....

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drive ... ed_devices shows that b43 should support the 4318....

Hope helps

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#62 Post by rjbrewer »

Broomdodger;

Try network wizard, load modules, B43 pcmcia.
Works fine with 4311 bcm .

Inspiron 700m, Pent.M 1.6Ghz, 1Gb ram.
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Re: b43 problem

#63 Post by broomdodger »

peebee wrote:
broomdodger wrote: Broadcom BCM4318 wireless driver
Hi Broomdodger
The error reports in your post seem to indicate that you have a problem with
the B43 firmware for your 4318 variant of the Broadcom wifi
Looks like quite old firmware is being loaded...
you could try installing the more up to date firmware:
...
peebee
The question is more...
Why does it work perfectly in racy530 wary530 wary514 and not slacko533?
-Bill

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#64 Post by broomdodger »

rjbrewer wrote:Broomdodger;
Try network wizard, load modules, B43 pcmcia.
Works fine with 4311 bcm .
How can I find out which module was loaded that failed?

I will try your suggestion, B43 pcmcia and report later...

ok... it is later and that worked!

But when I loaded B43 pcmcia, it said it was already loaded,
so I unloaded B43 pcmcia and re-loaded it.

Now it works thru several reboots, installing devx_slacko_5.3.3.sfs and rebooting again.

So why?

-Bill

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#65 Post by rjbrewer »

There were only 2 options, Legacy or b43 pcmcia.
Don't know if it's wierd behavior of your machine or Slacko.

There's so many (unnecessary) Xorg graphics problems on
my listed laptops with Slacko, that I have no interest in
using or recommending it.

Inspiron 700m, Pent.M 1.6Ghz, 1Gb ram.
Msi Wind U100, N270 1.6>2.0Ghz, 1.5Gb ram.
Eeepc 8g 701, 900Mhz, 1Gb ram.
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pmount bug

#66 Post by peebee »

If I mount a data dvd with pmount and then subsequently unmount it then click "refresh" it just kills pmount

If I run pmount in a terminal then the attached error message is generated when the OK box is clicked in the xmessage window advising to remove the dvd

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#67 Post by Semme »

Hi Gang,

Slacko 5.3.3-4 >> "puppy pfix=ram" boot iso with confirmed md5.

Opening PPM and searching "acpitool" returns OK.

Hitting *examine deps* goes through a quick "please wait" dialog before reverting to the original PPM window..

The deps install option never shows.

Most other pkgs I've checked seem to be OK.

Anyone know where the holdup might be?

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examine deps in PPM

#68 Post by shinobar »

Semme wrote:Opening PPM and searching "acpitool" returns OK.

Hitting *examine deps* goes through a quick "please wait" dialog before reverting to the original PPM window..

The deps install option never shows.
Related?
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 597#597905
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#69 Post by Semme »

Hi Shinobar- it's line 146 on 5.3.3-4 and no, not as far as I can tell.

Commented or not acpitool continues to fail with no deps install..

I'm guessing the error's a typo in the db file- somewhere..

Then again- Slacko users may not even need the utility..

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video bugs and no wifi Slacko 5.3.3

#70 Post by imnotrich »

Gateway ML-3109, 2gb ram, radeon/ati 200m video card.

Realtek 8185 wireless g (last puppy version to support this card was 4.3.1).

Slacko 5.3.3 live cd.

Boots to blank screen.

I can only boot to the Slacko desktop by editing the boot commands as follows:

acpi=off vga=792.

The wireless card is detected, but puppy does not load the correct module a It's trying to use the rtl8180. My card is an 8185, which is not supported by the 8180.

Scans report no wireless networks available with the offensive (but probably necessary) error message about my router or wireless card being turned off.

This is not a new issue with my wireless card, the last Ubuntu to support it is 9.04, the last Debian was Lenny, and Mint just laughs at me. I don't find anything helpful in the forums, or by asking my friend google.

What gives? Wireless functionality is fairly common these days but distros seem to be dropping support for recent vintage hardware. Sure, I could probably spend $20 on a new, supported mini pci wireless card but...I shouldn't have to. Plus that doesn't solve the issue of video support for mainstream, common video cards being abandoned.

Anybody solve the wireless issue yet? Gots to be a lot of people out there with this very common wifi card.

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#71 Post by Kerry Blue »

I posted this in a forum question, but maybe important to post it here too:

I use a EEEPC 1101HA . Sound doesn't work under skype (microphone) and after going into hibernating mode, it wakes up with a black screen.

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#72 Post by gerry »

When I boot up, the screen resolution is (I think) 1680x1050. I prefer a lower resolution, so I use xorg wizard to set the display to a lower resolution. It works ok until I re-boot, when the display goes back to the original auto-selected resolution. When working at my preferred resolution, xorg.conf shows the lower resolution. When I re-boot, the xorg.conf file gets re-written, with the unwanted high resolution. So where does the "auto-xorg.conf-writer" get its information, or how do I stop xorg.conf from being re-written at every boot?
(I tried setting the xorg.conf permissions to read-only, but that doesn't prevent the auto-rewrite).

Slacko 5.3.3 frugal on IBM Thinkpad T60p.

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#73 Post by ICPUG »

Have a look at:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 999#628999

It should work for black screen after sleep mode.

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#74 Post by gerry »

@ICPUG... Thanks, that worked.

gerry

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#75 Post by James C »

Quick feedback on Slacko 5.3.3. No problems and everything working fine. :)
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#76 Post by James C »

Did a quick frugal install of Slacko 5.3.3 on my old Windows 7/PCLOS/Puppy box.Zero problems.

# report-video
nouveau
Slacko Puppy, version 5.3.3 on Tue 29 May 2012

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller
nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: G98 Board - 5610002u Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: nouveau

X.Org version: 1.9.5
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/root/ as report-video,
and archived with xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log as report-video-full.gz
#
-Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
Memory : 1033MB (168MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Tue 29 May 2012 12:49:07 AM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : CMI8738-MC6 - C-Media CMI8738
Audio Adapter : ICH4 - Intel ICH5

# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 1033964 428944 605020 0 50716
-/+ buffers: 378228 655736
Swap: 2150396 0 2150396
#

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#77 Post by James C »

# report-video
nvidia
Slacko Puppy, version 5.3.3 on Tue 29 May 2012

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller
nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: G98 Board - 5610002u Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: nvidia

X.Org version: 1.9.5
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (402x251 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/root/ as report-video,
and archived with xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log as report-video-full.gz
#
# glxgears
11024 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2204.800 FPS
11646 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2329.200 FPS
11613 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2322.600 FPS
11664 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2332.800 FPS
11600 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2320.000 FPS

Much better.... :)

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#78 Post by amj »

I attempted to run 533 on a Toshiba laptop with an ATI Radeon video card today and 533 can't light the screen.

No huge suprise since there are several linux distros can't do it. But rather a shame given that 520/525/528 all run perfectly on the same hardware.

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#79 Post by 01micko »

amj wrote:I attempted to run 533 on a Toshiba laptop with an ATI Radeon video card today and 533 can't light the screen.

No huge suprise since there are several linux distros can't do it. But rather a shame given that 520/525/528 all run perfectly on the same hardware.
2 things to try at boot

on the boot line type "puppy radeon.modeset=1"

failing that try "puppy xforcevesa"

If you get X you can then make a save file and try the proprietary AMD driver (PPM or slickpet)
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Grub4DosConfig 1.8

#80 Post by shinobar »

fix was failed to install on floppy with recent kernels like Wary/Racy-5.3, Slacko and etc.,
Tnx to irishrm

grub4dos-0.4.4.v1.8.pet (2012-06-15)
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http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=51697
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