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bigpup · Posted: Mon 17 Sep 2012, 00:29 Post subject:

Any work being done on fixing the graphics issues, several people have had, with first boot?
In general older Nvidia graphics cards do not like Nouveau driver.

Karl Godt · Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 3860 Location: Kiel,Germany

About BOLD fonts :
bash-3.00# xlsfonts | grep '[0-9]b.*'
6x13b
7x13b
7x14b
8x13b
9x15b
9x18b

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 3631 Location: Earth

@Barry. Again, I just tested the most recent Beta6.

FirstRUN has the same problem. As it turns out, it is NOT SHOWING the LAN tailoring section even though the PC has adapter on the motherboard. It appears that FirstRUN is "keying" on an active wire in the adapter versus merely looking for the adapter ONLY.

FirstRUN really should present LAN tailoring no matter if a wire in present in eth0 or NOT. This reduces any need to revisit LAN tailoring steps when a wire is connected or if WiFi is started.

Hopefully BK is following this.

Here to help

davids45 · Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 607 Location: Chatswood, NSW

G'day,

I had earlier reported in this thread, problems with this Precise-Pup version when trying to use the Universal Installer to create a Full Pup using the Frugal's /home directory as the source for the install files - no CD/DVD involved.

I thought the problem was fixed by freshly re-formatting the Full's partition before using the Universal Installer.

But alas, my (last-time lucky?) Full Precise.5.3.93 was compromised by a non-functioning Pet I had tried and when I took the usual easy way out by re-installing the Full from the Frugal, the computer froze during the "copying files" step, and has each time I have tried the Universal Installer.

I increased the size of the Frugal's Save file and also installed the AMD proprietary driver into the Frugal, as well as trying with the Full's fresh target partition in ext2 and ext3, but nothing has so far allowed a Full install.

I do not have this problem with pemasu/oldyeller's Precise-based Pup.

David S.

[Post-script]
Tried a direct Full install from a Live CD and had no problem getting a working Full Precise-5.3.93. Seems like using the Universal Installer taking the Frugal->Full path using the 'Directory' as source for install files has the problem. Universal Installer from LiveCD->Full is OK (so far).

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4767 Location: GB

Not getting 2barks - sound is 'up'.
Installed Firefox from PPM and Opera from their website. Neither appear in the menu, subsequently, even after an X-reset. Firefox doesn't run from the console, but Opera does. Unfortunately, Opera doesn't actually browse - it just sits there. SM functions but I still don't like it.

Re. FULL, ds45, quite a few of us are hoping BK will run his magic wand over the PUI.

shinobar · Joined: 28 May 2009 Posts: 2385 Location: Japan

`f00 · Posted: Thu 20 Sep 2012, 11:48 Post subject: Subject description: display fail

precise-5.3.93 initial test

After kernel load.... either blackscreen or illegible 'scrunched' cl mssgs

Ctrl+Alt+backspace ineffective (only hardoff works), cannot load xorgwizard, various boot codes like "puppy pfix=nox" still give blackscreen or illegible 'scrunched' cl mssgs after kernel load....

Looks like precise-5.3.93's a non-starter for me Neutral

(probably should have started earlier with '2.69 or '2.71 rather than the latest)
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test on: i686 machine
processor - Pentium 3 @1GHz
RAM - 512M
vidcard0 - RV280 (aka ATI Radeon 9200), AGP
vidcard1 - not used, but also RV280 (switched off in BIOS - aka Radeon 9200SE), PCI (old-style)
soundcard - emu10k1 (aka Creative Audigy 2 ZS or SB0350)
boot/save method - liveCD multisession (cd-rw media)
limitations - no printer, no internet connection

BarryK · Posted: Thu 20 Sep 2012, 21:41 Post subject:

BarryK · Posted: Thu 20 Sep 2012, 21:46 Post subject: Re: jwm fonts

BarryK · Posted: Thu 20 Sep 2012, 21:49 Post subject: Subject description: display fail

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7547 Location: qld

Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 1925 Location: Ontario Canada

I did a manual frugal install to an 8gb flash drive.

Report Video 1.3 - Fri 21 Sep 2012 on Precise Puppy 5.3.95 - Linux 3.2.29 i686

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller:NVIDIA CorporationGF108 GeForce GT 430](rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GF108 Board - 1071v0p1 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver used: nvidia

X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (524x292 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

# glxgears
62762 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12552.279 FPS
63014 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12602.629 FPS
63012 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12602.297 FPS

It's working well here.

Pelo

Precise Puppy is a very reliable distro. All is working on my Medion AKOYA.
We hold now very good agrarian tractors with Slacko, Racy, Precise Puppy. but i have very old plows. Thanks to the one who has made a lifting to the old grisbi 0.5.0 available for Puppy until now.
Nous avons des distros qui fonctionnent. Si vous pouviez moderniser les outils qui vont avec, ce serait parfait.

Bonne journée. Have a nice day.