Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[BarryK]

[L18L]

[otropogo]

[bigpup]

Barry,

A lot of the programs:

Help selections do nothing when clicked on.
You get a help menu, but none of the selections do anything if they point to a web site or URL

Also the about screen web links will do nothing when clicked on.

This got fixed in Lucid Puppy.
Works also in Slacko.

Not sure what needs to be done, but 01micko should be able to provide info to you.

[otropogo]

[peebee]

[pemasu]

some missing firmwares:
# ls /lib/modules/3.2.29/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi
rtl8192c rtl8192ce rtl8192cu rtl8192de rtl8192se rtlwifi.ko

# ls /lib/modules/all-firmware/rtlwifi/lib/firmware/rtlwifi
rtl8192cfw.bin rtl8192cufw.bin rtl8192sefw.bin rtl8712u.bin

Firmware for rtl8192de is missing:
# modinfo rtl8192de
firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin

and.....

# modinfo rtl8192ce
firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin
firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin
firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin

Those 2 bolded ones are missing. I created a pet which installs them to the right location. It could help for those toshiba laptop users which have lockup problems. Not sure. I read that kernel 3.7 will address them better, but you can try.

/etc/modules/firmware.dep file need correction to this row:
rtlwifi:rtl8192ce.ko,rtl8192cu.ko,rtl8192de.ko,rtl8192se.ko,r8712u.ko

I just have to say that highlighting with default themes is bit difficult.Lol.

[technosaurus]

Everyone needs to realize that Ubuntu packages are built for 686 cpus with the CMOV instruction. This means that Precise will fail on all 486 and 586, the via c3, pentium, pentium mmx, amd geode and the vortex86 series of cpus and several others (see /proc/info to find out if you have the cmov flag)

This is a likely cause of the non-reproducible bug reports. @Barry, didn't you have a gecko edubook? That would be a good test box for this.

Edit: at 1 point choosing PAE in the kernel config also enabled some cmov instructions that prevented booting on these cpus, though IDK if it is still the case.

[FeodorF]

[technosaurus]

[Wognath]

Hello,
I'm using Precise on a Lenovo netbook with VIA Nano processor. No issues yet apart from scanner. It's an HP C4480 Photosmart printer/scanner. Here is what I have tried:

Installed hplip_print-3.12.10a.pet and hplip_scan-3.12.10a.pet
from http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=444080

Printer installs and works with no problems.

Peasyscan:
Failed to open device 'hpaio:/usb/Photosmart_C4400_series?serial=CN89BHF1D30557':Invalid argument

sane-find-scanner
found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [HP], product=0x6c11 [Photosmart C4400 series]) at libusb:001:006

scanimage -L
device `hpaio:/usb/Photosmart_C4400_series?serial=CN89BHF1D30557' is a Hewlett-Packard Photosmart_C4400_series all-in-one

xsane GUI (USB)
no devices available

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[Edit] this works (i.e. scans and outputs file):

[prehistoric]

I've been slow to read this topic and respond. Precise Puppy 5.4 works on most of my collection of antique machines with PII and later processors. (IIRC 686 started with the Pentium Pro, but I don't know anyone who still has one working.)

Naturally, when I went to show 5.4 to a friend I ran into the grub-config bug, then tried to install VLC from Ubuntu-precise-universe. (Not recommended.)

I was able to set up a multiboot system using Lupu 5.28.005 to configure grub.

Moral: never throw a good dog out.

VLC is sufficiently large and complicated that I would recommend making this an .sfs file instead of a .pet.

This group seems to be on top of all the problems I found.

Added: almost forgot my subject line. Just tried 5.4 on a Dell Inspiron 14R N4010 I was repairing for a friend. Works great.
I used the copy partition feature in gparted to move the diagnostic and recovery partitions to a new drive, despite a very slow disk making many retries. Replacing this hard drive is close to a nightmare. This is the first time I've had to pull a laptop motherboard to change a hard drive. Geeksquad didn't even realize the disk was on the point of failing. Dell and BestBuy seem to have decided the design life of this machine was the 3 years you can expect the disk to last in regular use. I'm replacing it with an SSD. (Yes, it is running W7, which knows about limiting writes, though not as well as Puppy.)

Some organization should warn consumers about virtually unrepairable and unsupportable products.

[BarryK]

Precise Puppy 5.4.1-beta1 is uploaded.

This is the first beta of the upcoming 5.4.1 bug-fix release for 5.4.

Blog announcement and download:

http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00015

This was built last night, so I missed some of the recent posts above.

[rcrsn51]

[Billtoo]

I did a manual frugal install to a 4gb flash drive, it has a 3gb
savefile.
VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.4.0.90
Chip description:
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RS690 01.00
Driver used by Xorg:
radeon
Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"
OpenGL
Vendor X.Org R300 Project
Renderer Gallium 0.4 on ATI RS690
Version 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4
Direct Rendering Yes
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
55 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10.908 FPS
65 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12.954 FPS
65 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12.954 FPS
Computer
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2650e
Memory 1812MB (112MB used)
Network controller Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
Crystal Eye webcam

I installed vlc 2.0.3,kdegames,and guvcview from ppm and they all work
fine first go, no missing dependencies.
I was going to install cheese for the webcam but the download would
have been 192mb and guvcview does the same thing with a much smaller
download.
Highlighting text in the hardinfo report works fine.
That's it so far, it does what I want/need on this particular laptop, thanks.