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[Billtoo]

Manual frugal install to hard drive.
I installed the proprietary nvidia driver and configured it to use two
monitors.
Report Video 1.4-Sun 18 Nov 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.7.7 -Linux 3.4.17-PAE i686

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller:nVidiaCorporationGF108 GeForce GT 430] (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GF108 Board - 1071v0p1 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver used: vesa

X.Org version: 1.12.3
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (524x292 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (382x302 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

OpenGL
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2/3DNOW!
Version 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.19
Direct Rendering Yes
Computer
Processor 6x AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1045T Processor
Memory 8233MB (303MB used)

JWM doesn't seem work with this setup so I compiled fluxbox 1.3.2 and it
does work with two monitors, it's going to take some time to setup the
menus but it should work okay, for now I'm using the "run" command on
the fluxbox menu a lot

Report-video still has the vesa bug.

[ETP]

Hi 01micko,

There are some errors relating to JWM in === /tmp/xerrs.log ===

A rogue line in .jwmrc-tray is one of the causes:

[01micko]

[mavrothal]

Hi Mick,
RC1 is certainly snappier

However, the problem with sound in the XOs exist and trying to truck it down I think I came across a bigger problem. Installing udev-182 from the official slackware repo brakes Slacko (XO or not). Not just the sound. Even worse, removing it with PPM totally brakes the build (X will not start after removal of udev-182).

I do not know if this is a Slackware package problem or a Slacko issue. I do know that Precise and Ubuntu udev-175 do not have this problem (or Slacko 5.3.x and slackware udev-165).

On another matter, the 3-level deep menus are really user unfriendly as users should not only guess the category but the sub-category to find what they want. The fact that some apps are placed in not "evident" subcategories makes things worse. jwm_menu_create is certainly snappier than fixmenus but it may need some rework on the "3-level deep" part...

[01micko]

[mavrothal]

[Jasper]

Hi 01micko, mavrothal et al,

I use Htop and I rarely use anything else from the System menu.

So, as appropriate, I like simplicity and speed of choice and use.

My regards

[rcrsn51]

[majorfoo]

Clean full install to ext4 partition using PAE version

Everything i have tried works otb.

Very fast.

Thanks for your hard work and dedication to Puppy.

[MinHundHettePerro]

Hello !

While, in 5.3.7.0/1 I experienced quite a few lock-ups - everything freezing, no Ctrl-Alt-F*/Ctrl-Alt-BkSp (nor Ctrl-Brk/C ...) possible - , in 5.3.7.7 I have seen none of this, as yet .

Looking good, so far / MHHP

[ETP]

01micko,

Please see this post: (same issue in 5.3.7.7 - screeny is a good example)

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=665602#665602

Also in the following did you intend two entries for defaultbrowser or one for the browser & one for defaultemail?

<Key keycode="178">exec:defaultbrowser</Key>
<Key keycode="236">exec:defaultbrowser</Key>
<Key keycode="111">exec:screeny</Key>

[zigbert]

Test Slacko rc1

Updated wizard for multiple soundcards works as expected. No trouble at all.

The new video wizard gave me full HD resolution. Great stuff - but wow... 53Mb to download.... There are humans (cooperations) out there that is not known to the Puppy way of doing things. On the other hand, the Puppy way of setting up a Xorg Wizard is only useful to those familiar with the nerdy Linux terminology....

Tried Gimp 2.8.2 for the first time. - Looking forward to replace 2.6.x. I checked the repo and it contains much of the goodies, but lacks a car simulator game. I checked for Vdrift, Torcs, Stunt Rally and Racer. Any serious distro offers a decent solution for drifting

All there is to say is that this looks really good. And it feels snappier than 5.3.3.

There are some bugs coming up in Pmusic, so please give a note if you miss the latest version.... And I guess you have your reasons for not using the gtkdialog-splash with borders.


Thanks a lot for Slacko
Sigmund

[01micko]

[James C]

Puppy needs SeaMonkey so I made a pet of 2.13.2........ awesome persona not included.

Does seem smoother than Firefox on this old Athlon XP box.

[01micko]