Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[kirk]

Beta2 release notes:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=84722

Changes since beta2:

Updates:
* Update libGLU to 9.0.0
* Update netdiscover to 03-03-13 without manufacture ID's to reduce size.
* Sign Kernel. Overlooked in beta2.
* Update dnsmasq to 2.65 (latest)
* Update pmusic to 3.2.3 (latest)
* Drop old cdrkit-1.11.1 and replace with cdrtools-3.01a13 (latest)
* Linux-3.8.6
* Seamonkey-2.17
* Flash Player 11.2.202.275
* glipper-lite revision 284 replaces glipper 0.95.1
* mongoose fix for cgi SCRIPT_NAME handling
* Avidemux-2.6.3
* bigreqsproto-1.1.2
* dri2proto-2.8
* fontsproto-2.1.2
* glproto-1.4.16
* inputproto-2.3
* kbproto-1.0.6
* libpciaccess-0.13.1
* libdrm-2.4.42
* MesaLib-9.1.1
* mtdev-1.1.3
* randrproto-1.4.0
* recordproto-1.14.2
* scrnsaverproto-1.2.2
* util-macros-1.16.2
* xcmiscproto-1.2.2
* xextproto-7.2.1
* xf86-input-evdev-2.8.0
* xf86-input-keyboard-1.7.0
* xf86-input-mouse-1.9.0
* xf86-input-wacom-0.20.0
* xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.3.tar.gz
* xf86-video-intel-2.21.5
* xf86-video-modesetting-0.7.0
* xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.7
* xf86-video-nv-2.1.20
* xf86-video-openchrome-0.3.2
* xf86-video-sis-0.10.7
* xf86-video-vesa-2.3.2
* xf86-video-vmware-13.0.0
* xorg-server-1.12.4
* xproto-7.0.23
* background_reshape updated to wjaguar's change: [http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=695028#695028]
* guess_fstype updated to upstream, supports f2fs detection (20130205) [http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00127]
* mkfs.f2fs from git commit fef98ebd

New Features:
* New dialer that should work with dial-up, 3G and GPRS modems (Also replaces Blackberry-modem)
* New soundcard manager to set default soundcards (as well as a few other options)
* Bluetooth support (mouse, audio-streaming and bluetooth modems tested)
* Sample dnsmasq.conf which can be used for netbooting with minimal amount of work.
* Add CPUtemp, not enabled by default and perl sensors-detect not included.
* Add alternative Grub Legacy installer (legacy_grub_2013-1.1) - thanks rcrsn51
* Add peasyglue-1.3 - thanks rcrsn51
* Game Armagetronad Advanced.
* Move kernel source to separate sfs file. Makes administration less problematic for us.
* Add brctl (bridge_utils-1.5)
* Add dhcpcd-3.2.3 added to /usr/local/bin
* Minimal f2fs support - ability to read/write f2fs formatted partition


Note about bluetooth support:
* Bluetooth support is disabled by default, you need to enable the bluetooth service first.
* You may need to get a firmware for your bluetooth devices to work.
* obexd isn't installed (available in the repo). So far only object push is supported,
object pull (that is, retrieving something from the bluetooth device) isn't supported
so that's why it is not included by default.


Fatdog64 just keeps getting fatter, and not mainly because of additions, but updated packages are always bigger. Seamonkey grew 2MB from 2.16 to 2.17. Hopefully things are getting better too.

The kernel sources have been separated into it's own sfs file named kernel-source-3.8.6 for this release. This makes it easier for us to update due to limitations in Fossil.

Xorg-server has been updated to 1.12.4, we started to just grab the latest version, but 1.12.4 is the latest version that is well supported by AMD/ATI. There is also a libvdpau with Mesa vdpau pet in the repo ( http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/pets/600/mesa-vdpau-9.1.1.pet ) Flash player will use this to provide smoother playback, but right now it's only for Nouveau, r300, and r600. I think the other cards will follow later this year.

If you use the new bluethooth support and need firmware, let us know what firmware you use so we can include it. Links to the firmware is appreciated.

There a new game in there too, kind of fun.


Make sure you use a new save file/save folder, especially if you installed a kernel module

Also, if you use a save folder make sure it's on a ext2/3/4 partition.

Just like with beta1 and beta2, it is a UEFI dual hybrid iso. Which adds 10MB to the size of the iso. You can dd the iso to a flash drive and boot on BIOS computers or UEFI computers with or without secure boot. See the FAQs for all the details.

Get it here:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/

[kirk]

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[Hans]

Hello Jamesbond, encountered the following two issues in beta2, and is probably related to the bug I reported last week.

1-when I start the system sfs loader, the fd64-620.sfs is listed in available sfs files, but obviously it is already loaded. Not a problem, but a bit confusing.

2-I get an error when I try to enlarge the dmcript savefile, see pic.

Hopefully it is corrected in beta3, I did not test this in beta3.

cheers[/img]

[Billtoo]

I installed beta 3 to a SDHC card with the fatdog installer.

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Mon 8 Apr 2013 on Fatdog64 620 Linux 3.8.6 x86_64
0.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 68e0
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: PARK 01.00
X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
X.Org version: 1.12.4
dimensions: 1600x900 pixels (423x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD CEDAR
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 9.1.1
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz
Core 0: @1199 1: @1199 2: @1199 3: @1199 MHz
Network controller Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter
(PCI-Express) (rev 01)

The builtin wireless adapter won't work properly as it keeps
resetting and losing the connection.
I'm using my Linksys WUSB54GC 802.11g Adapter [ralink rt73] instead
and it's working fine.

[kirk]

Billtoo,

With your ath9k wireless can you try:

[jamesbond]

Thanks Hans.

[Billtoo]

[gcmartin]

Thanks @Kirk & @JameBond

This continues to be a stellar distro. Its speed is uncanny and the functionality it offers is great. All systems since 2008 have enormously more than enough RAM to accommodate tiny FATDOG and the many additional services that deliver with it. For what we get in improvements and functionality, more than eclipses the minute growth you mention.

This system is GREAT!

No issues at the moment. Thanks

[Billtoo]

I made a pet of the latest jwm snapshot, it's working okay for me.

[gcmartin]

This system is incredible fast. I have a V52x FATDOG that has been a system used for several years. I rebooted it with beta3 and externally, I must say this is even faster.

System booted as Multisession DVD to allow save-session back to DVD media (same as all the years of FATDOG5.xx). Running pristine on desktop, I reset hostname and started swap via "swapon /dev/sda" command.
Enclosed as a reference, is a system report of RAM and Hardinfo. Note that the RAM use in extremely small allowing tremendous space for user applications and user files. .

Along with new functionality, this is "Just Incredible", again.

Here to help

[kirk]

Thanks guys for testing. If you have a wireless card that uses ath9k please test what Billtoo did:

[Ray MK]

Just burnt to dvd-rw and booted, initial impressions are very good. Insanely fast and almost no resource usage - nice.

For some reason my normal process of a manual frugal install to an SDcard failed. Used grub4dos as normal, which normally works fine.
FD64 is setting root as hd0.0 - I think it needs to be set as hd1.0 (sdb1 SDcard). Not sure how to make that happen ?

Brain gone soft - root hd1.0 - in menu.lst should work - shouldn't it ?

Not the end of the world, as presumably, I can now install from dvd to SDcard (sdb1) using Fatdog installer.

# uname -a
Linux fatdog64-284 3.8.6 #1 SMP Fri Apr 5 17:01:02 EDT 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
#
# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 1784816 703516 1081300 0 60448
-/+ buffers: 643068 1141748
Swap: 0 0 0
#

[Billtoo]

I made pets of the latest Midnight Commander file manager, the slang pet is a required dependency.
The download links are:

slang-2.2.0-x86_64.pet

http://www1.datafilehost.com/d/7198dd15

mc_NLS-4.8.8-x86_64.pet

http://www1.datafilehost.com/d/04c6c428

mc-4.8.8-x86_64.pet

http://www1.datafilehost.com/d/608e6133

[gcmartin]

MOUNT Error message

[kirk]