Precise Puppy 5.5, released March 9, 2013

Please post any bugs you have found
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watchdog
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#61 Post by watchdog »

redandwhitestripes wrote: Today I tried running precise 5.5 on a live CD and the weird thing is that it
sees my neighbours' wi-fi networks but not my own! No clue atall.
Some neighbours are using WPA2, just like me.

When I go back to my full install, everything is fine again.

Can anyone suggest why this might be and what I need to install/uninstall?
According to official thread at:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76495

precise5.5 should have everything needed about wl sta driver. If it doesn't work you can try another way. I have compiled a patched wl sta driver for precise 5.5. I attach the wl.ko module. In /root/Startup put a bash file with the following content after putting the attached wl.ko module in /root/my-documents.

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#!/bin/sh
rmmod b43
rmmod ssb
rmmod bcma
rmmod wl
modprobe lib80211
modprobe cfg80211
insmod /root/my-documents/wl.ko
wl.ko for precise 5.5 kernel 3.2.29:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9iMb4U ... sp=sharing

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goolwa_pup
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Precise 5.5 fails to load

#62 Post by goolwa_pup »

Just reporting on Precise

my computer

amd phenom II black edition (with the 2 extra cores unlocked)
4 gig ddr3 ram
Nvidia graphics
ocz ssd drive
cd rom

Precise 5.5 fails to complete booting up...hanging on recognising optical device (the same issue I reported on Precise 5.4.3)....Lupu, Slacko, Fatdog64, Ubuntu and Mint 14...all work on this machine with no issues...

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#63 Post by Argolance »

Hello,
Precise 5.5 fails to complete booting up...hanging on loading a good driver for my NVIDIA Geforce 210 graphic card (I get the same issue on Precise 5.4.3).

Cordialement.

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Is there a way to force X to start at 1920x1080?

#64 Post by zygo »

Using Puppy precise 5.5

I have a 1920x1080 HDTV which I can connect to my PC through the VGA connector. If I boot with the TV then X starts at 1024x768. If I start xorgwizard then it says the TV can not be scanned and asks me to choose a resolution but then starts at 1024x768 whatever I choose.

The TV's manual says to set the resolution on the PC before connecting to the TV. I can set 1440x900 (the maximum on my old monitor) and that's usable on the TV but it's the wrong ratio. If I restart X then it reverts to 1024x768. If I manually change the resolution in xorg.conf to 1920x1080 (or anything else) then X starts at 1024x768 and sometimes changes the value in xorg.conf!

Is there a way to force X to start at 1920x1080? The TV's manual lists supported resolutions but for the frequency it gives only 60Hz sometimes followed by A or B. What would I set for the frequencies for X?
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#65 Post by redandwhitestripes »

Thank you Watchdof.Sadly I tried your tips but with no joy. I have posted some more details over on the "config wireless from commandline" thread. Any further ideas most welcome.

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#66 Post by pemasu »

redandwhitestripes. Start with fresh install without savings. Try to connect to the net.
Post here the tarball created by console command pdiag.

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#67 Post by LateAdopter »

Hello zygo

The resolution in xorg.conf is the NAME of a mode not a way of specifying a resolution, although it is usually the same as the resolution of the mode.

You can only set a mode that Xorg knows about. With a digital connection the list of supported modes is read back from the monitor, but the the analogue connection does not provide that.

Also the display driver will only have a fixed set of supported modes.

It may be that your display card cannot do 1920x1080

I think typing xrandr at the command prompt will give you a list of available modes. Then you can choose a suitable one, if it exists. If the card is more than a few years old, it will be unlikely to offer 16:9 ratios, only 4:3 and 16:10

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#68 Post by bohocmasni »

i dont know if it is a precise puppy specific bug, but free pascal compiler doesnt works for me. i installed it from ubuntu repos using ppm. fp-2.4.4 command works and starts the free pascal IDE (blue and uses ncurses in terminal), i can run programs, but if i start fpc-2.4.4 it says error:ppc386 can't be executed. is it works for you?
or: can anybody help me if there is a fpc pet for geany what works?

edit: i downloaded fpc deb from sourceforge it needed ld, i installed precise's devx sfs. now works, but i have an error message i can't understand: /usr/bin/ld: warning: link.res contains output sections, did you forget -T?
(i think i need to set something in geanys configs)
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#69 Post by revanchist »

Precise both 5.4 and 5.5 - even after update their package repositories are empty,browsers installs but wont work(chromium,opera,firefox)Flash wont work

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#70 Post by Karl Godt »

No biggi, but current blkid in Precise and Slacko identify reiser4 fs as reiserfs .

Not sure about woof2 pulling in distro's "current" blkid or a Puppy blkid pkg .

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#71 Post by backi »

Hi !

On Precise 5.5 cannot increase loudness of multimedia .

Can hear music (quiet ) but cant increase volume .

Any advice ?

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#72 Post by rcrsn51 »

Can hear music (quiet ) but cant increase volume .
What have you tried so far?

Right-click on the Volume icon.

Select Full Window.

Check and turn up all the output devices, including PCM.

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#73 Post by don570 »

With the desktop computer I am currently using,

Retrovol designates 'Mono' the slide that controls the internal speaker.

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#74 Post by backi »

Hi rcrsn51 !

Retrovol PCM is turned on ....i turned on everything ...

using alsamixer too .....but can neither increase nor decrease volume ...
stays always on same level .
This is only on my desktop-computer (nvidia-card)...... on my notebook (hda- intel ) no problem .

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#75 Post by rcrsn51 »

Is the problem specific to Precise on this machine?

Is this a multiple sound card situation?

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#76 Post by don570 »

Audacity Audio Editor Version 1.3.9
works very well on desktop machines ---> recognizing the sound card
automatically. Retrovol or alsamixer isn't needed!!

Try it here

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#77 Post by backi »

Hi rcrsn51 !
Problem with sound-loudness only with precise 5.5 on my desktop-machine.
(no problem with my Toshiba-notebook )

Upup 3.7.2 and 3.8.3 working fine with sound ... but i cant use them on mydesktop-machine due problems with xorg ...they crash sooner or later working with them .

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#78 Post by zygo »

LateAdopter

I have corrected 3 typos in my post - the main one being that I connect through VGA not RGB.

Thanks for your thoughts. I didn't realise that there was more than one widescreen ratio.

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#79 Post by zygo »

Racy 5.5 works with the HDTV with vesa at 1440x900. the xorg-server is version 1.11.0 .

precise 5.5 doesn't work with the HDTV at 1440x900 even if vesa is chosen. (The graphics card is an Intel.) The error in the xorg log is

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vesa: Ignoring device with a bound kernel driver.

The xorg-server version is 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.11 . Is this the correct one for Precise?

I searched the web expecting to find an instruction to allow a driver to be set in advance. But found sites advising to upgrade instead.

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#80 Post by futwerk »

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