Fatdog64-620 Final (17 April 2013) and 621 (9 May 2013)

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James C
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#321 Post by James C »

Finally got around to trying 621. appears to be working well on this box.
Only one little tweak was necessary..... had to add nouveau.noaccel=1 to the kernel line to combat multi-colored display freezes and hard poweroffs.
Occurs with all kernels since about k-3.5.x, both 32 and 64 bit.

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VGA compatible controller      : nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
-Computer-
Processor : 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
Memory : 3792MB (311MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Fatdog64 [bdfd4da875]
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Thu Jul 4 05:10:00 2013
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.0, 128 bits)
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia

Looking good so far.

Hans
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how to make save file smaller

#322 Post by Hans »

Hello to all,

I would like to make one of my dmcrypt save files smaller instead of bigger.
Is this possible?

cheers to all

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Marv
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Package manager

#323 Post by Marv »

Probably a dumb question but....

Frugal install to SSD on Fujitsu s6520 all intel core 2 duo laptop went uneventfully. Wireless connection worked, posting from Seamonkey now. When I run fatdog package manager and ask to refresh package lists, nothing happens. Dialog box opens, stays at 0% for a while, then probably times out. Independent of repo I choose. Lists in /root/.packages seem correct. Anything I can do to troubleshoot this? Basically this is a pristine boot. Nothing installed or changed except to create the save file, connect to the network, and reboot.

Thanks,

Edited: Tried it multiple times, posted this, retried, checked that I had set locale etc., retried still timing out. Set up a firewall whilst poking, retried and it works on all repos. Who knows, but solved and I'm happy. :D

Re-edited: Moved savefile location (Thanks for nice faqs and howtoo). Problem reoccurred. Turns out to be a timing thing. My ISP DHCP serves up a REALLY bad primary DNS, which I always patch using /etc/resolv.conf.head. Prior to patching, the package manager update consistantly fails. Post patch, it refreshes very quickly and I haven't been able to make it fail. Maybe it isn't quite patient enough for a bum DNS server. Anyway, :) again.

Thanks,
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desktop display

#324 Post by DC »

Hi everybody,
Is it possible to display two desktops on one large monitor? Imitating a two monitor display. So that maximizing a window only takes up half of the screen.

Or is there a easy way to arrange windows side by side for instance two spreadsheets evenly displayed?

right clicking on the desktop selection in the taskbar shows "Desktop pager settings" but this is greyed out. Whats this for? how to ungrey it?

thanks

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#325 Post by Sylvander »

Why not just tile 2 program windows? :D

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#326 Post by Marv »

Is there (or does anyone have) a 64b lxappearance or spacefm for fatdog? Looked in the repos and so far no luck cobbling either together.

Thanks,

Edited: Made my peace with ROX with bookmarks and migrating my rightclickers from SpaceFM and can just use ROX options to change overall icon theme.
Unpack initrd, either by click or fatdog-split-initrd works fine.
Ran separate base for a few days. Line for that in my Grub4Dos menu entry was:

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kernel /fatdog_621/vmlinuz   savefile=ram:device:sda1:/fatdog_621/fd64save.ext2  basesfs=device:sda1:/fatdog_621/fd64-620.sfs base2ram=yes

Unsquashed the base sfs pulled seamonkey, pwireless, some themes, added desktop/defaultbrowser for external opera, lxterminal, a couple of categories to the applications menu so it and the openbox menu match a little more closely, my lxpanel config and launchers, cursor theme, tweaked .desktops to get apps in my new categories....and resquashed the sfs and repacked the initrd. Now running from the repacked initrd. It's ALL in the faqs :) Haven't spotified my external opera yet. That's next.

In summary, It all just works, and damn well. CPU use at idle on this 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo laptop is 0.5%, as good as it gets.

Thanks again :!:
Last edited by Marv on Wed 10 Jul 2013, 19:10, edited 1 time in total.
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#327 Post by WillM »

Hi DC;
I use this program to tile windows.
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tile-0.7.4-x86_64.pet
(10.44 KiB) Downloaded 247 times

gcmartin

How to combine all save-sessions into an SFS or PET?

#328 Post by gcmartin »

Seeking a recommendation
  • Is there a utility to take all of the DVD's saved-session and create an SFS that could be used for boot-time loading? OR,
  • Is there a recommended approach to taking the save-sessions and creating an SFS suitable for boot-time loading?
Thanks in advance for guidance.

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#329 Post by DC »

Thanks WillM works fine,
also thanks to whom made the pet if its not yourself

now if it could tile desktops :D


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#330 Post by suttiwit »

I wonder if i could have Xchat pet for fatdog64 621, please?

Thanks in advance

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Recently i just found out that xchat is already included.
Never mind, then.

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Problem with Virtualbox sfs

#331 Post by Jim1911 »

I get this error message when trying the Virtualbox sfs:

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# virtualbox
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (3.8.7) or it failed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

         You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
Also, I understand that the latest version is 4.2.16.

Regards,
Jim

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Re: Problem with Virtualbox sfs

#332 Post by chapchap70 »

Jim1911 wrote:I get this error message when trying the Virtualbox sfs:

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# virtualbox
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (3.8.7) or it failed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

         You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
Also, I understand that the latest version is 4.2.16.

Regards,
Jim

Click on the System tab after going into the control panel. Double click on the "SFS Manager". You need to download two SFSs;
fd64-devx_620.sfs and kernel-source-3.8.7.sfs. After loading them, open the terminal and type:

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/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Hans
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bug mplayer-1.0rc4

#333 Post by Hans »

Hello everyone, mencoder misses libraries for mencoder.
Only the 32 bit ones are installed. I downloaded the package to check the contents and used pet2tgz but could not unpack, I got an error.
I installed the 64 bit libraries from a former backed up install.

On fatdog 621:
ldd -v /usr/bin/mencoder shows libdv.so.4 not found, wrong ELF class

On former fatdog (520?)
libdv.so.4 and libdv.so.4.0.3 are in:
/usr/lib/
/usr/lib32/
/usr/lib64/

The ones in lib64 (and of course lib) are there and are 64 bit, on fatdog621 they are not there.

Is the mplayer-1.0rc4 in the repo broken or is my install :shock:

Anyway, it is solved

cheers

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#334 Post by Marv »

In fd64 v621, where (I assume somewhere in /etc) can I set the hardware clock as UTC? Haven't found either location or GUI to set that yet. Thanks

As an aside, I just remastered my modified system. This remaster script is the clearest most functional I've ever used :!: :!: In almost all of them until you've been through a time or two you wind up scratching your head and going woulda/shoulda/start over. Not here. All the choices you need when you need them and crystal clear explanations. :D
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#335 Post by kirk »

dd -v /usr/bin/mencoder shows libdv.so.4 not found, wrong ELF class
I removed libdv when I removed Kino, I should have made libdv a pet package. It's part of the Kino pet package, so install that for now. The wrong ELF class means that you have a 32bit version of libdv installed, maybe the 32bit sfs?
In fd64 v621, where (I assume somewhere in /etc) can I set the hardware clock as UTC? Haven't found either location or GUI to set that yet. Thanks
Open the Control Panel and on the first tab use Fatdog64 Set System Time Zone.

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#336 Post by jamesbond »

kirk wrote:
dd -v /usr/bin/mencoder shows libdv.so.4 not found, wrong ELF class
I removed libdv when I removed Kino, I should have made libdv a pet package. It's part of the Kino pet package, so install that for now. The wrong ELF class means that you have a 32bit version of libdv installed, maybe the 32bit sfs?
The removed libs are collected in a package called "lives_support", available through the package manager.
In fd64 v621, where (I assume somewhere in /etc) can I set the hardware clock as UTC? Haven't found either location or GUI to set that yet. Thanks
Open the Control Panel and on the first tab use Fatdog64 Set System Time Zone.
Uh oh, this is currently only possible in "Fatdog-Next" (that is, next release of Fatdog). In 621 and all releases prior, hardware clock is assumed to run in localtime.
Fatdog64 forum links: [url=http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=117546]Latest version[/url] | [url=https://cutt.ly/ke8sn5H]Contributed packages[/url] | [url=https://cutt.ly/se8scrb]ISO builder[/url]

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#337 Post by Marv »

jamesbond wrote:
In fd64 v621, where (I assume somewhere in /etc) can I set the hardware clock as UTC? Haven't found either location or GUI to set that yet. Thanks
Open the Control Panel and on the first tab use Fatdog64 Set System Time Zone.
jamesbond wrote:Uh oh, this is currently only possible in "Fatdog-Next" (that is, next release of Fatdog). In 621 and all releases prior, hardware clock is assumed to run in localtime.
My workaround for now for 621 , invoke hwclock in a script in /root/Startup as follows. The rdate here only works here on my ethernet connection. Wireless is usually not up yet.

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#!/bin/sh
hwclock --hctosys --utc
rdate -s tick.greyware.com
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mencoder

#338 Post by Hans »

Hello Kirk,
The wrong ELF class means that you have a 32bit version of libdv installed, maybe the 32bit sfs?
Right you are, I have it loaded at startup.

i will keep that lives_support package in mind

Thanx

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#339 Post by RaptureWatcher »

i like fatdog64 alot, but there is no wine pet for 621? i think that firefox should come preinstalled too and i would like it if i didn't have to type in fatdog waitdev=5 each time i boot it so the bootloader can find my savefile, perhaps these 3 things are mere considerations.

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#340 Post by chapchap70 »

RaptureWatcher wrote:i like fatdog64 alot, but there is no wine pet for 621? i think that firefox should come preinstalled too and i would like it if i didn't have to type in fatdog waitdev=5 each time i boot it so the bootloader can find my savefile, perhaps these 3 things are mere considerations.

I assume you have a usb drive.

Wine can be installed by going into control panel, System, SFS Manager. The 32 bit slacko and the Wine 1.5.4.-i486 SFS's need to be downloaded and loaded. I load mine on every boot.

If you edit your extlinux.conf file, you should not have to type anything to load your savefile.

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say Type "fatdog" with kernel parameters, or just press Enter for default boot.
default fatdog
timeout 5
prompt 5
label fatdog
kernel vmlinuz
initrd initrd
append waitdev=4
I prefer Firefox myself but it is easy enough to download the pet especially if you use the European or even Australian mirror instead of ibiblio. I don't know why ibiblio is so slow. :roll:


Edit: If your boot manager is syslinux, I believe you would have a syslinux.conf file. Mine just happens to be extlinux.

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