Fatdog64 630rc2 (24 December 2013) [CLOSED]

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#41 Post by rcrsn51 »

jamesbond wrote: For rcrsn51, are you sure you don't have any leftover files in your save file (especially /etc/X11/xinitrc - this file gets updated in rc2).
The blinking was on a fresh start before creating a savefile. Once I made a savefile, the blinking stopped, but I needed several redraws before the icons were correct.

[Edit] Sometimes I still need to run Menu > Restart X.
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Encrypted Save File

#42 Post by whahn1983 »

I just installed version 630rc2 to my USB thumb drive and saved an encrypted save file to it. I edited the .conf file to point to the save file via uuid. When it boots, the scrolling text states that it found the save file however, it does not prompt for a password and just continues to boot without the save file. Any ideas?

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#43 Post by Sage »

can't reproduce your problem
Confusing - this time everything was present & correct (live CD). Previously, the flashing FD0 icon was in the position of sr0. Looked for the files in /etc and /usr - neither was present. Did the udevadm monitor command - nothing of interest, just 'monitor will print records for UDEV and MONITOR', but no output shown.
Don't have nV, it's an ATI 68e1 onboard.
Sorry I can't reproduce flashing either - haven't been fiddling, either!

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#44 Post by Ted Dog »

@jb problem I was pointing out was related to issue with bad choice of sound cards affecting correct sound card choice later. You must bungled sound card first, then try the correct settings, to reproduce this error situation. If you have already setup the sound card first it works fine..... :lol:
That video starts loud so it makes a repeative chirp.. but if a different video was silent the first 10th of a second you would never know you would just assume settings to sound was non functional.
Multi day test has gone smoothly with some odd slow downs experienced, unsure cause CPU speed after file loads is normal but file access to load software changes dramatically ie RAYtracing takes same time to render scene but software loading varies from normal so fast it appears instantly to several second delay for software to load In order to run.

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#45 Post by Ted Dog »

Also optical drive fast finger crushing reload disk problem has reappeared. Not to the level of 620 release of everytime, but If I eject SR0 from a script it will auto close very quickly. So fast as to not really crush a finger since its already closed before you can reach for it :shock:
If I eject using click from menu it works fine.
Will be testing multisession next.... and the remaster function..

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#46 Post by grump »

In another thread I wrote:
Firstly I have Precise running quite nicely on my newish HP Pavilion 4108au laptop, which is plagued with a Broadcom 4313GN wireless card. I thought to give the 64bit pups a run, but both Fatdog and the beta Lighthouse don't like playing with the Broadcom wireless.
I am pleased to say that the wireless worked straight off with Fatdog64 630rc2. I have also persuaded it to run live off a usb with small initrd, pmedia=cd in the syslinux.cfg and the Fatdog sfs on the hdd. It boots just as fast as Precise.

Although it found and set up the wireless first off, it seemed that sometimes the browser would not get on the web, although I could ping websites ok. I did the small changes as suggested in the FAQ for Broadcom wifi, and it still works ok, and at the moment my browser is talking to the web. Maybe a glitch in the wires at my end - we'll see what happens in time.

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#47 Post by Ted Dog »

hammered by solar CME was having intermittent issues a few hours ago then it cleared

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#48 Post by jamesbond »

rcrsn51 wrote:
jamesbond wrote: For rcrsn51, are you sure you don't have any leftover files in your save file (especially /etc/X11/xinitrc - this file gets updated in rc2).
The blinking was on a fresh start before creating a savefile. Once I made a savefile, the blinking stopped, but I needed several redraws before the icons were correct.

[Edit] I tried increasing Event Manager > Drive Icon Startup Delay, but it still needed a redraw to get the icons right.
I can't reproduce the problem :( One of the things that I specifically "fixed" in rc2 is the missing drive icons - missing drive icons was because Rox was slow to start. Where was Fatdog installed - in harddisk/partition, or did you boot from CD/DVD? Also, when your icons are blinking, check /tmp/udev-fatdog-drive-icon and see whether "counter" keeps increasing?
whahn1983 wrote:I just installed version 630rc2 to my USB thumb drive and saved an encrypted save file to it. I edited the .conf file to point to the save file via uuid. When it boots, the scrolling text states that it found the save file however, it does not prompt for a password and just continues to boot without the save file. Any ideas?
What .conf file again did you edit? Where did you create the savefile? In the root directory of the partition, or elsewhere? You can use the "savefile argument creator" (courtesy of rcrsn51) - look in Control Panel, Utility section, to build the correct savefile argument.
Ted Dog wrote:Also optical drive fast finger crushing reload disk problem has reappeared. Not to the level of 620 release of everytime, but If I eject SR0 from a script it will auto close very quickly.
Ah, that explains. What command did you use to eject the disc in your script? The proper command to eject the disc is "cdrom_id --eject-media $dev".
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#49 Post by Ted Dog »

eject /dev/sr0

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#50 Post by jamesbond »

Ted Dog wrote:eject /dev/sr0
Yes sorry that command doesn't work properly anymore. You will need to use cdrom_id --eject-media /dev/sr0 (cdrom_id is located in /usr/libexec).
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#51 Post by Ted Dog »

do not see method to get cd id in your reply

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#52 Post by jamesbond »

Ted Dog wrote:do not see method to get cd id in your reply
No cd id - what I gave you is the command to replace "eject". You need to run:

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/usr/libexec/cdrom_id --eject-media /dev/sr0
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#53 Post by smokey01 »

I just tried the eject binary from FD611 in FD630RC1 and it works fine.

eject
- opens the tray
eject -t closes the tray.

The binary is about 20k.

I suppose a small script called eject would also work.

#!/bin/sh
/usr/libexec/cdrom_id --eject-media /dev/sr0

I don't see a way to close the tray though.

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#54 Post by jamesbond »

The eject binary hasn't changed from its initial build in 600alpha, and it still works (for the purpose it was designed).

The change has been in the way we detect whether there is a disc inside the drive - we used to use cddetect_quick (the way puppy does) but found it to be unreliable; we replaced that with cdrom_id. But detecting disc with cdrom_id has the effect of always closing the tray. Running the plain "eject" binary will eject the tray, as long as generating a flurry of udev events; one of them being telling the system to "detect disc" - and thus closing the tray again.

To avoid this problem, one has to eject and generate an udev event with a special property --- and it what "cdrom_id --eject-media" does. This special property is not chosen at random - it is the same property generated by the kernel when the physical eject button is pressed; which means now pressing physical eject button and doing "software eject" runs exactly the same code path and ends exactly in the same result.

You can still happily use "eject" to close the tray :)
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#55 Post by irishrm »

Jamesbond:
Sorry I haven't been able to reply sooner.

irishrm wrote:
"Installed on usb and used on laptop with i5 processor with 4 gig ram.
Installed fine but experiencing 100% cpu spikes plus shockwave crashes in both seamonkey and chrome.
Rc2 not usable for me, hoping for better result with next release.
irishrm"

jamesbond wrote:
"There may be a problem with savefile on usb. What's the video card on your laptop?"

My video card specs:
Resolution : 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation.

I have the savefile for fatdog620 on the hard-drive. Will try that with 630.
Looking forward to a successful install of fatdog 630 final.
irishrm.

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#56 Post by jamesbond »

irishrm wrote:Jamesbond:
Sorry I haven't been able to reply sooner.
No worries, I'm often guilty of the same behaviour ;)
My video card specs:
Resolution : 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation.
Thanks, so it's Sandybridge (intel). Kirk has compiled newer drivers post-rc2, hopefully it will work better for you later.

cheers!
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Fatdog64 630rc2 (24 December 2013)

#57 Post by L18L »

Like some style with faq :?:
flexible design, validating with http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_upload
my /usr/share/doc/faqs/tray.html:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en"><!-- translator: please change this -->
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
  <title>Tray Icons</title>
  <!-- translator: remove comment
  <base href="../">
  -->
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../fatdog.css">
  <style type="text/css">
#container {max-width:45em;margin:auto;}	
h1 {text-align:center;}	
h1 img {height:100px;}
#tray {max-width:100%;} 
.translated {text-align:right;font-size:67%;}
  </style>	  
</head>
<body>
  <h1><img src="../home/fatdog.png" alt="Fatdog">Tray Icons</h1>
  <div id="container">
    <img id="tray" alt="pic" src="tray.png">
    <ol type="A">
      <li>This is the menu icon.</li>
      <li>This is the show screen icon, when you click this all windows are minimized.</li>
      <li>This opens the ROX file browser.</li>
      <li>This opens a terminal window.</li>
      <li>This opens the default internet browser.</li>
      <li>This is desktop number one.</li>
      <li>This is desktop number two.</li>
      <li>This is Glipper, the clipboard manager. Use this when you cut and paste.</li>
      <li>This is Wpa_Gui the network manager. See "How to connect to a network." for more information. </li>
      <li>This is Sven the multimedia daemon. Right click to set your preferences.</li>
      <li>This displays the amount of free space (Mbytes) in your save file or ram disk if you have not created a save file.</li>
      <li>This adjusts the main volume. More controls can be found under Control Panel - Sound - Alsamixer.</li>
      <li>This displays battery charge if you have a battery.</li>
      <li>This displays CPU load. Right click on it to manage running processes.</li>
      <li>This is the clock. Right click on it to set the date and time.</li>
    </ol>
  </div>
<!-- translator: translate this and remove comment
    <p class="translated">Translated from the <a href="tray.html">English Original</a></p>  
-->
</body>
</html>

EDIT
Just a moment please...dog is too fat :lol:
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#58 Post by grump »

Maybe a dumb question:
Where is the Default Application Chooser (or similar) in Fatdog? I want to make Google Chrome the default browser.

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#59 Post by jamesbond »

grump wrote:Maybe a dumb question:
Where is the Default Application Chooser (or similar) in Fatdog? I want to make Google Chrome the default browser.
Definitely not a dumb question :lol:
No such GUI in fatdog, but you can look into /usr/local/bin and change which browser is used by editing "defaultbrowser" yourself.
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#60 Post by vflower »

Downloaded and use grub4dos to boot the iso file directly. The speed of boot up is unbelievable fast. Playing WAV audio files with VLC give almost perfect sound quality. Then have google chrome29 PET package successfully installed and run perfectly.

However, remaster for more than 10 times, the remaster is still failed. The remaster files cannot be booted. Remaster on both a desktop and a notebook, both failed.

I have recently successfully remaster other 32bit puppies such as Vincentvanpup and Lucid528.

Have anyone try remaster function successful ? Thank you.

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