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[01micko]

Slacko64

Just to be clear..

You need a 64 bit processor!


-second alpha is released

for details see here

Have fun with that..

[mavrothal]

Congratulations Mick!

Tried it on a Dell i7/4GB intel graphics laptop.
Everything (that I tested) worked OOB.
Pretty solid

[James C]

As usual...... downloading.

[Billtoo]

I did a manual frugal install to my Acer Revo nettop.
The proprietary nvidia driver (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.38.run) compiled
and updated xorg.conf.
Now I have the correct screen resolution etc, and the mouse works but
the keyboard doesn't.

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Wed 15 Jan 2014 on Slacko64 Puppy 5.8.7 Linux 3.12.7 x86_64
0.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation ION VGA (rev b1)

X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.12.4
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (513x292 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: ION/integrated/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 331.38

Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
Core 0: @1599 1: @1599 2: @1599 3: @1599 MHz

Connecting to any website in Firefox is very slow.
That's it so far.

[LateAdopter]

Hello 01micko

Thanks for this, its working well on my PC. Athlon II X2 240 +RS880G

I run puppies from a FAT32 partition. Each time I run Slacko64 it leaves the partition in a state that win2k complains about. Win2k runs the disk check and finds no problem.

I installed your VLC 2.1.0 PET and then I installed alienBOB's VLC 2.1.2 TXZ over the top.

I now have VLC 2.1.2 working nicely.

The TXZ does not seem to install properly on its own. It gets stuck with BASH taking 100% of one core until I shut down.
I does copy the files to the right place, though.

TurionPowerControl + CPUID & MSR are working and I have turned the P-State voltages down to sensible values.

The idle cpu load is about 4% whereas fatdog is less than 1%. Nothing shows up in TOP, but something is using cpu cycles in the background.
It's not important for my desktop but may be significant on a laptop.

On the subject of download speeds to the UK...

I downloaded 5.8.6 from 01micko at about 30kB/s the other day

Today I downloaded 5.8.7 from smokey01 at 109kB/s

At the same time I downloaded the QT SFS from nluug at 352kB/s

That's about the limit for my ADSL.

Thanks again

[James C]

Quick frugal install using the Universal Installer. Had to add nouveau.noaccel=1 due to freezing problems.Otherwise, all looking good so far.

# report-video
Report Video 1.3 - Wed 15 Jan 2014 on Slacko64 Puppy 5.8.7 - Linux 3.12.7 x86_64

Chip description:
d.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2)


X Server: Xorg Driver used: nouveau

X.Org version: 1.12.4
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (381x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes


...the above also recorded in /tmp/root/ as report-video,
and archived with xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log as report-video-full.gz
# glxgears
1650 frames in 5.0 seconds = 329.885 FPS
1760 frames in 5.0 seconds = 351.916 FPS
1758 frames in 5.0 seconds = 351.450 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
Memory : 3796MB (287MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko64 Puppy - 5.8.7
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed 15 Jan 2014 09:50:03 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x300)
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia

[Billtoo]

I deleted my save file and started over.

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Wed 15 Jan 2014 on Slacko64 Puppy 5.8.7 Linux 3.12.7 x86_64
0.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation ION VGA (rev b1)

X Server: Xorg Driver: nouveau
X.Org version: 1.12.4
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (508x285 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: nouveau
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on NVAC
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4

Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
Core 0: @1600 1: @1600 2: @1600 3: @1600 MHz

Firefox is still very slow to connect to any website, links 2.8 connects
quickly.

EDIT:
PPM is broken, it worked in the pre-alpha but not this alpha.

[James C]

Another quick run....live pfix=ram. Basics working on initial boot.

# report-video
Report Video 1.3 - Wed 15 Jan 2014 on Slacko64 Puppy 5.8.7 - Linux 3.12.7 x86_64

Chip description:
5.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200 Series]


X Server: Xorg Driver used: radeon

X.Org version: 1.12.4
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (270x203 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes


...the above also recorded in /tmp/root/ as report-video,
and archived with xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log as report-video-full.gz
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
355 frames in 5.0 seconds = 70.974 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.021 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.042 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.029 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+
Memory : 958MB (259MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko64 Puppy - 5.8.7
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed 15 Jan 2014 01:16:39 PM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on ATI RS480
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : ATIIXP - ATI IXP

[James C]

Just installed Conky with PPM...... no problem.

[mavrothal]

[Billtoo]

[mavrothal]

[James C]

[01micko]

Billtoo, I gather the md5sum was ok. Strange that you have the same result on 2 machines. I don't know what else it could be other than an error copying the files to disk. To eliminate that possibility, or at least reduce it its chances of occurring, run "sync" after copying files.

For your convenience, here are the checksums of the original files (in case it is a copy error):

[rwishlaw]

Although it is under Issues on the Nabble Slacko64 page, I thought I would mention here that the BootFlash Install Puppy to USB does not work. It hangs when it is trying to copy the iso to the USB stick