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Have found two / three problems.

Remaster needs updating (thanks to mick) http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 475#623475

Remove builtin packages has a problem with remaster still, see my thread http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 638#625638 for details. I think this maybe needs barry's attention to sort out. Still has the ok/cancel problem though.

And a newly found one is that the default /root/.packages/woof-installed-packages has the DEV packages listed. Means they don't appear in PPM with the extra boxes ticked, even though not installed, so you can't install them from it.

Okay I can confirm that the overloading of the processor I brought up earlier here occurs as a result of moving to a wireless location (local cafe) with a large number of wireless networks in the vicinity. It completely blocks the mouse button effectiveness, programs, including terminal can't be opened, and CTRL-ALT-DEL (or backspace) have no effect, and I have to hard shutdown with the reset button. I can open another version of Puppy frugal, and connect fine with the same computer, in the same location. For instance, I am writing this on Upup Precise in the same location right now. This issue is only happening in Racy 53. It absolutely cripples the computer within seconds of X starting.

When I return home (only a single wireless network) Racy works fine, and I can connect, and there is no excessive processor usage.

Refining the problem even further, I deleted the wireless profile for the cafe where the X start lock-up was occurring. That solved the problem when tested at that location. So something about that profile was causing the Puppy Network Wizard wireless manager to suddenly use all of the processor's capacity.

While this has solved my immediate problem, it's still a bug without a clear cause, and could happen again.

The kworker instances are probably just a symptom of what is going on with the wireless connection manager with a certain profile. Wish I knew what that is, but the profile was deleted.

If it happens again, I'd like to remove the profile but save it somewhere -- can someone tell me where the Puppy Network Wizard profiles are kept?

I'll post the profile here if I get similar behavior again.

I have created Window Setup for Puppy Linux 5.3


You can download from following location.I have tested this setup on window 7. I am completely new to compilation.I have background of Apache/PHP/MYSQL.

http://www.mediafire.com/?rn75rcd37zlvhx3

shinobar wrote:nvidia-glx-sdl-295.33.sfs (UPDATE: 2012-04-06)
http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/
For both Wary and Racy 5.3.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=72405

Thanks for the info, I have posted about your work supporting nVidia:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02825

nooby wrote:

aarf wrote:seamonkey already running but not in lxtask or pprocess so i cant kill it. not in bottom tray. reboot, run seamonkey in terminal, gives same message.

Yes your not the first nor the last to experience this mystery.
I've had it too and also with Firefox and it is very annoying.

Sadly I don't remember if somebody came up with a solution.
We talked about it in threads some time ago.

Maybe the search engine in my signature can find these and
see if anybody know the easiest way to get it going when it lock up.

You knowing linux way better than me maybe can get a hang
on what is needed based on all the reports about it. I am too lazy
and not bright enough to get what is going on. I solved it by using
Opera each time that it happens

Did you try

# killall seamonkey-bin

in a terminal

And maybe also this for recent SeaMonkeys:

# killall plugin-container

Karl Godt wrote:devil os !

while make snapmergepuppy is running

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# diff /initrd/pup_ro2/sbin/pup_event_frontend_d /sbin/pup_event_frontend_d
783c783
<  [ "`echo "$RUNPS" | grep -E 'xorriso|xorrecord|xine|petget|wget|axel|dotpup|mplayer|gcurl|gimv|burniso2cd|growisofs|cdrecord|pcdripper|xfmedia|xmms|ripoff|pdvdrsab|pburn|mhwaveedit|installpkg\.sh|downloadpkgs\.sh|removepreview\.sh'`" != "" ] && continue
---
>  [ "`echo "$RUNPS" | grep -E 'make|gcc|cc|cmake|imake|xorriso|xorrecord|xine|petget|wget|axel|dotpup|mplayer|gcurl|gimv|burniso2cd|growisofs|cdrecord|pcdripper|xfmedia|xmms|ripoff|pdvdrsab|pburn|mhwaveedit|installpkg\.sh|downloadpkgs\.sh|removepreview\.sh'`" != "" ] && continue

OK, I have added "make|cc|new2dir|".

That also catches "cmake", "gcc", etc.

The potential problem is that it will also catch any other application with those strings in the name.

Karl Godt wrote:The corner tags appeared again, now seems to trace them back to

/root/.jwm/themes/DeepBlueBold-jwmrc :

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# diff /initrd/pup_ro2/root/.jwm/themes/DeepBlueBold-jwmrc /root/.jwm/themes/DeepBlueBold-jwmrc
10d9
<        <Corner>#4A5966</Corner>
16d14
<        <Corner>#DCDAD5</Corner>

The new theme seems to be the only one in /root/.jwm/themes/ directory that still have them . Could not find them in the older theme-jwmrc files or they are commented out .

Thanks, I have updated the PET, it will now be 'jwm_theme_deepbluebold-1-1.pet', when it is uploaded.

rodin.s wrote:In script /usr/sbin/shutdownconfig some gettext should be added to line 629:

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pupdialog --background '#FFFF80' --colors --title "$T_canceltitle" --backtitle "$T_title" --timeout 240 --countdown "$T_countdown" --extra-button --ok-label "$(gettext 'SAVE TO FILE')"  --extra-label "$(gettext 'SAVE TO CD')" --cancel-label "$T_notsave" --yesno "$yesno" 0 0 >/dev/console

Thanks. I also found two lines above that needed the --no-label added.
Fix will be in next Woof commit.

kommisar wrote:I can't seem to unrar some archive using the "zip" icon on the desktop. The application apparently doesn't work with rar files. Is there any easy way to add this functionality to Racy 5.3?

Thanks for reminding me about this. Fixed, see my blog post:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02828

if you want to apply the fix to your current Puppy, grab the new /usr/local/bin/pupzip out of the online Woof repository, and install the 'unrar' PET.

vtpup wrote:It looks like the new Puppy wallpaper setter actually alters image files in /Usr/share/backgrounds/.

I put an image in there, and running the wallpaper setter actually cropped the image and saved the new file over the old one!

The original image is still there, in /usr/share/backgrounds_original.

scsijon wrote:Have found two / three problems.

Remaster needs updating (thanks to mick) http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 475#623475

Thanks, fixed:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02829

scsijon wrote:And a newly found one is that the default /root/.packages/woof-installed-packages has the DEV packages listed. Means they don't appear in PPM with the extra boxes ticked, even though not installed, so you can't install them from it.

That's because they are in the 'devx' sfs file, so don't need to be installed.

The potential problem is that it will also catch any other application with those strings in the name.

grep -w option might be of interest .

Karl Godt wrote:

The potential problem is that it will also catch any other application with those strings in the name.

grep -w option might be of interest .

Ahem, yes, of course. Done.

BarryK wrote:

Did you try

# killall seamonkey-bin

in a terminal

And maybe also this for recent SeaMonkeys:

# killall plugin-container

Thanks Barry,
I did try killall firefox and killall firefox-bin

but did not know of
# killall plugin-container

So I will add that to my toolbox of fixes. Much appreciated you cared.
This error has not happen laterst weeks so not sure what that means.
But good to know there is something one can try. it is annoying when
it does happen and one find no way to get FF going.

I trust it is the seam monkey thing that makes me refuse to use Wary or Racy. No offense just a personal quirk I have.

Love Racy. It's like a modern 431.

A problem I had and solution:
(frugal install)

I use a wireless dongle with the rtl8188cus chip, which uses the rtl8192cu driver. However the rtl8192cu driver included in Racy would not connect. So following advice, I downloaded and installed the newest driver directly from the Realtek site, compiled it, and installed it with success.
(You can see my progress here if interested: http://puppylinux.info/topic/racy-53-ke ... ver-needed )

Steps:
Installed:
http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... cy_5.3.sfs
http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... atched.sfs
Typed bootmanager into terminal and moved these two sfs files "over to the right".

Downloaded:
This linux driver version 3.4.2_3727 from here:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dow ... =true#2772

Note the installer included did not work for me, but cd'ing directly into the /root/my-documents/RTL8188C_8192C_8192D_USB_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404/driver/rtl8188C_8192C_8192D_usb_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404/ directory where it was downloaded to then running make and make install from there worked a charm.

It installed into /lib/modules/3.0.25/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/8192cu.ko (which is a different path than the original rtl8192cu driver was in, which is curious to me).

A side note, my WPA2 key does not save in the SNS for some reason upon reboot. The profile is saved but it's not connecting. It does connect when I re-enter it though. Will need to look into that next.

edit: Also sorry if it's my post that messed up the thread format but I can't seem to fix it.

shariebeth wrote:...
edit: Also sorry if it's my post that messed up the thread format but I can't seem to fix it.

It is not your post, see: starting page with your post

Last year Barry discussed the possibility of upgrading the versions of glibc and gcc in Wary/Racy:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02372

At that time he decided to stick with the existing versions and I supported this view because of the risk of breaking older programs. However, things have moved on. I think it is now time to reconsider because Lucid and Precise have later versions and some recent programs now require them.

I have tried different puppy versions on my 32-bit PC's and keep getting the same error:

'segfault'

as last line of urxvt: dmesg