Re: Broadcom wl driver
Posted: Sun 31 Mar 2013, 20:30
No problems on ThinSlacko......with or without the a-drive - I tested both.01micko wrote:Did the sfs load ok in pfix=ram? (I saw your failure in PHAT)
Thanks for the drivers!
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Posted: Sun 31 Mar 2013, 23:12
Neither worked unfortunately...however, maybe I'm using the parameters in a different way to what you intended? I am simply appending each one to the kernel line of the menu.lst stanza:01micko wrote:try:Code: Select all
puppy pfix=ram nouveau,noaccel=1 puppy pfix=ram nouveau,modeset=0
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# Linux bootable partition config begins
title thinslackonewGZ frugal in sda1 dir thinslackonewGZ
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel /thinslackonewGZ/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=thinslackonewGZ pfix=ram nouveau,noaccel=1
initrd /thinslackonewGZ/initrd.gz
# Linux bootable partition config endsMaybe this would work differently when entering the code manually when booting Live from a CD?
I have another "identical" laptop which seems to work better than this one for some reason so will make some comparisons and post back if I have no joy. Thanks for the suggestions.
EDIT : Solution for my problem is here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 021#706021
Posted: Mon 01 Apr 2013, 00:12
Heh, what fun using Links browser.
It has improved a bit since I last used it in another lifetime.
Using it now, it makes the appearance of the forum more bearable.
It has improved a bit since I last used it in another lifetime.
Using it now, it makes the appearance of the forum more bearable.
Re: ThinSlacko - March 2013
Posted: Mon 01 Apr 2013, 01:33
Do you think it could run on my Libretto 50ct?01micko wrote:This is Slacko designed for slightly older kit. It should run fine on a PIII 600MHz with 256MB RAM, or even lower specs. Flies on fast kit.
I can overclock it to 166mhz... but I havent yet.
Specs attached.
Posted: Mon 01 Apr 2013, 01:46
Q5sys, I've sent you a PM.
Re: ThinSlacko - March 2013
Posted: Mon 01 Apr 2013, 02:05
No, don't think so.Q5sys wrote:Do you think it could run on my Libretto 50ct?01micko wrote:This is Slacko designed for slightly older kit. It should run fine on a PIII 600MHz with 256MB RAM, or even lower specs. Flies on fast kit.
I can overclock it to 166mhz... but I havent yet.
Specs attached.
Posted: Tue 02 Apr 2013, 04:40
Still doing fine on my Athlon XP box. 
Only real thing I've had to do was a bit of tweaking to get some smaller fonts.... otherwise smooth sailing.
Only real thing I've had to do was a bit of tweaking to get some smaller fonts.... otherwise smooth sailing.
Posted: Tue 02 Apr 2013, 20:11
Hi Mick
There is a library: libstartup-notification-1.so
that is present in Slacko 5.5 and in PhatSlacko but isn't included in either sfs for ThinSlacko.....
It's not very big so if it could be included for consistency in the main ThinSlacko sfs in a future version that would be great.
Cheers
PeeBee
There is a library: libstartup-notification-1.so
that is present in Slacko 5.5 and in PhatSlacko but isn't included in either sfs for ThinSlacko.....
It's not very big so if it could be included for consistency in the main ThinSlacko sfs in a future version that would be great.
Cheers
PeeBee
Posted: Tue 02 Apr 2013, 20:20
Well the main sfs will rather shrink than growpeebee wrote:Hi Mick
There is a library: libstartup-notification-1.so
that is present in Slacko 5.5 and in PhatSlacko but isn't included in either sfs for ThinSlacko.....
It's not very big so if it could be included for consistency in the main ThinSlacko sfs in a future version that would be great.
Cheers
PeeBee
Maybe it can go to adrive.
Posted: Wed 03 Apr 2013, 15:58
Hi Mick
Nice Pup. Installed nicely onto my EEEPC 1000HG. On the way out it created a savefile ( as you'd expect). On reboot I installed Chromium from PPM. Ran into the usual "running Chrome as root" issue. On exit it prompted me ( again) to create a savefile??. Definitely something not right.
On my next boot Chromium was totally missing!!
Any thoughts?
Nice Pup. Installed nicely onto my EEEPC 1000HG. On the way out it created a savefile ( as you'd expect). On reboot I installed Chromium from PPM. Ran into the usual "running Chrome as root" issue. On exit it prompted me ( again) to create a savefile??. Definitely something not right.
On my next boot Chromium was totally missing!!
Any thoughts?
Posted: Thu 04 Apr 2013, 07:54
Looks like the savefile isn't being found at boot. How exactly did you install? Where is the save file in relation to the other files? (vmlinuz, initrd.gz, puppy_slacko_5.5.01.sfs)lemmy999 wrote:Nice Pup. Installed nicely onto my EEEPC 1000HG. On the way out it created a savefile ( as you'd expect). On reboot I installed Chromium from PPM. Ran into the usual "running Chrome as root" issue. On exit it prompted me ( again) to create a savefile??. Definitely something not right.
Posted: Thu 04 Apr 2013, 12:58
I installed using the Puppy Universal installer. The savefile resides on a different partition.
Guess that may answer my question- partition isn't mounted until after Puppy boots and therefore the savefile isn't going to be visible. I'll try making a savefile within the Puppy partition and see if it makes any difference.
Guess that may answer my question- partition isn't mounted until after Puppy boots and therefore the savefile isn't going to be visible. I'll try making a savefile within the Puppy partition and see if it makes any difference.
Re: NM10
Posted: Thu 04 Apr 2013, 20:37
Hi raffy,raffy wrote:On Intel NM10 laptop with 1024x600 screen, direct rendering works at 175 fps (glxgears). However, xorgwizard has to be commanded at first boot to get into X (same with PHATslacko).
Did not see VLC, so installed it via PPM/puppy-slacko14 together with ffmpeg. When playing video full-screen, load gets to as high as 85% CPU utilization (only 75% in PHATlacko).
Had to reboot 2x to use adrv (is this correct?).
Thanks, Micko.
First, adrive should load on first boot. It must be in the same location as the other puppy files (see example I offered lemmy999 above). Also, xorgwizard is probably to be expected for these machines. I tried to get them going to desktop but I think something is missing. I do not have access to one for tests. All feedback has been from JustGreg, and great his help was too.
Second, I have no idea why cpu usage for VLC is higher in Thin than PHAT, but I do know why it is high for your machine. It's to do with the lack of an accelerated video driver for your machine (see tempestuous' explanantion, mention of lousy MPlayer performance). Also, the cpu is a bit of an underperformer for a newish device.
HTH
Posted: Mon 22 Apr 2013, 19:20
Some proprietary graphics drivers for ThinSlacko. Catalyst and Nvidia.
http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/spup/
http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/spup/
Mouse hover
Posted: Mon 29 Apr 2013, 15:34
Seems quite zippy this distro!
Any way of changing the icon when the mouse hovers over close boxes and the like? where does it live? Gbdfed, xcur2png, cursor.pcf all draw a blank.
It's the "glyph"(s) I would like to change.
Any way of changing the icon when the mouse hovers over close boxes and the like? where does it live? Gbdfed, xcur2png, cursor.pcf all draw a blank.
It's the "glyph"(s) I would like to change.
Re: Mouse hover
Posted: Wed 01 May 2013, 00:13
@Smithy If you mean the change mouse to the minimize/maximize/close window buttons, it's inside the newer jwm's. For updating other builds the jwm thread is here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=83949Smithy wrote:Seems quite zippy this distro!
Any way of changing the icon when the mouse hovers over close boxes and the like? where does it live? Gbdfed, xcur2png, cursor.pcf all draw a blank.
It's the "glyph"(s) I would like to change.
@01micko Looks loke a Very nice build, got an old laptop i'm going to try it on as it may resurect it with later than puppy 2.12. but it does only have 256meg ram.
Posted: Thu 02 May 2013, 21:34
Not sure scsijon, looked around JWM, nothing in there to change what I mean.
When the mouse moves over a close (X) box, a tiny transparent thing appears which is a pita 'cos it's a bit too small and easy to miss, plus the minimise and maximise glyphs,bitmaps or whatever they are, are a bit too small as well. The mouse arrow is fine.
When the mouse moves over a close (X) box, a tiny transparent thing appears which is a pita 'cos it's a bit too small and easy to miss, plus the minimise and maximise glyphs,bitmaps or whatever they are, are a bit too small as well. The mouse arrow is fine.
Posted: Thu 02 May 2013, 22:13
Sorry, it's 'discussed' in the jwm thread that he has changed the way the mouse 'symbols' now work. Basically, they are now controlled by a component of linux, not a overlay symbol as was with earlier done. It speeds things up and makes code easier to work with, therefore enabling other improvements that have been added. There is no intention to revert.Smithy wrote:Not sure scsijon, looked around JWM, nothing in there to change what I mean.
When the mouse moves over a close (X) box, a tiny transparent thing appears which is a pita 'cos it's a bit too small and easy to miss, plus the minimise and maximise glyphs,bitmaps or whatever they are, are a bit too small as well. The mouse arrow is fine.
regards
scsijon
Posted: Thu 02 May 2013, 23:37
Fair enough. Thanks for the explanation, I thought it might be some Linux routine.
Posted: Fri 03 May 2013, 03:31
@Smithy - yeah, the default cursor set in most pups looks a bit odd with the new jwm hover feature for titlebar buttons. If you compile jwm, you can redo the mapping (some like all titlebar buttons to show left_ptr on hover) in the src/cursor.c if I recall that bit.
The other option is to use a different cursor set - Neutral Plus Inverted is one that renders the jwm hovers well and a bit more intuitive in my opinion. NPI is part of lightcursorpack-1.0.pet, which likely will work in ThinSlacko (I made a custom cursor set using mostly NPI with some bits of aerodrop and it works fine in slacko55).
hope that helps?
The other option is to use a different cursor set - Neutral Plus Inverted is one that renders the jwm hovers well and a bit more intuitive in my opinion. NPI is part of lightcursorpack-1.0.pet, which likely will work in ThinSlacko (I made a custom cursor set using mostly NPI with some bits of aerodrop and it works fine in slacko55).
hope that helps?