Polarpup-005 with Qt4-4.8.0 and Gstreamer libs inbuild

[marco07]

@jim3630
Would you please direct me to the place where you got LibreOffice 3.3.3 sfs?
Thanks!

marco07, this version does not require java the 3.4sfs. version does and both of them are in the Midnight Sun Puppy or other pemasu pups thread. don't recall who posted them but have the note 3.3.3 will work without java.

Thanks! As I posted above, I already installed version 3.3.0 from FileMedia website.

[pemasu]

Barry Kauler uploaded new patched source of 2.6.39-3 today. Barrys kernel is PAE enabled i586 optimized. It has basic structure same as in my recent kernels. Almost everything is enabled as modules. USB section has been compiled in so that boot time usb detection works better.

I downloaded that latest source. Since Barrys kernel is almost what we have been testing, there is no need for me to do anything into it.

This is first Barrys kernel with PAE enabled.

I know that Beem and his Medion does not like PAE enabled version.

There is now PAE enabled recent kernel in Barrys kernel sources repo which had usb_storage patch and newest woof supports better usb boot time recognition.

What is there for me. I am happy. Now these experimental test builds has much more solid background. I can go on with knowing that Barry has evaluated, examined, tested, and made needed fixes to the kernel and also to the woof. Init script has been updated accordingly.

Everybody can now download the latest woof, latest kernel and make the up to date Puppy build. Not bad.......

I want to remember Beem also. He is one of our trustees, even moderator ( he does not make any noise of it which I appreciate ), patient puppy user helper and now also trusted moderator for PLUG subforum. He watches our backyard, foryard and .......

So I compiled latest kernel with intel atom optimization without PAE so that he can use his troublesome Medion and can get firsthand experience of this latest kernel. There migth be Pentium M users which also suffers from PAE.

Next will be PAE enabled version, very soon also.......

[pemasu]

Lol. Barry announced that he is going to recompile 2.6.39.3 with Pentium Pro optimization and PAE enabled. It might be that Pentium Pro is lowest supported PAE version. I dont know. I will use Intel atom optimization at future releases.

Ok, now it is becoming clearer. The PAE kernel does not work on the Edubook, which has an "i586" CPU.
Quoting from the link posted by steev:

PAE is provided by Intel Pentium Pro and above CPUs, including all later Pentium-series processors (except the 400 MHz-bus versions of the Pentium M). It is also available on other processors with similar or more advanced versions of the same architecture, such as the AMD Athlon[dubious – discuss] and later AMD processor models.

In that case, I am going to recompile the kernel again tonight, this time specify CPU architecture as Pentium Pro, that being the minimum that supports PAE.
Although, again from that link, Slackware kernel has this when updating to PAE:

HIGHMEM4G y -> n
HIGHMEM64G n -> y
LOG_BUF_SHIFT 15 -> 18
M686 y -> n
MPENTIUMIII n -> y

[pemasu]

Polarpup-003 has been released. It has 2.6.39-3 kernel and it has been made using 12.7.2011 woof. Boot time usb detection problems have been solved.

See the first post.

[James C]

As you probably could guess.....downloading now.

[James C]

It works......

Wed 13 Jul 2011 Operating System: Polarpup-003 Linux 2.6.39
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev c1)
oem: NVidia product: NV18 () Board Chip Rev A2

X Server: Xorg Driver: unknown
X.Org version: 1.7.6
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (411x263 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa Project
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.7.1

AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Core 0: 1998 MHz

...the above also recorded at '/tmp/root/report-video-glx'.
sh-4.1# glxgears
497 frames in 5.0 seconds
516 frames in 5.0 seconds
525 frames in 5.0 seconds
542 frames in 5.0 seconds
557 frames in 5.0 seconds
487 frames in 5.0 seconds

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1033MB (182MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed 13 Jul 2011 05:42:48 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Software Rasterizer
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235


# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 1033860 639700 394160 0 67388
Swap: 1228936 0 1228936
Total: 2262796 639700 1623096

[pemasu]

James C. Good news

I found one solution to the Libre Office 3.4.1 non working problem. That JRE pet works ok, but Libreoffice has problems with libraries.
The fix worked for me.
I can upload my Libre office if somebody want Libre Office with finnish language pack. It could be fun. Lol.

I used 01mickos Gui download and sfs making semiautomatic pet. Really nice tool.
Straight link to download that Get_libreoffice pet which creates sfs package of Libre Office.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... h&id=38994

I found from the net solution, which worked for me. It needs Libre Office 3.3 to fix the problem. I include 2 libs in to the package. Extract the package and place the files to the opt/libreoffice3.4/basis-link/program.
One file will be overwritten.

I found the solution:
Replace new libdeploymentmiscli.so with old libreoffice 3.3 library + one required library.

# cd /opt/libreoffice3.4/basis-link/program
# mv libdeploymentmiscli.so libdeploymentmiscli.so-old
# cp /opt/libreoffice/basis3.3/program/libcomphelp4gcc3.so /opt/libreoffice3.4/basis-link/program/

I have not found yet any bugs after these actions.

[jim3630]

manual frugal hdd install of pp003. installed broadcom wl driver connected via Frisbee without a hitch.

flsynclient continues to turns off for a moment after restarting x and selecting off.

pemasu, beautiful wallpaper.


Wed 13 Jul 2011 Operating System: Polarpup-003 Linux 2.6.39
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
oem: Intel(R)Ironlake Mobile Graphics Chipset Accelerated VGA BIOS product: Intel(R)Ironlake Mobile Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg Driver: unknown
X.Org version: 1.7.6
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (270x203 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) IGDNG_M GEM 20091221 2009Q4 x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.7.1

Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU P6100
Core 0: 933 1: 933 MHz

# glxgears
4927 frames in 5.0 seconds
5166 frames in 5.0 seconds
5184 frames in 5.0 seconds
5214 frames in 5.0 seconds
5148 frames in 5.0 seconds
5175 frames in 5.0 seconds
5150 frames in 5.0 seconds


Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU P6100 @ 2.00GHz
Memory : 2519MB (251MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed 13 Jul 2011 10:32:59 PM PDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) IGDNG_M GEM 20091221 2009Q4 x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
-Input Devices-

[James C]

Polarpup 003 live pfix=ram on the old Windows 7/PCLOS/Lucid 525 box.Everything looking good on initial boot.

Thu 14 Jul 2011 Operating System: Polarpup-003 Linux 2.6.39
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA product: G98 Board - 5610002u Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver: unknown
X.Org version: 1.7.6
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa Project
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.7.1

Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
Core 0: 2806 MHz

...the above also recorded at '/tmp/root/report-video-glx'.


#glxgears
302 frames in 5.0 seconds
413 frames in 5.0 seconds
366 frames in 5.0 seconds
382 frames in 5.0 seconds
431 frames in 5.0 seconds
447 frames in 5.0 seconds

-Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
Memory : 1033MB (194MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Thu 14 Jul 2011 01:31:39 AM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Software Rasterizer
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : CMI8738-MC6 - C-Media CMI8738
Audio Adapter : ICH4 - Intel ICH5


# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 1033792 638424 395368 0 66888
Swap: 2150396 0 2150396
Total: 3184188 638424 2545764

[Béèm]

I know that Beem and his Medion does not like PAE enabled version.

Well in fact I, Béèm, like the PAE, but my Medion no.

I want to remember Beem also. He is one of our trustees, even moderator ( he does not make any noise of it which I appreciate ), patient puppy user helper and now also trusted moderator for PLUG subforum. He watches our backyard, foryard and .......

I have to blush now, but thanks for the praise.
However I still haven't accepted being a moderator in PLUG. But I post in the thread to see if it goes in a good direction and then I will make up my mind.

So I compiled latest kernel with intel atom optimization without PAE so that he can use his troublesome Medion and can get firsthand experience of this latest kernel. There migth be Pentium M users which also suffers from PAE.

Next will be PAE enabled version, very soon also.......

Looking forward to see all this.

[pemasu]

I will make fixed en_us Libre Office 3.4.1 sfs today later. I just have some other hobbies to attend first.

[gcmartin]

I will make fixed en_us Libre Office 3.4.1 sfs today later. I just have some other hobbies to attend first.

Maybe a PET would be better. Live media users would benefit as well.

PolarPUP continues to be stable .... and fast.

[pemasu]

I updated the squashfstools to new package which has xz support.
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02346
It needs liblzma to work. I reupload the iso with liblzma included.

[pemasu]

Damn. It needs only missing symlink. liblzma.so.0. Well, the result is that squashfs and unsquashfs does not work. Quite crucial symlink.

I will make both fixed sfs and pet of the Libre Office 4.3.1

[pemasu]

Polarpup-003 is now reuploading with that massive fix.
I made pet of that missing symlink. It is crucial to provide that symlink. Otherwise squashfs tools does not work. Who could have known that need before testing the new tool. Well, now there is support for xz compression in sfs files.

[pemasu]

Now that massive Service Pack 1 has been done. And Polarpup-003 reuploaded with that fix it is time to release.....

Libre Office 3.4.1 fixed as pet and sfs:
http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/Pets/lib ... -3.4.1.pet
http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/Sfs/Libr ... -fixed.sfs
Java is conditionally needed for Libre Office 3.4.1:
http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/Pets/jre-1.6u25-i586.pet
http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/Sfs/jre-1.6u25-i586.sfs

Dave S provided this information:

If you load Libre Office Writer WITHOUT Java, it nags about six times as it loads, then crashes. Thereafter it loads just fine as does Scalc. Sbase totally needs Java though.

[marco07]

Now, with these additional packages ready,I am tempted to try P003. But, I am not yet going to get rid of p002 which, i have set it up nicely with LibreOffice 3.3.0 and java (both installed with .pet)and some other desired softwares, all working just fine. With stock gstreamer, LO Impress has now even its audio play back functional. This lack of audio in LO Impress has always been my only qualm with snow & ice puppies since I use a lot of slides with embeded audio.

[pemasu]

Marco07. Nice to get feedback that you got your system up to your needs.
Gstreamer backend has benefitted at least one Puppy user.

[marco07]

Marco07. Nice to get feedback that you got your system up to your needs.
Gstreamer backend has benefitted at least one Puppy user.

Thanks to you for a great job.
I am now downloading p003 to try it. Although I realize that there might be not much difference except for the new kernel of course. Or, are there more?

EDIT:
I get the following error message from your download site!

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /pemasu/Polarpup-003/polarpup-003.iso on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[pemasu]

I hate gFTP. Permissions are fixed now. I hope the upload is sane. Check the md5sum.

Tonight was great sundown. Momentarily everything was violet. I took the picture from our house backyards which is toward the lake. It was about 23.30 pm when I took the pic.