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Fresh manual frugal install of 5.3.2.3 on an old P4 test box. Sound, display and internet all working on initial boot.
But, MtPaint screenshot is non-functional and no error messages when run from terminal. Otherwise,looking good so far.


# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.3.2.3

Chip description:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

Driver used by Xorg:
intel

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: "1024x768" Depth: Depth 24

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video

-Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Memory : 512MB (120MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sat Feb 18 19:37:44 2012
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : ICH4 - Intel ICH5

-Version-
Kernel : Linux 3.1.10-slacko_4gx3 (i686)
Compiled : #1 SMP Sat Jan 28 08:22:17 EST 2012
C Library : GNU C Library version 2.13 (stable)
Default C Compiler : Unknown
Distribution : Unknown distribution

I did a full install to my acer revo nettop pc.
I installed mesa and the nvidia driver from slickpet.

Sat 18 Feb 2012 Operating System:Slacko Puppy-5.3.2.3 Linux 3.1.10-slacko_4gx3
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation ION VGA (rev b1)
oem: NVIDIA product: MCP79 Board - hornet-0 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.9.5
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (524x292 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/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 290.10

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

# glxgears
8692 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1738.400 FPS
9760 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1952.000 FPS
9741 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1948.200 FPS

Running report-video-glx in the terminal gave the following error:
(process:6155): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library

Gtk-WARNING (recursed) **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.

No other problems so far, working well.

edit: almost forgot, the mtpaint screenshot isn't working, I had to load mtpaint and do the time delayed screenshot from the actions selection on the menu.

Billtoo must be luckier than me, 2 installs and 2 non-working screenshots.....

Anyway, installed Mesa and.......

# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
378 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.548 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.143 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.143 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.141 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.143 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.144 FPS

Lots of those error messages though...

Boot from live CD to desktop

auto connected to internet
sound ok

Next - full install to ext4 partition

updated seamonkey to 2.8-beta3
Added several items from my storage partition.
Everything works so far

Great job as always - thank you for all your hard work on this

majorfoo

Installed mtpaint-3.31-1 from Ibiblio and......

James C wrote:Installed mtpaint-3.31-1 from Ibiblio and......

You can get a screenshot with the mtpaint that comes with the rc by loading mtpaint and using the time delayed screenshot under the actions selection of the menu.

Billtoo wrote:

James C wrote:Installed mtpaint-3.31-1 from Ibiblio and......

You can get a screenshot with the mtpaint that comes with the rc by loading mtpaint and using the time delayed screenshot under the actions selection of the menu.

Thanks for the tip. Still supposed to work when launched from the menu though.

Fresh install on the Athlon XP box. Same problem with the screenshot...same solution.Installed the Nvidia driver...no problems.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.3.2.3

Chip description:
oem: NVidia
product: NV18 () Board Chip Rev A2

Driver used by Xorg:
nvidia

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: " 1440x900 " Depth: Depth 24

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
#
# glxgears
34436 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6887.200 FPS
32929 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6585.800 FPS
34333 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6866.600 FPS
33781 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6756.200 FPS
33125 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6625.000 FPS

Looking good......

No problem here with mtpaint. Works from menu and Print Screen button.

Any output running mtpaintsnapshot.sh?

I changed mtpaint because mikeslr had a jpeg bug, with it and gimp. I never came across the bug but thought maybe others had and not reported, could be HW specific.. mikeslr? (pm)

EDIT: ok you guys, go to the first run, aka "Personalize Settings" in the Setup>System menu and turn off UTF-8, I bet it's borking the US locale which is installed by default to get around a different bug. The "C" locale errors will disappear and probably mtpaintsnapshot.sh will work.

01micko wrote:No problem here with mtpaint. Works from menu and Print Screen button.

Any output running mtpaintsnapshot.sh?

I changed mtpaint because mikeslr had a jpeg bug, with it and gimp. I never came across the bug but thought maybe others had and not reported, could be HW specific.. mikeslr? (pm)

No error message when ran from the terminal.

Dialog box appeared to set delay and when "OK" was clicked.... nothing. Tried different delay settings... no difference.Occured on both the P4 and Athlon XP installs.

James. see post above... was editing..

01micko wrote:James. see post above... was editing..

I'll give it a try.....

That took care of the problem...... confirmed on the Athlon XP install.

01micko wrote: EDIT: ok you guys, go to the first run, aka "Personalize Settings" in the Setup>System menu and turn off UTF-8, I bet it's borking the US locale which is installed by default to get around a different bug. The "C" locale errors will disappear and probably mtpaintsnapshot.sh will work.

Yup, that fixed it, report-video-glx and mtpaint screenshot are error-free.

Never ever had this problem before....

Attempted to do my usual pristine, manual, frugal install of 5.3.2.3...on my ntfs formatted harddisk in my HP550 laptop

Downloaded the ISO, opened it successfully, selected the 3 files, copied them to a standard directory that has booted many many times before using grub4dos standard menu.lst....

Rebooted and got 3 * red "pausing" and then a failed to find the 5.3.2.3.sfs file....

I'll try another download of the ISO....
[edit] 2nd download - same result - won't boot... [/edit]

Cheers
peebee

Testing the latest RC version. The 5323 fails to boot.
Can not find the main .sfs I go test the older one again
5321? and see if that one still boots.
Yes 5321 still boots using same computer same code
for booting.

title Slacko-5323 B5 1024x768 JWM. nolapic rootnoverify (hd0,1)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /slackorc/initrd.gz
kernel /slackorc/vmlinuz psubdir=slackorc puppy i915.modeset=1 pfix=fsck
initrd /slackorc/initrd.gz



title Slacko-5321 B5 rootnoverify (hd0,1)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /slacko5321/initrd.gz
kernel /slacko5321/vmlinuz psubdir=slacko5321 puppy i915.modeset=1 pfix=fsck
initrd /slacko5321/initrd.gz


I also tested using rootnoverify (hd0,1) could still not find the .sfs
But the old one boots using it now. What could that be causing
this failure?

Mick
Pmusic is (hopefully) fixed.


Sigmund

peebee wrote:Never ever had this problem before....

Attempted to do my usual pristine, manual, frugal install of 5.3.2.3...on my ntfs formatted harddisk in my HP550 laptop

Downloaded the ISO, opened it successfully, selected the 3 files, copied them to a standard directory that has booted many many times before using grub4dos standard menu.lst....

Rebooted and got 3 * red "pausing" and then a failed to find the 5.3.2.3.sfs file....

I'll try another download of the ISO....
[edit] 2nd download - same result - won't boot... [/edit]

Cheers
peebee

Same problem that I have. Something or somebody has changed the .sfs?


slacko-5.3.2.3-SCSI.iso 113M, RC status

but lupu reports that it has only 108MB or 112 ... see my picture
and not 113 MB

nooby wrote:Same problem that I have. Something or somebody has changed the .sfs?

Hi Nooby

Sounds like the shared culprit between us is the ntfs harddisk....

Wonder which woof mick has used? Barry has been altering the boot files I think for his internationalisation project - could this have affected ntfs support??? Just clutching at straws.

Or it could be something to do with the new compression type being used in the k3 kernels - tz instead of gz? That might also explain the different size showing in lupu which doesn't have tz???? Again talking from little knowledge here lol.

Cheers
peebee

Sorry I should have explained that I boot on NTFS too.
Maybe Mick don't have that and therefore did not notice
it failed to boot? So could be what you suggest. A change in woof.