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rcrsn51 wrote:

What is the standard way to use RAW?

As I understand it, you should use RAW in situations where another computer is responsible for formatting the print job to be compatible with the target printer. For example:

You are sending a print job from a Linux client to another Linux machine running a Samba server. The client will set up its printer as RAW because the server machine will do the formatting.

I see, thanks.

Have you tested the "official" PPD? When I looked inside, it says "for Macintosh only". So I would like to know if it works for you.

If it doesn't, I have another one from openprinting.org that I would like to test.

rcrsn51 wrote:Have you tested the "official" PPD? When I looked inside, it says "for Macintosh only". So I would like to know if it works for you.

If it doesn't, I have another one from openprinting.org that I would like to test.

Yeah,I tested it,
it work fine.

Barry,
I have revised the hsfmodem support components and updated source code to bring HSF modem functionality to puppies based on kernels 2.6.31 and newer, using instructions from an ubuntu forum. (I expect to add details soon.)

The driver itself is in its kernel-designated package. The puppy infrastructure and code-release related parts are in a package intended for inclusion in woof (at some point). I hope to automate the building of the driver itself, to simplify creation for the various kernels. That is, unless you feel that is not necessary because you already have your own way to do that.

Attached are the two dotpets and the updated hybrid-coded source tarball. Users can add HSF modem capability by installing the two dotpets.
Richard

Update: Re-uploaded the source package, with build residue removed, after download #5.
Update: Re-uploaded both pet packages (after download #6), to remove an extraneous file and simplify setup.

UPDATE 9/10/12: Removed the 'sync' commands that appear to have caused unreliable detection. Uploaded corrected package after download #12. Also, please uninstall the previously-suggested "delta-3c" fix, which turns out to be an incorrect solution.

UPDATE 9/11/12: Corrected generation of conflicting-module blacklist, uploaded after download #1. This should be the last of the updates, until someone reports a problem with this. Thanks for your patience.

Precise Puppy "beta5" released:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02983

Looking good!

Booted straight to the desktop and network automatically connected. With Wary and Racy 5.3 it was a no go on this machine, due to the graphics card and network card.

Maybe 4 calculators are just one too much of a choice.

Really looking great!

testing beta5 now seems to be working great for me. thanks for Puppy Percise when the final is out this will be my main OS.

Manual frugal install to a 64gb flash drive running on a hp pavilion
a810n desktop pc.
Report Video 1.3 - Tue 4 Sep 2012 on Precise Puppy 5.3.91 - Linux 3.2.28 i686

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV530
[Radeon X1600]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RV530 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver used: radeon

X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 16 planes
Computer
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3300+
Memory 1554MB (118MB used)
OpenGL
Vendor X.Org R300 Project
Renderer Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV530
Version 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2
Direct Rendering Yes
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
297 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.371 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.886 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.888 FPS

I'm having to load the network settings each bootup, I used the
network wizard to setup the network.
I setup the network again using SNS and rebooted, okay now.

Manual frugal install to a 4gb flash drive running on an acer revo
nettop pc.

Report Video 1.3 - Tue 4 Sep 2012 on Precise Puppy 5.3.91 - Linux 3.2.28 i686

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation ION VGA (rev b1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: MCP79 Board - hornet-0 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver used: nvidia

X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (524x292 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

Computer
Processor 4x Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
Memory 1813MB (243MB used)
OpenGL
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer ION/integrated/SSE2
Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.43
Direct Rendering Yes
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
303 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.406 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.000 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.000 FPS
Network controller Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe

It's working well so far.

A much faster download is possible by avoiding ibiblio site

Download precise distribution from Netherland's site

http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... se-5.3.91/

_____________________________________________________

Hi Barry

First impressions are really good - seems snappier than the previous beta’s, especially first setup, if that’s possible.

No obvious problems noticed so far - this looks and feels very good.

Thanks again for all you do - very best regards - Ray

Beta 5 OK here
PPM faster - no Opera which I needed, downloaded the sfs from Terry here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 488#500488

Good thing about the PPM is set firewall on
and then you restart x to run it.
So the firewall is up before connection.

Also got sound on first boot up, hopefully it will be persistent (I have a two sound card system)

5.3.91

Sorry to say but the same problem about 'WiFi' not working persists as I posted on pages: 22 & 29 of this thread (at least with the rt2800usb)!

>>>---Indian------>

Beta 5 OK here, booted just fine on my IBM X60

There is still one problem with the puppy-precise-official repo will not let you download from ibiblio, it only gives you the chose of local folder.

This BUG has existed for a while but it's now percise sub version .73 taking hours to get a working mouse. This really needs to be addressed. Tab reset only works once then disappears.

I have loaded outdated langpack_de-20120205.pet just for testing new ppm

2 issues with ppm in this situation which can be normal in the future
- no package description in "installed packages"
- wrong (ALREADY INSTALLED) for not installed actual package

Booting from live cd with save file on flash drive (hard drive bit the dust)

Report Video 1.3 - Tue 4 Sep 2012 on Precise Puppy 5.3.91 - Linux 3.2.28 i686

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740
PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
oem: SiS
product: 6325 1.05.00

X Server: Xorg Driver used: sis

X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (411x263 millimeters)
depth of root window: 16 planes
Computer
Processor mobile AMD Duron(tm)
Memory 708MB (136MB used)
OpenGL
Vendor VMware, Inc.
Renderer Gallium 0.4 on softpipe
Version 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2
Direct Rendering Yes
# glxgears
63 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12.532 FPS
62 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12.371 FPS
63 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12.591 FPS

IBM ThinkPad x30
both work: racy5300 wary5300

puppy_precise_5391 manual frugal

first boot without precisesave
+ desktop ok
+ network ok

reboot with precisesave
- no desktop
- can not 'blindly' restart, F12 up right down enter
- must force shutdown

boot pfix=nox with precisesave
+ command prompt ok
+ exit ok
+ xwin ~ok
- desktop mostly generic icons
+ enet ok
- system:hardinfo - network catagory missing - ok racy5300 wary5300
+ restart jvm - no change
+ restart xserver - no change

reboot with precisesave
- no desktop, must force shutdown

boot pfix=nox with precisesave
+ command prompt ok
+ exit ok
+ xwin ~ok
- desktop mostly generic icons
+ repeatable
+ exit to prompt
- xorgwizard probe, 'c', 1024x768x16 intel
- xwin - desktop mostly generic icons
+ exit to prompt
- xorgwizard probe, 'c', 1024x768x24 intel
- xwin - desktop mostly generic icons
+ exit to prompt
- xorgwizard choose=intel, 'c', 1024x768x24 intel
- xwin - desktop mostly generic icons

Bill

Hello BarryK

Thanks for the latest Precise Puppy 5.3.91

I have tried some experiments with the package manager.

It hasn't gone to sleep on me yet.


The precise update packages still get downloaded and create separate databases, but they do not merge as it says it will do.

The result is too many Ubuntu repos for the PPM to handle at once.

I have tried deleting the update databases from the .Packages directory and updating just the precise updates on their own, but the outcome is the same.


I have added a PPA on launchpad.net. It works, and it installs all of the dependencies from ubuntu various, but forgot to install the package from launchpad.net. It does install the package if I do it on its own, which is good enough for me.


A couple of omissions I have noticed so far:

The symbolic link to GNU linux i386 is missing from /usr/bin so python failed to install there. I copied the link from /usr/lib and then python did install

lsb_release is missing. I installed the lsb-release package and the error went away.

Fresh manual frugal install of 5.3.91 on my main Athlon XP box. Sound,internet and display all correct and working on initial boot. No difficulties yet.

# report-video
Report Video 1.3 - Tue 4 Sep 2012 on Precise Puppy 5.3.91 - Linux 3.2.28 i686

Chip description:
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 used: nouveau

X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 16 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.
1329 frames in 5.0 seconds = 265.779 FPS
2216 frames in 5.0 seconds = 443.166 FPS
2252 frames in 5.0 seconds = 450.327 FPS
2205 frames in 5.0 seconds = 440.722 FPS
2114 frames in 5.0 seconds = 422.534 FPS
2207 frames in 5.0 seconds = 440.798 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1034MB (183MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Tue 04 Sep 2012 04:05:16 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI nv18 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235

# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 1034112 501676 532436 0 56148
-/+ buffers: 445528 588584
Swap: 1228936 0 1228936
#