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Neither Slacko5.5-4g or Wary5.5 see or have an icon appear
when a blank cd-rw, dvd-rw is inserted. Pmount also doesn't
see them.
Both burn-iso-tocd and pburn see them; but may burn an
iso that gives kernel-panic.

rjbrewer wrote:Neither Slacko5.5-4g or Wary5.5 see or have an icon appear when a blank cd-rw, dvd-rw is inserted. Pmount also doesn't see them.

IIRC, there was a problem in Precise where audio CD's were not being detected at all. This required changes to tools like probedisk and these changes are probably now in woof. So they will affect subsequent Puppies.

Both burn-iso-tocd and pburn see them; but may burn an iso that gives kernel-panic.

I will do some tests with this.

[Edit] Using Wary 55, I burned some ISOs using burniso2cd. Like you reported, the blank discs were not detected. However, the burned CDs all booted correctly without kernel panics.

I believe that whatever burning problems you are having, they are not related to the issue of disc detection.

rcrsn51 wrote:

rjbrewer wrote:Neither Slacko5.5-4g or Wary5.5 see or have an icon appear when a blank cd-rw, dvd-rw is inserted. Pmount also doesn't see them.

IIRC, there was a problem in Precise where audio CD's were not being detected at all. This required changes to tools like probedisk and these changes are probably now in woof. So they will affect subsequent Puppies.

Both burn-iso-tocd and pburn see them; but may burn an iso that gives kernel-panic.

I will do some tests with this.

[Edit] Using Wary 55, I burned some ISOs using burniso2cd. Like you reported, the blank discs were not detected. However, the burned CDs all booted correctly without kernel panics.

I believe that whatever burning problems you are having, they are not related to the issue of disc detection.

I should have mentioned; the burning problems took
place one evening. The next day the burns were working,
using the same iso's, devices, and methods.
Don't have a clue why.

EDIT: This is a feature, not a bug!
Thanks to anikin for pointing out the thread where this has been discussed. I don't like this feature, but the change in behavior is too trivial to gripe about.


A trivial issue with slacko5.5-PAE (no user changes made after bootup), not seen in slacko5.4-PAE:

When closing a window, as the arrow cursor nears the "x" in the upper right of the window frame, the arrow changes to a rectangle. This is not desirable, but is a very minor issue.

Has anyone else noticed this? Is there a way to stop the change in cursor indicator, i.e. to revert to the jwm behavior in slacko5.4-PAE?

I think that's a feature of the latest version of jmw which has probably been used in the 5.5 Slacko, but you'll want to wait for someone smarter than me to tell you how to disable it.

xophist wrote:A trivial issue with slacko5.5-PAE (no user changes made after bootup), not seen in slacko5.4-PAE:

When closing a window, as the arrow cursor nears the "x" in the upper right of the window frame, the arrow changes to a rectangle. This is not desirable, but is a very minor issue.

Has anyone else notice this? Is there a way to stop the change in cursor indicator, i.e. to revert to the jwm behavior in slacko5.4-PAE?

This feature gets mentioned and discussed here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 343#690343

@Tote: It doesn't look like this "feature" can be disabled. Thanks for the reply.

@anikin: Thanks for pointing out that thread. I would have gone through life thinking it was a bug. Now I know it's a "feature".

Thanks for the replies.

Mick
Please look at this:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 291#692291


Sigmund

zigbert wrote:Mick
Please look at this:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 291#692291


Sigmund

Duly noted, thanks.

I am trying to figure out why cdrdao and cdparanoia is a part of the Slacko iso?

What apps depends on these?
I checked /root/.packages/woof-installed-packages, but no wisdom there.


Sigmund

Sigmund,

Does this give you a clue?
I remember there was a reason, but that may have only been for the 13.37 version

01micko wrote:Does this give you a clue?

Nope.
I only know pBurn, and that does not use cdrdao.
I don't think we have any gui apps offering toc/cue conversion.


Sigmund

You can try to remove cdrdao with the uninstall builtin packages tool , on a check it seems not needed at all, and also libao.

Thanks

So I installed slacko to a 2Gb usb drive. WOW. Everything "just works". Broadcom wireless works- sound buttons work- brightness works and all apps that I installed so far (chromium,BibleTime,Pan139) ran fine and all dependancies were installed fine.

Way To Go!!

1 question, how do I add xfce to the mix? It is my favorite.

hey max

there is an xfce build for the old slacko

http://sourceforge.net/projects/latestxfcepuppy/

Hi,
I'm a newbie using puppy linux but I had no problem until last weekend.
Frisbee stops to work ( don't detect wireless connections) and I want to uninstall it, but with no success.
I uninstalled it from setup/installed packages but it still working.
I stop it from start-up boot but it still working.

How can I get rid of it ??

I'd appreciate any help.

JW

I seem to have a problem with rebooting.

If I shut down, shuts down regularly, no problems.

However, if I reboot, it gets stuck after the:
"acpid: exiting
# _"
line.

4G version.

I have checked the md5.

It does this every time, tried about 10-15 times at least. USB or hd installation, does it in both cases. I tried USB at first, the installed to the hard drive.

(edit: by the way, it only does this only on a Dell Inspiron 1501, works fine on another computer I tried)

Finally upgraded this old dual-core box up to Slacko 5.5. Zero problems.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.5

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
24
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe
Drivers requested to be loaded: nvidia vesa

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): nvidia
Loaded modules: dbe dri dri2 extmod fb glx kbd mouse ramdac record wfb

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1440x900 pixels (402x251 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
302 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.274 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.747 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.747 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.747 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.747 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.745 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.749 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
Memory : 3374MB (255MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.5
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Tue 19 Mar 2013 10:40:13 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a/integrated/SSE2/3DNOW!
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia

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jackwise wrote:Hi,
I'm a newbie using puppy linux but I had no problem until last weekend.
Frisbee stops to work ( don't detect wireless connections) and I want to uninstall it, but with no success.
I uninstalled it from setup/installed packages but it still working.
I stop it from start-up boot but it still working.

How can I get rid of it ??

I'd appreciate any help.

JW

hello, I had the same problem, I did that.
after uninstalled the program like you did,

I installed :

dhcpcd-5.2.9-i486.pet
wpa_supplicant-0.6.9-i486.4X.pet
xpupsay-1.2.1-i486.pet
Frisbee-beta-2.pet

not the first time for me it's work. Find these pets to Jeminah's posts

Hope I help you !

me, I try to get a french language pack with no success.