Slacko5.7-2018A

[Volhout]

Hi 8Geee,

About the desktop icons. This happens at every Slacko when you customize the desktop (remove icons and put different ones on it.
Only after a new install. You customize, create a save file, reboot.
First time you always get stndard icons and on top your custmized icons.
I have learned to live with that. After removing he non needed it goes well.

About the save button: no I did not do any change to the event manager.
But I used the save file from Slacko 5.7.0. That may have impact ?
Saving at shutdown works well. So I can live with that.

I do miss the eeePC function buttons though. The volume up/down/mute and brightness up/down do not work with this version. Any idea how I can fix that

Regards,

Volhout

edit1: the save icon calls out for a function save2flash. I tried in terminal, and there it does not work either.

edit2: the volume and mute function keys work, but the brightness does not work (F5 dim, F6 brighter) They work in 5.7.0 though. I did not test the wifi on-off key (F2) since in all puppies that only switches off, but never ON again. Screen slection keys (F7 and F8)I dont use since I have only the laptop screen attached.

edit3: I am amazed to tell you that the F2 (WIFI on-off) works correct. Although the status icon does not change, WIfI is actually stopped, and brought back up correct. Have to check way the icon does not change.

[Volhout]

Hi 8geee,

now something completely different.I try to cusomize my puppies in such a way that frequently used apps get a desktop icon (see screenshot earlier).
I also frequently use minicom (serial terminal).
I can run that from terminal but I can't start it from a desktop file in usr/share/applications like my other programs.

Any idea why ?

Regards

[8Geee]

Using 5.7.0 might indeed be the problem. Different kernal and structure.

[8Geee]

I would also recommend a completely new frugal install to a USB stick. Use EXT3 filing system. Then shutdown to a 3fs save. It sounds like you have some form of eeePC. My spins all have the eeeKB and Fxn buttons correct.

Do not migrate your 5.7.0 save-file just yet. By default Slacko5.7-nonPAE will correctly install to an eeePC.

Regards
8Geee

[Volhout]

First try, I copied the 2017 files over to the 5.7.0 ssd.

After your suggestion, I installed it from USB stick to the ssd.
That fixed the save problem. Now it saves typically within 2 seconds after I hit the save icon.

Brightness however still does not work. My brightness control (looking at /sys/class/backlight) uses "psb-bl". Maybe the .ko for that hardware is missing from the 3.4.82 kerne build.
I had the brightness at high levels anyway, so having it at max constantly is only consuming slightly more battery. Not a show stopper.

I use the 5.7.0 save file as is. Did not convert.

I am happy with it now.

Thanks 8Geee

[8Geee]

OK, no prob.

You might want to check into Pup SysInfo (PSI) in the menu --> system

If you are not running an eeePC, there will be differences, but my eeePC shows a kernel file eeepc_laptop which contains alll of the needed defaults and specs, etc.

[Volhout]

8Geee,

In both 5.7.0 and your 2017 version of 5.7 I cannot find the eeepc-laptop in sysinfo as being used.It is however present in /lib/modules/3.10.32/.....but also in the 2017 version. It is however not loaded. t must be that the 3.10.32 kernel has some functionality build in that is not present in 3.4.82, that mimicks the eeepc-laptop module. I will investigate a bit more

Is there a way to force the kernel to use the eeepc-laptop module ?
With either blacklisting or whitelisting modules ?

Volhout

[8Geee]

If you are in fact using an eeePC, it would have loaded, not sure if the hp, or msi versions

A.) have same function key setup and layout
B.) are compatable with the eeePC version even if identical.

Regards
8Geee

[8Geee]

This from slackware updates 8/23/16

patches/packages/libgcrypt-1.5.6-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded.
Fix critical security bug in the RNG [CVE-2016-6313]. An attacker who
obtains 580 bytes from the standard RNG can trivially predict the next
20 bytes of output. (This is according to the NEWS file included in the
source. According to the annoucement linked below, an attacker who obtains
4640 bits from the RNG can trivially predict the next 160 bits of output.)
Problem detected by Felix Doerre and Vladimir Klebanov, KIT.
For more information, see:
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg ... 00395.html
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2016-6313
(* Security fix *)
================================================================

A symlink patch is needed in /lib
Remove libgcrypt.so.11.8.4
Right-click on libgcrypt.so.11.8.5 --> link (make sure relative box is checked)
Change the 5 to a 4 --> OK
The new symlink is made

[Pelo]

I am running Slacko 5.7 2016 for eeepc, Firefox 27 is enough for me, but Duck Duck Go is boring, it refuses to let me access in most of my prefered web sites, including Puppy Linux Forum
Impossible to load Slacko 5.7-2017 from archives.org
"An error occurred during a connection to archive.org. The OCSP response is not yet valid (contains a date in the future). (Error code: sec_error_ocsp_future_response)
The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem. Alternatively, use the command found in the help menu to report this broken site." Of Course, i will pass through, with another Browser loaded as SFS.

[ally]

works fine for me

is your system time ok?

[Pelo]

Downloading right now, but with Firefox in Slacko 5.5
I do my shopping, to taste some pupplets on the wide side. Always creative, as Jejy69 ones, our young french dev (now married ?)

[cthisbear]

Dangerous site >> Duck Duck Go

Better off with Give Me Back My Google

http://gmbmg.com/

though I always prefer Ixquick

https://www.ixquick.com/

so change your start pages defaults mate.

Chris

[8Geee]

Sorry, but haven't heard about DDG being dangerous.
I also use ixquick (aka startpage).

hmmmmm...

*** EDIT ***

I see that DUckduckgo eu is not trusted, as the cert is valid only for qweb nl.
ixquick eu is OK. Is there a problem with duckduckgo com ?
Thankfully, I put ixquick in the default bookmarks. JIC.

Regards
8Geee

[8Geee]

I am running Slacko 5.7 2016 for eeepc, Firefox 27 is enough for me, but Duck Duck Go is boring, it refuses to let me access in most of my prefered web sites, including Puppy Linux Forum

Are you sure this is DuckDuckGo doing this censor? I would think that the Firefox is more the suspect, because if the security is too low, the site will not connect. Not loading puppy-forum is different... it should load. I would check language settings, and alter the address in that bookmark if needed.

BTW and Off-Topic Pelo...
I uploaded FreeOffice version 697 to achive org, there is potential to make it very small

This post will direct you to the file for trimming.

Regards
8Geee

[Pelo]

Slacko5.7-2017
Frisbee connects me wireless first try.
There is a hole in desktop icons. I fill it with root. Faster to click on it than opening via the menu.
My goal is to play with my hobbies, video, movies and to manage some databases, ready for use as Gramps, Alexandra or Griffith, Datacrow. Multimedia is an important category.
I replace eepc version to taste 2017 one. It's the same ? un novice ne voit pas la différence to be translated
About abiword, it is better than a note book. I need it.
Gnumeric not only calculate, but organise data. and can export them to specific database. The SFS from japanese is 7MB.

[Sailor Enceladus]

Pelo, I like your "traffic lights" to replace the desktop icons. I guess green means mounted, yellow means unmounted, and red means your puppy files are on the usb?

[Pelo]

Sure i like very much to get my puppies at work as soon as installed. Frisbee is working well, but Gramps fails because of these damned python.
These traffic lights were the default ones on eeepc version.
where are they.. . Never Mind, i will find..
Each Puppy should be with it's own set of icons, wallpapers because users from windows don't see any difference between them. Sure after four years, you see details ...

Slacko gets fat... Beside is Slacko 533 LXDE 130MB cooked in the past by French Cordon Bleu Jejy69, now LXpup.

Yet Slacko 5.7 is more efficient than slacko-6.3.2-uefi.iso: 210 M, but less than 5.3.3 (100MB). I prefer a Puppy with many apps, even old, than a Big one to get bigger again because no office, ... or No Browser.

Pemasu was in good state of mind, with Dpup squeeze and PolarQT005 :
enjoy passengers, and application developers.

[8Geee]

Green unmounted (OK to remove)
Yellow mounted (WARNING this needs to be UNMOUNTED)
Red in use, and locked (DO NOT REMOVE)

And those were my idea, brought here.

The hole is almost a signature... Its where I put my mnt/home personal files. lol

[Pelo]

8Geee, these colors are the ones to use LXquick let me search what is playing on french TV this afternoon : Zorro, french cartoon, not bad. This awful Duck Duck blocks even children movies. I had to click on HTML5 to get the moovie play. Euh, Google would be perfect.
I don't like at all that Gramps does not start because of python. No dependancies missing.
About FFox, it's really a good choice. If not enough for my needs i just have to let update go to last version. Without installing a different one.

About SVG icons, flat svg , from Slacko to Tahrpup, nobody made his mind to change them, excepted our americanos (del sur) de Pupjibaro ? Puppy doit être Jolie, Puppy has to be Pretty.
About audio, adjustment by hi-speaker icon at the bottom is much higher by adjusting retrovol too.
About PPM, Salix and Slacky are the two of some interest, for your passengers wanting to make a difference. 13.37 was not bad. 14.0 is for muslims during Ramadan !