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slacko-700 rc3

#496 Post by Billtoo »

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I updated the kernel of this install and gave it a nicer background (I think nicer at least)

# inxi -bw
System: Host: puppypc2089 Kernel: 4.9.148-pae i686 (32 bit) Desktop: JWM 2.3.2 Distro: Slacko Puppy 6.9.9.9
Machine: Device: desktop System: LENOVO product: 7491B8U v: ThinkCentre M58e serial: MJ01509
Mobo: LENOVO model: N/A serial: INVALID BIOS: LENOVO v: 5HKT39AUS date: 06/17/2009
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E8400 (-MCP-) speed/max: 2003/3003 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF108 [GeForce GT 430]
Display Server: X.org 1.18.3 driver: nvidia tty size: 153x25 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Network: Card: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2
Drives: HDD Total Size: 382.3GB (2.5% used)
Weather: Conditions: 36 F (2 C) - Overcast Time: December 31, 12:50 PM EST
Info: Processes: 167 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 157.3/4040.6MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.8
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slacko-700 rc3

#497 Post by Billtoo »

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I updated this Slacko64 install:

CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3-3227U (-HT-MCP-) speed/max: 806/1901 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Display Server: X.org 1.18.3 driver: intel tty size: 133x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
Card-2: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n driver: bcma-pci-bridge
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (1.7% used)
Weather: Conditions: 5 F (-15 C) - Mostly Cloudy Time: January 11, 10:19 AM EST
Info: Processes: 126 Uptime: 1:02 Memory: 527.5/5764.8MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.8
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Transmission

#498 Post by Fishy »

Trying out the latest version of Slackware (very nice) but require Transmission 2.93 or higher for my e-book provider. I have spent 2.5 frustrating hours but am not a coder. PLEASE HELP? :oops:

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#499 Post by musher0 »

Hello Fishy.

You wish was my command! You can pick up < transmission-2.94 >
-- the latest version as of this writing -- compiled for slacko-6999 at
http://augras.eu/puppy_linux/?dir=musher0/Slacko-700.
(Pls look at the bottom of the list.)

Important: this build might not work on other Pups.

The source code for this v.2.94 can be found on github.

The configuration formula I used is:
./configure --enable-static=no --enable-cli -enable-nls --enable-lightweight --enable-daemon --with-gtk --prefix=/usr

Resulting Configuration:
Source code location: .
Compiler: g++
Build libtransmission: yes
* optimized for low-resource systems: yes
* µTP enabled: yes
* crypto library: openssl
Build Command-Line client: yes
Build GTK+ client: yes
* libappindicator for an Ubuntu-style tray: no
Build Daemon: yes
Build Mac client: no
This is a 32-bit version: I hope it'll fit the bill?
I've compiled it on slackster-700, a slacko-6999 derivative, which uses the
same devx for compiling.

Various --
-- This package is multilingual; the international locales have their own
pet archive if you need them.

-- I trimmed the desktop file down to a "version 1.0". The original had
multiple entries that confused my icewm menu. It probably would have
done the same on the menu of the jwm WM, so I took no chances. I have
attached a zip of the original desktop file, should you prefer that one, and
it plays nice with your menu.

-- Execs were stripped with the usual < strip --strip-unneeded >.

-- I've attached a screen capture.

-- If petget refuses to install this version, erase or rename the "index
card" named "transmission" at directory /var/packages/builtin_files, and
retry.

Seems to work fine over here. Keep me posted?

TWYL.
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today's build

#500 Post by norgo »

today's build for testing

Slacko 700 RC3 - K4.4.70 PAE
Slacko 700 RC3 - K4.4.169 PAE ( Kernel by peebee, thanks ! )

BUILD_FROM_WOOF='testing;3707b590;2019-01-23 09:47:36 +0800

with a lot of improvements and bugfixes
contains now by default: gtk+3, firfox 60.4.0esr and apulse, now working again: ptheme change, download a browser, hardinfo .....
improvements in network, roxfilter .......and much more
realy too much to list all here ( detailed information at https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE )

many thanks to wdlkmpx, peebee, woodenshoe-wi, 666philb, rerwin, gyro ....
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Re: today's build

#501 Post by musher0 »

norgo wrote:(...)
realy too much to list all here ( detailed information at https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE )
m(...)
Sorry Norgo,

that link points to the general woof-CE github page, not to a proper CHANGES file.
Can you please provide an exact link? Thanks in advance.

In any case, did you use a proper Pmount in your build?

The one in micko's original build is broken. It does not show the optical drives
properly. I had to replace it with this one (pls find attached), from the xenial-7.0.6.
Unpack in /usr/sbin and make executable to be able to run it.

Will test your build when I have a minute. Sorry, that cannot be now.

BFN.
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optical drive

#502 Post by norgo »

@musher0

works as it should, can't detect a malfunction.
Icon at the desktop is present and pmount is showing the device too.
Mounting and unmounting works flawless too.
The only thing I detected is, the bargraph indicator doesn't show the size of medium.

I hope your optical drive is now working again.
So you need not to ask such difficult questions once again. ;-)
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slacko-700 rc3

#503 Post by Billtoo »

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I updated a Slacko64 install that's a few months old.
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#504 Post by musher0 »

You guys seem to be having fun!... ;)

I was forced off-line for three full days.

The screen of my portable gave up the ghost last Friday. I had to dust off my old Acer Aspire, and Videotron's cable modem did not like it.

I was lucky I had not thrown away that 11-year old Acer, come to think of it.

Back online half an hour ago. Phew.

TWYL.
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Lost mouse and keyboard after upgrade

#505 Post by OverDrive »

Hey Puppy Fans!

I have a heavily tweaked to my liking 32bit savefile that made the upgrades over the years from Slacko 5.6>5.7>6.3.2 with minimal effort needed.

But when I upgraded to 6.9.9.9, The keyboard and mouse stopped working.

I eventually figured out to switch over to USB KB/Mouse and unplug and replug them after the desktop appears to get a working Slacko. But I think that will become a hassle after a while.

The kb works fine at the slacko boot screen. So it appears something is biffed in X. I checked xorg.conf but found it to be pretty much empty with the exception of:

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#PuppyHardwareProfile=armsystem
I tried replacing xorg.conf with a working version from a backup before the upgrade. But to my amazement, it gets replaced on the next boot

Any ideas or sugestions?

Best Regards

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#506 Post by OverDrive »

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? LOL!
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#507 Post by bigpup »

I tried replacing xorg.conf with a working version from a backup before the upgrade. But to my amazement, it gets replaced on the next boot
Sorry, but how do we know you are doing this correctly.
Give details on what you do.

What is Slacko installed on?
If USB flash drive or you have it running in pupmode 13.
Are you sure the replacement xorg.conf is getting saved in the save file?
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
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#508 Post by s243a »

In slacko 6.9.9.9, I compiled iotop-0.6 using the slackbuild script. The pet can be found at:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ci2gevbytjfm ... 1.pet?dl=0
I also bundled the source with a modified version of the slackbuld script
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7g2gx0mvlkfrs ... ar.gz?dl=0

After installing, I get the following when trying to run the script:

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# iotop
Could not run iotop as some of the requirements are not met:
- Linux >= 2.6.20 with
  - I/O accounting support (CONFIG_TASKSTATS, CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT, CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING
Apparently, these are kernal modules that I need to compile.
https://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?t=27249

666philb has some instructions for doing this at:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... start=1140

I'll give it a try.

Edit:

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iotop can only run under a Linux 2.6.20 or later kernel built with the CONFIG_TASKSTATS, CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT, CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING and CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS build config options on.
https://packages.debian.org/sid/iotop

Not sure if the above gives me any new information.

Edit 2 I round something suggesting that some of these might be boot paramaters:

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="delayacct"
http://blog.brocktice.com/2012/05/23/de ... ucid-lynx/

Edit 3

I see there is a kernal config file located at /boot/config-4.9.30.
https://superuser.com/questions/610581/ ... r-specific
I wonder if I can manually edit this file, or if I have to compile something after macking changes.

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#509 Post by OverDrive »

bigpup wrote:
I tried replacing xorg.conf with a working version from a backup before the upgrade. But to my amazement, it gets replaced on the next boot
Sorry, but how do we know you are doing this correctly.
Give details on what you do.

What is Slacko installed on?
If USB flash drive or you have it running in pupmode 13.
Are you sure the replacement xorg.conf is getting saved in the save file?
Ok, I figured out what had happened.

6.9.9.9 upgrade did not delete these previous version files on my savefile.

/initrd/pup_rw/usr/sbin/xorgwizard and
/initrd/pup_rw/usr/sbin/xorgwizard-automatic

TBH, I don't even know how these files where put there in the first place. But it must have been from a previous upgrade or something.

Anyway, when I discovered these files were there and controlling xorg.conf, I deleted them and that forced the system to use the original 6.9.9.9 versions and everything now works correctly.

Thought I would post this info in case anyone else upgrades and runs into this.

Best Regards

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#510 Post by s243a »

dir2pet is behaving wierd on my system. Once the pet is built I get the following message:

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If you look in libmpfr6-4.0.2-1-x86_64 you will see the new '.specs' file.
And in libmpfr6-4.0.2-1-x86_64/usr/share/applications/ the new '.desktop' file.
Directory libmpfr6-4.0.2-1-x86_64 is now configured correctly as a PET package
and in future you do not need to go through this script again.
You could manually edit the files if required, and create another
.pet package just by doing this:
# tar -c -f libmpfr6-4.0.2-1-x86_64.tar libmpfr6-4.0.2-1-x86_64/
# gzip --best libmpfr6-4.0.2-1-x86_64.tar
# tgz2pet libmpfr6-4.0.2-1-x86_64.tar.gz

However, this adds an extra layer to the folder structure which probably isn't back compatable and it messes up conversion tools in other linux distributions.

To create an archive with the top folder removed one can instead do the following:

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cd libmpfr6-4.0.2-1-x86_64
tar -czvf libmpfr6-4.0.2-1-x86_64.pet `find . -wholename './*'`
The dir2pet code on github seems to have the same problem.

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#511 Post by bigpup »

Slacko 700 RC3-K4.4.70 PAE
Just something to consider.

Not sure what hardware you are trying to make this Slacko version able to support.
The Linux kernel 4.19.23 or newer, is going to be needed for some of the newer computers.
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#512 Post by darkcity »

Trying to run Pup on old Intel T2080 laptop. Using older kernel ff 32bit version. It loads pup files to RAM and continues booting until loading xorg. Then screen goes black and computer apparently hangs.

Is laptop too old for the kernel being using?

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#513 Post by norgo »

darkcity wrote:... Trying to run Pup on old Intel T2080 laptop ...
T2080 is an Intel CPU

and now we should guess the laptop type ?
If you expect an answer let us know what hardware you are using. ( Laptop brand and type or vendor and device ID )

Did you already visit http://slacko.eezy.xyz/notes.php ?
there are useful hints as example "If you boot to blackscreen you should ....." :wink:

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#514 Post by don570 »

Fluppy linux was written for small old laptops
http://smokey01.com/jemimah/fluppy13/

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#515 Post by Sailor Enceladus »

I tried another Slacko64 build using the "experimental" woof-CE branch today
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/04k8b88 ... perimental

It has Palemoon 28.4.1 and Abi/Gnumeric in the adrv and kernel 4.9.170 with linux-firmware (default options) in zdrv.

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