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Lobster · Last edited by Lobster on Mon 03 Sep 2007, 23:21; edited 1 time in total

thought I would have a go at an Alpha of Photon (based on the pre-alpha 2.20)
http://tmxxine.com/Wikka/wikka.php?wakka=LinuxTmxxinePhoton

I set up murgalua, xbasic, python and the dev-220.sfs as a test.

Just before running Dougals remaster script, I thought it best
to save my settings (I was running from CD with the

veronicathecow · Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 560

Hi Barry, new Pup looks good. One hiccup so far. On my install it sits and waits for 30 seconds after this line "Input: usb HID V111 mouse on usb 0000:00:0a 1-2" ....... (or there about I can't read my own writing!)
Any chance of an easy way to enable full debug O/P on boot for us "techies?" to fiddle on finished Pups?
1440*900 24 Bit worked flawlessly from start (Never got it to work before, excellent)
Atols nice, hope it stays.
DHCP seems quicker but perhaps you could try backgrounding it again?
Boot time on Althlon 2ghz (xp3200) 512 RAM (Installed on a SATA partion Frugall) 36 seconds
Many many thanks for your hard work.
Tony

andrei · Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 80

Looks like a problem with Xorg. Fonts look fuzzy. Some letters are fuzzy. It seems like parts of letters "hit between pixels". I hope it is clear what I mean, I do not know what is a scientific word for it. At first I thought I set wrong resolution. But upon checking it, resolution is set correctly.

I was able to correct this by adjusting the "pixel clock" setting of the monitor. This is a hardware setting. The monitor has small buttons, which activate the menu. The pixel clock is under "Image settings". So, problem solved for me. But it is strange that Xorg does not set this automatically.
Dell desktop, with Dell LCD monitor 1280x1024

Actually, I had this problem before, but less severe. What I had before was incorrect positioning, both horizontal and vertical. I observed a very strange phenomenon. I have two computers, a laptop and a desktop. Two very different machines, different screen resolution. Never had a problem with the laptop. It is the desktop Dell that first gives incorrect monitor settings. I run Puppy from USB flash, the same Puppy on two machines. The strange thing is, if I first boot Puppy on the laptop, then I later do not have any problems on the desktop. After running from the laptop, desktop monitor settings come out right the very first time.

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4843 Location: Manila

It's nice to see the colorful icons back. Smile

However, my 8139too card cant be handled by the drivers. I will try again...

gray · Posted: Tue 04 Sep 2007, 06:00 Post subject: Xvesa problem

Tried to run xvesa video-wizard. Works OK but wont exit using the accept button.

I know what the problem is though. In the welcome procedure the killall wavplay line should have an & at the end ( line 126 ).

I have ammended the script and attached here.

Edit: There are still scripts using xmessage that can be updated to use gxmessage and so look much better (chooselocale, floppy-format.sh and resizepfile.sh).

HairyWill · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2946 Location: Southampton, UK

Gray
Why do you need to kill wavplay anyway?

HairyWill · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2946 Location: Southampton, UK

gray

HairyWill : Dunno for sure why we need to kill wavplay - it was in the original script that I converted to use Gnocl. It does the bark sound on first boot and there was a note saying that on some machines it wont shut up with the yapping.

Fox7777 · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 132 Location: Lacey, WA

On all computers we tried, desktop or laptop, we got the following error message during bootup:

Loading the 'pup_220.sfs' main puppy file...
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

Thanks, http://www.Linux-Now.us

HairyWill · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2946 Location: Southampton, UK

Anyone having problems doing a pup_save resize.
I'm sure I managed one as my pup_save is 96MB but now it fails.
Here is the output from the tool that creates the resize file

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 5547 Location: GB

Two issues so far with 2.20alpha. XVESA start up requires TEST to be run to change default resolution and even then, the old Woof Woof overlay comes up on top of the new one at 640x480, regardless.

And, Barry - please, please: real cfdisk! This is too important to me even for a pre-alpha. I must have it - simple as that....

PaulBx1 · Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 2307 Location: Wyoming, USA

pdrito · Joined: 18 Jan 2007 Posts: 50

Hi friends.

The facts:
1.- I dont have hardisk
2.- I have 1.5 GB memory ram
3.- Always I work with a multisession Puppy disc (CD or DVD)
4.- I load puppy 2.20Alpha iso from a multisesion format disc. No problem.
5.- I configure country, xorg, and net server. No problem
The issue:
When I try to reboot, It supossed to ask for record the changes on CD... but
when start the routine record messages, finally It start to ask for a NEW CD, because the used one is full, and IS TIME FOR A NEW DISC.
What is happening ?
It is a bug ?
It is my fault or I miss something ? (again).

I like to try this alpha puppy , but I stuck with this.

regards.

Flash · Posted: Wed 05 Sep 2007, 16:53 Post subject:

Pdrito, you're not alone. 2.20 didn't work for me on a multisession DVD+RW. It gave me the same result as you got.

Also, 2.02 doesn't recognize my USB keyboard at boot (neither did 2.17) and I noticed that Pawdioconverter is gone from the Multimedia menu.

On the good side of the ledger, 2.20 is the first Puppy that uses my 1360x768 LCD monitor at full screen resolution.

Flash