Puppy 4 Beta Bugs

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Puppy 4 Beta Bugs

#1 Post by Lobster »

correct page for Barrys release notes:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... -4.00b.htm
(wrong page on Barry's Blog)
Also on the page I think this 'humorous mistake' is 'numerous' (so to speak)
Humerous hardware-related and system-related improvements
:)
Another funny thing (good) Seamonkey (that Puppy workhorse)
is upgraded to 1.1.8 and I can use Stumbleupon again - hooray
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/recommended


wiki page for download, mirrors, updates
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Puppy4

New themes, New progs
Stable enough for daily usage
Testing now underway. Have fun

Dingo is Wild (bring back the crazy citrus theme as default - ahem . . . well OK maybe not . . . I liked it . . .)
I also almost immediately changed the JWM theme to Vistablack - now that is stylish . . . (Menu/Desktop/JWM configuration - choose a JWM theme)

add popular progs to Dingo Beta with LIT
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 905#187905
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Puppy Links Page http://www.smokey01.com/bruceb/puppy.html :D

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#2 Post by floborg »

* Lock doesn't appear to work. This is displayed in the orange window:

xlock: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

* Gxine dies when attempting to edit the preferences. A window appears with:

Fatal Error
Segmentation Fault

* Has the copy to RAM threshold changed? I have 224 MB and it didn't happen.

* Blinky seems to be using about 2x as much RAM as I'm used to seeing.

* There is what looks like a battery monitor in the JWM tray. It isn't displaying anything. I am not using a laptop. Check it out (attachment).
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#3 Post by prit1 »

I got the same errors reported by floborg. The battery indicator works on my laptop when I do a acpi=force while booting.

In addition these are the bugs I noticed:

1 - Default network wizard will not connect to my WEP encryped wireless router even though it always gives "connection succesful" message. Then I tried Pwireless wireless scanner and this worked at the first shot.

2 - Icon missing for "Auto connect to wireless network" under network.

3 - Hotpup drive icon settings always says "Sorry failed to apply new mode, restoring old". But when we restart X after changing icon irientation, it works.

4 - Fotox does not work from the menu. If we type Fotox at console, it works. I guess the menu must be pointing to /usr/share/fotox/fotox instead of /usr/local/fotox/fotox

5 - When we change the jwm theme and restart jwm, there is an additional instance of blinky that pops out of the tray and also shows on the taskbar.

6 - When I shutdown, it does not give me an option to save. It directly gives me a message that "session not saved". I ran using frugal and not from a cd.

7 - Two extra profiles (alex and something else) are seen in the wireless section of network wizard.

My common tasks:
Abiword worked
Gnumeric worked
Gxine plays my video streams (even though fullscreen issue is still there, maximizing it makes it work)
Seamonkey works with Flash websites that I visited.

I liked this theme much better than the citrus theme as it is pleasing to the eyes for prolonged use. I must admit that the citrus gives a very good initial impression.

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"pfix=ram" doesn't work.

#4 Post by Greatnessguru »

With Puppy 398 I tried booting my Gateway 2000, 64 MB + 200 MB Linux swap,
and it Kernel panics when searching for Puppy files.

I tried again, with "puppy pfix=ram", but it still searched for Puppy files, and Kernel paniced again!

I had no troubles like this at all with Puppy 396.

I'm monitoring #puppylinux as eddie-Gateway2K.

Thanks,
Eddie Maddox

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Bugs

#5 Post by Kal »

Noticed these bugs

1. Very minor bug.

# jwm -p
JWM: warning: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme[32]: invalid tag in TrayStyle: Height

Remove the line 32 on the jwm themes, Gradient-grey and the Original, so the Tray management>Tray Height Option will work in JWM Configuration Manager.

2. When you start xorg with 1280x1024, it stays at 1024x768 until you go back in to xorgwizard and play with the refresh rate, setting it to a lower level.

Overall very nice. Good Luck, Kal

PS: #1 has been fixed by Barry for Beta 2, Thank You
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#6 Post by zigbert »

Shouldn't it be mentioned in the release notes that Puppy 4 has scanner support?

It seems that Barry has moved his target: From being best of the tiny penguins, to compete with the heavyweighters.

I'm mentioned in the release notes. Yippi, I have to print it for my mum. (even though she doesn't know zigbert.) :)

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#7 Post by Sage »

Nice! Everything seems to work for me except the menu-Fotox and an initial GRUB stage1.5 read error, probably due to some cr*p left on that old HD.
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#8 Post by zigbert »

Have anybody else trouble with flash9? alpha7 played tv-programs via www from the norwegian tv-channel NRK, while beta1 doesn't.

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3.97 boot broke, too...

#9 Post by Greatnessguru »

Ok. On my Gateway 2000, 64 MB RAM, 200 MB Linux swap:

Puppy 3.96, k2.6.23.12:
CD boots, installs, runs fine.

Puppy 3.97, k2.6.21.7 &
Puppy 3.98, k2.6.21.7:
CD boot, searching for Puppy files:
kernel panics.
CD boot "puppy pfix=ram",
still searches for Puppy files,
and still kernel panics.

Could a Puppy 3.98, k2.6.23.xx, be made available?

Thank you,
Eddie Maddox

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#10 Post by Sage »

Nope - it's not me. There really is something wrong with the Installer/GRUB. Didn't we have this once or twice before?

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#11 Post by Joshas »

There's no services in Ayttm service selection drop-down box. Missing plugins, I presume?
It would be nice, if Puppy could detect, if a system has battery or not, and show/hide battery meter automatically.

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#12 Post by JB4x4 »

Was setting up my wireless and noticed there are some leftover profiles. (alex and WLAN-11b-GW)

Also, great initial background and colors.

JB
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#13 Post by Sage »

Spent the morning looking at this installer issue in some detail. It seems that it is limited to some HD (Fujistu, especially), some chipsets (SiS) and some cables (80w). Having said that, the effect is reproducible. But very much stranger. Doing a full install with all those items - will not boot - gives the GRUB error message. However, switching the drive to a P4 board and a 40w cable produces a normal boot up, even from an apparently 'failed' installation without further modification. Swapping the cable from 80w to 40w and/or IDE channel also produces a normal boot. Most of the time has been spent double checking cables, drives - including debug wiping, jumpers, IDE controllers found nil defective components. ipso facto, this is another artefactual effect to look out for with certain equipment. Not a problem for me - just swap HW, but those with less kit or intolerant spouse should beware!

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#14 Post by linuxcbon »

From livecd :

Fotox doesnt start from graphic menu
When started from console, gives

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# fotox 
cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/fotox/parameters': No such file or directory
(256) Unknown error 256, cp /usr/share/fotox/parameters /root/.fotox
Still bug with ChmSee : cannot exit properly.

Ayttm when creating account, no option to chose service type.
When clicking ok, crashes signal 11.

gxine : video files extensions mp4 and 3gp not set.

Images still opened by editor..

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#15 Post by Artie »

1. Fotox doesn't work from Menu here either.

2. Chooselocale doesn't fetch

3. Impossible to update Geany with geany-0.13.pup put in the required extra files first but nothing happens just a window opens with "geany-0.13.pup" in it. Please put in latest Geany in next beta.

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Update: Gateway 2000, and an HP

#16 Post by Greatnessguru »

I booted the Puppy 3.98 CD on an HP Vectra VE, 64 MB RAM, some Linux swap,
with "puppy pfix=ram" just fine. (Love the new arctic coastline wallpaper...)

The console screen log entry about "Searching for Puppy files...", or whatever,
appears on both the Gateway 2000 and HP CD boots with "puppy pfix=ram".
At this point, however, the Gateway 2000 gets a
Kernel panic (something not syncing) every time, the HP does not.

On the Gateway, with Puppy 3.96, k2.6.23.12,
the CD boots work perfectly.
With Puppy 3.97, k2.6.21.7, the same Kernel panics occur as with 3.98.

So, is this a case where ancient hardware (1997 vintage, Pentium MMX, 200 MHz!)
boots with a newer kernel, but not with an older kernel?

Thanks,
Eddie Maddox

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"menu.lst" not written.

#17 Post by Greatnessguru »

I'm trying to install GRUB to the MBR and /dev/hda1
of my HP Vectra VE using
Puppy 3.98 CD (puppy pfix=ram), "System" > "Grub bootloader config".

I pick "expert".
I select 1024x768x16 (whatever)
I select "MBR"
That part seems fine, I guess.

Then I enter "/dev/hda1"
Presto! It writes all the "grub" directory and files
to "/dev/hda1", except "menu.lst"!

Tried a few times, a few different things,
but I just cannot get
"Grub bootloader config" to write "menu.lst",
whether the file already exists or not,
even though it writes all the others, apparently.

Thanks for any help, or fixes,
Eddie Maddox

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Cannot nount XFS partitions

#18 Post by integr8e »

I'm currently using the 3.98 beta, and am trying to mount one of my XFS partitions. Whenever I try to use the Mount/Unmount utility, I receive this error:
Mounting /mnt/sda5
mount: unknown filesystem type 'xfs'
Mount failed
I receive the same when I try to manually mount the drive:
# mount -t xfs /dev/sda5 /mnt/home
mount: unknown filesystem type 'xfs'
The partition is detected, it just can't be mounted.

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drive/partition designations

#19 Post by can8v »

I installed both Dingo beta and barebones as manual frugal installs. I had a strange issue with drive/partition designations. My hard drive was mounted as sda1, sda2, and sda3. These designation are usually given to my flash devices plugged into my multibay card reader. sdc was still given to my mp3 player, but my multibay card reader was reassigned the designation of sro1, through sro4(If I had that many cards plugged into the reader).
Also I found that the pdev1 and psubdir parameters did not work unless there was a an actual pup_save file in the directory specified. When I want to load straight away into ram (no pup_save) I use pdev1 and psubdir without putting a pup_save in the specified directory. This prevents (at least with all other 3.x and up series pups and puplets) the loading of my pup_save which resides elsewhere. Barebones however, refuses to boot like this. My only option to test was to boot from CD then creat a 32mb dummy pup_save and place it next to my real pup_save, eject the CD, delete the pdev1 and psubdir parameters then reboot. This course of action brought up the expected menu choice asking me to choose the correct pup_save file or 0 for no pup_save file. It really should be considered to have puppy always offer to boot without a pup_save from frugal. If there is only one pup_save it should not be assumed Puppy found the correct one as many people often do not want to use one at all, especially if it means upgrading to a version they only want to test out for a while.
Lastly I still cannot get an eth port for any of my wireless card in any of the Dingo versions. I can get the driver to load, but no port gets created. Very strange.

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#20 Post by nic2109 »

I have have tried to install a .pup package (MU's Puppy-Software-Installer). It first told me that .pup was superceded and that I needed to install a couple of others (dotpuphandler and puppybasic) before it would work. That was fine, but executing the .pup brought up a window with the package name and then did nothing else.

Am I trying something stupid because .pup packages no longer work at all? Or is PSI broken/redundant in Dingo?

Or is this a bug?
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