Dingo alpha7 feedback/bugs
Posted: Fri 07 Mar 2008, 12:55
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boots on VMware Workstation 6 with acpi=off
Posted: Fri 07 Mar 2008, 16:08
It boots on VMware Workstation 6 with "acpi=off". Eth0 works. Sound works. Puppy Universal Installer seems to die after picking the data source. I installed it by using gparted to create a 7G ext2 and 1G swap on the virtual hard disk, mounting the ISO and dragging the files to the filesystem, running the Grub simple install, moving vmlinuz and initrd.gz to /boot and editing /boot/grub/menu.lst to add "initrd /boot/initrd.gz" and to point the kernel at /boot/vmlinuz.
Posted: Fri 07 Mar 2008, 16:26
the fotox image viewer icons seem missing 
the intro slideshow is no longer available (site not available anymore)
you might try this as a temp solution
or I can host the old one if required
http://tmxxine.com/p4/img0.html
or a new one can be solicited from forum members . . .
the intro slideshow is no longer available (site not available anymore)
you might try this as a temp solution
or I can host the old one if required
http://tmxxine.com/p4/img0.html
or a new one can be solicited from forum members . . .
Posted: Fri 07 Mar 2008, 16:47
The ohci_hcd module is still not being loaded. This is needed by various devices, including USB mice.
Posted: Fri 07 Mar 2008, 17:17
Download is only at 20kB/sec on ibiblio.
First Impressions on the EeePC
Posted: Fri 07 Mar 2008, 18:09
A7 boots up well running in live CD mode - screen resolution is set automatically at 800x480 and looks good - deal breaker is that although the network connection wizard says that the "ath_pci" wireless driver is loaded no connection is found. I've had the same issue with Puppy 3.01 also but strangely enough when using Pupeee which is based on 3.01 no problems with the wireless. It works "out of the box". In 3.01 the wired connection requires adding a driver and modifying /etc/networkmodules to add a line - thanks to dvw86 for that info. Link to the driver download is in the thread below
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=26567
If time permits later I'll try adding the LAN driver per his instructions and report back - it worked in 3.01 but only when I started from scratch with a new save file.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=26567
If time permits later I'll try adding the LAN driver per his instructions and report back - it worked in 3.01 but only when I started from scratch with a new save file.
Posted: Fri 07 Mar 2008, 18:42
puppyinstaller cannot install to hard disk :
And in dmesg many logs :ls: cannot access /mnt/hdc5/pup_[0-9][0-9][0-9].sfs: No such file or directory
hdc5: ext2, size 4.887 GiB
mount: block device /dev/hda is write-protected, mounting read-only
ls: cannot access /mnt/hdc5/pup_[0-9][0-9][0-9].sfs: No such file or directory
etc.unionfs: unhashed dentry being revalidated: fusermountGsHqox
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
unionfs: unhashed dentry being revalidated: fusermountUrqM0z
unionfs: new lower inode mtime (bindex=1, name=tmp)
still problem with d207gly2
Posted: Fri 07 Mar 2008, 20:15
i still have the same problems i posted for alpha 6.
when i boot, it appears that the usb modules and the network modules are not loaded.
dmesg shows an attempt to load ehci_hcd "usb bus 1 deregistered"
if that is any help.
i remember something about inserting a pause when booting, to allow the modules a second or third chance to be inserted but do not know if that is related here.
another problem is that the network wizard shows interface eth0 ethernet sis900 driver loaded but the network is not configurable. i do not see any way to unload this driver that i do not believe is really loaaded. the wizard does not allow to unload a driver and to try to configure the same driver over again in an attempt to reload it.
i admit i am not experienced to fix these problems and have read and searched all over until my eyes are bloody. but i cannot find a solution. i have had the same problems with 3.01, muppy etc.
i am getting a pretty good pile of coasters here.
i hope this is a bug and not my inexperience showing....just trying to help.
when i boot, it appears that the usb modules and the network modules are not loaded.
dmesg shows an attempt to load ehci_hcd "usb bus 1 deregistered"
if that is any help.
i remember something about inserting a pause when booting, to allow the modules a second or third chance to be inserted but do not know if that is related here.
another problem is that the network wizard shows interface eth0 ethernet sis900 driver loaded but the network is not configurable. i do not see any way to unload this driver that i do not believe is really loaaded. the wizard does not allow to unload a driver and to try to configure the same driver over again in an attempt to reload it.
i admit i am not experienced to fix these problems and have read and searched all over until my eyes are bloody. but i cannot find a solution. i have had the same problems with 3.01, muppy etc.
i am getting a pretty good pile of coasters here.
i hope this is a bug and not my inexperience showing....just trying to help.
pidgin autolog loop - same as Dingo Alpha 6
Posted: Sat 08 Mar 2008, 00:02
I just downloaded Puppy 4.00 alpha 7.
When I click on the chat icon and fill in the dialog box,
I get an autolog loop
nickserv gives me a series of 3 messages over and over,
chanserv only gives me one over and over.
Xchat seems to work fine.
BK said he hadn't gotten round to fixing this, but I thought
I should test it anyway. Sure enough, it's not fixed.
GeoW
When I click on the chat icon and fill in the dialog box,
I get an autolog loop
nickserv gives me a series of 3 messages over and over,
chanserv only gives me one over and over.
Xchat seems to work fine.
BK said he hadn't gotten round to fixing this, but I thought
I should test it anyway. Sure enough, it's not fixed.
GeoW
Dingo alpha7
Posted: Sat 08 Mar 2008, 10:17
i am on frugal install and i have successfully up-
graded from Dingo alpha 6 to Dingo alpha 7 even though there was kernel downsize from k2.6.24 to k2.6.21.7. but i do have a question , what happened to puppy 4 Dingo with k2.6.24.
graded from Dingo alpha 6 to Dingo alpha 7 even though there was kernel downsize from k2.6.24 to k2.6.21.7. but i do have a question , what happened to puppy 4 Dingo with k2.6.24.
Posted: Sat 08 Mar 2008, 10:21
the drifting image
I am using an AOC monitor and a geforce 64MB graphic card
Within about 30 minutes of use the whole OS image drifts about 0.5cm to the right, so there is a black bar on the left hand side of the monitor
This happens in Lassie and the previous versions of Dingo
Could it be the Kernel? (did not happen in previous Puppy versions)
If I press autoconfigure on the monitor the screen image moves back into place.
Is anyone else getting this?
I used pburn
from Sigmund (Zigbert) in Dingo Alpha 7
(will hear whether successful but I think it was - copied an AVI for a Windows User)
Full marks for ease of use - keep up the good work
Another big hit is the right hand side of the menu bar
right click on the time to load Osmo personal oganiser . . .
I am using an AOC monitor and a geforce 64MB graphic card
Within about 30 minutes of use the whole OS image drifts about 0.5cm to the right, so there is a black bar on the left hand side of the monitor
This happens in Lassie and the previous versions of Dingo
Could it be the Kernel? (did not happen in previous Puppy versions)
If I press autoconfigure on the monitor the screen image moves back into place.
Is anyone else getting this?
I used pburn
from Sigmund (Zigbert) in Dingo Alpha 7
(will hear whether successful but I think it was - copied an AVI for a Windows User)
Full marks for ease of use - keep up the good work
Another big hit is the right hand side of the menu bar
right click on the time to load Osmo personal oganiser . . .
Posted: Sat 08 Mar 2008, 12:41
This is not a bug, but when you run Pmount, an orange "Probing..." message box always pops up. This looks pretty ugly against any background other than the default citrus theme. So I hid it.
Flash Drive
Posted: Sat 08 Mar 2008, 14:59
Hi All
Berry Just want to say first off I like the way puppy 4 is heading and enjoy using it.
Now I downloaded puppy 4a7 burnt to cd played with it then decided to use the universal installer to install puppy 4 on my usb drive I had puppy 4a6 on it at the time with a 512 meg save file. When I was installing puppy it asked if I wanted to wipe the drive or just upgrade I am pretty sure I said upgrade. When I rebooted to the flash drive there was no save file and I had to start over which is not a big problem but just wanted to not the fact that I did loss my save file.
Berry Just want to say first off I like the way puppy 4 is heading and enjoy using it.
Now I downloaded puppy 4a7 burnt to cd played with it then decided to use the universal installer to install puppy 4 on my usb drive I had puppy 4a6 on it at the time with a 512 meg save file. When I was installing puppy it asked if I wanted to wipe the drive or just upgrade I am pretty sure I said upgrade. When I rebooted to the flash drive there was no save file and I had to start over which is not a big problem but just wanted to not the fact that I did loss my save file.
Posted: Sat 08 Mar 2008, 15:16
Got on the wireless at the computer show, took two scans and two autodhcp but it is working.
Posted: Sat 08 Mar 2008, 18:37
Sound works in Alpha 6, not Alpha 7, used command alsaconf to configure soundcard, here is some info.
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contoller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS (rev a1)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
03:01.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)Posted: Sat 08 Mar 2008, 20:59
Hi, so long since I've had a play with Puppy i've forgotten just what I need to add to the grub menu of my PCLinux install for a FRUGAL to test this latest one. Help appreciated.
Here is my current grub.menu.lst
P.S. Barry any chance of the xorg drivers for my motherboard going into the next puppy?
intel now has a driver posted in the support section it appears to work well.
Thanks
Tony
title linux
kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/sda5 -vesa acpi=on resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img
Here is my current grub.menu.lst
P.S. Barry any chance of the xorg drivers for my motherboard going into the next puppy?
intel now has a driver posted in the support section it appears to work well.
Thanks
Tony
title linux
kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/sda5 -vesa acpi=on resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img
Posted: Sat 08 Mar 2008, 22:08
veronicathecow
For what it is worth, here is my entry for a frugal install. Here is PC Linux OS's grub menu.lst. As you can see it's on my second drive, partition 2 and in a folder pup397.
title Dingo 3.97 alpha 7 Coexist
kernel (hd1,1)/pup397/vmlinuz pmedia=idehd ro psubdir=pup397 vga=6
initrd (hd1,1)/pup397/initrd.gz
Good Luck, Kal
For what it is worth, here is my entry for a frugal install. Here is PC Linux OS's grub menu.lst. As you can see it's on my second drive, partition 2 and in a folder pup397.
title Dingo 3.97 alpha 7 Coexist
kernel (hd1,1)/pup397/vmlinuz pmedia=idehd ro psubdir=pup397 vga=6
initrd (hd1,1)/pup397/initrd.gz
Good Luck, Kal
Posted: Sun 09 Mar 2008, 00:19
Bravo. Alpha 7 enables my Logitech Trackball on my desktop machine -- Alpha 6 didn't. Everything else seems to run just fine. In a bit I'll see if it solves my Video problems with my old Portege 3110CT.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Re: Dingo alpha7
Posted: Sun 09 Mar 2008, 00:52
I'm not happy with the wireless drivers in 2.6.24, so decided to wait for 2.6.25.charnisingh wrote:i am on frugal install and i have successfully up-
graded from Dingo alpha 6 to Dingo alpha 7 even though there was kernel downsize from k2.6.24 to k2.6.21.7. but i do have a question , what happened to puppy 4 Dingo with k2.6.24.
Also, most of the old analog modem drivers do not work in 2.6.24 -- I did hack some of them to compile but they don't work. I need to wait until patched versions become available. There was one change in the 2.6.24 kernel that suddenly rendered all the modem drivers unusable.
The ESS modem developer has sent me an updated driver, so that's one fixed at least.
Re: Flash Drive
Posted: Sun 09 Mar 2008, 00:55
I've made a note of that, will check the logic of the script.GrumpyWolfe wrote:Hi All
Berry Just want to say first off I like the way puppy 4 is heading and enjoy using it.
Now I downloaded puppy 4a7 burnt to cd played with it then decided to use the universal installer to install puppy 4 on my usb drive I had puppy 4a6 on it at the time with a 512 meg save file. When I was installing puppy it asked if I wanted to wipe the drive or just upgrade I am pretty sure I said upgrade. When I rebooted to the flash drive there was no save file and I had to start over which is not a big problem but just wanted to not the fact that I did loss my save file.