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big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1742

Slaxer_Pup-412.iso.md5.txt

85MB lzm compressed USB now reads the save file
http://www.puppy2.org/slaxer/Slaxer_Pup-4.12_USB.iso

puppyiso · Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Posts: 595

Hello, Big_Bass,

It seems like your puppy is mainly for hardware detection.

However, since it has something do do with slackware, I wonder(hope) if it can utilize slackware repository.

I just read about non smp machine running smp puppylinux in this forum.

You mentioned about smp in your post. my computer is old P4 with just 1 cpu. Have you tried your puppy on a single cpu machine?

Please let me know more about your puppy.

Thank you.

John S

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1742

aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1698 Location: Germany

As promised, first report:

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1742

aragon

thanks that's a perfect example
of what got detected on a Dell PC - Single Core

in a simple quick format

thanks for testing

big_bass

aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1698 Location: Germany

Ok first bug:
- Created pupsave on reboot on internal hd, not chooesen to copy puppy-files
- Next boot: picks up pupsave, boots well, just before X => than 'Module usbhid is missing' and dropped back to console.
- Tested 3 times => same result.

By the way: Shutdown and reboot works

aragon

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1742

aragon

aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1698 Location: Germany

copy pup_412.sfs to hd after setup the pup_save does not make a difference. tested allways with booting from live-cd.

neither 'xwin' nor 'xwin startjwm' make a differnce, drops back to console.

MU · Posted: Thu 16 Apr 2009, 12:19 Post subject:

You may look at the log to find out whats wrong:

mp /var/log/Xorg.0.log

If there are no errors:

mp /tmp/xerrs.txt

You may get messages about missing modules, if they are compiled into the kernel.
Usually they can be ignored then, as Puppys scripts just think, they are not available.
In seldom cases though, Puppys hardwaredetection might be irritated by this.

Mark

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1742

seems like an X config
re run xorgwizard at console

check if you have these files after

this is mine
/etc/videomode
0x0117 1024x768x24

----------------
yours should be

/etc/videomode
0x011A: 1280x1024x16

or
/etc/videomode
0x011B: 1280x1024x16

depending on if you selected x16 or x24
----------------
/etc/.XLOADED
true

**we posted at the same time thanks Mark
I always use xvesa

gerry · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 986 Location: England

Made live cd, and booted pfix=ram.

At the mouse selecter: Detected ps2 mouse OK, confirmed that.
Found k/b ok, this is a usb plug, connected to ps2 socket with adapter.

Also, at this screen, there was a message saying:
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt driven)
lp0: console ready

Rebooted, creating pup-save file. Not asked to save any other files.

First re-boot: mouse selecter came up, and said it has detected a serial mouse. I reselected ps2. But mouse would not work when boot-up was complete, nor would the k/b.

Rebooted again with usb mouse, and k/b plugged in to other usb socket.

Ran the connection wizard. No network detected. Went to do it manually as it suggested- got a long list of modules to choose to install. Huh? How should I know?
EDIT: Clarification: "Cannot see any active network devices"

Lastly: POWEROFF WORKS!!!!

Machine is 9 yrs old, Intel Celeron 600MHz, 256MB ram.
Don't know how to find more info.

Machine has only two usb sockets, so using them for mouse and k/b is a no-no.

Might try live usb in the Acer Aspire One....

Gerry

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1742

thanks gerry for reporting

maybe better luck on the other machine

to see what you have for network

you could

gerry · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 986 Location: England

Hi Big_Bass- the grep got

RealTek RTL8139
Chip type RTL-8100B/8139D

Can't do any more at the moment, the mouse owner wanted it back.

Gerry

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1742

Sit Heel Speak · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 2595 Location: downwind

Hmm...that Slackware hardware detection certainly looks thorough...and I like its comprehensive scsi probing...and, if I boot my rig (see sigblock) without the GeForce in, using the mainboard's built-in ATi Rage XL, it boots and runs OK. It sees both cores.

But...with the GeForce installed...it loads nvidiafb, then atyfb, then hangs. Puppy never did that. Worse, when I tried to reboot to my usual, got an "MBR bootloader missing" or-something-like-that error message.

So, I had to back up menu.lst and then reinstall grub to the mbr of both my first ata-100 drive and my first scsi drive, and then restore my usual menu.lst config files. Back in business.

Also had to reset the boot order in BIOS setup to scsi drives first. Not sure if the BIOS boot drive search order was reset to the default (CD first, then ide drives, then scsi drives) by Slack, or maybe done by my own BIOS when it found no good bootloader on any drive.