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#106 Post by big_bass »

Micko
great news I am a guitarist too

looks like your're the winner for the new desktop :D

make up a few I will add them in the next release
as the default desktop wallpaper

if your up to it a black one and a carbon fiber
one the logo is great
be creative

Joe

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#107 Post by 01micko »

Glad you like!

Cool about the guitar pedal too :) , I had problems with it in Mandriva and earlier puppies, didn't try it with Slackware. This way though is just so easy.. Without tweaking anything, just setting basic params in Audacity, I got a smooth sound with no audible latency while recording. That may differ when I record with play-thru (over another track, playing whilst recording :wink: ), but I'm hoping not. I know what I'll be doing over the coming weekend! I'm also hoping this little usb audio card that I have works too, it's grat for vox and live drums! Ohoh, Slaxer_Studio_Pup! :lol:

Can you post a higher res logo, if you have one, else I can fiddle with this one.

Cheers.

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#108 Post by pakt »

big_bass wrote: I finally compiled the nvida drivers and sent you a PM
Thanks Joe, I installed the two pet files you made for me, closed X to the prompt then ran
# nvidia-xconfig
# xwin
and got the nvidia driver with the correct 1680x1050 resolution on my panel :P

In a teminal, I ran
# nvidia-settings
and got the Nvidia configuration menu showing the display details.

I've attached a screenshot with the Nvidia menu.

Nice work Joe 8)

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nvidia -180.29 series for the 2.6.27.7 kernel

#109 Post by big_bass »

pakt
Thanks Joe, I installed the two pet files you made for me, closed X to the prompt then ran
# nvidia-xconfig
# xwin
and got the nvidia driver with the correct 1680x1050 resolution on my panel Razz
excellent news :D



nvidia -180.29 series for the 2.6.27.7 kernel


here are the nvidia pets if someone else needs them
follow the easy install instructions in the above post by pakt

install this first the kernel module
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/Sla ... -1_SBo.pet

then this the binary driver
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/Sla ... -1_SBo.pet

back up plan just in case
make sure you save your xorg config first if something goes wrong *

Joe
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nvidia-legacy71 for the 2.6.27.7 kernel

#110 Post by big_bass »

nvidia-legacy71 series for the 2.6.27.7 kernel
This is the proprietary binary video driver for legacy cards (Geforce 2
Backwards)

What's a legacy driver?
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html




----------------------install packages ---------------------------
1.)install this first the kernel module
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/Sla ... -1_SBo.pet


2.)then this the binary driver
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/Sla ... -1_SBo.pet

3.)Note:back up plan just in case
make sure you save your xorg config first if something goes wrong *

---------------------set up / configuration-----------------------------------

Note: This set up is what Paul (pakt) did to get his display working
Its clear so lets use it

I installed the two pet files, closed X to the prompt then ran

Code: Select all

nvidia-xconfig
 xwin
just an example (and got the nvidia driver with the correct 1680x1050 resolution on my panel)

In a teminal, I ran

Code: Select all

nvidia-settings
and got the Nvidia configuration menu showing the display details.


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Joe
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nvidia-legacy96 series for the the 2.6.27.7 kernel

#111 Post by big_bass »

nvidia-legacy96 series for the the 2.6.27.7 kernel
This is the proprietary binary video driver for legacy cards (Geforce 4
Backwards)

What's a legacy driver?
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html




----------------------install packages ---------------------------
1.)install this first the kernel module
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/Sla ... -1_SBo.pet



2.)then this the binary driver
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/Sla ... -1_SBo.pet
3.)Note:back up plan just in case
make sure you save your xorg config first if something goes wrong *

---------------------set up / configuration-----------------------------------

Note: This set up is what Paul (pakt) did to get his display working
Its clear so lets use it

I installed the two pet files, closed X to the prompt then ran

Code: Select all

nvidia-xconfig
xwin
just an example (and got the nvidia driver with the correct 1680x1050 resolution on my panel)

In a teminal, I ran

Code: Select all

nvidia-settings
and got the Nvidia configuration menu showing the display details.


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Joe

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nvidia-legacy173 series for the the 2.6.27.7 kernel

#112 Post by big_bass »

nvidia-legacy173 series for the the 2.6.27.7 kernel
This is the proprietary binary video driver for legacy cards (Geforce 5)

What's a legacy driver?
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html




----------------------install packages ---------------------------
1.)install this first the kernel module
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/Sla ... -1_SBo.pet


2.)then this the binary driver
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/Sla ... -1_SBo.pet

3.)Note:back up plan just in case
make sure you save your xorg config first if something goes wrong *

---------------------set up / configuration-----------------------------------

Note: This set up is what Paul (pakt) did to get his display working
Its clear so lets use it

I installed the two pet files, closed X to the prompt then ran

Code: Select all

nvidia-xconfig
xwin
just an example (and got the nvidia driver with the correct 1680x1050 resolution on my panel)

In a teminal, I ran

Code: Select all

nvidia-settings
and got the Nvidia configuration menu showing the display details.


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Joe

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#113 Post by pakt »

Hej Joe,

Just a couple of questions.

- Does SlaxerPup have the 'huge.s' or the 'hugesmp.s' kernel? (I'm just curious ;-))

- Did you ever get SlaxerPup to boot from a USB stick?

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#114 Post by 01micko »

Hi Paul,

I'm guessing it's the "hugesmp.s" kernel... smp support :wink:

Hope that helps. :)

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#115 Post by big_bass »

pakt wrote:Hej Joe,

Just a couple of questions.

- Does SlaxerPup have the 'huge.s' or the 'hugesmp.s' kernel? (I'm just curious ;-))

- Did you ever get SlaxerPup to boot from a USB stick?

Paul

using a SMP multi core kernel
thats the slackware default
as far as hardware detection goes ATM
I also added all the nvidia drivers

about the USB I will have another look at that today in the init

I have a frugal install to hard drive and a full install

but the USB is detected while booting
but what's not happening is the puppy detection of the sfs
and save file during boot up

the installer is writing to the the USB correctly

I found a better way to use the USB so that memory dosent
get filled up so I havent tried USB since then

but I still need to sort out why the sfs using USB isnt detected on boot up if you need to boot USB I'll work on it

Joe

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#116 Post by techtype »

I like Slaxer and have experimented with it off and on since you released it. However, I never could get Firefox to pass my three tests: javascript, full screen flash and smooth scrolling.
Now with the GTK core update and your nvidia drivers, I can finally pass all three tests. Yay for you!!! Nice work!!!!

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Less messages at boot

#117 Post by techtype »

How could I reduce or turn off some or all of the scrolling text messages at boot? I imagine you turned them on for debugging?

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Re: Less messages at boot

#118 Post by pakt »

techtype wrote:How could I reduce or turn off some or all of the scrolling text messages at boot?
At the boot prompt you can add 'loglevel=1' to reduce text messages to minimum.

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Re: Less messages at boot

#119 Post by techtype »

pakt wrote:
techtype wrote:How could I reduce or turn off some or all of the scrolling text messages at boot?
At the boot prompt you can add 'loglevel=1' to reduce text messages to minimum.

Paul
Ah, thanks!! I'll try it.

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#120 Post by pakt »

Hey Joe

I got SlaxerPup to boot from USB :P

SlaxerPup has the USB driver modules in the kernel. Apparently there is a slight difference in how fast they run compared to separate modules - the built-in modules are a little slower* and don't find the USB drive before a search is made for the Puppy files.

EDIT: *No, probably the USB detection speed has changed because of the different kernel used in SlaxerPup.

I've added a 'sleep 3' in init and it now works. I tried different delays and 3 seconds was the the minimum delay that would work on my slowest PC, the eBox-2300 with its 200MHz Pentium-class CPU.

I've attached the modified initrd.gz. Just replace the initrd.gz on the USB stick with this one and it should boot now 8)
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#121 Post by big_bass »

pakt wrote:Hey Joe

I got SlaxerPup to boot from USB :P

I've added a 'sleep 3' in init and it now works. I tried different delays and 3 seconds was the the minimum delay that would work on my slowest PC, the eBox-2300 with its 200MHz Pentium-class CPU.

I've attached the modified initrd.gz. Just replace the initrd.gz on the USB stick with this one and it should boot now 8)

Paul (pakt)

Great news!

I was away on a mini vacation to Puerto Vallarta Mexico
just got back great to hear you got the USB worked out to boot up

A big thanks Paul
I always need a clear head and a lot of free time to poke around in the initrd so thats welcomed news

maybe a USB puppy option would speed things up since you tell it were to look already :wink:

something like this I will work on it too
#puppy pfix=usb

so you only look there thus speed up the boot
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#122 Post by pakt »

big_bass wrote:I always need a clear head and a lot of free time to poke around in the initrd
Yes, I agree. I haven't done any debugging of init for years :shock:
big_bass wrote:maybe a USB puppy option would speed things up since you tell it were to look already :wink:

something like this I will work on it too
#puppy pfix=usb

so you only look there thus speed up the boot
Joe
Good idea. Although a USB option wouldn't speed up detection of USB devices, it could bypass searches on other drives afterwards and save time that way. I think it's worth putting in - may not be too hard 8)

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#123 Post by pakt »

01micko wrote:I'm guessing it's the "hugesmp.s" kernel... smp support :wink:
Hej micko. Sorry, I missed your post.

I also thought that would be obvious - 'hugesmp.s' for smp support, but I seem to recall reading about problems running that kernel on old, single-core machines. They would hang with that kernel and only the 'huge.s' would work.

The funny thing is that SlaxerPup with its smp support runs on all the old hardware I have including the eBox-2300 thin client with its 200Mhz, pentium-class CPU :shock:

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#124 Post by 01micko »

Hi Paul,

I have Slackware 12.2 installed on my Athlon 2100+ and it goes fine with "hugesmp.s".

Same box with Slaxer_Pup.

Slaxer_Pup also works just fine on my K6 400MHz, and my lappy... celeron 1GHz.

I have 2 others to check out but they are newer, neither multicore though :( .

I am due for a HW upgrade soon, might try an Athlon 64... or whatever they call them these days.

Cheers

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#125 Post by spring »

thank you Joe and puppy linux developers!
all of my devices works fine on slaxer_pup.

the nvidia driver didnt include the glx driver, could i recompiled that by src2pkg?

my loppy ibm r61 with Nvidia 140 graphic chip.

thanks again

Another question:
my loppy's intel iwl4965 wifi minipci card didnt work, this is my infomation:
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
iwlagn 54816 0
iwlcore 71876 1 iwlagn
mac80211 154524 2 iwlagn,iwlcore
cfg80211 26888 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
parport_pc 27940 0
lp 13444 0
parport 34668 2 parport_pc,lp
snd_pcm_oss 40480 0
snd_seq_dummy 6788 0
snd_seq_oss 32896 0
snd_seq_midi_event 10112 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50416 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 10380 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_mixer_oss 18048 1 snd_pcm_oss
btusb 15384 0
bluetooth 57188 1 btusb
psmouse 40208 0
pcspkr 6400 0
firewire_ohci 24836 0
firewire_core 39200 1 firewire_ohci
sdhci_pci 11008 0
sdhci 18564 1 sdhci_pci
mmc_block 13060 0
mmc_core 46108 2 sdhci,mmc_block
ricoh_mmc 7808 0
nvidia 7227100 22
i2c_i801 12816 0
ata_generic 8708 0
iTCO_wdt 14244 0
iTCO_vendor_support 7172 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_hda_intel 363276 0
snd_pcm 69892 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 22792 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11272 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 10756 1 snd_hda_intel
snd 50596 9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore 9952 1 snd
evdev 13216 0
intel_agp 28732 0
agpgart 32200 2 nvidia,intel_agp
e1000e 102184 0
shpchp 32788 0
video 20112 8
output 6656 1 video
fuse 54300 2
aufs 137224 1
squashfs 47748 1
sqlzma 6788 1 squashfs
unlzma 8320 1 sqlzma
yenta_socket 26764 0
rsrc_nonstatic 14464 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 35092 2 yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
#
# dmesg | tail
cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
0000:00:19.0: eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27k
iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27k
iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
## iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:000000000000000
inet addr:12.34.56.78 Bcast:12.34.56.78 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12572 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3895 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:4398242 (4.1 MiB) TX bytes:490199 (478.7 KiB)
Memory:fe200000-fe220000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

and i replaced the firmware with
http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/d ... 7.2.23.tgz

but same as above.

pls do me a favor. thanks in advance

this card can works fine on puppy 4.2.

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