Slaxer_Pup 4.12 solid and stable non woof build

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big_bass · #121 Post by **big_bass** » Mon 01 Jun 2009, 03:08

pakt wrote:Hey Joe

I got SlaxerPup to boot from USB

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

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

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

so you only look there thus speed up the boot
Joe

pakt · #122 Post by **pakt** » Mon 01 Jun 2009, 20:43

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

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

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

Paul

pakt · #123 Post by **pakt** » Mon 01 Jun 2009, 20:54

01micko wrote:I'm guessing it's the "hugesmp.s" kernel... smp support

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

Paul

01micko · #124 Post by **01micko** » Tue 02 Jun 2009, 10:09

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

Mick

spring · #125 Post by **spring** » Wed 03 Jun 2009, 01:59

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.

big_bass · #126 Post by **big_bass** » Wed 03 Jun 2009, 13:29

spring

original post so you don't need to look for it
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 8&start=74

get this pet package first its the package management tool for *.tgz
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... h&id=18215
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example how to install a package using slackware package tools
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 8&start=81

install the latest network wizard
http://www.puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass ... 6-slxr.tgz

I'll look into the GLX
I am not using a nvidia card myself

compiling nvidia was done from source code and build scripts
also having the kernel headers and kernel source
so thats a lot more work to set up correctly
I compiled all the nvidia packages on slaxer_pup with the devx 412
----------------------------------------------------
for other apps I need to compile
*src2pkg is a very powerful tool I use for keeping apps up to date
and thats what I use it for the main advantage is you compile on
your system thus having the best compatibility you can maintain
slaxer_pup up to date

instead of the mix and match that takes place when you take packages
and libs from different distros and versions and different configurations

spring · #127 Post by **spring** » Thu 04 Jun 2009, 01:09

thank you Joe!

the wifi card didnt work same as before, after reinstall the network-wizard-apr-1st-i486-slxr and reboot.

recompling glx is too difficulty for me, so i'll wait. that's not big problem for me.

thanks again.

big_bass · #128 Post by **big_bass** » Thu 04 Jun 2009, 02:26

here is an all in one with the kernel module too
this is the 1.54 version compiled on slaxer_pup

I know a few people will need this it will over write the old one
this package is needed it has the module compiled for slaxer_pup

ndiswrapper 1.54
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/Sla ... i486-1.tgz

Joe

big_bass · #129 Post by **big_bass** » Thu 04 Jun 2009, 03:06

spring
http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/

that driver is compiled in

update ohh you need the 4965
ok I'll package it

so now to sort out the rest

big_bass · #130 Post by **big_bass** » Thu 04 Jun 2009, 14:57

spring

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

spring
I built you a firmware package that will install to the correct locations
just to be safe

install this
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/Sla ... 6-slxr.tgz

Joe

01micko · #131 Post by **01micko** » Sun 07 Jun 2009, 00:07

Here's a black one

big_bass · #132 Post by **big_bass** » Sun 07 Jun 2009, 04:27

Micko

Thanks I am using the above black one as my desktop background

good bye blue "I'm back in black"

Joe

spring · #133 Post by **spring** » Mon 08 Jun 2009, 04:49

hi Joe
thank you for your hard works, the new firmware tarball had been installed on Slaxer_pup_412, but i could not make my wifi card work.
thanks again.

my wifi card works fine on these distros:
ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27.7;
puppy 4.2, kernel 2.6.25.16 with the newest firmware;
slitaz cooking 20090228 recompiled kernel with iwl4965 module and the newest firmware;
upup 476, kernel 2.6.29.4 with the newest firmware;

and i googleed slackware 12.2 and iwl4965 in linuxquestion, there was only one case about some problem. i was confused.

01micko · #134 Post by **01micko** » Mon 08 Jun 2009, 10:38

Paul (pakt)

A big thank you for your hacked initrd.gz file. I am now testing my sons lenovo thinkpad 2gig celery w/2gig ram. Everything is instant! Booting took about 20 seconds (once I figured out the bios

) I made the usb install on an old PIII I first fired up today with no harddrive. First i tried it on the wifes doze box and it failed. Then I remembered you got it to go. Read your post, got the initrd and here I am. I've no idea how to edit an initrd file, I cant even open it! All I could see was a bunch of 0's and other numbers with a few recognisable words and numbers.

Any way, it's working great, thanks again.

Cheers

big_bass · #135 Post by **big_bass** » Tue 09 Jun 2009, 16:30

Well guys
I am making some packages for slaxer_pup
some will be in *tgz format and some as pets
really the only reason for pets is for new users
and die hard puppy users

but the slackware package tool is "lite speed"
for installing and removing packages and a quick view
of what was installed so worth learning

I modified the slackware package tools to handle
jwm and ice window managers
I will upload that package too

so you can get more comfortable with
those old world standard tools

I have made numerous modifications to slaxer pup
and I am building packages so you can test them
I am branding the packages with a "-i486-slxr"

so you know I tested them and built them for slaxer pup

I made a new folder everything will be in here to keep it easy
http://www.puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass ... _packages/

as for updated iso's
good things are in the making

here's some custom built and patched stuff
I patched these for slaxer pup but they should work fine on a standard 412 too

gimp photo shop very rare
http://www.puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass ... 6-slxr.pet

xnview with custom made mime types added in (image viewer/converter many formats )
http://www.puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass ... 6-slxr.pet

geany -0.17
http://www.puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass ... 6-slxr.pet

sakura 2.3.2 terminal plus required libs use all three
after using sakura you'll never go back to rxvt
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/sla ... 6-slxr.pet
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/sla ... 6-slxr.pet
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/sla ... 6-slxr.pet

I got in the mood for some art work

Joe

WRCU2 · #136 Post by **WRCU2** » Tue 09 Jun 2009, 22:10

I have installed slaxer_pup quick and dirty just to get the accelerated nvidia drivers and I'm pleased with how easy that was. The trouble now, is that firefox is unstable and my widgets and scroll bars have disappeared.

I didn't want to lose any bookmarks or small tweaks, but now I'm gonna need to fix a few things. Where is a good place to start after such a savagely shoehorned install?

big_bass · #137 Post by **big_bass** » Wed 10 Jun 2009, 01:40

WRCU2 wrote:I have installed slaxer_pup quick and dirty just to get the accelerated nvidia drivers and I'm pleased with how easy that was. The trouble now, is that firefox is unstable and my widgets and scroll bars have disappeared.

I didn't want to lose any bookmarks or small tweaks, but now I'm gonna need to fix a few things. Where is a good place to start after such a savagely shoehorned install?

well great to hear

a little history why
the 412 sfs is completely different and then compressed with lzm

I had to keep the name 412 name the same because it was such a pain to modify every single call to that name and number
I should know I tried it got almost all but pet get got borked
and it wasnt worth the easy fix

1.)just rename your old 412 to something else
oldsfs.sfs if you need an example

2.) boot

Code: Select all

puppy pfix=ram

then install slaxer_pup

now when slaxer pup is running you could mount your oldsfs.sfs

and take out your bookmarks or files you need

if you need firefox I can walk you trough a stable install
with a current version I posted in this thread somewhere before
or make you a pet ---> here's a pet
http://www.puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass ... 6-slxr.pet

to get your old bookmarks they are here

Code: Select all

rox -s /root/.mozilla/default/*.slt/bookmarks.html

don't use your old pupsave the configuration very is different
you could also rename that and take out what ever you need

great to hear the nvidia works for you now

Joe

big_bass · #138 Post by **big_bass** » Wed 10 Jun 2009, 14:27

I updated pkgtools you need this instead if you downloaded my previous package this helps ease the transition to puppy
by registering the packages in JWM and icewm in the menu

I know there are quite a few people that don't understand what I am doing with slackware package tools and src2pk

I have been working on this since puppy version 3.01
to extend the package managment of puppy... umm slaxer pup too

what will happen is I will make puppy 4.12 compatible packages
also so any puppy based on 4.12 can use my work also
but all the tools I am adding makes that work much "easier"

pkgtools updated 6/10/09 to add JWM and iceWM fixmenus
slackware pkgtools as a pet to install official slackware packages
http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/big_bass/sla ... 6-slxr.pet

gronos04 · #139 Post by **gronos04** » Wed 10 Jun 2009, 19:20

Thanks for your efforts in this derivitive. I like the concept.
I have tried Slaxer_Pup on many machines to date and all has worked well.
On the newer motherboards that I have it is not necessary to turn off the ACPI to get them to boot which is a big plus.
I am trying to get Virtual Box running and have downloaded the kernel-source-2.6.27.7-smp-1.lzm and rename it to kernel-source-2.6.27.7-smp-1_412.sfs.
Got Virtual Box installed OK but the driver won't compile.
I have installed Virtual Box on many versions of puppy so I am familiar with the method but the right kernel-source module is critical.

the error log reads

Makefile:156: *** Error: /usr/src/linux (version 2.6.27.7-smp) does not match the current kernel (version 2.6.27.7). Stop.

So it does not like the smp version. I cannot find a non smp version.

Thanks

WRCU2 · #140 Post by **WRCU2** » Thu 11 Jun 2009, 00:07

Thanks for the assistance Joe. I'm truly impressed with your puppy so far as I reinstalled from it scratch. I've got the nvidia driver back in and installed the Firefox you posted above. However, there is a boatload of missing library *.so's that the package manager hasn't got a clue about.

In my previous life I would've gone to rpmfind.net and determined which libraries contained the missing so's, but now I'm completely lost.

SOS

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