TXZ_pup 4.5

[01micko]

Thanks for the latest TXZ Joe.

Just installed frugal on my X2 with geforce 8200 GS, great job providing the nVidia drivers, the standard open source drivers don't cut it with my hardware, well they work, but I think you know what I mean

I still have good ol' slaxer on my older box, still runs like a champion.

I'll keep TXZ around too, always good to have a some diversification,

Cheers

Mick

[badsaintz]

sir big_bass got some issues/query regarding TXZ_pup

1. i tried installing GRUB many times but wont boot after reboot!
even if try all the GRUB option, though i'm no expert with puppy or linux for that matter i can say i can easily install quite a few linux distro and puppy

one thing i notice it needs a M$ partition to continue with the GRUB booting without error (why? why? why? )

2. can i remaster it just like other puppy? (i successfully remastrd 4.21 with our school simple requirements without problem!)

3. when i installed some of the files provided here particularly openoffice-3.1.1-i586-2jsc.tgz, it did not install its menu properly furhter investigation showed it was actually put under some CATEGORY not found in TXZ_pup and when i tested it the language is german (hope i got it right).

i haven't tested other packages included but will find time in a few days, i'm seriously comtemplating in using your derivative cos i find it somewhat fast as compared to our currently installed puppy

issue number 1 really got me thinking for 2 days now!

last point, i didn't really like slack way back before when i started exploring open source as alternative to M$ but with your puppy whoa it made me stop and force my senses to give it a try one more time

[big_bass]

Hey badsaintz

1. I dont use grub I use lilo to boot (I have slackware installed) so in order to set up grub I have to manually install my other hard drive ( I shouldnt have to, this should work for you)

but ... in geen is a standard 412 install as an example only dont use that

title Puppy Linux 412 frugal
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
kernel /puppy412/vmlinuz pmedia=idehd psubdir=puppy412 nosmp
initrd /puppy412/initrd.gz


in blue is what I would change to boot TXZ_pup
notice I made a new folder called txz_450


title TXZ_pup 450 frugal
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
kernel /txz_450/vmlinuz pmedia=idehd psubdir=txz_450
initrd /txz_450/initrd.gz


a blank text file called IDEHD
the real files initrd.gz pup_450.sfs vmlinuz should all be inside the txz_450 folder

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*advanced set up for lilo.conf booted distros (this boots windows slackware and TXZ_pup )

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# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
# Append any additional kernel parameters:
append=" vt.default_utf8=0"
boot = /dev/hda

# Boot BMP Image.
# Bitmap in BMP format: 640x480x8
  bitmap = /boot/slack.bmp
# Menu colors (foreground, background, shadow, highlighted
# foreground, highlighted background, highlighted shadow):
  bmp-colors = 255,0,255,0,255,0
# Location of the option table: location x, location y, number of
# columns, lines per column (max 15), "spill" (this is how many
# entries must be in the first column before the next begins to
# be used.  We don't specify it here, as there's just one column.
  bmp-table = 60,6,1,16
# Timer location x, timer location y, foreground color,
# background color, shadow color.
  bmp-timer = 65,27,0,255

# Standard menu.
# Or, you can comment out the bitmap menu above and 
# use a boot message with the standard menu:
#message = /boot/boot_message.txt

# Wait until the timeout to boot (if commented out, boot the
# first entry immediately):
prompt
# Timeout before the first entry boots.
# This is given in tenths of a second, so 600 for every minute:
timeout = 1200
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
  reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773
# Normal VGA console
# vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
# vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
# vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769
# End LILO global section
# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hda1
  label = Windows
  table = /dev/hda
# Windows bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
  root = /dev/hda2
  label = Linux
  read-only

# lilo is in etc/lilo.conf

#======GRUB EXAMPLE only======
#title TXZ_pup 450 frugal
#rootnoverify (hd0,1)
#kernel /txz_450/vmlinuz pmedia=idehd psubdir=txz_450 
#initrd /txz_450/initrd.gz
#========================


###################################
# lilo boot for  TXZ_pup 450 
# frugal with save file
  image =/txz_450/vmlinuz
  root = /dev/hda2
  initrd =/txz_450/initrd.gz
  label = TXZ_pup
  read-only
###################################

#   Ram-TXZ_pup
    image = /txz_450/vmlinuz
    root = /dev/ram0
    label = Ram-TXZ
    append = "pfix=ram"
    initrd = /txz_450/initrd.gz
    read-only

##################################     
#   fsck TXZ_pup 
    image = /txz_450/vmlinuz
    root = /dev/ram0
    label = fsck-Slaxer
    append = "pfix=fsck"
    initrd = /txz_450/initrd.gz
    read-only

# Linux bootable partition config ends 

thats just number one I'll get the other questions a bit later
moving to another house so a lot of work today carrying boxes

Joe

[big_bass]

gammagone

right click open with is mostly broken links

epdfview won't open - error: libcups.so.2

hiawatha gives the dreaded 403 error no matter what i try
uninstall - reinstall - change permissions
i really like hiawatha to work/play with

Iĺl fix the right click and make a script to updated that (remove those)

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rm -f  /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith/composer
rm -f  /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith/gview
rm -f  /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith/gxine
rm -f  /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith/inkscapelite
rm -f  /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith/mozilla
rm -f  /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith/pupzip

removed cups so epdfview needs one dependency from cups
I wanted a clean start if you dont want cups installed I can upload you that lib as a package fix

http://www.puppy2.org/slaxer/libcups2-1-i486-3_SLXR.txz







hiawatha : the only thing I noticed that changed was one config file so here it is
that must have been a bug fix that never got in the official package
http://www.puppy2.org/slaxer/hiawatha_f ... 3_SLXR.txz

hope that does it for you

Joe

[gammagone]

sorry big_bass but hiawatha is a no go
tried several different versions with same results - 403 - forbidden
tried everything i could find on forum and at hiawatha site too
hiawatha is running but just won't display anything

seems they had the same problem on one of the 4.2 alphas
evidently it got fixed on later builds
but nobody ever really figured out the bug

tried chmod 777 -R /root
chmod 777 -R /etc
even chmod 777 -R /
tried new seamonkey
still get 403 - forbidden
i'm stumped

maybe next rebuild it will get automagic fix

[big_bass]

gammagone

well if you have to have it lets try with a freshly compiled package on TXZ_pup

this way I know its all there at least

http://www.puppy2.org/slaxer/hiawatha-7 ... 3_SLXR.txz

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Hiawatha

Joe

[big_bass]

OPEN OFFICE 3.20

this is a monster 143MB compressed 340 uncompressed
it would take me 3 hours just to upload it

so I dont mind adding the fixes on top of the "official " package to customize it to get it working

*special thanks to rlworkman for the base package

this is not one of the those packages you just down load and use
many fixes added had to hand edit a lot of stuff .The good part is my fixes will allow updated versions to work also so
its really the best way to do this type of monster package

OFFICIAL BASE PACKAGE
http://rlworkman.net/pkgs/13.0/i486/ope ... -1_rlw.tgz


OO-fix-1-i486-3_SLXR] important !! install this after you install open office
http://www.puppy2.org/slaxer/OO-fix-1-i486-3_SLXR.txz

@java is a required package
for the data base I was able to make and save files without java
but since this package is so big anyway you should complete it with java
I did a how to java in another post that I'ĺl have to update


Joe

[badsaintz]

big_bass

i just reinstalled txz450 still using grub but without M$ Partition and it boots normally without tweakng the menu.lst! i dont know how & why!

i have tested the ff packages and works great though i decided to edit the category of OpenOffice apps and deleted netbeans

SFS_Installer-1.0-430.pet
fpc-2.2.0-0.pet
OpenOffice301_JRE_lzma_413.sfs
jdk_netbeans-1.6u10_6.1.sfs

but hiawatha-7.2-i486-3_SLXR.txz as gammagone already told us wont cooperate! the hiawatha started ok but when accessing phpMyAdmin it gave me 404

[aarf]

TXZ_Pup-4.50-7-13-2010.iso
got a boot on SDcard with only the files in the attached image and this for menu.lst

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title TXZ_pup 450 
rootnoverify (hd1,0) 
kernel /txz450/vmlinuz  psubdir=txz450 pfix=fsck phome=txz450
initrd /txz450/initrd.gz

no network interfaces seen > no internet

on clicking geany get popup (attached) which changes the keyboard to

qwerty456*
asdfgh123
zxcvbn0

for firefox, leafpad, geany, portabe opera but it is still correct for gnumeric.
quitting the popup or yes, both still change the keyboard.

[big_bass]

Hey aarf

I dont know what computer you are on but looking at your "sig" it may be this one

ATH5K
http://www.puppy2.org/slaxer/madwifi-r3 ... 3_SLXR.txz


*I didnt see a root device with what you posted
then again I dont have a SD card to test on but this may help


title TXZ_pup 450 on SD
root (hd1,0)
kernel /txz450/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro pfix=fsck
initrd /txz450/initrd.gz


geany starts clean as a new package so you get that message I didnt edit the geany config at all I´ll check what happened there


thanks for posting

Joe

[musher0]

Hello, badsaintz & big_bass

To come back to the grub boot-up problem:

big_bass

i just reinstalled txz450 still using grub but without M$ Partition and it boots normally without tweakng the menu.lst! i dont know how & why!

[...]

Wouldn't that be because you've unhooked the HD where your Windoze is and the grub default command of

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root (hd0,0)

finds the correct drive?

The line

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rootnoverify (hd0,1)

could as well be

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root (hd0,0)

if you have only one partition on this disk, or

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root (hd0,2)

if your TXZ puppy is on your third partition.

For example, I have sda2, sda5 and sda6 partitions available on my first hard drive. (sda1 and other numbers were used for an old Windoze installation that I've now erased from this disk and don't exist anymore.)

For grub, 0 (zero) is a real number, and the first one, actually, so, for my disk:
Linux = grub
sda2 = hda0,1
sda5 = hda0,4
sda6 = hda0,5

I also have another hard disk with the following equivalents:
Linux = grub
sdb5 = hda1,4
sdb6 = hda1,5
sdb7 = hda1,6

You simply find the correct disk / partition where your TXZ puppy is located.

Ref.: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual ... ice-syntax

grub also has a handy command-line interface. (Type the "escape" key to enter at the grub menu and then "e" to edit a particular line.) You can use the equivalents above and edit the root line for your needs.

I hope this helps. BFN.

[aarf]

booting with

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title TXZ_pup 450  
root (hd1,0) 
kernel /txz450/vmlinuz  root=/dev/sda1 ro psubdir=txz450 pfix=fsck phome=txz450
initrd /txz450/initrd.gz

no pupsave us keyboard, x 24 resolution

open home folder> click madwifi-r3878-20081204_2.6.27.7-i486-3_SLXR.txz says it installs. try to connect> interface not detected> load module cant find madwifi or ath5k in list cant type madwifi or ath5k in specify module as keyboard already corrupted as above. geany hasn't been touched yet, done just what is written here.
cant check installed module because ppm cut off as per attached.

saw warning during boot something like: maximum mounts reached

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# md5sum mad*
534a9cb9c52cdb35babc152c151f3ec9  madwifi-r3878-20081204_2.6.27.7-i486-3_SLXR.txz

[big_bass]

aarf

should have done this first
lets see what you have
* paste the output please

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grep "eth0:" /tmp/bootkernel.log

press enter


if it needs the madwifi use this

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/sbin/modprobe ath_pci

press enter
Joe

[aarf]

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# grep "eth0:" /tmp/bootkernel.log
# grep "eth0:" /tmp/bootkernel.log
# /sbin/modprobe ath_pci          
FATAL: Module ath_pci not found.

(click installed madwifi here)

# grep "eth0:" /tmp/bootkernel.log
# /sbin/modprobe ath_pci          
# grep "eth0:" /tmp/bootkernel.log
# /sbin/modprobe ath_pci          
# grep "wlan0:" /tmp/bootkernel.log 
#
 (copied contents of  /tmp/bootkernel.log to abiword file here is attached)

connect fails to see interface. modules not in list.. cant type them.

[gammagone]

thanks for the new hiawatha package

even with it, the pplog still gave me hell
i got so frustrated i just uninstalled pplog and hiawatha
then reinstalled the new hiawtha and using it in the default location
/var/www/hiawatha

default index didn't display right - just had to add
MimetypeConfig = /etc/mime.types
to hiawatha.conf and works good

tried copying pplog over and set cgi perl to work but it still gives problems
so i just deleted it for now
better start fresh and i don't want to waste anymore time on it (pplog)

now i need to get php going and be ok - learning as i go

one question?
the scripts etc/rc.d/rc.hiawatha and /etc/rc.d/rc-php-gcgi
seem to be for starting and stopping (not too good at reading code)
how to use them ???
EDIT: on reboot hiawatha is running so i guess that's what they are for

thanks again big_bass - i'm really liking this version
love the fish wallpaper

[big_bass]

on some puppy version that detects your driver
if you run this code I could see the eth0 driver you need

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grep "eth0:" /tmp/bootkernel.log

press enter



after seeing your log

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grep "ath5k" /tmp/bootkernel.log

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I compiled this one I know Mick used it on the EeePC 701 so I compiled it for TXZ_pup
rtl8185-k2.6.27.7
http://www.puppy2.org/slaxer/rtl8185-k2 ... 3_SLXR.txz

needs testers

Joe

[01micko]

Hi Joe

Mine is the 701SD.. different wireless chipset to aarf's.

I believe Madwifi might be the go for aarf on your kernel. Wouldn't there be an old .tgz among the Slackware repos for that?

Did you use that before the later kernels aarf? Say in standard 4.1.2?

Cheers

[aarf]

my connection is by wifi
this is from puppeeerc7
there is a press <enter> after each line. same as in txz450 nothing happens.

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# grep "eth0:" /tmp/bootkernel.log
# grep "eth0:" /tmp/bootkernel.log
# grep "wlan0:" /tmp/bootkernel.log
# 

this is an extract from
/tmp/bootkernel.log in puppeeerc7.

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Atheros(R) L2 Ethernet Driver - version 2.2.3
Copyright (c) 2007 Atheros Corporation.
atl2 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
atl2 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (eb1a:2761)
input: UVC Camera (eb1a:2761) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/input/input9
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
ath5k 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
ath5k 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
ath5k 0000:01:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x60
ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
ath: Regpair used: 0x60
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::rx
Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::tx
ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
eeepc_laptop: Eee PC Hotkey Driver
eeepc_laptop: Hotkey init flags 0x41
eeepc_laptop: TYPE (2000000) not reported by BIOS, enabling anyway
eeepc_laptop: Get control methods supported: 0x2101711
input: Asus EeePC extra buttons as /devices/platform/eeepc/input/input10
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (7849 buckets, 31396 max)
CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please use
nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel parameter, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or
sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.

very certain that ath5k is the wifi driver eeepc701 uses.

image below is a pfind for ath5k in puppeeerc7

[aarf]

Hi Joe

Mine is the 701SD.. different wireless chipset to aarf's.

I believe Madwifi might be the go for aarf on your kernel. Wouldn't there be an old .tgz among the Slackware repos for that?

Did you use that before the later kernels aarf? Say in standard 4.1.2?

Cheers

yes something did change not sure when but it was never called madwifi in the modules list even though the pet was named madwifi.

i think it was this page that i had to download drivers from http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=34159


there was also issues with getting them to actually install

possibly the madwifi pet in this post:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 740#237740
i havent ever paid much attention to kernel numbers.

[badsaintz]

@musher0

Wouldn't that be because you've unhooked the HD where your Windoze is

nope i only have 1 drive for my Puppy test machine! as i said i really dont know why all of the sudden it went booting

i also tested some more packages
LAMP-6.11-5.1.31-5.2.8.pet - wont run
SFS_Installer-1.0-430.pet - wont run
editSFS 2.1 - wont run

OpenOffice301_JRE_lzma_413.sfs - GREAT & runs smoothly

@ big_bass

really needed hiawatha for testing all the files already given just don't work