Lucid Puppy 5.1.1 Bugs, Fixes, & Feedback

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#16 Post by steve_s »

Lupu 5.1.1, frugal install.

rt2500usb module I get no connection. It sees wlan0 (via iwconfig) but won't connect.

I blacklist that module, reboot.

I use ndiswrapper to load the linksys module of the same name (I have the linksys install disk on the hard drive). it installs great, save it, select dougal as the default network setup tool (don't know if that is relevant, just FYI).

Reboot, everything looks like it loads, then black screen. Can't back out of X with ctrl+alt+bkspace, just black screen. :shock: Monitor still has green-light, but black screen anyway. **Edit** I'm posting this from a 4.0 frugal on the same computer, so I know this blackscreen thing is exclusive to 5.1.1

I deleted the save file, started all over again and it does it again...the straight black screen is new to me.

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#17 Post by playdayz »

So the screen is fine at first until after you install ndiswrapper and reboot? Do you run xorgwizard (Classic Configuration Experience)? Or do anything else?

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#18 Post by steve_s »

playdayz wrote:So the screen is fine at first until after you install ndiswrapper and reboot? Do you run xorgwizard (Classic Configuration Experience)? Or do anything else?
Nothing else...I did it once, then did it a second time paying attention to it, rebooting each step, then a third time seeing if it would happen again...

In fact, I had never run xorgwizard on this one, with an ATI card, it auto configured...maybe I needed to. I still don't know why it would suddenly do that, though...it worked up until that point.

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#19 Post by chrismt »

I just wanted to give some encouragement of using Lucid on an old system

My config

1Ghz Pentium 4

128MB Ram

Nvidia RIVA TNT2

Realtek RTL 8187 Wireless Lan usb adapter


My software:

Firefox 3.6.9 with NoScript, Last.Fm addon

Opera 10.62

Opera 10.70

Firefox Beta 6 nightly

Pidgin

Instant Bird

Result:

I can browse with a little ease on Firefox with both addons in use except for flash heavy websites

Pidgin is a little stable whereas InstantBird is more worse

Thank you guys for giving a lease of life to my old hardware :wink:

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loosing wifi connection again.

#20 Post by Béèm »

Before going on a trip I had problems keeping the connection on lucid's before 511.
Last advice given was to put SeaMonkey in direct connection to the net, not via the system proxy setting.

Being back I tried first as it was and the connection seemed stable.
Now I installed 511 and the problem is back.

So time to set SeaMonkey to direct connection.

But the problem is still there.

When I look in /etc/resolv.con, the nameserver line is gone.
I issue dhcpcd eth1 (the wireless device) and the connection is ok again.
This repeats itself now.

So apparently the setting direct connect doesn't seem to cure the problem.
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#21 Post by 8-bit »

I had Gparted running and figured I would have it do a file system check of an NTFS partition.
It appeared to do this with no errors, but on a restart of Gparted, the NTFS partition had a caution flag next to it.
I found that fsck.ntfs does not exist in Puppy 5.11.
I also had to run a file system check on that partition from windows to recover.
Is there any reason that the fsck.ntfs file was removed from Puppy?

I write this also as a caution to NOT check NTFS partitions with Puppy 5.00 through 5.11.

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#22 Post by Béèm »

Good point about fsck.
But I don't recall having seen a fsck.ntfs even in earlier releases.
Maybe it was there in 3.xx releases.
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#23 Post by 8-bit »

I have seen that Streamtuner for Puppy does not include Shoutcast TV as an option.
So I did a search on the internet for "Shoutcast TV list.
I found one and made a link to it in my bookmarks.
I found that when I click on the link in my bookmarks, I am taken to a list of Shoutcast TV listings.
And gnomeplayer plays the selection from the list just fine.
I will not post that link though as it contains porn video sites along with the movie sites.
So use with caution!

To give you an example of movies I watched, Shutter Island, Green Zone, The Last Song.

This was with the "The Movie Channel" selection.

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#24 Post by willem1940NLD »

Getting curious what "shoutcast" is, I surfed the word and clicked a radio transmitter, smooth jazz .... it plays fine but I cannot see which of my mplayers took over and I will have to restart my computer trying to get disconnected.

(puppy 511)

:?:

Edit: sharpened the settings for default / favourite mediaplayers (a bit difficult since I cannot delete their plugins which kind of conflict with Firefox Mediaplayer Connectivity Addon). Mplayer works lousy, VLC good for tv and for radio.

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#25 Post by Billtoo »

When I exit to the prompt and press alt-f2 and alt-f3 I'm prompted for a username and password but there are only 3 terminals, I thought there used to be 4 available to use.Same thing in wary 070 so maybe something new?Or maybe it's always been 3 available and I'm mistaken?

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#26 Post by tasmod »

Deprecated modprobe.conf error message.

I've managed to trace the final message which appears onscreen during boot sequence.

This seems to cause so much consternation to some.

Now this is not a fix as it doesn't address the modprobe.conf problem but it does remove the boot error message.

The final message is derived from /usr/bin/xwin where it modprobes the mouse in lines 202 to 205.

Replace the lines with this to suppress the message:-

Code: Select all

#v408 k2.6.25.16 has serial driver as a module...
[ "`grep 'ttyS' /etc/mousedevice`" != "" ] && modprobe sermouse  > /dev/null  2>&1
#v411 precaution...
[ "`grep 'input/mice' /etc/mousedevice`" != "" ] && modprobe usbhid   > /dev/null  2>&1
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#27 Post by willem1940NLD »

tasmod wrote:Deprecated modprobe.conf error message.

I've managed to trace the final message which appears onscreen during boot sequence.

This seems to cause so much consternation to some.

Now this is not a fix as it doesn't address the modprobe.conf problem but it does remove the boot error message.

The final message is derived from /usr/bin/xwin where it modprobes the mouse in lines 202 to 205.

Replace the lines with this to suppress the message:-

Code: Select all

#v408 k2.6.25.16 has serial driver as a module...
[ "`grep 'ttyS' /etc/mousedevice`" != "" ] && modprobe sermouse  > /dev/null  2>&1
#v411 precaution...
[ "`grep 'input/mice' /etc/mousedevice`" != "" ] && modprobe usbhid   > /dev/null  2>&1
It is an irritating message of course, but please mention as well that your solution is not recommendable for noobs / plain Users, as the manipulation can be dangerous in unexperienced hands. I myself could probably follow up, but if I make an error and the programming gets damaged, I would not know how to repair.

I found the evidently useless message returning after several (formatted) re-installs / update installs so have chosen to simply ignore it, since I saw no consequences in the use of the OS itself.

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#28 Post by tasmod »

I don't think you are giving users credit. :) If they don't feel confident they won't alter it.

I posted here for playdayz and 01micko who can alter the main iso file to suit or issue an update in news.

The only difference in the code is the sending of the error messages to null using the bit of code at end of each line. If you replace and save then there should be no problems.

The hardest part was finding where the last error message was coming from. 8)
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#29 Post by Karl Godt »

The hardest part was finding where the last error message was coming from.
many times I `modprobe`d a driver manually at rxvt this message shows(ed) up

modprobe.conf exists at /etc and there is also a /etc/modprobe.d/

I copied /etc/modprobe.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ as someone here at the forum suggested at one or two installs and even without having copied it to there Puppy runs ...

[edit-0/1] /etc/modprobe.conf had been also a theme at the Quirky 1.2 feedback thread :
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=424471#424471
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#30 Post by tasmod »

Yes, as I explained this is not a fix for the modprobe but is instead a fix for the boot text message.

If a new user loads the iso with this fix applied he/she will not see the 'deprecated' message and therefore not worry.

Running modprobe will always bring up this message as it is generated each time.
As will looking in the various error and log files.

On the one hand it is deprecated but on the other we need the conf file as well.
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#31 Post by mavrothal »

I have Puppylinux 5.1.1 ruining on the OLPC XO-1.5 that has a VIA7 cpu and the VX800/VX820 chipset and I have problems with the openchrome driver.

Neither the default settings nor videowizard work. Modifying xorg.conf produces a usable driver but I have the problem that the camera is turned on all the time.
Even if I specify to " Disable "record" " module an/or " Oprion "I2CDevices" "Bus1" ", to ignore the bus that the camera is on, it is still loading record extension and looks at Bus1, 2 and 3 for I2CDevices.

Where these defaults are defined? How can you over ride them?

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#32 Post by Karl Godt »

On the one hand it is deprecated but on the other we need the conf file as well
it might be possible to download the source code of the `/sbin/modprobe` binary `which` I thought would be a link to `busybox` and delete/comment the(se) warning messages .... :?:

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Re: loosing wifi connection again.

#33 Post by Béèm »

Béèm wrote:Before going on a trip I had problems keeping the connection on lucid's before 511.
Last advice given was to put SeaMonkey in direct connection to the net, not via the system proxy setting.

Being back I tried first as it was and the connection seemed stable.
Now I installed 511 and the problem is back.

So time to set SeaMonkey to direct connection.

But the problem is still there.

When I look in /etc/resolv.con, the nameserver line is gone.
I issue dhcpcd eth1 (the wireless device) and the connection is ok again.
This repeats itself now.

So apparently the setting direct connect doesn't seem to cure the problem.
This morning I booted again from Lucid. After a while of no activity I lost again the connection. Nameserver entry in /etc/resolv.conf gone again.
But the trick to re-establish the connection with dhcpcd eth1 didn't work.
I had to reboot and redo the connection wizard (SNS) to have my connection back.
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#34 Post by axiz »

HI!!.. Well i tried 5.1 in a Dell Latitude C600 (PIII 750, 256MB Ram, Ati Rage 128), With Puppy 4.3.1, the Xorg config. file was extensive and very complete, i can use a 1024x768 resolution, but with 5.1, i just can get 800x600, with the modules loaded (r128 and DRI), i dont install Xorg_High, because it was just a test, but any idea of why?.. or... if i install Xorg_high it will fix things?...

sorry for my english........Axiz

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#35 Post by Karl Godt »

Nameserver entry in /etc/resolv.conf gone again.
Hadn`t have had this specific "again" but to delete the first line
#nameserver go in here

and add

nameserver 123.456.78.90 ( your specific DNS )
and perhaps the second ( I`ve got two )

and click "Try Again" at the browser works for me if pupdial doesn't get it to write them to /etc/resolv.conf at first Setup .

HTH[/u]
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