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scsijon · Posted: Mon 31 Jan 2011, 03:26 Post subject: 52 problem

New problem for you (I think).

Booted the main internet box up this afternoon after a hard mornings work on another box.

It booted up to the point of showing the cursor on a black background, mouse moved cursor ok, but that was it.

Shutdown using C-A-D ok and booted to nox.

Just could not get the xwin or xorgwizard to start.

did a e2fsck after rebooting to another partition, nothing found, could see all files and directories ok. No error messages or anything.

wierd

I ended up by moving the latest root and rebuilding again (see my message above on how I do it), shifting root back, rebooting and everything came back ok as if nothing had happened.

regards
scsijon

If it happens again i'll try to save the parn, but as the drive is small I only have three large partitions and the other two are dedicated to my woof tree and wary5.

bones01 · Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Posts: 363 Location: Melbourne, Aus

Hi all,

I've found an intriguing problem with wbar. I d/led wbar from PPM a while ago and got everything working, but whenever I start the computer, I get a double wbar. If I go to desktop > desktop settings > wbar setup and click 'start', then one of them disappears.

I uninstalled, and d/led a fresh copy and the same thing happens.

It's not an earth shattering problem, but a problem none-the-less.

Bones

Jim1911 · Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 2353 Location: Texas, USA

bones01 · Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Posts: 363 Location: Melbourne, Aus

Ravenous Bugblatter Beast · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 7

A minor issue: "ntp 123/udp" is missing from /etc/services, so the installed ntpdate command to synchronise with an internet time server doesn't work.

bigpup · Posted: Wed 02 Feb 2011, 03:12 Post subject:

Playdayz,

Does Lucid 5.2 have this update to pfix=ram?

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02034

live · Joined: 10 Feb 2010 Posts: 108

First I want to congratulate all the people who did Puppy 5.2, a great & readily noticeable job has been done since I discovered 4.3.1. Smile

Probably also for 5.0 & 5.1 but I didn't test it much as was waiting to experience deeper changes.

In one of the post about 5.2 I saw about the future of 5.2, was what about fixing Puppy and that reported bugs in previous versions were not fixed, alas so it is and hope so has it been.

So I pick some I notice:
* Sound does not work through HDMI interface
* Picassa does not display correctly files or folders name with non-english char - probably this still due to old and buggy ntfs-3g version of 2010-1-16
Once I read that playdayz had change it to a more stable & recent one, well a console ntfs-3g --help proofs the contrary. Sad

* OpenShot does not start even if I pre-installed Python, actually I first tried with the brillant Puppy Studio 3.3 but same issue. When I ask for missing dependicies for OpenShot there are many. Cinerella opens OK
* can't view pictures in RAW format (Picassa 3 beta does not show them correctly)

I have already reported, but will emphase once again its importance, please update to the latest system components
ntfs-3g, Gparted, ...
Have a look to http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=changelog Patrick do know the importance of this.

How do you want to claim for a change from Windows to Linux, if one can't write or read properly to a ntfs partition??
Many people are not aware of this, because they work on play simple ntfs partition in plain English, but has soon as you are out of this, issues are coming. Personaly, in 2009, I reported regarding ntfs, now fixed, it was so serious that after having copied a file (with un usual characters) that neither through Linux, nor through Win I could delete it! I had no other option than to reformat my partition ...

Do look at the long fixing changelog http://www.tuxera.com/community/release-history/

Feature suggestion:
* Add to the default configuration start-up wizard ability to modify the Global font size
* LibreOffice in quicket as ppt file are common and csv have a buggy support with Gnumeric

Thanks and long live to Puppy

swiatmar · Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 238 Location: Danube, AT

Hello!!

I have some problem with saving to ram on lucid puppy 5.2. It takes extremely long to save!!!.
I am using lucid as a frugal install on a usb stick with a dual core PC. Before I was using quirky and it newer took longer as one minute. With lucid it takes usually about 5-10 min. also by shutting down Sad

The other problem is that many times after restart lucid show me a massage, that system wasn't closed correctly,but after this 5-10 min lucid closed the system..........

swiatmar · Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 238 Location: Danube, AT

@ Bones01:

xman · Joined: 24 Sep 2009 Posts: 145

Yes, I found a passable browser for Lupu-5.2. As I reported earlier, PPM, Opera 11.01 and Firefox 3.6.13 & 4b were freezing, and Midori was crashing.

Still, I have live-cd burned and I can't forget it. So, I have to give 3rd fresh start for Lupu-5.2. And indeed, browsers installed from Chrome-8-stable.deb (http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?hl=en) or Iron-8.0.555.0-Lucid.pet without any extra libs are behaving quite well in my old laptop (amd-512).

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9382 Location: SwedenEurope

How does Chrome solve what Noscript solve in Firefox?

How do I set up such in Chrome or Iron?

xman · Joined: 24 Sep 2009 Posts: 145

whytej2 · Joined: 26 Apr 2010 Posts: 7

HI,
Been happily using linux since 2007 and puppy linux since 4.3.1. I have tried many distros but I have stuck with ubuntu (because i can get everything to work) and puppy linux (because its lightning fast.).

I am very pleased with puppy 5.2 but somehow I cant get the wireless to stick. I connect and every five minutes sometimes two it disconnects.

This only happens with lupu (any version) as all other distros and Puppy 4.3 maintain the connection.

I tried lighthouse pup 5.02 and I only had to set the connection the first time and whenever i booted up the connection was ever-present (does anyone know how that was achieved?). however I prefer lupu.

This wireless issue is the only show stopper at the minute. can any one please help.

Specs:
Compaq NX7010 (Laptop)
1g ram
intel pentium(r)M processor 1600Mhz
wireless=pci:lan 2100 3b mini pci adapter
module ipw2100

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9382 Location: SwedenEurope

xman that was a good thing to know. Even psw protected too. I did not even knew that Chrome had any extensions. Thanks for telling about it.

canbyte · Joined: 10 Jan 2009 Posts: 264 Location: Hamilton, Canada

When 511 became official release, i gave it a try but even though it looked nice and seemed stable, devx didn't work so i had to give up. When 5.2 became official, i'm giving it a try but looks like i'll be giving up and going back to semi-reliable 421, which can run my OKI printer. I think i put the wrong (latest) firefox in which turns out to be beta. It seems a step backward from 511 even if bugs were fixed. I've learned my lesson - wait for release x.3.1 to become official. By the third iteration, most bugs have been fixed and the extra bells and whistles are reintroduced. Jimho! PS. Kudos to all our developers.

My suggestion is on the official release page, differentiate as follows

Official Release Recommended

Column 1, Column 2, Column 3, Column 4

User type, Noobs, Linux users, Techies Geeks

Hardware

New Desk , 431 or 531, 521, 520

New laptop, 431 or 532, 521, 520

Old desk, 431 or ??, 431 or woof, latest woof

Old laptop xxx, yyy, zzz,

The real trick is to list caveats and limitations as much as possible, at least in the noobs column.

I see my formatting didn't turn out so i just put commas for columns

Just an idea