Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

BarryK · Posted: Fri 25 Feb 2011, 20:34 Post subject:

If you have Wary 5.1 installed, here is the easy way to upgrade to 5.1.1 (93KB):

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-wary5/service_pack_wary-5.1-to-5.1.1.pet

...a massive 93KB download!

One thing it does not do though, is fix the duplicate-listing problem of save-files at bootup, as described here (and earlier in this forum thread):

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02155

...to fix that, you need to download the complete 5.1.1 live-CD.

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 2637 Location: Earth

Sorry but I should have done a better job of indicating where the VESA support that I use comes from....XORGWIZARD.

R U saying that xorgwizard steers me to buggy code?
Am I using it improperly; at system startup without doing a "probe" it has desktop problems AND even when I do a "Probe" it continues to have desktop problems. Further, glxgears is reporting much faster performance afer re-running xorgwizard for VESA than using ANY driver in the system/PPM for video.

Something is not right with desktop video behavior in this particular laptop. If there is some other info you would like provided I will.

I am particularly interested in why glxgears (the performance tool of choice in Puppyland) is reporting better performance when the Pristine system is configured for VESA that all other combinations of normal and xorgwizard setups.

Just trying to understand.

FeodorF · Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Posts: 70 Location: Heidelberg, Germany

Doglover · Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 163

tater · Joined: 29 May 2010 Posts: 30 Location: Michigan, USA

I have two boxes I'm running wary511 on.

I'm running kernel 2.6.31.14 on an old p3 600 slot1 with 256ram. It's now a headless samba server. It's rock solid and gave new life to an otherwise useless pc. This happens to be the first computer I built back in '99 and I'm happy to say that it's running better on wary than it ever did on windows.

I also have an old p4 1.7ghz with 512mb ram that I'm running kernel 2.6.32.28. This old box is also running sweet on wary. The nvidia drivers are working well on both systems. They both have ancient nvidia cards.

Thank you so much, Barry, and all involved with puppy linux!

Peace! Very Happy

Henry · Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 811 Location: Oregon USA

I never stray much from QNop12 but thought I'd try the latest wary (small iso). Looked like a chance to try a modern Scribus, with only one dependency (Qt4).

Installed with ppm, it ran but complained: python plugin failed - look at detail in stderr. Said "something is probably broken with your python." What best to do?

EDIT: Actually, I don't know what python even does here. Scribus seems to work. Searching for python in the PPM yields nothing, not even a flicker, unlike searching for xfce, which gives a red banner. I was just curious. I installed a python pet to no avail. I don't expect to use Scribus anyway Smile

Also I have an etho and eth1 wired interfaces and have to choose one again after each boot. Not important and I think was mentioned above.

Otherwise things are getting better and better. Clean and crisp. Thanks, Barry

http://henrystrobel.com/linux.htm

BarryK

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4742 Location: Kentucky

Fresh manual frugal install of Wary 511 on the old P3 test machine.Everything working well on initial boot....sound,internet and display all working and correct.

VIDEO REPORT: Wary Puppy, version 511

Chip description:
Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub]
Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]

Driver used by Xorg:
intel

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
#

-Computer-
Processor : Pentium III (Coppermine)
Memory : 254MB (112MB used)
Operating System : Puppy Linux 0.51
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Mon 28 Feb 2011 01:14:25 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa GLX Indirect
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : ICH - Intel 82801AA-ICH

-Version-
Kernel : Linux 2.6.32.28 (i686)
Compiled : #1 SMP Sat Feb 5 11:15:25 GMT-8 2011
C Library : GNU C Library version 2.10.1 (stable)
Default C Compiler : Unknown
Distribution : Puppy Linux 0.51

Working well on all 3 computers I've installed on.

bigpup · Posted: Mon 28 Feb 2011, 04:17 Post subject:

bleriot · Joined: 25 Feb 2011 Posts: 11

Hi!

I installed wary 5.11 yesterday on my old Toshiba Portégé 4000. Everything works very well but the wireless. There is no way to connect to the internet using the wireless method.

On the contrary, Puppy 4.31 loads the orinoco_cs module automatically and finds the proper interface (eth1) so I can connect to the internet without problems.

If I manually load orinoco_cs the problem persists. I get a message saying that no new interfaces have been found...

I'm sorry but I cannot provide with the specific model of wireless card. I've searched for hours and the only spec that I can find about this adapter is "toshiba wireless minicard". Seems, however to be built by Lucent technologies.

Any help?

Thank you very much.

---- EDIT

I forgot to mention that I installed:

wary-511-k2.6.32.28.iso

Thanks again.

Michalis · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 237 Location: Greece

I have some problems with wary 511.

1. While booting up and shutting down many times it stalls without doing anything until I press continuously any key in the keyboard. Sometimes it does it also while I'm using it until I press any key or move the mouse. The stranger is that it doesn't do it every time but until now most of the times.

I had this again with early quirkies but not with the latest quirky 140.

2. In xorgwizard I probe for the video resolution and although I choose 1680x1050, which is the monitor's native resolution and also the graphic card supports it, when booting in wary the resolution is 1400x1050. I go to the xorg video wizard to the resolution changer and I can't choose 1680x1050. Even stranger in the xorg.conf the resolution is set up to 1680x1050 Shocked

If I don't probe but I try to choose the graphic card's driver X doesn't start. I have an ATI 4250 and it doesn't start either I choose ATI or Radeon driver (I don't know which one should I choose).

The resolution problem set to 1400x1050 I have it also in puppy 4.31 and quirky 140, but through the resolution changer I can choose the correct resolution.

3. I can't update the X driver of my card neither the X to 7.5. For my card it says that there isn't any driver when in quirky 140 I have download the driver, so there is. When I try to update the X to 7.5 it downloads the package but doesn't install it.

4. Because I tried to update the X to 7.5 many times but at the end it didn't install now at ppm I have in the installed packages many empty lines. also when I checked the user-installed-packages file I have the following:

FeodorF · Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Posts: 70 Location: Heidelberg, Germany

Dear Barry,

do you want me to try with less RAM(768MB, 512MB or 256MB+SWAP-partition)?

Cheers, FeodorF

Oh, I forgot one thing to mention (in common) about CD size.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM

I have two very old spare drives; only being able to address 650MB(74min).

If you would have a drive like this installed with your SiS board, that could create md5sum errors to. (But only if the CD is filled up to the max with data.)

FeodorF · Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Posts: 70 Location: Heidelberg, Germany

That is cool!

Seamonkey kept crashing on Wary 5.1.1 k-2.6.32.28 .

I went into the BIOS-setup and changed DRAM clock&timing to new values. The new values are now:

AMI-BIOS 07.00T

ADVANCED SETUP
...
DRAM CAS# Latency : SPD
Timing Setting Mode : Normal
...

-----------------------------------------------------
it was offered : SPD, 2T, 2.5T 3T
and : Safe, Normal, Fast, Ultra
-----------------------------------------------------

After the changes there were no more crashes of Seamonkey. Hope this helps.

Cheers, FeodorF