IcePuppy-014 for newer and Ice Puppy-015 for older computers

[pemasu]

Ice Puppy-004 has been reuploaded.

[James C]

Ice Puppy-004 has been reuploaded.

Got it.

[pemasu]

Ice Puppy has foxlibs installed because of xfe file manager. There is also nice goggles music manager which uses fox libs but it needs xine libs also.
I searched and found that dxirc also is foxlibs app.
Just for fun of it I compiled it, tested and made pet of it.
It should autoconnect to the puppylinux forum.
There is really no need for third irc app, but if you feel boring, give it a spin

It is something like xchat. You get spelling working by installing libaspell from ubuntu repo by using ppm.

[marco07]

pemasu:
I can not boot ice puppy 004 from flash drive setup by unetboot. Although I edited the configuration files on the unetboot by changing pmedia=cd to pmedia=usbflash, it still searches for puppy files on the hard drive and drops me to terminal.

[myke]

Pemasu, finally got a chance to d/l and test out Ice-puppy 4. Got some problems. The worst is lost my USB mouse - don't know why - had it in Ice-Puppy 1. Noticed on boot-up that the ENE card reader not enabled. Did a lsmod command and noticed that keucr was not loaded - did a modprobe keucr and got an error message, text attached.

Good news, modprobe coretemp worked. I also installed xsensor - nice graphic - didn't work in other pup (Snow-Puppy 14, I believe).

Tried lupe11.pet for the new kernel - didn't work, was it supposed to?

I still like the speed of Ice-puppy but miss the mouse - hate the trackpad - am dyslexic, scientific way to say basically clumsy - and miss the card reader.

myke

[Billtoo]

I did a frugal install of icepup 04 aka snowpuppy-004.iso on my acer
revo nettop computer.

Summary
Computer
Processor 4x Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
Memory 1814MB (238MB used)
Operating System Puppy Linux 0.00
User Name root (root)
Date/Time Fri 22 Apr 2011 09:22:38 PM EDT
Display
Resolution 1280x1024 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Software Rasterizer
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Multimedia
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
Audio Adapter USB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d
Input Devices
Power Button
Power Button
PC Speaker
UVC Camera (046d:08c5)
Chicony 2.4G Multimedia Wireless Kit
Chicony 2.4G Multimedia Wireless Kit

sh-4.1# glxgears
560 frames in 5.0 seconds
645 frames in 5.0 seconds
652 frames in 5.0 seconds
648 frames in 5.0 seconds
sh-4.1# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Ice Puppy, version 004

Chip description:
oem: NVIDIA
product: MCP79 Board - hornet-0 Chip Rev

Driver used by Xorg:


Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth:

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
sh-4.1#

It has an nvidia ion graphics chip and I install the proprietary
driver later.

The screen resolution should be 1440x900 but other than that it's working okay.

[James C]

I just finished maxing out an old box with Kingston dual-channel ddr2 ram so here's Ice Puppy 004 live pfix=ram.Everything working correctly on initial boot......sound,internet and display.Sound volume seems a bit low but is working.

-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Memory : 2066MB (195MB used)
Operating System : Puppy Linux 0.00
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 22 Apr 2011 09:59:20 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945G GEM 20091221 2009Q4 x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel



VIDEO REPORT: Ice Puppy, version 004

Chip description:
Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller

Driver used by Xorg:


Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth:

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


# glxgears
5466 frames in 5.0 seconds
5711 frames in 5.0 seconds
6623 frames in 5.0 seconds
6594 frames in 5.0 seconds
6615 frames in 5.0 seconds
6588 frames in 5.0 seconds
6137 frames in 5.0 seconds

# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 2066184 677592 1388592 0 77484
Swap: 0 0 0
Total: 2066184 677592 1388592
#

Looking really good on this box.

[James C]

Back again.

Ice Puppy 004 live pfix=ram on my main Linux box.Everything working and correct on initial boot..... sound, internet and display (1440x900).Looking good on this box too.

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1034MB (194MB used)
Operating System : Puppy Linux 0.00
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 22 Apr 2011 11:06:02 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Software Rasterizer
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235
-Input Devices-
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse
Power Button
Power Button
PC Speaker
-Printers (CUPS)-
CUPS-PDF
pdf_writer : <i>Default</i>



VIDEO REPORT: Ice Puppy, version 004

Chip description:
oem: NVidia
product: NV18 () Board Chip Rev A2

Driver used by Xorg:


Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth:
...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video

# glxgears
354 frames in 5.0 seconds
357 frames in 5.0 seconds
368 frames in 5.0 seconds
329 frames in 5.0 seconds
371 frames in 5.0 seconds

# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 1034492 617880 416612 0 69864
Swap: 1228936 0 1228936
Total: 2263428 617880 1645548
#

[James C]

Ice Puppy 004 live multi-session cd. Once again, everything working and correct on initial boot.

-Computer-
Processor : 4x AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor
Memory : 3884MB (191MB used)
Operating System : Puppy Linux 0.00
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sat 23 Apr 2011 01:49:47 AM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Software Rasterizer
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia



VIDEO REPORT: Ice Puppy, version 004

Chip description:
oem: NVIDIA
product: MCP61 - mcp61-86 Chip Rev

Driver used by Xorg:


Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth:

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

# glxgears
2212 frames in 5.0 seconds
2016 frames in 5.0 seconds
2205 frames in 5.0 seconds
2222 frames in 5.0 seconds
2216 frames in 5.0 seconds
2220 frames in 5.0 seconds
2195 frames in 5.0 seconds

VGA compatible controller : nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2)

# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 3884608 637164 3247444 0 70864
Swap: 0 0 0
Total: 3884608 637164 3247444
#


I'm 4 out of 4........ everything working on initial boot on 4 different boxes, looking really good. ( I did a frugal install on the old P4 too, too late to post about it )

[l2ulinux]

This Summary was made on line watching SYFY Channel. No problem with
Video are Sound. Thanks for the great work.

Summary
Computer
Processor 4x Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
Memory 2063MB (320MB used)
Operating System Puppy Linux 0.00
User Name root (root)
Date/Time Sat 23 Apr 2011 01:56:35 AM GMT-8
Display
Resolution 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945G GEM 20091221 2009Q4 x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Multimedia
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
Input Devices
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
Power Button
Power Button
PC Speaker
HID 1241:1166
Printers (CUPS)
CUPS-PDF
pdf_writer Default
Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 2.6.38.2 (i686)
Compiled #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 21 22:44:43 GMT-8 2011
C Library GNU C Library version 2.11.1 (stable)
Default C Compiler Unknown
Distribution Puppy Linux 0.00
Current Session
Computer Name puppypc
User Name root (root)
Home Directory /root
Desktop Environment Unknown (Window Manager: JWM)
Misc
Uptime 3 hours, 25 minutes
Load Average 0.00, 0.03, 0.06

[pemasu]

Myke, marco07 et al. Thank you of your reports. There is something wrong in that reuploaded version.
The keucr does not give that error for me. Yes, my laptop started to use keucr for my sd card reader when it was available.
Myke, it would help if you could track which kernel module is behind your usb mouse.
Good news. Unetbootin failed for me also so now I can debug usb unetbootin myself.
I start debuggineg immediately systematically now. First notice, my ext4 had errors when I ran fsck. It just can be that the build was corrupted.

Myke, The kernel pet is for woof building. You cant use it just by installing it. I am not fan of kernel switching. I will support woof building method only.

I believe atm the problem was with build, not the kernel per se.
But corrupted file system. Damn. It means that the kernel compile can be corrupted also. Alright, I will do it clean way. I will recompile the kernel also and make new pet of it. Fortunately I have the building Ice Puppy still intact, so everything is ready for new compile. Kernel sources, specs so it just take time, but not effort much.

Probably I will make fresh new Ice Puppy-005 build after all these procedures has been done. It will take some time.

I will take the reuploaded version out from ftp server now, so that none else will have problems.
Well well, RHE releases are like that.

I know that development could go also so that developer tests profoundly before releases the build. But I just like it this way. When people debugs at the beginning there always will be found bugs which would have been unnoticed. I have already fixed some puppy bugs based on forum feedback.

[pemasu]

Compiling kernel now again. Based on reports in this thread and the 2.6.38.3 kernel thread I have gone through all the kernel specs and modified the previous specs. Just for fun of it and also to maybe make it more hw friendly.f
I found also the bug in my miscellaneous filesystem section. Aufs was compiled static, not as module as it should be.
Probably reason to that usb nonbooting failure.

[maik.murks]

Ice Puppy-004 has been reuploaded.

Hi pemasu,

could you tell me please, where is the ISO of Ice Puppy-004?
I've only found the DEVX of Ice Puppy-004.

Thanks

maik.murks

[Béèm]

Maybe still uploading.
But did you see the icepuppy-005 directory? to be filled

[myke]

Pesamu, sorry for the report. Somehow by trying to update the save file all the problems arose. I guess I don't understand the workings of the save file and the kernel (which I thought would take care of the mouse and the card reader). Starting Ice-Puppy 4 w/o the save file has eliminated the problems with the mouse and the card reader.

I modprobed coretemp and installed xsensor, which both work fine.

myke

[pemasu]

Myke. I thought so. Your problem was so difficult to pinpoint to the kernel per se. I even suspected you had used savefile of the previous build.
But anyway. Going through kernel specs made me add more support.
The usb booting problem is still a little confusing for me.
But my compiling and building platform is now good.
Next thing is to redownload woof and start from the fresh woof, if usb booting problem still exists with the new kernel. Now Squashfs, Aufs, Initramfs are surely ok. I dont much use usb booting, got even a working stick from my son.
Tmpfs usage in usb booting and problems with it arises my suspicion to the woof platform than to the kernel.
But lets see.

About IcePuppy-004. It is history anyway. I removed it. It worked fine for me, but there really was some kernel specs wrong.

I havent remembered to emphatize that testing new kernel and build, ALWAYS start with FRESH install. IF everything is ALRIGHT, then use savefile, but dont report bugs caused by savefile of the other kernel version and build version. If it works, fine. If it does not, too bad.

[marco07]

pemasu:
I went ahead and burned a CD of 004. Installed 004 (frugal) from live CD on my Thinkpad R60. The followings are issues I have encountered so far:
- No battery icons on the system try
- Flash video streaming gets interrupted and eventually stalled. Best way to test this is to run one of the highlight news item, with a little camera at the end of its title, on CNN web site.
- The lap top has 4gigs memory, still shows 3.??. No big deal, just FYI.
I thought I'd better let you know about these before the 005 release.
Will be testing 005 ASA uploaded.
Thanks!

[pemasu]

Marco07. That is ok. Ice Puppy-004 is history now.
Ice Puppy-005 under testing now. Posting from usb unetbootin and no 005 sfs in my hdd. So no possibility of wrong detection and booting from hdd.
It detects usb booting when you ADD pdev1=sdbX in my case pdev1=sdb1 to the kernel row. For some it can be sdc or sdd also. Depends on in what letter your usb stick is detected.
I really dont know yet why pmedia=usbflash does not work.

And this is definetely Highmem and PAE enabled and with Intel Atom optimization.

Lsmod shows that modules are loaded. Sorry this long paste, but it is for reference for me also.

sh-4.1# lsmod
Module Size Used by
cpufreq_ondemand 6152 0
freq_table 1635 1 cpufreq_ondemand
i915 223093 7
drm_kms_helper 19479 1 i915,[permanent]
usbhid 24908 0
fan 1694 0
keucr 69911 0
uvcvideo 45322 0
videodev 44282 1 uvcvideo
arc4 962 2
ecb 1373 2
option 12770 0
usb_wwan 6362 1 option
usbserial 20882 2 option,usb_wwan
uas 5271 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 16721 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 201141 1
snd_seq_dummy 895 0
snd_hda_intel 15927 0
snd_seq_oss 18931 0
snd_hda_codec 44641 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 3818 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 26874 0
snd_mixer_oss 9837 1 snd_pcm_oss
pcspkr 1175 0
snd_seq_midi 3240 0
snd_pcm 45996 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi_event 3588 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 12203 1 snd_seq_midi
fbcon 28431 69
bitblit 3514 1 fbcon
softcursor 801 1 bitblit
tileblit 1533 1 fbcon
font 6928 1 fbcon
snd_seq 32476 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ath9k 63303 0
atl1c 22689 0
snd_seq_device 3619 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
mac80211 129107 1 ath9k
sg 18997 0
snd_timer 12143 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
ath9k_common 1261 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 239834 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath 10257 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
cfg80211 97273 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
intel_ips 6585 0
i2c_i801 6030 0
snd 33065 13 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_timer
soundcore 3310 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 4745 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
acer_wmi 13475 0
sparse_keymap 1892 1 acer_wmi
rfkill 10234 2 cfg80211,acer_wmi
shpchp 17853 0
pci_hotplug 16927 1 shpchp
intel_agp 7832 1 i915
intel_gtt 10130 3 i915,intel_agp
battery 7908 0
wmi 5918 1 acer_wmi
thermal 6058 0
evdev 6012 0
video 9353 1 i915
button 3590 1 i915
ac 2283 0
power_supply 5471 2 battery,ac
processor 20587 0
thermal_sys 9895 4 fan,thermal,video,processor
hwmon 965 1 thermal_sys
fuse 47450 0
aufs 117879 1678
squashfs 18722 1
sh-4.1# ^C

[pemasu]

Ice Puppy-005 has been released and uploaded. Quite a lot new modules added.

[nooby]

What about this one then. Does that has something that help get my fan
and thermal or is that kind of out of question for this kernel?
Yes sorry this is in snowpup5 based on 513
# lsmod
Module Size Used by

atl1c 23008 0
videodev 30650 1 uvcvideo
fan 2510 0
video 15230 1 i915
thermal 9443 0
#

what does it mean?

okay I test lsmod on many puppies until I find that thing then and I download and test it on Ice5 too and Fluppy and ...