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[Snail]

Hi playdayz,

Thanks for taking the time to de-confuse me. I hope that the process will have been useful to others as well as myself.

[playdayz]

Three-Headed Dog Version 3 JAN 10 2012

Includes Instant Update 001 plus fixes for usb/sound (as in Lucid 528.004), Pmusic 2.3.0, Pburn 3.4.3, PupControl 1.8.7, Mtpaint 3.4.0, PupApps-1.6.1, PupSysInfo-2.0, PupSnap-1.6.3, ffmpeg libraries 0.8.9.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=70736

[Billtoo]

Running from the live dvd with a save file.
SNS configured wireless network connection.
I installed the renamed devx and kernel source sfs.
I installed Xorg_High-1.1-Lucid.pet
I downloaded and compiled the newest proprietary Nvidia driver.

Wed 11 Jan 2012 Operating System: Three-Headed_Dog-001 Linux 2.6.37.6
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600GT](rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA product: G84 Board - p402h00 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.7.6
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (411x263 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8600 GT/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 275.43

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600
Core 0: 1603 1: 1603 2: 1603 3: 1603 MHz

sh-4.1# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
49430 frames in 5.0 seconds
49470 frames in 5.0 seconds
49480 frames in 5.0 seconds

[James C]

Downloading ....give it a spin shortly.

[James C]

Just to make certain I haven't missed anything....the original "luci-529" release of Three-Headed-Dog and now 3 subsequent releases of "luci-001".Correct?

[playdayz]

James C, I would say

luci-529 - Original Three-Headed Dog
luci-001 - Three-Headed Dog Version 2 Take 2
(Instant_update 001 for 3HD) NOV 17 2011
luci-001.002 - current Three-Headed Dog Version 3 JAN 10 2012
(Instant_Update 002.1 for 3HD - will update either Version 1 or Version 2 to Version 3 specs)

IMHO people should use either the current luci-001.002.iso Version 3 or use the IU 002.1 to update either V1 or V2. to V3 specs. These are both in the first section of the first message of this thread.

[James C]

Fresh manual frugal install of luci-001.002.iso aka latest and greatest.
No problems.Looking good.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Three-Headed_Dog, version 001

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

Driver used by Xorg:
nvidia

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

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

# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
8448 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1689.582 FPS
10255 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2050.919 FPS
10210 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2041.856 FPS
10241 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2048.085 FPS
10272 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2054.345 FPS
10291 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2058.053 FPS
13620 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2723.159 FPS
15383 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3074.162 FPS
17235 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3446.954 FPS
17061 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3412.163 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1034MB (188MB used)
Operating System : Puppy Linux 0.00
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed 11 Jan 2012 03:52:10 PM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235

[Snail]

Just installed V3 by applying the update to the original 529. I am working in a brand new pupsave, so I'm reinstalling all my customisations from scratch.

I downloaded Seamonkey and installed the pet. I then went to Quickpet/Drivers and tested the graphics, which recommended Xorg-high. I was unable to get it downloaded by Quickpet, either from the test results window or directly from the drivers tab. It kept saying I was downloading something else, which I was not. Maybe the system hadn't recorded the fact that the earlier download had completed? A reboot fixed it however.

I noticed that all the items in Menu/Desktop/Country settings are noticeably slow to open on this Pentium 4 Dual core 3.4GHz system. (7 seconds for Set hardware-clock type) It might be a bit painful on my eee701.

I vaguely recall (My usual memory setting) that we should use UTC. Something to do with getting reliable timestamps? The default is UTC off. I set it on, is that right? If it is, should the default be changed?

I tested a random Youtube video and Seamonkey wanted to download a plug-in. Last time I installed Seamonkey to Lucid, I think that I was prompted to download the plugin. Now it isn't even in Quickpet. It is in the PPM. Is there now some way that we can dispense with adobe flashplayer?

I updated the PPM. Is it my imagination or is that even slower than a windows update? (Haven't done one of those for several years now thank God.) I thought that I saw an error message involving Wary but thought that I'd wait until the end of the update to scroll back up and look at it more closely. That didn't work, because although the window is supposedly scrollable, scrolling to the top still leaves you somewhere in the midst of all that garbage that is listed after the last file download. Only puppy-lucid-official and puppy-wary5-official are enabled. This is changed from before, why is this?

What does this mean?

[Snail]

That's weird! Rebooted and ran glxgears again. Now I get a mini-window showing smoothly running gears and this output:

[playdayz]

[Snail]

I clicked on the Menu/Internet/Install Flashplayer and downloaded the tar.gz file.

I then dragged the file from a Rox window into the entry box in the Flash-Installation 0.1 window and hit OK. I got the message: "No file was selected". I tried again using the file browser method, with the same result. I tested and the plug-in is not there, as expected.

I rebooted and immediately tried again, same result.

Do I have to unpack the tar.gz archive first?

[jim3630]

snail

i just did the same as you and it worked. no you do not unpack it.

[Snail]

Now I have succeeded too. I deleted the .tar.gz file from the directory
/mnt/home/Puppy ISOs, where I had it. I reran the installer from scratch but this time I put the download in /root.

It appears that there is a problem with the program if you put the download too deep in the directory structure? If so, this is unfortunately quite common with Puppy utilities. Anyone else tried using this with an "exotic' download directory?

[majorfoo]

D/L and booted from live cd

Internet auto connected
sound works great

Did full install and loaded several applications from my saved stuff

works great

Thanks to bigpup for the three dogs that I use for my wallpaper

[Snail]

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