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Everything you need is at:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... ppy-5.3.1/

Please read release-Slacko-5.3.1.htm

Please report anything good or bad.

Thank you.


ADDED.. deltas

delta for MAIN 31M
delta for PAE_HIGHMEM 27M
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older 5.3 bugfixes

1. petget (PPM) fix
This fixes an issue where it appeared a whole repo would be listed as dependencies

2. Getflash fix

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Congratulations Mick,

Frugal installation to an ext4 partition. I just upgraded my 4fs save file from RC2 and it works perfectly, although I had to manually choose the nividia driver. The problem I noted with RC2 has been corrected. Next is to upgrade my Full HD installation which will be my main pup.

Great,
Jim

Thanks 01micko, job well done, and I appreciate all your efforts on behalf of the users.

I did a manual frugal install to a 4gb flash drive which had been formatted ext4,
boot flag set, with grub4dos installed.
On first boot X wouldn't start so I had to choose vesa at a low resolution.
I installed devx + kernel source sfs + NVIDIA-Linux-x86-285.05.09.run

Mon 24 Oct 2011 Operating System: Slacko Puppy-5.3 Linux 2.6.39.4
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 430] (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA product: GF108 Board - 1071v0p1 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.9.5
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (524x292 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 GT 430/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW!
OpenGL version string: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09

# glxgears
61786 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12357.042 FPS
61922 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12384.271 FPS
61926 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12385.193 FPS

Computer
Processor 6x AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1045T Processor
Memory 8310MB (128MB used)

I changed the look a bit

Thankyou 01micko!

Hi Puppylings,

Barry just wrote in his blog:

"Please don't read too much into the version numbers, 5.3 (Slacko), 5.2 (Wary), 5.2.8 (Lucid). Our puppies follow parallel but independent paths, with different version numbering."

For the sake of users and newcomers, may I suggest a slight change in how Puppies are numbered? How about a preceding letter. For instance:

Slacko 5.3 would be S5.3
Wary 5.2 would become W5.2
Lucid 5.2.8 would become L5.2.8

Unless there is a technical reason, would this not be clearer to many user?

TIA for any consideration.

I never really do upgrades but..........manual frugal upgrade from RC2 to 5.30 on the Athlon XP box.No problems and all pre-installed apps appear to be intact.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.3

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

Driver used by Xorg:
nvidia

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: " 1440x900 " Depth: Depth 24

...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.
12860 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2571.951 FPS
12782 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2556.312 FPS
12983 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2596.524 FPS
12693 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2538.452 FPS
12721 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2544.130 FPS
12397 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2479.299 FPS


-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1034MB (216MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Mon 24 Oct 2011 08:55:53 PM CDT
-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

Works good on my E-205 but as with every other Puppy my wireless isn't working on the laptop, I tried my pets from 525 and 528 and neither work, and I tried manually adding in the microcode and it didn't work either don't know whats up with it, its the iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode that my wireless requires but for some reason isn't working after being added in.

DPUP5520 wrote:Works good on my E-205 but as with every other Puppy my wireless isn't working on the laptop, I tried my pets from 525 and 528 and neither work, and I tried manually adding in the microcode and it didn't work either don't know whats up with it, its the iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode that my wireless requires but for some reason isn't working after being added in.

What do your pets install - a kernel module? These are kernel-specific, so a Lupu version won't work in Slacko.

pet simply adds the iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode into the /lib/firmware folder which solved my wireless issues for 528 as it found and used the microcode for my wireless card however no such luck with 5.3

I notice that tempestuous' package here is named for a specific kernel. Is that the one you are using?

I posted the firmware update necessary for the iwlagn wifi driver in Three-Headed Dog here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 095#568095
but unfortunately Mick did not include it in Slacko 5.3.

thank you i'll test it immediately

Edit: Worked great, thanks a lot i appreciate it.

Slacko 5.3 main

Still having this problem.

Frugal install to USB flash drive
Save option - save to partition sdb1(the flash drive)

menu->shutdown->reboot or poweroff

Goes to saving session to sdb1 message

Then back to desktop.

Does not poweroff computer or reboot.

If you make a save file to flash drive. no problems.

This only happens if you use save option save to sdb1 (the flash drive)

Congratulation Mick!
Well done.

Is there a change log (over RC2) somewhere?

tempestuous wrote:I posted the firmware update necessary for the iwlagn wifi driver in Three-Headed Dog here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 095#568095
but unfortunately Mick did not include it in Slacko 5.3.

Hmm.. missed that one. Noted.

mavrothal wrote:Congratulation Mick!
Well done.

Is there a change log (over RC2) somewhere?

Here.
Removed superfluous "$" char from /usr/sbin/shutdownconfig, line 578
Fixed template for getopt (woof)
added zdump to main sfs instead of devx

That's it!

two copies of the lights blue wallpaper (same name but one with a capital letter in Jpg) - hence two files . . .

01micko wrote:

mavrothal wrote:Congratulation Mick!
Well done.

Is there a change log (over RC2) somewhere?

Here.
Removed superfluous "$" char from /usr/sbin/shutdownconfig, line 578
Fixed template for getopt (woof)
added zdump to main sfs instead of devx

That's it!

None of which will presumably address the wireless problems which I have reported on numerous occasions. I'll be sticking with Lupu for the time being, but I have found testing Slacko on the Pentium D interesting if ultimately frustrating.

Best wishes for the success of Slacko, and I'll keep an eye on future developments.

All is well on a laptop. Apps are running without failure. Desktop performance is simply, great! This is a great accomplishment and contribution to the community.

I've run, both, 5.3 versions side by side., Looking thru the reports, I cannot see ANY performance differences. Yet PAE is seeing ALL of my RAM and PAE desktop appears to be slightly more responsive.

Thanks for this. .....THANKS!

@01micko

please check for the pm that I sent you this morning.