Slacko Puppy 5.3.1

[Billtoo]

I burned the 531 main iso to a DVD+RW.
On first boot it went to the xorgwizard screen and I chose probe and
the proper screen resolution,probe used the vesa driver so I exited to
the prompt and reran xorgwizard and chose the intel driver.
I installed the mesa pets.

Mon 12 Dec 2011 Operating System: Slacko Puppy-5.3.1 Linux 2.6.37.6
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 10)
oem: Intel(r)Q33/Q35/G33 Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS product: Intel(r)Q33/Q35/G33 Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg Driver: intel
X.Org version: 1.9.5
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (338x270 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) G33 x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 7.10.2

Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200
Core 0: 1200 1: 1200 MHz
Computer
Processor 2x Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50GHz
Memory 3364MB (159MB used)
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
303 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.479 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.016 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.018 FPS

The only problem so far is that pairs of white dots will appear
randomly on the screen, restarting x will remove them temporarily but
they show up again in other areas of the screen.
I see that minimizing a window causes them, they are coming from the
corners of a maximized window, moving the window to a different area
and minimizing it causes the dots to appear where the corners were.

Edit: I switched back to the vesa driver and the 2 dots problem is
gone.
# glxgears
1928 frames in 5.0 seconds = 385.491 FPS
1896 frames in 5.0 seconds = 379.076 FPS
1889 frames in 5.0 seconds = 377.794 FPS
That's faster too.

[Brown Mouse]

Installed 531 to a desktop computer with p4 dual core 3ghz,processor,1gb ram,Nvidia en210 graphics card.
At Xorgwizard ,selected correct resolution and once booted (with working sound) changed region,language etc.
Created a new 512mb savefile,rebooted and installed recommended Nvidia-285.05.09 driver and rebooted once more.
Setup firewall and have so far installed the following .pets using PPM,Slickpet and Ibiblio repo:-

Jre-1.7.0-20
Flash player 11
Pidgin-2.7.11
Opera-11.52 also Opera 12 freestanding
Pwidgets-2.3.8
pupclockset-1.6.1
Gimp-2.7.2
Tor-browser-2.2.33-2-slacko(Configured with my own settings)
Wine-1.3.28
Vlc_standalone-1.1.11
Chromium-17.0.945
Thunderbird 8
Lupufy-slacko-004
Lupufy-slacko-openbox-002

Sfs’s
LibreOfc-3.3.1_en_USsfs4.sfs
Virtualbox-4.1.6-slacko.sfs

Everything working to perfection so far and been running all day so will now do a backup and increase the savefile by adding a further 512mb’s

Thanks 01micko

[zigbert]

Mick
Congrats










....but most of all - Thank you
Sigmund

[mavrothal]

Hi Mick
what are the acpi changes introduced in 5.3.1?
The XOs are seriously misbehaving after wakeup from suspend, so before I go hunting would be good to have some idea about this.

Other than that 5.3.1 looks good on my VM.

[01micko]

Hi Mick
what are the acpi changes introduced in 5.3.1?
The XOs are seriously misbehaving after wakeup from suspend, so before I go hunting would be good to have some idea about this.

Other than that 5.3.1 looks good on my VM.

Just the script /etc/acpi/actions/acpi_poweroff.sh, other than that nothing, so it's strange . Could be changes in woof too, check the fossil timeline for clues.

Actually, the "suspend" button should be hidden when on a usb install. Will fix that soon.

[cthisbear]

Working on a Dell Studio XPS.

Bitch of a laptop.

Goes straight to desktop.
Fails in Slacko.....PITA. >> Nvidia

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http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 7&tart=135

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Sydney smog is to blame for befuddlement.

Just realised this was up...so will try it.

And Dell are shits.

Read the Distrowatch review mate.

No root again???......tosssssssers.

Should have put Nooby on your case.

Bloody root.

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My post.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=73746

Chris.

[LoboGrande]

Burned S531 to cd and booted fine but it won't detect my network, no sound either. My computer works fine with both Racy522 and L528.

System

Asus P4V800D-X Mobo
P4-478 3.4ghz/800FSB
4gb DDR
3com ethernet card
Nvidia GT 7350 PCIe

Chipset

VIA PT880 Ultra
VIA VT8237R PLUS

[Billtoo]

Edit: I switched back to the vesa driver and the 2 dots problem is
gone.
# glxgears
1928 frames in 5.0 seconds = 385.491 FPS
1896 frames in 5.0 seconds = 379.076 FPS
1889 frames in 5.0 seconds = 377.794 FPS
That's faster too.

Next:

I plugged in an ati card and installed the proprietary ati driver.

Mon 12 Dec 2011 Operating System: Slacko Puppy-5.3.1 Linux 2.6.37.6
0.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood PRO
[Radeon HD 5500 Series]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS product: REDWOOD 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: vesa
X.Org version: 1.9.5
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (338x270 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: ATI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5570
OpenGL version string: 4.1.11251 Compatibility Profile Context

Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200
Core 0: 1200 1: 1200 MHz

# glxgears
30557 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6111.399 FPS
30553 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6110.504 FPS
30732 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6146.333 FPS

This is working well.

[bigpup]

Very good review of Slacko Puppy 5.3 at DistroWatch.
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue ... 12#feature

[cthisbear]

Dell Studio XPS a dud on Slacko 5.3.1 as well.

No desktop.

Of course when I didn't want it I saw a post yesterday about
problem booting to desktop ...and a Puppy command.

I do most testing from usb,
and I cannot turn on f2 etc for boot commands.

So my test today was from cd.

I gave up on Shinobar's installer,
because I could not get Hiren's or the Falcon to work.

Maybe someone can come up with a genius moment
so that I can boot from F2....likes zee olde days.

So here is my current Puppy and Falcon menu.
I just need one example and I can test on other Pups.

Regards.....Chris.

[01micko]

Chris

Can't you highlight your selection at grub and select "e" to edit (temporarily) the kernel line?

It may be a mode setting issue. Kernel modesetting (KMS) is set to "1" (on) for nvidias and intels, "0" (off) for radeons.

Working on a Dell Studio XPS.

Bitch of a laptop.

Goes straight to desktop.
Fails in Slacko.....PITA. >> Nvidia

You can add "nvidia.modeset=0" to your kernel line, see if it helps

[aarf]

01micko wrote

Please report anything good or bad.

it is good that it probably includes xdelta but it is bad that xdelta is not often used .
waste not want not. all these extra bandwidths are contributing to global warming. it will be the fall of civilization as currently envisioned, the undoing of mankind as we know him. the barbarians will bomb more unsuspecting innocents in order to steal their oil to generate more power to fuel the bandwidth explosion. need more? just ask.

[Stripe]

Hi all

531 (main) loaded and ran out of the box, no hardware/sound/wireless issues at all on any of my machines and I have not killed it (yet)

well done mick

Don

[cthisbear]

Using Grub 4 Dos from Hiren's.

3rd last post.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 5&start=30

Never fails in usb booting.

I can edit the menu in Windows or Puppy....so no problem.

It's what to put in it.

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You can add "nvidia.modeset=0" to your kernel line, see if it helps

Can I boot with a similar command off cd

( puppy nvidia.modeset=0 )

Saluki 02 works.


Chris.

[Tui]

Hi Billtoo, I like you holiday background pix.

Can and would you post me the file of it?

I have a wide screen monitor, 16x9 format, would it fit that?


Thanks
Tui

[01micko]

Chris

There is a good post by TazOC here that explains things.
Using "nvidia.modeset=0" appears wrong. As TazOC goes on, nouveau is the kernel driver, however I have omitted the nouveau Xorg driver, so I don't think it gets loaded at all. Perhaps the "xforcevesa" param is what you need?

What actually happens? Do you get to xorgwizard? Or blackscreen and nothing?

If you can get to a prompt type "HELP", no quotes. See what happens

(can you PM me, I lost that number )

[Billtoo]

Hi Billtoo, I like you holiday background pix.

Can and would you post me the file of it?

I have a wide screen monitor, 16x9 format, would it fit that?


Thanks
Tui

Here's a link to it, it will adjust to your screen when it prepares to dl it.

They keep adding more so the page number may change.

http://www.desktopnexus.com/search/christmas/41/

[cthisbear]

Thanks mate....onto it now.

Do you get to xorgwizard...yep.

puppy pfix=ram xforcevesa nomodeset...no good.

Shall reboot.

All falls down.

Nice hearing from you mate.

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Dell Studio XPS 13 Laptop Technical Specifications:

Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.4GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 1067MHz FSB)

Chipset NVIDIA GeForce MCP79MX

Graphics ...not sure which one

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G

NVIDIA GeForce 9500M – 256MB

http://www.notebook-driver.com/laptops- ... fications/

Cheers.....Chris.

[aarf]

01micko wrote

Please report anything good or bad.

it is good that it probably includes xdelta but it is bad that xdelta is not often used .
waste not want not. all these extra bandwidths are contributing to global warming. it will be the fall of civilization as currently envisioned, the undoing of mankind as we know him. the barbarians will bomb more unsuspecting innocents in order to steal their oil to generate more power to fuel the bandwidth explosion. need more? just ask.

oh yes i forgot to mention that after the barbarians bomb the innocents, the EU vetoed unregulated London city financial institutions will declare them persona non grata and then steal the innocents money and give it to the UN to squander on 5 star hotel rooms, latest new white 4WD vehicles and multiple massively obsolete "security", not to mention padding secret bank accounts in obscure tax havens.
are we getting closer to deltas yet?
have we got enough good and bad things yet?

[aarf]

01micko wrote

Please report anything good or bad.

it is good that it probably includes xdelta but it is bad that xdelta is not often used .
waste not want not. all these extra bandwidths are contributing to global warming. it will be the fall of civilization as currently envisioned, the undoing of mankind as we know him. the barbarians will bomb more unsuspecting innocents in order to steal their oil to generate more power to fuel the bandwidth explosion. need more? just ask.

oh yes i forgot to mention that after the barbarians bomb the innocents, the EU vetoed unregulated London city financial institutions will declare them persona non grata and then steal the innocents money and give it to the UN to squander on 5 star hotel rooms, latest new white 4WD vehicles and multiple massively obsolete "security", not to mention padding secret bank accounts in obscure tax havens.
are we getting closer to deltas yet?
have we got enough good and bad things yet?

oh rats didnt make it. looks like i have to fork out 50 cents and go to the al queiida owned internet cafe and download the full iso. or i could just pass, enough slacko testers here already.