Slacko Puppy 5.3.1

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PenguinPupLin
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#526 Post by PenguinPupLin »

Installed the xscreensaver-512 from the Slacko 5.3.1 repository, it said missing dependency gtkdialog. Then downloaded the gtkdialog-4.0.8.0-i486-s from PPM, yet checking dependencies still showed gtkdialog is missing.

Same for lha-114i and zoo-2.10_22 archiving utilities. I'm trying to unzip .gz file which XArchive doesn't seem to recognize, eg firstrun-1.9.6.gz

Any help appreciated.

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Audacity(1.3.14)

#527 Post by don570 »

The latest version of Audacity(1.3.14) worked nicely for me.
This version only works in slacko.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 449#604449

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#528 Post by PenguinPupLin »

Installed Slacko 5.3.1 for my friend's PC with Geforce FX5200 graphics card,then upgraded the nv driver to Nvidia-173 recommended by Slickpet>drivers, and glxgears was running superfast.

After that installed the xscreensavers-5.12 from PPM which also required dependencies glew-1.5.7 and mesa-7.9.2 (which i later upgraded to mesa-7.10.2-s from Slacko repo). However,this seems to break glxgears which returned "Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual" and glxinfo also reported "Error:couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig".

Need help resolving this issue. TIA.

Added: Also noticed running Pupclockset manager and/or JWM configuration cause the clock_analog widget (in ver 2.4.0) to disappear from the desktop

Latest:-
Solved: Glxgears problem resolved by reinstalling the Nvidia173 pet.

Disappearing clock_analog widget still there. Anybody has any idea why or how to fix it?

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#529 Post by mark »

I just installed Slacko Puppy 5.3.1 onto an Asus Eee PC

All good so far except that after the first shutdown any further attempt at shutdown results in the window manager restarting. I was able to shut down by exiting the window manager to the command shell & using ctrl-alt-delete.

Edit: I saved changes to /dev/sda1 while shutting down.

The problem appears to be in the rc.shutdown script when it kills processes that use /initrd/pup_rw

I'm going to try racy 5.2.2 instead...

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Need help getting Trinity to run

#530 Post by bwh1969 »

I have the trinity sfs loading but when I follow steps to link libraries, I get
#ldconfig
bash: ldconfig:command not found

when I drop out of X, If I run
# startkde

I get a bunch of text referring to libGL.1.so not being found.

Aside from this, I have this running on an oddball handtop and everything works which is an amazing feat.

OQO model 02

The biggest issue is to blacklist via_agp so that wireless and usb work. To the bootloader options add

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via_agp.blacklist=yes
Start with vesa and 640x480 (fix later down)

Important trick is to have a usb mouse handy b/c the trackstick is nuts. Easy to fix with creating a script in startup to load the ps2 device as basic

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#!/bin/bash
sleep 0.5
modprobe -r psmouse
sleep 0.5
modprobe psmouse proto=bare
Once you restart X, you will be good to go.

The sleep times are important: without it, the erratic trackstick stays. If it is longer, the keyboard becomes random.

I tried adding this to /etc/modules.conf like in ubuntu in /etc/modules but it did not resolve the issue. options psmouse proto=bare has no effect

X will still look weird with the screen too small.

Add a modeline under the monitor section and change sync values

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HorizSync	30-92
VertRefresh	50-85
Modeline	"800x480" 40 800 864 928 1088 480 481 484 509 +HSync
Then make every reference of 640x480 into 800x480. Restart X. You should have working trackstick along with the screen looking nice.

EDIT: I changed driver to openchrome and went to thw quickpet and installed mesa. I put

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Load   "dri" 
at the "modules section of xorg.conf

then

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Section "DRI"
	Group 0
	Mode	0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    	Option 		"Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Will try to start kde again[/code]

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wifi bug

#531 Post by jodother »

Gave slacko 5.3.1 a try on my eee pc 901. Unlike other puppys it won't open a wifi connection (neither "sophisticated" wizard which never failed before nor frisbee). After the first boot frisbee showed the first log, after the second boot the wifi device was there but it didn't launch either (see 2nd log). Hope this issue.

Hope that this issue will be fixed when my beloved Lucid Puppy runs out.

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#532 Post by pemasu »

Seems to be rt2800pci. It needs rt2860.bin firmware. What does dmesg tells concerning rt2800pci and according firmware loading.

You could first rmmod rt2800pci and then modprobe rt2800pci and then check the content of command dmesg.
Is there problem with firmware loading.

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#533 Post by mark »

jodother,

Wifi works on an Asus EeePC 901 using Racy puppy 5.2.2, but you've got to install the firmware and mess about with wpa_supplicant.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 2&start=45

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rt2860pci

#534 Post by jodother »

Hi pemasu and mark

thanks a lot for your hints!

First of all: I'm no linux expert, just a more or less experienced user. I downloaded the
2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2
file from
http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support ... php?sn=501.

I expected that in contains a .bin file or something similar but I xarchive failed to unpack it. My default Linux Mint archiver reported an error in the tar child.

So I tried to launch wpa_supplicant manualy from usr/sbin hoping that it can somehow deal with the tar.bz2 file. But that failed too.

If there is a solution please tell me as I was a schoolchild.

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Re: rt2860pci

#535 Post by shinobar »

jodother wrote:2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2
Maybe it is not bzipped but gipped. Rename the file name *.bz2 to *.gz.

You need to compile the source with the kernel sources.
Also you need to edit the file 'os/linux/config.mk' before make:

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HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y
EDIT: There is a tarball the config.mk is already modified to support WPA.
2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0_wpa.tar.gz
http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/
You can compile it with your kernel sources.
Downloads for Puppy Linux [url]http://shino.pos.to/linux/downloads.html[/url]

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mksquashfs/unsquashfs version

#536 Post by expert-system »

I tried searching the forum (and this topic in particular), but didn't find anything related.
I am wondering, if there is any reason why Slacko 5.3.1 has version 4.0 instead of 4.2 for mksquashfs/unsquashfs (while i.e. Racy does have 4.2).
I was trying to "unsfs" my puppy_racy_5.2.2.sfs from withing Slacko, but that was (naturally) impossible.
No big deal, just curious why. Are there any other issues with version 4.2 on Slacko 5.3.1 ?

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no webcam -- broken /dev/video0

#537 Post by alphamale »

slacko working well on an hp mini 210 netbook except that /dev/video0 is broken.

built in webcam works on 5.2.8 but something is wrong when on slacko.

ideas?

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#538 Post by LeGasp »

This may have been mentioned already, but when I get on AbiWord in Slacko 5.3.1 and go to Format -> Paragraph and make the line spacing double spaced, nothing happens. I've never experienced this before with AbiWord. The other puppies don't have this issue. I'm a student and have to write papers so I never would have noticed this otherwise.

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#539 Post by darkcity »

it may be due to the version of AbiWord, also there is a missing library

which can be added by using libaspell15-0.60.6-10.pet
see http://puppylinux.org/wikka/AbiWord

btw, I would recommend LibreOffice if your doing a lot of wordprocessing.

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I have notice a minor bug in the PPM for Slacko - it displays slackware binaries on startup even though Puppy-Slacko is selected as the repository - even searches are within the slackware repositories. This can be fixed by click on slackware-repository selector then back on to the Puppy-Slacko option - but could lead to confusion and selection of wrong packages. :twisted:

Pelo

slacko

#540 Post by Pelo »

Bonjour messieurs. This distro works well, and nowadays, its rare.
Eth0 and wlan 0, both are available
Sessions are save correctly
No desktop icons which disappear
Fast connection
All that is normal. Yes. And that is what the customer wants.
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#541 Post by Colonel Panic »

Thought other people might be interested in this success story.

Yesterday I was in the computer suite of our local community centre, trying to make a DVD backup of the files on my USB (pen) drive. The computers are about three years old and all but one run Windows 7; the other one runs XP.

I was on one of the Windows 7 machines but was unable to get Windows to recognise my pen drive no matter what I did. So, I booted up a CD of *Slacko 5.3.1 which I just happened to have with me ( :)), and it recognised my pen drive and copied and burnt the files on it to my DVD with no problem at all.

So, Slacko 1, Windows 7 0. :)

* I think it was the 64-bit version, but couldn't find a thread for it.
Gigabyte M68MT-52P motherboard, AMD Athlon II X4 630, 5.8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 250 GB Hitachi hard drive running Ubuntu 16.04.6, MX-19.2, Peppermint 10, PCLinuxOS 20.02, LXLE 18.04.3, Pardus 19.2, exGENT 200119, Bionic Pup 8.0 and Xenial CE 7.5 XL.

Pelo

Slacko 53, 531, 5.3.2.14, etc...

#542 Post by Pelo »

Slacko is really the best distro : bonjour.
Its my opinion. Internet both wifi and ethernet are recognized and works well. Music works. Desk icons works,
Nothing fantastic in that, no, but the others fail at one moment in one of these points.
I work with Slacko, Safe distro !
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#543 Post by kooliepup »

'Slacko is really the best distro'

I can't argue with that.

I need some help, 'tho.
Is there a wxPython that works with PythonPlus 2.6.6?
I have a wx 2.8x that I tried, but I don't know enough about Python.

Please.

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python + wxpython

#544 Post by charlie6 »

Hi,
Is there a wxPython that works with PythonPlus 2.6.6?
do you need python+2.6.6?
can python+2.6.4 do?
if yes, then try this «all-in-one» pet (20MB - it has both Python and wxPython ! ) ON A PRISTINE Slacko SESSION (i.e. boot using pfix=ram) and restart X once installed: dowload Python+wx_strip_dpup_2.6.4.pet here
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-e3665b4a.html
Take attention that it contains both python2.6.4 and wxPython2.8.7.1: this wouldn't work if python is already installed The better is when there is no python present. Just get a try on a fresh pfix=ram pristine puppy session.
This is given without warranty. I can just say it works on dpup exprimo 5.X.3.2.14 and maybe others (note that exprimo comes without any python; my slacko5.3.1 has no pyhon either...so may works! )
No idea if it works on Slacko. Maybe some dependencies could still be missing.
To check it works, open a console, there type python, and you have to get this, entering «import gobject ... import wx» and pressing ENTER one at a time, without error message:

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# python
Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Nov 19 2009, 02:54:25) 
[GCC 4.2.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import gobject
>>> import gtk
>>> import glib
>>> import wx
>>> quit()
# 
It has been stripped from some locales; are included:
de,fr,uk,fi,nl,es under /usr/share/locale
If more locales wanted then download 2- below, and extract the files under /usr/share/locale from it;

for information: details of that pet:
That «all-in-one» pet gatters
1- Python+_431.sfs from here
http://code.google.com/p/puppy-developm ... s&can=2&q=
2- wxpython-2.8.7.1.pet from here
http://dotpups.de/puppy4/dotpups/Progra ... .8.7.1.pet
whose /usr/lib/python2.5 has been renamed to /usr/lib/python2.6 - (this because wxPython2.8.7.1 is told to be even compatible with python 2.6.4) ;
3- added:
libmspack.so.0.1.0 + symlinks libmspack.so.0.1 and libmspack.so.0
libpng14.so.14.2.0 + symlink libpng14.so.14
libpython2.5.so.1.0 + symlink libpython2.5.so.1

hope this helps
Charlie

last edted:
- modified pet name as to avoid misunderstanding
- this pet does not contains pyalsa
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#545 Post by kooliepup »

Hi Charlie,

That .pet is a goer. The 2.6.4 doesn't seem to be an issue. No errors.

Now the problem is with serial and tkinter modules.
Both are there but don't load.

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