slacko 5.3.3, final

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slacko 5.3.3, back to beta2

#256 Post by L18L »

Reboot: screen is all black except bottom panel
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#257 Post by puppy_apprentice »

i hope this is usefull and i hope that it is good place to post my hint, i've change rox script (usr/local/bin/rox) in my Slacko 5.3.1 because when i wanted to get to file download folder in Seamonkey Download Manager with old rox script i've got message that there is no file or folder file://root/...

i've changet it to:

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#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filler/AppRun ${@#*file://}
so now it working with Seamonkey too[/code]

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#258 Post by Tasgarth »

L18L
Reboot: screen is all black except bottom panel
Restart Xserver
(Sometimes I get that with Lucid or Slacko, but not with Saluki)

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Slacko 5.3.2.7 on Celeron 633 PC

#259 Post by Jades »

I've uploaded the HardInfo Report for my brother's Celeron 633 setup. It appears to be using the rt2800pci driver for the wireless card, will double-check when the extra memory has arrived and been fitted.
Zhaan - AMD K6 2 500, 512MB RAM, ATI Rage 128 VR. Full install Wary 5.5 [url=http://tinyurl.com/dy66kh8]HardInfo Report[/url]
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A few nitpicks about Slacko

#260 Post by B.K. Johnson »

Environment: 8 puplets on flash drive includes slacko-5.3.27; frugal install, P4, 512Mb RAM, Intel board,

As much as I like slacko it will have to take 2nd place to wary-5.290 and lupu-5.2.8-04 because of 3 factors:
1. Seamonkey/Composer does not seem to be a preferred browser. The evidence: just about every browser except seamonkey is in PPM and/or available from slickpet's Internet Pets; an extremely old version is in PPM (5.3.1). So, the version available will consistently be older than what is currently available from mozilla.
2. Three of my favourite pets used in lupu, ThreadGet, ClipGrab and emelFM2, are unavailable Guess I'll have to learn how to make a pet :) if I want these and the latest seamonkey in my slacko.
3. edpview is pathetic as a pdf viewer - limited header (minimize, restore & close), not even an about, no zoom, no paging; PDF Viewer in wary is considerably better.
BK

This is either my 2nd or 3rd time attempting to post to the forum. Hope I got it right this time. :oops:

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#261 Post by futwerk »

a couple of new slacko backgrounds.
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#262 Post by 01micko »

B.K Johnson

Seamonkey is the default browser in all Slacko's I have produced and I have made a point of including the latest version at the time of release, a compilation against Slacko libs to reduce size. There are numerous scripts around to get you the latest seamonkey install from the official seamonkey site.

As for the other apps, I a haven't the time to chase them all up :( .. if someone does that and the apps test favourably then I can most certainly include them or add them to the repo.

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puppy_apprentice,

I have added your snippet for the next beta, due shortly, just running some tests and fine tuning.

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Shinobar,

I didn't take a good look, but does pupsaveconfig allow for user to use fido? Not a big issue as I believe fido is still problematic.

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futwerk,

Thanks again for your cool designs :)

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L18L

In ~/.xinitrc there is a commented section to restart rox desktop if it doesn't start first go.. can you uncomment it and report back please?
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#263 Post by 01micko »

5.3.2.8

is out

See main post..
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#264 Post by James C »

01micko wrote:5.3.2.8

is out
Downloading..... :lol:

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#265 Post by James C »

Fresh manual frugal install....... all looking good. :)

# report-video
nouveau
Slacko Puppy, version 5.3.2.8 on Sun 22 Apr 2012

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller
nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev c1)
oem: NVidia
product: NV18 () Board Chip Rev A2

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: nouveau

X.Org version: 1.9.5
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/root/ as report-video,
and archived with xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log as report-video-full.gz

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1034MB (154MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sun 22 Apr 2012 01:53:29 AM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235
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#266 Post by James C »

Better now.....
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#267 Post by Sage »

Couple of niggles:
Seems to have become tradition to stick folks into an overdriven 1600x1200 resolution for less common video chipsets, eg SiS. Some developers have mastered this glitch.
DCHP didn't connect automatically.
FlashPlayer wasn't auto-loaded.
The disc eject on poweroff snatched the disc back before I could lift it out!
Otherwise, as nice as ever and entirely competent.

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#268 Post by 01micko »

...ok James ... whose conky and lua pets? ..And any other deps?


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The disc eject on poweroff snatched the disc back before I could lift it out!
Hmmm.. ok, that seems to be a bug of the "eject" command and an OHS issue (only occurs with some hardware), will do what I can.


My SIS boots to a perfect desktop with sis driver, I wonder if it's hardware mismatch? If not please point to a post where this is fixed and I'll do what I can with that too.
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#269 Post by James C »

01micko wrote:...ok James ... whose conky and lua pets? ..And any other deps?
Forgot to mention it but this old Nvidia box booted straight to the correct 1440x 900 resolution.
Now on to the important stuff........ eye candy. :lol:

Used the regular Conky-1.8.0-Lucid pet and jemimah's Conkyswitcher-rox-0.02.pet http://www.smokey01.com/jemimah/misc/co ... x-0.02.pet plus some missing libs.Installed Conky in Slacko so many times I kept them saved...see screenie.
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#270 Post by cthisbear »

I reckon sage that 01micko has been playing around with
Windows machines too much lately,
while furthering his computer studies at tech????.

Gone to the dark side and forgotten the basics.

I better download though as a test before he phones me.
A shocking bloke.

Gooday Mick....Chris.

Jasper

5.3.2.8

#271 Post by Jasper »

Hi 01micko,

I tried a fresh install of 5.3.2.8 and would comment:
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In the first set up box under Country settings both the second and fourth items were listed as "en English", however I tested both of them and they both work.

Below is my opening screenshot after setting my screen resolution. The mainly black wallpaper is fine, but dark text on a dark background as in the menu and the time is bad - though I have no idea if this lack of contrast is almost unique to my computer.

The PPM is automatically set to "ziggy" style. So I assume whatever was broken is fixed. I never did discover or read what the problem actually was and as I'm still using 5.3.1 (which continues to be stable, fast and a pleasure) it might be nice to know what it was.

Somewhere, someone reported that, unusually, the Abiword paragraph setting would not accept double spacing - it seems that was and remains correct (though I have not yet personally needed that feature).
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I also tried an upgrade from 5.3.1 which went well but did not automatically reproduce my extra System Tray icons - so whilst I expect to fix that with ease I'm short of time now so I stopped there and will have a detailed look in the next few days.

My regards and thanks
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#272 Post by 01micko »

cthisbear wrote: Gone to the dark side and forgotten the basics...
:lol:

Yep, even got some dark side sneaking in.. (AD support? .. can actually take over the server if need be :lol: )

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I did have an oversight, Shino's sfs load is NOT updated as advertised (windows trick?).. just download his latest 1.9.4 and apply this patch to stop jwm restarting..
--- sfs_load.orig 2012-04-22 21:27:11.200042732 +1000
+++ sfs_load 2012-04-22 21:24:23.120034317 +1000
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
if [ "$HAS_DESKTOPS" -a -z "$SKIP_FIXMENUS" ]; then
waitsplash $(gettext "Updating menu...")
fixmenus
- [ "$DISPLAY" ] && pidof jwm &>/dev/null && jwm -restart
+ [ "$DISPLAY" ] && pidof jwm &>/dev/null && jwm -reload||jwm -restart
waitsplash --stop
fi
fi
:wink:

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- Jasper,

Ok, I see the lack of contrast.. no problem to me but I do see that it may be for some. Try another JWM theme, I suggest puppeee_blue (thanks to trapster for that one), let me know if it's better, or else I can lighten the background of the default theme.
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#273 Post by Jasper »

Hi again 01micko,

The lack of contrast is not a problem for me, but very probably for someone new to Puppy and Slacko. I'm pro Puppy and pro Slacko and I just want all who try it to be impressed.

My regards

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#274 Post by zigbert »

Made an install to a brand new Samsung-NF310 laptop 10".
No issues at all..... yet :D


What is the reason for not including more repos in ppm by default?


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slacko 5.3.3, beta3

#275 Post by Billtoo »

Manual frugal install to flash drive.
Installed mesa,devx,kernel source sfs,amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run

Slacko Puppy, version 5.3.2.8p on Sun 22 Apr 2012

Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller
ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: PARK 01.00

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: fglrx

X.Org version: 1.9.5
dimensions: 1600x900 pixels (423x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

# glxgears
26411 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5282.061 FPS
26587 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5317.214 FPS
26655 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5330.912 FPS

05:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X
Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

That's it so far, no problems.

I made a pet of the newest emelfm2 file manager.
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