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inoxidabile · Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 121

After several check and "cut and try" operations I found the reason of problem.

The main reson was a setup in monitor/tv, I t was about a "stretching" of image, a sort of little extra landscape effect.
After the reset of this effect, I also have had to find the best compromise for resolution, because 1920x1080 shows too little icons and fonts and then now it seems good at 1200x720.
I don't know if this is due to monitor/tv feature, graphic chipset, Puppy or whatsoever (or a combination of that), however now the result is acceptable.

Something is still not ok, in my opinion... I tried the game GLBilliard, it starts well, etc... but when I quit it, the desktop is "shrinked" and I have had to exit and restart with xwin... I'll check for these behavior Smile

inoxidabile · Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 121

I would have two question...

The first is about acpitool.
My pc (Foxconn nt330i) is always conneted to mains power supply and, since it isn't a netbook, it hasn't battery and lcd screen.
Acpitool remains always in "powersave mode" and if I set it in "Turbo mode" at the next boot it returns in "Powersave".
Having a look at frequency scaling tool it seems that, however, the frequency of cpu is always the same (1.6GHz).
I must say I don't know these tools but I didn't find a clear description about. Sad

The above points are due to my attempt to increase as much as possible the graphic performance (nVIDIA MCP7A-ION chipset, 512MB ram, shared type).
The installation of nVIDIA driver has been a bit better but sometimes in some video (e.g. YouTube) some flickering happen.
I reduced the resolution from 1920x1080 to 1280x720, I look at that videos in a lower quality (say, 360 instead of 480) but something still remains.
OK... OK... of course, it could be caused by speed of connection on web but my feel is that there could be "something" to improve Confused

The hw seems good enough (CPU Atom 330i dual core 1.6GHz, 4GB ram) so I don't think that Carolina/XFCE represent an "heavy load" and to speak frankly I would prefer to keep XFCE (or maybe LXDE).

Any suggestion will be wellcome ! Smile

rg66 · Posted: Tue 12 Mar 2013, 08:00 Post subject:

If you want turbo mode always on then backup /root/Startup/9acpid and replace with this one.

inoxidabile · Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 121

Hi rg66,
Thank you very much for Your prompt reply and many thanks also for the file, I'll try it Smile

But, just for my knowledge, what are the explanation for the behavior of acpitool I've seen? Why does it always stay in state?
And could it be the reason of some slowdown in graphics?
Last but not least, if I use Your file there is no more need of keep acpitool installed...
I'm sorry for these extra questions, but I would like to understand more if possible and I didn't find something of clear understanding (at least, for me... Embarassed

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inoxidabile · Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 121

HELP !
Today I started Carolina and everything seemed ok, but Fiefox doesn't run Sad

The Internet connection is ok, I tried e.g. to update repos and then I see that it's ok then it's only about Firefox...
Launching firefox from terminal it says
XPCOMGlueLoaderror for file /usr/lib/firefox/libxpcom.so:
libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM.

I didn't do anything of strange, after the installation I only turn on the pc, surf on web and then I switch off (with the command icon, of course).
I don't know how it's happen but, in every case... what can I do? Should I reinstall Firefox? In this case, what is the right procedure?
It isn't available in Package manager...
I'm very sad... Crying or Very sad

please, help me...

elroy · Joined: 02 Feb 2012 Posts: 361

sheldonisaac · Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 293 Location: Philadelphia, PA

inoxidabile · Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 121

Hi elroy,
first of all, thank You very much for Your quick answer.

I'm blind, now I find firefox in PPM, I was looking for it in pet and not in sfs... Smile

Anyway, The trick of reinstall doesn't solve the problem and then I think it's better to start fresh as You suggested.
But, please, believe me, I didn't upgrade ... Embarassed

Update: exactly now my daughter are telling me that, after opening firefox, it started an upgrade but without asking for a confirmation...
Is it possible that the update starts automatically? if it's true, it would be a problem...
I don't know if her tales is true or not, however, I will install all as fresh and new Confused

and I'll tell You if it will happen again.
I tried also to install Opera but it seems to have some little bug... To speak frankly, I didn't go on to check Opera because I don't like it Smile

However it will be, thanks once again Smile

Just an other point: in PPM there are four repos available but in the update windows there are five, because there is also puppy-4

Hi sheldonisaac, thanks for Your suggestion, it isn't clear for me Your suggestion but I prefer to "start fresh", I don't know what happened today on pc during my absence... Laughing

elroy · Joined: 02 Feb 2012 Posts: 361

inoxidabile · Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 121

Hi elroy,

thank You for the explanations about Firefox.

I tried some Puppy derivatives prior to install, I liked the concept of a "Saluki-ready to use" and its performances, behavior, etc. fit my need.
Nothing is perfect, of course, so I'll reinstall Carolina because I still like it and, please, no need of any apologies... I had a problem and You answered me quickly, then it's ok for me. Smile

So, thanks again to You... I've seen there is a remaster tool, maybe after the next install, I'll make my personalized copy - just in case... Smile

inoxidabile · Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 121

Hi elroy, I made a new fresh install and now everything is fine. Very Happy

After some experience I did in these past days, I would send some notes, hoping they will be useful for others and for improvements in future release.

Anyway, this is the list of the point I found till now:
- Starting from CD, the first row at bottom of screen isn't visible (I remembered that F3 shows a normal text white on black and then I did in this way).
- A couple of messages during boot (on a frugal install type) say "filesystem=ext2fs partition type 083"... it seems strange, because all the drive has been formatted as ext3 and also the save file has been choosed on ext3.
- Certain apps takes about five seconds to start (e.g. Firefox) but there isn't any signal indicating that it's loading. Confused

The same happens at shutdown, it takes some time, while nothing happens and then there is the temptation to think "what's happening wrong?" Confused

- In the update of repos there is also puppy4 but it isn't present in the pet list in PPM. Moreover, if the Saluki (and maybe other...) package are compatible, why they aren't available in PPM?
- In remastering tool (let me say it's a great tool! Smile

) it could be wise to suggest to not use the root-home because, if the size of personal file is small the system could have problems.
- The acpitool remains in powersave even if not needed, could it be corrected or the only way is as suggested in a post by rg66 ? (that's equal to not have it).
-A question: how can I have a screensaver (just to avoid the blank screen after some time of inactivity) but without setup password?
Lastly, there is the topic I've seen about Firefox, a corruption or a variation could require a fresh install, maybe it could be able to happen to other programs.

Please, I would like to underline once again that Carolina is still the better for my needs Smile

as I said in my previous post and then I installed it again. Very Happy

elroy · Joined: 02 Feb 2012 Posts: 361

Ok, let's take on your questions one at a time...

inoxidabile · Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 121

Hi elroy,
thank You for the answer and related explanations (and Your patience for this ! )

notifications for long starting apps
Please, don't worry, this absence isn't a problem only on Carolina... Smile

ext2 messages
All is functioning well and then it's ok, so by my side I consider it as a "nice thing" and nothing more... Smile

acpitool
I believed that setting it as "turbo", it remains in this way, but it reverts to powersave at every boot. Confused

OK, I'll have a look to frequency scaling tool... if I remember well, the value was right yet, the setting is at the max available for the cpu.

screensaver
My question is due this behavior... after some time of inactivity the screen becomes black Confused

to be honest, I don't know why, maybe it's some other strange setup in monitor/tv... I'll look better to find the cause Smile

Finally, thanks to You and the others involved in Carolina/Saluki for the graeat job done Smile

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 2476 Location: Ontario

I converted Extract-pet and Bulldog finder
so they would show in right click menu rather than SendTo menu.

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elroy · Joined: 02 Feb 2012 Posts: 361

The release candidate for Carolina, version 006-rc, is available in the repo. See the first post of this thread for the download link.