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BarryK wrote:

mchabez wrote:2. Package deps like "upstart-job" aren't resolved in PPM. There is no such package name "upstart-job" in the Ubuntu Precise repos, as it's a virtual package provided by "upstart". One such package dependent on upstart-job is "binfmt-support".

Yes, I see. OK, I will have a go at fixing that.

This article shows how virtual packages work in Ubuntu-based distros.
http://people.canonical.com/~cjwatson/u ... #s-virtual
It also applies to Debian-based ones as well.

anikin wrote:An attempt to remaster precise-4.5.93 (no CD drive, but the ISO is mounted) ends with this error warning - see attached image. The one-line fix suggested in wary/racy thread doesn't help. Any ideas?

PS: this was initially posted in a wrong thread, sorry.

edit: a quick test - remaster doesn't stumble on this ISO in dpup exprimo-3.6.2. Something must have changed in the script. See another attached image.

hi again anikin,

i can confirm this bug in 5.5 beta

rerwin wrote:Thanks to mavrothal and peebee keeping after me, I think I have solved the issue of frisbee not running correctly in racy and wary, and now also in precise. Frisbee, all along, has used the wpa_supplicant "-f" option to specify a "debug" log file. That is apparently configurable when compiling wpa_supplicant. Now, it is rejected, preventing wpa_supplicant from starting. Since the same output goes to stdout, the fix simply redirects the output from the startup of wpa_supplicant, to the log file. I feel it is important that this fix be included in the next beta release, assuming the testing of it goes well.

Barry, please hold off until we get confirmation that my fix works. For anyone who is willing to test it, the package is here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 092#684092

EDIT early 3/5/2013: I have verified that the 20130304 frisbee package restores frisbee's normal functionality with wireless networks, on precise 5.4.92. Mavrothal is testing, too, probably on Racy 5.5.
Richard

OK, I have grabbed the 20130304 frisbee pet, this morning, I am doing the 4th download.

Precise Puppy 5.4.95 (5.5 Release Candidate) is out:

http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00163

Hi BarryK,

Upgraded direct from my 5.4 PAE Multi-session-live-CD to
5.4.95 and all seems perfect.

I will use as my Main OS until Sunday and will report back
should there occur anything of interest.

My regards

Two very minor issues in the RC:
1. Glipper's tray icon is still completely opaque, it's in a white box.
2. Acceptthesesettingsandadjustconfigurationfiles(y/n)? in pppoe-setup.

I'll post them if I find more

Quick manual frugal install of Precise 5.4.9.5..... everything working ootb.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.4.95

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev c1)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1440x900
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): nouveau
Loaded modules: dbe dri dri2 exa extmod fb glx kbd mouse record shadowfb

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes

...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.
2029 frames in 5.0 seconds = 405.782 FPS
2079 frames in 5.0 seconds = 415.642 FPS
2040 frames in 5.0 seconds = 407.782 FPS
2123 frames in 5.0 seconds = 424.554 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1034MB (191MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed 06 Mar 2013 03:55:14 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI nv18 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235

Waiting for the final so I can install a non-pae kernel and get some use out of this.Good job though.

5.4.95:
Everything, sound, video, connection, Flash, OOTB, even on an heavily clocked XP2800+@XP3000+, both ATI and nV without subterfuges.
[Won't be testing on any Intel cr*p any more, not even freebies - too many issues, failures, inadequacies, etc. quite apart from the Mickey Mouse cpu socket design and compatibility dances they've led us this last decade. Good luck to those determined to persevere!]

Very minor thing and may even be intentional, but the Planner Project Management app is in both the "Business" and "Utility" categories of the menu.

In /usr/share/applications/planner.desktop the line
"Categories=ProjectManagement"
places it in both (in accordance with /etc/xdg/menus/hierarchy ?).

Running from a remastered 5495 installed to a 16gb SDHC card, using
grub4dos as the bootloader.
video-info-glx 1.5.1 Wed 6 Mar 2013 on Precise Puppy 5.4.95 Linux 3.2.29 i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller:NVIDIA Corporation G84[GeForce 8600 GT](rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: G84 Board - p402h00 Chip Rev
X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (373x231 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 8600 GT/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.32
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Core 0: @1603 1: @1603 2: @1603 3: @1603 MHz
Memory 8310MB (218MB used)

I haven't tested it a lot but no problems so far.

It's working great on my hardware except for sound. With all required items at full volume in Retrovol and the speaker icon at full volume, there is still no sound. Attached is sys info report.

Jejy69's fine KDE4.10 works great as will as 01micko's get_libreoffice-027.pet. Also Bibletime and Xiphos programs are working fine.

Thanks,
Jim

remaster puppy cd is now working, mounted iso detected

Manual frugal install and Grub4Dos.

I've tested Pnethood and it's working well with this k3.2.29.

Video detected and running nouveau with Mesa DRI.

Connected to my print server after installing hplip_print-3.12.10a.

Successfully compiled Sylpheed 3.3.0.

This precise puppy is working good on my old kit:
P4 1.7 with 768mb and nVidia GeForce4 MX 440 sitting on an Asus P4PE motherboard.

Thanks for another great puppy!

Peace!

d/l full version of 5.4.95 and created live cd

tried to boot on Hp Pavillion dm4-2070us laptop
I5-2410M processor and Intel HD Graphics 3000

Did not get to desktop. Only have black screen. All other versions go to desktop w/o fail. I have seen this before on couple of earlier versions but don't remember what caused the problem.

please advise steps I need to correct.
Thanks

Did not get to desktop. Only have black screen.

It's a feature.
Afraid you've been missing a lot of discussion, most probably that contained on BK's blog. With such fast moving development in this kennel, one has to read the lot. My problem is I tend to forget it after a week or so and cannot find it again!

Precise Puppy version 5.4.95, released Mar 2013

# uname -a
Linux puppypc27391 3.2.29 #1 SMP Thu Sep 13 20:33:02 GMT-8 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 366936 318172 48764 0 21296
-/+ buffers: 296876 70060
Swap: 658660 38740 619920
# top
Mem: 320424K used, 46512K free, 0K shrd, 21728K buff, 253096K cached
CPU: 1% usr 2% sys 0% nic 95% idle 0% io 0% irq 0% sirq
Load average: 0.07 0.31 0.32 1/63 26344

Absolutely amazing on my 10yr old Acer laptop. Manual frugal to ext3, booting with grub4dos.
All seems very good OOTB - very snappy and low resource usage / temp.
Looks good, feels good and generally outstanding all round. Many thanks.

Running a remaster of 5495 installed to an 8gb SDHC card, using
grub4dos as the bootloader, running on an Acer Revo pc.
video-info-glx 1.5.1 Thu 7 Mar 2013 on Precise Puppy 5.4.95 Linux 3.2.29 i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation ION VGA (rev b1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: MCP79 Board - hornet-0 Chip Rev
X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (382x302 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: ION/integrated/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.32
Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
Core 0: @1600 1: @1600 2: @1600 3: @1600 MHz
# 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 = 60.462 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.023 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.019 FPS
Memory 1813MB (300MB used)
Network controller Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe

No problems, it's working great.

If you hold your mouse in the position shown below (and perhaps click and move slightly, maybe with a task open) you will likely be able to crash jwm. However the 701 developer snapshot now fixes this.This is in precise 5.5RC and other versions of puppy also.

PPM fails to update correctly. After download 'Processing-packages-ubuntu-precise-universe into standard format' fails to complete.

Terryphi wrote:PPM fails to update correctly. After download 'Processing-packages-ubuntu-precise-universe into standard format' fails to complete.

The update worked but took quite a long while.