Precise Puppy 5.5 Release Candidate

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#31 Post by vicmz »

witekjeden wrote:Hi, still problem with an console application for 3g modems. I can not to disconnect by the short ctrl+c. The same problem in Precises 5.4.x.
go to the internet connection wizard and choose the tool you connect with (for example I use GPRS Connect) as the one that launches when you click the desktop connect icon, then you will be able to disconnect by right-clicking the taskbar network icon and selecting 'disconnect from network'
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#32 Post by witekjeden »

I use PGPRS Connect too.
Menu > Network > PGPRS Connect
Starts this console application and automatically connect with Internet, its ok. But when i want to disconnect by ctrl+c then... still connection. I use PGPRS in others Puppies including Puppy4.12 and was not any problems.

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Precise Puppy 5.5alpha1

#33 Post by Billtoo »

I saw the 5491 link so I downloaded the iso and did a manual frugal
install to a 4gb flash drive running on an EeePC 701 netbook.
The EeePC 701 is connected to a 19" lcd monitor.
video-info-glx 1.5.1 Tue 12 Feb 2013 on PrecisePuppy5.4.91 Linux 3.8.0-rc7 i686
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML
Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
oem: Intel(r)915GM/910ML/915MS Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(r)915GM/910ML/915MS Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg Driver: intel
X.Org version: 1.11.3
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) 915GM x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 8.0.4
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
160 frames in 5.0 seconds = 31.916 FPS
132 frames in 5.0 seconds = 26.257 FPS
149 frames in 5.0 seconds = 29.765 FPS

Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 900MHz
Core 0: @Intel(R) 1: @900 MHz
Computer
Processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 900MHz
Memory 505MB (65MB used)
Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter
(PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Installed from ppm: Kdegames,Vlc-2.0.5,Lxterminal
Installed from pets: Video-Info-Glx,PupSnap,cmus-v2.5.0-i686.pet,
fox-1.6.47-i686.pet,xfe-1.34-i686.pet, and an opera_12.14.1738_i386.deb
downloaded from the Opera website.

It's working well.
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#34 Post by James C »

Manual frugal install on my trusty old Athlon XP box....... all looking good.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.4.91

Chip description:
oem: NVidia
product: NV18 () Board Chip Rev A2

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):
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.
2323 frames in 5.0 seconds = 464.529 FPS
2482 frames in 5.0 seconds = 496.232 FPS
2498 frames in 5.0 seconds = 499.455 FPS
2484 frames in 5.0 seconds = 496.719 FPS
2523 frames in 5.0 seconds = 504.598 FPS
2447 frames in 5.0 seconds = 489.347 FPS
2452 frames in 5.0 seconds = 490.379 FPS


-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1033MB (220MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Tue 12 Feb 2013 01:31:08 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

Working well so far.

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Re: glipper_shell

#35 Post by L18L »

vicmz wrote:This is /usr/local/bin/glipper_shell internationalized (where can I find the Glipper Preferences script?):

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#!/bin/sh
#Barry Kauler 2007
#20130211 internationalized

export TEXTDOMAIN=glipper_shell
export OUTPUT_CHARSET=UTF-8

Xdialog --center --title "$(gettext 'Glipper clipboard manager')" --ok-label "$(gettext 'Enable Glipper')" --cancel-label "$(gettext 'Disable Glipper')" --yesno "$(gettext 'Glipper is a great little taskbar applet for managing the clipboard.')

$(gettext 'If you click the Enable Glipper button, then Glipper will appear in
the takbar, and will also start automatically in the future.
If you click the Disable Glipper button, then if Glipper is runnng
it will be terminated now and will not be started in the future.')" 0 0

RETVAL=$?

if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ];then
 touch /root/.glipper_on
 PSRUN="`ps`"
 [ "`echo "$PSRUN" | grep -v 'glipper_shell' | grep 'glipper'`" = "" ] && glipper &
 exit
fi

if [ $RETVAL -eq 1 ];then
 rm -f /root/.glipper_on
 killall glipper
 exit
fi
Very nice
But 2 small typos (still from original script):

takbar and runnng :wink:

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Re: UDF support feedback

#36 Post by BarryK »

peebee wrote:I did notice however that neither Partview nor Pmount seemed to know that the dvd/filesystem was mounted....see screenie
I tested partview and pmount with a udf dvd, they both work correctly.

If 'probepart' returns correct "udf" f.s. for the optical disc, then partview and pmount will also work correctly.
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#37 Post by BarryK »

666philb wrote:the chat icon on the desktop is pointing to pidgin instead of xchat or mozchat. thanks for removing ayttm, it was a pain!!
That had me puzzled for a moment, then I realised that Precise had been built with the wrong xchat PET.

The latest one I created is in the 'common' repo, and has a 'pinstall.sh' (post-install) script that fixes /usr/local/bin/defaultchat to run chat.

I have modified the package-list for precise in Woof:

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yes|xchat||exe,dev,doc,nls|pet:common #using this instead of ayttm.
...it was grabbing xchat PET out of the 'wary5' repo, this tells it to use the PET in the 'common' repo.

I know there is also Chatzilla, but I was thinking at the time, might want to do a build without SM, or a cutdown SM that doesn't have Chatzilla.
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#38 Post by BarryK »

irishrm wrote:Installed to multisession cd.
Had to install frisbee to activate my wl driver. Apart from that everything working very well.
irishrm.
I don't yet know whether to include Frisbee in 5.5beta (the next build).

I will rely on feedback, how well it works in 5.5alpha1, and whether it stomps on the toes of the other connection systems or not.
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Re: Problem with report-video

#39 Post by BarryK »

ETP wrote:Currently picks up my pci DVB-T card details rather than my graphics card.
ETP,
Would you mind running these two, and post them here (this forum thread):

# scanpci | gzip - > scanpci.log.gz
# lspci | gzip - > lspci.log.gz
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#40 Post by BarryK »

vicmz wrote: I've seen this in Precise (the alpha version too), both in JWM and Openbox: when I right-click a file from ROX and select either Copy, Rename, or Move (several times, the one I use more frequently is Copy), the screen turns black, showing only the taskbar, then if I try to use other programs the taskbar disappears and all is finally black. I restart X and keep doing things as usual, then after many times copying files from ROX right-click menu I get the black screen again.
vicmz,
With ROX, I just drag a file, then when I release the left-button a menu pops up asking whether want to copy, move or link.
Does this way work OK for you?
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#41 Post by Ray MK »

Manual frugal install of 5.5alpha1(5.4.90) with k3.2.29 to an ntfs partition and booting via grub4dos from an SDcard. Emachines 732 laptop.

So far all seems good to this average user - everything seems to work as expected.

Very low on resource usage and temperature. Nice.

Report for your info.
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#42 Post by Hogweed »

Installed the non PAE build and everything seems fine. In fact more than fine. There's a phenomenal improvement in Flash Video that I can't explain.

I am using Seamonkey 2.15.2 and Flash 11.2.202.262 in both RetroPrecise 5.4.3 and 5.4.91 Alpha builds. glxgears reports 60 fps in both builds.

Decent resolution BBC iplayer Flash videos normally play ok for me in all versions of Puppy at their standard resolution window but normally are very jumpy or totally unwatchable in full screen mode (on this old laptop that is). However in the 5.4.91 alpha build the videos play fine in full screen mode. Flash hardware acceleration is enabled in both but Flash reports it is using software decoding and rendering in both cases.

I can also play higher resolution Youtube videos in full screen which I couldn't play before. The difference is like night and day.

I have never seen Flash perform as well in any previous build of Puppy Linux I've tried. Yes they all have used the Intel graphics driver. Anyone any ideas why the massive performance jump?


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Processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.40GHz
Memory 741MB (309MB used)
Operating System Unknown distribution
User Name root (root)
Date/Time Tue 12 Feb 2013 15:00:32 GMT
Display
Resolution 1280x800 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Mesa DRI Intel(R) 852GM/855GM x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation

Version
Kernel Linux 3.8.0-rc7 (i686)
Compiled #1 SMP Mon Feb 11 13:55:51 GMT-8 2013
C Library GNU C Library version 2.15 (stable)
Default C Compiler Unknown
Distribution Unknown distribution
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#43 Post by rerwin »

BarryK wrote:I don't yet know whether to include Frisbee in 5.5beta (the next build).

I will rely on feedback, how well it works in 5.5alpha1, and whether it stomps on the toes of the other connection systems or not.
Barry,
In testing the frisbee-1.0-20120209 package on my wifi-less PC, I am seeing problems. It aborts silently (actually hangs) when it accesses an invalid interface, "none". I am digging into it. Please consider this when deciding whether to include it. Maybe with a warning to not try it if no wifi hardware is installed. Or let users get the latest from the "frisbee beta" thread, where I work with others to perfect it.

BTW, I have already upgraded network_tray-2.6 to correct and improve handling of dialup connections. I will post it in the frisbee-beta thread.
Richard

UPDATE: I have fixed the above problem and uploaded newer versions of frisbee and the network_tray in the Frisbee beta thread:
frisbee: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 092#684092
network_tray: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 694#684694

Barring any surprises, they should be ready for the 5.5 beta.
Richard
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Re: Problem with report-video

#44 Post by ETP »

BarryK wrote:
ETP wrote:Currently picks up my pci DVB-T card details rather than my graphics card.
ETP,
Would you mind running these two, and post them here (this forum thread):

# scanpci | gzip - > scanpci.log.gz
# lspci | gzip - > lspci.log.gz
Barry,

Logs are attached from 5.4.91 which has the same issue.

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.4.91

Chip description:
 Philips Semiconductors SAA7131/SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
  Loaded modules: dbe dri dri2 exa extmod fb glx kbd mouse record shadowfb

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  1920x1080 pixels (507x285 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video

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video-info-glx 1.5.1 Tue 12 Feb 2013 on Precise Puppy 5.4.91  Linux 3.8.0-rc7 i686
  0.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2)  
  oem: NVIDIA
  product: GT218 Board - 08740000 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg   Driver: nouveau
X.Org version: 1.11.3
  dimensions:    1920x1080 pixels (507x285 millimeters)
  depth of root window:    24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: nouveau
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4

 Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz
 Core 0: @3400  1: @3400  MHz

...the above also recorded at '/tmp/root/video-info-glx'.
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mount.cifs broken

#45 Post by jrb »

Hi Barry,

Thanks for another great puppy.

Prescise 5491

I couldn't get Pnethood or YASSM to connect to my Samba shares. I tried connecting on command line using the command I normally use in other Puppies:

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# mount.cifs //192.168.1.120/usr=root_passwd=woofwoof /root/YASSM/usr=root_passwd=woofwoof@LENOVO-120 -o username=root,password=woofwoof
mount error 22 = Invalid argument
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
Further investigation reveals there are two different mount.cifs, /sbin/mount.cifs (18k, 11feb13) and /usr/sbin/mount.cifs (23k, 7jul2010). Deleting either one doesn't seem to help.

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problems with ACER aspire 7715z

#46 Post by gilloraymondo »

Hi,

I tried the 2 versions : 5.4.91 and 5.4.90 and I have the same thing than with all others precise versions :

The last thing I see on the screen is "loading kernel modules".
But looking very carefuly, it can (hardly) see that the precise desktop is there.

If I link my computer to another screen with a cable, it's works on the other screen......

Please excuse my bad english

Is there anything to do with this problem ?

On Internet, I have seen that everybody has this problem with this computer and this new kernel (not only with puppy, but also with ubuntu)
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#47 Post by rcrsn51 »

@jrb: Both YASSM and Pnethood are working fine for me. But I don't have any very long share names like you do.

This was testing 5490. Downloading 5491 now...
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#48 Post by vicmz »

BarryK wrote:
vicmz wrote: I've seen this in Precise (the alpha version too), both in JWM and Openbox: when I right-click a file from ROX and select either Copy, Rename, or Move (several times, the one I use more frequently is Copy), the screen turns black, showing only the taskbar, then if I try to use other programs the taskbar disappears and all is finally black. I restart X and keep doing things as usual, then after many times copying files from ROX right-click menu I get the black screen again.
vicmz,
With ROX, I just drag a file, then when I release the left-button a menu pops up asking whether want to copy, move or link.
Does this way work OK for you?
Yes, it does. I usually copy that way, and use the right-click menu when it's a single file. Renaming a file, however, doesn't have a second option (not one that doesn't imply a second application, at least), yet the bug is so weird you can't tell when the screen will turn black after clicking the Rename option. I think I'll post again about this when I get some specific information, maybe it's something I installed.
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#49 Post by jrb »

rcrsn51 wrote:@jrb: Both YASSM and Pnethood are working fine for me. But I don't have any very long share names like you do.

This was testing 5490. Downloading 5491 now...
I just downloaded 5490 and both Pnethood and YASSM work fine. It also has two different mount.cifs. One in /sbin and one in /usr/sbin.

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#50 Post by rcrsn51 »

Yes, there is definitely something wrong with mount.cifs in 5491. I tried a bunch of alternate syntaxes, but nothing worked.

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