Precise Puppy 5.6.1-final, May 29, 2013

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npierce
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re: jwm noshade

#46 Post by npierce »

broomdodger,

What version of jwm do you have?

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jwm -v
I don't have Precise 5.5.94 yet, but I'd guess that it is using jwm snapshot 574, since that is the latest in the repository.

As noted in the thread you linked to, you will need jwm snapshot 667 or newer to use this feature. You can find a newer jwm here:

JWM Desktop Updates to V755 (Release) and V75? (Test)

I don't know if anyone has tested it with Precise 5.5.94 yet, so can make no guarantees about how it will perform for you.

(Note: You will need to restart the X server after installing a new jwm, so that the new version will be loaded -- jwm -restart is not enough.)

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#47 Post by Ray MK »

Precise Puppy version 5.5.94

# uname -a
Linux puppypc3484 3.2.44 #1 SMP Sun May 5 11:42:44 GMT-8 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 1805224 709760 1095464 0 67352
-/+ buffers: 642408 1162816
Swap: 0 0 0
#

Manual frugal install to an ntfs partition on my E732 laptop (cracked screen) so using an old external LCD monitor. Works well.

Booting via an SDcard (ext2) with grub4dos.

All the basic user stuff seems extremely good and works as expected. Very fast - luvly Puppy.

Info report and menu zip FYI.
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5.5.94

#48 Post by sszindian »

Precise-5.5.93 upgrade to Precise-5.5.94

Upgrade wet well for the most part however... Leafpad did NOT survive the upgrade! Even with a re-install of leafpad, it just doesn't work. It appears the files are all intact, even the menu entry but... no leafpad?

So far, everything tested seems to work well!

WiFi appears to be holding, even survived several reboots... we'll see?

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#49 Post by backi »

Hi !

Hi !


Desktop icons and fonts disappear after PPM installs program .

There is something wrong for me when i trying to download from Ppacketmanager . (not in every case ) .... but on a lot of occasions when process of downloading continues suddenly all my fonts become Squares and the whole rox pictures and fonts are just a red triangle and completely unreadable .Then i must shut down.

Cant use Ppacketmanager .
Same with UPUP RARING 5.8.7
Could it maybe have something to do with the fact i have in Puppy Eventmanager"never save to ram Pupmode=0 " never save to ram " configured ?

Who can help ..similar problem ?
Here someone with same problem.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy//viewt ... 1ae2ce2210

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#50 Post by James C »

Precise 5.5.94 live pfix=ram on an old P4 test box.Display and sound working and correct on initial boot.Decided to try dialup for this test.... at least this dialup modem is working.Took 3 tries to connect but it is working.

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Communication controller		: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.5.94

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1024x768
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): intel
Loaded modules: dbe dri dri2 extmod fb glx kbd mouse record

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1024x768 pixels (270x203 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.
378 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.491 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.144 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.141 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.144 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Memory : 2593MB (197MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Precise Puppy - 5.5.94
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sun 19 May 2013 04:50:16 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) 865G x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : ICH4 - Intel ICH5

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SmartLink modem driver and daemon packages

#51 Post by rerwin »

Here are the slmodem driver modules and the slmodemd daemon that also supports the ALSA modems. Only the SmartLink PCI modems are supported, because (apparently) the USB driver violated a licensing constraint but, more significantly, beginning with Wary at least, slusb behaves erratically -- currently it kills X and locks up the PC if the device is even plugged into the PC! It definitely does not belong in a puppy release.

I have tested all of the (now 7) driver packages with the appropriate PCI hardware. The remaining package, hcfpcimodem, I cannot test because I have no such hardware. But I have not included it because of its limited usefulness: a maximum speed of 14.4kb unless a license key is supplied to it ($15 or $20 US). That seems adequate for faxing, but little else. Considering the obsolescence of the device, it seems unlikely that anyone would pay that price. Note, too, that it does not support "riptide" sound cards that include an HCF modem.

Having said that, I am willing to provide the package if anyone, at all, wants it.

As before, the 'splitpetjoin' script package is included, to recombine the firmware package parts. See instructions on previous page.

Although I assume these are too late for the 5.6 release, they can be added to the pet package library for installation by the user.
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Hardinfo

#52 Post by rodin.s »

Small bugfix for Hardinfo is here: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 170#704170
And default font in Geany is unusually big.
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#53 Post by paulh177 »

I have upgraded my frugal 5.5 to 5.5.94 and the problem I describe in this post http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=85960 still occurs.

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nvidia sfs problems

#54 Post by peebee »

shinobar wrote:Some optional SFS'es available:
http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/precise/opt/
I tried nvidia-glx-319.17-k3.2.44.sfs as kindly provided by shinobar at the above link on my desktop with nvidia graphics.

I had problems with error messages from nvidia as shown below and a message asking me to reboot to get nvidia working at every reboot - also the new xorgwizard did not offer nvidia as a possibility to select.

Nouveau is selected on initial boot and does work - but is always shifted off to the right on my desktop so I need the nvidia driver to have a perfect display.
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#55 Post by scabz »

Peebee you need the 304.xx driver , the driver you used does not work for your vid card.

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Testing several PCs & old laptops (#1)

#56 Post by fronkonstin »

LiveCD boot of Precise 5.5.94 on an Athlon64 with nvidia video card. Video and sound detected and working out of the box.

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.5.94

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT] (rev a2)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

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:  1024x768 pixels (270x203 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# glxgears
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 55
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 56
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 59
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 58
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh.  The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
4290 frames in 5.0 seconds = 857.810 FPS
4337 frames in 5.0 seconds = 867.396 FPS
4384 frames in 5.0 seconds = 876.612 FPS
4274 frames in 5.0 seconds = 854.695 FPS
4352 frames in 5.0 seconds = 870.328 FPS
#hardinfo
-Computer-
Processor		: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Memory		: 2074MB (286MB used)
Machine Type		: Physical machine
Operating System		: Precise Puppy - 5.5.94
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: lun 20 may 2013 22:34:54 CEST
-Display-
Resolution		: 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Gallium 0.4 on NV43
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter		: NFORCE - NVidia CK804
Audio Adapter		: MPU-401 UART - MPU-401 UART
Exit to prompt -> xorgwizard allows to select: nouveau, nv and vesa
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Testing several PCs & old laptops (#2)

#57 Post by fronkonstin »

LiveCD boot of Precise 5.5.94 on an AMD Duron with ati video card. Video and sound detected and working out of the box.

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.5.94

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI R250 If [Radeon 9000] (rev 01)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

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

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  1024x768 pixels (270x203 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.
378 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.431 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.067 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.067 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.068 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.067 FPS
# hardinfo
-Computer-
Processor		: AMD Duron(tm) Processor
Memory		: 1034MB (197MB used)
Machine Type		: Physical machine
Operating System		: Precise Puppy - 5.5.94
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: lun 20 may 2013 23:47:57 CEST
-Display-
Resolution		: 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Mesa DRI R200 (RV250 4966) x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE TCL DRI2
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter		: ICH - SiS SI7012
Exit to prompt -> xorgwizard allows to select: ati, radeon and vesa

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Testing several PCs & old laptops (#3)

#58 Post by fronkonstin »

LiveCD boot of Precise 5.5.94 on an old laptop Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook S4510. Boot requires "pmedia=usbflash" parameter. Video and sound detected and working out of the box (although some buttons in some applications are outside the screen in 800x600 mode).

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.5.94

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems Cyber 9525 (rev 49)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
  Depth (bits, or planes):              24
  Modules requested to be loaded:       synaptics dbe 

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
  Driver loaded (and currently in use): trident
  Loaded modules: dbe ddc dri dri2 extmod fb glx i2c int10 kbd mouse ramdac record synaptics vbe vgahw xaa

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  800x600 pixels (212x159 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# glxgears
36 frames in 5.0 seconds =  7.140 FPS
38 frames in 5.1 seconds =  7.491 FPS
36 frames in 5.0 seconds =  7.177 FPS
38 frames in 5.1 seconds =  7.428 FPS
36 frames in 5.1 seconds =  7.032 FPS
# hardinfo
-Computer-
Processor		: Pentium III (Coppermine)
Memory		: 254MB (143MB used)
Machine Type		: Physical machine
Operating System		: Precise Puppy - 5.5.94
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: mar 21 may 2013 00:19:39 CEST
-Display-
Resolution		: 800x600 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter		: ICH - Intel 440MX
Exit to prompt -> xorgwizard allows to select: trident and vesa

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Testing several PCs & old laptops (#4)

#59 Post by fronkonstin »

LiveCD boot of Precise 5.5.94 on an old laptop Dell Latitude LS. Video and sound detected and working out of the box

NOTE: Desktop Icons and wallpaper missing at first! (but see below). Menu bar OK

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Precise Puppy, version 5.5.94

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2200 [MagicGraph 256AV] (rev 20)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
  Driver loaded (and currently in use): neomagic
  Loaded modules: dbe ddc dri dri2 extmod fb glx i2c int10 kbd mouse ramdac record synaptics vbe vgahw xaa

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  800x600 pixels (212x159 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# glxgears
43 frames in 5.1 seconds =  8.449 FPS
44 frames in 5.0 seconds =  8.748 FPS
43 frames in 5.1 seconds =  8.483 FPS
45 frames in 5.1 seconds =  8.864 FPS
43 frames in 5.0 seconds =  8.532 FPS
# hardinfo
-Computer-
Processor		: Pentium III (Coppermine)
Memory		: 254MB (139MB used)
Machine Type		: Physical machine
Operating System		: Precise Puppy - 5.5.94
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: mar 21 may 2013 00:57:35 CEST
-Display-
Resolution		: 800x600 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter		: NM256AV - NeoMagic NM256AV
Exit to prompt -> xorgwizard allows to select: neomagic and vesa

Type "xwin" to return to desktop -> now desktop icons and wallpaper do appear :D

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Testing several PCs & old laptops (#5)

#60 Post by fronkonstin »

This last test doesn't work.

LiveCD boot of Precise 5.5.94 on an old laptop HP Omnibook XE2. It is a Pentium II @ 333Mhz, video is "Silicon Motion, Inc. SM810 LynxE" (according to test done long ago with Ubuntu 6.06)

Behaviour is as follows: on first boot, a text mode dialog appears for selecting keyboard language & timezone. Then, the xorgwizard only allows to select "vesa" video driver. Then selected resolution 800x600 -> black screen.

Behaviour is the same after reboot (power button hold for 4 seconds).

Any ideas?

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update precisesave problems

#61 Post by broomdodger »

update precisesave 5593 to 5594

I mentioned earlier that the first reboot after the initial start into 5594, both the keyboard and mouse froze.

Most everything else seemed to work.

But, then EACH subsequent [re]boot the desktop icons that I had previously removed came back. I would re-remove them and [re]boot, they came back again.

So... I abandoned the precisesave, started fresh.
All is well, actually this puppy is now my favorite.
Precise is awesome. Great to have access to Ubuntu repos.

Bill

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#62 Post by peebee »

scabz wrote:Peebee you need the 304.xx driver , the driver you used does not work for your vid card.
I'm intrigued - how did you find out this information? My card is fairly modern (I only bought the desktop last year anyway) so why would the 319 driver not support it??
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in full install not see sda2.sda4,sda5

#63 Post by eps »

For sda6,sda7 .. at end all is ok
thanks

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#64 Post by Ray MK »

Precise Puppy version 5.5.94

Been using this for a few days and all seems fine with only one small niggle.
Browser occasionally requires 3 attempts to start, ie when selecting Forum icon or Blog icon on home page, often 3 attempts are required to reach url.
Noticed this on a few other recent puppies too (not just precise).
Show-stopper = No, minor irritation = yes.
Also occurs when using other browsers, ie Opera, Chrome, etc.

Does not seem to happen when using Precise-NOP for example, or Magoo and other similar era puppies.

Anyway - other than that ultra minor occasional inconvenience - outstanding Puppy - many thanks.

Now to try on older Acer laptop - all above relates to use on E732 laptop.
[b]Asus[/b] 701SD. 2gig ram. 8gb SSD. [b]IBM A21m[/b] laptop. 192mb ram. PIII Coppermine proc. [b]X60[/b] T2400 1.8Ghz proc. 2gig ram. 80gb hdd. [b]T41[/b] Pentium M 1400Mhz. 512mb ram.

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#65 Post by fronkonstin »

Quote from http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00249
Posted on 21 May 2013, 10:28 by BarryK
modesetting driver fixed
Well, well, that took me by surprise!

Earlier on, when testing the new xorgwizard-cli, it offered the 'modesetting' driver as one of the choices.

However, recently, it hasn't. Odd, the Wizard gets it's info about suitable drivers from the output of "Xorg -configure".

This morning, I found that "Xorg -configure" is totally ignoring the modesetting_drv.so driver.
A bit of testing revealed that the driver is compiled for an earlier Xorg server.

Hmmm, they are all Ubuntu DEBs. However, I am building with the "precise-updates" packages, and it seems they upgraded the server but seem to have forgotten to recompile the modesetting driver.

So I compiled it, now the Wizard offers it.

I do hope there are no other Xorg drivers in this situation.

Woof will be updated, and the driver PET uploaded soon.
Do you think that maybe siliconmotion driver has same problem? Maybe that would explain black screen problem with HP Omnibook XE2 reported before (http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 655#704655). How can I test if this is the case? Executing "Xorg -configure"? Thanks in advance.

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