OVPrecise 5.8 Final + Retro

[James C]

Fresh frugal install of rc1. Everything appears to be working well until I make a savefile...... no intention of putting the savefile on NTFS and saves fine on ext3.

[RSH]

I have seen such really often in newer puppies (newer Kernels 3.x.x, Precise and Slacko!) when mounting a NTFS drive by a simple script.

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash -a
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Sort out swap and mounted partitions
blkid  | egrep '(hd|sd)' | egrep -v "/dev/loop*" | egrep -v "swap" | cut -f 1 -d ':' | sed 's/\/dev\///'>/tmp/list_of_drives
for drive in  `cat /tmp/list_of_drives`;
do
	if [ "/mnt/$drive" = "$LP2BPL" ]; then
		mkdir -p /mnt/$drive
		if [ "`blkid /dev/$drive | grep -o "TYPE=.*" | cut -f2 -d '"'`" = "ntfs" ]; then
			mount -t ntfs /dev/$drive /mnt/$drive
			else
			mount /dev/$drive /mnt/$drive
		fi
done

exit 0

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# End 
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

After unmounting and remounting it manually (clicking the drive icon) the NTFS usually mounts in read/write mode.

[slenkar]

I had a full install of precise 5.6 then I upgraded to 5.7 using the iso to boot
could I do the same upgrade with this new OV 5.8 version?

[Billtoo]

I prepared an 8gb SDHC card and copied the ovprecise58 install from my
gateway desktop to my old hp desktop.
video-info-glx 1.5.3 Tue 26 Nov 2013 on OVPrecise Puppy 5.8 Linux 3.9.11 i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV530 [Radeon X1600 PRO]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RV530 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
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: X.Org R300 Project
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV530
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4

AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3300+
Core 0: @2411 MHz

Suspend doesn't work on this one either,working fine otherwise.

[peebee]

Hello Everyone,

I have just uploaded RC1 to be tested. This should be it. I have fixed Pmount and added suspend as well; Thanks to peebee and shinobar. If nothing else is found the Final will be done by Dec 1st, if not before.

Enjoy

Hi oldyeller

Tested RC1 - seems to work well - however couple of "wrinkles" previously seen in Precise5.7.1 still present:

- my Broadcom wifi is blocked on bootup - needs "rfkill unblock wlan" to activate it - with this wifi connection goes fine established by Frisbee and using the Broadcom STA driver

- suspend** works but on return from suspend the fan in my laptop is on full blow even though the cpu activity is low....Precise has always been different to Slacko in this respect

**I installed LxPup-by-SFS and used the Suspend option in the Session Control menu (LxPup all worked fine).

Cheers
peebee

[oldyeller]

Hello Everyone,

I have just uploaded RC1 to be tested. This should be it. I have fixed Pmount and added suspend as well; Thanks to peebee and shinobar. If nothing else is found the Final will be done by Dec 1st, if not before.

Enjoy

Hi oldyeller

Tested RC1 - seems to work well - however couple of "wrinkles" previously seen in Precise5.7.1 still present:

- my Broadcom wifi is blocked on bootup - needs "rfkill unblock wlan" to activate it - with this wifi connection goes fine established by Frisbee and using the Broadcom STA driver

- suspend** works but on return from suspend the fan in my laptop is on full blow even though the cpu activity is low....Precise has always been different to Slacko in this respect

**I installed LxPup-by-SFS and used the Suspend option in the Session Control menu (LxPup all worked fine).

Cheers
peebee

Maybe I should build this with LxPup-by SFS as a wnidow mngr?

What do you think?

It might not be a good thing to have the pet from shinobar and just let thoughs who do use this puppy go to how to and ask for help. I now that this might work on some hardware and not on others.

@ James C I will see about talking to Mick about the ntfs and see what can be done.

@slenkar I am not sure that I would try and do an upgrade with this puppy it might not be compatible with precise 5.7.1. You could wait until this comes to final and if you want save what you have and install this. You should be able to install side by side with the other, not sure if that is possible or not. Might want to ask in the How to's for help on this.

[mikeslr]

Hi Oldyeller,

I'm not sure why changing the window-manager would have any effect on whether ntfs partitions initially mount properly. As that function can be managed via a script, it takes place at a lower level. This, however, should not deter you from making such change as Openbox provides a much nicer window manager than jwm, especially if combined with lxpanel. Perhaps there is something in the build of peebee's Openbox+lxde sfs which coincidently circumvents the problem showing up under jwm.
If you make such change, also consider substituting pcman or spacefm for rox as file manager.

mikesLr

[oldyeller]

Hello Everyone,

The OVPrecise final has been uploaded.

@mikeslr, At this time I am not going to add another wm, might later I think maybe fluxbox.

Will also being doing a non-pae soon.

[Ted Dog]

thanks. something to download at my thanksgiving hosts high speed internet. please provide updates as deltas to s ave bandwidth

[oldyeller]

thanks. something to download at my thanksgiving hosts high speed internet. please provide updates as deltas to s ave bandwidth

I guess this can be done, I never did that is there a thread for this?

It would make it easier to upload and for others to download.

Cheers

[Ted Dog]

its a standard puppy tool I think its near the pFind and filesystem submenu someing sometbing delta on cell leaving for roasted bird meat and cranberry.

[oldyeller]

Hello Everyone,

I have just uploaded OVPrecise-retro 5.8 you can get it from the first post enjoy.


Cheers

[Billtoo]

Manual frugal install to a 16gb SDHC card, computer is an AAO 721-3801
netbook.
video-info-glx 1.5.3 Thu 28 Nov 2013 on OVPrecise-retro Puppy 5.8 Linux 3.8.4 i686
5.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RS880M 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1024x600 pixels (270x158 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RS880
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4

AMD Athlon(tm) II Neo K125 Processor
Core 0: @1700 MHz

Network controller Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)

No problems so far, I installed several applications in PPM + some
sfs files.
Will you be posting the kernel source sfs files for ov58 abd ov58 retro?

[James C]

Manual frugal install of 5.8 Retro. All looking good.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: OVPrecise-retro Puppy, version 5.8

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
63 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12.588 FPS
126 frames in 5.0 seconds = 25.185 FPS
139 frames in 5.0 seconds = 27.730 FPS
139 frames in 5.0 seconds = 27.660 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1033MB (220MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : OVPrecise-retro Puppy - 5.8
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 29 Nov 2013 12:18:45 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on softpipe
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235

[James C]

Manual frugal install of 5.8. All good except.....

[James C]

Continued from previous post......

Anyway, this is not the box with the retro install and not the one at the top of the page with the same error message.....surely doesn't like XP partitions.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: OVPrecise Puppy, version 5.8

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000] (rev a4)

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): 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
352 frames in 5.0 seconds = 70.320 FPS
557 frames in 5.0 seconds = 111.377 FPS
561 frames in 5.0 seconds = 112.123 FPS
549 frames in 5.0 seconds = 109.543 FPS
539 frames in 5.0 seconds = 107.616 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+
Memory : 2073MB (211MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : OVPrecise Puppy - 5.8
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 29 Nov 2013 12:26:30 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x300)
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : VIA8237 - VIA 8251

Other than the error message things look good.

[James C]

Since something similar occurred in Barry K's Precise builds the possible fix is here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 497#716497

Pick a Puppy where NTFS mounting works and copy its ntfs-3g components into Precise.

For example, I went into Wary 5.3 and got the files /bin/ntfs-3g, /lib/libntfs-3g.so.79 and /lib/libntfs-3g.so.79.0.0.

I dropped these into Precise and mounted an NTFS partition. It worked.

[oldyeller]

Since something similar occurred in Barry K's Precise builds the possible fix is here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 497#716497

Pick a Puppy where NTFS mounting works and copy its ntfs-3g components into Precise.

For example, I went into Wary 5.3 and got the files /bin/ntfs-3g, /lib/libntfs-3g.so.79 and /lib/libntfs-3g.so.79.0.0.

I dropped these into Precise and mounted an NTFS partition. It worked.

Have you tried precise 5.5 and see if the it works and if so let me know and I will upload those files for everyone who would like to do this. I only run Puppy on the two computers in my house.

@Billtoo the kernel source sfs files should be at Barryk's site where he as the others.

Cheers

[peebee]

Hi oldyeller

The change in kernel to 3.8.4 for ovprecise5.8retro has resulted in the wl.ko Broadcom driver to go missing.....

My memory says that BK's original target for Precise5.7.1retro with k3.2.48 was as a wary replacement with support for as much legacy hardware as possible - with your change to k3.8.4 does your retro still meet the same goals??

Cheers
peebee

[James C]

Have you tried precise 5.5 and see if the it works and if so let me know and I will upload those files for everyone who would like to do this. I only run Puppy on the two computers in my house.

I'll try to find time to check into this over the weekend.