Slacko 5.7 final - 8 March 2014

[jrb]

Abiword is included for posterity and will be unceremoniously dumped by me as quick as 5.7 is out. I hate it.

I couldn't agree more. Slacko5502 was a real treat, partly because Abiword was absent.

Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your hard work. Slacko has been my Puppy of choice since 5.3 and 5680 promises to be another masterpiece.

I have only one complaint, please activate the adrv! Its there in the initrd.gz file structure and in the init file. All it needs is to add

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DISTRO_ADRVSFS='adrv_slacko_5.6.8.0.sfs'

to the DISTRO_SPECS file. For those of us who don't use a pup_save its invaluable.

Cheers, Thanks again, J

[CatDude]

Hi

..The correct string for en_GB is

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am_pm   "<U0041><U004D>";"<U0050><U004D>"
t_fmt_ampm "<U0025><U006C><U003A><U0025><U004D><U003A><U0025><U0053><U0020>/
<U0025><U0070>"

OK thanks,
but the only difference there is <U006C> as opposed to <U0049>
or put another way, a lowercase L as opposed to an uppercase i.
Surely that isn't going to be a problem,
having a leading zero rather than a blank space in front of the hour.

(maybe that's why it messed up your desktop)

I don't think so, just the mere act of switching locales was enough.

Try this:

• Edit the PuppyPin to remove all desktop icons (not the drive icons)
  then restart the Xserver, you'll have a nice clean desktop.
  Now switch to a different locale, all the icons will come back,
  that's what i meant by 'messed up'

Unfortunately this is not a woof bug but an old glibc(?) issue.

Sorry, i wasn't trying to infer that it was a woof bug,
more of a suggestion that it could maybe be fixed at woof level somehow.

CatDude
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[peebee]

Hi Mick

Looks like you've used a version of the Broadcom STA wl.ko driver source that doesn't have the patch to create wlan0 instead of eth1.

The source I've been using, that does have the patch is from:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/i38 ... .223.141-1

Cheers
peebee

[Terry H]

I did a frugal instal of the slacko-5.6.8.0 on my laptop which has Intel 4965 AGN wifi card. The wifi is not working. I did a work around by copying the 'iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode' from another instal and saving it as '/lib/firmware/iwlegacy/iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode', as per a fix mentioned in pemasu's DPup Wheezy thread.

I have attached the output from pdiag, which was run on a clean instal without doing the work around.

[Marv]

I did a frugal instal of the slacko-5.6.8.0 on my laptop which has Intel 4965 AGN wifi card. The wifi is not working. I did a work around by copying the 'iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode' from another instal and saving it as '/lib/firmware/iwlegacy/iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode', as per a fix mentioned in pemasu's DPup Wheezy thread.

I have attached the output from pdiag, which was run on a clean instal without doing the work around.

Blacklist wl and repeat the test. From the pdialog output it looks like that might do it. If that does it there is a fix discussed here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 337#748337

[James C]

Fresh manual frugal install of 5.6.8 ...needed to use SNS for internet connection.Otherwise,all looking good so far.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.6.8

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C68 [GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a] (rev a2)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1024x768x16
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
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.
4697 frames in 5.0 seconds = 939.328 FPS
5554 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1110.602 FPS
5485 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1096.886 FPS
5555 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1110.835 FPS
5545 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1108.882 FPS
5524 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1104.797 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
Memory : 3113MB (197MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.6.8
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 07 Mar 2014 03:40:00 PM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on NV67
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
-Input Devices-

-Version-
Kernel : Linux 3.4.82 (i686)
Version : #1 SMP Mon Mar 3 17:15:25 EST 2014
C Library : GNU C Library version 2.15 (stable)
Distribution : Slacko Puppy - 5.6.8

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# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       3113716       575020      2538696            0        59368
-/+ buffers:             515652      2598064
Swap:      6246396            0      6246396
# 

Even though the PAE version is redundant with the advent of Slacko64 I'll probably give it a quick test later as well.

[James C]

Fresh manual frugal install of 5.6.8.0 (PAE).....same results as above install.Different kernel requires nouveau.noaccel=1 to be used.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.6.8.0

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C68 [GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a] (rev a2)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1024x768x16
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
1332 frames in 5.0 seconds = 266.285 FPS
1720 frames in 5.0 seconds = 343.666 FPS
1700 frames in 5.0 seconds = 339.998 FPS
1684 frames in 5.0 seconds = 336.573 FPS
1705 frames in 5.0 seconds = 340.928 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
Memory : 3885MB (201MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.6.8.0
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 07 Mar 2014 03:55:12 PM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x300)
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia

-Version-
Kernel : Linux 3.10.32 (i686)
Version : #1 SMP Mon Mar 3 16:37:24 EST 2014
C Library : GNU C Library version 2.15 (stable)
Distribution : Slacko Puppy - 5.6.8.0

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# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       3885768       582808      3302960            0        60652
-/+ buffers:             522156      3363612
Swap:      6246396            0      6246396
# 

[James C]

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[gcmartin]

Tested Slacko 5.6.8.0 (PAE) on my eeePC netbook via a Netboot from one of the LAN PCs.

All is well ... no issues on boot to desktop. Great!!!
Booted in 40 seconds over the LAN.

[mavrothal]

Updated 5.6.5.6 with no issues.
However, updating from 5.6 still fails to do a proper full update
Turns out that puppy does not update the /etc/rc.d/ files before the upgrade so if you have the old ones in your save file will be used instead of the new ones
I have fixed that in woof for the next version but till then if you want to update from Slacko-5.6 just boot with "pfix=clean"

[01micko]

I did a frugal instal of the slacko-5.6.8.0 on my laptop which has Intel 4965 AGN wifi card. The wifi is not working. I did a work around by copying the 'iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode' from another instal and saving it as '/lib/firmware/iwlegacy/iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode', as per a fix mentioned in pemasu's DPup Wheezy thread.

I have attached the output from pdiag, which was run on a clean instal without doing the work around.

Did the work around work? It certainly seems like puppy's old location for WiFi firmware is failing in new kernels.

[01micko]

So, how about upgrading the whole thing?

Greetings!

Hmmm.. not now. Post the working binaries and I'll put them in.

My idea is to totally change the boot from CD routine and USB installs, offering a menu similar to Shinobar's and Porteus at first boot. The method used now is archaic. Iguleder wants to support UEFI and this support is in syslinux 6.x. I think that is the way to go for future versions. Some win8 machines will be 2 years old soon.

[01micko]

Tested Slacko 5.6.8 (I assume this is the non PAE version of 5.7RC).
Or do I need the 5.6.8.0 ?

- No WIFI connection on the eeePC 1001HA (RA3900), not with SNS, not with Frisbee, not with Dougals wizzard. CPU load is low during scan, so it is not an issue with timeouts.
This is the first time on a Slacko build. All earlier Slacko's I tested (5.2x, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6) work fine on this netbook.

ifconfig does not show "wlan0" at all , only "eth0" and "lo"

Will try later with different PC's.

I can only assume this is firmware related. Please post a pdiag file or at least the output from dmesg. Thanks.

[01micko]

Hi Mick

Looks like you've used a version of the Broadcom STA wl.ko driver source that doesn't have the patch to create wlan0 instead of eth1.

The source I've been using, that does have the patch is from:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/i38 ... .223.141-1

Cheers
peebee

Well thats odd, I used that source, you pointed me to it! What about you build the drivers, I'll put them in.

[01micko]

Hi

..The correct string for en_GB is

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am_pm   "<U0041><U004D>";"<U0050><U004D>"
t_fmt_ampm "<U0025><U006C><U003A><U0025><U004D><U003A><U0025><U0053><U0020>/
<U0025><U0070>"

OK thanks,
but the only difference there is <U006C> as opposed to <U0049>
or put another way, a lowercase L as opposed to an uppercase i.
Surely that isn't going to be a problem,
having a leading zero rather than a blank space in front of the hour.

(maybe that's why it messed up your desktop)

I don't think so, just the mere act of switching locales was enough.

Try this:

• Edit the PuppyPin to remove all desktop icons (not the drive icons)
  then restart the Xserver, you'll have a nice clean desktop.
  Now switch to a different locale, all the icons will come back,
  that's what i meant by 'messed up'

Unfortunately this is not a woof bug but an old glibc(?) issue.

Sorry, i wasn't trying to infer that it was a woof bug,
more of a suggestion that it could maybe be fixed at woof level somehow.

CatDude
.

If you guys can figure out a correct working file I'll include it to override the buggy one. Pet form will be easiest for me but a gzipped file will suffice.

[Terry H]

I did a frugal instal of the slacko-5.6.8.0 on my laptop which has Intel 4965 AGN wifi card. The wifi is not working. I did a work around by copying the 'iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode' from another instal and saving it as '/lib/firmware/iwlegacy/iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode', as per a fix mentioned in pemasu's DPup Wheezy thread.

I have attached the output from pdiag, which was run on a clean instal without doing the work around.

Blacklist wl and repeat the test. From the pdialog output it looks like that might do it. If that does it there is a fix discussed here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 337#748337

I removed the savefile and booted slacko again. I blacklisted wl driver as requested, created a new savefile and then rebooted. Still no wifi.

[Terry H]

I did a frugal instal of the slacko-5.6.8.0 on my laptop which has Intel 4965 AGN wifi card. The wifi is not working. I did a work around by copying the 'iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode' from another instal and saving it as '/lib/firmware/iwlegacy/iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode', as per a fix mentioned in pemasu's DPup Wheezy thread.

I have attached the output from pdiag, which was run on a clean instal without doing the work around.

Did the work around work? It certainly seems like puppy's old location for WiFi firmware is failing in new kernels.

Yes it did.

[SFR]

So, how about upgrading the whole thing?

Greetings!

Hmmm.. not now. Post the working binaries and I'll put them in.

My idea is to totally change the boot from CD routine and USB installs, offering a menu similar to Shinobar's and Porteus at first boot. The method used now is archaic. Iguleder wants to support UEFI and this support is in syslinux 6.x. I think that is the way to go for future versions. Some win8 machines will be 2 years old soon.

Ok, here it is. I added also items from /usr/lib/syslinux/ (only the differing ones).
I'm not sure if it's necessary to replace them too - my previous tests (HDD and USB installs) went well with only syslinux & extlinux binaries replaced, however I just tested both installation types also with them and it did not harm.

Oh, there is a small warning from Universal Installer + newer syslinux:

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syslinux: please specify --install or --update for the future

but all is ok despite that.
Probably just a matter to add -i in one line in /usr/sbin/puppyinstaller.

Greetings!

[01micko]

Thanks @SFR

Now, just rebuilt SDL, attached is the modified slackbuild.. note the intentional hang after the patching, just to read the info, just hit enter.

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UTC Sat Mar  8 00:42:38 2014
 strings_sfdisk-2.2.1 added : extracted from slackware util-linux
 jwm-905-i686 upgraded
 sdl-1.2.15-i486 patched and upgraded : SFR
 syslinux-4.0-modified upgraded from lupu version : SFR

All uploaded, test if you want.

EDIT2: just adding my little changelog utility.. made it for myself but some may find it useful.

[Marv]

I did a frugal instal of the slacko-5.6.8.0 on my laptop which has Intel 4965 AGN wifi card. The wifi is not working. I did a work around by copying the 'iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode' from another instal and saving it as '/lib/firmware/iwlegacy/iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode', as per a fix mentioned in pemasu's DPup Wheezy thread.

I have attached the output from pdiag, which was run on a clean instal without doing the work around.

Blacklist wl and repeat the test. From the pdialog output it looks like that might do it. If that does it there is a fix discussed here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 337#748337

I removed the savefile and booted slacko again. I blacklisted wl driver as requested, created a new savefile and then rebooted. Still no wifi.

Thanks, that gives me a bit more to scratch my old head about. I would love to see all of the firmware in /lib/firmware. No more storage space and there when the kernel needs it.
Edit: in /lib/modules/3.4.78/kernel/drivers/net/wireless, the .ko drivers for iwl3945,iwl4965,iwlegacy are in a directory named iwlegacy. In /lib/modules/all-firmware, the firmware for those chips is in a directory named iwlwifi. I can't test this but I surmise the directory name mismatch goofs up frontend. By contrast, the driver and firmware for my i5300 (which works) are both in respective iwlwifi directories. If the above is the case, moving everything into the iwlwifi directory in /lib/modules/3.4.78/kernel/drivers/net/wireless or symlinking from there would fix it. Creating an iwlegacy directory in all-firmware for the 3945, 4965, iwlegacy firmware also should do it.