Slacko 5.7 final - 8 March 2014

[nooby]

Thanks for letting me know about Audacious.
Does not that one spend some several minutes to list
all the files under the Music Dir?

[DC]

Hi slick-puppy,
How do you uninstall ffmpeg? I tried installing over the top and that did'nt work

thanks

dc

I also had issues with every vlc I installed trying to play a recorded .ts from a satellite. Although every version would open for me I received an error " unable to decode mpgv audio or video ". Being that I tried several versions and received the same error I assumed the problem might be external with ffmpeg so I uninstalled ffmpeg and installed ffmpeg and vlc from here and everything works for me now:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... -slacko14/

ffmpeg-2.0-i686-s14.0.pet
ffmpeg_DEV-2.0-i686-s14.0.pet
vlc-2.1.0-i686-s14.pet

Since I installed all at the same time I still do not know exactly where the problem was. People at compile time on vlc choose to compile ffmpeg with vlc and others choose to use external installed ffmpeg.

[slick-puppy]

Hi slick-puppy,
How do you uninstall ffmpeg? I tried installing over the top and that did'nt work

thanks

dc

I uninstalled the ffmpeg version in the menu:

Menu --> Setup --> Remove built in packages

There was two installed but it only allowed me to uninstall one. That left ffmpeg-0.11.2 installed. Then I was able to install the newer pets I downloaded.

Be advised I had to scale my processor from 80% to 50% in the menu:

Menu --> System --> CPU Frequency Scaling tool

And also adjusted the cache in vlc for the higher bit rate feeds in vlc to display properly with out jerking.

Mplayer2 (Not mplayer; it has some issues with high bit rate feeds) actually uses less resources and plays some tp's that vlc will not; I use it more often than vlc.

[nooby]

Help me spot what goes wrong. To me these look identical
apart from 5.6 and 5.7

title slacko-5.6 Puppy Linux
kernel (hd0,0)/slacko-5.6/vmlinuz PMEDIA=atahd PDEV1=sda1 psubdir=slacko-5.6 pfix=fsck
initrd (hd0,0)/slacko-5.6/initrd.gz

title slacko-5.7 Puppy Linux non-Pae
kernel (hd0,0)/slacko-5.7/vmlinuz PMEDIA=atahd PDEV1=sda1 psubdir=slacko-5.7 pfix=fsck
initrd (hd0,0)/slacko-5.7/initrd.gz

The older one works well but the new one fail to go pass
Automatic logon. While the old one do it instantly.

So it looks to me that slacko7 is different internally ?

[DC]

Hi slick-puppy,
Tried your way did not work for me. So read some more and started again.
loaded
qt-4.8.2.sfs and vlc-2.0.3.sfs - works fine
tried
qt-4.8.2.sfs and vlc-2.1.0-i686-s14.pet - works
qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.2-i686-s14.sfs and vlc-2.1.0-i686-s14.pet works

so it seems my problem was the missing qt files and the BBC is working in VLC at 01:43 in the morning.
And the bonus is I'm now running VLC 2.1.0

thanks
dc

I uninstalled the ffmpeg version in the menu:

Menu --> Setup --> Remove built in packages

There was two installed but it only allowed me to uninstall one. That left ffmpeg-0.11.2 installed. Then I was able to install the newer pets I downloaded.

Be advised I had to scale my processor from 80% to 50% in the menu:

Menu --> System --> CPU Frequency Scaling tool

And also adjusted the cache in vlc for the higher bit rate feeds in vlc to display properly with out jerking.

Mplayer2 (Not mplayer; it has some issues with high bit rate feeds) actually uses less resources and plays some tp's that vlc will not; I use it more often than vlc.

[slick-puppy]

Hi slick-puppy,
Tried your way did not work for me. So read some more and started again.
loaded
qt-4.8.2.sfs and vlc-2.0.3.sfs - works fine
tried
qt-4.8.2.sfs and vlc-2.1.0-i686-s14.pet - works
qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.2-i686-s14.sfs and vlc-2.1.0-i686-s14.pet works

so it seems my problem was the missing qt files and the BBC is working in VLC at 01:43 in the morning.
And the bonus is I'm now running VLC 2.1.0

thanks
dc

Did not think about the qt installs. I had already had them installed when I compiled all my dvb programs so they would work with my modified modules and frontend.h. Glad you got it working. I guess that is the reason my vlc installs was working. I just had a codec issue.

[slick-puppy]

Help me spot what goes wrong. To me these look identical
apart from 5.6 and 5.7

title slacko-5.6 Puppy Linux
kernel (hd0,0)/slacko-5.6/vmlinuz PMEDIA=atahd PDEV1=sda1 psubdir=slacko-5.6 pfix=fsck
initrd (hd0,0)/slacko-5.6/initrd.gz

title slacko-5.7 Puppy Linux non-Pae
kernel (hd0,0)/slacko-5.7/vmlinuz PMEDIA=atahd PDEV1=sda1 psubdir=slacko-5.7 pfix=fsck
initrd (hd0,0)/slacko-5.7/initrd.gz

The older one works well but the new one fail to go pass
Automatic logon. While the old one do it instantly.

So it looks to me that slacko7 is different internally ?

Is the first line in your /etc/fstab file exactly the same on the two different installs? I have had issues in the past if they were the same on multiple installs. I gotten where the first thing i do after each install is generate a uuid and replace the /dev/sd?? with a uuid. I make back up images of all of my linux installs so when I restore they are not tied to any partition. All I have to do is restore and update grub. Example:

This is on a full install

UUID=9d65e084-5b0c-4d40-bc6d-a611c83e62d0 / ext4 defaults 0 1
Instead of
/dev/sda1 / ext4 defaults 0 1

I have never done a frugal.It looks like you are using the same partition for both installs so when it gets to loading the fstab file and they say the same /dev/sda1 i would think it would get confused. I do not know anything about a frugal install but I would have created another partition for the second install.

I have used nothing but linux for over 20 years. I have been playing with puppy linux for about 3 months. Seems like I am learning something everyday I boot over to puppy.

[nooby]

Could be that they get mixed up somehow?
But usually it just works.as expected. I will try
it out tomorrow if I feel better.

[drblock2]

nooby

Are you sure that the directory containing your slacko-5.7 files is actually called "slacko-5.7"? If it is not, the boot will fail and you will have to either change the name of the directory to match the menu.lst entry or the menu.lst entry to match the directory name.

If this does not solve your problem, please post the error message on the screen when you attempt to boot.

[nooby]

Mnu.lst has this Dir name slacko-5.7

and the actual Dir on HD has this one. slacko-5.7
Bootcode is this

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title slacko-5.7  Puppy Linux non-Pae slacko-5.7
kernel (hd0,0)/slacko-5.7/vmlinuz PMEDIA=atahd PDEV1=sda1 psubdir=slacko-5.7 pfix=fsck 
initrd (hd0,0)/slacko-5.7/initrd.gz

Just in case I test to boot again and try to catch some error message.

Edit. I am so sorry. My bad. Sad that I took up so much time
due to me too tired to spot the obvious thing to look for first.

I had a savefile that was not compatible with 5.7
And when I deleted that one it all worked as expected.

I am booted now and all looks great.

So my heart felt apology.

[nooby]

The Error from some days ago. Will not go away.

Not easy to describe I lack proper words

The boot up "stall" at Puppy 27380
Login:root automatic.

Log in [4643] root login on 'tty'

The only way out is to do ctrl-alt-delete which reboot the computer.

It stalls several times in a row so not a reliable boot at all.

What could cause such an odd thing?

[j3nnydeguzman]

thanks for not helping

[slick-puppy]

I am having an issue with my Samsung Galaxy S4. Seems to work up to a point. It will show folders in browser but when you click on the folders; nothing is there. My precise puppy 571 install works correctly and when connected to phone it will display a cdrom drive icon at the lower left of screen. Here are the two dmesg's from each:

Precise puppy 571:

[ 42.785537] usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
[ 42.910079] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=685b
[ 42.910088] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 42.910094] usb 1-6: Product: SAMSUNG_Android
[ 42.910099] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG
[ 42.910103] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: a1e2458d
[ 42.912012] usb-storage: device found at 6
[ 42.912045] scsi7 : usb-storage 1-6:1.0
[ 42.912151] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 43.915235] scsi 7:0:0:0: CD-ROM SAMSUNG File-Stor Gadget 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 43.916955] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x cd/rw tray
[ 43.917111] sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[ 43.917538] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 68.446470] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[ 68.472711] ISOFS: changing to secondary root
[ 73.061397] usb 1-6: USB disconnect, device number 6
[ 73.317356] usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci
[ 73.443172] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860
[ 73.443180] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 73.443186] usb 1-6: Product: SAMSUNG_Android
[ 73.443191] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG
[ 73.443196] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: a1e2458

Slacko 570 PAE:

[ 44.920095] usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
[ 45.044618] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=685b
[ 45.044627] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 45.044634] usb 1-6: Product: SAMSUNG_Android
[ 45.044639] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG
[ 45.044644] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: a1e2458d
[ 45.046285] usb-storage 1-6:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 45.046359] scsi7 : usb-storage 1-6:1.0
[ 46.046542] scsi 7:0:0:0: CD-ROM SAMSUNG File-Stor Gadget 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 46.048134] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x cd/rw tray
[ 46.048435] sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[ 46.048564] sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 5
[ 51.222188] usb 1-6: USB disconnect, device number 6
[ 51.477368] usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci
[ 51.602337] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860
[ 51.602348] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 51.602355] usb 1-6: Product: SAMSUNG_Android
[ 51.602360] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG
[ 51.602365] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: a1e2458d

[rufwoof]

thanks for not helping

Not sure about Chrome, but in Firefox you can EDIT, PREFERENCES, CONTENT and set the Font.

[drblock2]

nooby

I gotta admit that this is puzzling. I have never seen error messages like the ones you have posted.

Let me suggest the following:

1. Try booting with pfix=ram. Probably, the easiest way to do this is to copy your existing entry in menu.lst with pfix=ram instead of pfix=fsck. This will boot without the save file and eliminate that source of problems. See if this works.

2. Bizarre problems are often caused by defective downloads. Did you check the md5sum of slacko-5.7-NO-pae.iso? You can find the information here: http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... lacko-5.7/. If the md5sum does not check, reload the iso and start over. (You can check this by opening a terminal in the directory where you have downloaded the iso and typing: md5sum slacko-5.7-NO-pae.iso.

[bigpup]

thanks for not helping :

Also, do I need to install some drivers? Maybe NVIDIA? Because, it feels like a brand new installed windows XP without graphics drivers installed yet.(

menu->Setup->Video Upgrade Wizard

What does it say?

Welcome to Puppy land.
We who live all over the world help when we can, but not unusual to take 3 or 4 days to get some feedback.

We do have a life that keeps us doing other things. I have a wife, (Honey Do this, etc...) do I need to say more?


Helps a lot if you post only one question at a time.

For good results this info is needed.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=90471

In the future, when posting pictures, please keep them no wider than 600. fits nicely in a normal browser window.

[James C]

Still using an earlier test version (5.6.5.6) on multi-session DVD and it's still working fine. When this DVD gets full I'll probably move up to 5.7......

[nooby]

nooby

I gotta admit that this is puzzling. I have never seen error messages like the ones you have posted.

Let me suggest the following:

1. Try booting with pfix=ram. Probably, the easiest way to do this is to copy your existing entry in menu.lst with pfix=ram instead of pfix=fsck. This will boot without the save file and eliminate that source of problems. See if this works.

2. Bizarre problems are often caused by defective downloads. Did you check the md5sum of slacko-5.7-NO-pae.iso? You can find the information here: http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... lacko-5.7/. If the md5sum does not check, reload the iso and start over. (You can check this by opening a terminal in the directory where you have downloaded the iso and
typing: md5sum slacko-5.7-NO-pae.iso.

tried to follow every suggestion but none worked.

As soon as I make a savefile then it stall at the automatic log in.
Could it be some hardware issue?None elese have trouble with the OS only here at my computer. I am lazy but I have another coputer to install it on or USB to see if that helps Not now though lack motivation

[darry1966]

Congrats to Micko and all those involved in the new release of Slacko at Distrowatch great work and sweat.

[rokytnji]

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# inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 3.10.32 i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.7.1) 
           Desktop: JWM git-905 
           Distro: Slacko Puppy Linux Linux 3.10.32 [ arch] 
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard (portable) product: Presario CQ57 Notebook PC v: 068C110003204910000620100
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 3577 v: 24.48
           Bios: Hewlett-Packard v: F.42 date: 11/07/2011
CPU:       Dual core AMD C-50 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB
           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 3993 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1000 MHz 2: 1000 MHz
Graphics:  Card: ATI Device 9804 bus-ID: 00:01.0
           Display Server: X.org 1.12.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: vesa)
           tty size: 80x25 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio:     Card ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.10.32
Network:   Card-1: Ralink Device 5390
           driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 07:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (18.3% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD2500BEVT size: 250.1GB
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 59.4C mobo: N/A gpu: 59.0 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 93 Uptime: 1:35 Memory: 306.2/1623.5MB 
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.1 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.1.01) inxi: 2.1.28
# blkid
/dev/loop1: UUID="75c046fe-e263-4015-9712-c427241a9722" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda2: UUID="64F68FC2F68F92CA" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop4: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop5: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="SYSTEM" UUID="10703818703806CE" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="Recovery" UUID="EE34B6F134B6BBC1" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda4: LABEL="HP_TOOLS" UUID="E4C1-BF34" TYPE="vfat"
# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x16cc72e1

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      409599      203776    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          409600   449538047   224564224    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       449538048   480073727    15267840    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4       480073728   488395119     4160696    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
# cat /etc/issue
Slacko Puppy Linux
Linux 3.10.32 [i686 arch]

Running the .exe installer in-side of Windows 7. Need the 4 primary Windows stuff to tune motrcyles.