slacko-6.0 beta 2

[James C]

Other than the minor kernel panic problem things are working pretty well.....

Just wondering, if you go to "/setup/QuickSetup first run settings" and
check the "Run Internet apps as spot" box, does it break the
flashplugin and cause Firefox to crash?

Yes indeed.Confirmed.Crashed pretty fast.Got back to root as quick as I could......

[Billtoo]

Yes indeed.Confirmed.Crashed pretty fast.Got back to root as quick as I could......

Me too, thanks for responding.

[shinobar]

Slacko-6.0 alpha frugal install on ext4 partition.
save-to-direcory works fine.

Encountered same CUPS problem as Tahr pup.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 576#782576
# /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb
direct usb://EPSON/EP-704A "EPSON EP-704A" "EPSON EP-704A" "MFG:EPSON;CMD:ESCPL2,BDC,D4,D4PX,ESCPR2;MDL:EP-704A;CLS:PRINTER;DES:EPSON EP-704A;CID:EpsonRGB;FID:FXN,DPN,WFN,ETN,AFN,DAN;" ""

But the CUPS web interface does not show my USB printer on the list of the Local Prnters

With the same hardware, Slacko 5.7 and Precise Puppy 571JP is fine.
But the Slacko-6.0 alpha and Tahr Puppy 5.8.0.8 shows same problem.

[shinobar]

/usr/sbin/mksquashfs in slacko-6.0 alpha is a link to mksquashfs3.
It is to be a link to mksquashfs4.

[01micko]

The most recent version of Legacy GRUB Config 2013 is here.

The version in Slacko 591 has a completely different user interface. How did this happen? Has this modified version become the standard in woof-ce?

What testing did this version get to ensure that nothing broke?

The Help button in the modified version links to the forum page of the official version. So who is taking responsibility for providing user support for the modified version?

I'll revert if you like, however it has been there since 5.7.

[01micko]

/usr/sbin/mksquashfs in slacko-6.0 alpha is a link to mksquashfs3.
It is to be a link to mksquashfs4.

Thanks. I am thinking to remove squash3 support by default. It can be added as a package. I intend to update to mksqushfs-4.3.

[01micko]

Billtoo. I think the problem is that flash is running with the wrong permissions. I think that flash can be installed on a per user basis so it would install to /spot/.mozilla/firefox/$YOUR_PROFILE/plugins/

If you can move it there, run

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cd /spot/.mozilla/firefox/$YOUR_PROFILE/plugins/
chown spot:spot libflashplayer.so 

Or try without inside your profile just in /spot/.mozilla/firefox/plugins/
#Comment: spot has his own group

See how you go. If that's the case then maybe shinobar's getflash can detect if running as spot and move it there automatically.

As far as kde-games go.. I didn't see it in PPM. Have they split it all up? Or was there a mistake an old 14.0 databases were installed? Was there a /usr/share/applications/kde4/ dir created?

[shinobar]

My GeForce GTX660ti shows odd with nouveau driver. The label of the pinboard on the desktop cannot see. (EDIT: "nouveau.modeset=0" boot option saved this.)

I go the xorgwizard and chose vesa. The xorgwizard require reboot PC. But the shutdownconfig is not invoked. Therefore, reboots without saving session.

[sszindian]

rcrsn51 - check your PM!

>>>---Indian------>

[rcrsn51]

@shinobar: From the Tahr discussion, here is my only suggestion to fix this.

1. Apply the 55-cups.rules patch.
2. Reboot the printer.
3. Confirm that the device node /dev/usb/lp0 has a full set of write permissions.
4. Install in CUPS with the URI: parallel:/dev/usb/lp0
5. Look for error messages.

[OscarTalks]

Testing Slacko 5.9.1

I posted about the Advert Blocker during the RC phase of 5.7 and I know that really it needs to be addressed at the Woof CE level and/or maybe is not important so apologies if I am speaking out of turn by mentioning it again, but I did have a stab at adding some fixes and updates to it. (mvps still doesn't work and technobeta is still dead).
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 0&start=53
There seems to be some debate over whether 0.0.0.0 is better than 127.0.0.1 and if so then it will need amending for that.

Also, do we need all those grub4dos menu entries?

[SFR]

@Mick: Some updated stuff you may want to consider...

I dropped you this one via PM a couple of months ago, but perhaps you missed it; updated jwmconfig, with two fixes:
- in 'keyboard' script, 'Edit' and 'Delete' buttons might be disabled (happens in ToOpPy, based on Precise-5.4.3 - Argolance spotted it), unless any item in the <tree> is selected and app's window unfocused and focused back again.
- horizontal distribution of radiobuttons ("Snap mode" frame) in "window" script has been corrected.
(attached)
___________

/usr/sbin/run-pureftpd: tiny, tiny fix for a bug in gettext that prevents final window with some useful info from being displayed
(attached)
___________

Hugely reworked Kirk's pcurlftp_file_sharing app.
Details: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 235#768235
Recently, I also added lazy unmount (fusermount -z -u ...), so if a user is in the middle of copying from/to a share and close ROX-Filer's window, we can be sure that the share will be unmounted right after copying finished.
(attached)
___________

From other apps:
- defaults-chooser-0.8.9
- gfnrename-0.6 hacked
- peasyglue-1.7
- peasypdf-3.1
- peasyprint-2.6
___________

Compiled (and I don't like compiling) by myself, so verification is welcomed.
- unrar-5.10 (attached)
- gifsicle-1.83 (attached)
- mhwaveedit-1.4.23 (attached)
___________

Oh, there's still that broken symlink in devx.sfs (I wonder how it got there?? ):
/root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith/application_x-cd-image/Burn with pBurn

Greetings!

[shinobar]

@shinobar: From the Tahr discussion, here is my only suggestion to fix this.

1. Apply the 55-cups.rules patch.
2. Reboot the printer.
3. Confirm that the device node /dev/usb/lp0 has a full set of write permissions.
4. Install in CUPS with the URI: parallel:/dev/usb/lp0
5. Look for error messages.

55-cups.rules patch is already applied on the Slacko 5.9.1.
# ls -l /dev/usb/lp0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root lp 180, 0 Jun 18 06:57 /dev/usb/lp0

# /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb
direct usb://EPSON/EP-704A "EPSON EP-704A" "EPSON EP-704A" "MFG:EPSON;CMD:ESCPL2,BDC,D4,D4PX,ESCPR2;MDL:EP-704A;CLS:PRINTER;DES:EPSON EP-704A;CID:EpsonRGB;FID:FXN,DPN,WFN,ETN,AFN,DAN;" ""

I edited /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to get more debugging info:
# Log general information in error_log - change "info" to "debug" for
# troubleshooting...
LogLevel debug

I followed your suggestion:
1. Run CUPS. Under Add Printer, select AppSocket/JetDirect.
2. On the next screen, delete "socket" and type "parallel:/dev/usb/lp0"

Seems installed printer named 'lp'.
Tried printing test page from the web interface. Nothing the printer do.

Got /var/log/cups/error_log:
EDIT: Somewhat i mistook in CUPS error_log, but the Web interface says "Unable to open device file "/dev/usb/lp0": Permission denied"

Again checked the permission:
# ls -l /dev/usb/lp0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root lp 180, 0 Jun 18 06:57 /dev/usb/lp0

[ally]

booted fine from hdd frugal install on lenovo t500, display and ethernet connection configured automatically

fells snappy, off to play

[SFR]

RE: Firefox as spot + Flash = crash

Aaa, it's an old problem that resurfaced again:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 456#712456
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 556#712556
Works fine with corrected permissions.

Greetings!

[01micko]

You see?

All this study (mostly irrelevant windows crap) turns my brain to mush!

Thanks Jake!

EDIT: pushed!

@rcrsn51. should fix many USB printing bugs (I hope).

[Billtoo]

If you can move it there, run

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cd /spot/.mozilla/firefox/$YOUR_PROFILE/plugins/
chown spot:spot libflashplayer.so 

Or try without inside your profile just in /spot/.mozilla/firefox/plugins/
#Comment: spot has his own group

See how you go. If that's the case then maybe shinobar's getflash can detect if running as spot and move it there automatically.

As far as kde-games go.. I didn't see it in PPM. Have they split it all up? Or was there a mistake an old 14.0 databases were installed? Was there a /usr/share/applications/kde4/ dir created?

I saw the post by SFR and opened the terminal and did:
chmod 666 /dev/urandom

Firefox runs as user spot now.

A /usr/share/applications/kde4 was created,not much in it though.
There is no kdegames in PPM, I clicked on kdelibs (I think) and it
downloaded and installed a bunch of files so I thought everything had
installed.

Thanks

[01micko]

Thanks for confirming Billtoo

I just pushed the change to woof-CE so hopefully it's fixed now.

As for KDE games, I'm pretty sure they are all split up now. I'll confirm that later.

[James C]

Got the cutting-edge Athlon XP box off the shelf....... 5.9.1 live pfix=ram.

It booted.

All basics working on initial boot. A bit slower than the other boxes but working.

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.9.1

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): 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 dri2 exa extmod fb glx kbd mouse shadowfb

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  1024x768 pixels (270x203 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

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

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# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh.  The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
1361 frames in 5.0 seconds = 271.928 FPS
1367 frames in 5.0 seconds = 273.329 FPS
1319 frames in 5.0 seconds = 263.719 FPS
1393 frames in 5.0 seconds = 278.575 FPS

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-Computer-
Processor		: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory		: 1032MB (193MB used)
Machine Type		: Physical machine
Operating System		: Slacko Puppy - 5.9.1
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: Wed 18 Jun 2014 09:31:50 AM CDT
-Display-
Resolution		: 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Mesa DRI nv18 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter		: VIA8233 - VIA 8235

Now to try a frugal install......

[James C]

Kernel panic again.....