Classic Pup 2.14X -- Updated 2 series

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MinHundHettePerro · Tue 23 Mar 2010, 22:04

Running RC4 now

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Haven't tested so much yet, got stuck with trying to comment out the battery-status meter from the command line (instead of simply commenting it out in jwmrc-tray; what's the geek-factor of that?). Might as well share, for those with desktops:

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sed -i '/<Swallow name="wmpower"/,/<\/Swallow/s/<Sw/<!--Sw/' /root/.jwmrc-tray;sed -i '/<!--Swallow name="wmpower"/,/<\/Swallow/s/<\/Swallow>/<\/Swallow-->/' /root/.jwmrc-tray; jwm -restart

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fwiw

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MHHP

davesurrey · #3302 Post by **davesurrey** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 00:09

Just seen and installed 214 RC4.
Seems very good so far. Many fixes.

Noticed that Menu>SetUp>Thunar Default Settings still doesn't seem to do anything. (As mentioned item 12 on page 201 for RC3.) What is it supposed to do?

I haven't tested remote printing yet..that'll have to be tomorrow.

I'm glad you've changed that gross looking yellow background for petget and a few other things..but the black text on blue background is a bt difficult to read. Any chance of a clearer combination? White on blue??

Still feel the menus are cluttered with all those duplicate SetUps which are available in the lovely Control Panel. For example I can set up Alsa Sound by Menu>SetUp>Alsa sound wizard, or Menu>SetUp>Wizard wizard> or Control panel. Sorry but they'll be the first thing I get rid of in 214 Final.

Thanks as ever.
Dave

James C · #3303 Post by **James C** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 01:29

Fresh full install of RC4 on my test box.The only problem so far is that my onboard Intel sound is not detected for some reason. Sound worked perfectly in the prior releases of 2.14X though.

Other than the sound, everything else is looking good......

#3304 Post by **ttuuxxx** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 01:35

James C wrote:Fresh full install of RC4 on my test box.The only problem so far is that my onboard Intel sound is not detected for some reason. Sound worked perfectly in the prior releases of 2.14X though.

Other than the sound, everything else is looking good......

could you please bootup with puppy pfix=ram and make sure its not working, I didn't modify anything to do with sound. and then check your /tmp/xerrs.log before setting and after trying to set the sound.
Thanks
ttuuxxx

sinc · #3305 Post by **sinc** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 01:43

davesurrey wrote: Noticed that Menu>SetUp>Thunar Default Settings still doesn't seem to do anything. (As mentioned item 12 on page 201 for RC3.) What is it supposed to do?

Since we are on the topic... WHat does Menu>System>GpcCard PCMCIA Monitor do? When I click it nothing haapens. I have a PCMCIA card inserted.

James C · #3306 Post by **James C** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 02:00

When booting pfix=ram the sound does work.

The /tmp/xerrs.log reads........

cups: restarted scheduler.
Error in startup script:
Either /dev/mixer isn't there, or I can't access it.
If the latter is the case, chmod 666 /dev/mixer

while executing
"exec sh -c ($volcommand)"
(procedure "getvolume" line 3)
invoked from within
"getvolume "
invoked from within
"set gain [ getvolume ]"
(file "/usr/sbin/mini-volume.tcl" line 211)
4267: old priority 0, new priority 19

(superswitcher:4506): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_ascii_strcasecmp: assertion `s1 != NULL' failed

sinc · #3307 Post by **sinc** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 02:04

MinHundHettePerro wrote:sinc
If you're running xorg, there is a symlink named "X" somewhere (I'm not in puppy here at work). Run "find / -name X" to find it, then "readlink PathToX/X". If the output is xorg, then xorg is running (as opposed to xvesa).
If you're running xorg, you can find the driver used in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (ati, radeon, r128, vesa etc.).

Well, I was trying Xorg again just to see if it would not freeze on me but it did twice already requiring a complete reboot so I installed the ATI pet and the checked my xorg.conf and it does appear to just revert to using the vesa driver. so good thing you didn't put it in. Thanks MHHP.

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Section "Device"
	### Available Driver options are:-
	### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
	### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
	### [arg]: arg optional
	#Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "DefaultRefresh"     	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "ModeSetClearScreen" 	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "vesa" #card0driver
	VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
	BoardName   "Radeon Mobility M6 LY"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

#3308 Post by **ttuuxxx** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 02:14

James C wrote:When booting pfix=ram the sound does work.

The /tmp/xerrs.log reads........

cups: restarted scheduler.
Error in startup script:
Either /dev/mixer isn't there, or I can't access it.
If the latter is the case, chmod 666 /dev/mixer

while executing
"exec sh -c ($volcommand)"
(procedure "getvolume" line 3)
invoked from within
"getvolume "
invoked from within
"set gain [ getvolume ]"
(file "/usr/sbin/mini-volume.tcl" line 211)
4267: old priority 0, new priority 19

(superswitcher:4506): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_ascii_strcasecmp: assertion `s1 != NULL' failed

Hi cI did adjust some colours in the minivolume and also Claaaarrrrrfffffffff altered the code, maybe revert back to RC3 since that worked for you right ?
here try this and restart Xserver after install
ttuuxxx

#3309 Post by **ttuuxxx** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 02:25

Hi guys with the response to thunar settings, all I can say is sorry, lol
actually I did a search and on Softpedia http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Desktop- ... 1407.shtml they have a newer thunar of course, grrr, with it fixed "
Bugfixes and improvements:
· Fix .desktop file to launch thunar-settings dialog with xfce4-settings-manager
It just doesn't like being launched from the menu, but if you want to try it just go to
/usr/bin/thunar-settings and click on it
I don't think that calls for a complete Thunar re-compile. If it was something more serious then maybe, I'll check the sources and see maybe I could just swap the script.
ttuuxxx

#3310 Post by **ttuuxxx** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 02:44

checked the sources and replaced the script and .desktop and still no go.
next release I'll just remove it from the menu, its not all that important.
ttuuxxx

clarf · #3311 Post by **clarf** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 03:18

Hi,

I was checking the mount problems related to Pburn that ttuuxxx reported. I found that if I use the right drive name "/mnt/dvd or /mnt/cd" instead the ones found in /proc/ide path like "/dev/hdb or /dev/hdc", then Pburn correctly warns about a already mounted media, ttuuxxx could you test it please. CD/DVD Drive wizard (Setup menu) can manage the default /dev/dvd or /dev/cdrom drives...

I found some problems with Internet Connection Wizard, first the ipinfo icon is not working, second the bottom options to choose the default launch application on desktop are not working. I fixed the second error long time ago, but ttuuuuuxxxxxxxxxxxxx replaced my Updated script, so I made a second package for ICW (Internet Connection Wizard) using my first Update and adding the icon to launch Roaring Penguin.

clarf

sinc · #3312 Post by **sinc** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 03:47

nevermind...

#3313 Post by **ttuuxxx** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 03:59

thanks clarf didn't even know it was broken ooops

glad it wasn't a final release.
also what do you think about James C sound issue?
he did state that "When booting pfix=ram the sound does work. " so that could be a previous pupsave issue, but he also gets some errors about it in his /tmp/xerrs.log file.
ttuuxxx

James C · #3314 Post by **James C** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 04:54

I installed the pet, no help. Re-wiped the partition, burned a new disc and did another fresh full install......no joy, even with the pet.

Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.18-inside-sandbox i386
Current Operating System: Linux puppypc 2.6.18.1 #1 Thu Feb 1 23:05:39 PUP 2007 i686
Build Date: 08 August 2006
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Mar 23 23:45:34 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

killall: HotPup.sh: no process killed
killall: parcellite: no process killed

JWM: warning: root depth is 16, icon alpha channel disabled

Welcome to wmpower version 0.4.3...
CPU frequency scaling NOT available
No power management subsystem detected

No power management support...
Error in startup script:
Either /dev/mixer isn't there, or I can't access it.
If the latter is the case, chmod 666 /dev/mixer

while executing
"exec sh -c ($volcommand)"
(procedure "getvolume" line 3)
invoked from within
"getvolume "
invoked from within
"set gain [ getvolume ]"
(file "/usr/sbin/mini-volume.tcl" line 211)
cups: restarted scheduler.
11910: old priority 0, new priority 19

(superswitcher:12089): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_ascii_strcasecmp: assertion `s1 != NULL' failed

That is the entire log.....

clarf · #3315 Post by **clarf** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 05:01

ttuuxxx wrote:thanks clarf didn't even know it was broken ooops
glad it wasn't a final release.

No problem ttuuxxx, I try to chase any remaining bug.

ttuuxxx wrote: also what do you think about James C sound issue?
he did state that "When booting pfix=ram the sound does work. " so that could be a previous pupsave issue, but he also gets some errors about it in his /tmp/xerrs.log file.
ttuuxxx

I don´t think it could be mini-volume, I just changed the slider size nothing else...

It seems a generic error when no sound devices are found. I have the same sound errors in the Full installation that I made for RC3, in Frugal or RAM mode I don´t get any error.

Also have other module errors in bootsysinit.log file for that RC3 Full install:

FATAL: module snd_ens1371 not found.
FATAL: module pcnet32 not found.
FATAL: module i2c_piix4 not found.

I´ll make a new Full installation for RC4 and see what happens.

clarf

clarf · #3316 Post by **clarf** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 05:04

James C wrote:I installed the pet, no help. Re-wiped the partition, burned a new disc and did another fresh full install......no joy, even with the pet.

Hi James C, you posted when I starting to write.

I suppose we have some problems in Full install mode, could you please check your /tmp/bootsysinit.log, I guess some modules are broken after full installation.

clarf

James C · #3317 Post by **James C** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 05:11

Here you go, /tmp/bootsysinit.log ........

Mounting /sys:
loading module usbcore

loading module uhci

FATAL: Module usbkbd not found.

Mounting usbfs on /proc/bus/usb...
loading module e100

loading module snd-intel8x0
FATAL: Module snd_intel8x0 not found.
loading module i2c-i810
FATAL: Module i2c_i810 not found.
loading module intel-agp

loading module parport_pc

loading module lp

FATAL: Module battery not found.
Setting hostname: puppypc
Loading /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.map

The following interfaces have been found: eth0
Trying to connect

Testing if eth0 network is alive...
Trying to get IP address from DHCP server (60sec timeout)...
cups: started scheduler.
SUCCESS initializing interface eth0.!

clarf · #3318 Post by **clarf** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 05:21

Thanks James C, That´s "FATAL: Module snd_intel8x0 not found." message, confirm my suspects about module load problems in full install mode.

Sadly I´m not the right person to trace those problems, I´ll start a new installation with RC4 and then look what I can find...

Greeings,
clarf

don922 · #3319 Post by **don922** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:18

This is a really dumb question but to save some work I will ask it.

I am about to upgrade my frugal instalation from RC3 to RC4. In the past I have just deleted the folder I had the Puppy 2.14X or RC in and started again. However, with RC3 I have done quite a bit of "customizing" so I would like to upgrade without having to start all over again.

Is this possible?

How do I do it?

#3320 Post by **ttuuxxx** » Wed 24 Mar 2010, 13:30

don922 wrote:This is a really dumb question but to save some work I will ask it.

I am about to upgrade my frugal instalation from RC3 to RC4. In the past I have just deleted the folder I had the Puppy 2.14X or RC in and started again. However, with RC3 I have done quite a bit of "customizing" so I would like to upgrade without having to start all over again.

Is this possible?

How do I do it?

If its a frugal install all your changes should be saved to your hard drive, really the only thing you change is the pup_214X.sfs on your hard drive. Just totally rename your old one to some like, olderPupRc3.sfs then it won't load up at boot and you have it saved, then drop the new pup_214X.sfs where the older one was and you should be good.
ttuuxxx

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