ScPup & ScPup64 - Slackware Current based Woof-CE pups

[fishmanluvslinux]

I am going to try this on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 laptop circa 2002.
It has 1 Gb of RAM, Pentium 4-M Cpu @ 1.80 Ghz, 8 Mb of video memory.
I am going to use this machine as a music player and email viewer.
Wish me luck!

[watchdog]

I'm using ScPup 32 bit. I have noticed that truecrypt mounts volumes in /media (not /mnt). It works but when moving a pdf file from an xsane scanning inside an encrypted volume an error occurs: allthough the file is moved and it does not seem corrupted. But why the error? Is truecrypt going to be outdated?

[watchdog]

I'm using ScPup 32 bit. I have noticed that truecrypt mounts volumes in /media (not /mnt). It works but when moving a pdf file from an xsane scanning inside an encrypted volume an error occurs: allthough the file is moved and it does not seem corrupted. But why the error? Is truecrypt going to be outdated?

Removing the built-in rox_config-1.0.pet solves for me the problem. What is the utility of that pet? Where is it?

[watchdog]

I have downloaded the zipped woof-CE and made the latest rox_config-1.0.pet. Installed it. Restored puppypin. No more problems using truecrypt. Thanks.

[ETP]

Testing ScPup64 19.06 k 5.1.6

Hi peebee,
Thanks for this release which is performing extremely well. The install is a manual frugal
to a dedicated 10GB f2fs partition on nvme0n1p7. Boot is provided by a syslinux 4.04 vesamenu entry on my
usual boot media - 4GB (fat32) SD card.

Items installed so far are as follows:

• startup_welcome_alert_for_LxPupSc64-mk1|Provides multilingual verbal Startup welcome plus Internet connection alarm
  xdotool-2.20110530.1-x86_64_s700|commandline tool for fake button and key presses
  ListDD-2.1|List dynamic dependencies
  getflash-1.7-1|No description provided
  gtk+3-3.18.9|multi-platform GUI toolkit
  at-spi2-atk-2.32.0|AT-SPI2 bridge to ATK
  at-spi2-core-2.32.1|Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface core
  uextract-3.36|Ultimate Extractor
  UrxvtControl-1.3|Urxvt configuration
  flashplayer-32.0.0.207-x86_64|Adobe Flash Player browser plugin and Preferences
  mozilla-thunderbird-l10n-en-GB-45.2.0|English (Great Britain)
  mozilla-thunderbird-60.7.1|Mozilla Thunderbird mail application
  speechify|Add multilingual speech to system splash screens
  adwaita-icon-theme-3.18.0|default icons used by GTK+
  tree-1.7.0|a program to display a directory tree
  haveged-1.9.2-x86_64-1_slonly-mk1|ensures adequate entropy
  wotd-V1|Sets a different wallpaper for each day of the week.
  PupSnap-2.6_Scrot-0.8_64Bit|PupSnap screen capture (screenshot)

Notes on the above:
1. gtk+3 was installed to accomodate a portable version of firefox 67.0.4 held on another partition
(p6) which is auto-mounted.

2. The custom 64-bit pets for haveged (as used in Arch, Manjaro & Fatdog) and the startup_welcome_alert_for_LxPupSc64-mk1
are available if anyone wants them. The latter uses mplayer rather than mpv and the pet includes the SlackBuild of translate-shell.

Screenshot:

Please press F11 to toggle into full-screen then click on link;---

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view ... lJu-KciaJa
.

[festus]

Hi, peebee and crew

I did a frugal install of "ScPup-19.06+0-uefi-T" 32-bit to my hdd, sda5 ext-3, with pmedia=usbflash and Puppy Event Manager > Save Session > Save Interval = 0 minutes, Ask at shutdown ticked.

With a savefolder established, update PPM database, select a pkg to install I get this popup about Free space error (at bottom of post)

sda5 is 21GB with 11GB free space, so there is free space available

Just to make sure I also did a second pristine frugal install, changed to pmedia=atahd in grub4dos and am getting the same PPM error as with the first install.

I am impressed with scpup32, and am a thanking you, peebee, for your excellent work on these pups.

I seem to remember seeing this PPM issue somewhere here on the forum, but can't find it atm as is.

I'm a thinking it has to do with Puppy Event Manager not PPM itself.

Thank for any and all attention to this matter.

bliss,
festus

[darry19662018]

This a full version of ScPup with Kernel 3.14.56PAE with same apps for older hardware as the machine I run it on prefers series 3 kernels.
https://archive.org/details/scpup19.01k3.14.56pae

Finally a respectful thankyou to Peebee for creating a bloody marvelous Slacko.

[peebee]

N.B. these new versions require both initrd.gz and the main puppy.sfs to be updated.

29-july-2019

New versions 19.06+4

See posts 1 & 2 for details

[Wiz57]

Thank you peebee! Downloading now, along with the updated ydrv
for LXQt DE! Will report any problems.
Wiz

[Wiz57]

Updates successful peebee!! Both frugal installations, ScPUP 32 and
ScPUP LXQt...no problems so far, have booted both and ran thru the
basics (connect to Wifi, start Palemoon, check settings on trackpad, etc.)
I'm in ScPUP LXQt right now...I'm really enjoying this Puppy! Great
job as usual...your talents far surpass mine! But I'm learning!
Wiz

[clb3092]

I burnt ScPup64 19.06+4 iso to disk and it booted my MacBook pro 9,2 without a problem. Then I used the usb UEFI installer on a cheap 32gb lexar flash drive. When I tried booting with just the usb drive it booted up in EFI flawlessly! Runs great. I tried my little lexar ScPup64 on about three legacy macs I have sitting around and they all booted flawlessly. Even on a 13 year old imac with 2gb memory!
I know ScPup64 isn't aimed at mactel machines, but I thought you'd like to know it works great.

N.B. these new versions require both initrd.gz and the main puppy.sfs to be updated.

29-july-2019

New versions 19.06+4

See posts 1 & 2 for details

[watchdog]

ScPup64+4. I report partial freezes with mouse not responsive when I leave the Pc powered on alone for sometime. I need reboot in that circumstances. ScPup 32 bit not tested.

[ozsouth]

@festus - install attached .pet & restart X. Writes free mem file that Package Manager looks for. Will run on each restart.

[festus]

@festus - install attached .pet & restart X. Writes free mem file that Package Manager looks for. Will run on each restart.

Thank you, ozsouth, that fixed the PPM error in scpup32

I tried this same fix on bionicpup64 and it did not work, but that's a different matter.

I appreciate the help

bliss,
festus

[peebee]

N.B. these new versions require both initrd.gz and the main puppy.sfs to be updated

17-August-2019

New versions 19.06+5

Also new devx versions with gcc-9.2.0

See posts 1 & 2 for details

[Wiz57]

Thank you peebee. Have downloaded and extracted the new iso to
both frugal installations I have on this little netbook, 1 with LXQt
1 regular. By the way...you almost got this released on my birthday,
only a day late, but I consider it a very good birthday present!!
Thank you!
Wiz

[peebee]

32-bit compatibility module for both ScPup64 and LxPupSc64....

https://sourceforge.net/projects/spup/f ... s/download

Needs testing..... I've tested 32-bit versions of Wine, Chromium, Firefox, LibreOffice etc. and seem to work. Also other browsers tried (but Netsurf was not happy).

Thanks to 666philb for some useful pointers.........

[peebee]

For ScPup 32-bit so long as its kernel is replaced with a 64-bit version:

64-bit-compatibility sfs

[watchdog]

For ScPup 32-bit so long as its kernel is replaced with a 64-bit version:

64-bit-compatibility sfs

I have in console:

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# ldconfig
ldconfig: /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0 is not a symbolic link

ldconfig: /usr/lib/libpulse-simple.so.0 is not a symbolic link

ldconfig: /usr/lib/libpulse-mainloop-glib.so.0 is not a symbolic link

ldconfig: Changing access rights of /etc/ld.so.cache~ to 0644 failed: No such file or directory

Symlinking these libraries to the main ones solves the problem. Tested working skypeforlinux in ScPup 32 bit (kernel from ScPu64). Palemoon 64 bit shows some missing icons.

EDIT: I have unloaded the 64-compat sfs using a backup of the savefile because it makes me to lose my original puppypin and all my desktop icons at reboot.

[watchdog]

Palemoon 64 bit shows some missing icons.

I have solved this issue related to gdk-pixbuf-2.0 with a modded 64bit-compat sfs. Now firefox 64 bit portable starts, too. Not solved the puppypin issue when rebooting. I overwrite puppypin with a backup and restart X.