Slacko 5.7 final - 8 March 2014

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don570 · #181 Post by **don570** » Mon 23 Dec 2013, 23:49

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01micko · #182 Post by **01micko** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 02:04

Colonel Panic wrote:I'm just trying out Slacko 5.6.5 now. It looks to be working pretty well except that Chrome won't work in it (or in any other Slack-based Puppy I've seen).

Which version (chrome) ? I have latest version working ok here. As a matter of fact I can point folk to script that gets the latest version if interested.

Could it be a processor issue? I believe chrome wont work on older athlons or pIIIs.

James C · #183 Post by **James C** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 02:11

I've been using OscarTalks's Chromium pets from
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 409#706409

Working fine in 5.6 and later.( Not on my Athlon XP box though

)

nooby · #184 Post by **nooby** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 06:33

Colonel Panic I have a vague memory
that I did install chrome in a new version
of Puppy not sure if it was Slacko 57

But nothing did happen when I clicked the Chrome menu

So maybe something is wrong there. Are we alone?

could someone test it. I am too bogged down
in other matters just now

It is Christmas here
in Sweden too. I will go to a big Church that
care about homeless people. I am not homeless
but could have been around 1989 or so
not fit for any job they wanted me to take
or else no money to rent or food.

So I feel for them sorry huge derail so don't comment on it

James C · #185 Post by **James C** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 07:11

Chromium in Slacko 5.6.5..... Chrome should work as well.

nooby · #186 Post by **nooby** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 09:00

The title is Slacko testing (for 5.7)

Edit I spent some 10 minutes on further searching
No slacko 5.7 link to download could be found.

Should I trust that 5.6.5 is the old name for the new Slacko 5.7?
That is why there is no link. 5.6.5 is the 5.7???

But on page 1 and on Micko's site
there is only slacko 5.6.5 and no 5.7
So what should a noob do

Give me a link to the 5.7 please.

I have used google and the link in my sig.
I fail to find the right search words obviously

Edit James C explain to me this

5.6.4 PAE and 5.6.5 non-PAE are the latest releases..... heading toward 5.7.Links are in the first post but here they are again....

http://01micko.com/testing/5.6.4/ PAE

http://01micko.com/testing/5.6.5/ non-PAE

That means that I have already tested it.

That means I have to find out how to download Chromium again

Thanks James

James C · #187 Post by **James C** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 09:07

nooby wrote:The title is Slacko testing (for 5.7)

But on page 1 and on Micko's site
there is only slacko 5.6.5 and no 5.7
So what should a noob do
Give me a link to the 5.7 please.

I have used google and the link in my sig.
I fail to find the right search words obviously

5.6.4 PAE and 5.6.5 non-PAE are the latest releases..... heading toward 5.7.Links are in the first post but here they are again....

http://01micko.com/testing/5.6.4/ PAE

http://01micko.com/testing/5.6.5/ non-PAE

nooby · #188 Post by **nooby** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 09:31

This time I downloaded Oscar talks version of Chromium 30 something

read about it here
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=86501

Seems he have uploaded a later version 31 recently and me lag behind I write using the Chromium now

I see no Help that allow me to know what version? the Help they have
does not tell what version.

Edit Ooops they name it "About" I had no idea

Version 31.0.1650.57 Puppy Linux (235101)

Colonel Panic · #189 Post by **Colonel Panic** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 12:45

Thanks for replying.

01micko wrote:
Colonel Panic wrote:I'm just trying out Slacko 5.6.5 now. It looks to be working pretty well except that Chrome won't work in it (or in any other Slack-based Puppy I've seen).
Which version (chrome) ? I have latest version working ok here. As a matter of fact I can point folk to script that gets the latest version if interested.

Could it be a processor issue? I believe chrome wont work on older athlons or pIIIs.

No, it runs just fine in Manjaro. I think it's a libraries problem (possibly glibc).

Colonel Panic · #190 Post by **Colonel Panic** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 12:59

James C wrote:I've been using OscarTalks's Chromium pets from
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 409#706409

Working fine in 5.6 and later.( Not on my Athlon XP box though )

Thanks! I'm posting from it now (thanks to the libconf and libgnome files).

peebee · #191 Post by **peebee** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 14:02

Version 6.30.223.141 of the wl wifi driver has been published by Broadcom - http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

Source from:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/i38 ... .223.141-1 (no additional patches were needed)
has been compiled and pets produced for the Slacko 5.7 candidates (2 versions - 4g & pae).

Download the pets from:
https://app.box.com/s/d3dv96z5gvj61n9zumh1

After installation, reboot is needed.

Please test these new versions if you can on any problematic Broadcom chips and report any findings.

Cheers
peebee

Billtoo · #192 Post by **Billtoo** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 20:09

Manual frugal install to the hard drive, computer is a gateway desktop
pc.
video-info-glx 1.5.1 Tue 24 Dec 2013 on Slacko Puppy 5.6.5 Linux 3.10.21-4 i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1082 (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GF110 Board - 12630002 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.12.4
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (602x343 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 560 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.117

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Core 0: @1600 1: @1600 2: @1600 3: @1600 4: @1600 5: @1600 6: @1600 7: @1600 MHz

Network controller Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe

I compiled wine 1.7.9 and ran vlc 2.1.2 for windows without problems
Everything is working well in 565 so far.

EDIT:
I install qt-482 from ppm and then compiled smplayer-0.8.6.tar.bz2 and
smtube-1.8.tar.bz2, both work well.

01micko · #193 Post by **01micko** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 20:34

Colonel Panic wrote:Thanks! I'm posting from it now (thanks to the libconf and libgnome files).

Thanks Colonel Panic for the clarification, glad it works for you now. I refuse to include those libs but if Chrome is in PPM I add them as deps and and PPM should get them (in my tests it does). In saying that, the versions of Chrome/Chromium in PPM are a bit dated now. This is an ongoing problem, and that is where the script I have may come in handy. I just have to puppify the script because it's written for slackware. More on that at a later date.

I'll be uploading a delta soon for the latest version. zigbert has been busy improving the UI and I have addressed an ancient bug that annoys a lot of regulars: when you increase the pupsave it defaults the increase to the next puppy you boot. Hopefully I've fixed that and the increase happens where you intended. I will try to add some logging for that too at some point.

rodin.s · #194 Post by **rodin.s** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 20:59

I needed to install gtkspell from PPM for Poedit to work. Maybe it should be included into the build.

01micko · #195 Post by **01micko** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 21:03

@rodin.s, long time no see, Merry Christmas!

Does it work with aspell? (probably not). I need to add that one too. Xchat misses it. Too late for this little experimental build though (to be released shortly), will be in next.

01micko · #196 Post by **01micko** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 21:25

Slacko 5.6.5.1 EXPERIMENTAL build is available from this location

The only slacko changes are a new startup script (/etc/init.d/acpid.d) thanks to Karl and YASSM from rcrsn51 (edit: no something went wrong there, I have YASM-2.6.2, should have 2.6.4) has hidden a couple of menu entries.

Most of the change is at the woof level, the most significant being the new Menu Manager and the update of many of the wizards to make the UI more user friendly.

The big experimental change is with the way that resizing the pupsave is handled to address the age old bug of "next cab off the rank" resizing**. Hopefully, the one you want is the one that gets the treatment.

(** not yet committed to woof-CE, pending users' experience)

To specifically test this, please install 2 small pupsaves from slacko 5.6.5.1 on the same partition, then try to resize only one of them and report results.

Sorry. it's the 4G version only. That will be it from me for a few days at least.

Enjoy! ..and Merry Christmas!

nooby · #197 Post by **nooby** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 21:42

Merry Christmas! to you too

James C · #198 Post by **James C** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 22:10

Since I doubt I'll have much free time over the next few days myself...

Manual frugal install of Slacko 5.6.5.1, made two 64 mb slackosave files (slackosave and slackosave-two). Booted into "slackosave", increased size by 512 mb and rebooted. "Slackosave" was correctly increased by 512 mb while the other remained at 64 mb..Looks like it's working correctly here.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

01micko · #199 Post by **01micko** » Tue 24 Dec 2013, 23:25

Thanks James,

I did discover a problem.. if you boot straight to the other save the flag gets deleted, so I have to cover that, but it won't resize a file it wasn't meant to, so basically the core idea is working, just needs refinement in the implementation.

James C · #200 Post by **James C** » Wed 25 Dec 2013, 00:06

Instead of being a better tester I got distracted keeping Sid up-to-date......

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Tue Dec 24 18:20:50 CST 2013
james@lxde:~$ uname -a
Linux lxde 3.12-6.towo-siduction-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 20 21:55:18 UTC 2013 i686 GNU/Linux
james@lxde:~$

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