Slacko 5.7 final - 8 March 2014

[mavrothal]

Sure, no problem - fresh install in VBox (128M slackosave.2fs), pfix=ataflash to enforce PUPMODE=13, trying to install Fun/Pipepanic, the attached is real .gz.

Thanks &
Greetings!

OK thanks
Let me know how if this installpkg.sh works

[SFR]

Yep, this is it (whatever is was)!
Installation - OK
Uninstallation - OK

Greetings!

[majorfoo]

Full install to ext4 partition

added couple of pets
deleted firefox
added seamonkey 2.23

shutdown and reboot works
shutdown and restart graphical server works
shutdown to command prompt works
shutdown works

looking good

[James C]

Attempted to upgrade a frugal install from 5.6.5 to 5.6.5.2 ...... no sound or internet.No success even loading the correct driver.

Deleted savefile. Resulted in a fresh manual frugal install of 5.6.5.2......all good from a fresh install.Sound,internet and display all good ootb.

VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.6.5.2

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

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): intel
Loaded modules: dbe dri dri2 extmod fb glx kbd mouse record

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

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.184 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.144 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.143 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.143 FPS
376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.144 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Memory : 2065MB (170MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.6.5.2
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sat 04 Jan 2014 12:16:10 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) 865G x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : ICH4 - Intel ICH5


Multimedia audio controller : Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
Ethernet controller : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

Code: Select all

# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       2065668       564584      1501084            0        56864
-/+ buffers:             507720      1557948
Swap:      2150396            0      2150396
#

[James C]

Fresh manual frugal install on the trusty Athlon XP box....... all good.

Made a small savefile.Rebooted.Doubled size of savefile. Rebooted....... no problem....resized correctly.Looking good here.

Compliments on the new look too.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko Puppy, version 5.6.5.2

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): 1440x900
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 dri dri2 exa extmod fb glx kbd mouse record shadowfb

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
2247 frames in 5.0 seconds = 449.290 FPS
2142 frames in 5.0 seconds = 428.362 FPS
2247 frames in 5.0 seconds = 449.245 FPS
2215 frames in 5.0 seconds = 442.894 FPS
2248 frames in 5.0 seconds = 449.519 FPS
2222 frames in 5.0 seconds = 444.384 FPS
2251 frames in 5.0 seconds = 450.104 FPS

-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory : 1033MB (170MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Slacko Puppy - 5.6.5.2
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sat 04 Jan 2014 12:27:24 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI nv18 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : VIA8233 - VIA 8235

[mavrothal]

Yep, this is it (whatever is was)!
Installation - OK
Uninstallation - OK

Good. Too bad it brakes the "audit" function in pupmode 2
However the attached is tested to work OK in PUPMODE 2, 12 and 13. Please test in other modes.
Just expand make it executable and replace /usr/local/petget/installpkg.sh
(since installation is broken in pupmode 13 does not make sense to have a pet...)

[mavrothal]

Attempted to upgrade a frugal install from 5.6.5 to 5.6.5.2...... no sound or internet.No success even loading the correct driver.

Did not try 5.6.5 to 5.6.5.2 but 5.6.5.1 to 5.6.5.2 had on issues at my end.
Did you also try a second reboot after the update (had happened to me with several updates in the past -mostly precise - and after another reboot everything was in order)

[ally]

frugal 5.6.5.2 on a lenovo t500

boots cleanly to desktop, only issue so far, when changing host name, the restart x to make changes box is overwritten by a splash dialogue (forgot screeny)

[rodin.s]

Noticed some issues: Quick Setup: finished, icons in PPM also known issue with clock showing something like '08:25:', can be fixed in JWM-Config.

[Jades]

Testing 5655 on Pentium D. The network icon is still showng that there is no connection even when networking has been properly set up using Network Wizard and is working.

[sszindian]

Report- Slacko-5.6.5.5 'Full .iso download, install from CD with Savefile on Hard Drive-

First check was to setup WiFi as 5.6.5 would not setup with my config - Linksys AE1000 using USB port - I used Frisbee for initial try and that was all that was needed as setup was simple and neat, just asking for my Key (password for wep). Created a save file on Hard Drive and went for a reboot. WiFi survived and set itself up automatically on the reboot... 'nice' and 'thanks for fixing that mic!'

Installed Pwidgets-2.4.2 and that seems to be working just fine so far.

Went to PPM to install xscreensaver... single-clicked the module... 'nothing happened' tried a few times more, same thing... nothing. Don't know why I did but just for the heck of it tried a 'Double-Click' and BINGO, xscreensaver downloaded and installed! Is this a 'new-norm' (the double-click) or did I hit it by accident?

Installed a sfs version of Google Earth and encountered the same problem the new Lucid from rerwin had... search function won't work... Rerwin made a fix in Lucid for this after I brought it to his attention but for now... I Just Rename The 'libcurl.so.4' in /opt/google/earth/free/ to 'OLD-libcurl.so.4' and that takes care of the search function to work properly.

So far everything else appears to be working just fine, graphics nice and clear, speed is very good... on with the testing...

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Cache Size: 1024kb
Memory: 771MB
Display: 1440x900 pixels

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

[nmlkngdm]

Screens of Slacko 5.6.5.2 non-pae
Using a HP Pavilion Entertainment laptop
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5850 @ 2.16GHz

Screens from left to right
(1)smplayer, (2)gnome-mplayer, (3)exmplayer, (4)deadbeef, (5)firefox, (6)hardinfo

[SFR]

However the attached is tested to work OK in PUPMODE 2, 12 and 13. Please test in other modes.

Tried also in PUPMODE=6 and works ok.
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icons in PPM

Yeah, I checked and those PPM icons are broken/missing due to non-existent /usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/*24.png icons, but I suppose it's still work in progress..?
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Went to PPM to install xscreensaver... single-clicked the module... 'nothing happened' tried a few times more, same thing... nothing. Don't know why I did but just for the heck of it tried a 'Double-Click' and BINGO, xscreensaver downloaded and installed! Is this a 'new-norm' (the double-click) or did I hit it by accident?

Guilty as charged. It's a side effect of my fix of this bug:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=91038
Perhaps it was possible to retain the single-click somehow, but I didn't even try, because now you can also choose a package using a keyboard (space/enter) what wasn't possible before (only mouse).
Besides, I don't know about the others, but it happened to me quite often to select a package by accident, so I had to press "Cancel" every time.

Anyway, I was a little worried about this change, but you just confirmed my assumption that if single-click doesn't work, instincts tell you to try double-click, so thank you!

PS. Uninstallation also requires double-click.
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Personally, I'd be also grateful for a feedback regarding drive icons' labels.
This can be enabled via 'Menu -> Desktop -> Desktop drive icons manager -> Show labels...' (then restart X).
It may be also necessary to increase 'Edge gap' parameter a bit.

Are labels (if exist) displayed properly for various devices, etc., etc. ?

Greetings!

[01micko]

Take a look at my fixes for sfs manager and the updates manager, it disables column resizing/sorting

[SFR]

Hey Mick

Yeah, I've seen it and was thinking about re-fixing PPM this way, but on the other hand sfs/upgrade managers contain only a few pkgs so sorting is not so important, whereas in PPM, especially in its Uninstallation module, sorting really, really helps if one have a lot of installed packages and need to find specific one.

Hmm, tough decision...so I'll leave it to others, hehe.

Thanks &
Greetings!

[Sage]

5.6.5.2 : no issues, very nice, thanks.
5.6.5.5 : cannot get sound activated by any method; loaded flashplayer v.10 from PPM - always crashes??? Other FP versions11 from PPM don't work either, including the latest from Slacky which has a ridiculously long list of deps. So far this one isn't going anywhere on any of my machines.

[Colonel Panic]

I have a problem to report, unfortunately;

Slacko 5.6.5 won't shout down properly. I have to log out to get to the console, type in "halt" at the console, and then switch my computer off.

[peebee]

Couple of missing icons in Puppy Package Manager

Consistency point - 4 desktop icons have popups on hover, the rest don't

All good otherwise

[sszindian]

In an earlier post here, I commented on how easy WiFi setup with Frisbee... and it was, however, had a first 'DROP' today (approx 15-hours running) and no recovery was possible so... cold hard shutdown with the button as when this happens (as in other pup's also) it totally locks the computer from shutting down properly...

It would be nice to see an automatic reboot of WiFi when it drops or at least some sort of a disconnect and recovery of the system so the shutdown would be a little easier on the system? I know Frisbee is supposed to have this feature but apparently it doesn't work with puppy builds at least it has never for me.

Linksys AE1000 usb

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

[SFR]

Couple of missing icons in Puppy Package Manager

Consistency point - 4 desktop icons have popups on hover, the rest don't

Hey Peebee

As for PPM icons I just tracked down that it's (partially?) because resizing the icons to 24x24 px has been disabled in icon_switcher.
After uncommenting appropriate line and reloading the theme, all icons came back (see screenshot), but like I said earlier - perhaps it's just transitional state and everything will be resolved in a completely different way..?
I don't know, but hopefully Mick and/or Zigbert will shed some light on the subject.

Regarding the pop-ups: which icons you are referring to?
The only icons that have pop-ups in my case are drives' and Lock/Zip/Trash icons, which are AppDirs really, so they have AppInfo.xml files containg the pop-up text.
The rest of them are "regular" icons...

Greetings!