Quirky Linux 7.2 released, now 7.2.3

[BarryK]

Used the installer to create a frugal install from the live cd. Only small problem, SNS was unable to get network going but old reliable network wizard did the trick.

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Quirky April64, version 7.2

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0a65 (rev a2)

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
  Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1024x768x16
  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:  1440x900 pixels (381x238 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
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Yes, I am having trouble with SNS as well. 7.2 has an increased "sleep" at a pertinent location in the script, but still have the problem.

Sometimes it connects, sometimes have to try 3 - 4 times.

And yes, the old Dougal's Network Wizard, works fine. It has been upgraded by shinobar, he also increased some sleeps in a couple of places.

If anyone wants to play with it, the script that runs at bootup is /usr/local/simple_network_setup/rc.network, and the one that runs via the desktop "connect" icon is /usr/local/simple_network_setup/sns.

[BarryK]

Did a USB install using the installer. With the exception of one problem everything looking good.
The problem: The flSynclient will not save changes on shutdown.
I have to redo the changes after booting to enable tapping.
irishrm.

What?!

Quirky is using version 0.6, with some patches, as 0.7 has precisely that problem.

The change with Quirky 7.2 is that robwoj44 internationalised the source, 0.6-patched source, that is.

Are you running with the default en_US locale?

[linuxcbon]

I have posted to my blog: http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00271

Confirmation that it works now. Maybe you could remove folder "tmpwkgdir" after the installation is complete.

[linuxcbon]

There are samba processes :

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 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
 /usr/sbin/nmbd -D
 /usr/sbin/smbd -D

2 seem to be the same. And are they mandatory at startup ?

[slavvo67]

Works nicely on my newer Dell but some of the menu and submenu words are broken up (rendering?).

[Blackfish]

I upgraded on my hard drive from 7.0.4.1 to 7.2 -- and it's all smooth sailing. Looks great! Thanks for the upgrade!

I then booted my 64-bit Quirky USB stick and clicked the Quirky Version Upgrade Manager and it told me there wasn't enough room on the partition for the upgrade. That can't be right. It's a 16 gig stick that isn't even 1/4 full and hasn't even been upgraded since 7.0.4.1. Now, of a sudden, it's full? I don't think so. Something going on with that. Maybe I will simply bypass the problem and reinstall Quirky and be done with it. It's always good practice anyway.

Quirky April64 7.2 looks and works great! Thanks, again!

[irishrm]

What?!

Quirky is using version 0.6, with some patches, as 0.7 has precisely that problem.

The change with Quirky 7.2 is that robwoj44 internationalised the source, 0.6-patched source, that is.

Are you running with the default en_US locale?[/quote]

Yes I am running with the default en_US locale.

Just changed the usual Country, etc. settings.

If I change the settings in flsynclient, click save, then tapping works for that session. However if during the same session I reopen flsynclient I find the window shows that the settings have reverted to the default.

AT the moment I am using a wireless mouse which works perfectly.

irishrm.

[linuxcbon]

Quirky 7.2 :

- geany needs 2 icons : 'geany-save-all' and 'geany-build'
- pup-advert-blocker by sc0ttman : missing icons
- evince "EggSMClient-WARNING **: Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/evince.desktop' has malformed Icon key 'evince.png'(should not include extension)." Changed Icon=evince.png to Icon=evince and error message not shown again.
- .xinitrc refers to many non-existing apps so it's slower to start (jwm_colors ,Xresources etc)
- /root/Choices/ should be /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/
- /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit can be simplified (mine is 11 lines long and I replaced udev by busybox mdev )
- I could replace mingetty with busybox getty in /etc/inittab

[linuxcbon]

Quirky 7.2 :
- there is /usr/local/install_quirky/installquirky and "installquirky.x86"
Are they different programs doing the same thing ?
- I could not "ldd" some files in /usr/lib/ (missing +x permission)
- many libs are still compiled against /usr/X11R7/lib64/ , I thought /usr/X11R7/ was gone.
- some samba programs need a python lib
example ldd /usr/lib/libsamba-policy.so.0: libpython2.7.so.1.0 => not found

[linuxcbon]

Someone already made a preview video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ip8ihldoBg

[stemsee]

for touch screen multitouch gestures try
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchegg

for driver evdev
or
xf86-input-libinput
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?nam ... t-libinput

and xinput_calibrator.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xinput_calibrator/

I havn't got a touchscreen pc at the moment so untested. Packages will need to be converted.

[BarryK]

- many libs are still compiled against /usr/X11R7/lib64/ , I thought /usr/X11R7/ was gone

No, it is still there. /usr/X11R7 is now a symlink to ".", that is, to /usr.

Everything is still compiled for /usr/X11R7 in T2, I cannot change that, requires a major effort, Rene (the T2 maintainer) would have to do it.

All I could do is in woofQ, with the symlink.

You can iignore the fact that some apps/libs look at /usr/X11R7.

[BarryK]

OK, the i686 32-bit build of Quirky is uploaded. It is version 7.2.1.

Blog announcement:
http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00272

[BarryK]

In case anyone hasn't noticed, some of the guys have been compiling packages and creating PETs for the 64-bit Quirky 7.x:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=99789

[Sage]

7.2.1: Ran live, again, excellent. Everything OOTB, except FlashPlayer - used the v.10 offered based on previous experience.

[BarryK]

A couple of guys posted about printer problems:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=101238

I just now tested printing, running April64 7.2, it works. I have a Brother HL-2040.

All that I supplied is my .ppd file, in /usr/share/ppd/ (which is in all Quirky builds).

Maybe the installing of another package has upset something.

[Billtoo]

I ran the installer from Slacko-6.0.5.0 and installed to an 8gb usb-2.0
flash drive, pc is an HP desktop.

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Quirky April, version 7.2.1

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 68d9

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1920x1080
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): ati
Loaded modules: dbe dri2 exa extmod fb glx kbd mouse radeon ramdac

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1920x1080 pixels (507x285 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
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No problems so far.

Thanks.

[stoneguy]

Continuing here from http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 2&t=101238 as requested

The PPD for my printer contains the line
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-raster 0 hpcups"
so that's why hpcups is invoked. In an Ubuntu client, hpcups is in
/usr/lib/cups/filter/
along with a bunch of other filters,
and I believe it got there through installing hplip.

The reason the HL-2040 is okay is that its PPD specifies a foomatic filter.

[prehistoric]

Posting from installation booted in UEFI mode from cheap 16 GB flash drive, used procedure with the 8gb image file and the following code in a terminal to make the bootable drive:

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# xz --decompress --stdout april64-8gb.img.xz | dd of=/dev/sdf bs=4M conv=fdatasync
# sync

Because some of us do have hard drives listed as /dev/sdb, I suggest the code in the example be changed to something that is less likely to match a real drive, so that it will be obvious it needs to be edited to avoid clobbering an existing drive. How about /dev/sdX ?

No real problems so far with video, mouse, keyboard or wired internet, even though I'm working through a KVM switch.

This machine has a an AMD A10-5800 quadcore with built-in graphics (equivalent to Radeon HD 7660) in an Asus FM2 A85-M Pro motherboard. Video is running at 1920x1080. The memory is close to maxed out at 32 GB of 1866 MHz DDR3. There is a 3 TB hard disk and a 240 GB SSD which April is not using at the moment.

I'll try some other machines as they become available. So far, looks quite good.

[TJK]

Installed Quirky 7.2 in a partition on my usb3 ssd. (Nice installer) Grub2 even found it... although I used the info at Quirky install completion to tweak the config file.

I've been using it for a few days now and there are a couple things...
1) I was tweaking the tray (in JWM Config Options) and I lost my pager portion of the tray and "Iconify or Verbose in Pager" option has no effect... don't know if that is related to this issue. Would like a fix, rather then reinstalling.(I will try and reinstall jwm*-april64 in package manager) <-THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM.
2) I wanted to run a debian app (64-bit) that needs the !386 lib (I'm running 64-bit). I tried "dpkg --add-architecture i386", but it did not work. Is there a way to do this?