Quirky Linux 7.2 released, now 7.2.3

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step · #121 Post by **step** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 07:44

Barry, I noticed XVkbd virtual keyboard in your blog, specifically about adopting the dejavu fonts patch. If xvkbd 3.7 is the plan for Quirky here's an updated font patch file that I derived from Fatdog64's when I compiled 3.7 for it.
Could you please attach to this thread the script that you wrote to start xvkbd in the local keyboard layout? I waant to adapt it for Fatdog64's xvkbd-3.7-x86_64 package. Thanks.

BarryK · #122 Post by **BarryK** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 08:45

step wrote:Barry, I noticed XVkbd virtual keyboard in your blog, specifically about adopting the dejavu fonts patch. If xvkbd 3.7 is the plan for Quirky here's an updated font patch file that I derived from Fatdog64's when I compiled 3.7 for it.
Could you please attach to this thread the script that you wrote to start xvkbd in the local keyboard layout? I waant to adapt it for Fatdog64's xvkbd-3.7-x86_64 package. Thanks.

Attached is the template packages-templates/xvkbd folder.

This will process any xvkbd binary package, DEB or whatever, applies dejuvu font, creates menu entry as well as JWM tray entry.

Billtoo · #123 Post by **Billtoo** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 13:20

Installed to a 32gb flash drive, pc is an HP desktop:

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Mon 2 Nov 2015 on Quirky Werewolf64 7.2.3 Linux 4.2.5 x86_64
0.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Redwood PRO [Radeon HD 5550/5570/5630/6510/6610/7570]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: REDWOOD 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
X.Org version: 1.17.2
dimensions: 3840x1080 pixels (1013x285 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD REDWOOD (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.6.2)
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 11.0.2

AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1045T Processor
Core 0: @800 1: @800 2: @800 3: @800 4: @800 5: @2000 MHz

Installed firmware pets & applications with PPM.

It's working perfectly so far.

L18L · #124 Post by **L18L** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 14:19

Installed 7.2.3 on a partition. (why not just DISTRO_TARGETARCH=$(uname -m) ) ?

loading kernel modules....
after about 10 sec: black screen for ever...
But Alt-CTRL-Del is working.

All Puppies, Quirkies and Fat dogs are working OOTB with driver modesetting.
Motherboard AD2550-ITX
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/AD2550-ITX/index.us.asp

Why is there no fallback to driver modesetting?
(boot with qfix=nox was useless)

Sorry, cannot test more than this.

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EDIT
Some http://liliputing.com/2012/10/more-smal ... -less.html

gcmartin · #125 Post by **gcmartin** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 14:54

Thanks @James C and Thanks @L18L. This helps to see the issue. I have had the same issue in use on Just-Lighthouse, Slacko64 as well.

I wonder: Is there a "standard" way to expose a 64bit PC? Isn't both "AMD64" and "x86_64" included in that? If so, maybe a future version of the script might be universally independent of the distro in determining if the PC's Linux is 64bit.

Just a thought.

Blackfish · #126 Post by **Blackfish** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 15:14

BarryK wrote:
Blackfish wrote:Wow!~ Another Quirky! Like it!

Of all the Quirkies, which would you say is the best and why?
I am so pleased that the Intel Xorg driver is playing nice on my laptop, so for me, Werewolf is winning.

I hear that. I am giving it a shot!

ETP · #127 Post by **ETP** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 17:41

Testing Quirky Werewolf64 7.2.3 k 4.2.5

8GB image was installed to a 16GB USB2 stick using Win8.1/Portable Apps 7-Zip & Win32diskimager.
Nice to see the 2nd partition is f2fs once again and the inclusion of dbus/vlc.

The following pets were installed some of which were created for Werewolf:

firmware_linux_network-4.2-20151102|linux kernel firmware for network
firmware_linux_display-4.2-20151102|linux kernel firmware for display, gpu
ListDD-1.1|List dynamic dependencies
JWMDesk-1.1|JWM desk manager
Right-click-april64-6.9.6|Right click menu utility
ChromeAppLauncherWolf64-V1|Chrome App Launcher
xdotool_3.20130111.1-3.1_amd64|no description provided
wbar_2.3.0.1_enhanced_Wolf64-V1|A light and fast launch bar.
PupControl-2.6|Control panel
GetLatest64bitChromeVersionWolf-V1|Get Latest Chrome Version
google-chrome-stable_current_amd64|Access the Internet
PupClockset-2.4|PupClockset manager
UrxvtControl-1.1|Urxvt configuration
htop_1.0.3-1|interactive processes viewer
PupSnap-2.5_Scrot-0.8_64Bit|PupSnap screen capture

Google Chrome expects to find machine-id in /etc so a symlink was created in that
location pointing at /var/lib/dbus/machine-id. Other apps may also need that and I
included it in the GetLatest64bitChromeVersionWolf-V1.pet

Firmware for BT & wireless cards also seems a bit light/outdated.
e.g.

Code: Select all

10.402457] rtlwifi: rtlwifi: wireless switch is on
[   10.409826] rtl8821ae 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw_wowlan.bin failed with error -2
[   10.409832] rtlwifi: Firmware rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin not available

10.929483] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: examining hci_ver=06 hci_rev=000a lmp_ver=06 lmp_subver=8821
[   10.929485] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: loading rtl_bt/rtl8821a_fw.bin
[   10.929503] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for rtl_bt/rtl8821a_fw.bin failed with error -2
[   10.929504] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load rtl_bt/rtl8821a_fw.bin

Forum member gyro maintains an excellent FIRMWARE resource here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=97276

Full size ss here: (Press F11)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_iVVJ ... sp=sharing

gcmartin · #128 Post by **gcmartin** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 18:36

Booted an April32 to create the USB as a Quirky64-723 drive. Results:

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# ./InstallQuirkyVia32bitPC
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing installquirky  100%  
Uncompressing werewolf64-7.2.3.usfs.xz to werewolf64-7.2.3.usfs...
Some preliminaries on the sdf...
Size of drive=14976MB
5+0 records in
5+0 records out
20971520 bytes (20.0MB) copied, 6.073321 seconds, 3.3MB/s
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
440 bytes (440B) copied, 0.005196 seconds, 82.7KB/s
Set legacy_boot flag of esp (log to /tmp/installquirkygdisk.log)
mkfs.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)
1+0 records ining - lowercase labels might not work properly with DOS or Windows
1+0 records out
440 bytes (440B) copied, 0.001842 seconds, 233.3KB/s

Blackfish · #129 Post by **Blackfish** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 19:19

BarryK wrote:
Blackfish wrote:Wow!~ Another Quirky! Like it!

Of all the Quirkies, which would you say is the best and why?
I am so pleased that the Intel Xorg driver is playing nice on my laptop, so for me, Werewolf is winning.

That is the only issue I have ever had with Quirky. And I have had the same problems as you have described with it. I am giving Quirky Werewolf64 a shot. Thank you!

Billtoo · #130 Post by **Billtoo** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 21:55

Installed to a 32gb flash drive, pc is a Gateway desktop:

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Mon 2 Nov 2015 on Quirky Werewolf64 7.2.3 Linux 4.2.5 x86_64
0.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM] (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GF110 Board - 12630002 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver: nouveau
X.Org version: 1.17.2
dimensions: 3840x1080 pixels (1013x285 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: nouveau
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on NVC8
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.1 (Core Profile) Mesa 11.0.2

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

Added firmware pets from flash drive & applications with PPM.

Works great, thanks.

gcmartin · #131 Post by **gcmartin** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 23:57

Booted the USB flash to desktop. The 2 primary issues reported (of which the LAN-WAN is critical on this PC, a UEFI Dell AIO touch), still remain. Any info needed to further explain the problem from the system's view, just ask.

Billtoo · #132 Post by **Billtoo** » Tue 03 Nov 2015, 05:28

I moved my 16gb SDHC card to my Acer netbook.
I have it connected to a 1920x1080 monitor using arandr to manager the
monitors.

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Tue 3 Nov 2015 on Quirky Werewolf64 7.2.3 Linux 4.2.5 x86_64
5.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RS880M 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
X.Org version: 1.17.2
dimensions: 2944x1080 pixels (778x285 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RS880 (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.6.2)
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 11.0.2

AMD Athlon(tm) II Neo K125 Processor
Core 0: @1300 MHz

It works well.

Blackfish · #133 Post by **Blackfish** » Tue 03 Nov 2015, 18:28

Where's the installation instruction for Quirky Werewolf? Or is it the same as all the other Quirkies?

don570 · #134 Post by **don570** » Tue 03 Nov 2015, 22:56

Where's the installation instruction for Quirky Werewolf? Or is it the same as all the other Quirkies?

Same as other Quirky installs.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky ... quirky.htm

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don570 · #135 Post by **don570** » Wed 04 Nov 2015, 01:01

Review Werewolf 7.2.3
Computer: IBM desktop with Intel graphics

I installed http://ftp.nluug.nl/ibiblio/distributio ... .3.usfs.xz

to a USB stick using the script, however the screen would become scrambled after a couple of minutes.

Also I still have the problem with pschedule not recognizing my type of
clock correctly. I use 'local' time because this is a Windows XP machine.
Alarms are several hours out of wack.

pschedule thinks I have set it to 'UTC' machine. The time in my tray is correct though.

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BarryK · #136 Post by **BarryK** » Wed 04 Nov 2015, 09:27

BarryK wrote:
Blackfish wrote:Wow!~ Another Quirky! Like it!

Of all the Quirkies, which would you say is the best and why?
I am so pleased that the Intel Xorg driver is playing nice on my laptop, so for me, Werewolf is winning.

Or maybe "six of one, half a dozen of the other"

SeaMonkey is crashing randomly.

BarryK · #137 Post by **BarryK** » Wed 04 Nov 2015, 09:50

BarryK wrote:
BarryK wrote:
Blackfish wrote:Wow!~ Another Quirky! Like it!

Of all the Quirkies, which would you say is the best and why?
I am so pleased that the Intel Xorg driver is playing nice on my laptop, so for me, Werewolf is winning.
Or maybe "six of one, half a dozen of the other"

SeaMonkey is crashing randomly.

FF, SM, Thunderbird crashing has been ongoing for sometime in Ubuntu:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... ug/1160569

irishrm · #138 Post by **irishrm** » Wed 04 Nov 2015, 12:49

Did a full USB install.

Touchpad worked without having to configure.

Broadcom wifi connected without difficulty.

Having had some difficulty with the previous release I'm delighted with the way this is working.

Thanks Barry for this excellent OS.

irishrm.

Billtoo · #139 Post by **Billtoo** » Wed 04 Nov 2015, 15:46

Installed to a 32gb SDHC card, pc is an HP mini Stream:

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Wed 4 Nov 2015 on Quirky Werewolf64 7.2.3 Linux 4.2.5 x86_64
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)
Binary file (standard input) matches

X Server: Xorg Driver: intel
X.Org version: 1.17.2
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (508x285 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Haswell Mobile
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 11.0.2

Intel(R) Celeron(R) 2957U @ 1.40GHz
Core 0: @800 1: @800 MHz

Built-in wireless adapter is not supported: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
Had problems with audio, it is working using the external volume
control, not working with retrovol:Audio device: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller (rev 0b)

Apart from that it's working well.

Thanks.

Edit: I have retrovol working properly now.

starhawk · #140 Post by **starhawk** » Wed 04 Nov 2015, 17:19

Filing an SNS bug here, as requested by BarryK in another (unrelated) thread.

This affects basically every Pup I've used SNS with. I don't think it affects the 4.x series Pups or older -- but I haven't used those (including ClassicPup) long enough for the bug to crop up. It is definitely present in later 5.x.x Pups and in TahrPup. This bug only seems to show in a laptop with a PCI Express Mini Card based wireless card, and I cannot vouch for whether or not it shows in wired connections -- I as a general rule do not use wired anything for Internet connections -- or MiniPCI wireless cards, which use a different protocol and connector. I can also not rule in or out small form factor desktops with PCI Express Mini Card wireless cards... although I'd tend to rule them as affected, if I had to choose. (A computer does not know its own form factor.)

As I only use SNS for connecting to networks, I cannot also state whether other network connection utilities within Puppy are affected. I suspect not, under the "I would have heard it if they did" guideline, but that is by no means a formal rule!

After several sessions, with either savefile or savefolder, the computer will begin to, at random, disconnect from the network without notifying the user. The icon in the bottom tray reflects a status of 'connected' but browsers (eg Chromium) will report that they are no longer attached to the Internet.

Sometimes issuing "ifconfig wlan0 up" is enough to fix the problem and reconnect. Sometimes "disconnecting"/reconnecting through the tray icon works. Sometimes the profile in SNS must be deleted and re-made, and sometimes it will refuse to delete and must be overwritten by creating an identical new profile.

Further, the period of reliable connection is random. Sometimes it will disconnect twice in the same minute. Sometimes it will go days between disconnections. There is no indication of when it is about to disconnect, although on days when it's bad, I do notice that the signal strength as reported by SNS has changed when I reconnect by rebuilding the profile. Sometimes it's up, sometimes it's down. It does seem to be affected by distance from the access point, and therefore may be a defect in how SNS deals with a weak signal dropping out... if I am in a room ~20ft from the router (access point), I have almost no trouble from this bug. If I am in my Out house, substantially farther away (more like ~50ft) I can expect the bug to crop up and frequently.

I will note that this could be a driver issue or an issue with some underlying application/utility/etc that SNS relies on -- I have done no testing on this, as I lack the knowledge to even predict what to test or examine. I am simply reporting symptoms and the parameters within which they are experienced, in hope that someone can come along and patch it up.

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