Lucid Puppy 5.1.1 Bugs, Fixes, & Feedback

[Karl Godt]

Reboot went fine , still

# modprobe --version
module-init-tools version 3.6

[mavrothal]

I tried to compile the openchrome driver from source (xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.904) with lupu_devx_511.sfs and I got

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checking for XVMC... configure: error: Package requirements (x11 xext xvmc) were not met:
No package 'xvmc' found

Are X devel tools in the devx?
Any ideas how to get around this?

[Karl Godt]

# gcc modprobe.c -o modprobe
modprobe.c: In function 'main':
modprobe.c error: 'PACKAGE' undeclared (first use in this function)
modprobe.c error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
modprobe.c error: for each function it appears in.)
modprobe.c error: expected ')' before string constant

for http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/module-init-tools/module-init-tools_3.12.orig.tar.gz
at
http://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/module-init-tools

for functions I`ve to learn more about

[Karl Godt]

warn("\"include %s\" is deprecated, "
"please use /etc/modprobe.d\n", newfilename);
if (strstarts(newfilename, "/etc/modprobe.d")) {
warn("\"include /etc/modprobe.d\" is "
"the default, ignored\n");

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/* deprecated config file */
if (parse_config_file("/etc/modprobe.conf", conf,
dump_only, removing) > 0)
warn("Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, "
"all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.\n");

/* default config */
parse_config_scan("/etc/modprobe.d", conf, dump_only, removing);
}

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[Karl Godt]

Change-log of modules-utils : http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/module-init-tools/module-init-tools_3.12-1.diff.gz

+module-init-tools (3.1-pre5-7) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Fixed a very obscure postinst failure. (Closes: #269481)
+ * Fixed a very obscure preinst failure.
+ * Silence md5sum in preinst.
+ * New patch manpage_warnings: adds warnings about modprobe.conf vs.
+ modprobe.d usage in the init script and the update-modprobe, modprobe
+ and modprobe.conf man pages, by Eduard Bloch. (Closes: Bug#269305)
+
+ -- Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:12:45 +0200

+module-init-tools (3.1-pre2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * New upstream release. (Closes: #254204)
+ * Now /etc/modprobe.d/ is processed by modprobe. This means that
+ /etc/modprobe.conf and /lib/modules/modprobe.conf are not needed
+ anymore and update-modules is now a no-op. Executable scripts in
+ /etc/modprobe.d/ are not supported anymore.
+ /etc/modprobe.conf will be removed or moved to /etc/modprobe.d/.
+ * /etc/modprobe.devfs is now installed as an example file: I don't think
+ it works as is on debian, I do not know how it's supposed to work
+ now that /etc/modprobe.conf does not exist anymore and I could not
+ find anybody using it.
+ * Updated char-major-4 in arch/powerpc.pmac. (Closes: #252602)
+
+ -- Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:14:17 +0200

[Lido]

New install to the hard drive of a dell inspiron 600m. 5.11 full install.

When I try to use Menu->Shutdown->Power Off Computer

It just reboots. How can I turn it off? Thanks.

[rjbrewer]

New install to the hard drive of a dell inspiron 600m. 5.11 full install.

When I try to use Menu->Shutdown->Power Off Computer

It just reboots. How can I turn it off? Thanks.

These new things tend to be a bit buggy.
Try "exit to prompt", then type "poweroff".

[rcrsn51]

Machines that don't shut down properly can sometimes be helped by adding "acpi=force" to the GRUB boot entry. For example

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 kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=.......  acpi=force

[willem1940NLD]

Machines that don't shut down properly can sometimes be helped by adding "acpi=force" to the GRUB boot entry. For example

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 kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=.......  acpi=force

Right, somebody taught me that some time ago.

(file icon)
arrow up
boot
grub
menu.lst

(my partition = sda2)

kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 ro vga=normal acpi=force

then: SAVE

[chrismt]

I installed the Pwireless from the PPM but it is showing a dependancy even though it is working

Libgio

I wonder if this is a bug or a minor issue

[dingo53]

Thanks rcrsn51. Did the trick on a Toshiba 2100 CDT. [/img]

[Karl Godt]

next about modprobe.conf :

There is a generate_modprobe.conf program which should do a reasonable job of generating modprobe.conf from your current (2.4 or 2.2) modules setup.

http://linux.die.net/man/5/modprobe.conf

I moved the modprobe.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ and puppy was running with no problems but after reboot there was a new /etc/modprobe.conf generated with only two short lines :

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alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0

while the ""original"" modprobe.conf (now at /etc/modprobe.d/ folder) contains 162/163 lines of aliases and install .

I think that the kernel or initrd.gz contails still a line to echo $KERNELMODULEsomething >> /etc/modprobe.conf
and not >> /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf

but even `modinfo --showconfig >> /root/"modinfo --showconfig.txt" contains over 12 thousand lines ! and does not seem to need any modprobe.conf files .

the `depmod` command seems not to create the modprobe.conf file .

[Karl Godt]

next about modprobe.conf :

running a puppy derivate based upon 4.3.1

I got modprobe --version 3.6 that also does not complain about the ""famous deprecated config file""

[edit : deleted also my first doubble post ]

[chopsuwe]

Gparted Splash Screen.

This is not so much a bug an incorrect description that should be updated.

When Gparted starts the splash screen that gives the choice of which drive to show has a warning about resizing Vista partitions. It finishes off by saying "Vista may not work properly (and in some cases not even start)...we don't know what the fix is for this".

The cause is Vista and Win7 use a different version of NTFS to XP and earlier. As of 2009 Gparted hadn't been updated to work with Vista NTFS and would either corrupt the boot loader (run fixmbr and fixboot) or change the partition so that Windows sees it as RAW. The only solution to a RAW partition is to back it up using Linux, delete it and use the Vista cd to create a new partition.

I hope this helps for future versions. Oh, and I have to say it's these helpful screens that explain what is happening that puts Puppy way ahead of all the other Linux versions I've tried.

[technowomble]

I installed the Pwireless from the PPM but it is showing a dependancy even though it is working

Libgio

I wonder if this is a bug or a minor issue

If you re-run the dependencies check for pwireless2 I think you will find that it reports no missing dependencies, but reports libgio as missing after checking all installed pets. it looks like a bug in PPM rather than pwireless2. ( pfind shows libgio present and correct ).

[acrocosm]

As the subject suggests, x server crashes on exit and restart. In short, I am able only to start it once. There is no way to restart it to reflect any changes I might have made and I am unable to properly shut down or reboot the machine. When I try it I end up on a blank screen, not off, just blank black, no HD activity, nothing. alt+ctrl+del, alt+ctrl+backspace, alt+f(x) don't do anything either (I'm not sure if there are any virtual terminals anyway). The power button has to be kept pressed to turn off and then be able to reboot.

The machine is an x40 IBM with a 1.2Ghz pentium m.

This is true for both 5.1 (official and ubuntustudioPE) AND 5.1.1. And it happens with both the ati/intel drivers and without any extra drivers installed. The graphics chipset is 855gme.

On usb stick installation it behaves as expected. It doesn't matter whether I use a save file or not. It just works. On hard disk installation however things go wicked. I tried using acpi=force as suggested in this thread but to no avail. I'm not completely noob with linux, but I'm nood enough so I don't know what else to try.

I haven't tried xvesa since I intend to do heavy graphic work on it. Yeah I know it's a laugh with 855gme but anyway it's better than xvesa anyway ...i suppose...

I love puppy, it's a fully functional and easy os where I can run blender/gimp/photoshop/renoise/sunvox/whatever I like to use. With some slight changes (fluxbox, conky, no rox pinboard) it boots from hd using just 25mb of ram!! leaving all the rest to hungry creativity. It's super fast, it's stable enough, it's nearly perfect ...err apart from that x-server issue and maybe one two others I can live with or overcome. Next thing I'm gonna try running is maya o.O

Any help welcome, any info or tests from my part, I'd be more than glad to provide

Thank you



p.s. aytmm crashes for fun, it's less tolerant than win95 when inserting a cd

[lugligino]

Hello,
an odd problem with lupu511:
I installed lupu in my old PC (Full Installation) and tried to connect to the internet with my Huawei E156G internet key. The connection was good.
After a little I saw that the keyboard was US type but I need IT (italian) so I chose the IT keyboard in setup. The connection was still good until I restarted the PC. After the reboot pupdial was not able to connect anymore.
Pupdial recognized the key in ttyUSB0 and probed it successfully but the connection to the internet ends with the message
ERROR
BAD INIT STRING
After some attempts I tried to reset the keyboard to US type and after a reboot pupdial was still able to connect to internet.
wvdial.conf file was never changed. I use it regularly with other older puppy full installations on other disk partitions.
The bug is reproducible.
In short, when I setup US keyboard type, pupdial can connect while it's not possible with IT keyboard.
I unstalled the two pet update for lucid 511 but nothing changed.
I would like to know if this happens only on my PC or it's the same for you. Also an hint to bypass the problem should be appreciated.
Regards

[Karl Godt]

Also an hint to bypass the problem should be appreciated.

alternative for pupdial : try `pgprs-shell` command from console

[lugligino]

Hi Karl.
I tried pgprs-shell unsuccessfully (I filled the fields but it ends without any message after pushed ok button) but I remembered the program umtsmon and it works! I'm using now lucid puppy 5.1.1 and IT keyboard.
Bye

[shinobar]

I installed lupu in my old PC (Full Installation) and tried to connect to the internet with my Huawei E156G internet key. The connection was good.
After a little I saw that the keyboard was US type but I need IT (italian) so I chose the IT keyboard in setup. The connection was still good until I restarted the PC. After the reboot pupdial was not able to connect anymore.
Pupdial recognized the key in ttyUSB0 and probed it successfully but the connection to the internet ends with the message
ERROR
BAD INIT STRING

Ciao lugligino.
You may not need this information anymore but for all european try to use the PupDial...

Apparently the pupdial has a bug under some european languages.
We can escape the bug with the next way, i guess.

On Lupu and most of puppies, the locale is set to the country corresponding the keyboard layout.
You can set the locale to 'en_US' by using the chooselocale after you set your keyboard layout.

Or, start the PupDial from the virtual terminal. Type:

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LANG=C pupdial 

Or:

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LC_ALL=C pupdial