Racy Puppy 5.2.2 Final, 18 Nov. 2011

[BarryK]

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--- /initrd/pup_ro2/usr/sbin/xorgwizard	2011-09-27 01:31:20.000000000 -0100
+++ /usr/sbin/xorgwizard	2011-10-29 23:21:58.566654034 -0100
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ if [ ! "`echo -n "$PSFND" | grep "\\.xin
    NEXTWM="`cat /etc/windowmanager`"
    echo -n "$NEXTWM" > /etc/windowmanager #this makes change permanent.
    echo -n "$NEXTWM" > /tmp/wmexitmode.txt
+   echo -n "ICONWIPE" >/tmp/pup_event_icon_change_flag ##in case Xvesa selects different resolution
    sync
    exec killall X
    ;;
@@ -1919,5 +1920,5 @@ fi
 #[ -f /tmp/ddcprobeoem.txt ] && rm /tmp/ddcprobeoem.txt && exec xwin 
 #3.99 end
 [ -f /tmp/ddcprobeoem.txt ] && rm /tmp/ddcprobeoem.txt #w478
-
+echo 'ICONWIPE' > /tmp/pup_event_icon_change_flag
 ###END###

Bogus thingy , that bothered me for one year , but now racy-110 gave me vesa instead of nv or nouveau at startup , so ran xorgwizard from the new firstrun-gui :

Thanks very much, I have put that fix into 'xorgwizard'.

[sszindian]

Since I haven't received a response on this... one way or the other, I'm sure it must have been overlooked back on PAGE-7 of this thread so I'll try just once more!
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I know you favor Seamonkey Browser and it's really a pretty good browser however, after trying them all, Iron (for clarity, speed and overall performance) and I for one would like to see a .pet available for Racy with Iron-14? I tried the Iron-14's for Slacko and Luci but they don't even fire up, at all...
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Can we get an Iron or Chromium Browser for Racy, or does someone know of one that will work from another distro?

"Thanks"

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

[BarryK]

NEXT : JWMCONFIG !!

Thie jwmconfig has got several bugs , which I was observing for one year now ,
[ perhaps will open a thread in the Cutting Edge section , but my fixes may still contain bugs also ]

Shinobar attempted to fix the line numbering , but moving the panel buttons around , deleted two lines in .jwmrc-tray :

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		<Pager/>
		<!-- Additional TaskList attribute: maxwidth -->

I have made some attempts to fix jwmconfig and one solution for the line numbering using wc -l could be :

ENSURE TRAILING NEWLINE IN .JWMRC-TRAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this could be achieved by adding this code into /usr/local/jwmconfig2/panel-buttons :

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--- /initrd/pup_ro2/usr/local/jwmconfig2/panel-buttons	2010-08-23 04:04:43.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/local/jwmconfig2/panel-buttons	2011-10-30 01:32:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ fi
 cat /root/.jwmrc-tray | sed '/^$/d' > /tmp/.jwmrc-tray  ### remove all blank lines in .jwmrc-tray
 mv /tmp/.jwmrc-tray /root/
 
+if test "`tail -n 1 $HOME/.jwmrc-tray | hexdump | grep -o '0a'`" = "" ; then
+ #KRGensure newline so wc counts the real line numbers :)
+ 
+ lastLine=`cat $HOME/.jwmrc-tray | tail -n 1`
+ 
+ if test "$lastLine" = "</JWM>" ;then 
+ echo >> $HOME/.jwmrc-tray
+ else
+ if test "`grep -o -w '</JWM>' $HOME/.jwmrc-tray`" = "" ; then
+ echo '</JWM>' >> $HOME/.jwmrc-tray
+ echo >> $HOME/.jwmrc-tray
+ fi
+ fi
+fi
 # 2009-NOV-06 low and high position fixed 
 total=`wc -l /root/.jwmrc-tray | sed -e 's/ *//' | sed -e 's/ .*//g'` ### get total number of lines
 low=`grep -n '^[[:blank:]]*<TrayButton' /root/.jwmrc-tray | head -n 1| cut -d':' -f1`  ### get line number of the first button(Menu)

Thanks for that. I have modified the jwmconfig2 PET in the 'common' repo, now jwmconfig2-20111110.pet.

[BarryK]

I made an sfs file of vlc 1.1.12 and it works in this newest version
of racy. It also contains the qt474 libs it needs to work but that
made the size of the sfs approximately 47mb.

Not tested in anything other than this version of racy and it works on
my computers, hopefully yours too if you want it

shinobar's sfs_load-1.2.9.pet can be used to load it on the fly or use
the bootmanager to load it.

The download link is:

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-60be1429.html

Thanks for that. Right now I am uploading it to here (so it will be automatically found by Wary and Racy via the 'install' icon):

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

[BarryK]

Partview (Free Space in Drives) shows a "Please wait ..." splash window during the processing of the All Drives option.

However, for Slacko 5.3 and Racy-51110 the splash window does not dissappear when the calculation is finished.

The problem is illustrated by the following script, which intended to start yaf-splash, and to kill its process after 3 seconds.

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yaf-splash -font "8x16" -outline 0 -margin 4 -bg orange -placement center -text "Please wait, processing..." &
XPID=$!
echo "XPID=$XPID"
`sleep 3`
`kill $XPID`
PIDOF=`pidof yaf-splash`
echo "PIDOF=$PIDOF"

For Slacko 5.3 and Racy-51110 the output of the script is.

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XPID=28255
./p11: line 8: 28255 Terminated              yaf-splash -font "8x16" -outline 0 -margin 4 -bg orange -placement center -text "Please wait, processing..."
PIDOF=28296

Thus, yaf-splash is still running with PID = 28296.

The yaf-splash option -font "8x16" seems to be the culprit.

I enclose updated versions of partview, where the -font option is removed from yaf-splash. The version Partview-2.2-Slacko.pet includes the stuff added by 01micko.

Thanks, partview 2.2 PET will be uploaded to the 'common' repo soon.

[BarryK]

Hi Barry

Racy seems to lack support for my Broadcom B43 wifi on my HP550 laptop which works in other Puppies.

/lib/firmware/b43 is missing - I copied it across from lupu528

the b43 driver is not being loaded - I had to put
modprobe b43
into /etc/rc.d/rc.local

with these 2 changes, my wifi works with sns through reboots and I am posting this from Racy.....

I saw similar problems with the lupu528-k3.0.4 puplet from wuxiandianzi so it may be a k3 problem

Cheers
peebee

b43.ko is supposed to load automatically. This also causes the firmware (at /lib/modules/all-firmware/b43.tar.gz) to install.

...unless b43.tar.gz has the wrong firmware? That is possible. If you run:

# modinfo b43

it will show what firmware is expected.

It may be that b43.tar.gz in Lupu got upgraded, and we will have to do the same.

I checked, the firmware file ucode16_mimo.fw is needed, for certain hardware anyway. I got it out of here:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/linu ... re-nonfree

have put it into the 'b43' firmware in Puppy.

[sc0ttman]

Suggest the appearance of Flashplayer is directly linked to first use of browser. Even better, to any use of browser requiring it

I am using this to do just that - loading flash-get (attached) from within delayedrun

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  if [ "`echo "$ALLPS" | grep -v 'wget' | grep -v 'petget' | grep -v 'cut' | grep -v 'sed' | grep -v 'indexgen.sh' | grep -v 'grep' | grep -v 'yaf-splash' | grep -E 'seamonkey|firefox|opera|midori'`" != "" ];then

which works well enough, although it's ugly and crap code.. had to add indexgen, grep, yaf-splash etc, because PetGet was messing things up..

Thanks, partview 2.2 PET will be uploaded to the 'common' repo soon.

does that one require Glade?

[peebee]

I checked, the firmware file ucode16_mimo.fw is needed, for certain hardware anyway. I got it out of here:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/linu ... re-nonfree

have put it into the 'b43' firmware in Puppy.

Hi Barry

Don't think that file is anything to do with my problem.

My B43 wifi is the "13" version - I've proved this by booting a pristine frugal version of racy and copied just the "13" versions of the files from /lib/firmware/b43 from spup5.3 into a b43 directory in racy.

I then issued the modprobe b43 console command and could then use sns to detect all the wifi signals around my house (not all mine!!)

see the attached screenie

Before doing this there were no mentions of "b43" in dmesg or /var/log/messages on racy.

The relevant lines mentioning b43 from spup5.3 are

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Nov 11 12:56:43 puppypc17231 user.info kernel: b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 13)
Nov 11 12:56:43 puppypc17231 user.debug kernel: ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
Nov 11 12:56:43 puppypc17231 user.debug kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
Nov 11 12:56:43 puppypc17231 user.debug kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
Nov 11 12:56:43 puppypc17231 user.debug kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
Nov 11 12:56:43 puppypc17231 user.info kernel: Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PML, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]

Nov 11 12:56:45 puppypc17231 user.info kernel: b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)

Cheers!
peebee

[BarryK]

peebee,
Running Racy, with 3.0.7 kernel:

# modinfo b43
filename: /lib/modules/3.0.7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko
firmware: b43/ucode9.fw
firmware: b43/ucode5.fw
firmware: b43/ucode16_mimo.fw
firmware: b43/ucode15.fw
firmware: b43/ucode14.fw
firmware: b43/ucode13.fw
firmware: b43/ucode11.fw

...and all of those are present.

But, I guess that we can experiment with Racy, put in those extra firmware files and then see if it works.

[BarryK]

Racy 5.2.1.90 uploaded. This can be considered as 5.2.2 Release Candidate. Wary and Racy are going to be released together, with same version number.

See blog post:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02590

Testers welcome!

[peebee]

peebee,
Running Racy, with 3.0.7 kernel:

# modinfo b43
filename: /lib/modules/3.0.7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko
firmware: b43/ucode9.fw
firmware: b43/ucode5.fw
firmware: b43/ucode16_mimo.fw
firmware: b43/ucode15.fw
firmware: b43/ucode14.fw
firmware: b43/ucode13.fw
firmware: b43/ucode11.fw

...and all of those are present.

But, I guess that we can experiment with Racy, put in those extra firmware files and then see if it works.

Hi Barry

I don't think any files are missing - I think the problem lies in the detection and loading logic in some way........

I say this because I can make it work manually whereas it happens automatically in all previous k2.6 version puppies...

It is somehow k3.0 related as there is the same problem with the lupu528+k3.0.8 experiments

Thanks for your interest
Cheers
peebee

[Karl Godt]

2.
racy-5.2.1.90
/usr/sbin/pgprs-shell is NOT updated to handle NEW /lib/modules/all-firmware/ files ...
suggestion:

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--- /initrd/pup_ro2/usr/sbin/pgprs-shell   2010-12-04 10:30:35.000000000 +0000
+++ /usr/sbin/pgprs-shell   2011-11-10 01:59:22.536586399 +0000
@@ -12,12 +12,24 @@
 #script. If it isn't there, you get this message."
 
 #install firmware tarball...
+old_func(){
+if [ -f /lib/modules/all-firmware/pgprs.tar.gz ] ; then
 cp -f /lib/modules/all-firmware/pgprs.tar.gz /tmp/
 cd /tmp
 tar -zxf pgprs.tar.gz
 cp -a --remove-destination /tmp/pgprs/* /
 sync
 cd /
+fi
+}
+old_func
+##KRG new_func for all-firmware not tar.gz anymore [racy-5.2.1.90 [ 2011-Nov ]]
+new_func(){
+if [ -d /lib/modules/all-firmware/pgprs ] ; then
+cp -a --remove-destination /lib/modules/all-firmware/pgprs/* /
+fi
+}
+new_func
 
 #101204...
 yaf-splash -bg violet -placement center -timeout 3 -text "Updating menu, screen will flicker..."

1.
racy-5.2.1.90 first-run :
gtkdialog4 combobox dropdown button consuming 100% CPU resources on P4-2800GHZ,1GB DDR-RAM [Rolling Eyes Crying or Very sad Mad Shocked Confused Sad Surprised Very Happy]

seems a maneuver area for gtkdialog ....

[Billtoo]

1.
racy-5.2.1.90 first-run :
gtkdialog4 combobox dropdown button consuming 100% CPU resources on P4-2800GHZ,1GB DDR-RAM [Rolling Eyes Crying or Very sad Mad Shocked Confused Sad Surprised Very Happy]

seems a maneuver area for gtkdialog ....

Same thing in wary at this point:

[shinobar]

racy-5.2.1.90 first-run :
gtkdialog4 combobox dropdown button consuming 100% CPU resources on P4-2800GHZ,1GB DDR-RAM [Rolling Eyes Crying or Very sad Mad Shocked Confused Sad Surprised Very Happy]

seems a maneuver area for gtkdialog ....

I can reproduce the issue also on Wary-5.2.2 RC.
Seems the gtkdialog3/4 problem on the recent Wary/Racy.
It also occurs on Wary-5.2 and does not on Wary-511.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... &start=120

[Karl Godt]

seems gtkdialog4 does not like the <combobox> very much .

tried
<combobox tooltip-text=\"${TT_tz1}\">
and
<combobox>

still scrolling is very very slow .. and since the MainBoard is screwed only twice the vibrations of the CPU are sounding remarkably ...

What i think i could add from /tmp/xerrs.log :

JWM: warning: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme[10]: invalid tag in Active: Corner
JWM: warning: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme[16]: invalid tag in Inactive: Corner

Hadn't they been commented like

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--- /initrd/pup_ro2/root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme	2011-11-10 16:58:57.000000000 +0800
+++ /root/.jwm/jwmrc-theme	2011-11-11 02:41:14.836533429 +0800
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
     <Active>
        <Text>white</Text>
        <Title>#393F96:#30528D</Title>
-       <Corner>#4A5966</Corner>
+       <!-- <Corner>#4A5966</Corner> -->
        <Outline>black</Outline>
     </Active>
     <Inactive>
        <Text>white</Text>
        <Title>#84CFF1:#393F96</Title>
-       <Corner>#DCDAD5</Corner>
+       <!-- <Corner>#DCDAD5</Corner> -->
        <Outline>gray30</Outline>
     </Inactive>
 </WindowStyle> 

BUT i finally found that this had been already ^ worked around ^ :
# grep 'jwm \-p' /usr/local/jwmconfig2/*
/usr/local/jwmconfig2/taskbarConfig:jwm -p 2>&1 | grep -v 'warning' > $TMP
/usr/local/jwmconfig2/taskbarHeight:jwm -p 2>&1 | grep -v 'warning' > $TMP
/usr/local/jwmconfig2/taskbarPlace:jwm -p 2>&1 | grep -v 'warning' > $TMP
/usr/local/jwmconfig2/trayInsert:jwm -p 2>&1 | grep -v 'warning' > $TMP
/usr/local/jwmconfig2/virtualDesk:jwm -p 2>&1 | grep -v 'warning' > $TMP

AND
Input string is '3'
ls: cannot access /tmp/jwmrc-tray-tmp-3.txt: No such file or directory

lets try a sed fix ...
# for i in /usr/local/jwmconfig2/* ; do echo $i; grep '`ls ' $i; echo; done
ONLY panel-buttons with 3 hits ..

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# sed -i 's/`ls \(.*\)`/`ls \1 2>\/dev\/null`/g' /usr/local/jwmconfig2/panel-buttons

worked for me today .. sed-gymnastics for my little brain ...
had thought i would have to escape the backticks fist , but that did not worked for me ...
BUT OF COURSE a " test -f FILENAME " would be much more elegant i think
[edit some hours later : needs additionally

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 # sed -i 's/"`ls \(.*\)`" = "" ]/\! -f \1 ]/g' /usr/local/jwmconfig2/panel-buttons

to the code line below : \edit]

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# sed -i 's/"`ls \(.*\)`" \(.*\) ]/-f \1 ]/g' /usr/local/jwmconfig2/panel-buttons

lets see how much attempts i did on this :
# grep sed $HOME/.history | wc -l
10
WOAOOO: Master of the SEDIVERSE
[edit some hours later : grep sed $HOME/.history | wc -l == 17 /edit]

SINCE THAT IS ALL COSMETICS i somehow did not mention these before .

Now i want to ^ *** off early ^ for the early morning here , hopefully the shutdown fix for encrypted save-files would work ... [edit : works OK /edit]

[James C]

1.
racy-5.2.1.90 first-run :
gtkdialog4 combobox dropdown button consuming 100% CPU resources on P4-2800GHZ,1GB DDR-RAM [Rolling Eyes Crying or Very sad Mad Shocked Confused Sad Surprised Very Happy]

seems a maneuver area for gtkdialog ....

Same thing in wary at this point:

Not a problem here in Racy.

[James C]

Racy 5.2.2 RC live multi-session cd.Sound and internet working on initial boot. Incorrect screen resolution on boot, ran xorgwizard and used nouveau driver to get desired 1366x768 resolution.

No real problems noticed yet.

-Computer-
Processor : 4x AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor
Memory : 3884MB (167MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 11 Nov 2011 12:06:31 AM CST
-Display-
Resolution : 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Software Rasterizer
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
VGA compatible controller : nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a]
Audio device : nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio

[mavrothal]

Not a problem here in Racy.

You have to open the dropbox to see it. It is also in timezone set.
In a slow machine (XO-1) is really lethal. Take about 1 minute to do 5 scroll clicks

[James C]

Not a problem here in Racy.

You have to open the dropbox to see it. It is also in timezone set.
In a slow machine (XO-1) is really lethal. Take about 1 minute to do 5 scroll clicks

Figured I was missing something.....

Didn't go to 100%.....but two cores went crazy.

[Sage]

5.2.1.90 is unusable. Confirm issues with mouse (PS/2 non-functioning, USB like treacle - too slow to access locale settings). Inappropriate messages re. Flashplayer, panel for which pops up before selecting browser. Cannot continue testing.

Later:
The PS/2 mouse non-functioning is partly machine specific - runs on one out of three! New feature.

The locales can, with extreme patience, be set from the k/b, but timezones are restricted to Asia and a few African locations. Europe can be set from the right-click/desktop/set timezone, though.

Good news is that Opera, which has recently become essential rather than a personal preference, works with the new 11.6beta (Other DEB).