Quirky Werewolf 64-bit 7.4 released

[gcmartin]

Hi @Silversurfer. Judging from the recent posts, it seems that the Live use may be under review. And could be subject to some coming adjustments. This may/may-not address/affect your concern.

Hope this is helpful.

[CHLee]

I am thinking fast CD boot for Werewolf. Can we take out the q.sys from initrd.q?
All werewolf's files (initrd.q, vmlinuz and q,sys) put into the "werewolf64" folder.
Then no need to change anythings, the CD should boot as the USB boot.

After wasted three CD, I succeeded to fast boot from CD. I tried two method:
1. The easy way, added the kernel command line with:

• boot_specs=sr0:iso9660:werewolf64

The CD can boot, but If you have two CD driver and you push the boot CD to the second CD driver, the CD will not boot(kernel panic).

2. Use the below kernel command line and added a CD label(werewolf64):

• boot_specs=UUID=werewolf64:iso9660:werewolf64

The problem came from the "blkid", it found out two device with the "werewolf64" label, like below:

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# blkid
/dev/sr0: LABEL="werewolf64" TYPE="iso9660"
/dev/sdc2: LABEL="test" UUID="5a5c3cc1-6479-4f64-b025-c6874bbddaef" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdc1: UUID="5555-1234" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda4: LABEL="sda4" UUID="fbcb9f0e-5a98-42d0-bd24-7d3fabccd8ff" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="sda3" UUID="83174c3d-36eb-4cdc-8ce8-806a512ccd55" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="sda2" UUID="1aeeeeaa-2d99-4d8a-ad9b-2424c04c5e74" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="sda1" UUID="7ded8135-9ef3-44e4-a00d-a3a97f25c343" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/scd0: LABEL="werewolf64" TYPE="iso9660"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="dc1f5ca6-1bde-446b-858e-a64bd8de620d" TYPE="ext3"

I solved this problem with to add "-m 1" to "grep", see below:

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xBOOT_DEV="$(blkid | grep -m 1 ""${BOOT_DEV:5}"" | cut -f 1 -d ':' | cut -f 3 -d '/')"

To let the CD boot like the original CD boot(q.sys inside the initrd.q), I disabled the init script to copy the "/BOOT_SPECS" file before "switch_root" when BOOT_FS=iso9600 , I changed:

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[ -f /BOOT_SPECS ] && [ "${BOOT_FS}" != "ios9660" ] && cp -a -f /BOOT_SPECS /q_new/boot/initrd-tree/

The CD fast boot succeeded and the display "First run", all like original CD. When I pressed the "Save icon" on desktop, the problem out, it show:

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This is where the session will be saved
Partition: sr0
Folder: werewolf64

Seem I need to learn the init script again or see how the "save script" working.

C.H.Lee

[linuxcbon]

Quirky Werewolf 64-bit 7.3.3
- java is not installed but there is a /usr/share/java/
- pulseaudio missing ?

[Sage]

Got real problems with WW64 and Slacko64 on some modern machinery, notably one with a Radeon HD3000 chip, but other recent marques and monitors. The default opening screens make it impossible to see what's on offer - either too tiny fonts or off screen/displaced screen. I realise from the discussions that drivers may be required, but I'm used have a default display (or even CTL-ALT-BKSPCE to orgwizard) from which to work. Hope BK and micko can work towards an expected default start-up acceptable to the proletariat. I realise that this is another (misguided) attempt by manufacturers to exert leverage/another turn of the upgrade screw, but, surely we can leave that to followers of the devil's OS?

[ckl8r]

Just wondering if there will be a werewolf 32bit. If not. Can I use wolf2 to build it. If so, can you direct me to instructions.

Also, off subject, but Barry have you received your Remix OS2 yet. I was sent an email recently to say that I can get one now.

Thanks you.

[Karl Godt]

@BarryK

There is one problem while doing a full install from the live-CD onto a ext3 partition (fe. sda2).

The ext3 folder 'lost+found' gets deleted during the install process.

The lost+found folder is not a problem .
On new hardware I have newer encountered any content in it .
The only time I had content in it was on a 4GB HDD WDMA2 being too slow for kernel 2.6.30.5 that unfortunately signed off to be accessed in its embedded mainboard .

e2fsck should create lost+found automatically if run with the -p or -y options .

[FeodorF]

Hi Karl!

e2fsck should create lost+found automatically if run with the -p or -y options .

Sorry to say so - it didn't create a new 'lost+found' folder - but e2fsck worked.

[gcmartin]

How best to install JAVA V8...

[Jerror]

It's not very large and it is portable, so I wouldn't do anything special: just extract the jre1.8.*.tar from oracle and add jre1.8.*/bin to $PATH. You -might- have to do more to get java embedded in browsers working, but iirc seamonkey (and mainstream browsers) "just work".

[BarryK]

I am being very quiet, but there is a lot happening. Will post soon!

[gcmartin]

Puppy Linux, since its inception, is entering its 2nd decade of use and service. Much has changed in hardware, home technologies, and Puppy has been actively keeping with the times as it has taken advantage of much in evolving us to here.

The future looks extremely bright and rewarding in Puppy's approaches.

Thanks @BarryK
Edited: Mistyped word Must should have been Much....changed!

[linuxcbon]

Quirky Werewolf 64-bit 7.3.3
- seamonkey is compiled with "enable-gstreamer" ? bad idea : many gstreamer libraries are missing. In my opinion, gstreamer should be avoided anywhere.
- many scripts could use busybox ash instead of full bash (only modify the first line) : xwin, ldd, pmount, wmpoweroff etc.
- sometimes ppm looks for file /root/.packages/.files which doesn't exist (to be confirmed).
- xwin : I don't see why xwin takes care of the network.

[BarryK]

Quirky Werewolf 64-bit 7.3.3
- seamonkey is compiled with "enable-gstreamer" ? bad idea : many gstreamer libraries are missing. In my opinion, gstreamer should be avoided anywhere.
- many scripts could use busybox ash instead of full bash (only modify the first line) : xwin, ldd, pmount, wmpoweroff etc.
- sometimes ppm looks for file /root/.packages/.files which doesn't exist (to be confirmed).
- xwin : I don't see why xwin takes care of the network.

gstreamer is required by SeaMonkey to play HTML5 videos at places like youtube. Unless you use Adobe Flash Player.

You mean /root/.packages/user-installed-packages, which does exist after a package is installed.

xwin is for starting X and the desktop. It has nothing to do with networking.

[linuxcbon]

gstreamer is required by SeaMonkey to play HTML5 videos at places like youtube. Unless you use Adobe Flash Player.

I compiled seamonkey without gstreamer and youtube videos played ok. Can you please try it ?

You mean /root/.packages/user-installed-packages, which does exist after a package is installed.

/root/.packages/.files . Can't remember how to reproduce it.

xwin is for starting X and the desktop. It has nothing to do with networking.

see lines 26-33

[gcmartin]

@BarryK

See this work by @L18L and @BigPup on changes needed in PUI for much-needed clarity to its use by Puppy users.

Unsure how this improvement gets to WOOFCE/WOOFQ.

Hope this is helpful

[BarryK]

gstreamer is required by SeaMonkey to play HTML5 videos at places like youtube. Unless you use Adobe Flash Player.

I compiled seamonkey without gstreamer and youtube videos played ok. Can you please try it ?

You mean /root/.packages/user-installed-packages, which does exist after a package is installed.

/root/.packages/.files . Can't remember how to reproduce it.

xwin is for starting X and the desktop. It has nothing to do with networking.

see lines 26-33

SM only plays them at 360p I think, without gstreamer and adobe flash player.

xwin 26-33: oh, yes. Well, that's the way it is.

[CHLee]

Hi, I have some problems with Intel, Nvidia and ATI display card when I try "frugal install". The default display driver of Werewolf-7.3.3 is kernel mode setting driver. Sometime the resolution is not correct, I want to use the VESA driver. When I run the xorgwizard, it need reboot to change to VESA driver, but it haven't updated the save file(s.sfs). After reboot, it still use the kernel mode driver.

I try to blacklist the kernel mode driver from kernel command line, I put "radeon.blacklist=yes"(ATI display) to kernel command line, but the "radeon" module still loaded and still used the kernel mode setting driver.

Barry, do you have simple way to solve this problem ? Or, can you save the session before the xorgwizard reboot the computer? Thanks.
C.H.Lee

[don570]

Barry, do you have simple way to solve this problem ?

There is an application that can be launched from start menu.
Is it called the bootloader app??


It does the blacklisting. For instance I blacklist the intel950 driver to obtain XVESA

I believe the 'wizardwizard' app will get you the blacklist as well.

Search around and you will find it somewhere on start menu

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[BarryK]

Hi, I have some problems with Intel, Nvidia and ATI display card when I try "frugal install". The default display driver of Werewolf-7.3.3 is kernel mode setting driver. Sometime the resolution is not correct, I want to use the VESA driver. When I run the xorgwizard, it need reboot to change to VESA driver, but it haven't updated the save file(s.sfs). After reboot, it still use the kernel mode driver.

I try to blacklist the kernel mode driver from kernel command line, I put "radeon.blacklist=yes"(ATI display) to kernel command line, but the "radeon" module still loaded and still used the kernel mode setting driver.

Barry, do you have simple way to solve this problem ? Or, can you save the session before the xorgwizard reboot the computer? Thanks.
C.H.Lee

OK, done. Haven't tested it though.

[BarryK]

Barry, do you have simple way to solve this problem ?

There is an application that can be launched from start menu.
Is it called the bootloader app??


It does the blacklisting. For instance I blacklist the intel950 driver to obtain XVESA

I believe the 'wizardwizard' app will get you the blacklist as well.

Search around and you will find it somewhere on start menu

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Menu: System -> BootManager