slacko64-8.0-pre-pre-pre-alpha! (and 4 bits?)

[dimkr]

It's worth mentioning that new test releases are uploaded to https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/releases and enthusiastic users/testers can follow the woof-CE project to get notified

[01micko]

.. and there is one there right now hot off the cooker (491MB )

It's worth mentioning that new test releases are uploaded to https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/releases and enthusiastic users/testers can follow the woof-CE project to get notified

[amethyst]

.. and there is one there right now hot off the cooker (491MB )

It's worth mentioning that new test releases are uploaded to https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/releases and enthusiastic users/testers can follow the woof-CE project to get notified

Are those your builds?

[01micko]

.. and there is one there right now hot off the cooker (491MB )

It's worth mentioning that new test releases are uploaded to https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/releases and enthusiastic users/testers can follow the woof-CE project to get notified

Are those your builds?

Not exactly. They are built locally and when I'm satisfied I run an action at GitHub that reproduces my build. It saves me uploading. This will be the 'new normal' through the testing phase.

[01micko]

Updates from 'and a bit'

just dust

4 bit Updates
(part 1)

• abiword > rebuilt

• arp-scan > rebuilt

• curlftpfs > rebuilt

• dunst > upgraded

• fpm2 > rebuilt

• gexec > rebuilt

• glipper-lite > rebuilt

• gmeasures > rebuilt

• hexchat > removed

• htop > upgraded

• irssi > added

• libtubo > rebuilt

• mokutil > rebuilt

• mpscan > rebuilt

• musl > upgraded

• pnscan > rebuilt

• pure-ftpd > rebuilt

• samba > upgraded

• sane-backends > upgraded

• sbsigntools > rebuilt

• simple-mtpfs > rebuilt

• switch2 > rebuilt

• usb-modeswitch > upgraded

• vamps > rebuilt

• vobcopy > rebuilt

• wv > rebuilt

• xfdiff > rebuilt

• xsane > rebuilt

(part 2)

• a52dec > rebuilt

• aaa_publibs64 > added

• ffmpeg > rebuilt +speex

• galculator > rebuilt +gtk3

• hiawatha > upgraded

• irssi > rebuilt -perl

• libart > added

• libgnome* > rebuilt

• libgtkhtml > rebuilt

• musl > rebuilt

• samba > rebuilt

• streamripper > rebuilt -faac (non-free)

.. and numerous woof-ce fixes and features.

[MagicZaurus]

Just a very minor thing which I observed. Gnumeric is in the menu twice, once under Business and once under Personal.

PeasyPort and YASSM working now in this release.

[Clarity]

Downloaded latest alpha ISO to a SG2D USB into folder "/BOOTISOS" where prior ISOs reside.

Booted the USB, selecting the Slacko v8.1. Allowed Slacko's GRUB2 to default boot to desktop on tis Intel PC (circa 2009) that has no HDD/DVD.

Filled FirstRUN fields as I normally do for all PUPs and upon hitting OK, the direction-key problem surfaced.

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This is a bug I am familiar with, so restarting the desktop the keys return to normal behavior.

I shutdown without saving and rebooted pristine, again. Upon desktop I did NOT change the default FirstRUN screen and merely hit OK. No direction-problem follows. Reopen QuickSetup and filled in a single field; namely the GMT+Hardware clock checkbox. Hit OK and again ... No problem. Reopened and change the Time from Internet and hit OK...NO problem. Re opened and set the Hostname; again NO problem.

So, its obvious that filling the multiple selections on its 1st use somehow causes the deriction-key problem. But at this point I have no clue.

Again, I know the circumvention for now. Excepting for these reports on this, I am at a lost to diagnose.

This problem may disappear as Slackware moves to GA or it may be related to the GTK upgrade.

Testing other system elements will continue.

[Clarity]

Could the QEMU GUI launcher be added back into the PUP Menus? Gone missing since 1st alpha. Its an excellent alert to how to get QEMU active.

Currently one has to be knowledgible of the qemu-gui "terminal" command, to get started.

Getting QEMU into the system is made simple by selecting ONLY the QEMU v5.2 as it installs both QEMU and an its accompanying GUI.

The GUI has a bug if you select Enable SSH/SAMBA the QEMU command generated has a bad entry and the virtual PC wont start due to command failure.

Further, after QEMU is installed via PPM, it is NOT showing up in the PUP Menus. Also, tried "fixmenu" on the console to no avail.

So far, other PUP subsystems are as expected...solid & responsive.

[Clarity]

Funny...v8.0.1 gave me a nouveau delivered sound experience via pristine OOTB to the TV over the nVidia HDMI connection. This OOTB meant no nVidia driver was needed for such.

But, this version is not. The sound search, again, begins.

Hmmm???

EDIT: HOLD THE PRESSES! Update. The desktop music player is not playing my audio files, yet Chrome browser is. I can Youtube with audio and I can run the local media file in the browser with sound as well. Now, a new Hmmm???

EDIT2: Firefox, like the desktop apps, are not playing audio.

EDIT3: There appears to be a problem with TV & sleep that may be affecting distro's audio operation when awakening (in my TV's case, awakening is a TV power-on to get back to the HDMI session where Slacko is running. When re-awakening, no audio. To get audio back, I must exit the desktop to the prompt and re-enter.

[8Geee]

is the alsa Auto-Mute DISABLED in the menu Setup/ALSA? Used to be the default was ON.

Regards
8Geee

[peebee]

Now fixed in Woof-CE - https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/w ... 96f45203f5

There was a problem with Gnumeric when working with .xls files
/usr/lib64/gconv from glibc was not being put into the build..........