QuickPup64 24.01 RC 14

[mistfire]

QuickPup64 23.01 RC6 released

Changes:
* Linux kernel 6.5.8-lxpup64
* Intel, radeon, amdgpu, noveau, and nvidia firmware drivers are fully included on FDRV SFS module
* Intel Graphics microcontroller (GuC) enabled by default for later intel graphics.
* Puppy core scripts have been moved to /usr/lib/puppy/etc/core-scripts.
* PUPMODE 13 shutdown bugfix.

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zQDJFh ... veikU06PE_
MD5 Checksum: e20b8856d16a2e5d7fb0f8e722a34722

[mistfire]

Hi @mistfire,

I ask again: does save session in pupmode 13 work as expected on your side?

peace

I think I found the bug on the shutdown script which keeps the session saved even the user choose NO when asked to save session on PUPMODE 13. The fix was applied on QuickPup64 23.01 RC6. You are free to try the latest release

[mistfire]

@d3Xt3r

There's a link error on the links that you sent to me. I included the amdgpu firmware drivers on the latest release of QuickPup64. Could you please try it to your computer?

[one]

Hi @mistfire,

I ask again: does save session in pupmode 13 work as expected on your side?

peace

I think I found the bug on the shutdown script which keeps the session saved even the user choose NO when asked to save session on PUPMODE 13. The fix was applied on QuickPup64 23.01 RC6. You are free to try the latest release

Hi @mistfire,

I took RC6, save session now works as it is supposed to do. Thanks ...

peace

[Vverve]

Yep ,Pupmode13 save is ok .

Please check ,Xvkbd is missing /usr/share/X11/app-defaults/ (various layout)
and , adding those , choosing french ,example, seem ''volatile'' , not keeping changes !?!
A .xvkbd was create in root with;#keyboard french ,
hmm ,right privilege ?! any idea ? never saw this problem yet .

Oh ,here ,log is flooded with
daemon.warn NetworkManager ...platform-linux: do-add-ip6-address[3: fe80::8b6c:7f0b:c4a9:58e1]: failure 95 (Operation not supported)
changed: no IPv6 link local address to retry after Duplicate Address Detection failures (back off)
Ask if more details needed mistfire .

Missed rox-filer that shows recently changed or recently added files in a bold text ,i dont see any thunar settings to enable such feature .

[Vverve]

mistfire ,In pkg manager ,when selecting one pkg to uninstall (another one then the first one of the list ) ,remove package icon become noneffective .
hmm , retested ,if i choose first one of the list,choose remove package , choose no on prompt ,then i can uninstall the second one on the list !!??!

[d3Xt3r]

@d3Xt3r

There's a link error on the links that you sent to me. I included the amdgpu firmware drivers on the latest release of QuickPup64. Could you please try it to your computer?

Thanks @mistfire, but still no luck with RC6. New logs here: https://gofile.io/d/phVyAP

[Vverve]

mistfire ,
i think i 'll reboot twice before posting...mysteries , pkg uninstall is working now,euhh, what have i done ?
else than reboot ,updating database!?! should not affect user installed pkg ! could it?

What the heck is wec-launch ,sparse detail found,a M$ privilege script?

Else ,i did manage to get rox-filer working,but, not as default file manager.
The Set default apps manager wont do it ,it wont do it for wec-gg-chrome too .
A lot is new to me here .... xfce get a lot of its speed with its own script...exo-launch ,ok ,
fun to learn !

[mistfire]

What the heck is wec-launch ,sparse detail found,a M$ privilege script?

wec-launch is just a helper to launch any webkit-based browser or apps as root instead of running as other user. Because webkit-based browser or apps prohibits to run on root account

[Vverve]

Thanks for wec thing info mistfire ,

Nothing of a network geek i am ,but, about ipv6 flooded logs
Tried disable ipv6 from Advanced network configuration ,no go .

nmcli device modify wlan0 ipv6.method "disabled"

that did it in a simple bash startup script .

Lost ''audio connection'' 2 times ,restarting x fixed it ,did not look at logs ,next time it happen i'll take notes .

[Vverve]

Audio lost connections problem, checked ,got pro audio settings enabled , everything was\is fine with it until the daw(muse here looking for best rt driver ,and cannot find any?!? ) disable pavucontrol mixer ,which , as i read ,would be ,kind of ''normal'' ;“Pro Audio” Profile. This disables all the mixer options ... but reverting to ,here , to duplex is impossible as option in pavucontrol are inaccessible once the daw wake the problem,then ,restarting x ,choosing duplex ,saving ,rebooting , make the pipewire , pavu & the daw find all they need .
Wish i could be more helpful ! will test some more ,from quickpup64 RC? & pipewire 1.0 RC? ...
More fun to come!

[Clarity]

Hello @mistfire

I have just tested this ISO booting its ISO file from Ventoy AND from SG2D. All cases: the boot stops at QuickPUP's console requiring user action to get to its desktop.

On the Selection Screen from each boot-launcher, I merely take the default QP Grub2 stanza without changing anything.

[mistfire]

All cases: the boot stops at QuickPUP's console requiring user action to get to its desktop.

May I see the screenshot of this problem?

[mistfire]

Audio lost connections problem, checked ,got pro audio settings enabled , everything was\is fine with it until the daw(muse here looking for best rt driver ,and cannot find any?!? ) disable pavucontrol mixer ,which , as i read ,would be ,kind of ''normal'' ;“Pro Audio” Profile. This disables all the mixer options ... but reverting to ,here , to duplex is impossible as option in pavucontrol are inaccessible once the daw wake the problem,then ,restarting x ,choosing duplex ,saving ,rebooting , make the pipewire , pavu & the daw find all they need .
Wish i could be more helpful ! will test some more ,from quickpup64 RC? & pipewire 1.0 RC? ...
More fun to come!

May I know the name and model of your soundcard and your audio device?

[mistfire]

Nothing of a network geek i am ,but, about ipv6 flooded logs
Tried disable ipv6 from Advanced network configuration ,no go .

I'm considering to disable ipv6 by default

[Clarity]

Hello @mistfire

Today, I am using RC6. The ISO file, being launched from Ventoy or from SG2D, is booting to desktops. This is verified in my test on Intel PCs and a AMD AIO PC.

I noticed this in your announcement:

Changes:
* Linux kernel 6.5.8-lxpup64
* Intel, radeon, amdgpu, noveau, and nvidia firmware drivers are fully included on FDRV SFS module...

How should I proceed to use the included firmware on couple PCs I have with nvidia adapters. Neither PC has any Intel graphics on their motherboards. Not sure if this RC6 will auto-discover or if there are steps to follow.

Thanks for all the excellent progress. Pipewire audio, OOTB, is fine.

[mistfire]

How should I proceed to use the included firmware on couple PCs I have with nvidia adapters. Neither PC has any Intel graphics on their motherboards. Not sure if this RC6 will auto-discover or if there are steps to follow.

Intel graphics have feature called GuC and HuC which was enabled by default on QuickPup64.
See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/intel_graphics

For nvidia gpu, nouveau was still the option or use the official nvidia driver package from offlicial nvidia website.

[Clarity]

Changes:
* Linux ...
* ... and nvidia firmware drivers are fully included on FDRV SFS module

Thanks, I was curious seeing your Changes list, if the included drivers could be accessed with built-in included firmware, These cards & PCs are old and thought I might get lucky without going to the nvidia website.

On another note
Although this is NOT requested, here is the successful boot logs from this all Intel test PC. It is humming along smoothly with no current issues.

QP_vRC6-logfiles.zip

A ZIP of all the boot-time log files.

(43.17 KiB) Downloaded 44 times

[Vverve]

May I know the name and model of your soundcard and your audio device?

No external hw devices was plugged ,happend with tablet onboard audio only:
Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio [8086:9d70] (rev 21)

Only scratched the surface of your pipewire integration for now .no jack stuff yet ,not even an external midi device .

[Vverve]

Hey mistfire ,
Dependencies checker find pyhton is missing ... amazon listing say they sell a book about programming it too
funny common typo error it seems

[mistfire]

Hey mistfire ,
Dependencies checker find pyhton is missing ... amazon listing say they sell a book about programming it too
funny common typo error it seems

QuickPup64 has builtin python3.

[Vverve]

QuickPup64 has builtin python3.

Yes , still funny !
did not investigated yet where the misspelled of python come from .

JWM speaking, too bad a script does exist to convert jwm menu to xfce but not the other way arround ,well ,i did not found one.

Looking forward next RC !!!

[mistfire]

JWM speaking, too bad a script does exist to convert jwm menu to xfce but not the other way around ,well ,i did not found one.

No need for that because xfce menus automatically populates desktop files from XDG_DATA_DIR folders. Just add categories on /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu file

[Vverve]

May hindi pagkakaunawaan tungkol sa JWM, isang detalye, ipagpatuloy ang iyong mga proyekto.

[pp4mnklinux]

May hindi pagkakaunawaan tungkol sa JWM, isang detalye, ipagpatuloy ang iyong mga proyekto.

Thanks a lot, your post made me discover a fantastic OPERA 104 included option...

MORE INFO.- viewtopic.php?p=103091#p103091

[Vverve]

Thanks a lot,[/b] your post made me discover a fantastic OPERA 104 included option...

Ok , i did doubt about online french to filipino-tagalog translation

Nice feature, what did it translated it to?

[mistfire]

QuickPup64 23.01 RC7 released:

Changes:
* Linux kernel 6.6.2
* Improved initrd
* Improved WIM and SWM file mounting
* Added support for mounting VHD, VDI, and VMDK (requires vdfuse and virtualbox)
* Reworked boot, shutdown, and upgrading of savefiles
* Some bugfixes and tweaks

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_VDBzf ... 8KNAu0-ThT
MD5 Checksum: c7988e22f751c50e72dd38c91ff28e7a

[Clarity]

Downloaded ISO file to USB and booted system in VM as follows without issues.

QEMU tests

• ISO file: Successful desktop and system operation.

• ISO file from SG2D v2.06 CD in PC's magazine: Successful desktop and system operation.

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  qemu-system-x86_64 -name "QP64 v2301rc7 by Mistfire" -enable-kvm -smp 2 -m 2048 -vga std -device AC97 -net nic -net user -rtc base=localtime -cdrom quickpup64_23.01-rc-7.iso 
  

• ISO file from Ventoy USB fails. Iff you want the debugsave file, I will send upon request.
  Edit: DEbug info attached below

Bare-Metal tests
Ventoy GRUB2 path boots to desktop. (it took awhile, but desktop arrives)

BareMetal - QP64_v2301rc7 via Ventoy USB.jpg (42.48 KiB) Viewed 7085 times

[mistfire]

ISO file from Ventoy USB fails. Iff you want the debugsave file, I will send upon request.

Please send the debugsave file. Thank you

[mistfire]

@Clarity

According to the last lines of bootinit.log from debugsave file

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Minimum version: 2.6
Checking puppy files inside initrd...
Searching for Puppy files on ATA devices...
Search puppy file on ATA skipped. Probe USB devices only
Wait for USB devices to get ready...
Waiting for USB completed
FATAL ERROR: puppy_quickpup64_23.01.sfs file not found!

It seems the init script skipped searching main sfs on internal drives.

Also according to probepart from debugsave

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Probing partitions...
/dev/sda1|exfat|31231500
/dev/sda2|vfat|32768
/dev/sr0|none|0

Try to boot without "pmedia=cd" boot parameter. Because cd-drives are not detected.