QuickPup 21.04 [RETIRED, succeeded by QuickPup64]

[mistfire]

QuickPup 20.06.11 released

Changes:
* Fixed ALSA startup
* Fixed Xorg auto setup
* Fixed PPM handling of Arch Linux packages
* Improved screen locking
* With event sounds (Sound theme switcher included)
* More bugfixes

Download (32-bit only): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m4yhkI ... sp=sharing
MD5 Checksum: 5430e872863e9e74de1c57573aef0100

[one]

Hi mistfire,

i did a quick test of your latest quickpup_20.6.11. Frugal install on usb stick/FAT32/g4dos. Booted well - but no eth0-autoconnect.
Tray says "networkmanager is not running". I tried SNS and network wizard, but no success. Then I used frisbee and restarted DHCP --> eth0 connected.

I created a savefolder - connection is not saved.

▶—— NETWORK ——◀

Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1073] (rev c0)
• Kernel Driver: atl1c
• Memory Used: 28.00 KB
• Path: /lib/modules/5.7.18-rzm32/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c.ko
• Description: Qualcomm Atheros 100/1000M Ethernet Network Driver

Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002a] (rev 01)
• Kernel Driver: ath9k
• Memory Used: 60.00 KB
• Path: /lib/modules/5.7.18-rzm32/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko
• Description: Support for Atheros 802.11n wireless LAN cards.

peace

[mistfire]

@one
Hello

Could you please run again QuickPup without save file loaded on your computer?

If nm-applet-tray shows that NetworkManager is not running, then run these command on terminal

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#networkdisconnect
#network_default_connect

Then post the output terminal here on this forum.

[one]

Hi Mistfire,

thank you for your reply.

Pristine boot, here's the output from terminal:

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# networkdisconnect
Stopping NetworkManager: stopped
# 
# network_default_connect
route: SIOCADDRT: File exists
Starting NetworkManager daemon:  /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
/usr/sbin/network_default_connect: line 97: 11022 Bus error               XDG_CACHE_HOME=/root/.cache $NM_BIN
# 

peace

[mistfire]

@one

That's weird it threw bus error on your computer. Try to boot QuickPup in pristine boot then do this again on terminal.

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#networkdisconnect
#network_default_connect

Now this time upload the /var/log/messages file here on this thread. And also run this command on terminal

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#dmesg

Then post the output terminal here.

Thanks

[one]

Hi mistfire,

attached are the /var/log/messages file and the output from #dmesg in terminal.

peace

[mistfire]

@one

According to the logs you sent to me. The SFS modules of QuickPup was corrupted. Did you check if the checksum of the QuickPup that you downloaded was matched with the given checksum?

[one]

Hi mistfire,

you're right!

Holy moly, I would have sworn that I "always" check my downloads - but obviously not in this case (I kept my install_iso and could check it). So I downloaded 20.06.11 again, did a new frugal install and problem solved - eth0 connected automatic.

I saw the SQUASHFS errors but sheepish assumed the fault on your side.
Thank you and sorry for stealing your time!

peace

[PiZZa3]

Actually the minimum ram required for QuickPup was 1Gb. However, I made some revisions on initrd in order to work at low ram for at least 512Mb. You can try the latest QuickPup on Kohjinsha UMPC. In case of hang, just swap the kernel and zdrv file to older one (don't forget to rename the zdrv file to zdrv_quickpup_20.06.sfs)

Hi,

I have not tried QuickPup again yet, but before I do, are there touchscreen drivers?

Thanks

[TerryH]

Actually the minimum ram required for QuickPup was 1Gb. However, I made some revisions on initrd in order to work at low ram for at least 512Mb. You can try the latest QuickPup on Kohjinsha UMPC. In case of hang, just swap the kernel and zdrv file to older one (don't forget to rename the zdrv file to zdrv_quickpup_20.06.sfs)

Hi,

I have not tried QuickPup again yet, but before I do, are there touchscreen drivers?

Thanks

Touchscreen on my Dell laptop is functioning correctly when using quickpup. Currently using latest v11.

[PiZZa3]

Tested latest 20.06.11, same as last test of QuickPup in this thread viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2082 - it gets to "Setting up services (network" then nothing happens.

[mistfire]

Tested latest 20.06.11, same as last test of QuickPup in this thread viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2082 - it gets to "Setting up services (network" then nothing happens.

Try to swap kernel and zdrv file using older kernel files from other puppies. Don't forget to rename the donor zdrv as zdrv_quickpup_20.06.sfs

[mistfire]

QuickPup 21.00 released

Changes:
* Glibc 2.33
* icu4c 68.2
* Gvfs 1.40
* Newer widget and network components.
* Improved package management.
* Improved Redmond-Delta theme.
* Improved Package updater (experimental).
-Now works on slackware-current build puppy. Since QuickPup is made from LxPupSc which was created from Slackware Current packages
-Multiple package support for slackware-current build puppy.
-More configurable and added package blacklisting support.

* Improved cron
* Added blacklisting support for remove_builtin
* More bugfixes

NOTE: Starting QuickPup 21.00. A new version scheme is implemented.

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XX.YY
Where XX is the year and YY is the revision number

Download (32-bit only): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YTGwNX ... sp=sharing
MD5 Checksum: 4d24385e7a290dbae3c4c327746ed850

[keniv]

Have tried downloading this twice. Have found it to be extremely slow and gave up both times. This could be at my end but I don't think so. Will try again later.

Regards,

Ken.

[mistfire]

QuickPup 21.01 released

Changes:
* Updated core packages
* Bugfix for package management
* Improved package updater
* Fixed L2TP VPN pre-shared key bug
* Fixed pBluetooth pairing bug
* Fixed pkg default settings
* Fixed Redmond-Delta theme for GTK+3
* More bugfixes

Download (32-bit only): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RvjR3O ... sp=sharing
MD5 Checksum: e224d3c83dfca4f7255d2a0552917664

[mistfire]

Have tried downloading this twice. Have found it to be extremely slow and gave up both times. This could be at my end but I don't think so. Will try again later.

Regards,

Ken.

What's the specs of your computer did QuickPup booted from?

[keniv]

What's the specs of your computer did QuickPup booted from?

I don't think it was an issue with specs but more an issue with download speed from google drive. I did try again and this time download speed was a bit faster so I went and had a coffee and came back to see the last of it download. I have QuickPup 20.6 installed but had not updated for a while. Anyway 21.00 now installed and I'm posting from it now. Have not done much but have noticed that wifi does not auto-connect on reboot. I had the feeling that this had been made the default from one of the updates to v20.6. I think I have a post on this previously in the thread. I'll have a look for it.

Regards,

Ken.

[keniv]

What's the specs of your computer did QuickPup booted from?

I don't think it was an issue with specs but more an issue with download speed from google drive. I did try again and this time download speed was a bit faster so I went and had a coffee and came back to see the last of it download. I have QuickPup 20.6 installed but had not updated for a while. Anyway 21.00 now installed and I'm posting from it now. Have not done much but have noticed that wifi does not auto-connect on reboot. I had the feeling that this had been made the default from one of the updates to v20.6. I think I have a post on this previously in the thread. I'll have a look for it.

Regards,

Ken.

Edit: Found the link outlining how to get wifi to auto-connect on boot up so that's now working. However. I see that OS is now updated to 21.01. I made a new save folder with v21.00. I take it if I now update to v21.01 I should make another fresh save folder. If this is the case and given the time it has taken to download the 21.00 iso I think I'll leave this for a while before I try to download the most up to date version.

[keniv]

Have now downloaded and installed v2101 with new save folder. Set up wifi auto-connect. Using portable palemoon 29 and portable iron as browsers so did not install adrv. Good to be able to do this. Posting from palemoon know. Still don't know what the issue was with downloading yesterday but it went better today. So far all seems fine.

Regards,

Ken.

[mistfire]

Have now downloaded and installed v2101 with new save folder. Set up wifi auto-connect. Using portable palemoon 29 and portable iron as browsers so did not install adrv. Good to be able to do this. Posting from palemoon know. Still don't know what the issue was with downloading yesterday but it went better today. So far all seems fine.

Regards,

Ken.

Regarding downloads you talked about, it might be your ISP having problems on accessing google servers.

[PipzDex]

Hi @mistfire
Finally...
Fresh new install, running smooth, consistent, eth0 network finally connects automatically

As always, I like to install my own packages for testing, such as pcmanfm 1.3.1, PPM 2.5 fixed, dark themes and testing my new Xrandr's Screen Adjuster 1.6, all of the above work without any problem ...

This version showed me that it can be improved with patience, passion for what you do and the comments that we all make with the intention of improving this system

Congratulations

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[mistfire]

QuickPup 21.02 released

Changes:
* Additional xfce4 plugins
* Added NDRV module support
* Updated core packages
* Fixed dconf-editor
* Improved pkg and PPM

Download (32-bit only): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DZ81zw ... sp=sharing
MD5 Checksum: 3a6bfec13aaf450139602dfa193f12df

Language Pack: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r6iSeM ... sp=sharing

[TerryH]

Updated manual frugal installation to 21.02. @mistfire It just gets better all the time. Very impressive, I just found by chance while moving my cursor over the battery indicator and was surprised that it now has a brightness control slider, as well as the XFCE Power Management.

The only issue, which is not specific to Quickpup, is that the XFCE Weather plugin at present isn't working. This seems to be an ongoing occurrence with many XFCE installations. The location is currently being found and set correctly, but displays 'No Data'.

Edit: Trying to install later version using PPM which shows 0.10.2 available but fails to download package, so I tried to compile the latest version 0.11.0. I have the latest devx which I loaded. The compile failed and I don't know how to fix. The last four lines of the configure are:

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checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: in `/mnt/sda6/xfce4-weather-plugin-0.11.0':
configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details

config.log.gz

File is fake .gz

(32.95 KiB) Downloaded 102 times

Any assistance greatly appreciated.

[TerryH]

The reason I attempted the compile as mentioned above is that any downloads attempted using PPM which attempts to download from the slackware-15.0 or slackware-current repositories fails to download. I can download from slackware-14.2 or the slackware-15.0-salix repository successfully. To check I booted with pfix=ram and after update, I updated the PPM database and re-tried several downloads. All downloads which were from the 2 mentioned database failed, while other downloads were successful.

[mistfire]

The reason I attempted the compile as mentioned above is that any downloads attempted using PPM which attempts to download from the slackware-15.0 or slackware-current repositories fails to download. I can download from slackware-14.2 or the slackware-15.0-salix repository successfully. To check I booted with pfix=ram and after update, I updated the PPM database and re-tried several downloads. All downloads which were from the 2 mentioned database failed, while other downloads were successful.

Slackware-15.0 and Slackware-Current repos are dynamic repository because it was rolling release. You need to update it first if you want to download packages on PPM using that repo

[TerryH]

The reason I attempted the compile as mentioned above is that any downloads attempted using PPM which attempts to download from the slackware-15.0 or slackware-current repositories fails to download. I can download from slackware-14.2 or the slackware-15.0-salix repository successfully. To check I booted with pfix=ram and after update, I updated the PPM database and re-tried several downloads. All downloads which were from the 2 mentioned database failed, while other downloads were successful.

Slackware-15.0 and Slackware-Current repos are dynamic repository because it was rolling release. You need to update it first if you want to download packages on PPM using that repo

As I mentioned in my post, I did update the repository database. I have updated it several times.

[mistfire]

@TerryH

Did you try to install via pkg?
Also regard compiling. I read the config log, did you load the xfce dev files and linux headers?

P.S: Slackware repos sometimes return 404 not found even it exists. The solution was to wait for few minutes then try to download the package

[PipzDex]

Hi @mistfire

This is something that I had already seen from the beginning but until today I could see it as a mistake ...
It is about the clock, since when starting the setup, we select the city where we are located, but it does not make changes to the clock that is in the lower bar, for this, we have to do it directly on the clock and select from the area where we are, Up to here we would solve the problem of the schedule, but when installing conky and this when representing a clock, it shows a totally different time and date from the one we are supposed to define on both occasions ...
Could it be a bug or is conky just not fit for use with XFCE?

[mistfire]

Hi @mistfire

This is something that I had already seen from the beginning but until today I could see it as a mistake ...
It is about the clock, since when starting the setup, we select the city where we are located, but it does not make changes to the clock that is in the lower bar, for this, we have to do it directly on the clock and select from the area where we are, Up to here we would solve the problem of the schedule, but when installing conky and this when representing a clock, it shows a totally different time and date from the one we are supposed to define on both occasions ...
Could it be a bug or is conky just not fit for use with XFCE?

QuckPup uses localtime by default to avoid messing the clock on Windows during dual boot.

[TerryH]

PPM > Help and Menu > Help fail to launch a web browser, also adding the Web Browser as a launcher in a panel fails to execute. The problem is these instances use the command:

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exo-oen --launch WebBrowser %u

The problem is that this command is attempting to execute light browser. You need to update this to use the installed browser in quickpup, seamonkey instead of light.

Edit: I found exo-preferred-applications and changed it to seamonkey. The default should still be changed from light to stop the errors by default.