01micko





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Joined: 11 Oct 2008Posts: 8787Location: qld



Post subject: slacko-6.0 beta 2

Subject description: big changes that I hope you hardly notice Posted: Tue 17 Jun 2014, 17:18Post subject:slacko-6.0 beta 2Subject description: big changes that I hope you hardly notice Slacko 6.0 β



5.9.3 k 3.4.94



iso (~168 M) and delta from 5.9.2>>5.9.3 (+checksums)



Up at Ibiblio and NLUUG



For the devx use the one for 5.9.2. There are no header changes



kernel_source sfs is



This release is 4G (non PAE)



Thanks to everybody who tested and gave feedback for alpha and beta1. I reckon this is as good a beta as can be released, above alpha quality.



iso (~168 M) and delta from 5.9.2>>5.9.3 (+checksums)kernel_source sfs is here checksum (=direct link, my site, may be slow).This release is 4G (non PAE)Thanks towho tested and gave feedback for alpha and beta1. I reckon this is as good a beta as can be released, above alpha quality. Quote:

Changelog



beta2

pmusic-4.3.6 - zigbert

mhwaveedit-1.4.23 - rebuilt - SFR

desk_icons_blue_moon_Slacko-1 - ttuuxxx



bugfixes

--------

init - sfs causing kernel panic on reboot - MHHP - commit 213e2d8

drop test for aufs in various scrpts - SFR - commit 40d485f

restored broadcom firmware





beta1

pavrecord-0.9.4 - upgrade - mcewanw, SFR

precord-8.1.5 - upgrade - mcewanw, SFR

pup-advert-blocker-3b - upgrade - OscarTalks

+pdesktop-0.1 - new - zigbert

-gtk-chtheme - removed

acpid-busibox-3 - shinobar

updates_mgr-0.11 - me

mtpaint-3.44.73 - upgrade - wjaguar

mhwaveedit-1.4.23 - built by SFR

gifsicle-1.83 - built by SFR

abiword-3.0.0 - rebuilt

gparted-0.19.0 - upgrade

sylpheed-3.4.2 - upgrade

squashfs-tools-4.3 - upgrade

+musl-1.1.2 - new - > devx

linux-3.4.94 - patched f2fs,aufs, ext2,3,4 + added jfs,btrfs,xfs as builtins



bugfixes

--------

intrd.gz/init - mavrothal

cups - perms - jamesbond, shinobar

MultipleSoundCardWizard - bugfix - Geoffrey, kirk

mksquashfs - symlink - shinobar

shutdownconfig - fix fail in CLI - shinobar

kernel_headers - update - old 5.7 version was in devx

firmware - cut down, saves ~7MB in iso

blkid - fix woof template - musher0

wireless_tools - missing libiw - SFR, davids45

pcre - symlink libpcre.so.0 - SFR

rc.update - attempt to fix icon mess when load sfs/update system





alpha

pmusic-4.3.5 zigbert

pburn-4.3.5 zigbert

psync-2.10 npeirce, tasmod

sfs_load-2.0.8 shinobar

tas-1.6 SFR

network_roxapp-0.8-1 shinobar, kirk

abiword-3.0.0

ffmpeg-2.2.3

xvidcore-14.06.17-git

libvpx-14.06.17-git

curlftpfs-0.9.2

+gpicview-2.4

-viewnior

firefox-24.6.0-ESR

kernel-3.4.93-4G



update to slackware-14.1 packages

new woof infrastructure



TODO

update sylpheed - done

update mtpaint - done

update mksquashfs - done

plus much more



There are some big changes here which as an end user you should hardly notice.



These include:

update to slackware-14.1 package base



complete change of how puppy boots. We are now using kernel modules and firmware in a zdrive . There are no kernel modules in initrd.gz. This is how it's done in FatDog. Thanks jamesbond and kirk .



. There are kernel modules in initrd.gz. This is how it's done in FatDog. Thanks and . save folder thanks to the collective efforts of gyro, shinobar, mavrothal and others. At shutdown you will see a new option to 'save to directory'. This replaces 'save to partition'.



This thing boots for me on 5 machines I tried and connects no issue, including 2 old clunkers. Saving works. There is a possible bug with saving from CLI interface - please test fixed (still test if you can).



There will likely be bugs. Perhaps many. I do not want to add more features, rather squash the bugs. If you want features, compile them and I'll consider them for the repo.



Bugs you may encounter not already mentioned are kernel bugs. If slacko booted fine for you before and doesn't now I need to know. It may be a kernel or firmware issue. Ditto if you can't connect.



Please check for user space bugs (mounting, applications, general running etc).



There is only old slacko stuffs in the slacko repo for now. I will build stuffs as time permits. Builders of programs wanted.



Why is this so big?

Firmware. I may trim that substantially - done .



Why change the kernel method if it wasn't broken?

Because it was cumbersome - duplication of modules, moving modules from initrd to root, difficulty in changing kernels. Now, you can change a kernel by building one with build.conf , make sure your .config supports aufs and many other modules as builtins (that is, WHATEVER_CONFIG=y not =m), add some firmware (manually for now, to do: automatic) and replace the z drive with your kernel-modules.sfs-$MY-KERNEL, renaming it to whatever the z drive is now, and replacing vmlinuz with vmlinus-$MY-KERNEL and reboot. That's it. More later on this feature.







The reason I went 4G only is that I might bring slacko64 up to release standard. I will drop PAE if that is the case. I do not want a flame war about this. Any single post moaning about this either way will be requested to be deleted. Save it for a different thread. (Ping Flash). This decision is subject to change for reasons known to me only.

Have fun! There are some big changes here which as an end user you should hardly notice.These include:This thing boots for me on 5 machines I tried and connects no issue, including 2 old clunkers. Saving works. There is a possible bug with saving from CLI interface - please test(still test if you can).There will likely be bugs. Perhaps many. I do not want to add more features, rather squash the bugs. If you want features, compile them and I'll consider them for the repo.Bugs you may encounter not already mentioned are kernel bugs. If slacko booted fine for you before and doesn't now I need to know. It may be a kernel or firmware issue. Ditto if you can't connect.Please check for user space bugs (mounting, applications, general running etc).There is only old slacko stuffs in the slacko repo for now. I will build stuffs as time permits. Builders of programs wanted.Firmware. I may trim that substantially -Because it was cumbersome - duplication of modules, moving modules from initrd to root, difficulty in changing kernels. Now, you can change a kernel by building one with kernel-kit . Simply build a kernel with the "FD=1" option in the, make sure your .config supports aufs and many other modules as(that is, WHATEVER_CONFIG=y=m), add some firmware (manually for now, to do: automatic) and replace the z drive with your kernel-modules.sfs-$MY-KERNEL, renaming it to whatever the z drive is now, and replacing vmlinuz with vmlinus-$MY-KERNEL and reboot. That's it. More later on this feature.The reason I went 4G only is that I might bring slacko64 up to release standard. I will drop PAE if that is the case.Save it for a different thread. (Ping Flash). This decision is subject to change forHave fun!

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