Slackware 13.37

brianL · 03-23-2011, 09:04 AM

Yeah, I've heard Pat is going to put a warning on the DVD boxes:
Waiting for Slackware releases can endanger your cat's health.

sycamorex · 03-23-2011, 09:27 AM

When we were waiting for 13.0 I said:

Quote:

I'm going to sleep now. When I wake up I'm sure we'll be THERE!

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post3660134

... and when I woke up the following morning, we were there.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post3660380

The problem is that recently I have been suffering from insomnia so it's a catch-22.
I can't sleep because I'm so excited about the upcoming release of Slackware, and Pat won't release it until I fall asleep

imitheos · 03-23-2011, 12:17 PM

Hello.

I noticed something strange today, and i thought to mention it.

I was viewing the gallery of a friend of mine and suddenly, the screen got filled with artifacts like something corrupted the gpu's memory. As screen drawing continued things were getting worse. Here are some captures.

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/9513/dscn0001o.jpg
Pink's face with few artifacts.
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/8166/dscn0003k.jpg
Site with tv schedule.
http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/854/dscn0004.jpg
Same site 20-30 seconds later.
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2108/dscn0005p.jpg
Pink's face again.

At this point i exited X because i couldn't make out anything on the screen. In console everything worked fine, so I rmmod/insmod the nvidia module and tried starting X again but it didn't help.

After a reboot, things worked again for very short time and then the system hang up. At first, i thought my card is dying but when using nouveau everything works fine.
It seems to me that the problem is triggered by firefox 4.0 because i tried many other programs and none hang the system. Also firefox 4.0rc1 didn't hang. The problem is only triggered by the firefox 4.0 when using the binary nvidia driver and only when viewing pictures on tabs. linuxquestions,slashdot,etc work fine but when i view my friend's gallery it crashes. I also tried a site with "educational pictures" :P and it crashes there too.

At 2 out of the 10-12 times, the screen got corrupted and the other times the system hang up with the following messages

Code:

NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 6, PE0001
NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 8, Channel 00000001
NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU while in atomic or interrupt context

I searched google and found out that many people have the same problem. Firefox 4.0 has "hardware acceleration" and because of troubles only some drivers like the binary nvidia are whitelisted. I use the latest 270.30 driver (on 64bit if it matters) so maybe it is a combination of nvidia + firefox + something else (cairo perhaps ?) that triggers it.

If someone experiences the same problem, the "fix" is just to disable the hardware acceleration for now. Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> "Use hardware acceleration when available".

vdemuth · 03-23-2011, 12:47 PM

Another strange problem after Tuesdays update, which might also be some sort of security issue. Upshot is that I can no longer carry out internet banking using FF4, Konqueror or Seamonkey, and the problem seems to be around javascripts which my bank use to allow access to account details (I think, but am probably wrong).

In effect, on the account summary page, my accounts are listed with a preceeding arrows, which you click on to get a drop down detail of individual transactions. But since the update, clicking on the arrow now does nothing, and in the status bar you get a javascript (void)0 message.

Just wondering if any else here might have experienced the same issue?

hitest · 03-23-2011, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vdemuth

Just wondering if any else here might have experienced the same issue?

Odd indeed. I just tried logging into my bank with FF 4.0 and Seamonkey using Slackware-current (fully updated), and am not experiencing any issues.

brixtoncalling · 03-23-2011, 02:11 PM

Maybe your bank changed something on their website.

Darth Vader · 03-23-2011, 02:17 PM

Well, I don't remember there to be something like RC4 ... Then, The Release it's imminent.

hitest · 03-23-2011, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darth Vader

Then, The Release it's imminent.

Perhaps.
I know from past experience that Mr. Volkerding does not follow any particular schedule when it comes to releasing Slackware-stable. PV will release 13.37 when it is ready.
I am happy to wait.

Alien Bob · 03-23-2011, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darth Vader

Well, I don't remember there to be something like RC4 ... Then, The Release it's imminent.

Code:

Wed Apr 30 20:36:48 CDT 2008
12.1 RC4.  We think this should be the last one.

Code:

This is still Slackware 11.0 release candidate 5 (for now), and is still the
  last release candidate, scout's honor.  We are nearly there.  :-)

Eric

Dinithion · 03-23-2011, 03:22 PM

www.slackware.com is down.

Updating mirrors possibly? :P

brianL · 03-23-2011, 03:25 PM

Don't panic! DON'T PANIC!!! DON'T PANIC!!!!!

55020 · 03-23-2011, 04:15 PM

It's hard to arrive "there" when "there" keeps moving -- 2.6.37.5 just snuck out. (And 2.6.38.1, which is a very similar patchset. At first glance, they don't look highly compelling.)

onebuck · 03-23-2011, 04:23 PM

Hi,

Slackware.com is up, no problems for me.

brianL · 03-23-2011, 04:26 PM

See? I told you not to panic.

slack-fu · 03-23-2011, 04:48 PM

Everything is working fine for me here. I am already looking forward to the Slackware 31.337 release