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MU · Last edited by MU on Mon 06 Nov 2006, 08:35; edited 1 time in total

I just tried it in Muppy004, so it should work in Puppy 2.11.

This is a repackaged dotpup of my experimental Minignome from this thread:
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=9599

The old dotpup would overwrite files in Puppy 2.11, so I removed those.
To run Gnome, install only these 2 dotpups:
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/WindowManagers/Gnome-2.14-for-Puppy-2.11/Gnome-2.14.2.pup (9 MB)

http://dotpups.de/dotpups/WindowManagers/Gnome-2.14-for-Puppy-2.11/desktop-file-utils-0.11.pup (36 kb)

This is not a "full" gnome, only the panel and nautilus-filemanager.
However it might allow you to run many modern additional Gnome-programs.

Some of those also might require these dotpups:
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/WindowManagers/Gnome-2.14-for-Puppy-2.11/optional/

I can not test the Webbrowser Epiphany, as I removed Seamonkey from Muppy (it is needed by Epiphany).
If you want to try it in Puppy 2.11:
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Libraries/Gtk-2.8.20/Gnome-2.14/Webbrowser-Epiphany/Epiphany-2.14.2.pup (500 kb)
Optional languagefiles for epiphany:
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Libraries/Gtk-2.8.20/Gnome-2.14/Webbrowser-Epiphany/LOCALE/Epiphany-2.14.2-LOCALE.pup (1 MB)

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additional programs:
the project-management program "Planner":
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=12445

Mark

MU · Posted: Mon 06 Nov 2006, 08:30 Post subject:

I uploaded the dotpup again.
Fixed an error with the Gnome-windowlist (taskbar).

If you had installed it already, there is no need to download again, the fix is very simple:
simply replaces the first line in
/usr/local/Gnome-2.14.2/Gnome
from
#!/bin/sh
to
#!/bin/bash

Mark

Lobster · Posted: Mon 06 Nov 2006, 11:47 Post subject:

They said it could not be done . . .
installed the first two dopups and got this

installed the second two and the Epithany browser and got this

It is of course impossible to run Gnome from Puppy
and I am posting this from Epithany

Believe in Puppy
Great job Mark
I like the impossible . . .

Very Happy

Lobster · Posted: Mon 06 Nov 2006, 11:58 Post subject:

OK here is Gnome running under xfce . . .

Do I delete that file

PS.

Good news I saw John Murga on the forum
will he fix it?

Hope so

MU · Posted: Mon 06 Nov 2006, 12:04 Post subject:

Yes, those 2 applets seem not to work, you can choose to remove them from the panel.
Have not found out, why.

But the rest works, that's pretty cool, right? Cool

Ok, some minor things might be enhanced.
My Epiphany-startscript uses a bad trick to run Dbus.
This could be enhanced.
For example you could modify the .xinitrc to run JWM by the dbus-daemon.
Must to dig into my old testfiles to look how I realized that with Icewm already.
And the menu is not as structured as it should be.

But these issues might be solved with some tweaks, and already now it is usable Smile

Thanks for testing it Lobster.

Mark

MU · Posted: Mon 06 Nov 2006, 12:24 Post subject:

I think Epiphany should have a iconbar, too?
Wait, have Puppy 2.11 here... yes, works.

Here is a old screenshot from my first tests some weeks ago:
http://dotpups.de/pics/puppy/epiphany-2.14.jpg

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And in XFCE your icons in Nautilus are lost.

The reason I think:
the file /root/.gtkrc-2.0 must contain such a line:
gtk-icon-theme-name="gnome"

Or it should include a second file:
include "/root/.gtkrc.mine"

Then .gtkrc.mine should have the line above.
Xfce has its own themes, so it might have overwritten these files, what makes the Nautilusicons disappear.

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Hm, here the taskbar does not work if I run it from the menu, though I use the updated dotpup with my bugfix. Running "Gnome" from a console it works.
Why not? Will require more tests...

In Muppy 004 it works, maybe my dotpup for Puppy 2.11 misses another file.
I'll try to solve it this weekend.

Mark

GuestToo · Puppy Master Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078

this may not be the problem for this case, but if you have a file or folder in the working dir called (for example) "myapp", and you "which myapp" or "pidof myapp" or "killall myapp", it will not work properly

this can cause bugs that are hard to find ... i think this is a problem that most distros do not seem to have (i think it is caused by Busybox)

bash does behave a little differently when running as sh (sh is a symlink to bash), and yes, executing a shell script or opening a shell as sh or as bash can cause bugs that are hard to diagnose.

shankargopal · Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 295

Hi MU

THanks for what looks like a great dotpup. However, when I try to install on my 2.14, I am told that some files already exist (libgconf, etc.). All kinds of things are installed on this system, including many of your earlier dotpups, so not sure what to do. Should I ask it to overwrite?

Thanks

MU · Posted: Thu 08 Mar 2007, 16:52 Post subject:

this could be dangerous, but also might work without problem.
Create a backup of pup_save.2fs first Exclamation

The dotpup might have to be repackaged for Puppy 214.
The last version I tested was Puppy 212, when I had built Muppy007 from it.

Mark

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4839 Location: Manila

(This may or may not be related to mini-Gnome, so pardon it it is not.)

EduPup is based on 2.11, and it already has Python. Does it already have these mini-gnome components?

It will be great to have eXelearning.org dotpup for 2.11. Smile

Then EduPup will be useful not only for kids but to teachers as well.

Cheers!

minoruhackerguy · Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 31

YO! Thank you so much for making such an awesome Dotpup. I'm running it in Puppy 2.15ce, and so far I don't see many issues. There is a few Issue that I'm having problems with. Geany won't work now... :-/ (Error says Segmentation Fault.) I'll re-install the dotpup for it and tell you if it works. Also, the puppybackground bug started after I installed it. *though, that may be unrelated*

I'm using icewm with gnome.

MU · Posted: Sat 01 Mar 2008, 04:18 Post subject:

for geany look, that there is no
/usr/lib/libvte.so

I don't remember if that is part of gnome, but it crashed some versions of geany.
I don't know what program could need it.
Mark

minoruhackerguy · Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 31

Thank for the help Guys. Wink

I wiil check out your suggestions.

--edit--
Alright! Everything works fine now. *I just typed in 'geany -t', opened up preferences and un-ticked the terminal option'*

Thanks for you're help. *bows*

Insomniacno1 · Joined: 24 Jul 2009 Posts: 188

Hi, any chance you could get this to work with Wary 5.5, I really don't like Rox. Since I like to have my filsystem on the left side and can easily access drives.

I know this is an old thread but hope for a response:)

JBJ