Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

disciple · Posted: Fri 14 Mar 2008, 17:10 Post subject:

Citrus is evil Smile

The main problem with mtPaint as a viewer is just that it opens at 100% zoom or something, so it is fairly useless for looking at even moderately sized photos from a digital camera or anything.

DreamsToGo · Posted: Fri 14 Mar 2008, 17:29 Post subject:

Hello Barry,

I'm an avid NFS user! I have set up Puppy 2.14 (TeenPUP) as an NFS client on my Linux only network, attaching to a Linux server running Ubuntu latest version 7.10. It works great and by moding the rc.local file I can get the NFS share to load at boot time automatcally. I need to use the mountFULL command.

I tried Puppy 3.01 but I can't seem to get NFS to work, it seems NFS support isn't available in 3.01. Am I right?

Will NFS support be in Dingo?

I really hope so as NFS is so much faster than samba for streaming media. I use it to listen to my music collection while cooking in the kitchen or doing the ironing in the basement. I have clients in both places. If I use samba the stream gets really choppy which makes listening to music a real pain.

Needless to say, the PCs I use here are really old P3s with 256ram.

Hilary

Jesse · Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 465 Location: Auckland, NZ

Hi Barry,

I think Citrus in Dingo is just peachy, but that it probably shouldn't be the default theme.
Colours and Icons are always personal choice things, and any Linux user will know they can choose a new theme, window widgets, window colours etc... but for the windows converts that are experiencing Linux for the first time, wow, what an eye opener to a different world!

How about a nice plain teal background, and icons from Windows 95 (as an option)? Very Happy

Or perhaps the first window on first-time boot to open up and ask if they would like a "windows feel" type of theme.

Jesse

disciple · Posted: Fri 14 Mar 2008, 21:14 Post subject:

I think the standard/original/whatever they are called icon/gtk/JWM themes are best as they offend the fewest people. I don't think there is really a need for more Windows-like themes. But what would make Puppy really easy on the eyes is switching everything to use Helvetica Smile

I do it on my machine, but for some reason seamonkey just won't obey... in spite of the special line in gtkrc that makes FF and TB obey.

BarryK · Posted: Fri 14 Mar 2008, 22:46 Post subject: Re: Dingo alpha7 with dual CPU

BarryK · Posted: Fri 14 Mar 2008, 22:53 Post subject:

disciple · Posted: Fri 14 Mar 2008, 22:55 Post subject:

You just need this in gtkrc for FF and TB:

#gtk-font-name="Helvetica 10"

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4638 Location: GB

Barry writes:

zygo · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 208 Location: UK

Thanks Barry the pupdial fix for wvdial works fine. Very Happy

xnetload is 15kB would you please include it. It shows how long I've been connected and how wastefull I've been of that connection Shocked

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disciple · Posted: Sat 15 Mar 2008, 19:01 Post subject:

Xine still crashes.
Chmsee open dialogue still freezes (but who really cares)
I still need to run the alsa setup wizard after every boot (but I don't need to kill the tray volume applet, as HW sent me an improved one Smile

)
Upgrade from Dingo 6 seems to work fine.
It would be nice to have the browser command set in Sypheed.
I can't read asapm with that blackish background Smile

but I suspect there is no point in it on a desktop pc anyway.
The trashcan sounds are not working (for me anyway), and it is not changing to an empty icon when you delete or restore the last trashed item. But I am in the middle of working on the trashcan again anyway (I discovered someone over at ROX had continued developing it, so I'm going to backport their features and merge with the changes I made), so you might not want to bother looking at this at the moment. I hope I'll find the time to finish off what I'm doing some time next week.

BarryK · Posted: Sat 15 Mar 2008, 20:32 Post subject:

BarryK · Posted: Sat 15 Mar 2008, 20:42 Post subject:

HairyWill · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2949 Location: Southampton, UK

kirk · Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1334 Location: florida

/root/ghttpd doesn't contain a binary. Ghttpd has some problems anyway.

I you have the space for it, I've attached GuestToo's Monkey web server Rox app. I replaced the binary with the latest version of Monkey web server (0.92) compiled in Dingo Alpha7.

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4638 Location: GB

Barry, I'll spare you the re-quotes. You are, of course, correct, I should have reported that line 1138 reads <scsihd|atahd) ....... Apologies.

Apart from that, your recipe is exactly what I did. So I changed the HD, cleared it with a debug script, re-partitioned and formatted it and this time Dingo-a7 seems to have installed OK. I suspect that the previous failed attempt , before you provided the fix, had left some bad install fragments on the previous disc?

I hadn't understood that edited files take effect immediately when working in pfix=ram without needing to run them. They do. I had also saved a copy of the edited file on another partition as well as the .sfs file, creating the proverbial dog's dinner.

Just one new problem with GRUB, now! It appeared to install OK at first ask. However, I got

"Boot failure from previous device..
Searching for Boot Record from SCSI..Not Found

Boot Failure
Insert BOOT diskette in A:
Press any key when ready "

I tried to reinstall GRUB from another liveCD boot up with pfix=ram. It seemed to go OK (into MBR), but I got the same fault message.
I reset MBR with a DOS boot and the fdisk/mbr command and reinstalled GRUB again from a pfix=ram boot up. No GO - I got a FDD search and the same message back???
I used a 3.01 liveCD to reinstall GRUB again with the same result.
I'll wipe the HD again, try some more HDs, cludges and any suggestions offered.

Many thanks.

Update: Success at last. I double cleaned another HD. I got the 'floppy needed' bug with GParted, of course, but created a single ext2 partition, edited puppyinstaller and b-i-n-g-o! I've noticed before that multiple partitions can cause installation issues, even when they appear to be empty (including of 'hidden' files). So it's a good idea to do any repartitioning AFTER installation.

Any road up, thanks for your perseverance with me, Barry!

More good news. Xine starts up and actually plays wwoz jazz direct from the Quarter straight from a web URL