Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

MU · Posted: Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:27 Post subject:

I modified the black theme with the sliders from the non-black.

Here is a pet with both, they include the modification for Rox (300 kb):
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Desktop-Tools/gtk-themes/SlicknesS-Muppy-plus-black.pet
mirror:
http://puppyfiles.ca/dotpupsde/dotpups/Desktop-Tools/gtk-themes/SlicknesS-Muppy-plus-black.pet

They will not overwrite other themes, as I expanded their names to "Muppy".
They include the metacity-themes, but the screenshot was made in Icewm.

Screenshot:

Mark

Béèm · Posted: Thu 07 Aug 2008, 19:56 Post subject:

Is there a newer version of a gnome 2.20.3 sfs?
I just read that MU is working in a 2.22 one, but 700MB and in the context of Muppy.
Could this 2.22 one be used as a replacement of the 2.10.3?

MU · Posted: Fri 08 Aug 2008, 03:36 Post subject:

2.22 will be only for Muppy, until people could sort out, what else must be added so that it works in Dingo.
This is not trivial.

But frankly spoken - I was a bit disappointed.
From 700 MB you expect "so much".
But there are few applications and all the locale, that require so much space.
Especially the developer related stuff like Mono.

For a "normal user", wows version already includes the most interesting programs, what is really remarkable for this small size.

Mark

Béèm · Posted: Sat 09 Aug 2008, 14:21 Post subject:

I tried a gnome version, can't remember the version' until I saw wow's one.
I liked it and got used to the configuration facility and nautilus.
But then I got a performance issue with OOo. OOo really crawled with whatever appicaltion (writer, calc) I used.
I had to stop using Gnome and had to use JWM.

Also I have an issue with hal for mounting and unmounting.
I had no desktop icons for the resources and used still rox to mount and unmount them.

So I hoped a newer version could solve these issues.
Well I'll wait and see.

wow · Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 950

@Béèm: Make sure that you have added the haldaemon group/user, then run this command to delete all the .wh.* files from the pup_save file:

Béèm · Posted: Sat 09 Aug 2008, 21:17 Post subject:

Thank you wow,
All .wh.* files are deleted. a bunch of them

Performance of OOo seems somewhat better now.
Could it be caused by the .wh.* files?

Now for the commands on the X prompt.
/etc/init.rd/..... should read /etc/init.d/.....
dbus started ok
hal started ok
when starting udev I got: /sbin/udevtrigger --retry-failed.
So I suppose udev didn't get started.

In Dingo405 there is something weird also.
On ro2 I have my ntfs XP partition mounted automatically.
Didn't had that before.
So there is only room left to load 2 sfs files through the bootmanager.

3.16 AM here. Time to go to bed now.

Eyes-Only · Posted: Sun 10 Aug 2008, 14:09 Post subject:

I'm curious about something: Anyone here in this thread ever try---with a hard drive install of 4.00---mounting the Gnome.sfs file and actually going through the daunting task of a manual install of this Gnome onto the drive to see whether it should work?

Seems so, if it works via a CD/Frugal mounting, then theoretically it should work just as well by copying the files all over one-by-one, eh?

I did the same thing with the OOo.org .sfs file which was far larger but that basically involved just a copy over to /opt for the most part. I mounted the Gnome one last night... and as expected there are a tonne of files. Wink

Miss one and I know it could be disasterous. LOL!

Just wondered if anyone had tried it?

Amicalement,

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"

Béèm · Posted: Mon 11 Aug 2008, 04:56 Post subject:

More to udev not being started in my case.
I get some messages scrolling fastly during boot saying:

MU · Posted: Mon 11 Aug 2008, 05:01 Post subject:

you seem to miss a group.
/etc/groups should contain:

plugdev:x:507:

In my Gnome 2.22 there are several more.
You can compare and edit these of your full installation with the one from WOWs sfs or a frugal installation using it:
/etc/
groups
shadow
gshadow
passwd

Mark

Béèm · Posted: Mon 11 Aug 2008, 06:11 Post subject:

Thanks Mark,
I added plugdev:x:507:

But I still have other error msg's:
udev [2061] look_up_group 'disk' not found/unknown.
udev [2061] look_up_group 'cdrom' not found/unknown.
(not sure about the correct wording)
The msg's go quickly over the screen, and I don't see them in some log file.

So something is still missing somewhere.
Strange, as I use wow's sfs.
Shouldn't those be there then?

MU · Posted: Mon 11 Aug 2008, 06:34 Post subject:

hm yes, had a look at wows sfs, these groups seem to miss, too.
Gnome can be a real mess, but at least some applications should start.
You might type in JWM in a console things like:
gnome-panel
epiphany
gnome[tab to see more]

That gives clues about what misses.
Anyway, here are my files:

/etc/group

Béèm · Posted: Mon 11 Aug 2008, 07:56 Post subject:

Quel galère alors, ce gnome.
I copied your /etc/group to mine and I have the hotplug icons now.
Thanks.

Having used your KDE3.5.8 and finding it somewhat slow specially when using OOo, I discovered wow's gnome.
I liked the configuration possibility of it and performance was better then with KDE, so I started to use it.
Alltho JWM is still faster I regret the lack of a user-friendly configuration facility. Things start to be better, but still gnome is superior from this aspect.

Bernard

MU · Posted: Mon 11 Aug 2008, 08:11 Post subject:

yes, I think KDE 3.4 or so I used in Muppy007 was very fast, but 3.5.8 much slower in Muppy008.
But 3.5.8 also was more complete.
I think, also wows Gnome runs faster than my 2.22, because I included almost everything.
So for example the scripts that build the menus, must check many more icons.
I know from my own panel, that this can drastically slow things down.
So it is very important to have these smaller versions, like wows 2.20 or Kirks KDE 3.5.7.
Like this we have the choice - if the small ones suit our needs - great, enjoy the speed.
I not, because e.g. we depend on an application that requires "all" libs, then we must "bite in the sour apple" and use a full Gnome/KDE, but at least we can run this app then.

Time to sleep... Wink

bonne nuit, Mark

Béèm · Posted: Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:39 Post subject:

Fait des beau rêves, Bernard

Jim1911 · Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 2353 Location: Texas, USA

WOW,

Thanks again for this great gnome distribution.

Have you gotten Gnome Commander or some other two-pane file manager to work in this distribution? There are pet files available for XFE, however, I haven't been able to get XFE to work.

Another note, I am using your 2.20.3 sfs together with Mu's KDE 3.5.8 sfs. It works great and provides some nice KDE programs.

Thanks again,
Jim