NOP 4.1 Released

[Henry]

Thanks, gray,

That oversight being dealt with, it upgrades my working configuration nicely. There's a later version of Thunar, and everything seems to work as before, except that Opera will not run at all. (If I use pfix=ram Opera 9.62 runs.)

Trying to run opera in terminal, I get this:
sh-3.00# opera
The Opera binary is not located at "/usr/lib/opera/9.60/opera".
Please modify the wrapper script at "/usr/bin/opera".
sh-3.00#

Henry

[DaveS]

Hi all. I am in the process of switching from 4.1.1 frugal to the brilliant NOP, but have hit a problem. I seem unable to install previously downloaded dot.pup files. Previously in 4.1, I just clicked on these, and they autoinstalled, but in NOP, they open with archive manager. I hope its not too basic a question, but how do I overcome this?
ps. dotpuphandler is installed from the repos.
In the meantime, thanks for this brilliant Puppy.

[gray]

shand : It is 4.10 based but with 4.1.1 fixes, so effectively 4.1.1

Henry: odd, that script should be top layer and so point to the correct place. You will probably have to edit the /usr/bin/opera script to point to 9.62 i.e OPERA_BINARYDIR=/usr/lib/opera/9.62

DaveS: Right click on a pup file and select Open with other application. Select use a custom command at the bottom of the popup gui and enter dotpuprox.sh as the application. Pup files have not been officially supported for a while in Puppy.

[Henry]

Thanks, gray ! !
Henry

[DaveS]

Thanks Gray. Sometimes there are odd .pups that I cannot get as .pets, and pup2pet sometimes does not work. I love this distro. The display on my laptop is light years better than the standard 4.1.1. Certainly the equivalent of Xubuntu, maybe better.

[Max Headroom]

I've Followed Y'r instructions Howto install Compiz, But Alas No Go!

Please 'Nlighten Me!

[shand]

Gray, thanks a lot!!!

[Henry]

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[gray]

MaxHeadroom :

After installing Nvidia driver, libwnk, fusion etc ...
Have you made sure the nvidia driver is working (you see the splash ?). If so then add the line compiz-manager & to the top of the .xinitrc file in /root. Then drop out of X (ctrl-alt-bkspc) and restart X (type xwin and enter). Compiz should then fire up. You may have to add a sleep after the compiz statement (I seem to need sleep 3).

When you installed the nvidia pet did you select the "fancy option" ? If not then you need to set up xorg for fancy graphics - see Wow's compiz thread.

[Max Headroom]

But I can't find that .xinitrc file in /root... Sorry!
Y'r Help is Appreciated

[DaveS]

Where can I find basic configuration files for things like Synaptic(?) mouse driver and menu settings please?
ps. can desktop icons be set to activate with a single click?
pps. Photobucket uploader works with NOP, but not with Puppy 4.1.1. Must be a Rox thing, wierd but good

[Max Headroom]

With a lil help from M' Neighbour 'Xplaining .xinitrc was a Hidden File & a Fresh Clean Reinstall I got th' Wobbles working & I'm Happy. Dingo Deans 1, King Henry 3 in 2K8

[picatrix]

Hi, I've just updated NOP 4.1 to r1 overwriting pup_410.sfs and I lost the xfce panel audio icon...any hint?

Running alsaconf show me an intel8x0 soundcard, mono, while for sGmixer its an Analog Devices AD1885...my rig it's a HP Workstation x1100.

Best regards

Picatrix

[Ambassador]

Just upgraded to R1, and it works just fine.

Turns out I couldn't use the Delta method since I didn't have the original iso. Ah well.

Also liked that you included some of my suggestions! Thanks!

[DaveS]

I just made a re-master NOP DVD as I have it pretty much configured exactly how I want, and I notice the Dougal Puppy Re-Master is WAY more competent than the original. Totally brilliant thanks.

[DaveS]

I am not entirely sure what to ask here, so forgive me. Is it possible to get the little network icon to display in the bar in NOP? Is it called 'Bliky'?

[magerlab]

may be you could try modified blinky fo icewm
it's inside this pet
( you can just rename it to tgz and look inside )
but xfce has its own network indicator also

[cb88]

I got it working on my geforce 2 card with NOP 4.1

install xorg_full_dri.pet
install driver (select fancy option)
install python
install libwnck
install compizfusion package
edit /etc/profile commenting out the export argb visuals line with the # character

reboot (important otherwise emerald will crash with a segmentation fault)

mp /usr/bin/compiz-xfce

Code: Select all

!#/bin/sh
compiz-manager &
xfce4-session

chmod +x /usr/bin/compiz-xfce4

startx compiz-xfce4

that will give you a desktop equivalent to wNOP (too bad it isn't live )

[sml]

Hi Gray,
Here's a high speed link to use
http://puppylinux.igsobe.com/puppylinux ... 10-NOP.iso

Thanks. I was getting lost trying to work out which file to download!

However whilst it provided high speed access to the iso link, that server is SLOW!!!!!!!!

[Henry]

Edited-condensed:
Abiword is nearly everywhere in Gnome related distros, so this is about it, not Nop. These are problems with it that do not bother everyone, but should a serious writer.

Abiword (and OO) claim to "import" WordPerfect but drop formatting and graphics.

Help menu: 6 out of 7 items give no response. Yes, I know help, such as it is, is available on the web. (This may be a compilation choice.)

Tools menu: Babelfish, Free Translation, Gdict, Edit image in Gimp, Google search, URL dictionary, Wiki encyclopedia. All give no response. If I try "Install New Plugins," Abiword closes.

All grammar checkers are pretty much worthless, especially Abiword's.

It seems one should be able to close a document without quitting the program.

It seems one should be able to set a default file save format like .odt instead of it trying to make you to use .abw.

It still doesn't have "smart" quotes!

These are some I noticed; there are more at:
Reference: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/abiword/+bugs