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Puppy 4.1.2 Bug Fixes
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technosaurus


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PostPosted: Mon 08 Dec 2008, 05:11    Post subject:  Puppy 4.1.2 Bug Fixes
Subject description: (Fixes only. Submit bug reports in the separate bug report thread)		  
Post Bug Reports Here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=36454

Bug: some text files try to open in vi

Fix:
edit as text the following file:
/etc/xdg/rox.sourceforge.net/MIME-types/text

change code to:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
exec defaulttexteditor "$@"


Edited 10DEC2008 at to fix my 4 a.m. typos
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Caneri

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PostPosted: Mon 08 Dec 2008, 13:58    Post subject:  
Prit has a mirror ready here
http://puppylinux.ca/puppyfiles/puppy-4.1.2-k2.6.25.16-seamonkey.iso
http://puppylinux.ca/puppyfiles/puppy-4.1.2-k2.6.25.16-seamonkey.iso.md5.txt
http://puppylinux.ca/puppyfiles/puppy-4.1.2retro-k2.6.21.7-seamonkey.iso
http://puppylinux.ca/puppyfiles/puppy-4.1.2retro-k2.6.21.7-seamonkey.iso.md5.txt

Thanks Prit.

Also this one is fast http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/puppylinux/
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PostPosted: Tue 09 Dec 2008, 00:17    Post subject:  
Does 4.1.2 incorporate the fix Pizzasgood found for the bug where hitting the Insert key while composing a message in this forum causes Seamonkey to close?

Edit: I installed Pizzasgood's .pet in 4.1.1, then upgraded to 4.1.2 by burning the 4.1.2 iso to a DVD+RW with burniso2cd in 4.1.1 then shutting down, saving the session to the newly burned DVD. Then I booted the 4.1.2 DVD and it's what I'm using to write this. I've hit the insert key several times while writing this, so either Pizzasgood's fix was transferred to the 4.1.2 DVD or the 4.1.2 iso incorporates the fix.
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gammagone

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PostPosted: Wed 10 Dec 2008, 00:03    Post subject:  
Quote:
Does 4.1.2 incorporate the fix Pizzasgood found for the bug where hitting the Insert key while composing a message in this forum causes Seamonkey to close?


I've been reading about the fix but haven't fixed it. Just now got 412-std and tested running in RAM and from full install. Go to compose window, hit insert key and Seamonkey disappears.

So the answer must be No.
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PaulBx1

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PostPosted: Wed 10 Dec 2008, 19:36    Post subject:  
Quote:
Fix:
/etc/xdg/rox.sourceforge.net/text

change code to:...


Your message is a bit too terse for me. It seems you are saying to modify an existing file named "text"? I don't have one...
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gammagone

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PostPosted: Wed 10 Dec 2008, 22:15    Post subject:  
Quote:
/etc/xdg/rox.sourceforge.net/text


should be:

/etc/xdg/rox.sourceforge.net/MIME-types/text

text is a script - right click, open as text,

change:

#!/bin/sh
exec xterm -e vi "$@"

to:

#!/bin/sh
exec geany "$@"

save, quit.

test before and after on any .css file
there may be other types but i can't remember

Wink
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Pizzasgood


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PostPosted: Wed 10 Dec 2008, 22:28    Post subject:  
Quote:
change:

#!/bin/sh
exec xterm -e vi "$@"

to:

#!/bin/sh
exec geany "$@"

save, quit.
Actually, to be proper it should use defaulttexteditor, not geany.
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PostPosted: Wed 10 Dec 2008, 22:42    Post subject:  
@Pizzasgood
Thank you. I didn't know that. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed 10 Dec 2008, 22:51    Post subject:  
good catches - I will update the post
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PostPosted: Thu 11 Dec 2008, 01:09    Post subject:  
Basically ever since we started using Xorg, the xorgwizard has had a problem where if it Xorg detects two (or more) screens, it will partially configure the xorg.conf file for dual-screen support, but it won't finish the job. It adds a reference to a second screen in the Server section, but it leaves out the corresponding Screen section. This leaves Xorg un-runnable, forcing the user to manually correct the file from the commandline, by either commenting out the reference to the second screen or adding the missing section. Very annoying, and new users wouldn't have a clue what to do.

So tonight I fixed it. I didn't do anything fancy, I just did a little grepping to find out if multiple screens have been referenced, and then put the part that generates the Screen section into a for loop, replacing the hardcoded '0' with a variable. The file is /usr/sbin/xorgwizard and the lines are 874-886. Change this:
Code:
#now write the Screen section...
SCRNSECTION="
Section \"Screen\"
   Identifier \"Screen0\"
   Device     \"Card0\"
   Monitor    \"Monitor0\"
    DefaultDepth $FINALDEPTH
    Subsection \"Display\"
        Depth       $FINALDEPTH
        Modes       \"${FINALXY}\"
    EndSubsection
EndSection
"
echo "$SCRNSECTION" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
to
Code:
#now write the Screen section...
#handle multiple screens
SCREEN_LIST=$(grep -o '^[^#a-zA-Z]*Screen[^"]*"Screen[0-9]\+"' /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep -o 'Screen[0-9]\+' | grep -o '[0-9]\+')
SCRNSECTION=""
for i in $SCREEN_LIST; do
SCRNSECTION="$SCRNSECTION
Section \"Screen\"
   Identifier \"Screen$i\"
   Device     \"Card$i\"
   Monitor    \"Monitor$i\"
   DefaultDepth $FINALDEPTH
   Subsection \"Display\"
      Depth       $FINALDEPTH
      Modes       \"${FINALXY}\"
   EndSubsection
EndSection
"
done
echo "$SCRNSECTION" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf


Those line-numbers apply to both Puppy 4.1.2 and 4.1.1, as xorgwizard didn't change. This should work on a good number of other versions too, but the line numbers will be a little different.

Attached are the new version and a diff.
xorgwizard.diff.gz
Description  Patch for /usr/sbin/xorgwizard to improve handling of multiple screens in Puppy 4.1.2 and 4.1.1.
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xorgwizard.gz
Description  Patched xorgwizard to have slightly improved handling of multiple screens.
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PostPosted: Thu 11 Dec 2008, 09:14    Post subject:  
Wow, you guys are amazing!

It has been 15 years since I chased code bugs but I remember how tough it could be to spot one in hundreds or thousands of lines of code.

Thanks for sharing this fix!
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PostPosted: Thu 11 Dec 2008, 09:22    Post subject:  
Flash wrote:

Edit: I installed Pizzasgood's .pet in 4.1.1, then upgraded to 4.1.2 by burning the 4.1.2 iso to a DVD+RW with burniso2cd in 4.1.1 then shutting down, saving the session to the newly burned DVD. Then I booted the 4.1.2 DVD and it's what I'm using to write this. I've hit the insert key several times while writing this, so either Pizzasgood's fix was transferred to the 4.1.2 DVD or the 4.1.2 iso incorporates the fix.


Flash - Is this method of updating new or improved or just locally convenient for you, please? I apparently have not kept up with all of the added versatility of Puppy! Smile

Between our three old Panasonic Toughbooks (two CF-28 and one CF-27) we have only one shared internal cd/dvd-rw as the drive carrier is hard to find and expensive. They don't allow booting from a USB stick.

Could I just burn a ISO CD on one laptop then copy the initrd.gz, vmlinuz, and pup_412.sfs to the HDD then also copy them to a USB stick and then copy them to the other two laptops?

BTW: Have you noticed if 4.12 fixes the memory/resource leak in 4.11?
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PostPosted: Thu 11 Dec 2008, 14:22    Post subject:  
edoc wrote:

Could I just burn a ISO CD on one laptop then copy the initrd.gz, vmlinuz, and pup_412.sfs to the HDD then also copy them to a USB stick and then copy them to the other two laptops?

If grub is already installed then all you would have to do is update the menu.lst otherwise you would need to install grub as well
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PostPosted: Thu 11 Dec 2008, 21:18    Post subject:  
OK, it worked, with a few tweaks:

1. Downloaded puppy 4.12 and the matching devx

2. Burned an iso CD

3. Booted from the iso puppy pfix=ram

4. Created a /mnt/home/pup412 folder (already had a pup411 folder)

5. Copied initrd.gz, pup_412.sfs, and vmlinuz from the CD to my HDD (sda1) into /mnt/home/pup412

6. Copied devx_412.sfs from the download folder to /mnt/home/pup412

7. Edited /mnt/home/boot/grub/menu.lst - changed all references to pup411 to pup412

Rebooted ... then realized that I created a mess as it created new pup_save.2fs with none of my saved settings, files, etc. so ..........

8. Copied pup_save-411.2fs from /mnt/home/pup411 to /mnt/home/pup412 and renamed it pup_save-412.2fs

9. Rebooted and chose pup_save-412.2fs and waited for Puppy to fix everything ... then once open I rebooted again ... then all was good!

10. Copied initrd.gz, pup_412.sfs, vmlinuz, and devx_412.sfs from /mnt/home/pup412 to my USB stick.

11. Repeated the process above on the next laptop but instead of booting from the CD I merely copied the files into that /mnt/home/pup412 and made the necessary tweaks to Grub and dealt with the pup_save thing.

Are there steps I could skip here or was this about right, please?
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PostPosted: Fri 12 Dec 2008, 00:29    Post subject:  
edoc wrote:
Flash wrote:

Edit: I installed Pizzasgood's .pet in 4.1.1, then upgraded to 4.1.2 by burning the 4.1.2 iso to a DVD+RW with burniso2cd in 4.1.1 then shutting down, saving the session to the newly burned DVD. Then I booted the 4.1.2 DVD and it's what I'm using to write this. I've hit the insert key several times while writing this, so either Pizzasgood's fix was transferred to the 4.1.2 DVD or the 4.1.2 iso incorporates the fix.


Flash - Is this method of updating new or improved or just locally convenient for you, please? I apparently have not kept up with all of the added versatility of Puppy! Smile

Well my secret is out: I'm a lousy writer. I didn't specify once that I was talking about a multisession DVD. (Although my signature does say that I run Puppy from a multisession DVD. Still, I should have seen that what I wrote could be confusing.)
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