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tazoc · Posted: Mon 18 May 2009, 18:51 Post subject: Recommended update1 for rc2

The attached pet is a recommended update for LHP4.1.2-rc2 only.

What it does:

Conky settings updated--slightly smaller font size, better SMP support and CPU speed reflects scaling. Prior config saved to '/root/.conkyrc.$$'. ($$ is a random number.)

New panels installed: 'Automount-setup' (in menus and in /mnt) and 'Set global font size' (in menus and updated Lighthouse LookNFeel.) This new dialog makes setting overall font size easier and adjusts both XfontDPI as well as KDE's forceFontDPI if KDE/Mariner SFS is present.

A quick version check of Mariner SFS for compatibility is added to pup-dip-gui. A message will appear on the desktop if Mariner needs to be updated.
-TazOC

Roy · Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 436

techtype · Joined: 16 Nov 2008 Posts: 181

Nice job as always!! Works well and looks good.

Just for your info: it suffers from the very, very slow network copy problem common to pups derived from wow's 1.1 pup.

Also, as near as I could determine, frequency scaling only works for AMD processors. Is that correct?

dWLkR · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 39

hi tazoc!

thank you for your very nice puppy derivate!

are u planning a release with KDE 4.x?

thank you in advance!

tazoc · Posted: Tue 19 May 2009, 16:49 Post subject:

@Jim1911,
Thank you for your update, your feedback is helpful. I also had weird results with Xorgwizard option 1 but couldn't sort it out. So I made option 2, force vesa the default. Glad that it works now! If anyone has success with Option 1, please let me know. Maybe I should remove it, just not sure if it is needed.

I haven't been able to fix the occasional bug with empty menus in IceWM but I'm glad the Refresh Menus and Restart IceWM still works in any event.

@Roy,
Thank you for your support and you're welcome!

@techtype,
I was not aware of slow network copy. I need to test that myself. Thank you for testing LHP and I appreciate your feedback. I don't have a newer Intel box to test scaling on. Erikson at this thread seems to have had success with a Centrino laptop. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=28443

@dWLkR,
Hi and thank you for your comments. Good question. I have no plans for KDE 4 at the moment. I haven't been real impressed with KDE 4 in Kubuntu so far--it's quite a change from KDE 3. Maybe it's the new menus or plug-ins, but it just doesn't feel comfortable to me. And I don't know how to make KDE 4 work in LHP or Puppy as yet. I tried today with Gslapt but got an invalid package format error. (.txz instead of .tgz).
-TazOC

tazoc · Posted: Sat 23 May 2009, 21:37 Post subject: Recommended update2 for rc2

Another small update for LHP 4.1.2 rc2 only.

This pet includes everything in update1 plus a modification of the script /usr/X11R7/bin/xwin and an updated Conky configuration. As before, the current ~/.conkyrc is backed up in case you have customized it yourself.

No need to install or uninstall update1; update2 should work fine whether or not you have installed update1.

Because xwin is updated you may see a brief error when restarting X, but only the first time.
TazOC

Barburo · Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 275

Hi TazOC,
Thanks for including the nvidia drivers - I now have a set up that allows me to use either my notebook's 1280x800 screen, or my external monitor at 1440x900. Similar to 3.01g but the drivers work a little differently.
I have applied both your .pets and things look good, but Conky is still not transparent, and for my setup, the file to test if CPU2 exists is /proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/info and so on for CPUs3 and 4 should they be present.

I get an error when I try to use Xsane scanner. I have a combined printer scanner unit Epson Stylus cx4800. It is recognized in CUPS and sets up as a printer just fine. It still works perfectly as a scanner in 3.01g. The Xsane error is
Failed to open device v4l:/dev/video0 Invalid argument. Not sure what this means exactly but I checked and /dev/v4l/video0 exists and /dev/video0 is a link.

I have successfully connected twice to wireless but most of the time the kernel reports an error with the firmware files. I am attempting to get resolution in this thread
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=309539#309539
Can anyone in this thread think of a reason why the b43 firmware files are only sometimes recognized and the module loaded, but usually reported as in error as either missing or invalid format? The files don't change - the bootlog shows different results.

edit:
Tried the compiz-fusion .sfs and it seems to work just fine under KDE. I see that I have a choice of window managers and themes and I can switch away from CF on the fly. Is there a simple list of the key combos for the various special effects in CF? Can I change the "explode in flames" when you close a window to something else?

B.

tazoc · Posted: Thu 28 May 2009, 00:57 Post subject:

Barburo,
I'm working on a patch for Conky transparency in KDE. Workaround is to change wallpaper with KDE background Settings, Apply, then change back to desired wallpaper. Using the 'slide show' automatic wallpaper changer works even better, but still not ideal--you have to wait at least one minute.

No idea on the scanner, Wi-Fi.

Do you have Simple CompizConfig Settings in the Kmenu | Settings Menu? If not, run KDE Menu Updating Tool in LHP LooknFeel. (It may not find it, but click Apply anyway.) Click Animations tab | Drop down for 'Close Window' and choose a different animation.

I don't know of a good list of CF key combos but they are mostly in the CompizConfigSettings Manager ('Super' key is a.k.a. the 'Windows' key.) The ones I set are as follows:

Ctrl+Super+a Autumn Leaves (toggle on/off)
Ctrl+Super+s Snow (toggle on/off)
Ctrl+Super+f Fireflies (toggle on/off)
Ctrl+Super+b Bubbles (toggle on/off)
Ctrl+Super+t Stars (toggle on/off)

Super+Right mouse button Zoom In
Super+Left mouse button Zoom Out
-TazOC

Barburo · Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 275

Hi TazOC,
Can you take a quick look - tempestuous has some suggestions here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=311247#311247
firmware.sh does exist. rc.sysinit contains this code and comments from Barry

tazoc · Posted: Mon 01 Jun 2009, 14:45 Post subject:

tazoc · Posted: Mon 01 Jun 2009, 17:28 Post subject: bug-fix release Puppy 4.2.1

Barburo,
I was just reading about the bug-fix release Puppy 4.2.1 and noted the following at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=308012#308012

Barburo · Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 275

tazoc · Posted: Tue 02 Jun 2009, 18:29 Post subject:

Hi Barburo,

I'm glad your wi-fi is working!

Try the attached update3 for Xscreensavers. (They will still flicker with C-F until rc3.) Thank you for testing LHP and for your helpful feedback. I want to try out OxygenOffice SFS when I have some time.

No idea yet about the IceWM logout error, I will try to reproduce...

I also have the busy cursor and slow-to-appear Logout panel. I think it happens after installing C-F?
TazOC

Jim1911 · Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 2354 Location: Texas, USA

tazok,

Does LH include the following applications? Also, do I need to use the devx_421.sfs or do you have a LH_devx_421.sfs?
-QT 4.4+
-Boost header files (libboost-dev)
-cmake 2.4.0+ (http://cmake.org)

These are build requirements for the latest qt based Bibletime 2.0 that has just been released and I'd like to try to install it on your new rc2. These are readily available, however, I don't want to install them again and risk messing up something if they are already present.

Thanks,
Jim

tazoc · Posted: Thu 04 Jun 2009, 23:45 Post subject: