Puppies 4.2-v2 Deeper Thought :) UpDated Version X2 lol

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#81 Post by DaveS »

Oh MAN! I cant believe you left out the no BCM patch in V2. My broadcom wifi works great in V1, but is stuffed in V2 :D
Also, you know what I hate? That pale grey background for Blinky that dont match the tray. Picky or what! This is the best Pup around and here you got me moaning about Blinky.
BTW, the hpjis-dynamic pet works just fine with this Puppy if hpjis drivers are needed.
Anyone using this Puppy in the UK, set the time zone to Europe/London, NOT GMT as GMT dont work (on any 4.x Puppy)
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#82 Post by ttuuxxx »

Thanks Daves so the only thing it needs is a blinky background change, lol well I guess I can do that for the next update :)
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config help

#83 Post by vito »

Hello:

I have a T22 ibm laptop and can't seem get the sound working alsaconfig
finds the card or chip as a cs46xx or something of that sort, but no sound. I am running sidux also and compair modprobe.conf files to find that they were almost exactly the same except the sid sound works.

Also, how can I put back clock and calander from the old bling version?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thx,
Vito

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#84 Post by DaveS »

ttuuxxx wrote:Thanks Daves so the only thing it needs is a blinky background change, lol well I guess I can do that for the next update :)
ttuuxxx
Just respecced the colour in config file, no problem. BTW, some wierd stuff is happening with 4.2-v2. Something is different with the way it mounts partitions. I like to have my distro on one partition, and my data, including .mozilla on another, symlinked. So. Running 4.2 v2 from a USB, with data on sda3, the boot process deletes my .mozilla symlink, and re-installs .mozilla to root. Put 4.2-v2 on sda1, and this does not happen. Go figure :)
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pwidgets

#85 Post by vito »

Sorry about my request for the clock and calendar. I hadn't read your earlier post on the pwidgets business.

The scapping and flapping between members of the forum, users and developers has become a little like the girls in the office.

I don't know all that went on but I have watched your posts and puppy derivatives for a while now and I know that you are basically a good soul who is not easily provoked,l so I am sorry that someone is out there pushing your buttons.

Anywho, yours and whodos good work stands sholder to sholder with the best that puppy has had to offer, following the example of its founder .

Mny Thx Again Guys,
Vito

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Re: pwidgets

#86 Post by ttuuxxx »

vito wrote:
Anywho, yours and whodos good work stands sholder to sholder with the best that puppy has had to offer, following the example of its founder .

Mny Thx Again Guys,
Vito
Thanks Vito, thats what fuels my ambition to keep doing what I do best, :) Trying to make people happy with what they have and appreciate Linux in general.
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#87 Post by DaveS »

Sorry Ttuuxxx. Total travesty. Had to install conky as missed the email notification and download speed monitor too much :D
Interestingly, conky puts a tasklist window entry in the taskbar with this distro. I had to set the own_window_type switch to override to get rid of it, like this:

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own_window_type override
Other than that, its just fine.
You gonna do a Seamonkey 2 .pet when it finally gets released?
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#88 Post by ttuuxxx »

I just compiled 1.1.16 today for the series 2 update I'm doing, it running nice :) But probably wouldn't work on any other puppy due to its using the latest, glib,gtk, and also gio libs, funny one of the oldest versions of puppy is now the latest version. lol kind of cool :)
P.s when Seamonkey 2 goes final yes I'll compile it up and shoot it in :)
Just wondering if I would keep 4.2's theme or use the newer 2 series theme, hmmmmmm.
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#89 Post by DaveS »

My vote would go to the original series two theme, provided they dont change it of course. IMHO Mozilla finally got it right this time :D
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#90 Post by DaveS »

Ttuuxxx, how can I get terminal (RXVT) to display black background/white text please?
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#91 Post by dawnsboy »

how can I get terminal (RXVT) to display black background/white text please?
rxvt -bg black -fg white

from command line or script.

You can also edit the desktop file for rxvt located in /usr/share/applications. Open it with a text editor find the line exec=rxvt and add -bg black -fg white.

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#92 Post by DaveS »

dawnsboy wrote:
how can I get terminal (RXVT) to display black background/white text please?
rxvt -bg black -fg white

from command line or script.

You can also edit the desktop file for rxvt located in /usr/share/applications. Open it with a text editor find the line exec=rxvt and add -bg black -fg white.
Thanks. In the end, I edited /root/.Xdefaults. I wish I had known I could pass arguments via the .desktop file. Useful tip thanks.
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#93 Post by runtt21 »

Look what happens when you add maximum bling( Enlightenment e17) to 4.2v2.....

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=42984


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWLIBCE6Ka8
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#94 Post by James C »

With the number of continued anti-bling posts, this will probably continue to be downloaded a lot.

I'm using it myself. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

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#95 Post by nubc »

1. If I right click Clipboard, and select Edit, then the icons of systray are displaced to just left of the center of the bottom panel, and there is a blank white space on the panel occupying the entire right half of the bottom panel (except for the 24-hr clock). This white blank space is inoperable: I cannot move it, remove it, or restore the bottom panel/systray to original condition. So after I try to edit Clipboard, half of the panel becomes inaccessible, presumably occupied by Clipboard.

2. Puppy Package Manager freezes and is inoperable. I was trying to find Gaim/Pidgin.

3. When typing text in meebo, the cursor disappears. (The cursor is the blinking vertical bar.)

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#96 Post by DaveS »

Ping Ttuuxxx.............. is there a petbegone database for this release?
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#97 Post by lisek »

So there is a huge white bar (Clipboard) occupying the entire right side of panel which seems to be inoperable--cant drag it, cant right-click it--all because i clicked on Clipboard. I was wondering why this program was put here by default, how to use it, and how to remove it.
To remove parcellite icon from tray I edited .jwmrc-tray file like this:
/root/.jwmrc-tray [it's hidden file]
</Swallow>
<Swallow name="freememapplet">
freememappletdelayed
</Swallow>
#<Swallow name="parcellite">
#parcellitedelayed
#</Swallow>

<Swallow name="asapm">
asapmshell -u 4 -status PaleGreen3 -green PaleGreen3
</Swallow>
After editting the parcellite is steel available in
Menu/Desktop/Parcellite-clipboard-manager

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#98 Post by ttuuxxx »

yes he can delete it or just don't right click on it, lol
It works fine, just a menu thing.
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#99 Post by ttuuxxx »

DaveS wrote:Ping Ttuuxxx.............. is there a petbegone database for this release?
Hi Daves just use the default 4.2, I really didn't add anything worth removing thats isn't in it, hmmmm I think the only added application was xfburn.
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#100 Post by Sit Heel Speak »

I have posted a BCI-hinting-enabled libfreetype PET package for ttuuxxx's no-bling 4.20 in my thread at
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=44882
Here's a screenshot.
This is on a CRT monitor. A TFT or LCD or laptop will look sharper.
This is with Microsoft Core Webfonts and the full DejaVu set installed, also from that thread. "Allow webpage to use other fonts" is checked under Edit Appearance Fonts in Seamonkey.

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