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Barburo · Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 275

Hi Taz,
I have set up 443 on a slower 1.4MHz desktop with KDE3 (KDE4 didn't run very well - no taskbar).
I set GTK theme to Stardust. I clicked on PCMan and got this error.

I think something's up becasue in a list of files the "already read" items appear so faint on the background that I cannot see them.

One other thing happens when I use the KDE menu editor for the first time.
I get an error box that says something about hot keys not being recognized. Click close and the editor opens OK and also OK on subsequent uses. Sorry no graphic as the error doesn't repeat.
B.

tazoc · Posted: Wed 14 Oct 2009, 22:44 Post subject: Re: 443a feedback

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

Hi tazok,

I've tried installing this as a full hd installation, however the Puppy universal installer does not work. Although, it indicates that it is copying files, all that gets copied is a Boot directory.

Still enjoying it,
Jim

tazoc · Posted: Thu 15 Oct 2009, 13:28 Post subject:

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

Hi tazok,

Your new nvidia.tgz worked fine.

Your LH has become my favorite which is why I was trying a full hd installation. However, I'll wait until you start working on the version that's based on Barry's new 431 to try another full hd installation. I believe that he had some installer problems that had to be corrected also.

Regardless, my frugal installation does what I want it to do.

Thanks,
Jim

Barburo · Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 275

Here's that other error (image.gif). It occurs for first use of KDE Menu editor on each boot.

My other comment was difficult to view "grey-out" text when I was using the pan newsreader (image1.gif).

I think about it it's probably something to do with GTK Themes but no matter which one I choose - same result.

B.

tazoc · Posted: Fri 16 Oct 2009, 13:36 Post subject:

Hi Barburo,
I d/l pan 0.14.2 and there is a Colors tab in Edit | Preferences. Click on the Header pane (read) button to change. Does that help? I don't have access to a newsreader server so couldn't try it myself.

I will look into the KDE Menu editor error.
-TazOC
Update: Can you try launching the editor by unlocking the panel and right-clicking on the 'K' icon | Menu Editor. That will launch the KDE3 version instead of KDE4. I will update the LookNFeel panel to check which v. of KDE is running and then launch the appropriate version.

chris · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 24 Location: Australia

chris · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 24 Location: Australia

I wanted to report a success, a problem and also ask a couple of questions.

Success:

I tried the new nvidia driver archive you posted earlier. Works with my 8800GT after I added the kernel patch SFS.

Problem:

I downloaded LHP443-mariner iso since I wanted mariner anyway. I assumed this iso comes with mariner stuff already included. But I recall now that I did not see the nvidia-latest entry in the drivers list when I setup xorg. Then when I tried to add the Voyager SFS I got an error saying that I needed the Mariner SFS. So is Mariner included in the iso? Given the larger iso size I figured it was. Is this supposed to work as I was expecting or do I need to download LHP-base iso and Mariner SFS separately? Confused

If I have to do this separately how to I go about changing my frugal install to hard disk from the lhp-mariner iso based download to the lhp-base iso download? I'm guessing its simply a matter of replacing the main sfs, vmlinuz and initrd files. Did I guess right?

Questions on settings etc:

The Office SFS gives me six desktop icons that overlap wbar. Where to I find the settings so I can change the location, remove them, or perhaps even add them to wbar?

I have 4 hard drives with lots of partitions so all these get mounted at boot time. How can I control which ones get both displayed as desktop icons and which are auto mounted?

How can I increase the number of SFS files I can mount from the limit of 8 specified in the boot manager?

tazoc

chris · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 24 Location: Australia

jasmac · Joined: 03 Jun 2009 Posts: 62 Location: Canberra, Australia

Hi all,

Jasmac, As Chris suggested extract '/lib/modules/all-firmware/rt2x00.tar.gz' into 'lib/firmware' then reload rt73usb.

worked a treat, thanks, posting this from LHP now, again thanks

Cheers

Jason

tazoc · Posted: Mon 19 Oct 2009, 12:00 Post subject: firmware

Excellent, Jasmac and thank you for the tip, Chris. For the next release, I plan to extract all '/lib/modules/all-firmware' archives into the main file as I couldn't determine why it isn't done automatically.
-TazOC

tazoc

Recently I received a PM about updates for GIMP, Audacious and VLC. Here's my reply in case others find it helpful:

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

Hi tazok,

I still have a problem with Amarok on this version also. It plays fine sometimes. I have narrowed down the problem to KDE/Amarok using a wrong driver. KDE shows a choice of HDA intel, ALC1200Digital (IEC958 (SPPDIF) Digital audio output), HDA Intel (ALC1200 Analog), and HDA Intel (ALC1200 Digital). Apparently, the HDA Intel (ALC1200 Analog) does not work but KDE/Amarok keeps defaulting back to it. I can go to a prompt and run alsaconf, and it works again but I have to do this daily.

Do you know where the drivers are placed? I'd like to rename the driver that doesn't work and try to get rid of it. I'm having no luck finding it.

Thanks,
Jim