Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[mavrothal]

There is a v3 for the XOpup (check original post above) and a permanent home site
There you can find the build, sources, docs and a couple of pets, including a slightly modified Chromium-5.0.342-Lucid.pet that will install and run on XOpup fine.

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hailpuppy,
just get a $1 USB stick, install, check for yourself and tell us what you think Detailed instructions, including stick formatting, is there!
Speed is perceived different by different people... But yes, is faster than other XO builds

[hailpuppy]

Hi Mavrothal, Thankxx man!!!! I just ran XOpup on my OLPC and its superb!!!! I got even Open Office to run on it using the attached SFS Linker.Well with Openoffice it was slow to then extent that it could not be used but well this is super cool. I even watched an video with .avi extention.the vedio was bit sluggish but it was definitely watchable. Im extremely low literate on linux systems and your detailed instructions was very helpful in setting this up. Web cam was not working for me (perhaps this is because i didnt upgrade the firmware???). These are just initial remarks but hey if we make variations of this XOPup (as its always been the case with puppy linux) we might be able to get even Openoffice to run in RAM by making the OS small?Perhaps one might be able to use different USB s with different variations of XOpup to get different uses from the XOlap?Well i see immense possibilities with all of your achievement. hey guys im so exited thats why I couldnt help upload these few comments to you guys . I will test this system the best way I can and report tp you its statuses. Again Thanks a lot to you all...

[mavrothal]

Hailpup,
I'm sure that XOpup can be improved. A LOT!
However I'm afraid that this may need the work of someone that actually knows what (s)he's doing... At this stage no matter how functional and fast is just patchwork...

We need to get rid of a lot of stuff, (useless for XOpup), without breaking the system. Rework some monster scripts that are trying to find out what the hardware is and configure it so Puppy can work, but are a burden when the hardware and optimal configuration is already known. Work out some puppy relics (pup_event/udev, xFree86) that are from the era that the XO-1 was not even in the planning stage. And finally recompile and reconfigure many things.
A lot, lot, lot of work...

For example the camera that does not work (luvcview) probably needs recompiling.
The poor video is most likely xserver configurations that does not support some of the geode features (avi video plays without problem in other XO builds), etc, etc.

Let's hope that someone will step up the plate.

[hailpuppy]

Hi Mavrothal,Hmm I guess we can start bugging some experts from now on again huh? Well now that the hardest part is over(i suppose!) thsi shouldnt be as hard as it used to be ?

[mavrothal]

[hailpuppy]

Hi Mavrothal,
well im not that old yet to see my kids grow up;).Anyways i was just thinking what would you think if we include Openoffice to XOpup and see how well it works? Im helpless in this regard except to ask for help..I wish I could contribute to puppy in a better way but still im new to tricks of puppy.

[mavrothal]

There is a new version of the geode video driver 2.11.9, that is significantly better that the previous one. It is already in the Ubuntu Maverick repos but not in Lucid and is not clear if is going to be. So I compiled the source in XOpup with the lupu_devx_510.sfs and CFLAGS=" -Wall -O2 -g -march=i586" (experts pls advise...), stripped it and made a pet package.
It should also work in other than the XO-1, LX800/geode machines but was not tested in these.

In my hands it is really better.
Video playback  is smooth now (even at 24-bit depth!), web pages appear to render faster, PDF documents load pages faster and even flash works better. No, it still does not play flash video adequately ( ) but some animations, picture transitions etc, are better.

So, download the geode-2.11.9.pet  from the host site and click-install it. Restart the X sever or reboot and enjoy.

Assuming that someone else uses it and reports improvements and no new problems (regressions) compared to 2.11.8, I could rebuild XOpup with this in it.

[hailpuppy]

Hi Mavrothal,in your next build would you try to get the web cam to work right? Will we be able to see skype and Openoffice running in XOpup Mavrothal in anytime sooner? I guess this might be ok because Xtraordinary OShttp://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/978 is claiming to run all these software on it.?

[01micko]

mavrothal et al

I have had blinkers on these past few months and should have made more contribution to your effort.

I am grabbing the latest Xo-pup right now to take a look. Looking forward to it

Cheers

[mavrothal]

[mavrothal]

[mavrothal]

Here is problem I have with PuppyPin in XOpup:
If you modify the positioning of the icons or change one (eg "console" to open sakura instead of urtvx) is OK till you change BOOTCONFIG eg add or remove an SFS at boot. Then urtvx reappears (in addition to sakura) and icon alignment goes back to the default.

I did check /root/Choices/ROX-Filer and /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net but I couldn't find anything striking. I also commented out the relevant segment /etc/rc.sysinit but no change either way

Any idea why or where should I look for tousles?

[hailpuppy]

Hi Mavrothal,
1. I could not try Skype or Internet as yet as I didn't get a chance to go near a wifi area and i am stil looking for a Ethernet to Usb converter so that I could log into internet using XOpup. The moment I can do that I gueass I d be in heavens!!!

2.I ve so far been using sfs files with the help of "SFS_Linker-431bk-1.1.pet". In that method Openoffice was almost unusable.
3. I am sorry I do not yet know how to use the sfs file at boot.Now that you have suggested,i m trying to look for a way to boot sfs files at boot from forum.

4.I am yet unaware what a swap is and its uses,i guess i have to search for that also in the forum.

5.As for abiword and Gnumeric,they are just fine for me but the look for Openoffice is yet another reason to brag about the capabilities of this superb XOpup . By the way I am trying to convince local OLPC arm in Sri Lanka to use XOpupalong with the OLPC laptops they are distributing.My convincing point is that with XOpup ,XOlaptop is going to be really usefull to children in addition to the "educative " aspects of Sugar OS.

6. I ve found some limitations in Abiword,specialy with regard to the compatibility issues with Word at times.For an example I v not so far been able to open up the contents of a textbox contained in a Windows Word document using Abiword.Im also still struggling to manage positioning of inserted pictures inside Abiword.

7.How I boot XOpup is by plugging in a USB with the XOpup in it. I dont know if your way of getting OpenOffice to run would work in thus specific way that I use to boot XOpup.

I appreciate your comments on these ,but specially how to use OpenOffice.

Cheers.!!!

[01micko]

[mavrothal]