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James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4742 Location: Kentucky

Did another frugal install on an old P4 with onboard Intel 82865 graphics.....everything working ootb on that box.

peebee · Joined: 21 Sep 2008 Posts: 911 Location: Malvern, Worcs, UK

Hi Iguleder

Some quick feedback (manual frugal install on my HP550):

- Network Wizard doesn't seem to work at all
- sad to see that Samba hasn't been included
- really missing being able to click on a .pet file to install it and clicking on a .iso or .sfs to access the contents

Maybe somebody could do a quick tutorial explaining how to do the things we've come to expect of Puppy in this different new world for people who would like to experiment but aren't clever enough to work it out for themselves??

Really exciting what you've managed to cram into such a small ISO though - congrats.

Cheers
peebee

johnnywinner · Joined: 19 Jul 2010 Posts: 26

elraven · Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 80 Location: wnc-usa

how do set the wall paper or change it rather? i can't find the wallpaper app

Iguleder · Posted: Sat 15 Oct 2011, 18:29 Post subject:

Any Puppy wallpaper setter should work - put your wallpaper in either /usr/share/backgrounds/default.jpg or /usr/share/backgrounds/default.png. This is something I want to address in the next release.

pacer106 · Joined: 11 Jan 2011 Posts: 365

To install .pets use open with & then type in petget or read below.

This is a little walk through for how to add installing .pets with a double click in emelfm2 file manager.

There are 2 pictures to reference if my instructions are not clear enough.

In image 1 you will see the right click menu for emelfm2 & the option for editing filetypes. click on that & you will see image 2.

As you can see in image 2 I have already added the pet option.

To do what I have done is pretty simple.

Step 1 is to scroll to the bottom of the Catergories column and click on the bottom item which should be object files so it is hi-lited in blue.

Step 2 is to click on the +Add button at the bottom of the screen as seen in image 2. You should now see a new item named new & it should be hi-lited in blue. Click on the word new & you should be able to edit the word from new to pet. After you enter pet press enter key so it sticks.

Step 3 is to click on the column named Extensions then click the +Add button at the bottom. You should now have a blue hi-lited item in the Extensions column. Click on that item & enter in pet then press enter to commit the item.

Step 3 is to click on the column named Labels & Commands. click in the blank area anyplace under Labels & Commands once it is showing a blue hi-lited item click on the +Add button at the bottom. Now click on the blue hi-lited item under the Label part & enter in install.pet then press enter to commit it. Next you will want to click the blue hi-lited area under command enter petget then press enter to commit.

Step 4 (final step) is to click on Apply then Commit at the bottom. (I am not sure if both Apply & Commit need to be clicked on. I did it just to be sure.)

If all went correctly a double click on any .pet should install the .pet.

Feedback is always welcome. I am no writer (far from it). I probably have grammer & punctuation errors in this. I am sorry if it bothers some people.

deepsea · Joined: 17 Jan 2009 Posts: 152 Location: Deutschland

Moin
Iguleder

Download your guy puppy
make frugal install
runs great

include XFCE4.8.pet ~ 8,8 MB prepared for " Next Puppy Wink

"
(only deb packages therefore the red notification bar in Thunar)

It is a pet with the basics of Xfce4 and Thunar
[ No thumbnails in thunar , some icons missing ..]

At moment seems to be working well

Here the result

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4742 Location: Kentucky

Finally starting to get this figured out...... Laughing

Just realized I've got a misspelling in Conky too...

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4742 Location: Kentucky

Much better...

Terry H · Posted: Sat 15 Oct 2011, 19:55 Post subject:

Thanks for what on first impressions is an excellent puppy. Have done a frugal install, extended wbar to include additional apps. Wireless connection (bcm43) is re-established on restart. Everything is working extremely well.

Thanks iguleder, your work is excellent.

tubeguy · Joined: 28 Aug 2009 Posts: 1278 Location: Park Ridge IL USA

pacer106 · Joined: 11 Jan 2011 Posts: 365

not completely happy with this but here is my idea.

guydog1 by J. P. Stunna, on Flickr

mikeslr · Last edited by mikeslr on Tue 18 Oct 2011, 19:29; edited 1 time in total

Hi iguleder & All:

I'm really disappointed that I am unable to explore what looks to be an exciting puplet. My system uses Ati Radeon 3100 graphics. Trying probe, it tests OK, but clicking "finish" results in "No Signal" being reported by my monitor. Trying Chose, tests OK, but drops me back to "type xwin", which fails. Selecting vesa does the same.
In the early development of Slacko, iguleder's dpup and Exprimo, adding "pfix=radeon.modeset=0" enabled me to obtain a working desktop; but doing so for Guydog produced the same results as above.

mikesLr

Edit: Ignore above (' Embarassed

')
See http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=574307#574307

roadkill13 · Joined: 10 Aug 2011 Posts: 59 Location: United States

Did manual frugal install and booted to desktop without incident. Setup networking. A dialogue box popped up asking to download flash player. So I downloaded flash player but did nothing else.

Created save file and rebooted. Desktop locks up as soon as X loads after booting with save file. No mouse, no hot keys. Had to cold cock it and restart. Rebooted without incident. Don't know what caused that. Like the look and layout of this puplet.

mikeslr · Last edited by mikeslr on Wed 19 Oct 2011, 19:00; edited 1 time in total

Hi iguleder & all,

I guess I really did want to explore Guydog. See prior post. My right-brain tossed up the idea, "Why not try it on your Thinkpad T42?" Holding my breath as I clicked thru Xorgwizard --my T42 also uses Radeon Graphic, albeit 7500-- it gave me a desktop before I passed out.

Regarding the absence of desktop drive icons, I supposed a workaround would be to add pmount to Wbar. As Wbar config didn't seem to accept the non-png icon associated with pmount, I gave it the attached, which I stole from some collection of icons and re-labeled.

Damn! Now I'll have to figure out how to work without rox-filer as the default file manager.

mikesLr

p.s. Love the wbar config app. It's subjective, but Guydog may be the fastest puppy I've tried on the T42.