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[partsman]

sc0ttman wrote :
There are lots of how tos and guides for random bits n bobs in /root/my-documents/akita/ ... including stuff on compiling, saving online streams, using puppy in general, saving settings, etc ..

Thanks for the info sc0ttman ! I love trying to compile. Some things i have managed to do While others are a bit more challenging
I am gonna try taking a more serious look around in akita there are so many tools and programs you have provided its just unreal to me
Just another reason why I LOVE AKITA !
Thanks for your ongoing support of akita And thanks for the info
sc0ttman it is much appreciated

[partsman]

sc0ttman wrote :
Last thing, I'd like lots of gtk1 apps in the Akita repo, so I would really appreciate links to gtk1 apps/repos that'll work in akita... I know goingnuts and amigo et al must've made some stuff...

I would love to be able to help but your gonna have to enlighten me
on gtk or gtk1 not sure exactly what that meens still have alot to learn here but would love to help

[LoboGrande]

I solved the problem in a bass-ackwards sort of way. I was testing Wary 5.5 on the old TUV4x which also had no sound. Went into ALSA Wizard and found all the levels at zero. Had to raise the analog levels to get any sound out. Booted the computer with Akita-13 disc(last version that the sound worked) and found that the ALSA Wizard had also gone to zero, repeated the process. Same with B11 and B12. Booted from Akita-14 disc and yup the levels in ALSA Wizard were all at zero and again no sound until I raised the analog levels. . How it affected the other saves files is a mystery that I'll have to figure out later. My sound card is pretty ancient, a Creative Audio 0106 Sound Blaster but it had worked without running the ALSA Wizards in Akita, Betas 9-13. Weird,eh?

[Puppyt]

@partsman, you might appreciate pa-mcclamrocks site here http://www.pa-mcclamrock.com/icebox.html, I think I've mentioned it before on this thread regarding Akita's fabulous potential as an educational tool, but as you've just raised GTK+ there's a bit of an explanation there ("...it's the "GIMP Tool Kit" for producing good-looking graphical windows with consistent color schemes" - Pa McClamrock)
Beyond that, I know nada - I'm an end-user (luser, joked one of the developers - pretty aptly) so I wish you the very best with your learning journey. Send Postcards in the forms of pets, tutorials and the odd feedback for us perennial tragics, will you?

@sc0ttman - really sorry about not getting back to you re the HDMI audio settings on my HD5450 glx video card, you so kindly posted an updated driver here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=676163#676163. Now, I just haven't had the time to explore the issue lately though as I mentioned, FatDog Beta610 picked it up fine after I changed a VLC setting - but it has a different set of options than yours, or even the non-GTK version I think I downloaded from your repository, and I haven't explored further. But I'm excited about this little mention recently with a similar card, as to getting HDMI audio on a Radeon HD 6250 - http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=84945&search_id=2097657167 a gem of a solution, perhaps, from new poster Kerry Blue?

[sc0ttman]

[sc0ttman]

[sc0ttman]

Partsman, if you wanna try some compiling: buildpet is for making compiling stuff easy..

if anyone wants to test it, i have updated buildpet a little bit (thanks Tman and iguleder) ... install the pet... then to use it, install the devx from the repo, and then in a terminal type

[partsman]

puppyt wrote:
@partsman, you might appreciate pa-mcclamrocks site here http://www.pa-mcclamrock.com/icebox.html, I think I've mentioned it before on this thread

Thank you very much for the info puppyt I am sure it will be of great help

@ sc0ttman
thanks for info on buildpet & src2pkg I like the sounds of src2pkg is a little better but i will be sure to check both out

@ All

Thanks to all of you for the info Kind users like you guys and others in these forums is what makes puppy great ! And why i love puppy so much I have learned so much in the last year and all the
users documentation And awesome people such as yourselves i am
very greatful hence my signature " powered by people " I too look forward to helping others ! THANKS GUYS !

[LoboGrande]

It wasn't Alsa Wizard where I changed the volume levels, it was Alsa Mixer under the Multimedia Directory. Retrovol won't work until you go into Alsa Mixer and adjust the analog levels. Only the analog levels seem to have any effect in both Alsa Mixer or Retrovol with my CA0106 sound card.

The sound levels aren't being saved after rebooting either. Royal pain in the tuckus.

[sc0ttman]

[sc0ttman]

GTK1 apps added to akita repo (click 'Update' in PPM):

- Amaya-8.52, in Internet, 1641K ( a web browser /editor)
- gentoo-0.11.57, in Filesystem, 211K (dual pane file manager)
- gentoo_NLS-0.11.57, in Filesystem, 200K
- libimlib-1.9-i486, in BuildingBlock, 119K

I'd like to add more gtk1 apps, but can find any (i did find PULP, and might rip some out of there...) I'm looking for a good gtk1 ROX, mtpaint, burning prog, whatever...

[slimhunter]

I'd really like to ditch ROX in favor of PCManFM...can I do that? Will my machine run much slower?
I think it could be a better user-friendly file manager for those who want a "windows like" experience...

[sc0ttman]

[sc0ttman]

Added to akita repo:

http://akita.scottjarvis.com/pekwm-0.1.16-i486.pet (200kb)
http://akita.scottjarvis.com/pekwm_DOC-0.1.16-i486.pet (8kb)
http://akita.scottjarvis.com/pekwm-themes-0.01.pet (400kb)

I have compiled & modified pekwm-0.1.16-i486.pet, it includes a custom pinstall and custom pekwm menu and it's preconfigured to generate a puppy menu, in an 'Applications' sub menu.. and the pinstall script will do this for you on first install (thanks to aragon)..

This build had everything enabled - supports xinerama, all img types, etc ..

..............

I also created a new build script for buildpet which will build the above packages, including the custom menus and pinstall scripts...

Also... The next akita will have WMSwitcher 0.20 - which will have added support for pekwm (akitas already has a custom version that supports all WMs in the akita repo) ..

[LoboGrande]