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Version 6.0 has been released with new GNU C Compiler (4.8.0), modern desktop notifications (notify-osd), spkg upgrade function... Full changelog here http://alphaos.freeforums.org/announcements-f9.html
abiword and gnumeric
over the years of using puppylinux, i have accumulated numerous abiword and gnumeric documents... i tried using libreoffice to open and utilize these documents... but, with little success... will someone point me in the direction of an abiword and gnumeric sfs that i can load so that i can continue using alphaos? thank you
alphaOS Version 6.0 Bug Report
I tried out the new rolling release of alphaOS and found the following packages broken in my system:simargl wrote:Version 6.0 has been released with new GNU C Compiler (4.8.0), modern desktop notifications (notify-osd), spkg upgrade function... Full changelog here http://alphaos.freeforums.org/announcements-f9.html
1. Yarock: Apparently the new exploit of having Simple Radio display song title (I found this worked only with 2 radio stations - and that too not continuously updated. For this one needs to select the radio station again manually to see the song title currently playing) results in the Radio Browser button not being displayed.
2. Internet Problem: Even though my netbook is connected through ethernet LAN, I get the message that the internet is not connected and hence no spkg updates shown.
3. Date Problem: Linked to this is the related setting of hwclock. My system no longer adjusts to the local time as it is not synced to the net at the outset.
But the real dealbreaker has to be the missing shoutcast and icecast radio stations which I listen to live rather than indexing my existing music collection. Incidentally using the save file from alphaOS Version 5.0 only remedied the situation in the limited sense that my favourite radio streams were there and played with ver 6.0. But as soon as I move to some other view - library, playlist or history; the whole thing disappeared and even then the Radio Browser button was not visible at the top even though the radio stations played from my bookmarks.
Hope these issues are sorted out in a later release.
~Familyman~
PS: GLAD TO NOTE THE ARTWORK LOGOS FOR alphaOS - WE SEEM TO BE ON OUR WAY!
List of 22 upgraded packages, type spkg -upgrade and earlier installed packages will be replaced.
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@Familyman
I tested yarock for icecast and shoutcast radio streams and they all worked, although this program seems very cpu intensive while building list of stations. There is a problem in that mplayer phonon backend does not support equalizer, gstreamer is required, but I guess we can live without that.
- apr-util-1.5.2-1.spkg
clutter-1.14.2-1.spkg
converseen-0.6.2-1.spkg
filezilla-3.7.0.1-1.spkg
flashplugin-11.2.202.280-1.spkg
freeglut-2.8.1-2.spkg
garcon-0.2.1-1.spkg
git-1.8.2.3-1.spkg
gnome-calculator-3.8.2-1.spkg
gnome-mines-3.8.1-1.spkg
gnome-tetravex-3.8.1-1.spkg
gnutls-3.1.11-1.spkg
json-glib-0.16.0-1.spkg
libgcrypt-1.5.2-1.spkg
libxfce4util-4.10.1-1.spkg
nettle-2.7-1.spkg
qpdfview-0.4.3-1.spkg
smplayer-0.8.5-1.spkg
xfce4-panel-4.10.1-1.spkg
xfce4-session-4.10.1-6.spkg
xfce4-settings-4.10.1-3.spkg
xfwm4-4.10.1-2.spkg
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@Familyman
I tested yarock for icecast and shoutcast radio streams and they all worked, although this program seems very cpu intensive while building list of stations. There is a problem in that mplayer phonon backend does not support equalizer, gstreamer is required, but I guess we can live without that.
ndiswrapper-1.58-1.spkg compiled and added to the repository,
This does not have GUI helper, but it's not hard to setup if you follow Arch Wiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi ... diswrapper
This does not have GUI helper, but it's not hard to setup if you follow Arch Wiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi ... diswrapper
Hi simargl,simargl wrote:edit:
@Familyman
I tested yarock for icecast and shoutcast radio streams and they all worked, although this program seems very cpu intensive while building list of stations. There is a problem in that mplayer phonon backend does not support equalizer, gstreamer is required, but I guess we can live without that.
Thanks for the heads up!
I resolved my YaRock issue in a rather simple manner. I am sharing my story below:
YaRock in alphaOS ver 6.0 on my 7" screen was not showing the Radio Browser button at the top in the toolbar and was not accessible in the left column either owing to screen space issues. (This wasn't the case with YaRock in alphaOS ver 5.0 which had the Radio Browser button at the top right of the toolbar and hence I could access all the live streams).
I just maximised the App by pressing the centre button for minimising and closing the window. Voila! I had the scroll bars whereby I could click and wait for the Shoutcast stream to load - it took a while like you already mentioned.
So I can report that this release is free of issues on my laptop.
~Familyman~
I will try to fix notifications on simple-radio to work continuously, not just on radio startup.1. Yarock: Apparently the new exploit of having Simple Radio display song title (I found this worked only with 2 radio stations - and that too not continuously updated. For this one needs to select the radio station again manually to see the song title currently playing) results in the Radio Browser button not being displayed.
Hi simargl,
Thanks for version 6 of alphaOS
This time around, I booted from a usb stick on a HP mini 5103 and I'm happy to report it booted to the desktop without any hitch. However, I noticed a few issues.
1. ppet is no more available hence unable to install my printer using rcrsn51's packages.
2. I'm unable to connect wirelessly on this mini HP. Apparently, broadcom-sta module needs to be loaded or compiled.
3. An iso file doesn't mount when clicked on.
Thanks as always.
Cheers.
Thanks for version 6 of alphaOS
This time around, I booted from a usb stick on a HP mini 5103 and I'm happy to report it booted to the desktop without any hitch. However, I noticed a few issues.
1. ppet is no more available hence unable to install my printer using rcrsn51's packages.
2. I'm unable to connect wirelessly on this mini HP. Apparently, broadcom-sta module needs to be loaded or compiled.
3. An iso file doesn't mount when clicked on.
Thanks as always.
Cheers.
[b][color=green]Success is never ending. ... Failure is never final![/color][/b]
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AlphaOS ver 6.0: Stream Web TV with Gnome Mplayer/Smplayer
Dear simargl,
I have installed Smplayer and Minitube from the repository.
But was stumped with trying to play Web TV streams in Gnome Mplayer.
Looking up ideas to make this work, I spotted the below discussion:
[url]http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=80021[url]
Is it possible to have an .sfs for this streaming video facility in alphaOS?
Thanks!
~Familyman~
I have installed Smplayer and Minitube from the repository.
But was stumped with trying to play Web TV streams in Gnome Mplayer.
Looking up ideas to make this work, I spotted the below discussion:
[url]http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=80021[url]
Is it possible to have an .sfs for this streaming video facility in alphaOS?
Thanks!
~Familyman~
Alpha OS - Stream Web TV with Smplayer/Mplayer
Dear simargl,
I have installed Smplayer and Minitube from the repository.
But was stumped with trying to play Web TV streams in Gnome Mplayer.
Looking up ideas to make this work, I spotted the below discussion:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=80021
Is it possible to have an .sfs for this streaming video facility in alphaOS?
Thanks!
~Familyman~
I have installed Smplayer and Minitube from the repository.
But was stumped with trying to play Web TV streams in Gnome Mplayer.
Looking up ideas to make this work, I spotted the below discussion:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=80021
Is it possible to have an .sfs for this streaming video facility in alphaOS?
Thanks!
~Familyman~
Looks like ffmpeg needs recompiling with rtmpdump https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/rtmpdump/. Will do for next version, in meantime use mms or http streams - they work already.
I was stuck with getting permanent notification monitor in simple-radio, and started separate thread for that http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 707#703707
- mounting iso is not something done very often, usually I just open terminal and type: mkdir 1; mount *iso 1
Cheers!
I was stuck with getting permanent notification monitor in simple-radio, and started separate thread for that http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 707#703707
- ppet was never included, and will never be, but you can extract any pet package with simple bsdtar -xf name.pet and copy those files manuallysmil99 wrote:1. ppet is no more available hence unable to install my printer using rcrsn51's packages.
2. I'm unable to connect wirelessly on this mini HP. Apparently, broadcom-sta module needs to be loaded or compiled.
3. An iso file doesn't mount when clicked on.
- mounting iso is not something done very often, usually I just open terminal and type: mkdir 1; mount *iso 1
Cheers!
Ppet is part of the printer package. You would need to install this package every time to get all the printing components.smil99 wrote:ppet is no more available hence unable to install my printer using rcrsn51's packages.
alphaOS 6.0
I've wrestled with how to best keep up with the new versions and not have to reinstall acpid, pm-utils, governor, cups, ppet, pacman, my tint2 and conky scripts, the synaptics.conf file, etc. My bonehead solution is just a folder on my ext2 work partition into which I copy programs config files, and scripts as I install or modify them. Has the same directory structure as a pet and could be petted but when needed, I just copy it directly into a mounted newest sfs or save file I'm working on. Sounds rude but works AND I can see just what I'm doing.smil99 wrote: 1. ppet is no more available hence unable to install my printer using rcrsn51's packages.
2. I'm unable to connect wirelessly on this mini HP. Apparently, broadcom-sta module needs to be loaded or compiled.
3. An iso file doesn't mount when clicked on.
I mount sfs and iso files a lot and (lazily) use the rightclicks from http://alphaos.freeforums.org/spacefm-f ... s-t58.html to do so. With a little attention to the 'style' setting they all appear nicely only when needed. I'm also using the sfs extract and compress ones and the paste to directory one regularly.
Posting happily from 6.0 and....... for the first time for me ever, CUPS FOUND my networked HP4500 with no intervention or socketing required! Thanks again rcrsn51
Pups currently in kennel :D Older LxPupSc and X-slacko-4.4 for my users; LxPupSc, LxPupSc64 and upupEF for me. All good pups indeed, and all running savefiles for look'n'feel only. Browsers, etc. solely from SFS.
I plan to move forum and add wiki in new site http://alphaos.tuxfamily.org/; that way we'll avoid forum adds, and have nice wiki pages; move will probably take a while, it's just started and I don't know what I'm doing
http://alphaos.freeforums.org will become read-only.
http://alphaos.freeforums.org will become read-only.
homepage: http://alphaos.tuxfamily.org/
forum: http://alphaos.tuxfamily.org/forum/index.php
wiki: http://alphaos.tuxfamily.org/wiki/doku.php
Wiki software is called DokuWiki, forum is phpBB3 and off course big thanks to
www.tuxfamily.org for hosting space. Now we have release files: iso and sfs on
sourceforge.net (unlimited space AFAIK), package repository on google code (4 GB),
wiki and forum on tuxfamily.org (100 MB) - all free, reliable and not time fixed.
forum: http://alphaos.tuxfamily.org/forum/index.php
wiki: http://alphaos.tuxfamily.org/wiki/doku.php
Wiki software is called DokuWiki, forum is phpBB3 and off course big thanks to
www.tuxfamily.org for hosting space. Now we have release files: iso and sfs on
sourceforge.net (unlimited space AFAIK), package repository on google code (4 GB),
wiki and forum on tuxfamily.org (100 MB) - all free, reliable and not time fixed.