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ac2011
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Carolite 1.1a - no Thunar video thumbnails

#1101 Post by ac2011 »

In Carolite 1.1a there are no video thumbnails in Thunar, though they are present in Carolina 1.0 and 1.1.

Is this a bug or an inevitable consequence of some stuff being deliberately left out?

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#1102 Post by Gobbi »

Geoffrey wrote:
As far as the trash is concerned there isn't a way the rename Delete, to bypass the trash just hold down the Shift key when selecting Delete.

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Thank's Geoffrey :!: I didn't know about this ...
I used 'Permanently remove... ' but sometimes I forget to pay attention ...

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miXimum

#1103 Post by Geoffrey »

I've added miXimum to the repo, this is a DJ's mixing desk, it seems to work ok for me, the only thing I've found is that I have to select the audio monitor to get sound, I need to do this every time I start the application.

Whether this will work for everyone I don't know, as it is hardware dependent, it does say it requires two sound cards but if I select Default for the monitor that works for me, please test.
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Frisbee on the fritz - Carolina 1.1 non pae

#1104 Post by Pete22 »

See the picture. Frisbee shows its connected to the internet but the icon says its not. After a while it looses the connection.
Its hard to tell because the icon does not change.

How do I fix it.?


Pete
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Re: Frisbee on the fritz - Carolina 1.1 non pae

#1105 Post by Geoffrey »

Pete22 wrote:See the picture. Frisbee shows its connected to the internet but the icon says its not. After a while it looses the connection.
Its hard to tell because the icon does not change.

How do I fix it.?


Pete
Pete, I don't have a wireless connection to test that problem, did this happen after installing anything

Has anyone else experienced this wireless problem and found the cause.
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Carolina and Grub4dos

#1106 Post by Pete22 »

Added Carolina 1.1. to a new computer.
Grub4dos can no longer see it.
It does see other puppies. Not sure what changed.


Pete

ac2011
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Oolite

#1107 Post by ac2011 »

Has anyone tried to get Oolite (http://oolite.org/) working in Carolina? I can run it in other Puppies (albeit slowly as the 3D performance of this laptop isn't great) but in Carolina it fails to even start.

It asks me to report the error, but no error message is actually given. I've tried the latest version 1.77.1 and also an older 1.75 version: same result.

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Carolina 1.1 versus Lina 1.1

#1108 Post by GaRailroader »

I was unable to get HandBrake working in Precise 5.7.1 and I read that it works in Saluki. I followed that trail and ended up installing Lina 1.1 although the splash screen says Carolina 1.1. HandBrake is working fine though I'm a little confused about the lack of applications in this distro. I thought I read hat Lina was a lightweight version of Carolina though I don't see a separate d/l link for Carolina. Is there a way to unlock Lina 1.1 to turn it in to Carolina 1.1?

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Re: Carolina 1.1 versus Lina 1.1

#1109 Post by rg66 »

GaRailroader wrote:I was unable to get HandBrake working in Precise 5.7.1 and I read that it works in Saluki. I followed that trail and ended up installing Lina 1.1 although the splash screen says Carolina 1.1. HandBrake is working fine though I'm a little confused about the lack of applications in this distro. I thought I read hat Lina was a lightweight version of Carolina though I don't see a separate d/l link for Carolina. Is there a way to unlock Lina 1.1 to turn it in to Carolina 1.1?

GaRailroader
Sounds like you downloaded Carolite, the lite version at 140MB. It has a basic set of applications.

The full version is here: http://www.smokey01.com/carolina/isos/lina-1.1.iso at 400MB.
X-slacko-5b1 - X-tahr-2.0 - X-precise-2.4
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OOlite

#1110 Post by oligin10 »

Sorry, I tried OOOlight I think it is. It's a cut down version which you can find at Akita Linux Repository by scottman. I know it doesn't work either. This is the first puppy I have found that it doesn't work on. Hope that helps, Rob

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Re: Oolite

#1111 Post by Geoffrey »

ac2011 wrote:Has anyone tried to get Oolite (http://oolite.org/) working in Carolina? I can run it in other Puppies (albeit slowly as the 3D performance of this laptop isn't great) but in Carolina it fails to even start.

It asks me to report the error, but no error message is actually given. I've tried the latest version 1.77.1 and also an older 1.75 version: same result.
I did get it working, it seems to be a dependency issue which is path related, it don't load the lib files it comes with, but if you symlink them it helps but that shouldn't be necessary as it will overwrite some of the existing files which really shouldn't be done, I will have to do it again to find what is needed as I did compile a few things and it's a mess at the moment, thought it does need espeak installed as it couldn't find the speak-data directory, it may take me a while as I have other things I'm working on and it isn't a priority for me, but with this bit of info it might help someone else to find the problem.
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Install Quirky 6 from Carolina

#1112 Post by Geoffrey »

Here are the files needed to install quirky-6 to a usb using Carolina, I needed to compile f2fs-tools to get the install script to work.
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#1113 Post by nooby »

I am in Lina 1.1 now and it is not easy for a noob
to get the different applications or programs.

They behave in a way one are not used to.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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#1114 Post by Geoffrey »

nooby wrote:I am in Lina 1.1 now and it is not easy for a noob
to get the different applications or programs.

They behave in a way one are not used to.

Yes, some of the applications are different from other pups, a number of them are Qt derived apps, such as the Image viewer, though it does have more advanced features than the standard pup viewers.

Once you become accustom to these apps you will find it easy to use.

Thanks for trying Carolina.
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#1115 Post by nmlkngdm »

Frugal install to HP Pavilion Entertainment laptop
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Processor : 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5850 @ 2.16GHz
Memory : 4145MB (126MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 27 Dec 2013 01:58:44 PM EST
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Resolution : 1280x800 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Software Rasterizer
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
-SCSI Disks-
ATA TOSHIBA MK3252GS

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#1116 Post by GaRailroader »

Sounds like you downloaded Carolite, the lite version at 140MB. It has a basic set of applications.

The full version is here: http://www.smokey01.com/carolina/isos/lina-1.1.iso at 400MB.
Thanks for the reply. I did d/l from the link you indicated and my iso is 401MB. I installed it on two different PCs and got the exact same result. I normally just copy 3 files from the iso to my frugal folder. Reexamining the iso, I see that there are 3 sfs files on it. It gave me an error message for the missing zdrv sfs and so I copied that one over as well. I didn't include the adrv sfs and that must be were all the applications are. Unfortunately, I'm on the road now and the 2 machines in question are at home. Anyway, I know what I'll try when I get home. Thanks.

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#1117 Post by Geoffrey »

Compiled the latest version of nomacs 1.6.2 image viewer editor, which can be found in the repo.
Release Notes: This release mostly contains bugfixes on every platform. Some tiny features are added, like cleaning up recent folders and allowing the user to save some default values (e.g., which interpolation to use).
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Re: Oolite

#1118 Post by ac2011 »

Geoffrey wrote:
ac2011 wrote:Has anyone tried to get Oolite (http://oolite.org/) working in Carolina? I can run it in other Puppies (albeit slowly as the 3D performance of this laptop isn't great) but in Carolina it fails to even start.

It asks me to report the error, but no error message is actually given. I've tried the latest version 1.77.1 and also an older 1.75 version: same result.
I did get it working, it seems to be a dependency issue which is path related, it don't load the lib files it comes with, but if you symlink them it helps but that shouldn't be necessary as it will overwrite some of the existing files which really shouldn't be done, I will have to do it again to find what is needed as I did compile a few things and it's a mess at the moment, thought it does need espeak installed as it couldn't find the speak-data directory, it may take me a while as I have other things I'm working on and it isn't a priority for me, but with this bit of info it might help someone else to find the problem.
Thanks for looking into it. I've now got it working in Fluppy (here's how: http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16167), which is what I mostly use for gaming, so no need to investigate further on my account.

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Grey/empty desktop with external monitor

#1119 Post by ac2011 »

This might be related to what someone reported a little earlier. When connecting an external monitor via D-sub VGA cable, the desktop is wiped, no background shows and it's not possible to right-click on it.

This is true even with pfix=ram. The system tray still operates, but nothing else. Applications can be loaded from the menu, but there's high CPU load.

I've tried this with three different laptops ranging up to 2GHz & 2GB RAM, and with monitors from 1280x1024 to 1920 x 1080 - same result each time. Even if I use xrandr to switch off the internal display the result is the same. Re-running xorgwizard changes nothing.

All three laptops work fine with Carolina without the external monitor plugged in.

I'm guessing something to do with XFCE is to blame, but I don't know what. Other variants of Puppy without XFCE don't seem to suffer from this problem.

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Re: Grey/empty desktop with external monitor

#1120 Post by Geoffrey »

ac2011 wrote: When connecting an external monitor via D-sub VGA cable, the desktop is wiped, no background shows and it's not possible to right-click on it.
I tried this connecting to my TV via D-sub VGA, yes I get this also, I did try connecting the cable after the laptop had loaded Carolina and I had a desktop, I then used xrandr to select the TV, this gave me a screen but as you have described it then maxed out the CPU activity, this as me baffled, I wouldn't even know where to start.
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