Lucid Puppy Revitalized as 5.2.8.7 - Nov., 2017 - Final

[sheldonisaac]

At the end of the LuPu 5.3.8-005 thread, Richard said something like tell any things to fix for a possible 5.2.8.7

1) The powerapplet_tray doesn't work, but the one copied from Precise does put a battery icon at the bottom of the screen

2)

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 find / -name *.bak

results in

/initrd/pup_ro2/root/.config/openbox/menu.xml.bak
/initrd/pup_ro2/root/.sylpheed-2.0/addrbook--index.xml.bak
/initrd/pup_ro2/root/.sylpheed-2.0/colorlabelrc.bak
/initrd/pup_ro2/root/.sylpheed-2.0/filter.xml.bak
/initrd/pup_ro2/root/.sylpheed-2.0/folderlist.xml.bak
/initrd/pup_ro2/root/.sylpheed-2.0/sylpheedrc.bak
/initrd/pup_ro1/root/.config/openbox/.wh.menu.xml.bak

Of course, the few bytes doesn't hurt anything.

[nmlkngdm]

lupumini-5.2.8.6-20140321 (Lucid Puppy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnTrRyD3YtI

Multiple Applications Running - lupumini-5.2.8.6-20140321 (Lucid Puppy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOeV2dQs-Ic

Getting Skype for lupumini-5.2.8.6-20140321 (Lucid Puppy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjM3kFh1orU

-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
Memory : 2074MB
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Puppy Linux
-Display-
Resolution : 1280x1024 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel

[sheldonisaac]

Hi, Folks.

May I ask for help? Here, or suggest where to ask?

On this Dell Latitude E6410, I use primarily rerwin's LuPu Super 2.

But when I try to play the 'full episodes' on
MHz Networks, the video crashes either immediately or after a few seconds.
http://www.mhznetworks.org/watch/river-fog

On the other hand, the 'live' stream plays fine.
http://www.mhznetworks.org/mhz-worldview/live

I will try to look up whatever info on my computer specs, settings, etc that may help you to diagnose the problem, and help me fix it.

The 'full episodes' play OK if I use Slacko.
But I'd rather use LuPu for everything.

Thank you very much,
Sheldon

[bigpup]

It probably has to do with the graphics driver you are using.

In Quickpet->drivers tab
Run "click here to test your graphics card"
What driver is recommended?

Look here and see if there is a pet for that driver.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 520#739520

What browser are you using?
Try adjusting it's cache settings.

[sheldonisaac]

It probably has to do with the graphics driver you are using.

In Quickpet->drivers tab
Run "click here to test your graphics card"
What driver is recommended?

Xorg_High
I then had Quickpet install it
Computer has a builit-in Intel card

Look here and see if there is a pet for that driver.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 520#739520

What browser are you using?
Try adjusting it's cache settings.

Opera 12.16
I can do Tools -> Advanced -> Cache
but don't know what to do.

EDIT:
Later, I right-clicked the http://www.mhznetworks.org/watch/river-fog, and chose "Save linked content as" (rather than clicking the triangle-in-circle play button(?) ).
Then, when I did File -> Open and chose the
rive-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32236 2014-09-06 08:18 /mnt/sda3/river-fog.htm
it plays OK.
Why does this work, and jusk clicking the play does not?

Thanks again.
And please feel free to refer me elsewhere, if you think advisable.

Sheldon

[bigpup]

chose "Save linked content as" .
Why does this work, and jusk clicking the play does not?

Basically you are not directly streaming but running as a file that is on your computer.
This makes it much easier to run.

To really figure out what is going on.
Would need to get into the details of what program you are using to view with.
It's settings.
Video quality settings.
Connection speed.
Specific specs of your computer.
How you are running Lucid Puppy.
Etc......

Streaming video seems to always be a moving target that changes constantly.
A lot to do with how a web site offers it and what program they design it to be played with.

Your link played fine for me, but I am not using the same programs you are.
I use Firefox and Flash 11.2

[bigpup]

double post

[keniv]

Hello All

I am using a manual frugal install of lupusuper2-5.2.8.6-k3.2.48-20130321 on hd booted with grub4dos on a Dell Latitude D531. I have been trying to get bluetooth to work using a usb dongle. I have read quite a lot on this and have had a partial success using bluetooth-0.4.pet and autoblue-0.2.pet. I am trying to stream music from my laptop to a set of bluetooth speakers. I can find and connect to the speakers which are shown as GDSPKBT10 which presumably stands for Goodmans Speaker BT10. I know this system works as I am able to stream music to it via bluetooth from an old iphone. I am able to pair my laptop with the speaker but cannot stream music to it. I have read that this requires an Alsa PCM Plugin. I looked at a tutorial on this but it was beyond my ability in linux. I am wondering if anybody has got bluetooth working in lupusuper or if some of the experts out there could point me in the right direction.

Regards,

Ken.

Edit

Hi All, After waiting about ten days and not getting any response here I decided I had perhaps posted in the wrong place. I have got a little further and have now made a new post here http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 673#800673 which I think is may be more appropriate.

[recobayu]

Hi All,
Thanks for all of your countribution of this puppy linux.
I'am very like this lucid puppy rather than other puppy, because I think only lupu that can open and save file in ntfs partition.
I hope this lucid keep update everytime..

[sheldonisaac]

If when Richard or other expert wants to, can we have a save-to-folder like in the recent Slacko?

Please see
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=93559

I tried shinobar's pet,
save_to_directory-20140606.pet
but wasn't able to save to the created folder.

Probably someone more knowlegable than I can do it.


Thanks,
Sheldon

[mavrothal]

If when Richard or other expert wants to, can we have a save-to-folder like in the recent Slacko?

Please see
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=93559

I tried shinobar's pet,
save_to_directory-20140606.pet
but wasn't able to save to the created folder.

The changes involve the initrd and are not going to work cross-puppy.

If someone is to go for it, I would suggest the new approach instead described in http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=95922

I would think that most of the patches could be applied with some work. However, lucid is old enough to have different logic in the init script, rc.sysinit and rc.shutdown (shutdownconfig does not even exist) so it needs more than just patching.

Alternatively, someone could use the scripts from precise or wary/racy but I'm not sure how well it may work with the rest of luci.

[mavrothal]

If someone is to go for it, I would suggest the new approach instead described in http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=95922

Well,... I gues I am the "someone"

Here there is a delta to rerwin's lupu-5.2.8.6-20140321.iso from the first post of the thread
(md5sum: 598c05106e8ca8fd3df0a1e7cd78a693 lupu-5.2.8.6-20140321.iso___lupu-5.2.8.6-savefolder.iso.delta).
Apply the delta (as described) to the lupu-5.2.8.6-20140321.iso to get the "lupu-5.2.8.6-savefolder.iso"
This version will allow lupu-528 to save to a folder, if on a linux partition.

Please note that as with the other ISOs in the "revitilized" series there is no version update, so you should either start afresh or manually replace initrd.gz and lupu_528.sfs in your installation.

I attach here the patches used so maybe you can modify your favorite lupu/sulu version. It should work with all of them.
The following files have been changed and provided in the tarball
initrd.gz/init
/etc/rc.d/rc.shutdown
/usr/bin/wmpoweroff
/usr/bin/wmreboot
/usr/local/bin//savefile2dir
/usr/local/petget/installpreview.sh
/usr/local/pup_event/frontend_funcs
/usr/local/quickpet/quickpet.sh
/usr/sbin/calcfreespace.sh
/usr/sbin/resizepfile.sh
/usr/sbin/sfs_load
/usr/sbin//shutdownconfig
/usr/sbin/snapmergepuppy and
/root/Startup/freememapplet_tray


It took a bit of work but I think is OK (screeny) :
Pls check as it was not extensively tested.

The new ISO also contains the "savefile2dir" script that can turn your existing savefile into a savefolder. In the terminal type

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savefile2dir /path/to/lupusave.2fs

Please back up your savefile as the original will be deleted
If you do convert a savefile to a savefolder make sure you that it does not contain any of the files mentioned above as they will over-write the ones in the ISO. Delete them from your savefile if present.

Note: the couple of persons that downloaded the patches tarball may want to re-download the one with the indicated md5sum.
The sfs.patch should now apply cleanly on the rootfs.

Edit: The version with md5sum: d6603eb07171c77378c26fa2cb12a683 corrects quicksetup.sh so it works properly in pupmode 13 too.

Edit 2:The version with md5sum: 67f2348f4e9c61df764dbf5e674cd98f also stops resizepfile from running when a savefolder is used

[mavrothal]

Here there is a delta to rerwin's lupu-5.2.8.6-20140321.iso from the first post of the thread
(md5sum: 598c05106e8ca8fd3df0a1e7cd78a693 lupu-5.2.8.6-20140321.iso___lupu-5.2.8.6-savefolder.iso.delta).
Apply the delta to the lupu-5.2.8.6-20140321.iso to get the "lupu-5.2.8.6-savefolder.iso"
This version will allow lupu-528 to save to a folder, if on a linux partition.

Hmmm, I guess no one wants to change a good thing...

[sheldonisaac]

Here there is a delta to rerwin's lupu-5.2.8.6-20140321.iso from the first post of the thread
(md5sum: 598c05106e8ca8fd3df0a1e7cd78a693 lupu-5.2.8.6-20140321.iso___lupu-5.2.8.6-savefolder.iso.delta).
Apply the delta to the lupu-5.2.8.6-20140321.iso to get the "lupu-5.2.8.6-savefolder.iso"
This version will allow lupu-528 to save to a folder, if on a linux partition.

Hmmm, I guess no one wants to change a good thing...

Please excuse me, mavrothal; I was unsure whether to reply.
I (non-expert) tried to do the delta, didn't succeed.

First try was on the
169127936 Sep 15 22:14 /mnt/sda3/LinuxSrc/lupusuper2-5.2.8.6-k3.2.48-20140321.iso

Didn't work, even when renamed.
Perhaps a delta is only useful with the actual file it was made for?

So I downloaded the lupu-5.2.8.6-20140321.iso , but apparently didn't do the delta correctly.

I'll try again to delta later today

(I had also downloaded the patches file, but don't know how to use it.)

Thank you,
Sheldon

[mavrothal]

First try was on the
169127936 Sep 15 22:14 /mnt/sda3/LinuxSrc/lupusuper2-5.2.8.6-k3.2.48-20140321.iso

Didn't work, even when renamed.
Perhaps a delta is only useful with the actual file it was made for?

So I downloaded the lupu-5.2.8.6-20140321.iso , but apparently didn't do the delta correctly.

I'll try again to delta later today

(I had also downloaded the patches file, but don't know how to use it.)

Thank you,
Sheldon

The delta works only against the ISO was generated from.
So download the lupu-5.2.8.6-20140321.iso, and the delta file and put them in the same folder.
Then just click the delta file and you get the new ISO! (see pick).
Really hard to go wrong, but you must have the correct ISO for the specific delta and you should not have 2 ISOs with the same name.

Regarding the patches, is mostly for developers or power-user

[mavrothal]

First try was on the
169127936 Sep 15 22:14 /mnt/sda3/LinuxSrc/lupusuper2-5.2.8.6-k3.2.48-20140321.iso

OK then, here is a delta for the lupusuper2-5.2.8.6-k3.2.48-20140321.iso to turn it into a lupusuper2-5.2.8.6-k3.2.48-savefile.iso,
ie a sulu_002 that can save to a folder.
(md5sum: 7496225c27aee2e0da6eb51d3501667a lupusuper2-5.2.8.6-k3.2.48-20140321.iso___lupusuper2-5.2.8.6-k3.2.48-savefile.iso.delta )

Download the 2 files put them in a folder and click on the delta file to produce the lupusuper2-5.2.8.6-k3.2.48-savefile.iso.
Use the iso either for a fresh install or to manually update your installation replacing the initrd.gz and sulu_002.sfs files.

Oh, and the customary screeny (the wallpaper is NOT in the delta - modified from this original)

[mavrothal]

Attached is the Luci_SaveDir pet that should add the save-to-folder functionality in any running Lucid flavor (tested with lupu_528, sulu_002 and luci_001 - 3hd).

It requires a frugal install on an ext2/3/4 partition (PUPMODE=12/13) where the initrd.gz the puppy.sfs and the <flavor>save.2fs are in the same location.
Other booting/save combinations are not supported (try some deltas above instead).

Every care has been taken not to mess up your installation and if you uninstall things should return back to the original, but you never know.
So backup your files first

Edit: Version 3 of the script now works in PUPMODE 13 too ie booting from USB flash.
Is even less intrusive and changes almost nothing in your current savefile.
Finally corrects a bug in quicksetup so now works in pupmode 13 too (this bug is also present in the deltas above)
Edit 2 Version 4 of the script checks for a preexisting savefolder with the said name and if present adds one with the "_new" suffix, or prompts the user if both are there.
Edit 3 Version 5 of the pet works also when puppy files are at the root of the partition (ie not in a folder)
Edit 4 Version 6 of the pet works even when puppy files are in different directories. Also stops resizepfile from running when a savefolder is used.

[sheldonisaac]

If when Richard or other expert wants to, can we have a save-to-folder like in the recent Slacko?
Probably someone more knowledgeable than I can do it

Download the 2 files put them in a folder and click on the delta file to produce the lupusuper2-5.2.8.6-k3.2.48-savefile.iso.
Use the iso either for a fresh install or to manually update your installation replacing the initrd.gz and sulu_002.sfs files.

Many thanks! I did it with pfix=ram, and will try to be careful about moving things from the old savefile.

Thanks again,
Sheldon

[mavrothal]

Version 3 of the save-to-folder pet above now also works is pupmode 13 (USB flash installations)
Is even less intrusive and changes almost nothing in your current savefile.
Also corrects a bug in quicksetup so now works in pupmode 13 too (this bug is also present in the deltas above)

[gyro]

Version 3 of the save-to-folder pet above now works is pupmode 13 (USB flash installations)

I downloaded it and had a look inside. It's a very interesting way of installing a facility like 'savefolder'. Makes it very easy for the user of a current puppy.
I can see a real possibility of requests for similar pets for other puppies.

gyro