X-Slacko-4.4 with Xfce

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starhawk · #1001 Post by **starhawk** » Wed 11 May 2016, 00:21

You should be able to double your memory. I'd offer to send you some (I do that for people sometimes) but I'd have to insist on you paying the shipping costs -- and that's in excess of us$30...

Marcelo Lagoa · #1002 Post by **Marcelo Lagoa** » Wed 11 May 2016, 01:24

My PC supports this type of memory:
"2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets support up to 2GB maximum
unbuffered PC2700 / 2100/1600 non-ECC DDR
SDRAM memory. "
But he is running with two DDR DIMM 512MB (2x512). It is very outdated and here it is very difficult to find this type of memory (2 x 1GB) in good condition to upgrade. And when you find in Brazil, ask an absurd value, because they know that is hard to find in the market.
That's why I did not do the upgrade to date.
Some schools and institutions do upgrade your equipment regularly, and maybe I can buy some old memory in working order.
I must have patience and wait for the right moment.

Thank you so much good will, Starhawk, but it really is not feasible transportation of "RAM" US to Brazil...

starhawk · #1003 Post by **starhawk** » Wed 11 May 2016, 01:35

I suspected such... hence why I phrased it how I did.

You might look on eBay. I have had good luck with RAM bought there.

rg66 · #1004 Post by **rg66** » Sun 15 May 2016, 22:21

X-slacko-4.1 is available for download

-add packit-1.14
-add xvkbd-3.7
-update to firefox-45.1.1esr
-update to yad-0.36.2
-minor bug fixes

Download ISO and md5
http://smokey01.com/rg66/X-slacko/iso/

Download delta and md5
http://smokey01.com/rg66/X-slacko/iso/delta/

Marv · #1005 Post by **Marv** » Mon 16 May 2016, 00:05

PM'd you with this but for some reason mail takes foreeeever.

4.0 to 4.1 delta downloaded, md5sum ok, applied. In the resulting initrd.gz on the iso the DISTRO_SPECS still shows 4.0 so it won't boot. Copied the DISTRO_SPECS from the main 4.1 SFS in there and it books correctly. Haven't downloaded the full iso so don't know if that is true there also.

Update: That done, boots and runs perfectly on the core 2 duo iwlwifi i915 laptop. 4.0 savefile updated with no issues.

rg66 · #1006 Post by **rg66** » Mon 16 May 2016, 01:23

Marv wrote:PM'd you with this but for some reason mail takes foreeeever.

4.0 to 4.1 delta downloaded, md5sum ok, applied. In the resulting initrd.gz on the iso the DISTRO_SPECS still shows 4.0 so it won't boot. Copied the DISTRO_SPECS from the main 4.1 SFS in there and it books correctly. Haven't downloaded the full iso so don't know if that is true there also.

Update: That done, boots and runs perfectly on the core 2 duo iwlwifi i915 laptop. 4.0 savefile updated with no issues.

Ya my bad, thanks for reporting in. New ISO and delta uploaded.

tano70 · #1007 Post by **tano70** » Mon 16 May 2016, 12:09

chromium browser not work. please a version that work?

# chromium
/usr/bin/chromium: line 16: /usr/lib64/chromium/chromium: cannot execute binary file
/usr/bin/chromium: line 16: /usr/lib64/chromium/chromium: Success
#

Marv · #1008 Post by **Marv** » Mon 16 May 2016, 12:57

tano70 wrote:chromium browser not work. please an ultimate version that work?

Are you trying to run a 64bit chromium or is this post in the wrong place? This is a 32bit puppy.

I'm running peebees 32bit SFS from here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 658#899658 I might be a version back at chromium_50.0.2661.94+pepper_21.0.0.213 but these have all worked for me OOTB and with the profile symlinked to a common location on an EXT2 partition. I do nothing but place the SFS in my frugal boot partition and use the SFS-load on-the-fly utility to load it.

Ps. I do usually install Opensans fonts from fontsquirrel.com and to me chromium renders better with them.

tano70 · #1009 Post by **tano70** » Mon 16 May 2016, 13:14

Marv wrote:
tano70 wrote:chromium browser not work. please an ultimate version that work?
Are you trying to run a 64bit chromium or is this post in the wrong place? This is a 32bit puppy.

I'm running peebees 32bit SFS from here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 658#899658 I might be a version back at chromium_50.0.2661.94+pepper_21.0.0.213 but these have all worked for me OOTB and with the profile symlinked to a common location on an EXT2 partition. I do nothing but place the SFS in my frugal boot partition and use the SFS-load on-the-fly utility to load it.

Ps. I do usually install Opensans fonts from fontsquirrel.com and to me chromium renders better with them.

Ok work!! thanks so much!! 32 bit !!

outtaspam · #1010 Post by **outtaspam** » Mon 16 May 2016, 22:02

Something is amiss. Double clicking txt and rtf files does not launch text editor or Abiword, respectively. An error happens when doing same with image files.
I've checked and re-checked default applications to no avail.
Help please. Thanks to all on this exemplary forum!

Something must be corrupted as I have no trouble opening txt, rtf or images in the default applications by double clicking. X-slacko4.0.iso md5sum is c997dd18644b2bf20fe6fed5b3e630a7

Hi rg66. I verified the MD5 for 4.0 and it matched. Then downloaded 4.1, verified MD5 and made a new frugal installation. The problem remains - no response on clicking or double clicking these files.
The problem did not exist in versions 3.1 and earlier.
Any other ideas?

Marv · #1011 Post by **Marv** » Tue 17 May 2016, 01:19

I just booted 4.1 as pfix=ram, frugal install to an SSD on a Fujitsu S6520 core 2 duo iwlwifi i915 laptop. Nothing at all done or added, not even internet connected or timezone set. I doubleclicked on .jpg and .pngs and they opened with the image viewer. Doubleclicked on a .txt and it opened with Geany. Created an .rtf with Abiword and then doubleclicked on it. It opened with Abiword. That all of them would fail is baffling.. Could you try a boot from different media (a USB stick or CD) on the same machine?

Moat · #1012 Post by **Moat** » Tue 17 May 2016, 05:10

outtaspam wrote: The problem remains - no response on clicking or double clicking these files.

Just a possible additional clue to add - I was having a play with X-Tahr 1b3 the other day (live CD session, no savefile), and experienced a similar/same issue with it - double-clicking on various system .txt config files would produce no result (no Geany, no spike in CPU, no busy cursor, etc.). I found that I had to right-click and choose "open with Geany", where it would open normally. Checked the "default applications chooser" settings, and all looked normal - i.e. pointing to Geany for text files, IIRC.

I think I even went through the right-click "open with..." > select Geany > "choose as default..." settings (or whatever it is in X-Tahr, to set as default) - to no avail, no change in behavior.

And oddly, certain other text files would open normally via double-click (sorry, but I don't recall any file differences ATM). Like as if a Thunar bug, having an issue with recognizing particular (text) file extensions/types, mimetypes or permissions, maybe. I meant to look into the issue a bit further, but ran out of time.

This was on an older Dell Optiplex 380 dual-core Pentium desktop.

FWIW,

Bob

Geoffrey · #1013 Post by **Geoffrey** » Tue 17 May 2016, 06:27

I can't fault 4.1, booted from CD no save, opens .txt, .rtf and all image files in default applications.

Sage · #1014 Post by **Sage** » Tue 17 May 2016, 07:23

Ditto - fantastic - everything OOTB. Well done chaps.

rg66 · #1015 Post by **rg66** » Tue 17 May 2016, 08:24

outtaspam wrote: Hi rg66. I verified the MD5 for 4.0 and it matched. Then downloaded 4.1, verified MD5 and made a new frugal installation. The problem remains - no response on clicking or double clicking these files.
The problem did not exist in versions 3.1 and earlier.
Any other ideas?

From terminal run:

Code: Select all

update-desktop-database

and see if that does anything.

Marv · #1016 Post by **Marv** » Thu 19 May 2016, 13:19

Was down in the cellar, thought I should update 4.0 to 4.1 sometime but it's just happily serving away

tano70 · #1017 Post by **tano70** » Thu 19 May 2016, 14:11

absolutely my favorite distro puppy !! performance, the only one that can do shoot video and Internet browser with very little CPU resources, and then XFCE definitely for me the best Desktop Environment. No problem, everything runs smoothly and without a hitch, only small issue that I can not understand is that the automatic connection to my wifi, sometimes comes and sometimes wrong. If you could solve this problem would be absolutely perfect

http://imgur.com/pgA1pM5

Sage · #1018 Post by **Sage** » Thu 19 May 2016, 15:52

Always said this was one of the best, but Mr tano70 - you have broken the rules of the Forum - please resize (or ask the moderator to) your pictures to fit the present standards. All this was explained many years ago, but lots of new correspondents have joined since then. Try 'Search' or ask one of the old lags.
PS. keep the pics of good looking ladies - not misogyny, just that they really do look a lot better than the average bloke.

Sage · #1019 Post by **Sage** » Thu 19 May 2016, 18:38

Thank you. There is a way to resize your picture, but I'm the wrong guy to ask.

gcmartin · #1020 Post by **gcmartin** » Thu 19 May 2016, 20:34

If you (anyone) want your images/pictures/screenshots resized for forum display, consult this thread.

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