Dpup Stretch 7.5 CE (RC-5)

[radky]

James C wrote:

Manual frugal install / upgrade from the last alpha.No problems.

Thanks James!

Moat wrote:

Everything working OOTB.

Good news Moat, and thanks for the kind words!

Galculator's results window background color is not "taking"

Yes, this is an issue with GTK3 theming. Many gtk themes common to FbBox (and Puppy in general) are GTK2 based, as is the Murrine theming engine. To provide reasonable theming for the occasional GTK3 application, FbBox provides a single GTK3 theme that is made available each time you change the global theme in the Desktop Appearance module.

Many GTK3 themes are coded to specifically support certain versions of GTK, and some GTK3 applications do not display well when matched with non-supporting GTK3 themes. Consequently, authors of GTK3 themes are constantly editing their scripts to improve compatibility with a wider range of applications.

In Dpup Stretch RC, the GTK3 theme was selected for good support of the pnmixer application and many common GTK3 apps. Unfortunately, rendering of color in galculator is not fully supported when the GTK3 theme is utilized. On the other hand, there are many GTK3 themes which provide correct color for galcuator, but tooltips are almost unreadable. I'll continue the search for compatible GTK3 theming.

cthisbear wrote:

Browser lockup on a bank site still occurs in the RC.

Following (I hope) the steps outlined in your PM, I did not experience browser (Pale Moon) lockup when I visited your bank web site.

PS - It seems functional javascript is required to navigate the site.

dancytron wrote:

I have completed remastering this for Firefox 57.

Great post! Your steps will be helpful for those requiring a Netflix browser.

I have very little experience with remastering, so at the moment I have no explanation for the failed deletion of Pale Moon on your first attempt.

Thanks dancytron!

[cthisbear]

Thanks for testing that mate.

Chris.

[petihar]

Hi Radky and every one,
Very good job, everything is ok for me on my Acer Aspire1 V5. Installed vlc and firefox quantum with some difficulties but quickly overcome.
I am now trying to install bluetooth ... but here is another matter! I have followed all the tutorials found on the forums and help online ...: bluez bluetooth bluez-tools rfkill blueman ... nothing works fine. I would like to connect my phone and my hi-fi system ...
Has anyone managed to run the bluetooth? If so, what is the process? which packages need to be installed?
Thanks in advance, Bien cordialement petihar

[cthisbear]

User agent >>> Palemoon...thanks for that Radky.

Cheers...Chris

[radky]

petihar wrote:

Has anyone managed to run the bluetooth?

I have no bluetooth devices, so unable to test at the moment. Perhaps those with bluetooth capability could offer their experience.

Thanks

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cthisbear wrote:

User agent >>> Palemoon...thanks for that Radky.

You’re welcome chtisbear.

[dejan555]

When trying to save session dpup says there are no suitable partitions to save to and exits without saving...

I have 3 ext4 partitions with space available on them.

Btw, the version I downloaded is from first post but I see there were some updates in the meantime?

[radky]

Hi dejan555,

7.0.0a2 beta-2 was the version available when you first posted to this thread on 21 Nov 2017. The current testing version is 7.5 RC which includes Woof-CE updates through 12-12-2017.

I have no problem saving to my ext3 partitions, but I will create and test an ext4 partition. Maybe others could also report their experience with ext4 partitions.

Thanks

[petihar]

Hello, Radky,
Thank you for your answer, even if I'm no further along. I'm really disappointed that it's so hard to set up a Bluetooth accessory on puppy. It's a real lack on a distribution today. Speakers, keyboard, mouse, phone... all these devices can't be used on a puppy? I'm going to continue my search for a solution... but I'm close to giving up everything because I'm not knowledgeable enough to "tweak" and apparently nobody can help.
Yours sincerely, petihar.

Translated from french with www.DeepL.com/Translator

[watchdog]

Maybe others could also report their experience with ext4 partitions.

I have installed stretch 7.5 rc in an ext4 partition of an external usb hd: no problems here.

[radky]

dejan555

I created an ext4 partition and frugally installed Dpup Stretch 7.5 to my WD sata drive.

The installation proceeded without difficulty.

Boot Partition: sda11 (Size 20G, Free 19G)
Boot File System: ext4
Boot Media: satahd

PUPMODE=12
PUPSFS=sda11,ext4,/testext4/puppy_stretch_7.5.sfs
PUPSAVE=sda11,ext4,/testext4/stretchsave-testext4

dejan555, I'll continue testing.

Thanks

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Also, thank you watchdog for reporting your experience with ext4.

[Terry H]

Hi dejan555,

7.0.0a2 beta-2 was the version available when you first posted to this thread on 21 Nov 2017. The current testing version is 7.5 RC which includes Woof-CE updates through 12-12-2017.

I have no problem saving to my ext3 partitions, but I will create and test an ext4 partition. Maybe others could also report their experience with ext4 partitions.

Thanks

All of my frugal installations to USB flash drive have been on an ext4 partition. It's an 8GB Kingston Data Traveler.

[radky]

All of my frugal installations to USB flash drive have been on an ext4 partition. It's an 8GB Kingston Data Traveler.

Thanks Terry!

[frenchiveruti]

I'm here to report success installing this puppy (RC), under a Samsung RV511-AAR1, it works flawless, both touchpad and KeyBoard.
I made a partition ext4 and placed the puppy there as frugal. Didn't want a full install because I tend to kill my pups.
Maybe someday... sigh...
I'll edit this comment if anything bad happens, but so far it's working great!
Thanks Radky

[radky]

frenchiveruti wrote:

I'm here to report success installing this puppy (RC), under a Samsung RV511-AAR1.

Thank you frenchiveruti

[James C]

I have 20+ frugal installs on Ext4, no problems. Using both regular hdd and ssd.

[radky]

James C wrote:

I have 20+ frugal installs on Ext4, no problems. Using both regular hdd and ssd.

Thanks James!

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petihar wrote:

...I'm really disappointed that it's so hard to set up a Bluetooth accessory on puppy. It's a real lack on a distribution today. Speakers, keyboard, mouse, phone... all these devices can't be used on a puppy? I'm going to continue my search for a solution... but I'm close to giving up everything because I'm not knowledgeable enough to "tweak" and apparently nobody can help.

Hi petihar,

My laptop is an old Acer Aspire 5742Z with no built-in bluetooth capability.

So, having no experience with bluetooth, today I purchased a basic bluetooth headset by Intro and a basic Aluratek universal bluetooth audio transmitter that plugs into the 3.5 mm audio out of the laptop.

This plug-and-play combination works great for bluetooth audio on my Acer laptop but, in retrospect, my new devices are not good for testing bluetooth in general since no added drivers or libs are required. That is, the small Aluratek transmitter automatically converts the notebook audio to bluetooth for my headset.

Unfortunately, I still have no solution for your general bluetooth requirements.

[radky]

dejan555 wrote:

When trying to save session dpup says there are no suitable partitions to save to and exits without saving...

Hi dejan555,

Is it possible your drive is one of the new NVMe SSDs?

Currently, the Woof-CE devs are adding support for save-files on NVMe SSDs

https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/w ... ssues/1115

[radky]

Dpup Stretch 7.5 CE

RC-2

See first and second posts

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 590#974590

[Billtoo]

I installed to a usb-3.0 SSD for use on my Compaq desktop pc.

System: Host: puppypc4566 Kernel: 4.1.48 i686 (32 bit gcc: 6.3.0) Desktop: JWM 2.3.7 dm: N/A
Distro: Dpup Stretch 7.5
Machine: Device: desktop System: Compaq Presario 061 product: DQ182A-ABA S6700NX NA410 v: 0nB1411RE101COBRA10 serial: MXM41001K5
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Cobra v: 1.xx serial: X312345678
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3.28 date: 08/27/2004
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-HT-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (pae sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 5602
clock speeds: min/max: 350/2800 MHz 1: 2800 MHz 2: 2800 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV530 [Radeon X1600 PRO] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:71c2
Display Server: X.org 1.19.2 driver: radeon tty size: 176x45 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card Creative Labs CA0106/CA0111 [SB Live!/Audigy/X-Fi Series]
driver: snd_ca0106 port: bc00 bus-ID: 02:0a.0 chip-ID: 1102:0007
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.1.48
Network: Card: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: b000 bus-ID: 02:0f.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8139
IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:0e:a6:79:5d:e4
Drives: HDD Total Size: 446.4GB (1.8% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST3160021A size: 160.0GB serial: N/A
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD1600BB size: 160.0GB serial: N/A
ID-3: /dev/sdc model: Overdrive_3.0 size: 126.3GB serial: N/A
Partition: ID-1: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.03GB (1%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: swap-2 size: 0.27GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb2
RAID: System: supported: linear raid0 raid1 raid10 raid6 raid5 raid4
No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Unused Devices: none
Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Weather: Conditions: -18 F (-28 C) - Mostly Cloudy Wind: Calm Humidity: 70%
Pressure: 30.48 in (1032 mb) Time: January 1, 7:45 AM EST (America/Rainy_River)
Info: Processes: 128 Uptime: 1:16 Memory: 197.8/2265.0MB Init: SysVinit v: N/A runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121 running in lxterminal) inxi: 2.3.5

I added applications with PPM.

Thanks for Dpup Stretch 7.5 final, it's working well on my 2004 Compaq
pc.

[Terry H]

New frugal install to USB 3 Kingston DataTraveler Flash Drive. All is fine.

Congratulations radky on producing DPup Stretch 7.5 CE. This is a wonderful addition to the puppy kennel.

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# inxi -F
System:    Host: puppypc18101 Kernel: 4.9.71 i686 bits: 32
           Desktop: Openbox 3.6.1 Distro: Dpup Stretch 7.5
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 3350 serial: DDNM982
           Mobo: Dell model: 0KVTCC v: A00 serial: /DDNM982/CN7620662400BV/
           UEFI [Legacy]: Dell v: A10 date: 06/29/2017
Battery    BAT0: charge: 43.7 Wh 123.3% condition: 35.4/43.7 Wh (81%)
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i3-5005U (-MT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           clock speeds: max: 1900 MHz 1: 1899 MHz 2: 1899 MHz 3: 1899 MHz
           4: 1899 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel HD Graphics 5500
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2
           drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) x86/MMX/SSE2
           version: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio:     Card-1 Intel Broadwell-U Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2 Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.9.71
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 20:47:00:00:00:00
           Card-2: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 10:02:00:00:00:00
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 508.1GB (0.8% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MQ01ACF0 size: 500.1GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: DataTraveler_3.0 size: 8.0GB
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 184 Uptime: 18 min Memory: 196.8/7722.2MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.53