NOP 431

[8-bit]

Older NOP versions can shut down my old laptop compaq nx9040 cleanly. However, 431r1 version cannot do it properly

With no boot option, shutting down turns the screen a blank black and just sits there.
With acpi=off option, shutting down results in a "System halted" message but won't turn the laptop off. I have to manually press the power button to power off the computer.

Has anyone encountered the same issue and found a fix?
(I note from the Puppy forum that users of the stock Puppy are having the same issue unresolved - http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=48996)

Try adding "pci=noacpi" to the kernel line of menu.lst instead of acpi=off
I had to do that on a laptop to get it to boot and shut down properly.

[Squishy]

I don't get it... I've downloaded the NOP 431r1 and 431 ISO's from the OP link, burned to disc... And both just come up as bog standard Puppy 431. Still has JWM/Rox, still has all office apps and still has Seamonkey instead of Opera. Am I missing something here?

[edoc]

Have you looked at OxygenOffice (souped-up OpenOffice)?

It seems to handle everything out there - and no need for Wine or anything else.

More than one professional editor/writer has expressed satisfaction with it.

[8-bit]

I don't get it... I've downloaded the NOP 431r1 and 431 ISO's from the OP link, burned to disc... And both just come up as bog standard Puppy 431. Still has JWM/Rox, still has all office apps and still has Seamonkey instead of Opera. Am I missing something here?

I also had downloaded the new version of NOPr1.
I burnt a CD, and booted my laptop with it and entered "Puppy pfix=ram" at the splash screen.
I got to the NOP desktop just fine.
But.....
When a rebooted, it offered to save my settings. I said yes and chose to have it save to the base directory of a partition that I had Puppy 431 on in a subdirectory for booting to it.
When I rebooted with the CD, I was asked to choose between the pupsave I had just created and the one I had in my puppy431 subdirectory.
I chose the pupsave It had made for NOP, but upon booting, I was taken to a desktop that had JWM with icons displayed as triangles and all the Puppy 431 applications available.
To me this means the boot from the CD was trying to use the original pup-431.sfs file and not the one on the CD.
I even tried deleting the pup-431.sfs file that It put in the base directory after I had said no.
The damn file reappeared on the next boot with the same problem.
The only way I can see around this is to maybe specify a subdirectory for NOP, put the files there, and then specify that subdirectory on booting from the CD.
Either that or a frugal install to a subdirectory.

[fgenius]

I can confirm there is some pretty strange behavior with the wireless, sometimes. I have an intel 4965 which showed and connected fine in nop 4.1.3, but the iwl4965 option doesn't even appear in nop 4.3.1 even though the .ucode file is actually there. As a consequence, wireless is kaput on my laptop.

Maybe some missing libraries?

Thanks!

[droope]

I don't get it... I've downloaded the NOP 431r1 and 431 ISO's from the OP link, burned to disc... And both just come up as bog standard Puppy 431. Still has JWM/Rox, still has all office apps and still has Seamonkey instead of Opera. Am I missing something here?

Yes, this is most likely an issue of puppy trying to fetch the main file from de HD, and not the CD.

Hey, grey, I have a question: What is the name of the default console?

Cheers!
Droope

[beambot]

hello,

why can i download the newest version of nop ( 431r2 )? i get always a download error! the version on your server is from today (2010-01-14)!

greetings

STOP ... now it runs! YEHA!

ARGHHHH ... "Concurrent download limit exceeded."

I will try it later again.

[gray]

beambot jumped the gun !

Updated NOP 431 to revision 2 - see main post

To upgrade

delete or replace the the pup-431.sfs on your harddrive / pendrive

[8-bit]

I also have got the "Current download limit exceeded" on occasion.
When this happens, I copy the link to the download, and use pwget to download the same file and it normally works.
I hope this may help with downloading when you get that message.

[Henry]

Those of us who continue to use Nop as our primary/ only computer really appreciate the upgrades and maintenance by gray!

Most everything seems to work for me in r2 except Opera.

In terminal I get:

sh-3.00# opera
The Opera binary is not located at "/usr/lib/opera/10.00/opera".
Please modify the wrapper script at "/usr/bin/opera".
sh-3.00#

What's the best way to sort this out?

Thanks

[gray]

Henry,

This must be a "save file carry over effect" as the r2 script is fine.

Just edit line 8 of the /usr/bin/opera script to

OPERA_BINARYDIR=/usr/lib/opera/10.10

[Henry]

Henry,

This must be a "save file carry over effect" as the r2 script is fine.

Just edit line 8 of the /usr/bin/opera script to

OPERA_BINARYDIR=/usr/lib/opera/10.10

Thanks, gray,

Henry

[timremy]

hello gray

i would like to thank you for your update of nop 431.

it is nice when we that use nop are not left behind.

once again, thank you.

nop 431 r2 is very relaxing to use. it does work.


timremy

[CRF]

Could someone post a fix so that the WL module loads in NOP 431?

[technosaurus]

Update: Abiword d/l successful but won't run - error loading shared libwv-1.2.so.4 etc No such...

Any kind soul want to tell us how to fix this, please?!

Try manually installing wv-X.XX.pet from ibiblio or here:
http://puppylinux.asia/members/T/444/wv-1.2.7-i486.pet

[DaveS]

After about 10 mins inactivity, wifi network connection drops. This does not happen with any other Puppy version. Any ideas where I might look to find what is different? NOP 431 and NOP 431r2 affected, generic 431 is fine.

[moB]

Suppose I'll have to try later?

Why woould it not load? i tried with FirePup & Konqueror browsers.

Looks good =)

moB

[moB]

Gray,

Well, got the download working.

The one labled 15 Jan 2010 is dead, but the 14 Jan eventually came through. A couple of false starts and now I'm ready to test with VirtualBox.

Suppose it would have worked better using wget or even Opera, but there it was--a tasty looking link in my Firepup browser window...

Please check into the link from 15 January 2010. Something's not right there.

I am looking for an OS for a plumber--it will be his intro OS.
That's right--a virgin! No msWin tainting to overcome.

I hope to make a good impression and get the tools he needs for business loaded onto a virtualbox USB stick. Can put them onto his wife's msBox later.

Thanks for this Puppy. Looks like just the ticket.

moB

[CRF]

I like NOP! but unfortunately my laptop has a broadcom wireless that needs the WL module to work.

Apparently Tempestuous has created a fix for this, that possibly I can modify NOP431 to work for me, but the thread I was reading that had the fix has the attachment removed.

Can anyone help with this?

[Fishy]

I asked once before, how do I get Opera to open to speed dial on start up? I have set it as home page in preferences and looked at other options. I would like to have speed dial come up as the default as soon as I close this web site or all other open tabs.

Cheers