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Posted: **Thu 26 May 2011, 18:14**

Double post. how to delete?

Posted: **Thu 26 May 2011, 21:50**

@TazOC

Live media Mariner start up with SAMBA SFS added to media (before boot), and I can see the LightHouse boot configuration manager pick up all the SFS files and load them during boot. But, unfortunately, once at desktop, the system does NOT seem to have SAMBA 'installed" when I get to desktop. Mariner is there; FF is there; but not SAMBA. I see the couple of stops before getting to desktop on 1st boot, but, don't know where to point the finger as to why SAMBA is not present and ready to work, when using this SFS method of starting a fresh system is used.

Note: SAMBA works PERFECTLY when I start without adding SAMBA SFS at boot selection and then use your desktop tool to add SAMBA to the system after desktop start and after adding update fixes using the same tool.

So, it appears that the PET is perfect, but something a little off when 1st booting with a Live media that has the SAMBA SFS added.

If its a startup procedural thing, I have not found proper path and could probably use a little guidance.

Hope this helps

Posted: **Fri 27 May 2011, 14:14**

Hi Taz,
I updated Firefox through the automatic upgrade to version 4 and it is much faster than the 3.x versions.
It made me wonder whether Chrome was worth a look so I included the .sfs file for Chrome and rebooted.
I seem to have the same result as HiDeHo - Chrome starts to load pages then crashes.
I tried the fix several times (deleting the default folder from .config) but it doesn't work for me.
Chrome tries to load a page - you can see it start to load - then the sad face and message that it failed.

The only pages I got to load properly were the Google web page and Google Calendar. It fails on the Gmail page and all others.
I am running .sfs files for KDE and Mariner, with C-F, Firefox,Java, LibreOffice and Xfce.
I successfully downloaded an old version from Slackware12.eu :
google-chrome-4.0.202.2-i386-1as.tgz
which the PPM intercepted and installed for me. It seemed to work OK, so I uninstalled it and tried again with the .sfs file.
Still crashes.
Any ideas?

Posted: **Mon 30 May 2011, 03:22**

Barburo wrote:Hi Taz,
I updated Firefox through the automatic upgrade to version 4 and it is much faster than the 3.x versions.
It made me wonder whether Chrome was worth a look so I included the .sfs file for Chrome and rebooted.
I seem to have the same result as HiDeHo - Chrome starts to load pages then crashes.
I tried the fix several times (deleting the default folder from .config) but it doesn't work for me.

Hi Barburo,
Only idea I have is to mount the Google-Chrome-7.0.517.sfs in ROX and copy the script /usr/bin/google-chrome from inside the SFS, into and overwriting existing script in /usr/bin, then start from terminal

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/usr/bin/google-chrome

Still I like FF 4.01 best.
-TazOC

Posted: **Wed 08 Jun 2011, 11:45**

Hi i am building a puplet from 525 i just want to know what you did to give 40 sfs files to Lighthouse pup, and if its an easy to do. i am not into programming or html or things like that but am willing to give it a go

i have started a post here about it too http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 020#532020

Posted: **Wed 08 Jun 2011, 17:44**

HiDeHo wrote:Hi i am building a puplet from 525 i just want to know what you did to give 40 sfs files to Lighthouse pup, and if its an easy to do. i am not into programming or html or things like that but am willing to give it a go

i have started a post here about it too http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 020#532020

The extra SFS mods include the init script, (inside the initrd.gz) /usr/sbin/bootmanager and /usr/sbin/bootsfscfg.

I've posted those and other 5.03 scripts and patched apps at http://lhpup.org/source/503/. Some experience with bash scripting, adding loop device nodes, building and testing the initrd.gz, etc. is required.

As Jasper noted on the other thread, MU made a utility for merging SFS files to reduce their number: SFS-Combiner

Shinobar's sfs_load-1.1 on-the-fly is another option for using >6 SFS; there may be others.
Hope that helps,
TazOC

Posted: **Wed 08 Jun 2011, 18:57**

I have used your PUPPY Release for about six months and I wanted to say. THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND TIME SPEND TO DO THIS.

Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 2.6.33.2 (i686)
Compiled #1 SMP Mon Apr 5 12:55:04 Local time zone must be set--see zic m
C Library GNU C Library version 2.11.1 (stable)
Default C Compiler Unknown
Current Session
Computer Name Mariner
User Name root (root)
Home Directory /root
Desktop Environment Unknown (Window Manager: JWM)
Misc
Uptime 3 hours, 59 minutes
Load Average 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

Posted: **Tue 21 Jun 2011, 00:10**

I was surprised to find that my version of Egg Recorder
works on Lighthouse 503g.
It has a beautiful interface on Lighthouse!!!

It's a simple audio recorder, meant to be a replacement for precord.

Try it out...

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 9a5e830ddc

_______________________________________________

Posted: **Fri 24 Jun 2011, 00:34**

Hi TazOC,

Bibletime 8.1 is a bugfix release that appears to have solved the problem of displaying all resources. If you get a chance please take a look at it. There may even be a 64 bit version available.

The screenshot is from Ubuntu 11.04, 64 bit version.

Cheers,
Jim

Posted: **Sat 09 Jul 2011, 08:28**

I don't like this thing. So complex, not so many people working on it, so bugs, bugs... Tried 5.03. First of all, Opera did not started at all:

bash-4.1$ opera: XSetLocaleModifiers failed with LC_CTYPE 'lt_LT'
opera: LC_CTYPE changed to 'POSIX'

<spot> ~

Yes, really POSIX, I saw this DIY Linux thing a lot. It is probably because I chosed non en_US locale, that's why this panic. But c'mon, not everybody is living in US. Then I tried package manager:

bash-4.1$ sudo su

# gslapt
Failed to open package_data
package_data: No such file or directory
Perhaps you want to run --update?
Failed to download: Couldn't resolve host name
Failed to download: Couldn't resolve host name
Failed to download: Couldn't resolve host name
Failed to download: Couldn't resolve host name
Failed to download: Couldn't resolve host name
Failed to download: Couldn't resolve host name
Failed to download: Couldn't resolve host name
<root> ~

It couldn't resolve host name. So first impressions are - browser is not working, package manager is not working also. Deleted.

Posted: **Sat 09 Jul 2011, 17:35**

algyzas,

Sorry about the difficulties. Yes, it is complex at times, and we are not a large or well-known distro, so testing is not extremely thorough. We do our best, given the resources at hand.

Please install Opera_NLS-11.01-L1.pet by clicking the Update icon on the desktop. It adds the full language support for Opera.

Gslapt is being dropped from future releases due to insufficient dependency checking. Puppy Package Manager (click the Packages icon on the desktop) might be a better option, and is being improved for Lighthouse 64.

-TazOC

Posted: **Sun 10 Jul 2011, 02:37**

After many downloads and many reading many pages on Ubuntu sites and Puppy forums... I finally have a great puplet on my Tablet PC.
The digitizer worked (pen & screen) works great on boot excellent programs as well.

The only challenge is still have after downloading wacomrotate to sync my pen and keep orientation correct after the screen rotates with xrandr -q | grep -q '+\w* (' && xrandr -o left || xrandr -o normal .. the desktop does not fill the screen on portrait view.

Anyone know how to correct this? Did not need to edit Xorg.conf so not sure where to look next. Used Linux Mint and wacomrotate and same xrandr script above and all worked well. Love the small footprint and portability of Puppy so reading on.

Thanks Speaker
Thanks for the great work
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Posted: **Tue 12 Jul 2011, 02:09**

speaker wrote:The only challenge is still have after downloading wacomrotate to sync my pen and keep orientation correct after the screen rotates with xrandr -q | grep -q '+\w* (' && xrandr -o left || xrandr -o normal .. the desktop does not fill the screen on portrait view.

Anyone know how to correct this? Did not need to edit Xorg.conf so not sure where to look next. Used Linux Mint and wacomrotate and same xrandr script above and all worked well. Love the small footprint and portability of Puppy so reading on.

Thanks Speaker
Thanks for the great work
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You're welcome, that's the first time I've seen LHP on a tablet PC! I would try the xrandr command near the top of the script /root/.xinitrc, so that it will activate before the WM, in this case, JWM starts. If that doesn't work, maybe Xfce or another WM would handle xrandr better. Might be slow on a tablet, but KDE4 (SFS+Mariner available for LHP) can rotate the screen via System Settings | Display & Monitor.
-TazOC

Posted: **Thu 14 Jul 2011, 23:22**

tazoc... Thanks ! Yes LHPup is running on the Tablet PC. I have the screen rotation worked out with wacomrotate from debian and xfce display settings. Last step is getting a xvkb that stays on top (focus) to access the address bar in browsers and other apps.

Excellent.. LOVE IT!!!

Posted: **Thu 21 Jul 2011, 12:16**

Hello Tazoc,thanx for a great relase!

I have just installed Lighthouse,but I have problem with XKB. I can't add Serbian layot. When I try, nothing is happening.

Thanx!

Posted: **Thu 21 Jul 2011, 22:00**

so i have a video card which needs the 173 driver from nvidia.

if i download the mariner iso and boot from that, will it be able to automatically setup my card?

i already have this card working well i just would like to add some eye candy, which this pup seems to have

Posted: **Sun 31 Jul 2011, 19:58**

First, thanks to everyone who has made Lighthouse Pup such a success. I have an old Compaq desktop that I was about to get rid off because Windows XP has become unbarely slow. But I wondered if there were Linux distros for such machines with limited resources. I discovered LHP and installed it this weekend. Truly amazed at how responsive the system is on this old hardware.

Although LHP runs well, I get a blank screen when I log out. It happens when I select [1] Power Off or [8] Command Line from the Log Out menu. It also happens if I type Ctrl+Alt+Backspace; no command prompt appears, just a blank screen. In each case, I wait several minutes then power off the computer with the on-off switch. When I power up the computer and boot LHP, it reports that X windows was not shutdown properly. If I ignore this message, then X windows starts fine.

I've attached a sys-info report. I'm booting LHP from Grub (0.94). Any help in troubleshooting this would be greatly appreciated.

Posted: **Mon 01 Aug 2011, 23:57**

Here's what I think is happening. Someone more experienced than I will come along soon (I hope) to help on this.

It appears that while you are using the LH desktop, you are NOT having any problems. But, at Shutdown/Reboot, your screen just goes BLANK!

I believe that the problem MAY be one where the system, after you setup the video, has changed things such that when exiting X, it cannot place the text on the screen such that you can see it. (At this point in Shutdown processing, your system SHOULD display a screen asking you for instructions on "Saving your session".)

To test whether you can see text properly, do the following steps on your next use of LH.

At LH desktop, hold-down the Ctrl+Alt and hit F1. Do you see any text on your PC's screen?
Either way, hold-down Ctrl+Alt and hit F7 (if this doesnt work hold-down Ctrl+Alt and hit F4) to get back to your LH desktop.

Let us know if "you see text?" from Step 1.

Posted: **Tue 02 Aug 2011, 00:38**

gcmartin wrote:It appears that while you are using the LH desktop, you are NOT having any problems. But, at Shutdown/Reboot, your screen just goes BLANK!

Yes, gcmartin, that's an accurate summary of my problem.

gcmartin wrote:To test whether you can see text properly, do the following steps on your next use of LH.

At LH desktop, hold-down the Ctrl+Alt and hit F1. Do you see any text on your PC's screen?

Either way, hold-down Ctrl+Alt and hit F7 (if this doesnt work hold-down Ctrl+Alt and hit F4) to get back to your LH desktop.
Let us know if "you see text?" from Step 1.

Ctrl+Alt+F1 -> screen goes BLANK. No text
Ctrl+Alt+F7 -> still BLANK
Ctrl+Alt+F4 -> still BLANK (had to power cycle machine).

Posted: **Tue 02 Aug 2011, 01:09**

Jimm wrote: ...
Ctrl+Alt+F1 -> screen goes BLANK. No text
Ctrl+Alt+F7 -> still BLANK
Ctrl+Alt+F4 -> still BLANK (had to power cycle machine).

Hmmm...last request.

On the LH desktop, hit Ctrl-Alt+Backspace
Your screen will probably go blank where you will not see anything: so type 'xwin' even though you cannot see anything.

This should return you to your LH desktop.

I'm trying to detetmine if you have keyboard ability on this particular blank screen. This lets me know if you are losing keyboard as well as video.

Let us know.
P.S. That's without the quote marks ===> xwin

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