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Q5sys · #241 Post by **Q5sys** » Tue 27 Jul 2010, 23:20

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Q5sys · #242 Post by **Q5sys** » Tue 27 Jul 2010, 23:26

TazOC,
Are you aware of anyway off hand to increase the volume above what alsamixer will do? For some reason in v5, everything seems like its volume is about half of what it was with v4.43. Even if I max everything out in alsamixer, or zmixer, and any audio programs im running, the sound is still rather quiet.
Wasnt sure if there was some alsa trick that worked as a software amplifier.

Also... i can no longer mount Data DVDs.

tazoc · #243 Post by **tazoc** » Wed 28 Jul 2010, 01:18

Jim1911 wrote:... there is a minor update to Bibletime.

Hi Jim,
Thank you, glad to hear from you about KDE, and OxygenOffice Pro.
Here's an updated BibleTime:
Bibletime-2.7.2a.sfs | md5.txt

Barburo wrote:WirelessConnect Script:

It works. I've seen the re-try message a couple of times.
The placement of the sky-blue messages (Connecting and Connected) at the bottom interferes a bit with wbar on my screen. (I need to right mouse click to get wbar to reset).

Yes, I'm adjusting the gtk-dialog-splash placement away from the top and bottom of screen for the next release.

...don't run the wizard if you intend using a connection script.

That's helpful, why don't we try re-naming /etc/network-wizard/wireless/profiles/<MAC ADDRESS>.WEP.conf as that file is created when answering yes to save wireless settings at end of Network Wizard.
[Edit: That didn't work, need to rename the file in /etc/network-wizard/network/interfaces/ that corresponds to the wireless interface (contains: IS_WIRELESS='yes'. Then I think ConnectWireless or your script can be executed from /etc/rc.d/rc.local.]

Q5sys wrote:TazOC,
Are you aware of anyway off hand to increase the volume above what alsamixer will do? For some reason in v5, everything seems like its volume is about half of what it was with v4.43.

Try sgmixer in a terminal and make sure PCM is maxed, or exit X to CL and run alsaconf. I'm updating alsa for next release and sGmixer will be in the menus.

Also... i can no longer mount Data DVDs.

Make sure /bin/mount-FULL is symlinked to /bin/mount-FULL-slackware and that /bin/mount is a 5854 Byte script. Just tried a Data DVD here and pmount works fine. What is the o/p from:

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mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/sr0

TazOC

Jim1911 · #244 Post by **Jim1911** » Wed 28 Jul 2010, 01:51

Hi TazOC.

Wow, that was quick on Bibletime update. Thanks for your superb 5c with it's fine software selection.

Cheers,
Jim

Barburo · #245 Post by **Barburo** » Wed 28 Jul 2010, 19:47

I just bought a recycled twin processor P4 system from my local Free-Geek (where I volunteer a few hours now and again) and the machine comes with Ubuntu 10.4 pre-installed. No problems firing up Ubuntu (actually it's very quick).

It has a 120Gig Sata HD and I want to set it up for my wife to replace her aging desktop.
Naturally I installed LHP 5C from the CD - no problems - it recognized the on-board Radeon Express 200 graphics card - and I was able to create a save file. I ran gparted which reported a large 110 gig sda1 ext4 partition which Ubuntu is loaded on, and a small swap partition (as an extended partition within an ext2 partition).

My wife works in a Windows environment so I want to resize the ext4 partition, create an NTFS windows partition and load XP, then use puppy to install grub to control which OS is booted. I have done this successfully before. I booted again from CD with pfix=ram to get an environment where I could unmount sda1 so I could resize it.
I ran gparted but it won't let me resize the ext4 partition - the "resize" option is greyed out. The only option is delete which I don't want to do as I would like to preserve the Ubuntu installation if I can.

I unmounted the swap partition and checked that I would be able to resize or delete it. The version of gparted is 5.1 and I googled the problem - Ubuntu forums report difficulties with resizing NTFS partitions but say that 5.1 should be able to resize ext4 without problems. I checked this forum but apart from general comments about ext4 being faster I could find no references to any problems resizing ext4.

I guess I could copy the Ubuntu installation onto a USB drive, delete, repartition and go from there but I'm not sure if the Ubuntu installation would work after the files get copied back.
Any ideas anybody?
B.

tazoc · #246 Post by **tazoc** » Wed 28 Jul 2010, 21:19

Let's see, you booted from LiveCD, that's good. Make sure you unmount all partitions, including swap. Then do a file system repair on the Ubuntu partition, close and re-open GParted. If it still won't resize maybe boot from the latest Slackpup CD, I think it has a newer GParted. Or there's Parted Magic and GParted Live.

If you have to back up and restore the Ubuntu files, make sure to copy them to a Linux partition, ext3 or ext4 on USB drive or better, another hard disk. You'll probably need to reinstall GRUB to get Ubuntu to boot again after restoring it.

Hope that helps,
TazOC

Q5sys · #247 Post by **Q5sys** » Wed 28 Jul 2010, 23:33

tazoc wrote:
Also... i can no longer mount Data DVDs.
Make sure /bin/mount-FULL is symlinked to /bin/mount-FULL-slackware and that /bin/mount is a 5854 Byte script. Just tried a Data DVD here and pmount works fine. What is the o/p from:
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mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/sr0
TazOC

odd... when I use that it worked.
CLI o/p
bash-4.1# mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/sr0
mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
<root> ~
bash-4.1#

if I load Pmount via the CLI this is the o/p
bash-4.1# pmount
EXIT="Exit on mouse-over"
/usr/sbin/pmount: line 298: kill: (20632) - No such process
mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sr0,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

<root> ~
bash-4.1#

dmesg | tail gives this o/p

sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
ISOFS: Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
UDF-fs: Partition marked readonly; forcing readonly mount
UDF-fs INFO UDF: Mounting volume 'New', timestamp 2009/05/05 21:18 (1f10)
ISOFS: Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
<root> ~
bash-4.1#

Could this have something to do with the CLI command you had us use to get truecrypt to work properly? Is Pmount calling that mount command?

Barburo · #248 Post by **Barburo** » Thu 29 Jul 2010, 00:33

Tried gparted again - started off the same way - resize greyed out - then after about a minute it changed. No idea why.
Successfully re-sized and added the partitions i wanted. Thanks for your quick response on this taz.
B.

tazoc · #249 Post by **tazoc** » Thu 29 Jul 2010, 23:24

Q5sys wrote:
tazoc wrote:
Also... i can no longer mount Data DVDs.
Make sure /bin/mount-FULL is symlinked to /bin/mount-FULL-slackware and that /bin/mount is a 5854 Byte script. Just tried a Data DVD here and pmount works fine. What is the o/p from:
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mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/sr0
TazOC
odd... when I use that it worked.
...
Could this have something to do with the CLI command you had us use to get truecrypt to work properly? Is Pmount calling that mount command?

That worked, so you can access /mnt/sr0 in ROX-Filer?

/usr/sbin/pmount calls /sbin/probepart to determine fstype:

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bash-4.1# probepart
/dev/sda1|ntfs|133162784
/dev/sda2|none|2
/dev/sda5|ntfs|105000840
/dev/sda6|swap|8385866
/dev/sda7|ext4|105868286
/dev/sda8|ext4|105386336
/dev/sda9|ext4|530080676
/dev/sda10|ext4|53207216
/dev/sr0|iso9660|7656704

The last line indicates fstype is iso9660. What is your probepart o/p? Then pmount executes

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bash-4.1# mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt/sr0
mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only

and opens rox at /mnt/sr0. /bin/mount in this case is a script which in turn calls /bin/mount-FULL which should be a symlink to mount-FULL-slackware.

TC, while running switches the symlink mount-FULL to mount-FULL-puppy, however either one works here. Is there anything special about this DVD? Was it burned multi-session or not; UDF (large files) or iso9660? What happens if you use pmount in LHP5 after booting with pfix=ram?

If pmount works with pfix=ram, restore /bin/mount, /bin/mount-FULL, /bin/mount-FULL-slackware, /lib/libuuid, /lib/libblkid, /sbin/probepart and usr/sbin/pmount from the main file--for a frugal install they are all inside /initrd/pup_ro2/. (Full install would need to mount spup-490.sfs from the ISO or LiveCD.)
-TazOC

Q5sys · #250 Post by **Q5sys** » Thu 29 Jul 2010, 23:45

What is your probepart o/p?

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[color=green]<root> ~
bash-4.1# /sbin/probepart
/dev/sda1|ext2|7837664
/dev/sdb1|ntfs|488392002
/dev/sr0|iso9660|9174784
<root> ~
bash-4.1# [/color]

Is there anything special about this DVD? Was it burned multi-session or not; UDF (large files) or iso9660?

Its a Data DVD with a single 4.3 GB file on it. so it is UDF and no multi session, I burned it in LHP 4.43F actually using K3B

What happens if you use pmount in LHP5 after booting with pfix=ram?

Thats actually the ONLY way I run puppy. I have puppy (frugal) loaded on a USB Flash stick, and I always have it load to RAM. The loading the OS into ram is the primary reason I use puppy instead of another distro.

Oh, and Pmount unmounts it perfectly fine.

tazoc · #251 Post by **tazoc** » Fri 30 Jul 2010, 01:34

Q5sys wrote:Thats actually the ONLY way I run puppy. I have puppy (frugal) loaded on a USB Flash stick, and I always have it load to RAM. The loading the OS into ram is the primary reason I use puppy instead of another distro.

Oh, and Pmount unmounts it perfectly fine.

OK, my earlier post was unintentionally misleading;

booting with pfix=ram means do not load a pupsave. (To avoid confusion, pfix=clean might have been a better name for this Puppy boot option, but that currently means start an upgrade/cleanup! Loading the main file into RAM is pfix=copy and by itself does not specify whether or not to use a pupsave.) So pfix=ram is a clean boot, type puppy pfix=ram at the LiveCD boot menu, or add pfix=ram to the GRUB kernel line--for a first boot of LHP5.00C pristine, is that what you tried? If so, I will burn a UDF DVD and try pmount with that.
-TazOC

CLAM01 · #252 Post by **CLAM01** » Fri 30 Jul 2010, 23:20

Hi TazOC,

I downloaded your Oxygen Office sfs and ran it around the block. It appears to be Open Office with bells and whistles. The Oxygen Office group's purpose appears to be to provide an Open Office equivalent to MS Office, so MS Office refugees will find the environment as near as possible to what they are used to, with MS Office-like built-ins at fingertip, not having to be hunted up, downloaded and installed. For this Oxygen Office is probably worth adding to your LHP sfs stable. Those who want as near MS Office equivalence as possible and have disk-space will appreciate the option.

While Oxygen Office appears among sfs files in LHP443G it doesn’t open there. Meanwhile, your LHP 3in1 graphics sfs, made for LHP443, doesn’t appear in LHP5C, so I couldn’t check integration between Oxygen Office and the graphics or Scribus, but as it’s base is Open Office 3.2, integration should be the same.

I also didn’t check printing. I haven’t been able to make CUPS generate an interface in my LHP installations. This has been no problem since I output to media and can print from it on a printer-connected computer [Does LHP’s CUPS have an auto-detect that requires a compatible printer connected? In the past I have installed printers without connecting, and then select per what I would then connect].

tazoc · #253 Post by **tazoc** » Sat 31 Jul 2010, 16:09

Hi CLAM01,
Thanks for testing Oxygen Office. I will add it to the LHP5 downloads page.

CLAM01 wrote:While Oxygen Office appears among sfs files in LHP443G it doesn’t open there...

Hmm, it was built and tested in LHP 5.00, though I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work in 443G.

Meanwhile, your LHP 3in1 graphics sfs, made for LHP443, doesn’t appear in LHP5C, so I couldn’t check integration between Oxygen Office and the graphics or Scribus, but as it’s base is Open Office 3.2, integration should be the same.

Graphics-3in1-c.sfs was updated for LHP5. Its name should not end with _nnn.sfs as BootManager filters out SFS files with a different version suffix.

I also didn’t check printing. I haven’t been able to make CUPS generate an interface in my LHP installations. This has been no problem since I output to media and can print from it on a printer-connected computer [Does LHP’s CUPS have an auto-detect that requires a compatible printer connected? In the past I have installed printers without connecting, and then select per what I would then connect].

I don't know; it appears that a printer must be connected before CUPS 1.3.11 can install it. I couldn't find anything in the documentation about pre-installing printers that aren't connected.
-TazOC

Q5sys · #254 Post by **Q5sys** » Sat 07 Aug 2010, 14:51

I see 5D has been released on the LHP site. I'll switch over to it this weekend and start testing stuff in it.

tazoc · #255 Post by **tazoc** » Sat 07 Aug 2010, 17:44

Q5sys wrote:I see 5D has been released on the LHP site. I'll switch over to it this weekend and start testing stuff in it.

Hi Q5sys,
I included the Intel Driver PET you compiled, however I reverted libcairo to 1.8.8 because cairo-1.9.6 gave me a 'undefined reference' compiling error when I compiled something else. (see note below) I'm curious how that will affect the Intel driver. If it doesn't work in LHP 5.00 D pristine, then installing the PET on D will update to cairo-1.9.6.

Lighthouse Pup 5.00 D (Build 495) Base ISO

* New for 5.00 D

Audacious-2.3 audio player

luvcview-0.2.6 (thanks to Michel Xhaard & Barburo) and MPlayer-TV-Webcam viewers

* Current Updates

GParted-0.6.0 partition manager, Wine-1.2, MPlayer-2010-06-20 and FFmpeg-2010-06-20 (thanks to BarryK), Gxine-0.5.905, xine-lib-1.1.17, Pburn-3.2.6 (thanks to zigbert), SeaMonkey-2.0.6, alsa-1.0.23, snap2-4.16 (thanks to lstandish), bash-4.1, Lighthouse Browser Start page.

* Post 5.00 C Updates

Network_tray-2.4.1 update, CUPS Windows Printer via Samba bugfix, Pnethood WinXP share password bugfix, ROX-Filer focus bugfix, Wine keyboard layout bugfix, WEP non-persistance workaround script: ConnectWireless.

Intel driver PET for LHP 5.00 C (thanks to Q5sys) This driver is now included in LHP 5.00 D, with the exception of cairo-1.9.6, which was reverted to cairo-1.8.8 to fix a compiling error "libcairo.so: undefined reference".

Lighthouse Mariner ISO 5.00 D

* Base ISO plus Mariner, Xfce, OpenOffice, Opera and VirtualBox SFS add-ons.

* Mariner SFS updated to 5D_495; others unchanged

Firefox 3.6.8, Thunderbird-3.1.1, TrueCrypt-7.0, Xine-ui-0.99.6, Qps bugfix (process manager for Mariner)

KDE 4.4.4 D SFS - minor updates to KDE and Voyager SFS

Kdenlive-0.7.8c.sfs 94M (Mariner SFS & KDE SFS required) iconKdenlive is an intuitive and powerful multi-track video editor, including most recent video technologies. Based on a package compiled by Battleshooter.

Devx-LHP_495.sfs 112M C/C++ compiling environment (rebuilt with Boost C++ libs for LHP 5.00 D)
-TazOC

Jim1911 · #256 Post by **Jim1911** » Sat 07 Aug 2010, 23:57

Hi TazOC,

Since 5.00 C has been so stable for me, I was surprised with a few new problems with this release with a new frugal installation on an ext3 partition:
1. Switching to KDE4 fails. It appears to start, then immediately returns to a shutdown menu.
2. Lxde has lost it's background, went to black, on several occasions when just using the menu or restartX. Background is recovered by switching to JWM and then back.

Continuing to have fun with it. I haven't tried to upgrade an existing save file yet.

Cheers,
Jim

tazoc · #257 Post by **tazoc** » Sun 08 Aug 2010, 01:04

Jim1911 wrote:1. Switching to KDE4 fails. It appears to start, then immediately returns to a shutdown menu.
2. Lxde has lost it's background, went to black, on several occasions when just using the menu or restartX. Background is recovered by switching to JWM and then back.

Hi Jim,
Hmmm, that's not a good sign! Do you have the latest Mariner and KDE SFS loaded? Any new pets or packages installed? Please copy and paste the o/p of ver in a terminal, and note what is listed on the right-hand pane of BootManager | Choose SFS, so I can try to reproduce.
Thanks,
TazOC

Jim1911 · #258 Post by **Jim1911** » Sun 08 Aug 2010, 02:07

Hi TazOC,

Requested info:

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<root> ~
bash-4.1# ver
   Lighthouse Pup 5.00-D Mariner-5D    
Linux 2.6.33.2 #1 SMP puppyversion=490 PUPMODE=12
PDEV1='sdb7'
DEV1FS='ext3'
PUPSFS='sdb7,ext3,/Test2/spup-495.sfs'
PUPSAVE='sdb7,ext3,/Test2/spupsave.3fs'  CURRENTWM=lxsession
IceWM 1.3.6, Copyright 1997-2003 Marko Macek,  2001 Mathias Hasselmann
JWM vsvn-492 by Joe Wingbermuehle
ROX-Filer 2.10plasma-desktop: error while loading shared libraries: libsqlite3.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

X.Org X Server 1.7.7
Release Date: 2010-05-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0


Barry Kauler has trademark claim to the name 'Puppy', aka 'Puppy Linux' and
'PuppyOS' as it relates to 'computer operating system software to facilitate
computer use and operation' under Federal and International CommonLaw and
Trademark Laws as appropriate. www.puppylinux.com/faq.htm
<root> ~
bash-4.1#

SFS selected by boot manager are:

4-KDE-4.4.4-D.sfs
5-Mariner-5D_495.sfs

Presently, I'm running LXDE, background changed itself to black when I did a restartX. This is with a new save file using the nv driver. I'm getting the same trouble indications. Previous save file with same trouble indications only had the nvidia 195 pet installed, which was working fine.

Hope this helps,
Jim

tazoc · #259 Post by **tazoc** » Sun 08 Aug 2010, 03:28

Thanks, Jim. Yes, KDE is missing a library, a PET is attached. Somehow it slipped by in my testing. I haven't been able to figure out the LXDE bug yet.
-TazOC

8-bit · #260 Post by **8-bit** » Sun 08 Aug 2010, 07:20

I actually got tired of the audio files that play on bootup and restart of LHP and decided to remedy that.
I did so by renaming /usr/share/audio/join.wav and leave.wav to BAK*.
With * being the original name of the audio file.
So now I can work in peace on booting, restarting X and shutdown or reboot.
It may have not been the correct way of doing it, but it worked for me without having to do a lot of editing files.

Also, I dislike the default Abiword file that appears when I start Abiword.
Is this just a matter of renaming the info file and creating a blank one with the same name?

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