(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Posted: **Mon 28 Oct 2013, 00:36**

Wow, GuyDog runs much better on my old Thinkpad X24 (256M RAM) than the Lupu 5.1 I had been using, even with GuyDog's better features (Openbox, tint2, wbar). I used to have to scale videos down and use smaller formats to get them to play smoothly, and my processor was frequently maxed out by other programs. But that's rarely the case with GuyDog and I can even play videos full screen no problem. A big thank you to Iguleder.

These are thumbnails, click to view larger. The theme is Owl Light.

Faenza icons, and I replaced the stock GTK icons with Faenza action icons. Figured out how to autohide wbar (set unfocused alpha to 0).

Also installed SpaceFM as file manager. Even sifted through the code of several applications (pmount, filemnt, edit-sfs) to replace the remnants of Rox-filer with SpaceFM. They sure don't make it easy to get rid of Rox...

Posted: **Mon 28 Oct 2013, 02:42**

I will look into this later on after figuring out how to auto start it in Icewm and Fluxbox and JWM in my AntiX installs. It works nice manually left clicking batti file in the folder and I hope
it shows up in tint2 also or maybe wbar as well.

https://code.google.com/p/batti-gtk/

I usually use conky but experimenting with different routes.

Posted: **Mon 28 Oct 2013, 07:30**

cimarron wrote:Even sifted through the code of several applications (pmount, filemnt, edit-sfs) to replace the remnants of Rox-filer with SpaceFM. They sure don't make it easy to get rid of Rox...

An alternative which I have used in LxPup13.10 (pcmanfm) is to make a new rox which simply calls pcmanfm and then make a new Rox which calls the old rox - there are then only a very few places where rox must be replaced by Rox....

Cheers
peebee

Posted: **Mon 28 Oct 2013, 10:58**

Yeah, what I had trouble with is the places where rox options are used that SpaceFM doesn't use, like -d and -D. The -d, for opening a directory in rox, could just be removed (it is unneeded, and does something different in SpaceFM). -D in rox closes a directory (when unmounting, for example), and that was trickier. I eventually found that this would work:

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#rox -D $MNTPT
 pkill -f $MNTPT #kills spacefm for mounted device

That closes the tab with the unmounted directory, or closes SpaceFM completely if it had opened automatically when mounting the directory (such as plugging in a flash drive). Now everything works, and I don't need rox at all.

Which is good, since Iguleder removed it... (thanks!)

Posted: **Tue 05 Nov 2013, 14:26**

I've noticed that GuyDog doesn't seem to load the main SFS file into ram when the "pfix=ram" option is used (and pfix=copy,ram doesn't seem to do it either). It ignores the savefiles as it should, but still seems to be running off the USB drive (or CD, or HD), which can't be unmounted. That makes for faster boots, but slower running (and the USB drive has to stay plugged in).

Is that what it's supposed to do? My previous Lupu 5.1 would load completely into ram with the pfix=ram option.

Posted: **Tue 05 Nov 2013, 18:56**

I experience the same with my SD card install (gotta leave the card in) but on dual core amd and 4 gig of ram I am not noticing any speed issues. In fact. It runs like a raped ape.

Besides, I don't need the slot for anything else as I have a pendrive sd card adapter if needing that slot.

I don't know if that is normal or not cimmaron. Since it is not a big issue for me.

Posted: **Sun 10 Nov 2013, 00:26**

Iguleder says it "must be a bug." As you say, though, it still does run pretty fast, even if not in RAM. Maybe I prefer it this way since it boots so much faster. (I think it does load into RAM when booted from CD.)

Also, because I don't remember seeing this in this thread, I had to install a fix for the Network Wizard to get it to run. The fix was offered on BK's blog just before GuyDog was released: Network Wizard bugfix. I'll attach the pet here as well:

Posted: **Wed 27 Nov 2013, 22:20**

Anybody have a devx.sfs link for the Puppy?

Bump.

Posted: **Sat 30 Nov 2013, 17:17**

I haven't been able to find devx either. Iguleder says he doesn't have a copy anymore.

Posted: **Sat 30 Nov 2013, 18:03**

Hi

I am able to hand you a

guydog-5.0.1.iso
kernel_sources-2.6.39-4.sfs
devx_guydog_5.0.1.sfs

But have no cloud service yet

Use GuyDoc with XFCE4.6 and VMWare player runs great.

Downloaded to DropBox view Files in DropBox
Edit added DropBox Link.

Posted: **Sun 01 Dec 2013, 01:13**

Wow, thanks deepsea! It would be great to get those in a public repository. Maybe you could get ally to upload them to the puppy linux section at archive.org.

Here's the GuyDog page already started (but missing the sources and devx): https://archive.org/details/PuppyLinuxguydog-5.0.1

Posted: **Sun 01 Dec 2013, 01:19**

cimarron wrote:Wow, thanks deepsea! It would be great to get those in a public repository. Maybe you could get ally to upload them to the puppy linux section at archive.org.

Here's the GuyDog page already started (but missing the sources and devx): https://archive.org/details/PuppyLinuxguydog-5.0.1

Same here. I can wait. No hurry.

Posted: **Sun 01 Dec 2013, 08:20**

HI
Just uploading

Posted: **Sun 01 Dec 2013, 11:53**

added to the archive also

http://archive.org/details/PuppyLinuxguydog-5.0.1

Posted: **Sun 01 Dec 2013, 16:44**

What great service we get around here! Thanks so much to both of you.

(And thanks to rokytnji for asking again--I'd given up on this...)

Posted: **Sun 01 Dec 2013, 19:00**

Manual frugal install to a 4gb flash drive, computer is an hp desktop.

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Sun 1 Dec 2013 on Guy Dog 5.0.1 Linux 2.6.39 i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV530 [Radeon X1600]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: RV530 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
X.Org version: 1.7.7
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (507x285 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
OpenGL vendor string: DRI R300 Project
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R300 (RV530 71C2) 20090101 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE2 TCL DRI2
OpenGL version string: 1.5 Mesa 7.7.1

sh-4.2# glxgears
5277 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1055.338 FPS
5280 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1055.910 FPS
5369 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1073.700 FPS
sh-4.2#

AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3300+
Core 0: @2411 MHz

After updating PPM I installed several applications.
Guy Dog is running faster than anything I've tried on the hp that I
can remember.

Posted: **Sun 01 Dec 2013, 22:26**

ally wrote:added to the archive also

http://archive.org/details/PuppyLinuxguydog-5.0.1

Thank you and sfs-load-on-the-fly implemented. Thank you also everyone else in this thread from the maintainer to the support folks.

On a side note. I got mlocate working. Used the package manager debian squeeze package in Utilities.

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sh-4.2# mlocate tint2
/etc/xdg/tint2
/etc/xdg/tint2/tint2rc
/initrd/pup_ro2/etc/xdg/tint2
/initrd/pup_ro2/etc/xdg/tint2/tint2rc
/initrd/pup_ro2/root/Startup/tint2.sh
/initrd/pup_ro2/usr/bin/tint2
/initrd/pup_ro2/usr/share/tint2
/initrd/pup_ro2/usr/share/tint2/default_icon.png
/initrd/pup_rw/root/.config/tint2
/initrd/pup_rw/root/.config/tint2/tint2rc
/initrd/pup_rw/root/.config/tint2/tint2rcbk1
/initrd/pup_rw/root/.config/tint2/tint2rcbk2
/root/.config/tint2
/root/.config/tint2/tint2rc
/root/.config/tint2/tint2rcbk1
/root/.config/tint2/tint2rcbk2
/root/Startup/tint2.sh
/usr/bin/tint2
/usr/share/tint2
/usr/share/tint2/default_icon.png

It would not work until I did in terminal

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/etc/cron.daily/mlocate

to create the database, otherwise mlocate won't work until that script is run from cron itself (since mlocate does not use the same database file as standard locate)

from

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/mlocate

I have it working though I am missing these dependencies after the previous dependency install.

file
liblocale-gettext-perl
libtext-charwidth-perl
libtext-iconv-perl
libtext-wrapi18n-perl
whiptail
yad

I am kinda bash dyslexic so any extra commands I can use. I use.

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sh-4.2# inxi -wxx
Weather:   Conditions: 60 F (16 C) - Clear Wind: From the South at 6 MPH Humidity: 44%
           Pressure: 30.01 in (1016 mb) Time: December 1, 3:36 PM MST (America/Denver)

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sh-4.2# inxi -S
System:    Host: puppypc15741 Kernel: 2.6.39 i686 (32 bit) Desktop: Openbox 3.5.0 Distro: Guy Dog Linux Linux 2.6.39 [ arch]
sh-4.2# inxi -Nz
Network:   Card-1: Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath9k 
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169

Posted: **Sun 01 Dec 2013, 22:52**

deepsea:

A nice Christmas present...thanks mate.

Chris.

Posted: **Mon 02 Dec 2013, 01:11**

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Sun 1 Dec 2013 on Guy Dog 5.0.1 Linux 2.6.39 i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0de1 (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GF108 Board - 1071v1p1 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.7.7
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (513x292 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2/3DNOW!
OpenGL version string: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 319.76

AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 810 Processor
Core 0: @2592 1: @2592 2: @2592 3: @2592 MHz

linksys Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter [rt73]

I added xine,mc,and a few others.
Working good.

Posted: **Mon 02 Dec 2013, 09:38**

seems to work fine. Fast.

mcewanw