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Bounced back here to quickly check the LibreOffice 4.4.3.2 SFS. It's fine. Did a little more fiddling with governor and services and pretty much have concluded the 'weight' of X-tahr 1b1 is very little different from X-slacko 3.0n as I'd expect.

Hi rg66,

I have a Quirky Unicorn 6.2.1 installation that is using the xfce4-4.12
sfs from tahrPup 6.0.2.
I had compiled some plugins and made pets in the Quirky installation so
I gave them a try in your X-tahr-1b1 beta, they are working fine so
far.
They are: cpufreq,netload,dict,screenshooter, and the weather plugin.

I couldn't get the plugins to compile in X-tahr-1b1 beta.

Anyhow, this method seems to be working.

Billtoo wrote:Hi rg66,

I have a Quirky Unicorn 6.2.1 installation that is using the xfce4-4.12
sfs from tahrPup 6.0.2.
I had compiled some plugins and made pets in the Quirky installation so
I gave them a try in your X-tahr-1b1 beta, they are working fine so
far.
They are: cpufreq,netload,dict,screenshooter, and the weather plugin.

I couldn't get the plugins to compile in X-tahr-1b1 beta.

Anyhow, this method seems to be working.

I had a lot of trouble compiling Xfce in tahr, mostly missing .la errors. I had to use all the .la files from the slacko devx to get anything working.

rg66 wrote:

Billtoo wrote:Hi rg66,

I have a Quirky Unicorn 6.2.1 installation that is using the xfce4-4.12
sfs from tahrPup 6.0.2.
I had compiled some plugins and made pets in the Quirky installation so
I gave them a try in your X-tahr-1b1 beta, they are working fine so
far.
They are: cpufreq,netload,dict,screenshooter, and the weather plugin.

I couldn't get the plugins to compile in X-tahr-1b1 beta.

Anyhow, this method seems to be working.

I had a lot of trouble compiling Xfce in tahr, mostly missing .la errors. I had to use all the .la files from the slacko devx to get anything working.

I've just done a new install of X-tahr-1b1 so I could test the plugin pets
that I made without the devx loaded and they are working fine.

I took a screenshot of the pets and if they would be any help to you please send me a PM
with instructions on how to get them to you.

Geany has a problem with minimize/maximize/rollup it's window,
it can't be moved with the press alt key + click and hold method either, I installed leafpad from
PPM and it's working okay.

After testing the plugin pets I loaded the devx + kernel source sfs files and compiled the
newest ati proprietary driver.

root# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: tahrpup, version 6.0.2

Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Oland [Radeon HD 8570 / R7 240 OEM]

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe
Drivers requested to be loaded: fglrx

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): fglrx
Loaded modules: amdxmm dbe ddc extmod fb fglrxdrm glesx glx kbd mouse ramdac vbe vgahw

Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 3840x1080 pixels (1013x284 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
root#

Thanks

Billtoo wrote:.....
I took a screenshot of the pets and if they would be any help to you please send me a PM
with instructions on how to get them to you.

Geany has a problem with minimize/maximize/rollup it's window,
it can't be moved with the press alt key + click and hold method either, I installed leafpad from
PPM and it's working okay.

After installing a few missing deps and making a few symlinks, I got cpufreq to compile. Netload and diskperf compiled without issues. I'll try the others you listed and pm you if I have any problems, thanks.

I have no problems with geany, scroll wheel rolls the window up/down easily, min/max seems ok as well.

Edit: Weather plugin compiled as well

rg66 wrote:
I have no problems with geany, scroll wheel rolls the window up/down easily, min/max seems ok as well.

I don't know what caused my problem but after removing geany from the built-in packages list and then downloading and compiling the source code it's working okay.

Billtoo wrote:

rg66 wrote:
I have no problems with geany, scroll wheel rolls the window up/down easily, min/max seems ok as well.

I don't know what caused my problem but after removing geany from the built-in packages list and then downloading and compiling the source code it's working okay.

Ok, good. I've had a lot of issues since I started building X-tahr, I'm on my 15th savefolder at least.

Uploaded to repo:

libcpufreq0_008-1_i386.pet (for cpufreq)
xfce4-battery-plugin-1.0.5.pet
xfce4-cpufreq-plugin-1.1.1.pet
xfce4-diskperf-plugin-2.5.5.pet
xfce4-netload-plugin-1.2.4.pet
xfce4-weather-plugin-0.8.5.pet

+ DEV and NLS .pets

http://smokey01.com/rg66/X-tahr/pet_packages-X-tahr/

I've uploaded a 1b1 > 1b2 delta to the repo, you might need a new save for some of the updates to work.

Changes:
add save interval choice to event manager > save session tab, (works in PUPMODE=3,7 or 13)
create save entry in appmenu > system (PUPMODE=3,7 or 13)
fix xfdesktop default wallpaper
get shutdown_gui name from DISTRO_SPECS
remove gmeasures
thunar add exec shell scripts
umount remove empty x+x+x dirs
updated rcshutdown
updated shutdownconfig

http://smokey01.com/rg66/X-tahr/testing

I downloaded the delta file and created the X-tahr-1b2.iso which I used
to create a new manual frugal install (I used the universal installer
for b1)
I downloaded and installed the 4 plugin pets from smokey01 site, (no
dict or screenshooter plugin available)

Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 3.14.20 (i686)
Version #1 SMP Thu Jan 8 13:19:06 GMT 2015
C Library GNU C Library version 2.19 (stable)
Distribution tahrpup - 6.0.2
Current Session
Computer Name Puppy-PC
User Name root (root)
Home Directory /root
Desktop Environment XFCE 4
Misc
Uptime 0 minutes
Load Average 0.82, 0.22, 0.07

OpenGL
Vendor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Renderer AMD Radeon HD 8570
Version 4.4.13372 Compatibility Profile Context 15.101.1001
Direct Rendering Yes

Geany is working fine this time.
I haven't added anything with PPM yet but looking good so far.

Thanks

Delta file downloaded, 1b2 iso generated, md5sum checked, and used to update the frugal install in my 'Experimental' directory on the core 2 duo iwlwifi laptop. The 1b1 savefile manually cleansed and used. My simple setup is up and running 1b2 fine (other than a failing spacebar.. new keyboard on a slow boat from China). Using it as my daily.

Billtoo wrote:I downloaded and installed the 4 plugin pets from smokey01 site, (no dict or screenshooter plugin available)

No sorry, I had other thing to do. Will try and compile/upload some more soon.

Edit: Both dict and sc-shooter are asking for xfce4-gui which isn't used anymore plus they failed to compile after installing gui and DEV files.

rg66 wrote: Edit: Both dict and sc-shooter are asking for xfce4-gui which isn't used anymore plus they failed to compile after installing gui and DEV files.

I added the pets from my Quirky Unicorn 6.2.1 install + a gnome-icon-theme-3.12.0-i686.pet that I made in Quirky Unicorn installation.

Added kdegames from PPM but needed to add quite a few dependencies to get it going (all dependencies were in PPM), I didn't update PPM first if that made any difference.

Anyway, I can do everything that I want (browse,listen to music (mpg123),play Nexuiz242, etc)) so am enjoying this pup.

Thanks

Billtoo wrote:I added the pets from my Quirky Unicorn 6.2.1 install + a gnome-icon-theme-3.12.0-i686.pet that I made in Quirky Unicorn installation.

Added kdegames from PPM but needed to add quite a few dependencies to get it going (all dependencies were in PPM), I didn't update PPM first if that made any difference.

Anyway, I can do everything that I want (browse,listen to music (mpg123),play Nexuiz242, etc)) so am enjoying this pup.

Thanks

Could you upload the panel-plugins somewhere and I'll add them to the repo, also the gnome icons if possible?

No need to update PPM, the package databases are from June 18th.

full beta 2 here: http://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linux ... hr-1b2.iso

rg66 wrote: Could you upload the panel-plugins somewhere and I'll add them to the repo, also the gnome icons if possible?

I sent you a PM with the download link.

Thanks

Uploaded to repo:

xfce4-dict-0.7.0-i686.pet
xfce4-screenshooter-1.8.2-i686.pet
+ DEV,DOC and NLS

http://smokey01.com/rg66/X-tahr/pet_packages-X-tahr/

Thanks to billtoo

Manual frugal install of X-tahr-1b2 to a 16gb flashdrive.

Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 3.14.20 (i686)
Version #1 SMP Thu Jan 8 13:19:06 GMT 2015
C Library GNU C Library version 2.19 (stable)
Distribution tahrpup - 6.0.2
Current Session
Computer Name Puppy-PC
User Name root (root)
Home Directory /root
Desktop Environment XFCE 4
Misc
Uptime 3 hours 6 minutes
Load Average 0.29, 0.40, 0.56

OpenGL
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer GeForce GTX 560 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
Version 4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.82
Direct Rendering Yes

No problems so far.

I really like this! What's the best way to go about upgrading the kernel? I installed this on an Acer C720 chromebook but the touchpad doesn't work. Kernel 3.17 or higher adds support though so it would be nice to use that. The sound didn't work for me either, even after selecting the default card and messing with the mixer. Might be kernel related too?

Any suggestions are appreciated.

configX wrote:I really like this! What's the best way to go about upgrading the kernel? I installed this on an Acer C720 chromebook but the touchpad doesn't work. Kernel 3.17 or higher adds support though so it would be nice to use that. The sound didn't work for me either, even after selecting the default card and messing with the mixer. Might be kernel related too?

Any suggestions are appreciated.

The developer of tahr has other kernels here: http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pu ... r/kernels/, just replace the zdrv and vmlinuz.