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Don't download Midori; it doesn't work in SolidPup 5.1.1

This means that I will have to build separate GetPackages for Saluki and Solidpup.

Very nice puplet Tman. Very speedy & I like the minimal desktop icons

Screenshot of each window manager.


solid-ob by J. P. Stunna, on Flickr


solidscr by J. P. Stunna, on Flickr

Tman wrote:Don't download Midori; it doesn't work in SolidPup 5.1.1

This means that I will have to build separate GetPackages for Saluki and Solidpup.

Maybe something like That might help you identify the pup being run, and load only the relevant stuff...

Thanks Pacer, Glad you like it.

Sc0ttman, thank you. I think I will try your idea and see how it goes. Maybe if things get a little too complex and large with the coding as new packages are added; I may create distro-specific versions to keep it more simplified.

Just downloaded SolidPup 5.1.1a4 and am posting from it now. I like it and so far I've had no problems with it at all; it works well and with a good colour scheme too. Thanks for the good work Tman.

Thanks Colonel,

Everyone, I am going to delay the final a4 release until after the new year. But using the beta plus patch#2 is pretty close to the final version. I just haven't gotten around to adding a few final touches. Also, it will make the final a 2012 release.

Great. But one thing I can't find a way to do in SolidPup is change the size of (i.e. resize) the save file. Is there a way to do it now, or will this be added to the next version?

Thanks in advance,

CP .

Colonel Panic wrote:Great. But one thing I can't find a way to do in SolidPup is change the size of (i.e. resize) the save file. Is there a way to do it now, or will this be added to the next version?

Thanks in advance,

CP .

The option for resize personal storage file is in the drive tab of PupControl Panel.

Thanks! I thought it had to be there somewhere. Just done it.

Cheers,

CP .

Hello Tman

Back in May...Tman wrote:Oligin10:
I have looked into the problem, with IceWM Configuration; apparently it works in Lucid Puppies but not Quirky or Wary. I have a hunch that it has something do with the GTK bug mentioned in the thread below:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=65675
Unfortunately, I cannot fix the problem
....

I believe i have found the answer to this little problem.

Whilst running PupControl via the terminal,
i noticed the error at line two as shown in the image below.

Running the command: did not provide anything (as i expected)

So i looked for a .pet package but only managed to find one that was compiled in Puppy 3.01,
fortunately vovchik also provided a link where i got hold of the sources.

Attached is a .pet which was compiled in SolidPup511-a4-beta.iso
After installing that in a fresh frugal install, i was able to use PupControl to move the taskbar to the top.

Hope this helps
CatDude
.

CatDude,

Indeed, your pet has fixed the issue with ice_config.sh. The menuitem for it can be re-enabled with Pmenu.
Fantastic work, CatDude! Thanks very much.

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS everyone!!!

happy xmas

solid added to the big puppy list

Hi Tman, just checking to see if you were still going to do a final release for this. I noticed in Saluki postings that you were going to be scaling back. If you are not, could you please let us know? Thanks for all your contributions to Puppy and all your hard work. Thanks, Rob

Hi Rob and all,

Yes, I will wrap things up with Solidpup and then divert my full attention to my new project. I will see if I can work on it some more this weekend.

I am not really leaving Puppy, just I won't have as much free time for it as I used to.

Tman, this late arrival and fan of your work will miss you already!

I may see if your other project works on my IBM T41 lappy but the
inverter or something vid-wise is hooped and although I can use ext.
monitor I find it annoying to crane my head when using it, and havent
been playing on it,. Whichever comes first - patience, repair or
replacement, I will let you know if Saluki works for me - I love the
logo!! Very classy, as much else I have seen from you.

Ok ..I started with a Toshiba Satelite 490cdt - 64mb ram, 3.4G hd,
(incl.512M Linux swap) a buggy S3 2mb vid card, which I loved due to
how solidly it is built -has the dock, and ext. floppy.. My pet project was
getting Puppy on it - ran most versions tried- some slow, but they go!
But the memory and vid card were hurting me.

I just found a 4060XCDT for $20, hoped I could add memory from the
other but the chip was dead- so this lil rescue is a Pll 233 w/64mb
XP bloating 3.5 of the 6G hd, using 512mb Linux swap, Trident 2MB
vid. card. 5.28 works great actually, but too big so too slow, and I
haven't found a cutdown version yet so looked around.

Compared to the other lite pups I have tried - SolidPup is the best
(Note to those of us with old old dogs: I need to use PLoP to boot
from USB with this bios, and add to my config file the " pfix=nocopy
pmedia=cd" to a) boot from USB and b) load the savefile, but only
have nosmp from frugal without issue) I may wipe everything soon
and try a full install to see if it speeds up FF or SM, but it zips very
well w/Dillo.

X detects video cleanly @ 1024x768 16 Bit. Country settings work
and are persistant, and has the locale files needed.

Network settings are not persistant, but are retained in IC Wizard
so I need to scan for my network each time at home to get connected
but my LinksysW54GUSB was detected and rt73usb loaded by default.
Funny thing, I took it into work to show off Puppy on this, booted w/
savefile, found that IC Wizard auto detected and connect to the only
no-password!!wireless connection in the bldg..yeah for me, but shame
on them!!

One thing I liked was the way conky was setup in Akita. I miss that in
Solid, but I use Htop for the moment, I will look into what I can do later
Unlike Akita, in Solid and Warytiny I have sound on 1st boot. Much faster
than Snow or Ice Pup but still appealing..

I was hoping for a sm. flash capable browser, FF SM are far too slow, SM
kills me w/error popups too, Firepup/FDog are too old for YT. Midori/flash
is also broken in the other wary based pups, and I think the 420 based
ones too. It seemed fast until it hung somewhere.. I heard Arora is good.
I updated the repos, but no love, I will poke around ibiblio etc. for pets
but if no luck will stick w/Dillo actually flies esp. compared to SM and FF
and is much prettier than the text based browsers, but I can't log in to
Hotmail (forget the error -no flash or java maybe). Sorry doubt I will
ever want to print from this beast, so not sure but think it would work
just fine if I did..

All in all SolidPup made this POS laptop run very well, I thank you
for your hard work, and sharing of your time. I am happily posting
from it right now Will let you know about Saluki in the future.

Take care!

Hi Tman, thanks for the update. Looking forward to trying it out, Rob

Thanks charbaby66 for the nice letter
I helped get Saluki going but it is mostly Jemimah's work.

I have uploaded SolidPup 5.1.1-Final. A lighter 97MB version with Tint2 panel is also available.

I will still be around in the puppy forum, but I don't intend to make any new pups for a long time and these are the last versions to be based on Wary 5.1.1.

good luck Tman and thanks for all the work!

Thanks Tman, that was fast. Thanks again for all you have done for Puppy Linux. Thanks, Rob