ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/faqs/faq.htmlLobster wrote:I can not find the online version of the FAQS
There you go, just in case...
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/faqs/faq.htmlLobster wrote:I can not find the online version of the FAQS
Use SFS manager and download 32-bit compatibility SFS.- Could I use Secondlife which only supports 32bit wth 84bit Fatdog or do I need to add some extra files, which I noticed in the package manager?
1. Seamonkey is self-built, version 2.47 uses Gecko 50 engine, the same as the one used in Firefox 50. But they don't share the engine (if you have seamonkey and firefox installed, there are 2 copies of the Gecko 50 engine).- Do Seamonkey, Chrome and Firefox all use the same base code.
Ahem Security is in the eye of the beholder The question is, "secure from who?"If so what alternative browser is recommended as more secure?
No ... we can do with a contributed package (I saw snayak posted a request for this too - but for a much older Fatdog).- Is Mono available?
Yes, though it's the older one, version 1.4.0 I think.- Openshot?
I remember that. It wasn't your mistake. It was Ubuntu's mistake. But I have worked around that anyway, so it should be safer now.I am a bit wary of installing Fatdog to a spare hard drive as last time (installing the Slacko64) it messed with the Ubuntu MBR and boot file (no doubt my mistake)
Seamonkey Composer in general works well, but it's not bug free. Especially once you start using the more advanced features. We too use Seamonkey to maintain the Fatdog FAQS and web pages.I will be using composer in Seamonkey for HTML editing to further my plans to build a time machine (keeps me out of trouble)
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Lobster wrote:
I will be using composer in Seamonkey for HTML editing to further my plans to build a time machine (keeps me out of trouble)
http://tmxxine.000webhostapp.com/
I can only guess, VLC might be trying to use the wrong video acceleration. Try opening VLC and then Tools - Preferences - Video and use the "Output" pull-down to select a different video acceleration method. Start with X11 video output. If that doesn't help you could try opening VLC then select Audio - Audio Device and try a different output device. If that helps may be able to set that device as the default using the Fatdog Set Default Sound Card in the control panel. Besides mplayer, Xine is also in the Repo, but I think VLC has the best GUI. In September I compiled VLC-3.0 from git, if all else fails you could give that a go, it's here.Sound in VLC clips, every half-second. Card is ALC3227 analog.
You only need to install gtk3 if you want to download or update the official version from Mozilla, which is what is offered if you click on Firefox in the main menu.Regarding the two available versions of Firefox from the repo
that is v50 and Nightly 38.5.2esr,
please clarify as I am confused by the info.
Per instructions after downloading GTK3, is GTK3 for allowing my choice of Nightly to work and update,
or is GTK2 solely allowing for v50 to work and update.
Frankly I think it's all a muddle as I can't find an easy way to update
Nightly, but I can see in Control Panel that v50 will update.
Yep it's still in there. But the kernel is updated to 4.4.35. Old bugs fixed, new bugs inserted might apply in your case with this kernel update. You can go back to the 4.4.21 kernel used in Beta2 if you want. It's here. Download vmlinuz-4.4.21 and replace the kernel for final. Also download kernel-modules.sfs-4.4.21, rename it kernel-modules.sfs and replace the one in the initrd or just click on it to mount and copy the lib folder to /.This did not happen in 710b2 (was the hp_wmi module included?).
Being nosey, I noticed that when you did it, but I don't touch anything there and it didn't move to packages. A couple of questions:kirk wrote: In September I compiled VLC-3.0 from git, if all else fails you could give that a go,
Was in beta1 ( kernel 4.4.18 ) where this computer had no problems.kirk wrote:Yep it's still in there. But the kernel is updated to 4.4.35. Old bugs fixed, new bugs inserted might apply in your case with this kernel update. You can go back to the 4.4.21 kernel used in Beta2 if you want. It's here. Download vmlinuz-4.4.21 and replace the kernel for final. Also download kernel-modules.sfs-4.4.21, rename it kernel-modules.sfs and replace the one in the initrd or just click on it to mount and copy the lib folder to /.This did not happen in 710b2 (was the hp_wmi module included?).
It seems to work, but haven't did much testing. With Intel graphics it will chose the wrong video acceleration and cause problems when you full screen. For that problem go to Tools - Preferences - Video and use the "Output" pull-down to select X11 video output. You can just install it over top of VLC-2.2.4 or use the package manager and remove VLC-2.2.4 first.Is it useable? vlc/master-daily has not produced any builds on launchpad for quite a while.
Is it necessary to delete any of the existing VLC installation, e.g. plugins, before doing the installation?
Glad that works for you. Sometimes you just have to find the right kernel. The latest is not always greatest for every piece of hardware.Comparing sources of module hp-wmi.c there are differences between these versions.
Therefore I will use kernel 4.4.18.
Thanks irishrm, Glad to see that someone is using the wl module. I keep thinking the open source module will catch up and we can dump wl since it's like 7MB, but not so far.BTW thanks for including the wl driver. It looks like Fatdog will be my main OS for the foreseeable future. Thanks for a great OS.