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Nathan F · Posted: Fri 27 Apr 2007, 16:02 Post subject:

Thanks, that answers that question and clears up a little different sccenario in my mind. I know Barry is working on fixing some bugs in grubconfig, but this is one of those special cases we are going to have to take into account sometime. I'll start looking at grubconfig and see if there's anything I can do about it, even if it's just a little warning in there somewhere.

Nathan

msumner · Posted: Fri 27 Apr 2007, 16:53 Post subject:

Hi Nathan, Been playing with opera-beta. I tried installing kino. It all seemed to go well, but kino won't load from the menu. I found it in the file system and clicked it to run it, but still no go, nothing. A search revealed lots of kino files so it all seems to be there.
Also, gparted is not in the start menu. Don't know if that was intended?
Mike

Nathan F · Posted: Fri 27 Apr 2007, 17:59 Post subject:

Kino more than likely missed some library dependency. I may not have gotten that information all up to date, or it might possibly be related to the updated ffmpeg. Can you run it in a terminal and let me know what it says?

Gparted is more than likely a case of a .desktop file gone missing. It should definately be in the iso.

Nathan

msumner · Posted: Fri 27 Apr 2007, 18:48 Post subject:

gparted runs ok from the terminal.
Kino gets:
sh-3.00# kino
kino: error while loading shared libraries: libdts.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
EDIT: Hardware Probe doesn't run from the menu.

Nathan F · Posted: Fri 27 Apr 2007, 20:15 Post subject:

Kino has a dependency on libdts, which is in the repo as well. It was the only one I didn't get lited in the database file, so with beta you will have to install libds manually using one of the package managers.

Gparted was a missing .desktop file, or rather an incorrect one that needed a quick edit. I just fixed both issues in the current tree.

I'm checking on the hardware probe now.

Nathan

plinej · Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 1517

I booted up the beta and messed around for a few minutes. I'll try and do some more testing later tonight but have got some things to do first. Besides the missing libdts which ffmpeg depends on, I'm not sure if you wanted to remove tkConvert and replace it with rarsa's re-write called pConvert (smaller and nicer looking). I'm pretty sure I uploaded pConvert to you. What are the /usr/local/bin/play & play_cell for? Just curious if they're really necessary. I know sox's play is in /usr/bin/.

Nathan F · Posted: Fri 27 Apr 2007, 22:03 Post subject:

yeah, pConvert got missed. I just edited the packages.txt file to do the replacement when I build the next iso.

Not sure where the /usr/local/bin/play and /usr/local/bin/play_cell files are coming from, I'll have to do a search around all the audio packages to figure out where they are coming from.

Nathan

Lobster · Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2007, 00:13 Post subject:

My main reason for trying was kino in the Beta . . .

I shuddered when having to put in user details to get a console BUT this is a design feature and the whole multi-user aspect and the interface are excellent.

The overall user experience and elegance of the beta illustrate what I consider the most beautiful Puppy. For those interested in working graphically, this is important. Apple is the most aesthetic and most used by graphic types for a reason . . .

I hope Nathan gets loads of feedback because this is doing so many things, exactly right for its intended audience.

woof woof Embarassed

Nathan F · Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2007, 00:32 Post subject:

Thanks Lobster, I'm all warm and fuzzy now.

Nathan

SimonW · Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Posts: 60 Location: UK

I have run the probedisk and probepart commands on the machine with the (troublesome) multi-slot usb card reader. The results are:

Dougal's probedisk2:
/dev/hda|cdrom|PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110
/dev/hdc|disk|Maxtor 6Y080L0
/dev/|Direct-Access|OEI-USB MMC/SD
/dev/|Direct-Access|OEI-USB Smartmedia
/dev/|Direct-Access|OEI-USB CompactFlash
/dev/|Direct-Access|OEI-USB Memory Stick

Dougal's probepart2:
/dev/hdc1|vfat|28675962
/dev/hdc2|ntfs|131395634
/dev/hda|iso9660|0

It's already been pointed out by plinej (Jason?) that there is an improvement possible.

Nathan's updated probedisk/probepart give the following (now, with a 512Mb CF card in slot):

probedisk:
/dev/hdc|disk|Maxtor 6Y080L0
/dev/hda|cdrom|PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110
/dev/sda|Direct-Access|OEI-USB MMC/SD
/dev/sdb|Direct-Access|OEI-USB Smartmedia
/dev/sdc|Direct-Access|OEI-USB CompactFlash
/dev/sdd|Direct-Access|OEI-USB Memory Stick

probepart:
libcfdisk: unable to open /dev/sda
libcfdisk: unable to open /dev/sdb
libcfdisk: unable to open /dev/sdd
/dev/hdc1|vfat|28675962|Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hdc2|ntfs|131395635|OS/2 HPFS or NTFS
/dev/hda|iso9660|PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110
/dev/sdc1|msdos|10233001|DOS 16-bit FAT >=32M

Excellent!
I copied probedisk & probepart into /sbin and /initrd/bin then on running the Puppy Installer it offered me four choices sda...sdd for the memory card reader slots.
I think this has been fully solved now, thanks guys.

I still have a slight problem with making bootable Grafpup CF cards, ie. some cards work and some don't, I mentioned in a previous post I was getting mount errors etc. I am trying to nail down a process to get it right.

Dougal:
On the sata machine (with cf card for hd0 for boot), I ran the following:

# find /proc -name 'sda'
<returned nothing>

# find /sys -name 'sda'
/sys/block/sda
# ls /sys/block/sda
device block range removable <snip rest>

# find /sys -name '1:0:0:0'
/sys/class/scsi_disk/1:0:0:0
/sys/class/scsi_device/1:0:0:0
/sys/bus/scsi/drivers/sd/1:0:0:0
/sys/bus/scsi/devices/1:0:0:0
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0

Phew. I didn't dive into the directories through lack of time.
This info might be redundant with the most recent probedisk/probepart from Nathan, but perhaps a useful reference. When I download an Opera build, I can copy and paste rather than retyping...

Cheers guys
Simon.

msumner · Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2007, 04:58 Post subject:

Not sure how to get libdts as it still isn't listed in gpkgtool.
mike

plinej · Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 1517

msummer, Nathan's grafpup package repository is at:

http://grafpup.org/index.php?path=.%2Fpackages%2F2.0%2F

Alienx · Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2007, 07:13 Post subject:

please, what are the squashfile extensions to be used with the latest beta ?

http://grafpup.org/modules/devx_005.sfs

http://grafpup.org/modules/jre_004.sfs

http://www.bubbleletter.org/downloads/grafpup/OOo_005.sfs

http://www.bubbleletter.org/downloads/grafpup/usr_multimedia.sfs

http://www.bubbleletter.org/downloads/grafpup/usr_web.sfs

Nathan F · Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2007, 07:29 Post subject:

devx_oo5.sfs - OOo_005.sfs - jre_004.sfs can all be used with the beta, although jre_004.sfs will have to be renamed jre_005.sfs in order to be used. By way of explanation OOo stands for Open Office, and jre stands for Java Runtime Environment. I'll have a couple more to use in a few weeks, but I can't get all the files out at once if you know what I mean. I uploaded several gigabytes worth of files in the last couple days.

MIke - http://grafpup.org/packages/2.0/libdts-0.0.2.tar.gz is the package you want.

Simon - Do you mean the probedisk and probepart I posted as attachments here? I need to make sure what works best and really need to nail it down soon.

Nathan

Dougal · Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2007, 10:53 Post subject:

Nathan: the CFcard might be recognised as "hda" if it's connected via a IDE adapter (one of the options Barry has in the installer).

Simon: It's great that you at least confirmed that /sys/block/hda exists...

I have created a dotpup for testing HW, which runs a bunch of tests and gives you a tarball to send me...
Do dotpups work on Grafpup? If so, please try it -- it will save all this playing around...