(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Pupeee uses the batmon for showing the battery condition in the system tray. The batmon program is fine. I happen to like the asapm battery monitor that is part of Dingo better. It looks better to me. Here is how I inserted it into Pupeee. At the time, I was doing this, there was no pet. I think a asapm.pet is now available for Puppy 3.01. I am providing the files and information for the use of anyone else..

First one needs to copy the program asapm to /usr/sbin. I have attached a gzip version of asapm for your use.

Second one needs to modify .jwmrc-tray file. The height of the tray needs to be increased from 26 to 32 pixels. The following code needs to replace the batmon code. I have attached modified version of .jwmrc-tray (gzip as jwmrc-tray-asapm) for anyone's use. Just "ungzip" the tray file and rename it .jwmrc-tray and replace the existing .jwmrc-tray file.

Hopefully, asapm will be used in the next update. If not then one can use either the .pet or this post.

I thought that I solved it in the second post above this. The bottom line is after using Xandros, is to check the settings for the devices in the BIOS if you want to use them in Puppy.

JustGreg wrote:I thought that I solved it in the second post above this. The bottom line is after using Xandros, is to check the settings for the devices in the BIOS if you want to use them in Puppy.

Thanks, I'll be sure to make people aware of that when they start the webcam in Pupeee. Also I've been playing with the asapm battery monitor and I have a couple of issues with it. First of all when the JWM tray is taller the menu button looks terrible. Maybe we could find a different graphic for it so it would look better? Secondly, I think that the asapm battery monitor is un-hiding the taskbar every so often. It results in kind of a flicker effect. Have you had this problem too? I wanted to update the iso tomorrow, but I'm still kind of "on the fence" about the battery monitor.

I have not noticed any flicking with asapm battery monitoring. However, my eyes are bit older so I may just not have noticed it. dvw86, it is your call. The batmon program does the same functions as asapm. The batmon does it using a simple interface, a plus or minus sign to indicate if charging or not. I just thought asapm looked better. In functionality, they are the same. If I did not know about asapm, batmon would be fine. I got asapm to work and provided the information for you and everyone else's use. dvw86, if you are doing the iso buliding then it is your decision. Which ever one is used, pupeee provides the need function. I hope this helps.

Thx for doing this. I have gotten used to beryl on the xandros kde. The "expose" feature is really helpful working with multiple windows. And I am also constantly showing the Eeepc off to friends and nothing blows them away more than the fact it can do vista like graphics not to mention the otherwise useless rotating cube.

So if you get a chance add compiz. I tried Puppy NOP which worked incredibly well compiz wise (but lacks ACPI and wifi). I know some people are put off by eye candy but it is amazing that the eeepc can handle it so well.

Ouch! It's 200EU to include videoview in the Pupeee iso. I will look for an alternative before the next release.

How about a Puppy online test site for the webcam, something like, "Click here to test your webcam"? Just a thought.

Thanks for the new pupeee I have an 8g and been trying several versions of puppy and use puppy on other machines. I installed it on an sd card and it booted great I didn't try cam yet but installed conky and some other apps. Seajunky seems to crash on me so i tried firefox (which i prefer) but got errors after a couple of hours surfing the web see here. But I love puppy and the epc as well. I didn't get 800x480 as someone else had mentioned but would sure like to know how its done as this is the biggest draw back to using puppy on the eeepc.
I want to thank all of you for your great work with puppy linux as i have grown to really like it very much. I hope others will try to make a good version for the eeepc as it is really in need of a good linux disto as I am not very fond of the fisherprice xandros version that comes with it. Here are a couple of caps of your version running on my eeepc. Thanks again hope to hear more about your next version and thanks for not having too much bloatware. I will try this on a different sd card to see what happens. Although, I have no idea why it wouldn't let firefox work. As I wanted to use firefox because I like it and for some themed choices that use little screen space which is needed for the e. And thanks for using abiword and all the work that you must have put in on it. I am a total linux noob but a great theme would be thinblack2 which is what i use on my e found here->http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show. ... tent=55648 . I like the drop down menu please post a how to sometime I would like to know.

MyPup wrote:. I didn't get 800x480 as someone else had mentioned but would sure like to know how its done as this is the biggest draw back to using puppy on the eeepc.
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Hey mypup

you got this info
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=25563

and this script
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... ch&id=7467


now run the script and select
0x015D: 848x480x16 or 0x015F: 848x480x24


P.S you can always send an email too

"preserve vintage puppy versions update them and keep the magic alive "

your IRC friend big_bass

If you are using Pupeee then the 800 x480 screen resolution should have worked right away. Also, Seamonkey has been very stable for me in Puppy 301 and Pupeee. I wonder if you don't have some other problem, like a bad download of the iso..

Well I got everything working that I wanted to, but I'm having trouble creating the new iso. I'll keep working on it and post when it's done.

Finished it. Uploading now.

Can someone please post detailed (step by step) instructions for loading this iso to boot from an sd card.

I have tried 100 diffrent (well maybe not 100) ways to do it and nada!!

Thx

eee pc / booting from sd slot / 4g

The simplest way is to burn it to CD then boot a PC, and from within Puppy, use Universal Installer to prepare a USB or SD card.

There are utilities for opening an ISO file and getting the files from there (example, MagicISO for Windows). Then you can follow this tutorial:
http://minipc.org/safepup/index.php?fil ... orials.htm
But you have to use vmlinuz, initrd.gz, pup_301.sfs and zdrv_301.sfs from the pupeee ISO.

Personally I use an external USB CD drive and boot the eeepc off of that. Once it is booted up into Pupeee I can then install it to SD card or the internal SSD drive. I may just make an installer scrip to put Pupeee on the internal drive with a dual boot setup.

New iso uploaded. See the first post. When I get a chance I will make a zip file for it so it will be easier to install for people without an external CD drive.

Thanks again for the new version I will try try it out again and use big_bass's suggestion although, im not sure what 848X480 will look like if anyone else is using it on the eeepc maybe they can post some suggestions on what works best for them. I am very interested in dvw86 topic on dual booting and what he is running on his, As he stated he may just make an installer script to put Pupeee on the internal drive with a dual boot setup. Since I have little skills with linux I am interested in seeing what comes up with. I very much like the puppy you made an plan on installing it to mine thanks again everyone for your insight and help.

I am dual booting the default xandros Linux that came with the Eeepc and Pupeee. You can use this post as a guide.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=25243

guys - thought these hardware upgrades might tempt you . . .
http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.ph ... l_Upgrades

Thanks for the Pup.

I have it downloaded and will get it ready on an SD card while I wait for my eeepc to turn up.

Four in the store on Thursday. When I went in Saturday with my money all were gone. Hope the next shipment turns up in the next week as promised.

Thanks again,

John Lewis