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aoiyamoto · Joined: 16 Aug 2008 Posts: 29

Works nicely now, thanks. Any idea how I can make Conky not disapear every time I click my desktop though?

dinky · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 699

Hi tombh, all working now, thanks for that! Compiz-Fusion is working beautifully now in Puppy 4 on the eeepc... I'll start work on the next eeetiger soon. It was a simple fix, just running:

dinky · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 699

@aolyamoto

You need to change you settings for the scale plugin in the ccs,. Basically, untick the box that minimizes all windows when clicking desktoip. Good luck

tex · Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Richardson, Texas

Hello again,
Thanks for your comments Tombh. I am using the python_plus-2.5.2_400.sfs package and the python version command shows 2.5.1. The which ccsm command gives nothing and the ccsm command replies "command not found". I cannot find ccsm on my menu at all. I have installed fusion-0.7.6-400-tbhtest2 and all the dependencies you list. Also, after running emerald --replace, the borders only stay as long as the terminal is open. How can I get ccsm running? I really am stumped and could never have gotten this far without this thread. Thanks again!

9.30.08
I was able to get it working by looking closer at the previous posts and using the file from your Fri 19 Sep 2008, 07:31 post. I now have ccsm on my menu and was able to get the borders working by putting the emerald --replace command in the compiz window decorations. Now I have SkinnyPup with compiz, opera, wine, oxygenoffice and gimp going so far. Never have been able to make so much out of something so small! Very Happy

tombh · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 422 Location: Bristol, UK

Ah right! My dotpet doesn't even have CCSM in it! Puppy's new2dir just doesn't seem to pick any of the CCSM files when it's compiled. Which would explain why installing wow's dotpet works, so that's what I'd recommend everyone else does.

Wow's Compiz-Fusion pet

dinky · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 699

Which one? The python, or all the py? (Those are also marked as needed by ccsm. Cheers!)

37fleetwood · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 403

well I fixed my little problem, and I think I can help all ATI card users wanting to use puppy. the problem I faced is that my motherboard has an AGP slot and they aren't making too many of them any more, everything is going to PCI-Express. so luckily I found that my nephew took the card out of his old computer before he got rid of it in case he might use it in the new one but the new one was PCI-Express so it sat there in the box collecting dust when he gave it to me. so the solution to using an ATI card in a puppy machine with Compiz-Fusion is to yank it out and throw it out the window and get a new card! my new card fired right off and gave me no problems at all. the new card is an nVIDIA G-FORCE N7600GS. so there it is. ATI cards are just not worth the hassle, just get it over with and throw it out and get on with life. if you are like me and need agp or pci try ebay or something but it is soo much easier than trying to go through all the headaches figuring it out the other way. now I can go foreward and enjoy my pc and think more seriously about going to Linux full time.
Scott Cool

tombh · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 422 Location: Bristol, UK

@dinky: Ah no, the actual Compiz-Fusion pet fusion-28Jul08pup4-i686.pet

His version has been patched to work with the native non-XCB X server in Puppy, I don't think that that would ever actually make any tangible difference -- therefore wow's pet is the preferable choice as it actuall contains CCSM!

@37fleetwood: Woooohoooo! Good ol' nVidia Cool

and shame on ATI Rolling Eyes

!

tex · Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Richardson, Texas

Hi tombh,

Well I am back to the drawing board, LOL. Seems SkinnyPuP is a little too fat free for me. I was actually able to make my own puplet after a few tries. I cannot seem to find a media player that will run with Compiz. Xine won't run, just gives a splash when invoked and quits. I get a blue screen in Opera but can hear the sound well. I tried using the xv driver in Xine, but nogo. Adobe Flash works ok. Do you know how to get Xine to work, or is there a better media player solution? Tried VLC too. Great player but the plugin doesn't seem to work in opera.

BTW: How do you disable Compiz and keep your borders? I commented out all the Compiz in xorg.conf, profile, and xinitrc. I thought this would stop Compiz after a reboot...but wound up loosing my borders, keypad, and terminal. I finally edited the pupsav file externally to get back my puplet.

I'd sure be appreciative of any suggestions you might have. Thanks again for all the "how to" knowlege! Smile

dinky · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 699

Hi tex, Xine-ui works beautifully with compiz, I use it often. Try the "xshm" driver, and that should fix your problems. Note that Xine-Ui is a different Xine project. Gxine is another front end of xine (default in puppy), and it sucks. Good luck.

37fleetwood · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 403

ok, after running wNOP v0.2 I got ambitious and came back to my Puppy 4 with xfce4 and got through everything but am having a problemwith no windows borders. your suggestionof typing "emerald --replace" didn't seem to do anything at all. the only part of the install configuration I skipped was the nvidia drivers first neither link works and second I'm not sure which one is the correct one, so i'm running with whatever Puppy 4 comes with. I tried using NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9639-pkg1.run from nVIDIA's website but it comes up with all kinds of errors.
Scott Cool

tex · Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Richardson, Texas

Thanks, dinky! Now the Xine program runs! I am still getting a blue screen in opera, though. It is my browser of choice. Can't seem to make xine plugin work. Still get blue screen video with great sound. Do you know if there is a work around?

Muchas gracias... Very Happy

tombh · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 422 Location: Bristol, UK

@tex: Yeah, the xshm driver should solve your problem. You may be interested in a patched version of mplayer that renders hardware accelerated video using the xv driver. The xshm driver uses your CPU for rendering and the xv driver uses your graphics card for rendering. Concerning window borders, you'll need to run another window manager like XFCE etc to get them if CF is turned off.

@37fleetwood: You can't miss that nVidia driver step out! It's absolutely essential! I just tired both the links again and they work.

smog · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 134

Hi tombh,

When I try to run your .PETS for libX11.... and libwnck..... they start to run but nothing ever seems to happen, I don't get any confirmation that they are installed and I can't then open any programs so have to shut down.

Is this a known issue?

Thanks

smog

Chinook · Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 13

I had that problem with a lot of packages I downloaded. I redownloaded them and they worked fine.