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tunyawat · Posted: Sat 04 Apr 2009, 09:32 Post subject:

ttuuxxx - the mt-Paint screencapture is also not working. I captured the following screen by getting into mtPaint and used Actions->Time Delayed Screenshot. Actually, it should be the same command as the one in Puppy, but the screencapture in Puppy doesn't work. (however, there is no problem in the normal 4.2)

The following error occurred just before the dialog "Frugal or Full" came up. I did md5 checksum on your iso but could not find any error.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Sat 04 Apr 2009, 10:31 Post subject:

Thanks it sounds like I'll have one more update to do, Glad I kept the first release handy:) plus It needs the non gimp xsane installed also. Its ashame the xsane package only works with gimp and tiff5 installed, It should of been designed as a plugin and not part of the actual program, then it would of worked right. Thanks for everything, did you try the first release and if so did that one have the install rename error ?
ttuuxxx

dawnsboy · Posted: Sat 04 Apr 2009, 12:26 Post subject:

@ttuuxxx

I thought I would weigh in on the topic regarding the install/rename error in 4.2 v1. I had originally installed 4.2 and had no problems with it at all. I decided to check out your upgrade in part because it had updates/patches already applied and to be honest in part because of the ridiculous controversy surrounding abiword 2.66 (I have had no problems with 2.66) in the original 4.2 final release.

It appears that the install/rename error is limited to your 4.2-v1 update. It seems that .sfs files must follow the convention of being named with 3 characters in Puppy. IE, pup_420.sfs, devx-4.20.sfs, etc. I was unable to do a full install because the universal installer would not recognize pup_420.sfs. I received a dialogue box stating that pup_42.sfs could not be found. When I renamed pup_420.sfs to pup_42.sfs the installer reported file not found ( I assume because it now violates the Puppy naming convention for .sfs files).

I did you use the pup_420.sfs file from 4.2-v1 to upgrade my usb flash drive install of 4.2 final. I then created a new pup_save file for use with your updated version. I was unable to use the boot manager to load *.sfs files after the upgrade.

In any event I would like to say that I have been the beneficiary of your hard work on numerous occasions and would like to thank you for sharing your work with all of us. I am able to compile most software that I need for everyday use but I am not a programmer or developer and therefore rely on people like you to make my world a better place to compute in.

Regards,
dawnsboy

ttuuxxx · Posted: Sat 04 Apr 2009, 12:40 Post subject:

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4355 Location: merriam, kansas

Ttuuxxx:

Having the same problem as Dawnsboy and Tunyawat.

I don't use cds' to install; just download iso and do a manual
frugal. Then use the univ.-installer to make a full install on
another partition.

Worked on all the 420rc and your first "no bling" just fine.

Think I had it installed okay last night by changing pup420
to pup_4.2; but then couldn't create a a name in grub that
would allow it to boot. (should have kept notes).

edit:

I did burn a cd of the first "no-bling" for a friends laptop, and
it would install frugal and full just fine using installer.

rjb

rjb

dawnsboy · Posted: Sat 04 Apr 2009, 15:52 Post subject:

dawnsboy

@ttuuxxx

I have attached 3 screen shots of the 4.2-v1 desktop to this post. The first is simply of my desktop showing the theming changes that I implemented. The seconded shows that devx_420.sfs is located at /mnt/home. The third screen shot shows an error message that appears when attempting to use the Boot Manager to load devx_420.sfs.

I hope this helps identify the issue for you.

Regards,
dawnsboy

EDIT:

In this case renaming devx_420.sfs to devx_42.sfs does work. I have successfully used the Boot Manager to load devx_42.sfs.

tunyawat · Posted: Sat 04 Apr 2009, 21:59 Post subject:

ttuuxxx - the earlier version works well on the installation process.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Sun 05 Apr 2009, 01:57 Post subject:

ok guys I'll revert back to the first base and start the second over and add a few new updates/fixes:)
ttuuxxx

shand · Joined: 30 Oct 2008 Posts: 28 Location: China

Hey ttuuxxx
I found that mtpaint snapshot NOT Running in puppies4.2 v1(USB install)，but earlier version(puppies4.2) works well.

B Rgds
shand

ttuuxxx · Posted: Sun 05 Apr 2009, 05:15 Post subject:

Hi guys I've made a new blinky, I used the gnome images this time instead of my own like the icewm version, but I changed the monitor screens, I found that there wasn't enough contrast in shades of blue. Looks very nice now:) I used the sources for JWM that I finally found so it should be more sticky to the taskbar than the icewm version, below is a image of it off. ttuuxxx

ttuuxxx · Posted: Sun 05 Apr 2009, 05:17 Post subject:

dawnsboy · Posted: Sun 05 Apr 2009, 09:30 Post subject:

gabe · Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 85 Location: Minnesota, USA

"Abiword I downgraded due to issues with .doc"

Oh no, what do you mean? What's wrong with 4.2 working with .doc? I'm very worried now, since I used 4.2 to create and edit some .doc files...

ttuuxxx · Posted: Sun 05 Apr 2009, 11:50 Post subject: