dpup-47x for testing

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sinc · #706 Post by **sinc** » Tue 06 Oct 2009, 21:31

@DaveS

I did try to load it manually. I only see 3 modules to load though. I did a manual frugal install, would that have anything to do with it?

would i be able to copy the firmware folder from 4.30? well, i'll try that anyways.

dejan555 · #707 Post by **dejan555** » Tue 06 Oct 2009, 21:49

dpup477 beta1 running kde 3.5.10 and some kde apps:
amarok, kopete, konqueror, k3b, kolourpaint, ksnapshot, kpdf, konsole

And NO, I didn't install this thru synaptic, I had these apps even before first dpup iso release, they worked on 4.1 but now with dpup it's best compatibility, those are all taken from lenny repositories.

Rupp · #708 Post by **Rupp** » Tue 06 Oct 2009, 22:07

sinc · #709 Post by **sinc** » Tue 06 Oct 2009, 22:08

gpos, i would like to happily report, i am now posting on the internet from within dpup. my first time since the project started, so i am excited.

i had to go to boot manager and force the b43legacy module to load but it worked.

i can boot into 482beta, force b43legacy to load and I am on the internet. i am excited.

gposil · #710 Post by **gposil** » Tue 06 Oct 2009, 22:52

sinc, that is great...now you can get down to some usability testing

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With the other feedback I've got, it appears that 482 series with 2.6.30.x kernel is our future.

Fishy · #711 Post by **Fishy** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 00:29

Upgraded to 482 with no issues. Opera 10 runs very fast. I do notice that sound volume is lacking. I have audio set to max - running Beep to get adequate levels and found that Youtube audio is hard to hear. I seem remember that an earlier version of Puppy had the same problem.

I used to keep a partition with Debian on it as backup but found Puppy was more than reliable. Now only have Ttuuxx's 4.3.1 and Dpup - great products.

Thanks for the efforts.

gposil · #712 Post by **gposil** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 00:38

dejan555,

Would you be able to put together a pet collection for the KDE selection you have running on 477, and i'll put them on dpup.org and PetStore.

Cheers

sinc · #713 Post by **sinc** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 00:42

ok boss

... working on usability testing. heres the first thing i came across not functioning (which most of it seems to be working great). I can't get puptv to do anything. when you click on a channel it says please wait starting mplayer and then... ... ... nothing.

gposil · #714 Post by **gposil** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 00:50

sinc,
I'll get 01micko onto puptv, it's his baby, the problem seems to be the channels, some work and others do as you say.

sinc · #715 Post by **sinc** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 00:58

i'm not sure if this is something that is fixable in the release or if each person is going to have to do this individually but just as this thread is discussing

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47341

firefox is eating up my pupsave. I start with a 128mb pupsave for testing purposes and it is slowing disappearing. As mentioned in the thread its not a cache issue so I am not sure if Firefox can be set to not slowly take away space.

its up to you what version of pburn you want but it is up to 3.1.1 now i believe. this release of dpup has 2.5.6

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=23881

gposil · #716 Post by **gposil** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 01:09

sinc, each should follow that advice, but I will include the setting change in Firefox for the next releases.

sinc · #717 Post by **sinc** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 01:17

xscreensaver...

I've never used it before so I will play around with it some more but when I first start it I get this message and I am not able to see any previews.

EDIT: Actually if you click "preview" it gives you a preview on the screen but the small preview box does not show anything.

Although i do like having the screensaver, nice addition.

gposil · #718 Post by **gposil** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 01:34

sinc, this is a known idiosyncrasy of xscreensaver(in all distros), it is meant as a security measure...if you want to see previews, go to terminal and do following:

#su nobody
#xscreensaver-demo

Then you can view previews, but not change them, you can only do that in root and you will get the message you saw, but you will be able to set all the settings, but not see preview.

sinc · #719 Post by **sinc** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 02:27

huh? interesting. If there is no way to get rid of the small preview screen and the warning message, I bet I won't be the only person to bring that one up

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i went through the control panel and couldn't get anything to not work for me. I liked it a lot.

well since i'm having trouble making something NOT work (everything works, shrug) i figured i would offer up some suggestions...

i installed grub and it worked fine but i miss the gfxboot. that could be some more good advertising for dpup whenever anyone installs grub from this pup

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http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=27471

ttuuxxx's right click gtkhash would be very helpful, especially since in the past we have sometimes had trouble getting complete downloads from dpup.org.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=32700

some people may like this idea, in the boot manager it says you can load up to 6 sfs files. in 2.14x clarf has been able modify the initrd to accept more than 20 i believe based on this thread:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 6&start=10
his latest initrd in 2.14x is on pg 142.

and this is small and really just personal preference but you may want to handpick the included wallpapers, or have dejan pick 'em, he is awesome at themes, but some of the included ones leave a bit to be desired. -- a right click on images "set as wallpaper" option would be cool too.

these are just some ideas, do what you will 'em, whatever, i love the product you have put out.

gposil · #720 Post by **gposil** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 04:29

Ok sinc, have figured a way to fix security issue with xscreensaver, will include in next release.

jasmac · #721 Post by **jasmac** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 06:02

Hello, was just wondering if dejan55 sfs installer will work with 482beta 1. I like to have a full install and would like to install related devx.

Cheers

Jason

dejan555 · #722 Post by **dejan555** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 06:06

Hmmm, I have couple of sfs's for kde maybe I could pack into several or make a large one, but I don't know if I'll have chance to upload those big files are much for my connection and bandwidth. I'll see what I can do, it will probably be in sfs, some parts are already up, like that amarok sfs and kopete & kpdf in other thread

01micko · #723 Post by **01micko** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 06:10

sinc wrote:ok boss ... working on usability testing. heres the first thing i came across not functioning (which most of it seems to be working great). I can't get puptv to do anything. when you click on a channel it says please wait starting mplayer and then... ... ... nothing.

With puptv, there is a channel changing function. (see the button?) May not be as intuitive as it could be... I can add some tooltips (a little window that pops up and tells you what the button/icon does)

For more channels look in the eyecandy sub-forum under .. um "TV Channels" I think (

)

Cheers

dejan555 · #724 Post by **dejan555** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 06:10

jasmac wrote:Hello, was just wondering if dejan55 sfs installer will work with 482beta 1.

Does 482 use sfs4 files?
Haven't tried but if it mounts sfs4 with -t squashfs it should work.

01micko · #725 Post by **01micko** » Wed 07 Oct 2009, 06:12

jasmac wrote:Hello, was just wondering if dejan55 sfs installer will work with 482beta 1. I like to have a full install and would like to install related devx.

Cheers

Jason

Worked in 481 full install. The only reason it wouldn't is sfs v-4. (I haven't got 482 yet... I suppose it is sfs-4?... if it is it should probably work anyway)

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