Puppy 4.3.1 -- bug reports and suggestions

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#136 Post by purplebelly »

Pizzasgood wrote: No, I think it's fine. The double quotes on the outside won't be bothered by any doublequotes that are inside backticks. Bash is smart enough to sort that out on its own.
Thanks for that Pizzasgood. I've now dug out an old machine to run a 4.12 to 4.31 update again and it appears that the /usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps directory does not get fully populated, perhaps because the desktop icon theme is not set to one of those available in 4.31? If so, this is a one-time-only problem, which can be fixed by copying globicons and running icon switcher, and rc.update should work fine in future. I can go back to convincing my sister that you don't need to be a software engineer to use Puppy.

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#137 Post by charlie6 »

Hi,
on 4.3.1 small frugal
on 144MB MF-2HD floppies

Using menu/system/format floppy disk results systematically in a pink box telling:

Code: Select all

ERROR creating msdos/vfat filesystem on the floppy bla bli bla...
trying Lo-level format gives the same result.

I tried this on several floppies (not yet used or fresh from carton box); some of them containing well readable datas on puppy.

cheers, charlie

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#138 Post by 8-bit »

On formatting those floppies.
Just two questions.
(1) Is the floppy write protected?
(2) Is the floppy mounted?

I have a box of floppies myself that I consider junk.
They are new, but even give errors trying to format them in Windows.

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#139 Post by asatbluesboy »

Talking about floppy mounts, one has magically appeared in my flash installation this morning. It would be cool if I did have a floppy drive, which is not the case. Could it be the USB speakers I installed?

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#140 Post by bill »

Hi asatbluesboy,There for sure are applications that do not play well
with others.When things happen ,like has visited you,have you considered removing the suspected culprit,reboot and audit the results.
If after this,and nothing good happens,you will have an answer.It is always easy to reinstall.cheers

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Lost mouse pointer after restart x server

#141 Post by nassausky »

During a basic live boot of Puppy 4.3.1 after connecting to the ethernet card and going online and downloading x11vnc-server PET file. The install goes fine but in order to see the GUI listing in the network menu I had to restart X-server. After doing so I lost the mouse pointer. It actually does work but it's invisible. I was able to start up the gui and attach to the machine remotely and on the remote control side, I can see the host mouse pointer but it doesn't show up in that host Puppy 4.3.1 machine.

Thanks :)

BTW a note off topic... If anyone builds an ISO with puppy 4.3.1 including a vnc server, samba & ssh give me a shout :)

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#142 Post by asatbluesboy »

bill wrote:Hi asatbluesboy,There for sure are applications that do not play well
with others.When things happen ,like has visited you,have you considered removing the suspected culprit,reboot and audit the results.
If after this,and nothing good happens,you will have an answer.It is always easy to reinstall.cheers
Thanks for the response, Bill. Fortunately, it was simpler than I thought. I went to the desktop drive icons manager and found out it was set to show the floppy icon even if it weren't there... Shame on me. :oops:

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Six sfs limit

#143 Post by Whitesnow »

I have seen that bootmanager, like 4.3.0., boots not more than six sfs. Why? How to increase?

Thank you in advance. :)

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#144 Post by ICPUG »

Quote

I have seen that bootmanager, like 4.3.0., boots not more than six sfs. Why?

Unquote

Good question. That is what Barry used in Puppy 4.1.2 and carried forward to 4.3.x

Puppy 4.2.1 allows more.

How to increase? It needs a change to the init script in initrd.gz. If someone wants to address that problem then be my guest.

Other alternatives:

Use SFS Combiner to combine some sfs files so that you only have 6.

Use sfs linker
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47465

for a brand new way of using a large number of sfs.

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#145 Post by vtpup »

ICPUG wrote: "I have seen that bootmanager, like 4.3.0., boots not more than six sfs. Why?"

Good question. That is what Barry used in Puppy 4.1.2 and carried forward to 4.3.x
Nope. It was 3 sfs in 4.1.2 and is 6 .sfs in 4.3.1
"How to increase? It needs a change to the init script in initrd.gz."

If someone wants to address that problem then be my guest.
Already done awhile ago. In fact, that's why 4.2 had it. See:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=36733

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Facebook Chat

#146 Post by ecomoney »

Hi, discovered facebook chat doesnt work. Seems to be a problem with Seamonkey 1.xx series (2.xx series does work).

Yes facebook chat is "an application for everyday use" Im afraid. :wink:
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Max connected sfs files is 5 not 6

#147 Post by Béèm »

I just discovered this as before I didn't have the need to connect 6 sfs files at boot.
Altho 6 advertised in reality only 5 are taken into account.

Why not raise the figure of 6 to 10.
And yes I know I could combine sfs files now.
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#148 Post by tempestuous »

It appears that PREFLIST (or pup_event) is not working properly to set priority of one module over another, as reported by jemimah here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 201#367201

Several other forum members have reported similar problems involving conflicting modules, but jemimah is the first to accurately report which particular module loads after setting up the PREFLIST configuration.

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#149 Post by ICPUG »

vtpup

thanks for correcting me regarding the number of sfs allowed in 4.1.2. The thrust of my comment was the same however - 4.2.1 allowed more than 4.1.2 or 4.3.1.

As your link shows, modifying the initrd.gz was done for 4.1.2 and incorporated into 4.2.1 - however that task remains for 4.3.1 - so to help Whitesnow or Beem it would be necessary for someone to do this task. You cannot simply slot in a 4.1.2 (or 4.2.1) initrd.gz into a 4.3.1 system.

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#150 Post by diaeresis »

sfs issue now on bug tracker.
(as is a lot of this thread, Thanks, your welcome)

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#151 Post by ecomoney »

Ive added the facebook chat error to the google bug tracker also. Facebook is kinda important. :roll:
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#152 Post by diaeresis »

I already did that last night :cry:
Efficient aren't I?
This thread is all read through at this point, one or two posts not on the tracker yet as I pm'd the posters to try and get clarification of bits and bobs. Lots of posts not really bugs so didn't go on. The outstanding posts that I am waiting on responses should be on by the end of the week. I will keep watching the thread and put new posts onto the tracker unless it has already been done.
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Job jobbed and it's a good'un.

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Help with 4.3.1

#153 Post by Lisa Fine »

I made a full install of Puppy 4.3.1. Everything seems to be fine EXCEPT the program does not giveme the option to save on shutdown, nor will it load pupsave files previously saved (using boot from CD or USB). Is there anything I can do to modify this or is it a bug?

Thanks!

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#154 Post by ecomoney »

Thank you diaeresis for doing this important job! Shall I delete my report?
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#155 Post by ICPUG »

Lisa Fine,

If you did a full install - it doesn't need to save a pupsave file first time or load a previous one on bootup. Changes made are saved directly to the Linux filesystem on the hard drive.

A pupsave is only needed when you use the live CD or do a frugal install.

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