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BHINTZ · Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 135

it's a thin storage devise that fits a slot on the side of machine labeled storage expansion. I believe I should be able to boot from it if I formated it properly.

I am more concerned about a battery gage.

bob

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7018 Location: qld

BHINTZ

I'm working on the battery widget in Pwidgets, it won't work for me either, but I'll find a way Smile

Cheers

outtaspam · Joined: 18 Dec 2009 Posts: 19

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7018 Location: qld

Well for those having trouble displaying the battery widget I have made a patch which hopefully solves the issue.

This is experimental, so I need feedback. I have an eee 701SD and while it works fine for me I need to hear if it works or not for you, and please state your hardware.

Cheers

EDIT: patch removed, see post on page 3

BHINTZ · Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 135

works fine on acer one zg5 - booting from usb stick - atom cpu n270 -

many thanks

bob

BHINTZ · Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 135

I was unable to shutdown last night after installing the battery fix and had to use the power button. battery fix was not saved. I will download again and reboot before installing so I will have it. Don't know if this problem is related or not.

bob

BHINTZ · Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 135

I was able to reboot just fine so I don't know what happened last evening. This is a fine addition as I often just check in and leave it in suspend most of the day.

again thanks for fixing this.

bob

jemimah · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 4309 Location: Tampa, FL

There is also a systray battery monitor called Vattery you can try here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47280.

To make it autostart, create a script named vattery in /root/Startup with the following contents.

jemimah · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 4309 Location: Tampa, FL

outtaspam, can you paste the .desktop file for qcad? I'll take a look and see if I can figure it out.

I'll remember to modify the Network Connection Wizard to call Pwireless2 for the next version.

prehistoric · Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 1210

Jemimah,

You are doing your part to stimulate the economy. I had to make a run out to buy more SD cards for testing different Puppeees. Wink

My biggest problem so far was that I managed to lock the screen while showing this to a neighbor. I'm still not sure exactly how I did this.

While testing wireless at two locations, I typed a password incorrectly and sat there waiting for a connection. When a connection is refused because of incorrect encryption, there should be a pop-up notice. People will figure this out eventually, as I did, but notification would save frustration and/or embarrassment.

Since the Xine in this pupplet does not have the internet radio menu of gzine, (unless I overlooked same,) to test it I downloaded a zip file of mp3 recordings appropriate for the season: Christmas with Ogden Nash. (If you have been over-commercialized, I recommend "I remember Yule.")

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7018 Location: qld

hi prehistoric

I created a little bash radio program pupRadio. I can make it work with xine for radio only, the telly bit wont work but I didn't spend much time debugging it. If any one is interested I can redo it just for radio and add xine to the players list.

Cheers

prehistoric · Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 1210

Hi 01micko,

I'm curious about that internet radio script. This is a growing phenomenon.

For internet video, I typically use a player embedded in a browser anyway. I have trouble imagining a video channel I would just turn on, the way I would a radio station. (It may be relevant that my TV has not been on in weeks.)

I can't speak for others, because it is clear my tastes are far from the crowd, (madding or otherwise). Every time I find some commercial operation that exactly fits my requirements, they go out of business.

I don't know the Australian equivalent of the U.S. Best Buy. Here, it signifies a particular style of merchandising. When I (incautiously) stopped by one during the "holiday season" to check on prices and availability of a couple things, I emerged in a state like "beaker" in this video.

Aside to Jemimah: in my abortive quest to identify which models of the EeePc really have built-in Bluetooth, I forgot the purpose of my other shopping. My advice at present is don't trust the web page. Most such product descriptions have an asterisk which states that you should check with your vendor about exactly what is actually installed. If a feature does not fit on the short label displayed with a machine, it may not be present, even if listed on the ASUS site. There are vendor disclaimers about information supplied through links. You may need a screwdriver to be sure. (I am not slamming Best Buy. This is a general practice. Caveat Emptor)

jemimah · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 4309 Location: Tampa, FL

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7018 Location: qld

prehistoric

I've attached the modded pupRadio for boxpuppeee, should work ok, it's a pain to code on eees! I'm away from my desky atm.

jemimah

What about just a warning in the wep/wpa screen that if you don't connect in so many seconds that the key you enterred may be incorrect?

Will try that older kernel a bit later.

Cheers

BHINTZ · Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 135

I have now removed ubuntu and installed boxpupeee on my acer one.

The only thing that I have noticed that doesn't work is the sd card reader, but that is kind of a small detail now that I am installed and up on the the hard drive. Firefox works in full size - no flickering or color changes that I was experiencing in regular pupeee. I have no idea what might be different. Suspend works perfectly.

thanks to all, I will continue to monitor and test improvements. I downloaded pupradio, but haven't tried it yet.

bob