Lucid Puppy 5.0.1 - 24 May 2010
Concerning the drive icons, mine were misaligned after initally using xorgwizard to get my desired resolution on my frugal install.I didn't bother to realign them, merely rebooted and they were then correct and have stayed correct through numerous reboots and restarts of X.
Moved 3 regular icons to make room for Pwidgets and they've stayed correct as well.
Burning a cd as I post and will test graphics on some other equipment in a few.
Moved 3 regular icons to make room for Pwidgets and they've stayed correct as well.
Burning a cd as I post and will test graphics on some other equipment in a few.
I wanted to let you know that the Nvidia factory package I initially used when I had problems was wrong. I had used the one I had for my Puppy 431 install.
But lo and behold, the Nvidia site showed a different package for my video card.
I tried it in quirky and it worked and stayed on reboot.
So If you want to install a Nvidia factory package, make sure you have the right one!
The one I used for my Nvidia GeForce 6150SE graphics card that worked was : NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.36.24.pkg1.run.
It did error on a "depmod -aq" command. But I was able to continue on to finish and before restarting xwin, I typed "depmod -a" followed by typing "modprobe nvidia".
Just thought I would pass that along.
Also, for making PDF files, If one is printing from web content, use print to CUPSPDF. If you are creating a local PDF file with abiword, just use "print to file".
But a word of caution goes with it. Watch the size of the inserted picture!
I inserted a picture and did not resize it and when I went to view the created PDF file, I was prompted for a password.
After going back and reducing the dimensions of the picture, and writing to file again, I was no longer asked for a password.
But lo and behold, the Nvidia site showed a different package for my video card.
I tried it in quirky and it worked and stayed on reboot.
So If you want to install a Nvidia factory package, make sure you have the right one!
The one I used for my Nvidia GeForce 6150SE graphics card that worked was : NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.36.24.pkg1.run.
It did error on a "depmod -aq" command. But I was able to continue on to finish and before restarting xwin, I typed "depmod -a" followed by typing "modprobe nvidia".
Just thought I would pass that along.
Also, for making PDF files, If one is printing from web content, use print to CUPSPDF. If you are creating a local PDF file with abiword, just use "print to file".
But a word of caution goes with it. Watch the size of the inserted picture!
I inserted a picture and did not resize it and when I went to view the created PDF file, I was prompted for a password.
After going back and reducing the dimensions of the picture, and writing to file again, I was no longer asked for a password.
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A new beta version of Chromium has just been announced that has its own version of flash built-in. It is now supposed to be the fastest browser of them all. Its start-up is virtually instantaneous as well. It's a relatively big download though at 22MB. May not matter too much since it would not be included in the ISO anyway.
As you know this is an open source developer version that eventually ends up as Google Chrome.
see here:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.co ... pdate.html
I had to install missing libraries from Debian Unstable and from my Seamonkey install to get it to run in Quirky. Probably the same for Lupu I would think. Five or six libraries are missing if I remember correctly.
So any pet would need to include these.
A new beta version of Chromium has just been announced that has its own version of flash built-in. It is now supposed to be the fastest browser of them all. Its start-up is virtually instantaneous as well. It's a relatively big download though at 22MB. May not matter too much since it would not be included in the ISO anyway.
As you know this is an open source developer version that eventually ends up as Google Chrome.
see here:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.co ... pdate.html
I had to install missing libraries from Debian Unstable and from my Seamonkey install to get it to run in Quirky. Probably the same for Lupu I would think. Five or six libraries are missing if I remember correctly.
So any pet would need to include these.
Life is too short to spend it in front of a computer
Maybe.. just maybe the "filthy fix" isn't so bad, James C has a good report.
Now, I have seen when changing screen res in xorgwizard in any Puppy that drive icons go up tthe scrren if you increase the resolution and have unpredictable behaviour if you go down in resolution
Maybe we need to add that flag to call clean_drive_icons to that excon script that Pa uploaded, like so...
See at the top I have set the flag, now this does make some sense, the icons must be redrawn once the xorg.conf has been changed.
Thoughts?
Now, I have seen when changing screen res in xorgwizard in any Puppy that drive icons go up tthe scrren if you increase the resolution and have unpredictable behaviour if you go down in resolution
Maybe we need to add that flag to call clean_drive_icons to that excon script that Pa uploaded, like so...
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#!/bin/sh
echo "ICONWIPE" > /tmp/pup_event_icon_change_flag
#do this code block if X is running...
mv -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.prev 2>/dev/null
[ -e /usr/bin/Xvesa ] && ln -sf Xvesa /usr/bin/X
NEXTWM="`cat /etc/windowmanager`"
echo -n "$NEXTWM" > /etc/windowmanager #this makes change permanent.
echo -n "$NEXTWM" > /tmp/wmexitmode.txt
sync
exec killall X
Thoughts?
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Maybe Opera looks for flash in /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin. Create this directory if it does not exist and place a symlink within it to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so .playdayz wrote:Opera Puzzle. But then someone noticed that youtube or hulu would not play in Opera--and the reason was that Opera would not recognize the Flashplayer that was installed in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (as it should).
BTW, I was really hoping that Opera 10.50 would be official before Lucid Pup was released, so we could include it--in my experience it is noticeably faster than 10.10. .
I have been testing Opera 10.53 beta but it is still not rendering fonts as well as Opera 10.10 and there are a number of bugs. My advice: stick with Opera 10.10.
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Strange tmp directory after boot
I wanted to inspect the boot log files and went to /tmp.
In the picture the red line indicates the time I booted.
The snapshot of /tmp was taken some 5 minutes after boot.
So the weird thing is that I have quite some files with a date and time from the previous day of which the bootsysinit.log and bootkernel.log
How can that be possible?
As far as I understand, /tmp is emptied on shutdown.
Also there are files which have a time which is some 1:40 hour later than the boot time. Weird also.
I did the exercise for Quirky 018 and the files in /tmp start at the time of boot. But I also have that jump in time with respect to the boot time as indicated by the red line.
In the picture the red line indicates the time I booted.
The snapshot of /tmp was taken some 5 minutes after boot.
So the weird thing is that I have quite some files with a date and time from the previous day of which the bootsysinit.log and bootkernel.log
How can that be possible?
As far as I understand, /tmp is emptied on shutdown.
Also there are files which have a time which is some 1:40 hour later than the boot time. Weird also.
I did the exercise for Quirky 018 and the files in /tmp start at the time of boot. But I also have that jump in time with respect to the boot time as indicated by the red line.
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The above s a Geany thing - we had it before and it cleared up
Can not remember how it was solved.
Tests
Initial setup as expected - fine
When running the Lucid update I was disconcerted by the
wait button (we Puppys think that a 5 second wait is a crash)
it was fine - and I seem to remember you had to put in some pause
deliberately
*Volume control icon is present
yeah baby!
and I did not have to set my sound card - Lucid recognized it
*Graphics setup is complete--automatic with gui tools to personalize
Yes!
*Drive Icon fix is implemented
I only have two partitions - put in USB hd - which appeared as I would expect
* Youtube/Flash videos play full-screen smoothly
Smooth!
* Xogwizard does not crash when run from the menu
you mean xorgwizard?
No xog
no crash - fine
* Quickpet 1.4 is introduced.
eh . . . I have 1.5
am I ahead of time?
Thanks guys looking forward to 116
Er.. as always! (And behind )Lobster wrote: eh . . . I have 1.5
am I ahead of time?
Thanks guys looking forward to 116
Now this fix works! And it is not so filthy but logical. (Same as I posted a few posts ago)
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#!/bin/sh
echo "ICONWIPE" > /tmp/pup_event_icon_change_flag
#do this code block if X is running...
mv -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.prev 2>/dev/null
[ -e /usr/bin/Xvesa ] && ln -sf Xvesa /usr/bin/X
NEXTWM="`cat /etc/windowmanager`"
echo -n "$NEXTWM" > /etc/windowmanager #this makes change permanent.
echo -n "$NEXTWM" > /tmp/wmexitmode.txt
sync
exec killall X
I just tested with my old P3, which incidentally boots just fine to a desktop but it seems a bit narrow compared to a normal first run, and at 1024x768.. I wanted 1200x1024, which the card and monitor support just fine.
Without the fix I run Xorgwizard from the button in the first-run window and I choose my larger resolution and my drive icons are about one third of the screen above the bottom, this has been an age old problem of puppy with changing screen res, not a Lucid Puppy Bug! But it has been brought to the forefront in Lupu, a great thing for Puppy in general.
With the fix my icons redraw perfectly at the new resolution. .
For those of us that don't mind playing with code, please test. The file to edit is /sbin/excon, Of course you must have the icon problem/screen problem such that you need to run the xorgwizard.
1) Boot pfix=ram
2)Choose locale and time zone if you want but don't restart X and don't close the first run wizard.
3)locate /sbin/excon and right click>open as text
4)at Line 2, right under the shebang (/bin/sh) add echo "ICONWIPE" > /tmp/pup_event_icon_change_flag
5)Save it, Close Geany
6)now click the exit to prompt icon button in the first run.
7)X will die and keyboard choice will come up, choose yours, then probe or whatever you need to do in xorgwizard and after that is finished your desktop will come up with nicely redrawn icons.
8)report your success!
Cheers
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guys just ran the top command because the connection icons are on green but nothing running -
that I know of
So gonna restart x to clear it
. . . might be of interest
that I know of
So gonna restart x to clear it
. . . might be of interest
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Mem: 552012K used, 1522700K free, 0K shrd, 55488K buff, 405368K cached
CPU: 2% usr 1% sys 0% nic 96% idle 0% io 0% irq 0% sirq
Load average: 0.00 0.00 0.00 1/82 9917
PID PPID USER STAT VSZ %MEM CPU %CPU COMMAND
26748 26747 root S < 296m 15% 0 1% X :0 -br -nolisten tcp
10593 10592 root S 11512 1% 0 0% ffmpeg -i http://lounge-high.rautemusik.fm -ss 0 -f au -
9842 26852 root S 20168 1% 0 0% geany
28726 28674 root S N 4836 0% 0 0% xlock -inwindow -mode ball
26749 26747 root S 7828 0% 0 0% jwm
26785 26749 root S 2480 0% 0 0% /bin/ash /sbin/pup_event_frontend_d
8656 8536 root R 2380 0% 0 0% top
28674 28659 root S 21748 1% 0 0% gtkdialog3 --program MAINDIALOG
26852 1 root S 20000 1% 0 0% /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX-Filer -p /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin
27073 1 root S 17540 1% 0 0% retrovol -hide -bg #4D525B
7988 1 root S 15836 1% 0 0% blinky -bg #4D525B
10915 1 haldaemo S 13152 1% 0 0% /usr/sbin/hald --daemon=yes
10852 1 root S 6672 0% 0 0% /usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
8535 26852 root S 5508 0% 0 0% /usr/bin/urxvt
7984 1 root S 4460 0% 0 0% xload -nolabel -bg gray45 -fg red -hl white
7986 1 root S 4316 0% 0 0% freememapplet
10592 1 root S 3496 0% 0 0% /bin/sh /root/.pmusic/tmp/exec
10916 10915 root S 3452 0% 0 0% hald-runner
8536 8535 root S 3232 0% 0 0% bash
27299 1 root S 3200 0% 0 0% dbus-launch --autolaunch 86b18f270cd1e5ee14e7fd614be13b4e --binary-syntax --close-stderr
28659 26852 root S 3084 0% 0 0% /bin/sh /usr/local/apps/Xlock/AppRun -configure
10462 1 root S 3080 0% 0 0% /bin/sh /usr/bin/xwin
26747 10462 root S 2984 0% 0 0% /usr/bin/xinit /root/.xinitrc -- -br -nolisten tcp
6119 1 root S < 2660 0% 0 0% /bin/sh /sbin/pup_event_backend_modprobe_protect --daemon
10899 6119 root S < 2660 0% 0 0% /bin/sh /sbin/pup_event_backend_modprobe_protect --daemon
10900 10899 root S < 2660 0% 0 0% /bin/sh /sbin/pup_event_backend_modprobe_protect --daemon
10864 1 messageb S 2156 0% 0 0% /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
27300 1 root S 2156 0% 0 0% /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
10463 1 root S 2100 0% 0 0% /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
10467 1 root S 2100 0% 0 0% /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
1 0 root S 2096 0% 0 0% /bin/busybox init
10718 1 root S 2096 0% 0 0% syslogd -m 0
10720 1 root S 2096 0% 0 0% klogd
23529 1 root S 1864 0% 0 0% dhcpcd -d -I eth0
6986 7986 root S 1804 0% 0 0% /usr/bin/inotifywait -e modify --format %w /tmp/pup_event_sizefreem
6124 1 root S < 1764 0% 0 0% /sbin/udevd --daemon
9917 26785 root S 1696 0% 0 0% sleep 2
213 2 root SW 0 0% 0 0% [aufsd/1]
212 2 root SW 0 0% 0 0% [aufsd/0]
6 2 root SW 0 0% 0 0% [ksoftirqd/1]
5 2 root SW 0 0% 0 0% [migration/1]
3 2 root SW 0 0% 0 0% [migration/0]
4 2 root SW 0 0% 0 0% [ksoftirqd/0]
7 2 root SW 0 0% 0 0% [events/0]
8 2 root SW 0 0% 0 0% [events/1]
710 2 root SW< 0 0% 0 0% [loop0]
Hi Lobster
Nothing too bad I can see in there, your cpu is 96% idle .. a bit of memory being used by X :0 -br -nolisten tcp..
here's my coressponding line..(on my old P3, 256MB RAM, 400MB swap)
Any slowdowns? System misbehaving?
Cheers
Edit: Siily me... what internet radio program are you running Lobster? It is certainly running.
Nothing too bad I can see in there, your cpu is 96% idle .. a bit of memory being used by X :0 -br -nolisten tcp..
here's my coressponding line..(on my old P3, 256MB RAM, 400MB swap)
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7329 7320 root S < 66300 26% 0 2% X :0 -br -nolisten tcp
Cheers
Edit: Siily me... what internet radio program are you running Lobster? It is certainly running.
10593 10592 root S 11512 1% 0 0% ffmpeg -i http://lounge-high.rautemusik.fm -ss 0 -f au -
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It was an online one - so I think we are talking about flash or Firefox memory leakage? Yet again?
one of the ambient stations on this page
http://www.listenlive.eu/chillout.html
one of the ambient stations on this page
http://www.listenlive.eu/chillout.html
Phew! It is not likely a flash bug, using ffmpeg, certainly probable a Firefox bug, highly unlikely a Lupu bug, but possibly an ffmpeg bug.. did any of that make any sense???Lobster wrote:It was an online one - so I think we are talking about flash or Firefox memory leakage? Yet again?
one of the ambient stations on this page
http://www.listenlive.eu/chillout.html
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Here is another thought on the Opera Flash problem. This is what I discovered when deleting Seamonkey from a test version of Quirky:Terryphi wrote:Maybe Opera looks for flash in /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin. Create this directory if it does not exist and place a symlink within it to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so .playdayz wrote:Opera Puzzle. But then someone noticed that youtube or hulu would not play in Opera--and the reason was that Opera would not recognize the Flashplayer that was installed in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (as it should).
BTW, I was really hoping that Opera 10.50 would be official before Lucid Pup was released, so we could include it--in my experience it is noticeably faster than 10.10. .
I have been testing Opera 10.53 beta but it is still not rendering fonts as well as Opera 10.10 and there are a number of bugs. My advice: stick with Opera 10.10.
Eight files in /usr/lib/seamonkey-x.x.xx are needed for Flash to work in Opera:
libmozjs.so libnspr4.so libnss3.so libnssutil3.so libplc4.so libplds4.so libsmime3.so libssl3.so
Although they are present in /usr/lib/firefox Opera could not find them there so I created symlinks to them in /usr/lib and Opera was happy.
It might be worth testing this in Lupu.
Thanks Terryphi, Neither one worked. Opera is very finicky about its files, so I started over and did everything its way, and we are in business--Opera looks good and it plays flashplayer. I must have taken shortcuts earlier that it did not like. actually I did something different; last time I had used the static Opera, this time I used the shared libqt. But I think it was starting over and respecting the Opera way that made it work. Its 10.10; we are running out of time for a release of 10.50. Thanks for your help.
Update here. Please look for 116 Beta Omega (Last Beta) tomorrow--18 hours or so from now. That is as long as Barry agrees. I have a preliminary build of 116 with 01micko's fix for the floating drive icons and I tested on my machine that had that problem. The problem was gone--just a bunch of nicely behaved little icons.
On 116 we will want to test everything one more time--use the software and install it. Please get ready Thanks.
On 116 we will want to test everything one more time--use the software and install it. Please get ready Thanks.
Found a bug! I know it is late in the game, but I wanted you to try this.
Open Puppy Package Manager.
Click on update button and allow updates.
First, PPG downloads updates for all package listings, not just the ones with a checkmark.
Second, and important, on rerunning Puppy Package manager, all I get are blank windows on every category but Desktop.
So is it a bug?
Should the Update Listings be removed?
Open Puppy Package Manager.
Click on update button and allow updates.
First, PPG downloads updates for all package listings, not just the ones with a checkmark.
Second, and important, on rerunning Puppy Package manager, all I get are blank windows on every category but Desktop.
So is it a bug?
Should the Update Listings be removed?