Lucid Puppy 5.0.1 - 24 May 2010

[tubeguy]

So is the final going to officially be called "Puppy 5" or "Lucid Puppy"?

[stu90]

Thanks, will download 5.00 tonight - going to try and get puppy.look finished for the 15th.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=55220

[aarf]

md5sum 5f055ffeb950aadf2497b816a12bbc73
lupu-499.iso___lupu-500.iso.delta
Size: 2.91 MB

[Jim1911]

Fresh frugal installation of lupu-500. Initial setup was flawless. As with lupu-449, installed a good sample of the pets and sfs using Quickpet, all are working great. Installed gnome-games with the ppm. Also installed Barry's latest nvidia driver using Quickpet and it’s working great. As usual, I'm using zigbert's DuDE which unfortunately conflicts with Quickpet update function. Of course, there is still a problem with Abiword printing graphics to CUPS-PDF.

The Quickpet problem is the same as reported for the update function in that it froze the desktop and would not respond to any key presses or mouse movement. However, this time I loaded each program and checked it's operation along with Quickpet update and discovered that the conflicting program is DuDE. This is sad since DuDE really dresses up the jwm desktop. I'll also post this on the DuDE post so that zigbert can look into the conflict too.

Great job,
Jim

[James C]

Fresh frugal install of 5.00. First run wizard.......set resolution, time zone, etc. no problems.Drive icons were correct.

Installed Firefox with Browser Installer........fine. Used Quickpet to install Pwidgets, etc. .......no problems.Also checked for updates as well.

Working well so far.......

[chrisdev]

mp has been upgraded in the recent puppies. The ~/.mprc config file included with Puppy is circa 2005, and is not usable, even as a guide for setting mp's configuration from within mp.

If you try to use anything from Puppy's sample config file, either you get a syntax warning, or mp quits with "Segmentation fault".

I did some research. I can provide a config file to replace the one included in Puppy. In fact, I will attach here what I'm currently using; it covers only a small amount of possible configuration settings. If it is useful, I can work up something more extensive.

mp (or mp + urxvt) is buggy compared to the mp version in Puppy 4.1.2, unfortunately.

This is our last day chrisdev and it is not obvious to me unfortunately the relation between .mprc and the file you attached. I am afraid we will have to save this one for 5.0.1--look at it this way--it is first in line. thanks.

Hey, first in line for 5.01 feels pretty good! Whenever you think is best, of course.

The purpose of my file: Puppy's .mprc file is not looked at by mp. It also gives 100% incorrect guidance (which was frustrating). It should be removed.

My file, residing at ~/.mp.mpsl as mp wants, could be included -- or, my file could be slightly renamed (maybe ".mp.mpsl.SAMPLE"?) to only serve as a reference.

Thank you for all your efforts.

[8-bit]

Just to let you know, if you want a Hearts or Spider card game,
you can install TclTk8.5.3.pet, TkHearts-0.9.pet and TkSpider-1.0.4.pet and not break anything.
I will not hunt the files down for you!

[cthisbear]

" Link in Quickpet Chris."

Yeah! I saw that but it was not immediatly apparent where
the pet was.
Usually I download them to my drive so there are no issues.

Thanks mate....Chris.

[rameshiyer]

I am not able to update the Lucid Puppy, because I don't have direct internet connection. I am getting internet through Proxy settings. Is it possible to update Lucid Puppy. Moreover, as there is no direct connection, I didn't able to install any web browser. I have already download Lucid Puppy 5.00 RC for testing. Awaiting valuable solution.

[01micko]

I am not able to update the Lucid Puppy, because I don't have direct internet connection. I am getting internet through Proxy settings. Is it possible to update Lucid Puppy. Moreover, as there is no direct connection, I didn't able to install any web browser. I have already download Lucid Puppy 5.00 RC for testing. Awaiting valuable solution.

Use the menu item "Support" >> "Quickpet on the Web", should possibly solve your issue.

Cheers.

[01micko]

[snip]
The Quickpet problem is the same as reported for the update function in that it froze the desktop and would not respond to any key presses or mouse movement. However, this time I loaded each program and checked it's operation along with Quickpet update and discovered that the conflicting program is DuDE. This is sad since DuDE really dresses up the jwm desktop. I'll also post this on the DuDE post so that zigbert can look into the conflict too.

Great job,
Jim

Jim, I may revert to just opening a web browser and that's all for the update. That will fix your issue and the DuDE is too important (for me anyways ) to drop. I can't quite get a handle on why it isn't working, But we can leave that for the future as stability is paramount at the moment.

Cheers

[cthisbear]

01micko:

Is there a direct link mate >> pup radio?

Because I'm going to do a Joe Crocker in a minute!!!

I've just installed 499 on a 1 gig media player.

And really who on this forum wants me to sing
"Cry me an iRiver "

Chris.

[8-bit]

In my case, I just installed streamtuner-0.99.99.pet and streamripper-1.63.5.pet and tuned in to a radio station on Shoutcast, hit the record button and a directory was created in /root with the station name that contained the recorded music.
I have already done the same thing on an earlier version of Puppy and made a music cd that displayed the title and artist on Players capable of displaying that info.

[gerry]

Before you launch "Lucid Puppy" make sure Canonical haven't got "Lucid" as part of the name of a linux distro copyrighted/ trademarked.

EDIT: They clobbered the people that produced Fluxbuntu.

gerry

[stevoomba]

Regarding the problem about the clock being wrong soon after you set it to the right time, I tricked it by setting it to the wrong time the opposite way, and now the clock is right in spite of itself...

[cthisbear]

Will this work?

ttuuxxx
" I updated micko's pupRadio for 2.14x "

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... h&id=24800

Chris

[nooby]

Before you launch "Lucid Puppy" make sure Canonical haven't got "Lucid" as part of the name of a linux distro copyrighted/ trademarked.

EDIT: They clobbered the people that produced Fluxbuntu.

gerry

Very important recommendation this one.

They love to clamp down on such "brand name" things to keep a high profile of protection of names.

Super OS got in trouble also.

[abushcrafter]

Gxine fails to play Theora video .

[01micko]

devx is broken!!!

Where did gcc go?

Can use 499 version renamed to 500

[pa_mcclamrock]

Comments on Lucid Puppy 5.00 rc:

OK, now I see why Quickpet's "More Programs" menu won't work without a default browser; it's because the menu items will direct you to threads in the Puppy Forum, which you need a browser to view. But at least there should be a little dialog box or something, telling the user that a browser is needed before the "More Programs" menu will work. Yes? Quick last-minute fix? Please?

Everything else I tested works, as expected--with one glaring exception, also expected. Look at the attached screenshots. In the one from TextMaker 2002 (http://www.pa-mcclamrock.com/textmaker-2002_full.pet), not included with Lucid Puppy 5.00, the text is formatted correctly. AbiWord, on the other hand--as expected--is still crappy after all these years. Using the Cloister Black-Light font (see http://www.pa-mcclamrock.com/pa_penguin ... onts-2.pet), I couldn't get the word "still" to stick together, or the letter "t" to show up in it, no matter how hard I tried.

I know this is too late for 5.00, but here's a strong recommendation for 5.0.1: please offer users a choice of word processors from the get-go, as they now have a choice of browsers. Let those who actually like AbiWord (for reasons unknown to me) use it--and let those who don't, never have to see it again.