4.4 Alpha 1

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technosaurus · #76 Post by **technosaurus** » Tue 27 Apr 2010, 17:26

ttuuxxx - I was surprised to notice that blinky will compile against gtk1(at least Barry's 0.8 version - haven't tried this one yet) - it would cut down some resource usage in your 2.x series. The same is probably true for others that use eggtray. Let me know if you'd like a gtk1 build (it cut resource usage by ~10mb)

For the devx there is currently an addon pet for the 4.31 devx in the google code files.

jpeps · #77 Post by **jpeps** » Tue 27 Apr 2010, 20:40

This contains files like libgthread-2.0.so that I needed.

scsijon · #78 Post by **scsijon** » Wed 28 Apr 2010, 11:24

technosaurus, are we still on alpha1? or do we need a new link??

partition free on a acer v3700GX awaiting you

regards
scsijon
satellite at last....

Billwho? · #79 Post by **Billwho?** » Wed 28 Apr 2010, 15:44

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Billwho? · #80 Post by **Billwho?** » Wed 28 Apr 2010, 15:48

First, I have only been using 4.4 Alpha 1 for a couple of days but so far it looks very good.

Secondly, there seems to be a problem with gxine (not sure if it is puppy related or just gxine itself).

To get the problem:

Save a video file to a directory. I have so far tried mov, wav, mpg, mp4 and flv files as well as some with no extention.

Navigate to the directory containing the video file you want to watch and click on the file.

When gxine opens click on <view><toolbars><visible(full screen)>

Now click on <view><full screen mode>

gxine will now expand to take up the entire screen as it is supposed to do. But the toolbar is at the top even though it is set to be at the bottom and the directory containing that video file is on top of gxine.

The only way I yet found to get the directory back underneath gxine is return gxinen to it's default size.

DaveS · #81 Post by **DaveS** » Wed 28 Apr 2010, 21:36

Installing DuDE 0.2 seemed to solve a load of niggly little problems.
Midori chugs along nicely. Installing Firefox OVER Seamonkey breaks CUPS a bit. Normal. Setting the font in GTK theme is a bit obscure, probably a good thing...............
Pnote is welcome. Dont care for the barebones Geany window as I cant drag it around by the window bar (needs alt doubletap). Like black terminal background.
Vattery dont display

jemimah · #82 Post by **jemimah** » Wed 28 Apr 2010, 22:00

DaveS wrote:Vattery dont display

Hmmm, Techno, you might want to check if your gtk build has SVG support.

technosaurus · #83 Post by **technosaurus** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 05:19

I tried running vattery in 4.31 and got the same result - it has the same gtk package ... running from rxvt I get failed to execute child process "ibam" no such file or directory ... it wasn't in the pet so I compiled ibam and it is working in 431 now to test again... but sleep first

alpha2 likely this weekend

DaveS · #84 Post by **DaveS** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 05:53

technosaurus wrote:I tried running vattery in 4.31 and got the same result - it has the same gtk package ... running from rxvt I get failed to execute child process "ibam" no such file or directory ... it wasn't in the pet so I compiled ibam and it is working in 431 now to test again... but sleep first

alpha2 likely this weekend

YAY! Works now

Pretty blinky dont though......... on it!

technosaurus · #85 Post by **technosaurus** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 06:40

blinky

DaveS · #86 Post by **DaveS** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 06:53

Thanks T. I had fixed it by swapping out the binary from Ttuuxxx which went into /bin/ to /usr/bin/ which is where the system one is.
The .pet is a nicer way...........

Newuser · #87 Post by **Newuser** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 07:24

Hi been using lhp for the past month or two thought I would try this version of puppy,
Ok being a non programmer etc,............ Here is my list of little problems installed Firefox would not start so uninstalled it it was listed on dotpet puppy manager. Window for used programs still shows firefox in the list even though it was uninstalled. Tried to install new Seamonkey but have version 2.0b2 which wont do all the things I prefer like ad block etc....this needs to be started by going into programs,internet etc.... route I cant just click on the window which lists used programs was hoping that puppy would replace old program with new. I like this style of puppy.

DaveS · #88 Post by **DaveS** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 08:58

OK, so this is MUCH better from a users point of view than 4.3.*
Correctly auto-configured and logged on to wired LAN, browsers accessed internet via this LAN with no tweaking. It is cool to be able to drop a script into Favourites so that it is available with a couple of clicks. No more editing .jwm files.........
Both my printers installed flawlessly. I needed to know the address of the wifi one, but the USB one was autodetected.
Nice work.

Newuser · #89 Post by **Newuser** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 09:18

May I ask what Printer your using as I have never been able to get my lexmark to work with any linux version.

#90 Post by **ttuuxxx** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 09:48

Newuser wrote:May I ask what Printer your using as I have never been able to get my lexmark to work with any linux version.

I use a canon pixman ip5200 which works fine on puppy out of the box.
ttuuxxx

DaveS · #91 Post by **DaveS** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 10:23

Newuser wrote:May I ask what Printer your using as I have never been able to get my lexmark to work with any linux version.

I use an HP C4380 wifi printer and a Canon Pixma 4600. Both work just fine but the HP is a total SH*T to set up for the very first time. Actually involves borrowing a Windows PC to do it. After that, it is trouble free.

DaveS · #92 Post by **DaveS** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 11:29

Dont think this has been reported but when I try to change one of the default programs, say defaultwordprocessor, thru PCC, it just wipes the text in the default* file, and from there on the wizard will not load. Repairing the default* by hand is then required.

Newuser · #93 Post by **Newuser** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 13:07

hi the anks for the reply you state you sue the windows disk does that mean you compile a puppy driver from the disk as I would not even know how to do that I salute you.

DaveS · #94 Post by **DaveS** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 13:27

Newuser wrote:hi the anks for the reply you state you sue the windows disk does that mean you compile a puppy driver from the disk as I would not even know how to do that I salute you.

No. This is something strange ONLY with the HP printer I have. To make it work, it has to be configured from a Windows pc first. I have never seen any other printer like it.

jemimah · #95 Post by **jemimah** » Thu 29 Apr 2010, 13:37

technosaurus wrote:I tried running vattery in 4.31 and got the same result - it has the same gtk package ... running from rxvt I get failed to execute child process "ibam" no such file or directory ... it wasn't in the pet so I compiled ibam and it is working in 431 now to test again... but sleep first

alpha2 likely this weekend

No one's mentioned that to me in all these months? Doh!

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