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#2026 Post by playdayz »

jemimah,
Also the Lubuntu guys saw it on Distrowatch and are now lusting after my custom LxLauncher.


Well, us too, when we start developing again. Also Ramboot, but not to save power as you do but to use large memory efficiently. With 4GB (actually 3.25 in 32-bit) I can double the largest pupsave file (1.25GB) and still have more than enough ram to run Puppy comfortably.
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#2027 Post by playdayz »

First boot, desktop loads, but everything is a VERY dark grey, black and whitish, no colors, just a dark dark grey that is hard to see anything,
thefixer, Can you see enough to click the button to run Classic Configuration Experience? It is the bottom button on the intro screen. CCE is the original xorgwizard and should give similar results to 4.3.1, except that 5.1 is using Ubuntu video drivers.

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Network Restore!

#2028 Post by chrismt »

I wish there was a way to restore the network settings to default

I was connecting via wlan to a connection and while it was still connecting via Simple Network Manager,I changed my IceWm themes 3 times and the next I got was an network connection error.

I rebooted and still have the error

These are the logs

nformation about this interface:
Interface: wlan0 Driver: rtl8187 Bus: usb MacAddress: xx:xx:xxx:xx:xx:xx
Description: RTL8187/RTL8187B USB wireless driver

STEP1a: ifconfig wlan0 up
STEP1b: iwlist wlan0 scan
Cell 01 - Address: (I removed)
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=35/70 Signal level=-75 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"Benny"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000b2cb5b31e1
Extra: Last beacon: 1712ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000542656E6E79
IE: Unknown: 010582848B962C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0107
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
IE: Unknown: DD0A0800280101000200FF0F
Cell 02 - Address: (I removed)
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=47/70 Signal level=-63 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"Thomas"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000072dea423f
Extra: Last beacon: 388ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000654686F6D6173
IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
STEP1c: ifconfig wlan0 down
STEP2: iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
STEP3: iwconfig wlan0 channel 11
STEP4: iwconfig wlan0 essid "Thomas"
STEP5: iwconfig wlan0 key restricted (I removed)
STEP5a: ifconfig wlan0 up
STEP6a: dhcpcd wlan0
dhcpcd: version 5.1.5 starting
dhcpcd: wlan0: checking for 169.254.121.180
dhcpcd: wlan0: using IPv4LL address 169.254.121.180
dhcpcd: forking to background

*********************************************************
LAST 10 LINES of /var/log/messages:
Aug 18 18:37:48 puppypc daemon.info dhcpcd: version 5.1.5 starting
Aug 18 18:37:48 puppypc daemon.info dhcpcd: wlan0: checking for 169.254.121.180
Aug 18 18:37:53 puppypc daemon.info dhcpcd: wlan0: using IPv4LL address 169.254.121.180
Aug 18 18:37:53 puppypc daemon.info dhcpcd: forking to background
Aug 18 18:37:53 puppypc user.debug kernel: wlan0: deauthenticating from (I removed) by local choice (reason=3)
Aug 18 18:37:54 puppypc daemon.info dhcpcd: wlan0: carrier lost
Aug 18 18:37:54 puppypc daemon.info dhcpcd: sending signal 1 to pid 5294
Aug 18 18:37:54 puppypc daemon.info dhcpcd: received SIGHUP, releasing lease
Aug 18 18:37:54 puppypc daemon.info dhcpcd: wlan0: removing interface
Aug 18 18:37:54 puppypc daemon.info dhcpcd: waiting for pid 5294 to exit

I got a Linux driver in a cd I got when I bought this usb wireless device

Is there any way to install this for puppy?
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Remove this

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Double Post

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#2030 Post by James C »

ICPUG wrote: We also need someone with ATI to stick around and test any possible solutions with Lupu while they use 4.3.1 as their working puppy.
I tested one of the earlier releases with an old Radeon 7000 AGP card......worked fine by installing Xorg_High. Post is here.....
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 184#436184

Will try to pull it off the shelf and give 510 a spin on it later today.

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#2031 Post by Stripe »

Hi all

Still playing with my old box

Can set vlc as default media and audio player, (via usr/local/bin)
Can it be set as default video player for mplayer to handle streamed video via a browser?, or be set as default video player for a browser (I am trying to improve video playback quality in streamed media)

Sorry if this is slightly off topic
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#2032 Post by playdayz »

Can it be set as default video player for mplayer to handle streamed video via a browser?, or be set as default video player for a browser (I am trying to improve video playback quality in streamed media)
As I understand it there is a VLC browser plugin. Currently the browser plugins are from gecko-mediaplayer (which uses mplayer). Those are in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. I don't *think* they are anywhere else also. Replacing them with the VLC plugin should work, or perhaps the VLC plugin is already there and just removing the gecko plugins would work.

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#2033 Post by playdayz »

We have one - JRB's sfs loader - works really well.
Load / unload sfs's on the fly - no need to reboot etc.
Seems to have no limit to number of sfs's that can be loaded simultaneously.
IMO it should be part of every puppy.

It's built into 4.4 and is so useful.
Yes, this or something very like it, built in for ease of use and tested and configured for Lucid Puppy.

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#2034 Post by tubeguy »

tubeguy wrote:
playdayz wrote:Hey tubeguy and stripe, Using Audacious--pet on page 128--I was able to 1) play music with my m-audio card on my big machine, and 2) play music with my extigy on my p3 thinkpad. Neither were the first cards--and nothing else would even acknowledge the extigy or play through the m-audio. What I did is discussed in the post with audacious. I bet it might play your turtle beach usb card tubeguy. With Audacious I do not need to block any cards--I can choose between them.
Awesome! Thanks for the heads up, will give it a try.
Finally got a chance to give this a go and it works beautifully with my Audio Advantage Micro. Thanks Playdayz and especially l0wt3ch for providing the pet. This is great too because my headphone jack is really fiddly and is about ready to give up the ghost.
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#2035 Post by playdayz »

Weren't there reports about Ayttm?

Here is the latest that Barry compiled for Wary if anyone who uses it could test. Thanks.

http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/A ... -Lucid.pet
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#2036 Post by Stripe »

playdayz wrote:Weren't there reports about Ayttm?

Here is the latest that Barry compiled for Wary if anyone who uses it could test. Thanks.

http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/A ... -Lucid.pet
.
Have downloaded and installed, initialy works fine with msn but will keep using it and if I find any problems will let you know

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#2037 Post by stu90 »

I don't know if anyone has seen this site http://portablelinuxapps.org/ It has a bunch of portable popular application for linux, i went ahead and gave a bunch a try with Lucid 5.1
Other than firefox which i am using now i haven't really tested them beyond just seeing if the open or not, maybe if anyone is familiar with any of the application they could test if they fully work with Luid 5.1?
Set files to executable right click> properties.

Applications that worked:
Firefox 4.0b4 pre
DeaDBeef 0.4.1
Avidemux 2.5.2
Boxee 0.2.21.12568
FBreader o.10.5
Inkskape 0.47
Skype 2.1.0.81
VLC 1.1.1
Opera 10.70
TeamViewer 5
Inkscape 0.47
Scribus 1.3.3.13

Applications that didn't work:
XBMC
Transmission Google chrome
Mplayer
gpodder
shortwell photo manager
screen tube
Handbrake

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#2038 Post by DaveS »

stu90 wrote: Applications that didn't work:
XBMC
Transmission Google chrome
Mplayer
gpodder
shortwell photo manager
screen tube
Handbrake
Gpodder is a devil.... never managed to make it work in any Puppy. Mass of deps including Python :(
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#2039 Post by James C »

stu90 wrote:I don't know if anyone has seen this site http://portablelinuxapps.org/ It has a bunch of portable popular application for linux, i went ahead and gave a bunch a try with Lucid 5.1
Nice find. :)

Trying Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 right now myself, but Midori 0.2.6 doesn't work.

A lot of new things to try ..............................

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#2040 Post by Iguleder »

Are there any plans to replace JWM with shinobar's RTL-and-i18n-aware JWM?
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#2041 Post by muggins »

With shotwell photo manager, if you rename it to shotwell, then mount it:

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mount -o loop shotwell ./mountpoint
then go to the contained /usr/bin directory & run ldd shotwell, it gives me:

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linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
	libgee.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgee.so.2 (0xb76c4000)
	libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0 (0xb7641000)
	libgconf-2.so.4 => /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.4 (0xb760e000)
	libgphoto2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgphoto2.so.2 (0xb7592000)
	libgphoto2_port.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgphoto2_port.so.0 (0xb7589000)
	libexif.so.12 => /usr/lib/libexif.so.12 (0xb7552000)
	libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 (0xb7428000)
	libunique-1.0.so.0 => not found
	libwebkit-1.0.so.2 => not found
	libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb703b000)
	libsoup-2.4.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so.1 (0xb6ff3000)
	libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb6f5d000)
	libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb6f41000)
	libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0xb6f19000)
	libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0xb6eff000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb6ed9000)
	libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0xb6ecd000)
	libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0xb6e53000)
	libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb6e0f000)
	libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb6d99000)
	libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb6d69000)
	libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0xb6ccb000)
	libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xb6cc6000)
	libusb-0.1.so.4 => /lib/libusb-0.1.so.4 (0xb6cbd000)
	libgudev-1.0.so.0 => not found
	libdbus-glib-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 (0xb6ca0000)
	libdbus-1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0xb6c69000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb6c51000)
	libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb6c12000)
	libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0xb6c0b000)
	librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb6c02000)
	libglib-2.0.so.0 => /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb6b38000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb69ef000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb69eb000)
	libORBit-2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 (0xb6997000)
	libltdl.so.7 => /usr/lib/libltdl.so.7 (0xb698e000)
	libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0xb6979000)
	libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb685c000)
	libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0xb6858000)
	libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0xb6853000)
	libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb684d000)
	libgnutls.so.26 => /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26 (0xb67b2000)
	libgcrypt.so.11 => /lib/libgcrypt.so.11 (0xb673f000)
	libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb672f000)
	libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb6724000)
	libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb6720000)
	libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb6712000)
	libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb670a000)
	libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb6700000)
	/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7703000)
	libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0xb66a5000)
	libdirectfb-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.2.so.0 (0xb662e000)
	libfusion-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libfusion-1.2.so.0 (0xb6624000)
	libdirect-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirect-1.2.so.0 (0xb660e000)
	libpng12.so.0 => /lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb65e9000)
	libxcb-render-util.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render-util.so.0 (0xb65e3000)
	libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0 (0xb65db000)
	libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb65c1000)
	libexpat.so.1 => /lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb659a000)
	libpcre.so.3 => /lib/libpcre.so.3 (0xb6569000)
	libresolv.so.2 => /lib/libresolv.so.2 (0xb6554000)
	libselinux.so.1 => /lib/libselinux.so.1 (0xb6539000)
	libtasn1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3 (0xb6528000)
	libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/libgpg-error.so.0 (0xb6523000)
	libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb651e000)
	libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb6518000)
So perhaps it wouldn't be too hard to get some of these apps working.

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#2042 Post by 01micko »

Iguleder wrote:Are there any plans to replace JWM with shinobar's RTL-and-i18n-aware JWM?
Iguleder

I asked you about that some time ago, at least a month, and at that time you thought that shinobar's JWM was only i18n aware, I can't be bothered looking for the post, it may have even been a PM, but I'm sure you remember :wink:

Your trinity project looks interesting.

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#2043 Post by Iguleder »

The QuickSet changelog mentiones RTL support, that's why I brought this up.

By the way, is there any way I can set up a repo just like the lucid one? A Trinity repo could be a great idea. I got a working kdebase SFS and all KDE applications come as SFSs to make it modular and efficient. Got 5 at the moment, my focus is major applications. I can convert them to PETs easily and make a KDE repo. :wink:
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#2044 Post by stu90 »

Tested a few more of the portable linux apps.

Works:
Wireshark.1.3.3
Xara Extreme 0.7
Arora 0.10.1
Dropbox 0.7.110
Viewmor 1.0
Audacity 1.3.9
PeaZip 3.1

Doesn't work:
Fly back up manager
Gramps
Cpu-g
Mitter
Lifera
aufrago
Qwit
Terminator

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#2045 Post by Stripe »

Hi all

RJBrewer
In response to your problems playing you tube videos with 510 on a 800mhz box I have found the following solution.

Download and install Midori browser (it is light enough to play videos while downloading)
Download and install VLC

open /usr/local/bin
create new blank file and name it "yt2"
open file and input:
"#!/bin/bash"
"vlc /tmp/Flash*"
save file make it exicutable in properties
(this plays the cached flv file in the temp directory)

Create new desktop/taskbar icon and enter clicking the icon opens
"/usr/local/bin/yt2"

open Midori, go to you tube and play a video, as soon as it starts to play pause the video (so that it reduces load on the system, but still downloads the flv file)

Click on the desktop/taskbar icon that you created and the file shouild play in vlc, even when it is still downloading (nearly all will play full screen on my 800mhz 256mb box)
Will work with all the flash player sites that I have tried

when the video is finished or you want to turn it off make sure you close VLC so that when you choose a new video, the old video in the temp file is discarded.

I am still having the occasional browser crash, but perhaps you might be able to figure it out

still cant find a swf (flash codec) to play directly from the browser, it looks like the flash plugin is used to convert the swf file to flv.

I have not suddenly become a coding expert but got the idea from a ubuntu forum, via a google search

Hope this helps
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