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Béèm · Posted: Sun 31 Jul 2011, 19:23 Post subject:

I am more and more confused about dpup.
There is Barry's 4.99.2
There is Iguleder's 4.99.1, lower in version n° but maybe higher in functionality. I didn't check.
Iguleder was speaking about he wants to see a 5.0.0
Is this squeeze the one Iguleder is talking about?

If yes, why not have them in the same forum section?

Béèm · Posted: Sun 31 Jul 2011, 19:53 Post subject:

Bad things are happening.
I looked into the graphics driver again.
Went to the X prompt and did run xorg wizard.
This time I took choose and loaded the radeon driver having a radeon 7500 graphics card. I got the desktop.
BUT:
My keyboard is in qwerty and in spite I did run the keyboard wizard to choose the Belgian keyboard, it stayed in qwerty.
Not really exiting.

So back to the X prompt to choose the vesa driver.

I suppose I have benefit to run the radeon driver, but how to combine it with the Belgian keyboard?
The xorg.conf doesn't even contain a display/keyboard section, so I can't even force the keyboard this way.

jim3630 · Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 792 Location: Northern Nevada

spent some time today working in DebianEdu/Skolelinux which most know is just the debian education desktop ontop of knoppix fully updated to current squeeze stable version.

may not be apples to apples but this Dpup is light speed ahead. Pemasu it's flying.

vanchutr · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 419

Installed FRUGALLY with GRUB4DOS 1.7.
Boot up . I can choose Xvesa (easy)
Connect to Internet with USB-3G - success
Webbrowser Seamonkey 2.2 - runs fast
Thank you, Pemasu
(After me) - Best way is choosen JWM. (I don't like other WM! for many reason)
Loaded successful wine-1.3.25 with sfs_loader.

jim3630 · Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 792 Location: Northern Nevada

pemasu, Iguleder's puppizard dependancies are xz and Yad which you have. AdvanceCOMP and OptiPNG are recommended so you might consider adding them if you use it.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=69248

Puppizard 07 in the repo is the lattest pet could find. Iguleder's work is inspiring.

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did new pfix=ram same install but added AdvanceComp, OptiPNG, puppizard 07, puppizard e17, puppizard scripts pets then Libroffice as before and no change. it went to ftp.osuosl.org for libroffice, same several minute stop creating the new file which is about 75M.

got it to work same method. /usr/share/applications/libreoffice-- has about 10 different Libroffice related desktop symlinks>show target>/opt/libreoffice3.4/xdg which has the desktops files> right click open as text >geany>clicked on execute entry on sidebar> line of code where %U is just delete it on all files, save, fixmenus, restart jwm. It works.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5175 Location: Finland

Jim3630. Great that you got Libre Office working using Puppizard. That was quite an achievement. About optipng and advancecomp. They are needed after you have compiled an package and start to strip it. Iguleders strippkg needs those applications. And they are included in devx sfs already. You need devx sfs if you start to compile. So...I would say they are in right sfs.

Beem. Yes...it is confusing. So I gave different name choices. Pick the one you would like to call this one.

Dpup squeeze started when lenny was stable. It was project led by Iguleder. Then it stopped. Barry made squeezed puppy again when squeeze was stable.
You know the version number. Then Ttuuxxx woofed it and created thread for it. You posted into it about keyboard problems yesterday.

Now....Iguleder has awakened squeeze again. He has used much of his older squeeze specs before squeeze came stable. So...the approach is slightly different than in Barrys build.

This and Iguleders builds use the latest woof which also make these builds slightly different than Ttuuxxx build.

Mine and Iguleders build both use different kernels than Barrys/Ttuuxxx builds. We use 2.6.39.3 but Iguleder use his compile and I use my compile. My kernel is same than in Polarpup 003.

About version numbering. Iguleder has numbereded this version as 5.0.0. It is beta version. I have used specs of that 5.0.0.
So...Iguleder has quite big a lead on squeeze, I refer to his thread at first time before Barry gave a shot on squeeze. Squeeze is now stable and now the packages dont change. Thing are partly the same but some thing dont behave as they did when this squeeze started first time.

What should this be called. This is test version using Iguleders specs. We test this one, give feedback of thing which work and which dont. We try to improve this.
Where should I post. this one. This is puplet based on Iguleders post. I like to post puplets here. Iguleder still lead the project in Puppy project section.
It was just my choice to post it here. Anyway....This is still experimental project. I have posted my Ice Puppy experimental project also here. It lead finally to the 2.6.39.3 kernel when Barry started to solve our finding of non booting usb media and I conclude that project was success at last. I have now good specs for kernel.

I hope this experimental project gives information which benefit Iguleder in his squeeze saga and also gives he motivation to continue with it.

jim3630 · Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 792 Location: Northern Nevada

jim3630 · Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 792 Location: Northern Nevada

I'd called it Northern Lights Dpup and keep it here with the rest of the herd.

jim3630 · Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 792 Location: Northern Nevada

jim3630 · Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 792 Location: Northern Nevada

Iguleder · Posted: Mon 01 Aug 2011, 01:36 Post subject:

The devx contains both. Run "advdef", "advpng" and "optipng" to be sure, these are the ones you need.

Yes, Puppizard strips all packages it encounters Smile

jim3630 · Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 792 Location: Northern Nevada

jim3630 · Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 792 Location: Northern Nevada

universal installer misreads ext4 as ext3. do like xaos.

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4768 Location: Kentucky

Having an interesting early morning, booted up one of my old P3's.... a dual-boot with Windows 2000 and Antix 11.You guessed it, something is borked and Windows refuses to boot.Luckily Antix is still good so it's goodbye to Windows. Laughing

Needed to test Gparted and the installer anyway. Smile

A couple of minutes later....full install of Squeeze on Ext3 is booting on an old P3. Report later.

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4768 Location: Kentucky

Full install on an old P3. No problems with Gparted or the installer. Everything working on initial boot.

VIDEO REPORT: Puppy Squeeze, version 5.0.0

Chip description:
Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller (CGC)

Driver used by Xorg:
intel

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video

-Computer-
Processor : Pentium III (Coppermine)
Memory : 512MB (94MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Mon 01 Aug 2011 02:24:26 AM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : ICH - Intel 82801BA-ICH2

VGA compatible controller : Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller
Multimedia audio controller : Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller
Ethernet controller : 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]

Using less than 40 mb of ram at idle....pretty impressive.