Two-Headed Dog 528

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tasmod · #31 Post by **tasmod** » Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:59

aarf,

Fresh frugal install.

No errors, no problems with Startmount.

?? (Needs reboot, you knew that though

)

Jim1911 · #32 Post by **Jim1911** » Thu 11 Aug 2011, 15:11

Hi playdayz,

Thank you for coming back for this needed update. You and the team did a great job.

It just works and is also fast and stable.

Cheers,
Jim

aarf · #33 Post by **aarf** » Thu 11 Aug 2011, 15:35

tasmod wrote:aarf,

Fresh frugal install.

No errors, no problems with Startmount.

?? (Needs reboot, you knew that though )

was manual Fresh frugal install .
try again. same error as before. the gui wont start at all to do the configuration. dont get to the re-boot stage.
md5sum was correct and it is written to my internal sda2, not my faulty sdcard reader. have pwidges -2.3.6 installed. stopped pwidgets. stiil wont get to a startmount gui.

nancy reagan · #34 Post by **nancy reagan** » Thu 11 Aug 2011, 15:42

rerwin wrote: Unrar is part of luci. The easiest way to use it is to run Utilities > Xarchieve and open a .rar file in it. Clicking on a .rar file should also open Xarchieve. If that doesn't work, it is probably easily fixed. Just let me know.
Richard

Thanks Richard, thought was something like rightclicking.

aarf · #35 Post by **aarf** » Thu 11 Aug 2011, 15:46

ok tried from scratch after pfix=ram and new pupsave and got to the startmount gui. and it works on reboot.
just realized that i had also jre1.6.0.24-20110216.sfs (symlinked) and devx528.sfs as well as pwidgets in the previous pupsave.

majorfoo · #36 Post by **majorfoo** » Thu 11 Aug 2011, 16:46

THANK YOU Playdaz for this outstanding distro. You have done a outstanding job putting this together and you are to be commended for your dedication and hard work on this project.

I hope you will get some rest before taking on another project.

majorfoo

openwell2 · #37 Post by **openwell2** » Thu 11 Aug 2011, 18:02

Hi,
I was able to upgrade from full install hdd Puppy 525 using the universal installer, pfix=ram and upgrade choice. Everything looks really nice and graphics seem much clearer in 528.
But I noticed that it uses a lot of ram? I have firefox 6.0 and desktop running with no flashplayer site and it is using about 270MB of 2.5 GB on P4 2.8 Ghz Sony Vaio desktop. I have swap file of 2.0 GB and 120 GB Hdd.
With a flashplayer site open in firefox and this forum I am using about 370MB?
Before with same site combo I was only using aroung 200MB?
Does this seem correct?

Is anyone else seeing such a high jump in Ram usage with it?
Thanks

str4y · #38 Post by **str4y** » Thu 11 Aug 2011, 22:53

playdayz wrote:Two-Headed Dog 528
264 jwm keybindings from maxerro
..
526RC gnome-mplayer and gecko-mediaplyer <- 1.0.3 (reversion) Beem
..
527RC Revert to gnome-mplayer 1.0.3 - cd cache problem in 104

Look forward to spinning this up.. JWM keybindings intrigues me.. I've liked JWM going all the way back in the 2.1x days, but was an immediate convert to ICEwM upon discovering it-- lame as it may sound, the keyboard shortcuts for window manipulation that Windoze uses got engrained in my brain long ago, and can be used to do things quickly and in production quantity way better than any approach I've seen from a Linux. (KDE as a big, sprawling example of new key sequences to learn.. not fun.) For a typist to have to use a mouse all the time to simply close windows or whatever is maddening. Having the 1st letter underlined in each menu pull down is such a relief, meaning you can continue at the keyboard instead of mousing about. So I guess what I'm wondering is, I suppose one still has to separately install the Window Manager Chooser .pet and the IceWm-Lucid519rc{whatever}.pet if one is needing this, such as myself? I'm hoping that the keybindings bit will be enough to go on whereby I can map all the functions to act as IceWm does, so I can be on the same page wares-wise with the mass kennel population in this regard-- I'll post whatever glorious .config file I can forge if this is the case.

Know not of gecko-player, but like I mentioned elsewhere, gnome-mplayer will be the 1st thing I replace -- takes eons to fill a cache & begin play (even when pointed to 127.0.0.1:8000 that's relaying out of streamripper that rips along in the bkgd all the while I'm online (should be instantaneous)) but worse yet it goes looking for artwork on the net (I've yet to figure out where-- guess I need to do ethereal or squid or something) when I'm playing a danged local file. And did I mention you can't change the cache size-- there's one part in the prefs referring to cache but it's unrelated and/or nonfunctional.

But, don't let my whining above deter from my heartfelt thanks for all y'alls work keeping Puppy as solid and functional as it's become!

Snail · #39 Post by **Snail** » Thu 11 Aug 2011, 23:23

Thank you Playdayz for an immense amount of effort. I have been really impressed, not only by your individual effort but also by the way you have harnessed the widely disparate viewpoints and abilities of the forum to make a huge amount of progress, with a minimum of friction. Your diplomatic skills are a huge asset to Puppy, as much so as your technical ones. We can be an unreasonably demanding lot at times,alas, but never unappreciative.

Is it possible to have a 527rc to 528 delta please?

don570 · #40 Post by **don570** » Thu 11 Aug 2011, 23:56

Nancy Reagan wrote:Unrar is part of luci. The easiest way to use it is to run Utilities > Xarchieve

My Right click options package is able to use unrar.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=67013

It is designed for lupu 525 but it worked on luci 268 fairly
well when I tested it.
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don570 · #41 Post by **don570** » Fri 12 Aug 2011, 00:05

I've been working on a simple way of
converting wave files
using Rox's right click feature.

I'll eventually put it in my package, but here's
the results so far. I localized it using
Zigbert's method so it's easy for anyone
to convert it to French etc. There is a warning if
the mp3 file already exists.

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Lobster · #42 Post by **Lobster** » Fri 12 Aug 2011, 01:39

Thanks for supporting Lucid
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/puppy526

I have suggested by PM that Larry (playdayz)
has a break and then considers Finlandia aka THD
for an official release.

The feedback has been very positive.

bigpup · #43 Post by **bigpup** » Fri 12 Aug 2011, 05:08

openwell2 wrote:Hi,
I was able to upgrade from full install hdd Puppy 525 using the universal installer, pfix=ram and upgrade choice. Everything looks really nice and graphics seem much clearer in 528.
But I noticed that it uses a lot of ram? I have firefox 6.0 and desktop running with no flashplayer site and it is using about 270MB of 2.5 GB on P4 2.8 Ghz Sony Vaio desktop. I have swap file of 2.0 GB and 120 GB Hdd.
With a flashplayer site open in firefox and this forum I am using about 370MB?
Before with same site combo I was only using aroung 200MB?
Does this seem correct?
Is anyone else seeing such a high jump in Ram usage with it?
Thanks

I am using Iron 10 browser with the latest Flashplayer.
I checked with Htop and memory use does seem higher, but not as bad as you.
Mine is around 170MB.
What does show is the Flashplayer plugin going all over the place in using memory. Jumps up and down about every two seconds.

bigpup · #44 Post by **bigpup** » Fri 12 Aug 2011, 05:45

Great job by Playdayz!!!!!!
I have had no problems at all.
Very solid version of Puppy

Just seemed he decided to use this aprouch to get to the end.

James C · #45 Post by **James C** » Fri 12 Aug 2011, 06:29

Lobster wrote: I have suggested by PM that Larry (playdayz)
has a break and then considers Finlandia aka THD
for an official release.

Seems like a really good idea.........

aarf · #46 Post by **aarf** » Fri 12 Aug 2011, 07:12

i look down and firewall icon is saying it is switched off when i am surfing. so i switch it on again. ddnt come on when i had to connect to start. wifi disconnect is happening occasionally too..

nooby · #47 Post by **nooby** » Fri 12 Aug 2011, 07:23

openwell2 does mention memory usage. I was not aware of such things but I did notice that my CPU was warmer than it is on old Lupu 513 that I use daily.

So somebody less lazy than me can look into it maybe?

#48 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Fri 12 Aug 2011, 09:37

Lobster wrote:I have suggested by PM that Larry (playdayz)
has a break and then considers Finlandia aka THD
for an official release.

Nice piece of work, Finlandia

stiginge · #49 Post by **stiginge** » Fri 12 Aug 2011, 09:45

I cannot connect to the wireless network using either SNS or Network wizard. When I select 'wlan0' from within SNS it doesn't seem to pick up my network or any networks. The ifconfig wlan0 command returns:

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ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Protocol error

I was thinking it may be that I have added a couple of programs (skype, pidgin) to load on startup but have deleted these from startup folder and still not connecting at bootup or using network wizard/SNS.

#50 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Fri 12 Aug 2011, 09:45

Installed my usual way, FRUGAL Lin'N'Win.
Activated my applications environment, which did run without problems.
However 528 sems to need some more cpu cycles and runs hotter, as I hear the fan quite often. (running for the moment at 75°C and only SeaMonkey active.

Don't know how pemasu does it, but his latest dpup 5.0.0.5 runs much cooler and seems snappier.

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Re: Two-Headed Dog 528

Delta 5.2.7rc to 5.2.8

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conversion of wave file to mp3

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