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jamesbond · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 1533 Location: The Blue Marble

Billtoo - yes the automatic reboot caused problems. I've removed the forced reboot, now you have to reboot manually. The pet has been updated.

cheers!

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4621 Location: GB

Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 1494 Location: Ontario Canada

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kirk · Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1333 Location: florida

I've uploaded a pet package for Firefox-6.0:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/fatdog/broken/Firefox-6.0.pet

Test it out if you can. Firefox has changed the way it does version numbers, it doesn't look like a major upgrade. If it tests well, we'll put it in for final.

If you have already tried the included Firefox-5.0.1, delete /root/spot/.mozilla.

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 2623 Location: Earth

Kirk/JamesBond, I realize the many hours invested to get the stable "RC1" we currently have.

You have made some important recent video PETs and system updates.

Might you consider one more "RC" before releasing "Final" which contains all of the updates and progress made this week. There still seems to be a minor issue I am having with persistence in RC1 for Live media. I hope to get back on this tomorrow for you but have commitments until end-of-day tomorrow. If you think it prudent, it should insure that the "final" is integrated and fully addresses Live and Frugal user needs without adding PETs to resolve.

Also, please be aware that the hostname update does address the OTB requirements for this community. Thanks for realizing the importance.

Hope this helps.

Hans · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 37 Location: The Netherlands

Very nice dog Kirk and JamesBond! I made the switch from puppylinux to fatdog because I need all the ram for virtualbox. Congratulations!

Some minor issues:

1-contents of /usr/lib are not written to destination
happens with devx and LibreOfc-3.3.1_en-US_64bit_sfs4.sfs and fd64-devx_520.sfs

message:
# sh install_sfs
cp: cannot overwrite non-directory `/usr/lib' with directory `/data/usr/lib'
#

To clarify things, I use a full install and a script to copy everything into the filesystem. I used it from puppylinux4-series into the 5-series and now fatdog511 and 520b5/b6/b7. Only in fatdog520rc I encountered this issue. I checked and indeed the files supposed to go in usr/lib were not there. I suppose it has to do with /usr/lib being a symlink to /usr/lib64 but that is how far I got so far (which is not far at all, sorry!)
This is the script I use but I doubt it has anything to do with this issue:

jamesbond · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 1533 Location: The Blue Marble

gcmartin, kirk is going to post RC2 soon. So please do let us know what your problem is.

Hans,
For Problem #1 -
- devx in RC has a problem - pygtk update went to /usr/lib instead of /usr/lib64. This will be fixed in RC2.
- there is nothing impotrant in libreoffice /usr/lib, you can ignore the error

Problem #2 -
Yeah that's puzzling. Sounds like timing issue - openbox/lxpanel is started before Xorg is ready.

Problem #3 -
lxpanel 0.3.8.1 is venerable indeed, has been there since the very first version of Fatdog (it was still 32-bit then) Very Happy

You can't just compile plain lxpanel, it has to be patched (otherwise you see no menus), and newer version of lxpanel isn't that easy to compile also. I'm not even aware of that as a "bug" until you say it works like that in Lucid Smile

Hans · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 37 Location: The Netherlands

Thankx for the info jamesbond

problem #2: I can try to delay openbox/lx a bit. And no one ever reported this? I feel lonely....

problem #3: lucid is using a newer version, 0.5-something. But maybe compiling under 32bit is more straight foreward? I still have a go at compiling a new one I think.

problem #4, (sorry): Abiword aborts the moment I mark text. Has this been reported earlier? Or is it again me?

Question:
Is there a good way to log the console-messages at shutdown?
So once in a while I see quite a lot of them flashing by. Not allways though.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 18 Aug 2011, 12:02 Post subject: Re: Xorg and lxpanel

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4636 Location: Manila

Allow me to post the URL to the drivers of Radeon HD chips that come with AMD's E- and C-builds (the so-called Fusion APUs by AMD)
here (The specific chips of interest are AMD Radeon HD 6310 and HD 6250.)

The new Fusion builds are coming out in the form of inexpensive 14"-15" laptops - they are as large as the old laptops but have midget power consumption and price. Fatdog64 is just right for these revolutionary APUs.

Note: In my test of the E-350, only ISpup is able to keep X operating. X hangs when the power-saving features start (such as dimming the screen), and I suspect that ISpup does not use the said trick. Trying "apm=off" or "acpi=off" gave no joy. See the Xorg files of ISpup here.

jamesbond · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 1533 Location: The Blue Marble

Hans,
problem #2 - no, seems that you're the first one to report.
problem #3 - Fatdog's lxpanel source is here http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/fatdog/source/l/ if you want to try to add that feature.
problem #4 - that's too bad. kirk upped abiword to 2.9.1 in beta7 I think. Didn't try the cut and paste then, for me I used abiword more as a quick file viewer (for serious work I use libreoffice) - that works. Now we need to downgrade again to 2.8.6 (version used in 511 and earlier 520 betas).

rcrsn51, I tried Ted. Compiled ok, ran ok, but when I tried to open the "font tool" (hoping to be able to change the font), it crashed Shocked

Hans · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 37 Location: The Netherlands

problem #2 - my hardware is keeping X busy apparently
problem #3 - I did use that same source, did not work. No errors, just no changes. But there is more to the version lucid is using. The desktops do not only show all open windows but show the wallpaper as well. I will have a go at the newer version, it seems to be a bit more complete.

Hans · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 37 Location: The Netherlands

Jamesbond, I did not do my homework correctly, lucid is NOT using lxpanel but fbpanel 6.1. Sorry for the confusion.

On the bright side, lxpanel is showing the windows in all desktops now, using the diff posted earlier. Only it crashes when I click on panel settings, shown in de picture. I will try to find out what is causing this.