Lucid Puppy 5.2.8 - Updated ISO Version 005 - APR 05 2012

[playdayz]

***Experimental***

Audacious 3.0.2. It was compiled in Lucid 5.2.8. The pet includes libgtk-3.0.8 which is required (as Audacious now uses either gtk3 or a version later than we have of gtk2). The pet also includes the most recent official release of the ffmpeg multimedia libraries 0.8.2.

http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/Audac ... cid528.pet
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[majorfoo]

***Experimental***

Audacious 3.0.2. It was compiled in Lucid 5.2.8. The pet includes libgtk-3.0.8 which is required (as Audacious now uses either gtk3 or a version later than we have of gtk2). The pet also includes the most recent official release of the ffmpeg multimedia libraries 0.8.2.

http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/Audac ... 2-lucid528
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Playdayz - d/l and tried in lucid 5.28

couple of things on this one
1. Had to add .pet to end of your file before would install as pet

2. When I try to play .mp3 file, receive error message
No decoder found for file xxxxx.mp3

additional information when I run from command line

/root
# audacious

** (audacious:23860): WARNING **: Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/audacious.desktop' has malformed Icon key 'audacious.png'(should not include extension)
/root
#

nap time for me - will be back in few hours

majorfoo

[majorfoo]

playdayz -
i got the new version of audacious to work by making following changes

1. /usr/share/applications/audacious.desktop line 32 changed audacious.png to audacious - removed .png extension

2. copied /usr/lib/libmpg123.so.0.25.1 and symlink libmpg123.so.0 from
lucid 529 -
Edit 8-30-11 - I just determined that these libs are not in original iso for lucid 529. I had audacious 3.0 loaded on full install of 529 and these libs are in 3.0 but not in 3.2

it now works. great sound

Perhaps this is not way to do things, but it worked for me

[Brown Mouse]

I'm not having much luck today.I installed the Mplayer 34026-002.pet and get a fatal error of 'skin default not found'.
Tried a reboot to no avail.

Oh, Maybe I left a desktop file for the gui in the pet. I will check. You never need to start mplayer-gnome-mplayer does all the work for you. You can type mplayer at a console to see the svn number from the version you are using--should be 34026.

Sorry Playdayz!

I had been seeing this error whilst trying to launch Mplayer from the Multimedia menu entry.My mistake I believe!
You are correct about the version I see from within in a console which is 34026.

[openwell2]

Hi,
I have a full install Puppy 528 and firewall does not seem to work correctly.
Right click on the icon.
You get the dialog box to turn it off.
Confirm Ok to turn it off, and firewall is still ON?
Anyone else have any ideas?

I looked at the rc.firewall text file and it seems to have different line numbers than Puppy 525?
Not sure what is different.
I usually only use the Line # 45 PERMIT " "
It is now line number 60 or 70 something?
This allows me to have firewall on and open specific ports for Transmission to use.
many thanks,

[radky]

UPDATE: PupControl-1.7 includes Pup-SysInfo, a new and comprehensive system information module.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=61961

[tasmod]

openwell2,

You're correct there has been a change in rc.firewall, so the script won't work.

I have only cursorily looked so will report back later when I've studied it.

EDIT:

DOH ! Must remember which puppy version I'm in when i do a check !


OK it's a gtk change that's caused the problem but I've fixed it.

Fix posted in Additional Software, under Network

[openwell2]

@tasmod,

Many thanks,

Fixed Puppy 528 firewall

firewallstate 2.0 installed

and on/off switching works great!

Find it here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=57725

[rerwin]

playdayz,
As promised, here is my complete set of changes (as of now) that can go into the instant update package for lupu 5.2.8. The attached package is similar to the "-1" version but has additional minor touch-ups and most of shinobar's firstrun-1.8.4 package. I have omitted his new capability, "extralangs", because I cannot assess the "sfs" part of it; the function can be added by dot-pet package, if desired. Here is a summary of the changes:

• # 1. Update /etc/rc.d/MODULESCONFIG.
  # 2. Reduce occurrences of DNS not being set for ppp connections to some USB-modem ISPs. (/etc/ppp/wvdial)
  # 3. Retain access to prename script if devx also loaded (with a different script of the same name) (usr/share/applications/prename.desktop).
  # 4. Set "show_msg=NO" configuration option for both of dillo's dillorc files (adding the one in /etc/dillo).
  # 5. Correct missing "fi" statement in bareview script.
  # 6. Personal Settings updates:
  # . . a. Complete the hostname-change process by cycling connections and prompting user to log out.
  # . . b. Simplify numlock preset logic.
  # . . c. Avoid "barks" during full country-settings display but retain them for first runs with no pupsave files or full installations.
  # . . d. Integrate firstrun-1.8.4 into lupu version of personal settings script but exclude new "extralang" support (which could be provided by a dot-pet package).

shinobar,
I also attach the difference listing comparing 1.8.4 to the merged lupu version of countrywizard.qs, to help you evaluate my result. I omitted extralangs by simply not including the extralangs script, so countrywizard.qs just skips it. Please verify that the script still does what you intend, other than the extralangs part.

Both,
The lupu version adds a line of text to the "FULLMSG" string. Playdayz, is the text still important to keep? If so, shinobar, then a translation of it is needed for language support. To keep things simple, I treat the added text as a separate string, so FULLMSG has two gettext components. The text to be translated is:

• 'To change UTF-8 status, choose your language from the drop-down menu and click OK. If you are booting a USB disk and want to use a USB Wifi device, you should Shut Down and create a save file *before* you set up networking.'

For now, though, that part of the combined message text will be in English.

UPDATE: In the updated (-3) package there are more text strings for translation:

• "When requested to do so in text mode, please enter 'logout' and then 'xwin'"
  "to run the Video Wizard and return to the desktop."
  "to return to the desktop."

Thank you, both, for helping me wrap this up.
Richard

[playdayz]

Battleshooter discovered that the headers for the ffmpeg multimedia libraries (needed to compile some apps) were missing in lupu_devx_528. Here they are in lupu_devx_528-2.sfs.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pu ... _528-2.sfs
fa969da4a46c64040317f33a4c16ef94

Kernel sources for 2.6.33.2 kernel (also needed to compile some apps) ->
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet ... atched.sfs
78a989b17552d10bd2d7ba2f2c3c1217

Both of these thing are now listed in the first message of this thread.

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Thanks rerwin. I will get moving in a few days--soon as I catch up with my other job.

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majorfoo, Thanks for doing all the debugging for me I will repair the pet ASAP. I was actually amazed that it worked at all--it has gtk3 plus ffmpeg 0.8.2. Yes, the libmpg123 needed to be there. I am not sure why you had to delete the png extension--was that only to eliminate the "error" message in the console. Without the .png extension some apps do not display the icon in the jwm menu--so the choice is either the message (harmless) or the icon (which people complain about if it is not there!).

EDIT-> Weird. My install played an mp3 without libmpg123 being present. What it did was to use ffmpeg/ffaudio to play it (I am pretty sure). Perhaps you could take a look at File -> Preferences -> Plugin -> Input and compare what you see to my picture. I want to make sure that you are getting the ffmpeg support (last line on mine).

The link at the top of this page now has the repaired Audacious 3.0.2 pet. It is still experimental, until we see if it breaks anything!

I should say that for non-fanatics (me and majorfoo being fanatics) Audacious 2.5.4 is fully functional (like Data).
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... -2.5.4.pet




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[playdayz]

Firewallstate update and PupControl update will be in Instant Update 001 for Lucid 5.2.8. Coming soon to a computer near you.

Thanks radky and tasmod.

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Brown Mouse, Yes, I needed to fix the pet, which I have now done. Thanks for helping debug. This one is still experimental too. It has the latest ffmpeg libraries built-in, so it is less likely to cause problems

http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/mp34026-002.pet

[majorfoo]

majorfoo, Thanks for doing all the debugging for me I will repair the pet ASAP. I was actually amazed that it worked at all--it has gtk3 plus ffmpeg 0.8.2. Yes, the libmpg123 needed to be there. I am not sure why you had to delete the png extension--was that only to eliminate the "error" message in the console. Without the .png extension some apps do not display the icon in the jwm menu--so the choice is either the message (harmless) or the icon (which people complain about if it is not there!).

EDIT-> Weird. My install played an mp3 without libmpg123 being present. What it did was to use ffmpeg/ffaudio to play it (I am pretty sure). Perhaps you could take a look at File -> Preferences -> Plugin -> Input and compare what you see to my picture. I want to make sure that you are getting the ffmpeg support (last line on mine).

The link at the top of this page now has the repaired Audacious 3.0.2 pet. It is still experimental, until we see if it breaks anything!

I should say that for non-fanatics (me and majorfoo being fanatics) Audacious 2.5.4 is fully functional (like Data).
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... -2.5.4.pet
.

agree the .png extension is harmless - does not prevent application from running.

when I first tried Audacious 3.02, using gui entry in multimedia, I received error regarding codecs.

went to command line and that is where I saw msg about .png extension and missing library.

Audacious - file - preferences - plugins
my copy is exactly same as your example.

You provided link to audacious 2.54 pet -- I have been running audacious 3.0-lucid.pet since you first posted and have not had any problems with it.

Not sure about the fanatic part - I just try to understand why something does not work - my very, very limited knowledge of linux sometimes keeps me from explaining problem so others can understand what I am trying to communicate.

majorfoo

[bigpup]

Pburn just got updated to V3.3.5
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=23881

[majorfoo]

***Experimental***

Audacious 3.0.2. It was compiled in Lucid 5.2.8. The pet includes libgtk-3.0.8 which is required (as Audacious now uses either gtk3 or a version later than we have of gtk2). The pet also includes the most recent official release of the ffmpeg multimedia libraries 0.8.2.

http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/Audac ... 2-lucid528
.

playdayz
I booted original 528 cd and downloaded new audacious-3.0.2-lucid528
that you mentioned in lucid 529 thread on 8-30-11

renamed audacious-3-0.2-lucid528 to
audacious-3.02-lucid528.pet so would install as pet file

ran this from console and received following:

sh-4.1# audacious

** (audacious:4500): WARNING **: Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/audacious.desktop' has malformed Icon key 'audacious.png'(should not include extension)
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file "/root/.smb/smb.conf":
No such file or directory
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file "/root/.smb/smb.conf.append":
No such file or directory
Using netbios name PUPPYPC.
Using workgroup TNG-WORKGROUP.
socket(): Address family not supported by protocol
pulseaudio: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused

we know that the .png extension is harmless

non of the above prevented application from working, sounds great

this for your information

majorfoo

[DPUP5520]

Don't know if anyone else had this problem with a similar wireless card but the microcode for my intel centrino advanced-n wireless card (iwlagn driver) was missing, fixed it with pet below.

[playdayz]

Not sure about the fanatic part

majorfoo, I meant fanatic about seeing the latest version work. I think that is a great aspect of Puppy--because we are smaller than other distros I think it is easier for us to get the latest versions into working order and available for users. For instance, Ubuntu Oneiric is still using ffmpeg 0.7.1, but we already have 0.8.2 in use--and it is the default in Slacko. Sorry that I forgot to correct the omission of the pet extension--you had the right fix. Sickness Audacious 3.0.2 is experimental, I have changed the pet to eliminate the menu entry and to include libmpg123--some people might want to redownload. Thanks for your help.

Add: I had left the pet extension off the link, but it still downloaded the file with the pet extension, but without the extension. Weird, but now fixed. I think maybe my diddywahdiddy server does that somehow.

[playdayz]

From Distrowatch -> Wojciech Kozikowski has emailed DistroWatch (and Linus Torvalds) with a complaint about his inability to find a distribution that would run on an i586 machine: "I wanted to install Linux on my old AMD K6+III/450 MHz PC

Playdayz comment -> Lucid Puppy Linux 5.1.1 is tested on AMD K6. It is not the latest Lucid Puppy but we keep it available for that reason.

http://diddywahdiddy.net/LupuNews/index3.html

[bigpup]

mitakka has come up with a Simple script that can be placed in Startup.

Putting the following script in /root/Startup, after 15 minutes of inactivity Puppy runs the default screensaver and after other 15 minutes (total 30 minutes) turns off the monitor.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 188#559188

[rerwin]

playdayz,
After posting my "complete" set of changes, it occurred top me that the dialog messages preceding the required X-restart did not alert the user as to what to expect -- in a language expected by the user. The messages in the "personalized settings" script have language support. So, additional instructions are appropriate and are added to the "patch" package, replacing the original package.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 769#558769

The new messages take into account that both a host rename and Xorgwizard request could be entered at the same time. During the restart, the hostname logout-xwin operation is done first, followed by execution of the Xorg wizard and return to the desktop. In addition to the messages, I corrected a minor bug I found that resulted from a subtle name change.

An operational note: When a user enters changes to the "personalized settings" dialog window, all needed changes should be made at once if the Xorg wizard is not to be used. If the wizard is used, the dialog will reappear afterward, allowing further entries to be made. It does not reappear after other changes. This is the same as before. If anyone has remaining issues with the "personalized settings" dialog, now is a good time to mention them, so that I might address them.
Richard

[Bruce_n_Duane]

playdayz

FYI
The file lupu_devx_528-2.sfs is only 2.3k and not 139.1Mb when I attempted to download it from the repository link on the release webpage.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pu ... _525-2.sfs


I tried twice in the last hour with the same resulting 2.3k file.

-Bruce.