Wary Puppy 5.2.2, 18 Nov. 2011

[broomdodger]

wary 5.2

How / where to edit to add clicking the cpu graph in the tray so it will open a file such as top or hardinfo?

Not likely. It is a "swallowed" app by JWM, which simply means that xload (the app you see in the tray) is actually a standalone app that JWM can reduce to a tray app. It would require a different (or totally recoded) xload to accomplish your goal... unless some JWM expert knows another way?

I forgot how I did it...
but once I changed what happened when I clicked on the time in the tray.
Is clicking on the cpu graph somehow different?

[Sylvander]

4. Installed Frisbee-beta-2-lucid52:
Seems to be working, but...
Doesn't look or function like the version I have in Lupu-526.
i.e. Doesn't offer the various super options in the right-click menu.

Sorry, my mistake...
I'm confusing this with Firewallstate...
Tried installing Firewallstate version 2.0, but it wouldn't run, so I've uninstalled it.
Perhaps I should try version 1.9.
Aha...just now installed that, and it seems to be working OK.

[Frank Cox]

I am setting up an old Intel P4 . Installed Wary but it would not find the sound cards but 431 found both {only planning to use one} . Is there a package of sound card drivers for Wary or I am better off just going with 431?

[rjbrewer]

I am setting up an old Intel P4 . Installed Wary but it would not find the sound cards but 431 found both {only planning to use one} . Is there a package of sound card drivers for Wary or I am better off just going with 431?

Did you type alsaconf in console?

[Frank Cox]

I am setting up an old Intel P4 . Installed Wary but it would not find the sound cards but 431 found both {only planning to use one} . Is there a package of sound card drivers for Wary or I am better off just going with 431?

Did you type alsaconf in console?

No but I ran the setup , same difference. 431 found both cards, Wary neither .

[otropogo]

Where can I download Wary? I'm getting desperate to find a version of puppy that will run on both my laptop and my desktop machines AND reliably support my USB3 3TB drive, even if only on the USB2 port.

Update: Have now gone to the look in the "test" directory on ibiblio indicated on Barry's downlink, and find no wary iso or wary folder corresponding to the iso named...

[pemasu]

Otropogo. Usually the first post of the first page is the source information of the stuff which the thread is about. Sometimes you need to scroll the first page a little before you find what you are after. I have taken nowadays custom to post links at the top of the first post also. Just to be sure that fast scrolling people does not miss what they are after.......

[smokey01]

otropogo,

ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/wary-5.2/wary-5.2.iso

[otropogo]

otropogo,

ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/wary-5.2/wary-5.2.iso

Thanks. Downloading it now. Slower than molasses...63KB/s

I tried to work backwards from the last page here looking for the right link, but the first one I found was bad too...

[otropogo]

Otropogo. Usually the first post of the first page is the source information of the stuff which the thread is about. Sometimes you need to scroll the first page a little before you find what you are after. I have taken nowadays custom to post links at the top of the first post also. Just to be sure that fast scrolling people does not miss what they are after.......

I haven't had much experience with this, and it's mostly with pburn, where Zigbert usually puts the latest version's download link right on the first page of the thread. But in this case, I followed Barry's suggestion and went to his Blog, and clicked on the ibiblio link there.

That gave a 404 error, and going to the cited /test/ directory didn't turn up the iso either...I then went to the end of the forum thread and worked backwards, but the first download link I found, which logically should be the most current, also produced a "404".

So I think it's fair to say that I had grounds to protest.

I think Zigbert's procedure of placing the current download link(s) in the first post of the thread is best, as anywhere else it's going to be shuffled. But of course that will only work if the thread owner is willing and able to keep it updated or can find some mechanism to delegate that process.

BTW - out of curiosity I slowly scrolled through all of page 1, and then all of page 2 of the thread as well. I don't know if my eyes are failing me, or what, but I couldn't see a download link for the 5.2 iso in either of those pages.

[pemasu]

October 14, 2011: Wary Puppy 5.2

See my blog announcement:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02543

Discussion starts on page 5 of this Forum thread:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 975#572975

Follow the blog announcement link......

The live-CD ISO file is 123.6MB, which might seen pretty small, yet it could have been much smaller -- the build has the "Out house sink" in terms of kernel drivers, for example very large 3rd-party analog modem drivers. Download:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/wary-5.2/wary-5.2.iso

[otropogo]

October 14, 2011: Wary Puppy 5.2

See my blog announcement:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02543

Discussion starts on page 5 of this Forum thread:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 975#572975

Follow the blog announcement link......

The live-CD ISO file is 123.6MB, which might seen pretty small, yet it could have been much smaller -- the build has the "Out house sink" in terms of kernel drivers, for example very large 3rd-party analog modem drivers. Download:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/wary-5.2/wary-5.2.iso

OK. I see now. But IMO the announcements and links are backward. The top one should be the most recent, and the less recent ones should follow it in reverse chronological order down to the earliest.

In any case, it's just wrong to offer dead links in an active discussion thread.

[linuxcbon]

- do you need /usr/local/share/ ?
- do you need /usr/local/sbin/ ? it contains only a link
- do you need /usr/local/sys-freedos ?
- /usr/doc/ is empty
- what is /usr/share/misc/ for ?
- what is /usr/share/images/ for ?

[otropogo]

Have just burned and booted a couple of times with Wary 5.2. Configuring the video was particulary difficult. Had to settle for a weird resolution, because the only one that worked out of the box for me (1600x1200) is too fine for my eyes, and the usual display adjustment doesn't work for me on this Puppy. I usually select 1280x1024, but can't make it work in Wary. The substitute loses some 10% of my screen on each side.

More significant is the problem of no icons, no wallpaper. All I've got after xorg finishes is a black screen except for the bottom task bar. There are no icons, I can only launch programs or utilites from the drop down menu by right clicking on the screen or on "menu", and many of the menu tabs don't work for me.

Pmount opens, and seems to mount and unmount partitions. But clicking on the mounted icon doesn't open a window to the partition. Also, the preference tab doesn't appear to accomplish anything. The lack of drive access is probably related to the non-functionality of ROX. Clicking on its tab in the applications menu doesn't do anything. So there's no way to open a file.

Unless it's an image file supported by GIMP, which does open and work from the menu, and will navigate the filesystem , show and open files it supports (but not any others, they remain invisible).

Seamonkey also works, I'm using it right now. And surprisingly, it's picked up my bookmarks from somewhere, (possibly my bookmarks.html file)?

ABI doesn't work.

The wallpaper selector opens and displays the names of wallpaper jpegs, but doesn't do anything when I click on them and on "apply".

[Terryphi]

More significant is the problem of no icons, no wallpaper. All I've got after xorg finishes is a black screen except for the bottom task bar. There are no icons, I can only launch programs or utilites from the drop down menu by right clicking on the screen or on "menu", and many of the menu tabs don't work for me.

Pmount opens, and seems to mount and unmount partitions. But clicking on the mounted icon doesn't open a window to the partition. Also, the preference tab doesn't appear to accomplish anything. The lack of drive access is probably related to the non-functionality of ROX. Clicking on its tab in the applications menu doesn't do anything. So there's no way to open a file.

The problem you describe has been seen when using a savefile from a previous version of Wary. If you are using a previous savefile then this solution worked for me:


From the terminal run these two commands:

rm /etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders
gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders >/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders

When you reboot all should be as expected.

[BarryK]

Wary 5.2 frugal

pupX set properties of X > Screensaver

Usually I disable the screen saver,
but just now enabled it for a short delay,
and 'blank the screen'.

It did not happen !
I tried it with no apps running.

Is it broken?

I have confirmed this. 'xset' will not blank the screen. I have no idea why. There is no error message, it just doesn't work.

[BarryK]

double post.

[BarryK]

As don570 said - a row of triangle like shapes appear over the ruler as the mouse is moved (following the pointer), They go if the window is resized or loses focus, but return once the mouse moves again. Some artifacts down the left hand side too, though less noticeable. Definitely following the mouse movements though.

Frugal install on a Compaq Armada M700 P3 450mhz 320mb RAM

ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
ATI MACH64

You are reporting on InkscapeLite?

Yes, we need someone (a programmer) to take InkscapeLite on-board as their project. It needs lots of improving.

[BarryK]

Wary Puppy 5.2 final (October 14)

It seems to have a limit of18-20 current version SFS in /mnt/home then you get the error.

I have increased the limit. There is a limit due to the way 'pupdialog' works, but I have made it higher, should be ok now for everyone.

[BarryK]

My attempt to update the multisession 5.2 beta 2 Blu-Ray to 5.2 final fell flat, pardon the alliteration. I told Burniso2cd to burn the 5.2 final iso to the multisession BD-RE disk without blanking the disk first. After Burniso2cd was done, I shut down, saving to the newly burned BD-RE disk. This has always worked with rewritable multisession DVDs. But when I rebooted, somehow it loaded the .sfs file from an earlier Puppy, one I don't remember burning onto this BD-RE. Naturally that combination didn't work very well, though it did work well enough for me to use Pburn and Burniso2cd. So I wound up blanking the BD-RE with Pburn and reburning the 5.2 final iso again with Burniso2cd. This time it worked, except of course all my settings from configuring the 5.2 beta 2 were lost.

My only complaint so far is with SeaMonkey. Web pages load slowly and scroll very jerkily. Also the CPU load indicator (on the right end of the system tray) maxes out sometimes when I have many tabs open. Then things really slow down. This hasn't happened in most other Puppys I've tried. I haven't the slightest idea what to try that might fix this.

SeaMonkey 2.3.x is incredibly big. It bothers me that I am using SM in Wary, that is intended for old hardware. I might take a fresh look at an alternative browser, even though I will have to sacrifice Composer.