Guy Dog 5.0.1

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Thanks for the info stu90 & the script The other options did not work for me but theres good news gimp 2.7.2.sfs works in guydog managed to crop the background so it looks right.


image-3 by J. P. Stunna, on Flickr

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Spent a little time tweaking the desktop & this is what I have now.


gd-scrnr1 by J. P. Stunna, on Flickr

[Keef]

Before you report a bug, check the facts.

The two included network setup tools (one of which mostly works ) both offer to try and setup Windows drivers. That tends to require ndiswrapper.
I just clicked the buttons, There'll be menu entries that point to none existent programs next. This is precious finger time I'm wasting. I could be picking my nose, or poking small children in the eye.
Just a thought....

[mikeslr]

Hi iguleder, Stu90 & All,

Thanks Stu90 for the Wallpaper chooser, which works fine. However, I wanted to add it to the menu by creating a desktop file in /usr/share/applications. The technique I generally use is to place a script calling the app in /my-applications/bin and identify that script in the desktop file's exec argument. [As the chooser was already a script, I just placed in in /my.../bin]. I've used this technique with several applications for example, opera unpacked to /mnt/home. Some worked, such as opera. Some didn't, such as the Wallpaper chooser. Except as noted below, with regard to those which failed, clicking the script in /my-applications/bin would start the app; while clicking the desktop file in /usr/share/applications wouldn't. Perhaps it's one of the quirks of emelfm2 I don't understand. [The desktop files would not start their respective applications even when permissions were changed to executable by all].
The exception are programs to run under wine. I was able to install Greendome's 1.3.28 pet, and using either wine's task manager or progman "install" an XP program, and thereafter create a functional menu entry via the above technique. But I was unable to configure emelfm2 to recognize the file ending "exe" as something to be opened with wine. Neither was I able to find any way to "install" a portable program under wine. Consequently, in order to run them I had to start wine's task manager and browse to the executable each time.
So I am compelled to ask the questions. It's not that I don't appreciate iguleder's efforts to explore other possibilities. Indeed, I believe they are essential if puppy is to remain both light-weight and functional. And its been (what?) eight years since Barry K decided for some reason on Rox-filer as his file manager of choice. 8 years in computer development, especially Linux development, is an eternity. But how much space is saved by using emelfm2 rather than rox-filer? And what are the advantages & disadvantages each has respecting the other?

Respectfully,

mikesLr

Edit: After a refreshing night's sleep, I seem to be more clear headed and adventurous. It occurred to me that it is "early days" in our exploration of emelfm2: that solutions for some of its quirks have already been found. And Guy Dog, using emelfm2, appears to be much more responsive than Rox-filer. So let's press on.
In any event, the more important challenge to overcome is the difficulty some of us have encountered in the conflict between Guy Dog and our Graphics Cards.

[superchook]

During the X setup I select in turn <probe>, <Test> and <Test_X_Now>.
X does not start and eventually I am returned to <FINISHED>
If I select <Tweak>, <Tweak_xorg.conf> and <Edit_xorg.conf> a dialogue appears which tells me that selecting <OK> will open the editor but instead it returns me to <Test_X_Now>. The VESA driver works OK.

I have noticed this bug in some other puplets.

[James C]

Still getting things figured out.......

[ETP]

Iguleder

Thanks for this pup which is great work and a welcome return to Puppy's roots. emelFM2 seems quirky initially comming from Rox but has real merit.

With regard to the distros's name how about:

" PAT THE DOG"

Thanks once again.

[kros54]

Which version is this wbar installed and which packages?
What are other dependencies?
You specify the location of these packages?
thanks and congratulations:
Kros54

[stu90]

Which version is this wbar installed and which packages?
What are other dependencies?
You specify the location of these packages?
thanks and congratulations:
Kros54

wbar-2.2.2 > deps - imlib2
Iguleder has posted .pet and dependencies on this link:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 603#572603

[Iguleder]

You can find all included applications here. These are the packages built automatically on top of the dpup base - the rest is Debian packages.

EDIT: I'm taking a break from 5.0.1 development, I'm on a vacation and I'm very tired from all those trips across the country.

I decided to do an experiment I wanted to do since long ago - build X automatically. Once I have this, I can also automate the compilation of underlying libraries (e.g libpng) and go all the way down to a minimal base of just a minimal devx with GCC from dpup, with the rest built as a true Puppy.

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You should enjoy yourself Iguleder you have done quite a bit the last few months with dpup, Next Pup, & now Guy Dog 3 very nice puplets that will spring to life even more new puplets I believe I wish I could do a fraction of what you have lol.

So again enjoy a vacation it always helps to take time to yourself so you do not get burnt out on doing something I believe you truely enjoy doing

There will be plenty of backgrounds to look at when you are back & well rested

like this below just maybe with a logo


Iminent Danger by J. P. Stunna, on Flickr

[Iguleder]

Here's an improved emelFM2 package, guys. Forgot to upload it previously; delete ~/.config/emelfm2 before you install it.

Experienced users can use just /usr/bin/emelfm2 from this package - it contains the improved file type handling stuff.

mikeslr - sorry for not answering your question previously. emelFM2 is bigger than ROX-Filer, but consumes less memory in many cases, since you need only one window for all tasks, while ROX-Filer needs multiple windows. It also has lots of functionality (e.g archive handling) missing in ROX-Filer.

EDIT: small update - I'm building all the X server libraries at the moment, so far it's working. Once these are ready, Xorg_High and the actual X server will follow. Then I'll just have to build all drivers and here we have the smallest X server in Puppy ever

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I started working on my own wbar icons. There are only a few so far but here is how they look. Planning on making a complete set for Guy Dogs wbar.


myicons by J. P. Stunna, on Flickr

[kros54]

Stu90

wbar-2.2.2 > deps - imlib2
Iguleder has posted .pet and dependencies on this link:...

Many thanks, Stu90, they also try another puplet.


Kros54

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Thanks for the new emelFM2 pet Iguleder. it works great double clicking on pets installs them without any tweaking from me did not do a lot of testing on it though. Double clicking on a picture file did not open in feh like I hoped. I installed viewnior & it opened in it after a double click so I would say all is good to go on the basics

[Iguleder]

Yep, there's a bug: put "feh" in /usr/local/bin/defaultimageviewer.

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Found an issue with feh & .gif files.

Code: Select all

>defaultimageviewer "/mnt/home/working/nextras/anatomy.gif"  (10047)
feh WARNING: /mnt/home/working/nextras/anatomy.gif - No Imlib2 loader for that file format
feh - No loadable images specified.
>defaultimageviewer "/mnt/home/working/nextras/anatomy.gif" (10047) returned '1'

Use feh --help for detailed usage information

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Thanks for the new emelFM2 pet Iguleder. It is probably a fluke but after installing it my internet connection issues seem to have gone away. I can not imagine why installing it would fix the problem i was havin lol. Either way im a happy Guy Dog user.

Edit: I tested the new emelFM2 pet in Next Puppy & it works great. I posted the info & the pet on the Next Puppy thread for others to get if they would like to.

Again my connection issue that I was having with Next Pup has vanished it seems. Going to do a few reboots to test & make sure its not just a fluke.

[mikeslr]

Hi Iguleder & All,

Wanting to try something, but not recalling that Guy Dog wasn't working on my main computer, see http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 545#573545 I unthinkingly booted into it without a problem. Not sure what I did wrong before, or right this time. But I'm happy.(':D')

mikesLr

Edit: Almost> Did something which might have closed all open windows. But thinking that I somehow had shifted into a 2nd desktop --I didn't know it had a second desktop-- I looked for a way to shift back. Unable to find one, I figured the best thing to do was restart X via Ctl-Alt-Backspace. That gave me the dreaded "No Signal" being received by my monitor, requiring a hard shutdown.

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widescreen 1366x768

guydog-discovery by J. P. Stunna, on Flickr

Here is the same cropped to a standard size.

guydog-discovery-1024x768 by J. P. Stunna, on Flickr