Saluki

[jemimah]

There is a problem.
We have chip-adapter PCI -> PCIMCIA name Ricoh RL5c475.For it's working we need core module "yenta_socket.ko"
wich is absent in standart destribution.Whese can we get it and how can we makeit to work.
I checed Saluki-011 and 009.Add in please in future destribution.3G modem inserted in PCIMCIA slot is not working.

Yenta_socket is there. Check in the bootmanager. What makes you think it's not there?

[jemimah]

New SFS files:

xz compression in the SFSs brakes possible backwards compatibility (older kernels) and taxes the CPU of older hardware with minimal bandwidth/size gains.
May be could be avoided.

My understanding is that xz decompression is easier on the cpu than gzip. (It's compression that is slower). Can you find any documentation that states otherwise?

[mavrothal]

New SFS files:

xz compression in the SFSs brakes possible backwards compatibility (older kernels) and taxes the CPU of older hardware with minimal bandwidth/size gains.
May be could be avoided.

My understanding is that xz decompression is easier on the cpu than gzip. (It's compression that is slower). Can you find any documentation that states otherwise?

here is a rather extensive comparison of compression algorithms.
I believe it shows that xz is decompressing twice as fast as bzip2 but half as fast as gzip.
Depending on the xz compression level, xz also requires 4 to 100 times (!) more memory during decompression, compared to gzip.

Edited for clarity.

[jemimah]

Interesting. Thank you.

However - I'm still stuck on the at&t cut you off at 5GB/month plan. So I'll stick with XZ. It should be fairly straight forward to recompress them if needed.

[jemimah]

Minitube is now available in the ppm and also bluetooth.

If you want the bluetooth applet to work correctly - first install the fixed hicolor icon theme from here:
http://smokey01.com/saluki/pet_packages ... saluki.pet

[zomzilla]

a great thing for saluki would be easier installation of proprietary drivers

in slacko it took me (i like to think an advanced user) a compilation + some dodgy use of an old pet i found just to get my broadcom-sta to work

so yeah, easier driver installation would rock

oh: and anyone know where i can get a little support with woof? my woof2 slackware cant use X

[pemasu]

Check if your used kernel pet has symlink in /lib/modules/kernel-version-numbers. If it has...that is the problem...3builddistro does not like symlinks in that folder and the built initrd.gz is defective...resulting to the no X.
Extract the kernel pet...remove that symlink...repet it.

[shelezyaka]

There is a problem.
We have chip-adapter PCI -> PCIMCIA name Ricoh RL5c475.For it's working we need core module "yenta_socket.ko"
wich is absent in standart destribution.Whese can we get it and how can we makeit to work.
I checed Saluki-011 and 009.Add in please in future destribution.3G modem inserted in PCIMCIA slot is not working.

Yenta_socket is there. Check in the bootmanager. What makes you think it's not there?

Sorry.
Indeed there is a module. I made ​​a mistake when I did a FULL install, and does not create the directory / lib/modules/2.6.39-ski/initrd is located in the module.
Fixed, everything works.

[Geoffrey]

There is a problem with the way Firefox is installed, with it having it's own directory and not in the standard one /usr/lib/firefox.

I have installed Standlone flash player which requires these lib files from the firefox directory,

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libssl3.so libsmime3.so libnss3.so libnssutil3.so libplds4.so libplc4.so libnspr4.so

if I system link these files to /usr/lib and I install the latest firefox then the system links are broken, also if java is loaded it creates a plugin in /usr/lib/firefox/plugins.

The menu icon is 16x16 which looks not that nice, all the other icons are a minimum of 48x48.

And, just to be a pain , the menu entry doesn't need to state the version, the mouse over shows that from the comment line in the firefox.desktop.

Other than these points, Firefox runs extremely well.

Geoffrey

[jemimah]

New Pets:
hangman
scramble
concentration
marble
musique
vim
abispell dictionaries
audacious

New SFSes:
stellarium
emacs

[magerlab]

Is there a way to set volume notification through xfce4-notification plugin?
Also i need stpci command to have brightness control on samsung laptop. cairo-dock brightness plugin can change the brihtness of the screen, but i want to have this feature without cairo-dock.
Thank you

[jemimah]

I have added setpci to the pciutils packages for the next release. You can download the new version here:
http://smokey01.com/saluki/pet_packages ... saluki.pet

I looked at xfce4-volumed, but I couldn't get it to work. I don't know of any other way to get pretty volume notifications. Possibly it needs a newer libnotify - but this is the most recent version I could get to compile.

[jemimah]

I got openshot working finally, but the dependency checker in the ppm is not handling its dependencies correctly - I'll hopefully have that fixed in the next release.

Other new pets:
gPlotter3d
tetzle
hexalate
gourmet
rawstudio

[einar]

new VLC 2.0 rc1

http://dereferer.ws/?http://download.vi ... rc1.tar.xz

anyone want to make a SFS?

and is XBMC impossible ? STU90 made one for Lucid, think that is compatible for Saluki ?

Best regards

Einar

[Lobster]

openshot working finally

Appreciate this Jemimah, its a massive download (136 MB) but if you have the hardware flaunt it . . .

I got it working with Blender available as an SFS (change the Blender location to the full address which is something like /opt/blender/blender)
The extra gold title for 1.4.2 is there . . .
This is a powerful tool for video editing and simple enough for an amateur like me to use. I am sure there are many online tutorials for Openshot.
1.4.1 was reasonably stable under Slacko. (Openshot is not completely stable).
I am hoping this new one will be even more solid.
I created a couple of 3D titles, this is CPU intensive and makes use of Blender. Each took maybe 20 minutes on my Athlon 3500. Very nice. Thanks again.

[jemimah]

and is XBMC impossible ?

Probably not. It's just huge and I'm worried about my download limits for this month. I was going to wait a few weeks until that resets.

[mikeslr]

Hi jemimah,

Just having discovered how good a platform xfce is for customization, I'm exploring Saluki again, Occasionally I like to use xonclock, creating the contrast between an otherwise modern desktop and an analog clock. However, as far as I can tell xonclock can't be displayed in Saluki, either as a stand-alone, or as a component of pwidgets. The latter otherwise runs.
A review of the threads indicates that previously xonclock and xfce didn't work well together, but that difficulty had somehow be resolved.

mikesLr

[ecube]

Hi mikeslr,

Maybe you would like swisswatch (Swiss railway clock)

100x100 give the size of the clock.

1590+10 the xy-location

Have fun.

ecube

[einar]

and is XBMC impossible ?

Probably not. It's just huge and I'm worried about my download limits for this month. I was going to wait a few weeks until that resets.

I can wait, the tought of that you have considered it is heart warming

Now i have to little time to test new apps but the minitube was awesome.
the problem i have is that after install i dont get any menu icon, not inn the start menu or the application finder finds the minitube,gstremer and i wanted to test the gourmet app. cant find it after install. plz help

edit : found gourmet app in the office tap


the secound thing that puzzels me is that i managed to install the Ati driver and the catalyst controll senter is in control panel. but if i do a report-video in terminal it says that : driver used by xorg : vesa

how can i correct that ?

best regards

Einar

[jim3630]

Hi mikeslr,

Maybe you would like swisswatch (Swiss railway clock)

100x100 give the size of the clock.

1590+10 the xy-location

Have fun.

ecube

Hi ecube
thanks for the clock. i am probable doing something wrong but just can't find out how to keep the clock on the desktop. it closes when i close the terminal used to start it. and is there a way to position it on the desktop? mine is kind of in the middle of the desktop. thanks again like the look.

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see the launcher you used. that answers some questions.