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Geoffrey
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#1096 Post by Geoffrey »

ac2011 wrote:Yes, I think so. The problem is you have to run ld-linux.so.2 from /usr/lib/slimboat/ and not a sub-directory under that (that's what's weird/unique about slimboat compared to other apps I've done this tweak with).

In my tests I couldn't even use a sym-link: it has to be the actual file. All the other libs can go where you've put them, but ld-linux.so.2 is the special case and has to go in /usr/lib/slimboat/

Then you'd have something like this:

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#!/bin/sh
# glibc hack from Puppy forum member ac2011
export LC_ALL="C"
export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/slimboat/plugins
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/slimboat/libs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/usr/lib/slimboat/ld-linux.so.2 --library-path /usr/lib/slimboat/glibc2113/lib:/usr/lib/slimboat/libs /usr/lib/slimboat/slimboat "$@"
PS. Thanks for the credit.
No worries :wink:

That fixed it, didn't like the path, I'll test it a bit more and upload it a little later.

Thanks for the help.
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#1097 Post by Geoffrey »

I've uploaded slimboat-1.1.44-lina.sfs to the repo, it contains all the needed glibc files, appears to work ok.
This should be the safest way to use Slimboat without polluting the library files, please test.

http://smokey01.com/carolina/sfs/slimbo ... 4-lina.sfs

md5 70d7f5580c258018b347b0a158c1779a

Also re-uploaded Hotshots-2.0.0 as the menu entry was in the wrong place, it was in /usr/share/application that should of been /usr/share/applications, the easy fix is to just move it for those that have downloaded it previously and delete /usr/share/application directory which needn't be there.
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#1098 Post by Gobbi »

Slimboat works on my Carolite 1.1 , but it's much slower than Firefox .
Started with Carolina 1.0 , then saw the upgrade to 1.1 and meanwhile I was working to make a custom remaster ( I put everything I need in it and don't use savefile ) Carolite1.1 appeared . So I added just the things I needed to it and now it's my favourite on my old laptop ( 1Gb RAM , AMD Turion ML34 1.8GHz). Light and fast , love the way writes directly ( no blanking ) over DVD RW , and Firefox on Carolite 1.1 it's faster :D than Seamonkey I use on Fatdog on my newer desktop .
On that desktop Carolite sees ( with mvsas and libsas modules ) my OCZ Revodrive 3 PCI Express ( OCZ gave no free linux drivers ) but only as 2 partitions (actually there is a third controller which makes a RAID from them). I can even see those 2 partitions in Gparted but I'm afraid to touch them 'cause I have Windows 7 there . First linux to show them in Gparted for me... Maybe soon I shall be able to access that drive from Carolite or oher puppy ( things evolved pretty well ) ...

The way ...lite helps make small and highly personalized puppy should be a feature all puppies take advantage from...

In my opinion , it could make Caroline a bit better the possibility to let a single way to delete files , I mean to be able to remove from the right click menu : 'Delete' - which sends the files to Trash . That's because if I want to really remove some file and since I'm used to choose 'delete' in other puppies I do something else choosing 'Delete' in Carolite. A good choice could have been 'Send to Trash' instead of 'Delete' ... Moreover - every partition where I delete ( send to trash ) something , gets a brand new '.Trash ' folder and since often there are other operating systems there , it's a pain in the a..

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#1099 Post by Geoffrey »

Gobbi wrote:Slimboat works on my Carolite 1.1 , but it's much slower than Firefox .
Started with Carolina 1.0 , then saw the upgrade to 1.1 and meanwhile I was working to make a custom remaster ( I put everything I need in it and don't use savefile ) Carolite1.1 appeared . So I added just the things I needed to it and now it's my favourite on my old laptop ( 1Gb RAM , AMD Turion ML34 1.8GHz). Light and fast , love the way writes directly ( no blanking ) over DVD RW , and Firefox on Carolite 1.1 it's faster :D than Seamonkey I use on Fatdog on my newer desktop .
On that desktop Carolite sees ( with mvsas and libsas modules ) my OCZ Revodrive 3 PCI Express ( OCZ gave no free linux drivers ) but only as 2 partitions (actually there is a third controller which makes a RAID from them). I can even see those 2 partitions in Gparted but I'm afraid to touch them 'cause I have Windows 7 there . First linux to show them in Gparted for me... Maybe soon I shall be able to access that drive from Carolite or oher puppy ( things evolved pretty well ) ...

The way ...lite helps make small and highly personalized puppy should be a feature all puppies take advantage from...

In my opinion , it could make Caroline a bit better the possibility to let a single way to delete files , I mean to be able to remove from the right click menu : 'Delete' - which sends the files to Trash . That's because if I want to really remove some file and since I'm used to choose 'delete' in other puppies I do something else choosing 'Delete' in Carolite. A good choice could have been 'Send to Trash' instead of 'Delete' ... Moreover - every partition where I delete ( send to trash ) something , gets a brand new '.Trash ' folder and since often there are other operating systems there , it's a pain in the a..
Thanks for testing Slimboat, yes I find it slow loading Google Image view, but in general web pages load as fast as Firefox or even a tad quicker in some instances, others report no faults at all.

As far as the trash is concerned there isn't a way the rename Delete, to bypass the trash just hold down the Shift key when selecting Delete.

There is also a entry in the right click menu called Permanently Remove... this can be lethal and destroy everything if not used with care, you can rearrange these custom actions by selecting in Thunar file manager Edit > Configure custom actions... and select an entry which can be moved up or down the menu list.

The .Trash-0 directories are of no consequence if they are deleted in another operating system, provided they contain nothing you planned on keeping, they will be recreated if anything is deleted in that partition using Thunar in Carolina.
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#1100 Post by ac2011 »

Geoffrey wrote: Permanently Remove... this can be lethal and destroy everything if not used with care
I once managed to right-click on the background in Thunar, narrowly missing the directory I was planning to delete. I didn't notice the mistake and selected Permanently Remove. Result: it deleted the entire current directory.

Silly user error, but for safety I've now disabled Permanently Remove on my machines. One day I'll get around to writing a script that checks for such accidents, then I can reinstate it.

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Carolite 1.1a - no Thunar video thumbnails

#1101 Post by ac2011 »

In Carolite 1.1a there are no video thumbnails in Thunar, though they are present in Carolina 1.0 and 1.1.

Is this a bug or an inevitable consequence of some stuff being deliberately left out?

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#1102 Post by Gobbi »

Geoffrey wrote:
As far as the trash is concerned there isn't a way the rename Delete, to bypass the trash just hold down the Shift key when selecting Delete.

.
Thank's Geoffrey :!: I didn't know about this ...
I used 'Permanently remove... ' but sometimes I forget to pay attention ...

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miXimum

#1103 Post by Geoffrey »

I've added miXimum to the repo, this is a DJ's mixing desk, it seems to work ok for me, the only thing I've found is that I have to select the audio monitor to get sound, I need to do this every time I start the application.

Whether this will work for everyone I don't know, as it is hardware dependent, it does say it requires two sound cards but if I select Default for the monitor that works for me, please test.
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Frisbee on the fritz - Carolina 1.1 non pae

#1104 Post by Pete22 »

See the picture. Frisbee shows its connected to the internet but the icon says its not. After a while it looses the connection.
Its hard to tell because the icon does not change.

How do I fix it.?


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Re: Frisbee on the fritz - Carolina 1.1 non pae

#1105 Post by Geoffrey »

Pete22 wrote:See the picture. Frisbee shows its connected to the internet but the icon says its not. After a while it looses the connection.
Its hard to tell because the icon does not change.

How do I fix it.?


Pete
Pete, I don't have a wireless connection to test that problem, did this happen after installing anything

Has anyone else experienced this wireless problem and found the cause.
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Carolina and Grub4dos

#1106 Post by Pete22 »

Added Carolina 1.1. to a new computer.
Grub4dos can no longer see it.
It does see other puppies. Not sure what changed.


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Oolite

#1107 Post by ac2011 »

Has anyone tried to get Oolite (http://oolite.org/) working in Carolina? I can run it in other Puppies (albeit slowly as the 3D performance of this laptop isn't great) but in Carolina it fails to even start.

It asks me to report the error, but no error message is actually given. I've tried the latest version 1.77.1 and also an older 1.75 version: same result.

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Carolina 1.1 versus Lina 1.1

#1108 Post by GaRailroader »

I was unable to get HandBrake working in Precise 5.7.1 and I read that it works in Saluki. I followed that trail and ended up installing Lina 1.1 although the splash screen says Carolina 1.1. HandBrake is working fine though I'm a little confused about the lack of applications in this distro. I thought I read hat Lina was a lightweight version of Carolina though I don't see a separate d/l link for Carolina. Is there a way to unlock Lina 1.1 to turn it in to Carolina 1.1?

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Re: Carolina 1.1 versus Lina 1.1

#1109 Post by rg66 »

GaRailroader wrote:I was unable to get HandBrake working in Precise 5.7.1 and I read that it works in Saluki. I followed that trail and ended up installing Lina 1.1 although the splash screen says Carolina 1.1. HandBrake is working fine though I'm a little confused about the lack of applications in this distro. I thought I read hat Lina was a lightweight version of Carolina though I don't see a separate d/l link for Carolina. Is there a way to unlock Lina 1.1 to turn it in to Carolina 1.1?

GaRailroader
Sounds like you downloaded Carolite, the lite version at 140MB. It has a basic set of applications.

The full version is here: http://www.smokey01.com/carolina/isos/lina-1.1.iso at 400MB.
X-slacko-5b1 - X-tahr-2.0 - X-precise-2.4
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OOlite

#1110 Post by oligin10 »

Sorry, I tried OOOlight I think it is. It's a cut down version which you can find at Akita Linux Repository by scottman. I know it doesn't work either. This is the first puppy I have found that it doesn't work on. Hope that helps, Rob

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Re: Oolite

#1111 Post by Geoffrey »

ac2011 wrote:Has anyone tried to get Oolite (http://oolite.org/) working in Carolina? I can run it in other Puppies (albeit slowly as the 3D performance of this laptop isn't great) but in Carolina it fails to even start.

It asks me to report the error, but no error message is actually given. I've tried the latest version 1.77.1 and also an older 1.75 version: same result.
I did get it working, it seems to be a dependency issue which is path related, it don't load the lib files it comes with, but if you symlink them it helps but that shouldn't be necessary as it will overwrite some of the existing files which really shouldn't be done, I will have to do it again to find what is needed as I did compile a few things and it's a mess at the moment, thought it does need espeak installed as it couldn't find the speak-data directory, it may take me a while as I have other things I'm working on and it isn't a priority for me, but with this bit of info it might help someone else to find the problem.
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Install Quirky 6 from Carolina

#1112 Post by Geoffrey »

Here are the files needed to install quirky-6 to a usb using Carolina, I needed to compile f2fs-tools to get the install script to work.
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#1113 Post by nooby »

I am in Lina 1.1 now and it is not easy for a noob
to get the different applications or programs.

They behave in a way one are not used to.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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#1114 Post by Geoffrey »

nooby wrote:I am in Lina 1.1 now and it is not easy for a noob
to get the different applications or programs.

They behave in a way one are not used to.

Yes, some of the applications are different from other pups, a number of them are Qt derived apps, such as the Image viewer, though it does have more advanced features than the standard pup viewers.

Once you become accustom to these apps you will find it easy to use.

Thanks for trying Carolina.
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#1115 Post by nmlkngdm »

Frugal install to HP Pavilion Entertainment laptop
-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5850 @ 2.16GHz
Memory : 4145MB (126MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 27 Dec 2013 01:58:44 PM EST
-Display-
Resolution : 1280x800 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Software Rasterizer
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
-SCSI Disks-
ATA TOSHIBA MK3252GS

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