(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Blammo2525 wrote: Thanks. I opted for boot-run to memory via cd and save session to USB. It's cool but IMNSHO the installer is complete idiocy.
I like the setup and may alter a few things and re-do it with remastersys. The package manager is a bit of a farce as well.

LoboGrande wrote:Old my not quite ancient machine(P4/478/3.4ghz/Asus mobo) Iron 22 won't open Shock Wave Flash and Chromium won't open at all in PP 5.4.

Everything in SeaMonkey is actually working right out of the box for once. I haven't tested FF-16.

Sage wrote:Don't have a machine with own server nor torrent running at present. The ibiblio d/l is nearly finished after 3+ hours on my fastish ~20Mbps connection!

watchdog wrote:Problems with loading savefile light-encrypted ext2: no backdrop-image, the same error of slacko 5.3.1. I tried the same console command:

gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache

but I lost all the installations. Is it recoverable?

• - update the b43 firmware package to include the "k3.x+" versions while retaining unduplicated older files. In doing that, many of the older files are now upgraded to the later versions. When wary 5.4 is released, we will need to try that package with it to verify the newer versions cause no issues.
  
  - upgrade dhcpcd to an adaption of jemimah's enhanced version that is the last before ipv6 support gets added to dhcpcd (in 5.5). Because it is more recent than precise's version 5.15, it may improve the network-connection experience. The enhancement adds the option to delay closing the connection when the signal is weak, to reduce actual disconnections. So far, I have not found where that option is used, but assume Frisbee does somewhere.
  EDIT: Now I get it! Thanks, pemasu. The new option is "-j dropwait-in-seconds"
  
  - create a wl driver package ready for inclusion in the pet-package library.

The enhancement adds the option to delay closing the connection when the signal is weak, to reduce actual disconnections. So far, I have not found where that option is used, but assume Frisbee does somewhere.

function set-drop-timeout {
set -x

	Xdialog --title "Frisbee" --ok-label "Set"  --inputbox  "If the connection drops, how many seconds should we wait before deconfiguring the wireless interface? \n Increase this time for flaky connections.  Decrease it if you have trouble roaming between networks." 0 0 $WTIMEOUT > /tmp/entry 2>&1
	NEWTIMEOUT=`cat /tmp/entry`
	rm /tmp/entry
	if [[ "$NEWTIMEOUT" -gt 0 && "$NEWTIMEOUT" -lt 120 ]] ; then
		WTIMEOUT=$NEWTIMEOUT
		cat /usr/local/Frisbee/config | sed "s/WTIMEOUT=.*\$/WTIMEOUT=$WTIMEOUT/" >  /tmp/config
		mv /tmp/config  /usr/local/Frisbee
		reset-dhcp
	fi
}

export -f set-drop-timeout 

rcrsn51 wrote:The PDF problem discussed here is still present. Or do other users not see it? As a work-around, install the attached version from Slacko. It also reverts the libpoppler library. Please provide feedback.