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#271 Post by James C »

Still just rolling along with no real problems...... :)
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#272 Post by artsown »

Pemasu, when you put Raring (and Precise) on a newer kernel, would you please include a much
later version of gnome mplayer than 1.03? 1.03 sometimes fails to sync video and sound.

I tried at least a couple of ways of updating mplayer but failed. So I wound up installing VLC on
both Raring and Precise. But VLC is a monster that I don't need.

Art

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#273 Post by pemasu »

Artsown.
Gnome-Mplayer 1.0.8 from Ubuntu Raring packages:

gnome-mplayer_1.0.8-1
libgmlib1_1.0.8-1
libgmtk1_1.0.8-1
libgmtk1-data_1.0.8-1
libimobiledevice3_1.1.4
libgpod4_0.8.2
libmusicbrainz3-6_3.0.2-2.1
libgda-5.0-4_5.0.3
libpulse-mainloop-glib0_3.0
libplist1_1.8-2
libneon27-gnutls_0.29.6-3
libdiscid0_0.2.2
libusbmuxd2_1.0.8

Install those and test. Report if it is usable.
Surely my own compile would be much more minimalistic. I would try to drop pulse dependency out, apple device out, try to compile it as gtk2 app ...and so on.

gcmartin

#274 Post by gcmartin »

Does the library structure of Upup support this new Ubuntu built-in package? A method of orgainzing things you and I love....pics.

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#275 Post by pemasu »

About Shotwell, which the above url link means.
I think the Shotwell starts ok, imports pics, shows them, but publishing the pics to the web sites would need a lot more gnome stuff.

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#276 Post by don570 »

gnome mplayer 1.03 sometimes fails to sync video and sound
When I drag an mp4 video file(a big file 200mb) on the mplayer window it
doesn't play sometimes or it delays a couple of seconds before playing.

But I do the drag again and I can get it to play,
but it didn't sync the sound with video. non-syncing is a serious problem.

Here's the Youtube video that I was watching. I downloaded
it as a 207 mb mp4 file and dragged it on the mplayer window.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-K2xWgY_vw


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#277 Post by artsown »

Pemasu, I got a working gnome-mplayer 1.08 via your instruction on
raring. Thanks much. I first used "remove built-in packages" to get
rid of 1.03 (don't know if that step was necessary or not). I tediously
installed the libs one by one (there has to be a better way :)) But
when finished downloading them I could simply click on a video
and it plays ... so a symlink was established ok.

Thanks again.

Art

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#278 Post by don570 »

artsown wrote: I tediously
installed the libs one by one (there has to be a better way
I use alien2puppy

I explain how to use it in my tutorial to make audacity.

It needs devx file loaded to do stripping.

Just put debs in a folder, and run script. Change .desktop file so
it resembles the old one by pemasu. Then make pet package
with dir2pet command

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dir2pet gnome-mplayer-1.08
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#279 Post by artsown »

Don570, thanks for the info.

Art

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#280 Post by linux28 »

Upup Raring
Someone tried to install the tablet computer ???

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#281 Post by don570 »

Someone tried to install the tablet computer ???
If you're having trouble then use 'nox' option at bootup,
which stands for 'no Xwindows'

Then launch 'xorgwizard-cli' and try 'xvesa' driver

user: root
password: woofwoof

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#282 Post by linux28 »

don570 wrote:
Someone tried to install the tablet computer ???
If you're having trouble then use 'nox' option at bootup,
which stands for 'no Xwindows'

Then launch 'xorgwizard-cli' and try 'xvesa' driver

user: root
password: woofwoof

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3.9
as well as support for the Pixel's touchscreen
?

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#283 Post by technosaurus »

omg it takes forever to package a pet now

/usr/bin/new2dir has a function called fixfilelistfunc

always called as
fixfilelistfunc "$ONEFILE"

it can be sped up significantly by replacing those with something along the lines of:

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sed -i "/$ONEFILE/d" /tmp/${EXE_PKGNAME}.files
or changing that function to do the same rather than doing 2 consecutive reads and writes (really slow for large file lists in packages with a lot of resources)
Note: You may need to quote it differently, I haven't tested it yet, but wanted to post it before I forget.
Check out my [url=https://github.com/technosaurus]github repositories[/url]. I may eventually get around to updating my [url=http://bashismal.blogspot.com]blogspot[/url].

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#284 Post by 01micko »

technosaurus wrote:omg it takes forever to package a pet now

/usr/bin/new2dir has a function called fixfilelistfunc

always called as
fixfilelistfunc "$ONEFILE"

it can be sped up significantly by replacing those with something along the lines of:

Code: Select all

sed -i "/$ONEFILE/d" /tmp/${EXE_PKGNAME}.files
or changing that function to do the same rather than doing 2 consecutive reads and writes (really slow for large file lists in packages with a lot of resources)
Note: You may need to quote it differently, I haven't tested it yet, but wanted to post it before I forget.
Well you are dead right about new2dir being as slow as a wet week (try vlc :roll: ). I saw your suggestions in the other thread and cool as they are I reckon installwatch can be completely ditched in favour of shinobar's find "MILESTONE" method. It's simple and works. See his nvidia installer for more info.
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a report, one of a kind ....

#285 Post by rasul »

Hi,
your distro is so cool :) I'm using it as my only operating system. Very good indeed but only let me report some minor problems that i have or have had:
1. Saving the session using the "save" icon on the desktop takes a very long time to save the session, indeed I shut down to make sure it has saved the changes, but when shutting down it says the session has been already saved.
2. Trying to either do a frugal and full install failed, so I produced a folder in my HDD as the frugal folder for Raring and copied all the files from my flash drive (bootable into Raring) into that folder because furgal install couldn't do that. Then using Grub4Dos did the last part and the frugal instal this way worked fine.
3. There seems to be a problem with sound here. Opening a program that has a builtin sound playback gives the following warning when starts to run: "The audio playback device does not work. Falling back to default". Similarly, VirualBox gives the following warning when it starts and has no sound as a consequence: "No audio device could be opened. Selecting the NULL audio backend with the consequence that no sound is audible. Error ID: HostAudioNotResponding".

Meanwhile, is there a way to resize the icons on the desktop?

Thanks, best regard

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#286 Post by don570 »


1. Saving the session using the "save" icon on the desktop takes a very long time to save the session, indeed I shut down to make sure it has saved the changes, but when shutting down it says the session has been already saved.
The first time you quit and reboot you will get an opportunity to save
your data and settings.

After that the pupsave file is automatically updated on-the-fly.
So there is nothing to worry about and no need to keep clicking on
'Save' icon.

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2. Trying to either do a frugal and full install failed

Frugal installs are quickly created by dragging 3 (or sometimes 4) files
into a newly created folder. I personally do my dragging from
the downloaded ISO which I have opened in the desktop.

The grub4dos program is a good way to update
your grub's 'menu.lst'

A full install must be made with Barry Kauler's installer program
which is available from Start Menu. You just need a partition
that is formatted previously to ext2 ext3 or ext4 format
and have the ISO available to be used by program.
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For sound type 'retrovol' in terminal and try various settings.

Also try installing audacious audio player and audacity sound editor
and see if they play a file.

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#287 Post by musher0 »

pemasu wrote:(...)
About abiword. I wont use my time to improve it. I don't use it. For me it is Libre Office sfs. Period. I just use brilliant get libre office pet and update my version at infrequent intervals. I include abiword so that people don't have to ask how to get in to the build. But if someone wants to improve its abilities with packages and extra features...go ahead. I am willing to include them. (...)
Hi, pemasu.

Please find here -- http://limelinx.com/d6suy -- a link to the abiword-2.9.2 plugins. I repackaged them for RaringPup from the original for Ubuntu-13 (aka Raring Ringtail), which I found here
-- http://pkgs.org/ubuntu-13.04/ubuntu-uni ... /download/ --.

I understand that abiword is somewhat of a stopgap if one relies on LibreOffice for writing and other professional work. I am myself a regular user of OpenOffice.

However, abiword can still be useful for quick work, and the light user or occasional writer might as well have a fuller abiword package to enhance his/her overall experience.

It should be noted that these plugins greatly augment the importation and reading capacity of abiword, with only approx. 4.5 Mb overhead, instead of the hundreds of Mb required to do much of the same with the OpenOffice | LibreOffice packages.

Finally, people should bear in mind that these abiword-2.9.2 plugins were tested as working under RaringPup, but remain untested in other Puppies.

Best regards to you and to RaringPup users generally.

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#288 Post by pemasu »

Thank you musher0. Will include your provided abiword plugins.

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#289 Post by rasul »

don570 wrote:
1. Saving the session using the "save" icon on the desktop takes a very long time to save the session, indeed I shut down to make sure it has saved the changes, but when shutting down it says the session has been already saved.
The first time you quit and reboot you will get an opportunity to save
your data and settings.

After that the pupsave file is automatically updated on-the-fly.
So there is nothing to worry about and no need to keep clicking on
'Save' icon.
Actually I know this, but I try to keep backup of my works and it very frequently happens that I change something and am afraid to loose it or break it again before my next reboot, and neither like to reboot at the time, so I prefer to use that "save" icon. After all, those who have designed that capability were thinking different than you ;) ! It was working on Raring 3.8.4.2 but then I upgraded my save-file to 3.8.7 and now it doesn't work. The yellow message that says the request to save the current session is queued doesn't disappear and notification that saving is under performance is not shown as well. However, as once I told you seemingly it really saves as once I rebooted and it said it has been already saved! Maybe a bug due to save file upgrade?
don570 wrote:

Frugal installs are quickly created by dragging 3 (or sometimes 4) files
into a newly created folder. I personally do my dragging from
the downloaded ISO which I have opened in the desktop.

The grub4dos program is a good way to update
your grub's 'menu.lst'

A full install must be made with Barry Kauler's installer program
which is available from Start Menu. You just need a partition
that is formatted previously to ext2 ext3 or ext4 format
and have the ISO available to be used by program.
Yes, but I meant frugal/full installation through the Puppy Universal Installer. Both failed for me after upgrade to 3.8.7 and I had checked that in 3.8.4.2 only about frugal installation that it worked but somewhat buggy, if I'm not wrong.

don570 wrote:
None worked but thanks for introducing to me the retrovol, my speaker's sound was low and I didn't know I can increase it that much! Oh, let me add that Raring plays every format of audio and video file that i have, cool, it only gives error for that single application with an embedding player (the application still plays sound with gnome-mplayer but some facilities of its own player is missing then) and my guest virtual distro also has no sound, this one is somewhat a nail in the shoes.

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#290 Post by musher0 »

pemasu wrote:Thank you musher0. Will include your provided abiword plugins.
It's nothing at all! My pleasure! :)
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