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[Billtoo]

I'm running from the live dvd with a savefile, computer is an intel
imac.
video-info-glx 1.5.3 Tue 30 Jul 2013 on Precise Puppy 5.7 Linux 3.9.11 i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Radeon
HD 2400 XT
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: M74 01.00
X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1680x1050 pixels (444x277 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV610
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.128 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.877 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.861 FPS
#
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8135 @ 2.40GHz
Core 0: @800 1: @800 MHz
Memory 4127MB (269MB used)
Network controller Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 05)

It's working well, no problems at all so far.

[Jades]

[scsijon]

Folks, those with keyboard/keymap problems: (pemasu, Terryphi, Charlie6,+)

If you drop out of JWM to the prompt, do you still have the problem in raw X mode?

As Joe is about to release JWM 2.2 (post snapshot version 835 and origonally due a week or so ago), if it's happening inside JWM that would be something he needs to know and see if it needs a fix before that happens. He has only one problem left to solve and a patch is awaiting his return, so it's not very far off.

Oh, yes, what JWM are you using as anything before 835 do have problems of one sort or another.

thanks

[OscarTalks]

scsijon,
Good thinking that it may be connected to JWM, still not sure though.
When I drop to prompt the characters display correctly.
Only if I type "xwin" to start X again do the characters display wrongly until I try typing and close a program.

Precise 5.7 has JWM snapshot 819 but I just tried 831 and then 835 and I also tried going back to release 2.1.0 and they all behave the same way so doesn't look like was a bug with a specific JWM version. Will keep digging.

[Monsie]

I am currently testing Precise Puppy retro while running a live CD. I am quite impressed with how things look so far, especially since it is running nicely on my fourteen year old Pentium lll I ended up switching to the default video driver for my ATI Rage 128 and managed to tweak xorg.conf a bit...

[rameshiyer]

I am unable to log into gtalk, Facebook, etc due to authentication problem in Pidgin chat which is integrated into Precise Puppy 5.7.

[Sage]

Terry/Oscar - did you try swapping around several keyboards yet? I was also reminded that many laptops we import (from China) have a generic k/b designed for the world's largest market and not all respond to the symbols on their keys! [Another black mark against my favourite hate machines!]

[Terryphi]

[Sage]

Oh yes, but it is also HW dependent.

[L18L]

Without X keyboard is working as expected.

So I have put a command to set keyboard mapping in X into Startup directory:

[OscarTalks]

The same keyboard layout bug happens in Pemasu's Upup Raring 3.9.9.1

Does this help us to track it down?

[Lobster]

Using the Precise 5.7
Thought I would run seamonkey as spot

Later on I tried importing my HTML bookmarks

It would not let me.
This is the same thing that happens in Fatdog which also runs the browser as spot

System / Login and Security Manager allows you turn off the 'extra security' of spot - which I don't need and import your bookmarks
I don't use the sync facility . . .

Phew - took me awhile to figure that out . . .

[ASRI éducation]

@ Barry

I hope my English is understandable (not sure).
I really appreciate the quality of your last Puppy.
I also appreciate your efforts related to the usability of users.
Obviously, I know and I strongly support that Puppy is a small distro.

So, I do not understand the integration of two Internet browsers in the retro release. In my opinion, it gets too big the main sfs file (it denigrates the efforts of thinness).
If you would like to leave the choice to the user, I think it would be better to integrate into the iso file (outside the main sfs), the sfs file browsers. This involves adding a GUI that allows to select and mount the sfs package browser at the first use. This solution also allows more flexibility for updates.
This is obviously only my humble opinion.

Cordialement,

[Jades]

[Jades]