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#16 Post by backi »

Hallo RSH !

Zum Keybord problem ..benutze " Advanced Xorg keyboard configuration "

Did help !

There is a "keyzbordFixxer-1.pet .

Try this
http://macpup.org/runtt21/

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#17 Post by backi »

Hi !

I have to differentiate the issue with my german keyboard settings .

What i have done ? Used " advanced Xorg Keyboard configurations "and installed KeyboardFixxer-1.pet .

Works ....so far .Settings are saved after restart .

But... when restarting desktop Xorgserver settings are gone .
I have to go to >Menue> Desktop > E17 Keyboard recovery (KeyzboardFixxer )
then everything is fixed again .

Just want to report .

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#18 Post by oldyeller »

Hi runtt21,

This looks and runs great. Nice themes as well :D

Keep up the great job that you have been doing.


Cheers

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#19 Post by Karl Godt »

backi wrote:Hi !
I have to differentiate the issue with my german keyboard settings .
What i have done ? Used " advanced Xorg Keyboard configurations "and installed KeyboardFixxer-1.pet .
Works ....so far .Settings are saved after restart .
But... when restarting desktop Xorgserver settings are gone .
I have to go to >Menue> Desktop > E17 Keyboard recovery (KeyzboardFixxer )
then everything is fixed again .
Just want to report .
Problem is that e17 runs the external setxkbmap command everytime it starts from xwin or the X Xorg server is restarted .
The Advanced Keyboard Configuration has added few lines of code to create a file in /root/Startup .
That file is executed everytime e17 gets started new from prompt shell .

Unfortunately e17 does not know /root/Startup , so just restarting e17 by the e17 menu panel or the need for the F1-recover-Key when e17 chokes mainly while fiddling with shelf-settings, makes e17 also run the setxkbmap command with this rather unsatisfying option line again .

That call to setxkbmap can be viewed in /tmp/xerrs.log . It is somewhat recommended to check the xerrs.log , but e17 puts in a bunch of info there, so easy to scroll over it . Me I am using US keyboard, since that stupid layout is even less stupid than the german DE layout , so was not that much affected in MP529 .

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#20 Post by backi »

Hi !

Used glxgears to check Framerates .

Macpup 5.5 (Precise ) gives me about 200 .
In Macpup 5.2.8 (Dpupexprimo also ) i got 2000 and more on my toshiba labtop .
Why Precise (Raring too ) only gives 10 time less framerates ?

How to accomplish higher framerates ( if possible ) ?
Is it possible to transfer drivers from those mentioned to Macpup 5.5 ?

How to ?
I have to admit that i dont have any videoproblems so far .

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#21 Post by Karl Godt »

# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate
.
303 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.459 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.122 FPS

# grep fresh /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 13.985] (II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file

xorg.conf :
VertRefresh 59-76

§
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1719 ... r-glxgears

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vblank_mode=0 glxgears
ATTENTION: default value of option vblank_mode overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option vblank_mode overridden by environment.
5055 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1010.368 FPS
5074 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1014.658 FPS
5153 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1030.583 FPS

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#22 Post by peebee »

Hi

Just tried MacPup550 on my HP550 laptop using a pristine manual frugal install.

Initial bootup and first impressions were all good, however I quickly stumbled across some usability issues which I thought I'd mention if I can be so bold:

- no usb device hot-plugging detection - wondering whether pup-volume-monitor could be included and integrated with the Enlightenment file manager??

- no (well very few anyway) meaningful icons displayed in Enlightenment file manager + a bit of confusion between Root and root

- some rather strange descriptors between each section of the menu items

- dragging a folder (e.g. /mnt/home) from Rox to the desktop so that it can be accessed easily produces a ? icon and associates the icon with the Enlightenment file manager

Cheers!
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#23 Post by backi »

Hi Karl Godt !
Thanks for your answer .But your response is quite a bit enigmatic .
I am an absolute beginner .

What i did ....put " vblank_mode=0 glxgears " in terminal ... it gaves me a quite high glxgear frame rate ....

But where to place this "vblank_mode=0 glxgears " to make it persistent ?
How to ? If possible Step by step .

Thanks in advance .

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#24 Post by backi »

Hi Karl Godt !
Thanks for your answer .But your response is quite a bit enigmatic .
I am an absolute beginner .

What i did ....put " vblank_mode=0 glxgears " in terminal ... it gaves me a quite high glxgear frame rate ....

But where to place this "vblank_mode=0 glxgears " to make it persistent ?
How to ? If possible Step by step .

Thanks in advance .

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#25 Post by Karl Godt »

- no usb device hot-plugging detection
Switch to the Jwm windowmanager then .
Hot plug should work, put would not produce anything on the desktop .
Use pmount in the shelf for that .

e17 can be configured with its own hotplug support but that relies heavily on complete HAL and DBUS .

In my compiles it even did not show any hotplug events. Just the partitions that were known at e17 start showed on the desktop .
backi wrote:How to ? If possible Step by step .
Not here . Have no clue about it anywayz . Must be a compile option for glxgears . Source is 11MB and i am throttled to analog speed for the rest of the month, could not even dl the official release yet due to connection interrupt after 700KB .

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#26 Post by runtt21 »

peebee please read back through the first few post I made in this thread.I explained about EFM and desktop icons.

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#27 Post by Billtoo »

Manual frugal install to a 32gb SDHC card, running on a Gateway
desktop pc.
video-info-glx 1.5.3 Sun 25 Aug 2013 on macpup 550 Linux 3.2.29 i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller:
NVIDIA Corporation GF114 [GeForce GTX 560 Ti] (rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GF110 Board - 12630002 Chip Rev
X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (513x292 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 560 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 325.15
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Core 0: @1600 1: @1600 2: @1600 3: @1600 4: @1600 5: @1600 6: @1600
7: @1600 MHz

I had a problem with downloading the devx file, first attempt was a
32mb file so deleted that and tried again,next one seemed closer to
what I thought it should be but it wouldn't load with sfs-load
on-the-fly, I downloaded the devx for precise 5.5 and that one worked.
I found the kernel source sfs elsewhere and installed the proprietary
nvidia driver.
Firefox updated itself to the latest version.
I'm not too familiar with e17 but I am finding my way around without
much trouble, I will keep testing, lots left to try out :)

EDIT:I had a problem with puppy package manager, it seemed to be
working okay but it would stop after downloading a large file and not
get to the next file to download.
The htop screen showed a sleep2 message flashing on and off every so
often so maybe something to do with using an SDHC card?
I moved Macpup to the hard drive and no problems with ppm now.
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Re: Download links

#28 Post by russoodle »

ikaros262 wrote:Er, guys... :oops:
Please consider hosting your files in a faster site. Besides why FileFactory having superb sites such as Dropbox, Box, MEGA, etc etc etc.... that do not limit downloads ? Or why not asking russoodle to host them ? Sorry I am being childish :roll: :lol:
Yoo-hoo...runtt... :D

Whether or not there are d/l or speed issues on your server, i'm more than happy to host MP550 as an alternative location if you like, just let me know..

cheers and congrats, matey!

'dudette'
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Hooray !

#29 Post by Senza Vega »

FINALLY! my favorite puppy with a French keyboard!
Thank you very much for this work!

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#30 Post by kros54 »

It seems that the Hungarian language is a difficult ...
In fact, the same error as the macpup529 at: Hungarian language can not be changed.
All previous versions Macpup, and many puplet worked is all very well.
The localization process worked for each one. These are not.
I'm sorry... :-(

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#31 Post by Karl Godt »

kros54 wrote:It seems that the Hungarian language is a difficult ...
In fact, the same error as the macpup529 at: Hungarian language can not be changed.
All previous versions Macpup, and many puplet worked is all very well.
The localization process worked for each one. These are not.
I'm sorry... :-(

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chooselocale
in console should pup the GUI to select Language.
Worked for me .
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#32 Post by runtt21 »

Billtoo the difference in the devx files are just that ours have the stuff for e17 and EFL other than that they are the same.

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#33 Post by kros54 »

Karl Godt: in console should pup the GUI to select Language.
Worked for me .
The menu could be transferred to the Hungarian language.
The problem was that as the Geany editor working, not a Hungarian characters keyboard. (íöőüűóúé)
It is NOT ENOUGH for the first keyboard settings!
Systematically everything should be changed!
Puppy setup-> Configure the mouse and keyboard->Advanced Xorg keyboard configuration... -> Layouts -> mark hu-Hungary (there was something in U.S.)
So now and then is fine, it works well, I hope to remain so...
Thanks for your help.
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#34 Post by Karl Godt »

Ok krosh ?
Does it work for you too ?

/usr/sbin/quicksetup is the complete locale gui at firstboot .

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#35 Post by kros54 »

The problem is more complicated than I wrote.
After transformation with the original surfaces E17 (Hungary) settings are lost.
Keyboard returns to English.
Improves X restart.
As for the good news: it seems that this method is safe.
I think it may be bug in E17?

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