LxPup : a Puppy with LXDE as its desktop environment

Message

peebee · #811 Post by **peebee** » Fri 06 May 2016, 16:45

Preview for testing:

LxPupXenial-16.05.1-pae.iso

With many thanks to 666philb for Xenialpup 7.0.1 with 32-bit pae kernel 4.5.2

If you find problems please check in the first instance if they are also present on Xenialpup 7.0.1 and report them at the thread for Xenialpup 7.0.1

Only report problems with LxPup / LXDE aspects here - thanks.

LxPupXenial-16.05.1 inherits some aspects from LxPupSc - particuarly the use of LxPanel instead of LxPanelX as per LxPupTahr.

This is a Preview and currently identifies as Xenialpup.

Billtoo · #812 Post by **Billtoo** » Fri 06 May 2016, 19:28

It's working okay so far.

Edit: Still working well after 6+ hours.

Moat · #813 Post by **Moat** » Fri 06 May 2016, 22:48

All of the basics working great here on a quick test. Booted straight to desktop in proper resolution, sound OK OOTB, Frisbee connected without issue, smoothly surfing on Palemoon. Nice work!!

Bob

Marv · #814 Post by **Marv** » Sat 07 May 2016, 00:54

Happy as clams here. Intel sound and video, iwlwifi WPA2 connection using Frisbee, Lid suspend all fine OOTB. Palemoon profile symlinked to extra-pupspace location as usual. Rendering and speed good. Glxgears FPS good at 1550.

Billtoo · #815 Post by **Billtoo** » Sat 07 May 2016, 14:55

Manual frugal install to the hard drive of my lenovo ThinkCentre
desktop pc:

Computer
Processor 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
Memory 4138MB (229MB used)
Machine Type Physical machine
Operating System xenial - 7.0.1
User Name root (root)
Date/Time Sat 07 May 2016 10:46:05 AM EDT
Display
Resolution 3840x1080 pixels
OpenGL Renderer GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Audio Devices
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
Audio Adapter PC-Speaker - pcsp
Version
Kernel Linux 4.5.2 (i686)
Version #1 SMP Tue May 3 18:37:58 BST 2016
C Library GNU C Library version 2.23 (stable)
Distribution xenial - 7.0.1
Desktop Environment LXDE
OpenGL
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2
Version 4.5.0 NVIDIA 364.19
Direct Rendering Yes

It's working great so far

Thanks

Moat · #816 Post by **Moat** » Sat 07 May 2016, 22:18

The "Icon set" icon switcher doesn't appear to work, as it's not displaying the Elementary icon set after choosing, for some reason (liveCD session, and after restarting the WM).

Minor niggle/preference - I'd much prefer that the desktop setup "Change appearance" window remain open after making a selection (as it always immediately closes in the background) - is there any easy way to accomplish that?

Otherwise, more general (not extensive, deep) testing - this LxPup appears flawless so far. Happy to see the panel RAM monitor back, and the panel weather widget even works! I think I'll be focusing on this one from here on out - it's winning my affections.

Just a great Pup - thanks peebee and 666philb!!

Bob

tano70 · #817 Post by **tano70** » Sun 08 May 2016, 06:37

Billtoo · #818 Post by **Billtoo** » Sun 08 May 2016, 10:20

tano70 wrote: i have a Lenovo X1 carbon laptop, could you explain how to perform a hard disk installation? I tried but I can not, I use refind as boot manager and I have different operating systems, windows7 archlinux and slackware.

I don't know either, sorry.

peebee · #819 Post by **peebee** » Mon 09 May 2016, 08:43

Moat wrote:The "Icon set" icon switcher doesn't appear to work,
Bob

Hi Bob

Good catch - will be fixed in next version.

To keep the change-appearance window open try deleting all lines EXCEPT the last of <action type="exit">Exit</action> in /usr/bin/lxappearance

Cheers
peebee

Moat · #820 Post by **Moat** » Mon 09 May 2016, 10:44

peebee wrote:To keep the change-appearance window open try deleting all lines EXCEPT the last of <action type="exit">Exit</action> in /usr/bin/lxappearance

Thanks peebee - that did the trick... much better.

Another small oddity - installed Wbar from Menu>Desktop>Change Appearance>Options, and it's (rox) File Manager icon is opening PCManFM instead. "rox" in lxterminal is doing the same thing. Not sure if it's Wbar related or not, I'll have to re-boot to pristine and see.

Edit - sussed; requires an uppercase "R" in "Rox". Must somehow be calling defaultfilemanager if lowercase "r".

The more I dig, I find myself chuckling out loud at all of the neat little details and overall "completeness" of this Pup... such nice work!

Bob

peebee · #821 Post by **peebee** » Mon 09 May 2016, 10:58

Moat wrote: Thanks peebee - that did the trick... much better.

Another small oddity - installed Wbar from Menu>Desktop>Change Appearance>Options, and it's (rox) File Manager icon is opening PCManFM instead. "rox" in lxterminal is doing the same thing. Not sure if it's Wbar related or not, I'll have to re-boot to pristine and see.

The more I dig, I find myself chuckling out loud at all of the neat little details and overall "completeness" of this Pup... such nice work!

Bob

Hi Bob

rox does open pcmanfm.....

Rox opens rox-filer....

This is how I've chosen to tackle Puppy's close reliance on rox-filer....these days it should probably be defaultfilemanager in most scripts - but there's a lot to change - and unfortunately the cli switches are not 100% the same for different file managers....

so if you really want rox-filer in wbar you should use Rox

Cheers
peebee

Moat · #822 Post by **Moat** » Mon 09 May 2016, 11:26

Ahh - so expected behavior, and not really an issue at all... good to know (and remember).

Thanks!

FWIW - All three tools for wireless connection (SNS, Frisbee and Network Wizard) have worked perfectly on my home WPA-encrypted network, using a USB WiFi dongle.

Code: Select all

Manufacturer=NETGEAR WNA
Product=WNA1100
SerialNumber=12345
VendorID=0846  ProductID=9030  KERNEL-MODULE=ath9k_htc

Bob

Marv · #823 Post by **Marv** » Mon 09 May 2016, 16:30

Thanks Moat and peebee. The mods to lxappearance make it much more pleasant to use.

Moat · #824 Post by **Moat** » Tue 10 May 2016, 08:49

New .iso - all fixed and working splendidly here, peebee - thank you!

Just playing around with theme/personalization and trying to get Pwidgets, conky-1.9.0-lxsc and Pwidget's Xonclock (bugger!) to play nicely with each other...

Bob

ahoppin · #825 Post by **ahoppin** » Thu 19 May 2016, 13:09

Hello Peebee,

Can you please explain the difference between these two versions?

LxPup-15.11.4-s-pae (2016-03-04)

LxPupTahr-15.12.1-pae (2015-12-22)

It seems strange that although 15.11.4-s has the lower version number, it seems to have the later file date.

Sourceforge says that LxPupTahr-15.12.1-pae is the most recent version. Is that true, even though its file date is earlier?

Also, what DEVX sfs should we use with LxPup?

Thanks!

peebee · #826 Post by **peebee** » Thu 19 May 2016, 16:29

ahoppin wrote:Hello Peebee,

Can you please explain the difference between these two versions?

LxPup-15.11.4-s-pae (2016-03-04)

LxPupTahr-15.12.1-pae (2015-12-22)

It seems strange that although 15.11.4-s has the lower version number, it seems to have the later file date.

Sourceforge says that LxPupTahr-15.12.1-pae is the most recent version. Is that true, even though its file date is earlier?

Also, what DEVX sfs should we use with LxPup?

Thanks!

LxPup is based on slackopup which is built from Slackware 14.1 components

LxPupTahr is based on tahrpup which is built from Ubuntu Trusty Tahr components

So the main difference is the different repositories where additional applications can be obtained.

There are also differences in the applications built-in - notably the web browser which is Firefox ESR for LxPup and Palemoon for LxPupTahr

LxPup has had 3 updates since its first appearance in November - hence is now at 15.11.4

LxPupTahr has not been updated since December - hence is still at 15.12.1 (however it does have tahrpup's excellent incremental update mechanism)

The devx's for both are in the post's linked to the 1st post of this thread.

You can only choose 1 "latest" download on Sourceforge per project....

Hope that makes things clearer
Cheers
peebee

p.s. if you're looking for "cutting edge" then LxPupSc (Slackware Current based) and LxPupXenial (Ubuntu Xenial Xerus based) are more experimental.

ahoppin · #827 Post by **ahoppin** » Thu 19 May 2016, 23:53

Thanks Peebee, I'll check them out!

I found the DEVX on your homepage, hidng in a subtle little text link. It seems identical to the one for "vanilla" Slacko 6.3.

Marv · #828 Post by **Marv** » Thu 02 Jun 2016, 12:23

I just got around to setting up my networked HP4500 printer in LxPupXenial 16.05.1. Unlike when last I set it up in LxPupSC, no patches or additional libs required at all. Just install the hplip_print-3.14.10 pet and go. And this with CUPS 2.1.3

Thanks,

rcrsn51 · #829 Post by **rcrsn51** » Thu 02 Jun 2016, 12:38

Marv wrote:no patches or additional libs required at all.

Not a surprise. Tahrpup/Xenialpup still contain these slightly older libs that have now disappeared from the Slackware spins.

I don't know if they are coming from the upstream Ubuntu packages or if Phil has added them.

riedzig · #830 Post by **riedzig** » Tue 21 Jun 2016, 12:00

Hi Peebee
I'm still using your excellent LXpup as No. 1 among all distros, but I am also trying to get through some bugs (not found in forums). One of them is the Keyboard Layout switcher/handler), which won't show in any LXPup the appropriate flags in the panel (shows only a blank frame). Do you please know a solution?

(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum