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Re: Abiword No Print

#121 Post by fredx181 »

sszindian wrote:Finally got abiword 3.0.2 to install in stretchdog (64bit) using the instructions fred posted on page 1 of this thread (yes, even the BIG download file)! However, although everything appears to work in it, 'It Won't Print'.

It says: Unable to send raster data to the driver (in the same line where it lists my printer config).

Any suggestions???

>>>---Indian------>
Hi sszindian, sorry, I have very little knowledge about printing, hopefully someone else can help ?
Btw, does printing work for you in general ? i.e. from other programs besides abiword ?

Fred

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#122 Post by sszindian »

fredx181 wrote:
Btw, does printing work for you in general ? i.e. from other programs besides abiword ?
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Yes, works fine : Leafpad, mtpaint, internet stuff etc.

and... I asked earlier in this thread (Guess you missed it) about a google earth 6.2.2 (my box won't run the 7+ versions on any distro) for stretchdog nor will it run any distro above a 4.12 kernel without a kernel panic... bummer... but still a few pup's and distros left to play with :) Sadly, old computers are being forgotten for the sake of newer programming ideas. I still believe an older say- 4.9 + LTS kernel would do as well, maybe even better, as a 4.18 + kernel would for most distro needs and the old computers wouldn't be left out! (sorry for the off-topic here but since you are a programmer I thought I'd mention it... keep up your excellent work fred!)

>>>---Indian------>
Cloud Computing For Every Puppy (a .pet)
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#123 Post by fredx181 »

Hi sszindian,

Maybe you followed from what I wrote here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 532#972532
and installed libabiword 3.0.2-4 from NoRepo
https://fredx181.github.io/StretchDog/NoRepo/
Check with:

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apt-cache policy libabiword-3.0
For me it is:

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root@live:~#  apt-cache policy libabiword-3.0
libabiword-3.0:
  Installed: 3.0.2-4
  Candidate: 3.0.2-4
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.2-4 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.2-2+deb9u2 500
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main i386 Packages
Update.. It seems that the bug I wrote about (flickering) is now solved, so if you have version 3.0.2-4 installed, try:

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apt-get install libabiword-3.0=3.0.2-2+deb9u2
(will install official libabiword-3.0 from Debian)
Perhaps that will solve the printing problem.

Fred

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Abiword - Printing

#124 Post by sszindian »

Here's what I have fred!


root@live:~# apt-cache policy libabiword-3.0
libabiword-3.0:
Installed: 3.0.2-2+deb9u2
Candidate: 3.0.2-2+deb9u2
Version table:
*** 3.0.2-2+deb9u2 500
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
root@live:~#

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Where (or how) do I get that 3.0.2-4 versoin?

'Thanks for your time'

>>>---Indian------>
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#125 Post by fredx181 »

sszindian wrote:Where (or how) do I get that 3.0.2-4 versoin?
Well.. I was just thinking that you did install that 3.0.2-4 version (from Ubuntu) and that would possibly cause the problem you get with printing, but apparently you have official Debian version (3.0.2-2+deb9u2) installed.
So... don't know, but if you want to try the libabiword 3.0.2-4 version, download and install from here:
https://fredx181.github.io/StretchDog/NoRepo/
(32-bit: libabiword-3.0_3.0.2-4_i386.deb)
Install with right-click > install deb
But my guess is that there's small chance it will solve your problem.

Fred

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#126 Post by sszindian »

Pretty much tried everything with still No Printing fred? Guess I'll leave it ride for now as is.

Other testing results I found:

Last Two (2) updates to firefox ESR from package manager (Debian) resulted in Internet Audio not playing at all. MP4's and other local stuff plays just fine... just no Internet sound? Installing Palemoon (27+ version) from package manager... sound on Internet works fine.

As time permits, will do some more testing on Stretchdog as I like the feel of this program and how it functions a lot.

Oh by the way you've suggested trying some 32bit stuff for the no-printing thing, I thought I first mentioned I was running the 64bit version?

Thanks for your help!

>>>---Indian------>
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#127 Post by fredx181 »

sszindian wrote:Last Two (2) updates to firefox ESR from package manager (Debian) resulted in Internet Audio not playing at all. MP4's and other local stuff plays just fine... just no Internet sound?
Yes, now the newest firefox-esr depends on pulseaudio, a good (light) workaround to make sound work is to run it with apulse (using alsa, simulating pulse), like :

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apulse firefox
Needs installed apulse:

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apt-get update
apt-get install apulse
Btw, updated apulse package in repository, changes:
- Removed the message something like "change needed in about:config for firefox" after install. (this is not required anymore with newest firefox)
- From Menu > Internet > Firefox-apulse will execute firefox with apulse, but changed Exec=apulse /opt/firefox/firefox to just: Exec=apulse firefox, so it will execute firefox in PATH, e.g. /usr/bin/firefox

EDIT: With newest firefox-esr (60.2.2esr) it's "fixed", no need for pulseaudio or apulse, see below.

Fred
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Firefox No Sound

#128 Post by sszindian »

Not sure which corrected the Internet-Audio with Firefox? Either your suggestion above... or ... the download of the new firefox ESR update that was posted today in the package-manager??? Anyway it's back working as it should.

If we can keep getting a fix-at-a-time eventually this will be a great Dog! Just wish there were more users involved here.

>>>---Indian------>
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[url]http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=69192[/url]

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Re: Firefox No Sound

#129 Post by fredx181 »

sszindian wrote:Not sure which corrected the Internet-Audio with Firefox? Either your suggestion above... or ... the download of the new firefox ESR update that was posted today in the package-manager??? Anyway it's back working as it should.

If we can keep getting a fix-at-a-time eventually this will be a great Dog! Just wish there were more users involved here.

>>>---Indian------>
Indeed, that's very nice, with newest firefox-esr (60.2.2esr) the sound works, doesn't require pulseaudio or apulse.
Thanks for info !

Fred

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#130 Post by stroudmw »

Not sure why the firewall isn't working under user puppy (shows as green when logged in as root, but under puppy I can't seem to turn it on).
Did you ever solve this? I'm having the same issue with the firewall and user "puppy".

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#131 Post by fredx181 »

Updated firewall-ng (to v 1.0.2)
This should solve the issue when logged in as puppy.
Added password-less sudo configuration for firewall-ng (in /etc/sudoers.d/firewall_ng)
This way, users that are member of group "wheel" can start/stop the firewall without the need to enter password.
User puppy is by default member of group wheel.

Install firewall-ng with Synaptic (reload first) or with apt-get:

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apt-get update
apt-get install firewall-ng
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#132 Post by fredx181 »

Install Debian Stretch-Backports kernel

EDIT: Updated to v 0.0.3, see EDIT2 in above linked post.

Fred

jss83

#133 Post by jss83 »

Hi fred, I am using this now with JWM but the left click on the desktop is opening the programs menu. How can I disable that?

Also, how can I change the default apps?

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#134 Post by dancytron »

fredx181 wrote:Install Debian Stretch-Backports kernel

EDIT: Updated to v 0.0.3, see EDIT2 in above linked post.

Fred
Is there any reason to install the backports kernel on an older machine that is running fine?

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#135 Post by fredx181 »

dancytron wrote:
fredx181 wrote:Install Debian Stretch-Backports kernel

EDIT: Updated to v 0.0.3, see EDIT2 in above linked post.

Fred
Is there any reason to install the backports kernel on an older machine that is running fine?
Probably not. Just thought there might be interest to use latest stable kernel (4.18 now)
Anyway, it works fine on my 11 years old laptop.
Also, the good thing about this package is that it is self-supporting (i.e. should still work if the latest backports version changes to e.g. 4.19),
On the contrary, "upgrade-kernel" (for the 4.9 kernel) is not, it depends on me every time for compiling new squashfs kernel module (for LZ4 support).

Fred

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#136 Post by trister »

In a very old laptop (clevo D400s ,sis650 graphics integrated graphics card and year about 2004) I boot with a clean Jessie Dog 32 without any problems.

Both Stretch Dog 32 (from this topic) & a stretch dog 32( made with the debootstrap script) reach the time that startx is starting and then the laptop seems to go to sleep mode (powerlight blinking everything else powers down).

I suspect that it might be driver/firmware issue. Is there a way to get the same firmwares/drivers that are used in JessieDog32 to the Stretch 32 linuxes? How could I do that? I even tried nomodeset parameter but did not work.

Do you have any other idea?

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#137 Post by fredx181 »

Hi trister, maybe try to boot with the Jessie kernel (3.16)
Here's a "package" 32-bit (has newest Jessie kernel version included as squashfs)
https://fredx181.github.io/StretchDog/N ... pae.tar.gz
From extracted folder "k-3.16.0-4-pae", copy the files to the Stretch "live" folder, the initrd1.xz and vmlinuz1 need to be replaced (better first make backup of originals, or rename)

I tested this on Stretch and works fine, btw, boots faster than the Stretch kernel for me.

Fred

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#138 Post by trister »

fredx181 wrote:Hi trister, maybe try to boot with the Jessie kernel (3.16)
Here's a "package" 32-bit (has newest Jessie kernel version included as squashfs)
https://fredx181.github.io/StretchDog/N ... pae.tar.gz

Fred
Thanks fred.
I tried it but I got the same result. Laptop seems to goto sleep mode instead of starting desktop.

I think I'll just check which stretchdog32 squashfs run in this older laptop.Maybe I'll be lucky and will all run...

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#139 Post by fredx181 »

*** Updated "upgrade-kernel" ***

Made some changes, takes less time, it has also dependency "elinks" now, this for to check at https://fredx181.github.io/StretchDog/ for latest aufs and squashfs kernel modules I compiled, currently:
https://fredx181.github.io/StretchDog/a ... s-k4.9.0-8
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apt-get update
apt-get install upgrade-kernel
Also made slightly different script upgrade-kernel2, request from trister, see here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 97#1007597
With that one the kernel install is not being part of the filesystem or changes (installs in chroot)
Just needs manual copying the created files to the "live" frugal install folder.
Perhaps this is better way to upgrade the kernel, any opinions ?

@trister
I tried it but I got the same result. Laptop seems to goto sleep mode instead of starting desktop.
Another thing you can try is to boot with "live-boot", maybe that works.

Fred

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#140 Post by dancytron »

fredx181 wrote:*** Updated "upgrade-kernel" ***

Made some changes, takes less time, it has also dependency "elinks" now, this for to check at https://fredx181.github.io/StretchDog/ for latest aufs and squashfs kernel modules I compiled, currently:
https://fredx181.github.io/StretchDog/a ... s-k4.9.0-8
Install :

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apt-get update
apt-get install upgrade-kernel
/snip

Fred
Ran new upgrade-kernel and then remastered. All ran as expected.
root@ChromeDog64:~# uname -a
Linux ChromeDog64 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-3+deb9u6 (2018-10-08) x86_64 GNU/Linux

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