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Revolverve · Posted: Mon 18 Mar 2019, 10:32 Post subject:

Switch from chromium to gg-chrome.
Update google-chrome option work but need restartx,for cache clearing or something? would adding an "in script warning" worth it ?

westwest · Joined: 10 Apr 2015 Posts: 71

Firefox will not play audio in BionicPup64 8.0.
All is well in earlier versions.

Strangely enough, Fred's latest DevuanDog has the exact same issue.

bigpup · Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12999 Location: S.C. USA

What version of Firefox?
Where are you getting it to install?
Is it the Firefox offered in Quickpet?

dancytron · Joined: 18 Jul 2012 Posts: 1415

westwest · Joined: 10 Apr 2015 Posts: 71

So the quickpet version of Firefox has no sound issue, thanks.
Does this mean that Fred's portable version is not considered an option?
It is after all very useful.

Also, the Mouse Input problem has been fixed,
but now it seems the settings are simply not saved at all.

bigpup · Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12999 Location: S.C. USA

Let's see!
You think I can provide help if you ask questions about the questions I asked. Rolling Eyes

Do you think we ask questions just to ask questions!
You simply answering the questions I asked, will tell me much of what I need to know, to help you!!

Ok I will play your game.
The firefox offered in Quickpet, sound should work.
Does for me.

bigpup · Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12999 Location: S.C. USA

westwest · Joined: 10 Apr 2015 Posts: 71

Ah, well i was in fact reporting that the quickpet version of Firefox in BionicPup64 8.0 CE has no sound problem whatsoever, having tried it, of course. And thank you.

And that while using a savefile, the Mouse Input wizard that erstwhile froze the touchpad now seems, but only seems, to register no change of settings, unless said settings revert to the original configuration everytime the wizard is run. That is, not accross reboots.

I would also be curious to know whether the portable version of Firefox floating around on this forum will be or will not be an option for BionicPup64 at some point. This out of sheer curiosity.

And, once again, no xorg.0.log appears in PupSysInfo.

I can only hope that my middling concerns about sundry details in this distro may improve it by a half iota.

Thanks again.

bigpup · Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12999 Location: S.C. USA

Some of your problems are the classic result of just a bad install of Bionicpup64 8.0 or any Puppy version.
It can happen.

A bad iso download.
A bad initial install of the iso contents.

If installing to a partition formatted fat32 or ntfs.
Best to start with a partition freshly formatted or defraged and checked using Windows defrag and chkdsk programs.

A download of the iso, placed in a fragmented file system, can do strange things to the iso, before you even use it.
The iso download gets written in a fragmented state.

Fat32 and ntfs formats can fragment.

A fresh new download of the iso and a fresh clean install, can fix some strange problems.

If you tried to use a save from an older version of Bionicpup64.
Not sure that really works, with this new issue of using a old save, when a newer version of the Woof-CE was used to make the newer Puppy version.

So far, I have seen no issues from using a older save in Bionicpup64 8.0. But the warning is there about not doing it.
Maybe the change from Bionicpup64 7.9.8 to 8.0 was not big enough Idea

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bigpup · Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12999 Location: S.C. USA

Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 3680 Location: Ontario Canada

I did a manual frugal install to the hard drive:
Installed the proprietary Nvidia driver.
VIDEO REPORT: bionicpup64, version 8.0
Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1920x1080 pixels (602x343 millimeters)
Depth: 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 GT 430/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.116

Works good so far,
Thanks.

westwest · Joined: 10 Apr 2015 Posts: 71

Using GktHash, the MD5 and SHA256 of my iso are identical to the ones from where i downloaded it,
namely http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-bionic/bionicpup64/...

I did a manual frugal install, on ext4 partition alongside other pups,
and started a fresh savefile.

Perhaps there are other aspects of the downloading and install that need be addressed?

One more struggle is that X Keyboard properties also resets periodically
and stubbornly to the default values (delay=660, rate=25). This just happened right now,
as i was checking for details.

westwest · Joined: 10 Apr 2015 Posts: 71

On the upside, specifying the driver in Xorg.conf instead of letting the system figure it out now gives a xorg.0.log in PupSysInfo.

westwest · Joined: 10 Apr 2015 Posts: 71

As for Firefox, the same behaviour occured with a download direct from Mozilla, which does not include Apulse, unless i am mistaken.

bigpup · Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12999 Location: S.C. USA

Now you know why software has to be compiled for specific Linux operating systems.

Use the Firefox offered in Quickpet.

The Firefox in Quickpet has a few extra files that make it work in Bionicpup64 8.0