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s-kami · Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Budapest

I got a lot of requests so i decided to make a new XP-like puppy in english.

Fullscreen:
http://skami.homelinux.org/images/rsgallery/original/xp-like01.jpg

Avaible here:
ftp://skami.homelinux.org/puppylinux/ISO/XP-like_puppy_ENG.iso
http://skami.homelinux.org The Hungarian Puppy Linux HQ
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Sylvander · Posted: Fri 08 Jan 2010, 19:14 Post subject:

Posting from XP like Puppy.

Have a Problem.
When I choose UK English QWERTY keyboard, there is a problem, and it does not take effect.
e.g. I get QWERTZ kezboard. Sad

s-kami · Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Budapest

try this:

start menu -->setup --->mouse/keyboard wizard -->choose keyboard layout for your country
Was this helpful?

Sylvander · Posted: Sat 09 Jan 2010, 05:20 Post subject:

1. "start menu -->setup --->mouse/keyboard wizard -->choose keyboard layout for your country"
(a) This is what I did...
And then came a warning Window that something could not be done, and there was no change to the keyboard, even after using "Ctrl+Alt+backspace->xwin" to restart the window manager.

(b) I'll try this again and attempt to post a screenshot of the warning.
Will now reboot into XP-like to do that.

(c) Please note:
During first boot of XP-like, there was no opportunity offered to configure/specify the type of keyboard in use.

s-kami · Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Budapest

i am so sorry, i left a file here: /etc/keymap
it contains hu.map, try to change us.map please

Confused

Sylvander · Posted: Sat 09 Jan 2010, 06:34 Post subject:

Here is the present code inside the file /etc/keymap

/usr/share/themes/eXperience/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:1378: Overlay image options specified without filename
/usr/share/themes/eXperience/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:1404: Overlay image options specified without filename

Gtk-WARNING (recursed) **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "mgicchikn",
uk.map

I need the UK keyboard.

Sorry, unable to type the correct things.

There is a uk.map file in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty

kayan · Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 89 Location: India

Thanks for the puplet Very Happy

How to enable battery level and net connected icon in tray Confused

s-kami · Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Budapest

here is the solution for battery status:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=35185&start=15

QBall2U · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 65 Location: Somewhere, USA

s-kami · Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Budapest

I consider linux is better anyway.

Puppy is the best way for old computers and this puplet is made for beginners.

Only skinned and the wine 1.1.35 (newest) is included for windozers, for instance totalcommnder i can run.

Keyboard UK issue:
delete the file : /etc/keymap (contains hu.keymap) and restart puppy.
Than you will be asked for keyboard. Afterward start menu-- > settings -->mouse/keyboard wizard -->advanced xorg keyboard configuration -->layouts--> gb united kingdom and click to yes, activate new settings.
Now i have UK keyboard.

37fleetwood · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 403

looking at the screen cap and it looks great but I have a question, why wouldn't you use something like pcmanfm so you would have a more windows like feel when file browsing? another good one is xfe. if you could make one of these the default file browser you would really look like XP!

Sylvander · Posted: Tue 12 Jan 2010, 04:55 Post subject:

Looks like that has eliminated the keyboard problem. Very Happy

Where should I post about a few other problems I see?
e.g.
1. Installed captura.pup and it at first appeared in the menu under a Pup sub-menu, but after reboot was gone.
I can run it ok using a command in a terminal.

p.s. Xfe is a SUPERB file manager; I have it installed [almost never use any other] and it is running well.
See links here.

s-kami · Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Budapest

menu items can be found here:
/usr/share/applications

open any file with a simple text editor like gany or leafpad and you can see, how it looks.

now you can create a new application menu item for any program.

yeah, xfe looks great, i will try it !

Sylvander · Posted: Tue 12 Jan 2010, 06:35 Post subject:

Make Xfe the default file manager instead of ROX.

e.g. When you mount a partition, Xfe will open at that partition.
[Sometimes a pest, sometimes useful; I'd like if there was a key to hold to prevent Xfe auto-opening]

Sylvander · Posted: Tue 12 Jan 2010, 06:50 Post subject:

There is a file:
/usr/share/applications/Captura.desktop
With the following content: