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dejan555 · Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 2407 Location: Montenegro

OK guys I've been doing some fluxbox hacking today and am pleased to announce this build compiled on 004 with menu button hack found here

Features: Menu button on functional taskbar with systray/clock and workspace switcher
Added fluxbox menu generator compatible with puppy's xdg menus (I believe it's rarsa's work, many thanks!)
Added line to fixmenus that automatically refreshes menu after package install but there's also entry under fluxbox menu to refresh too.
You can change wallpaper from fluxbox menu.
Pet includes modified wmreboot, wmpoweroff etc. scripts to allow shutdown from fluxbox menu.
I added few keyboard shortcuts (Winkey + S = mtpaint screenshot; +G = geany; + B = defaultbrowser; +R = rox)
All other usual fluxbox features as pseudo transparency etc...

I removed many styles that come by default to save size but I made separate pet for them.
FluxConf is also available as separate pet

LINK: fluxbox_menubtn-1.1.1-i486-squeeze.pet 701 KB, no additional deps needed
Other optional packages and themes are here:
http://puppy.b0x.me/software/squeeze/fluxbox/

Screenie:

Iguleder · Posted: Sun 19 Sep 2010, 07:28 Post subject:

Wow, dpup looks great with Fluxbox Shocked

I'm off to start the 005 work ... does anyone know how to activate the Windows/printscreen keys in JWM? Let's bind them to the menu and mtpaint snapshot thing. Idea

Bert · Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 703

Just playing...

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5170 Location: Finland

Iguleder. I think you can bind PrtSc button to executable using xbindkeys-config. Here is my pet made in luci for xbindkeys-config. It is easy to use. Just play with it.

I know, it is big. I used ubuntu repo, not compiling and I didnt check are all dependencies really needed.

Also I dont know how spesific the button info is. For laptops for example sleep button has been quite generic so it works independent of laptop model.

Iguleder · Posted: Sun 19 Sep 2010, 08:10 Post subject:

Alright, added to 005 Smile

Atm I'm building the first 005, a clean Woof run, with all the new stuff since 004, let's hope it works well Smile

EDIT: more juicy details.

This one has ffmpeg from Quirky plus some extra libraries compiled on 004 because Quirky's are a bit older. It has new Seamonkey and DeaDBeeF, Squeeze-Right-Click, new mhwaveedit-retrovol, the cool wallpapers, new volume/wireless icons, new Abiword with plugins, "sheet" instead of "calc", a dummy xorg.conf and many other tiny improvements I can't think of Very Happy

dr-kart · Joined: 15 Sep 2010 Posts: 13

is it possible to turn wi-fi device off on laptop?
There is no "rfkill" command and "rfkill-upgrade-k2.6.33.2.pet" is not suitable for dpup (but for 5.1.1)

Iguleder · Posted: Sun 19 Sep 2010, 08:28 Post subject:

Ummm... interesting. The kernel is same in both.

I added rfkill from Debian to 005, let's see what happens Smile

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5170 Location: Finland

2.6.33.2 kernel used in luci does not have rfkill enabled.

Rfkill needs compiling the rfkill module and all addendum wireless moduless just like tempestuous did with that rfkill-upgrade.pet. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=452093#452093
Also compiling the kernel rfkill enabled is solution Smile

I compiled the kernel in luci rfkill and hibernate enabled. It worked but the initrd.gz update was pain.

Iguleder · Posted: Sun 19 Sep 2010, 08:34 Post subject:

I think we should wait for the 5.2 kernel. playdayz wants 2.6.35.x or 2.6.36.x, that's another reason why I didn't bother with compiling a custom kernel for dpup.

I never compiled a Puppy kernel, but I think it's time to try, once 005 is out Smile

A 2.6.35.4 with BFS, ck1, Zen patches, latest Aufs2 and some extra performance tuning patches ... sounds great, doesn't it? Very Happy

EDIT: dejan555, can you upload your hacked DeaDBeeF sources? I'd like to try something interesting, menu entries for retrovol and gxine Wink

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5170 Location: Finland

Also latest kernels has switcheroo possibility to switch between dual graphichs.

Iguleder · Posted: Sun 19 Sep 2010, 09:02 Post subject:

Ummm ... I think we shouldn't update mtpaint for two reasons:
- Extra size
- InkscapeLite is no longer needed and it's the only svg editor that is this small

However, if we chose to compile mtpaint, the "draw" icon can be replaced with a HTML editor icon, but nobody uses HTML editors these days anyway, so it's a bad idea imho Rolling Eyes

Just tell me what you think.

dejan555 · Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 2407 Location: Montenegro

Sure Iguleder, here I attach the two files I edited just replace them over the existing ones in ./plugins/gtkui

While I'm here I'll share new desktop screenie with image creatd using pixlr Razz

Note that it doesn't sae always to your pc though, I had to publish this one to imm.io then save to computer Sad

So mtpaint now does svg graphic editing too, or it just opens them?

Image is @ http://imm.io/1m9f

Iguleder · Posted: Sun 19 Sep 2010, 09:20 Post subject:

Thanks for the sources, nice desky Smile

I have no idea, actually, I just integrated that PET. By the way, the new mhwaveedit is out, bad menu entry.

I'll upload mhwaveedit, mtpaint and deadbeef, I'll try to hack all three to for 006, my current focus is getting xorg and cups fully fixed Smile

There is also a possibility that InkscapeLite can be replaced with pixlr, but I don't think it's a good idea.

ajlec2000 · Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 50

Great job on this.
I installed frugally on a Dell Inspiron 1501 with the only problems being some missing libs between the keyboard and headrest.

Seamonkey, my favorite browser, is as fast as ever.

The default theme is pleasing and I'll probally stick with that.

Photography and media playback are the other two important uses for me so for the next couple of days I'll be playing with whats included along those lines. Was sorry to see gtkam go as it is able to transfer raw files. I'll be looking at Rawstudio and GIMP for this as well.

I look forward to 005!