Lupu-515 Beta New Version DEC 18

[einar]

einar wrote:

... love puppy and i have been playing with it since 232. the only problem i got is when i use compiz. it has been noted before by lobster i think. my windows are stuck / no wobble. there is not an "top bar" with x and minimize etz, ...

Emerald windows decorations can be problematic sometimes.
Try this:

Locate .xinitrc in /root (it is a hidden file) and replace:
"emerald --replace" (without quotes)
with:
"gtk-window-decorator --replace &" (without quotes)
at the "start compiz" section:

It should look like this finally:

#start compiz
if [[ "$CURRENTWM" != "jwm" && "$CURRENTWM" != "icewm" && "$CURRENTWM" != "openbox" && "$CURRENTWM" != "startfluxbox" ]];then
if [[ `which compiz` != "" ]];then LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 compiz --replace --indirect-rendering --sm-disable ccp gtk-window-decorator --replace &
sleep 3
fi
fi

instead of:
#start compiz
if [[ "$CURRENTWM" != "jwm" && "$CURRENTWM" != "icewm" && "$CURRENTWM" != "openbox" && "$CURRENTWM" != "startfluxbox" ]];then
if [[ `which compiz` != "" ]];then LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 compiz --replace --indirect-rendering --sm-disable ccp emerald --replace &
sleep 3
fi
fi

Hope this helps.

Cheers.

Thanks for taking the interest in a linux noobs problem i tried this on in Virtual box on the new 515 but i dont think compiz works in VM. only get a white screen. I will try it when i get home. Thanks again Smil99. and thanks to all others for making this awesome OS

[Lobster]

Sweet!

I hope the enclosed is sweeter
whilst 1k smaller . . .

Did it with the help of xara which is working OK
but still appearing in two places in the menu once installed
(xaraLX is in ppm and some prefer to Inkscape)

[rhadon]

im now using 246 with ati drivers

Are you using the ati catalyst driver or xorg-high (which is also for ati)? As far as I understand only ati catalyst works with newer ati cards and compiz.

Rolf

[tubeguy]

I hope the enclosed is sweeter
whilst 1k smaller . . .

ttuuxxx would be proud I think!

[einar]

im now using 246 with ati drivers

Are you using the ati catalyst driver or xorg-high (which is also for ati)? As far as I understand only ati catalyst works with newer ati cards and compiz.

Rolf

Hi Rolf, i am using the ATi catalyst driver. i have a radeon mobility2600HD in the HP HDX 9050. the drivers work, and i can see/ use the controll panel. only thing i cannot change is the color depth.

On that note, i have not tried compiz with Xorg High. will try that also when i get home. If i get compiz to work i have then a system to replace xp / win 7 on all my machines except my HTPC. DTS / DOlby D passtrough HDMI is to tricky for my noobish brain.

[bmaamba]

Shinobar- your work is appreciated. I was surprised that grub4dos does not install to Superblock of linux partition (grub does and is compatible with RPM-Ranish PM). RPM takes over the MBR.
There are guys (like me) who are fanatical about their partition managers.
RPM-grub4dos (or grub)-puppy is what i desire.

[tubeguy]

I like the Software:
Music listening: gnome-mplayer, pmusic, audacious, aqualung, deadbeef, lxmusic, and Songbird in Quickpet and PPM

Nice to see both deadbeef and aqualung. I installed aqualung from PPM and it works perfectly.

Edit: To make the FX button in Aqualung actually do something: extract the attached, run make install on the folder contents and you get a bunch of plugins installed.

[01micko]

hmmmm..

Rubbing out yaf-splash is a mistake in my most humblest of opinions.

I was the instigator of gtkdialog-splash.. I left a bone, mave picked it up and he ran with it.. a good thing, Barry got the bone off mave and chewed off some more meat. It certainly supports UTF-8 and all locales/fonts but it was not designed as a full replacement for yaf-splash.

Consider the timing function of yaf-splash. It drives the pinstall.sh we now have in nvidia pets. Of course we can change that but it will be slower and more awkward.

The yaf-splash bug where it stays persistent in the "save" splash is a new introduced bug, just an oversight. I'll find the relevant code and fix it, it's easy.. it's just a "-font" parameter needing removal and then the code in question will use gtkdialog-splash. It will still need a mouse-over to kill though, unless Barry has made the x-box the default, I'm not sure at the moment.

I can name three or four esteemed devs around here that would really miss yaf-splash.

Cheers /FWIW

[tubeguy]

hmmmm..

Rubbing out yaf-splash is a mistake in my most humblest of opinions.

Just goes to show that rubbing one out is sometimes not a good idea.

I'm in a strange mood this morning.

[Lobster]

I can name three or four esteemed devs around here that would really miss yaf-splash.
Cheers /FWIW

Not even the esteemed . . . there are 'almost programmers' like me
who would miss it before we work out how to use it . . .
I have been trying to use yaf-splash in my Lucid Lit Program
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 503#477503
Can not get it to work

This is what I want to do (that or yaf-splash - same thing?)

<action>gtkdialog-splash -bg yellow -fontsize x-large -timeout 6 -text 'breath in 1 . . . 2 . . .' &</action>

Am I (as suspected) the bug or is it something else?

[spb37]

I go between kubuntu and lighthouse puppy in my home. Is it possible to install kde4.5 on lupu. Thx

[bigpup]

Menu>help
At the top of the help page there is a link to
Announcement and Release Notes for Lucid Puppy 5.1.5.
I do not see much that deals with Lucid Puppy 515.
Most of the info is old news that stops with Lucid 5.1.

[jeffy39]

Howdy All,
515 looking better all the time.
Two problems:
1) installed gnome-Hearts from PPM-ubuntu-lucid-universe.
Nothing missing, it said. Tried to exec from menu, fun, hearts.
Got the msg : Failed to execute child process "gnome-hearts" (No such file or directory). Anyone know how to fix?
2) Using OO.o sfs. It displays the slide show, but no sound.
Sound ok otherwise.
Thanx for any-all help with these 2.

[playdayz]

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... -Lucid.pet

Opera 11 Anyone?

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At the top of the help page there is a link to
Announcement and Release Notes for Lucid Puppy 5.1.5.
I do not see much that deals with Lucid Puppy 515.

Yes, one more thing to do before release. Thanks for reminding me

[playdayz]

Yaf-splash. Message Received. Keep it.

[playdayz]

Edit: To make the FX button in Aqualung actually do something: extract the attached, run make install on the folder contents and you get a bunch of plugins installed.

Should I combine with aqualung in PPM?

[playdayz]

Its creator called it grub4dos and perhaps we should respect that - how would you like it if someone packaged Lucid Puppy and called it GooglePup for instance!

Convincing. Thanks.

[Lobster]

ttuuxxx would be proud I think!

In a moment of weakness I added 1k and the word 'Lucid'
. . . I am told pride is a sin, so maybe it is a good thing

[playdayz]

In a moment of weakness I added 1k and the word 'Lucid'
. . . I am told pride is a sin, so maybe it is a good thing

Sweet, it will be included.

[Bert]

There's a nice ubuntu maverick package of Chromium 10.07.617.0.
Writing from it now.

What is interesting is that you can choose the components à la carte Only install language pack if you need it, for example.
This makes for a small download (as far as modern browsers go)

This is available:



This is where I found it