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kommisar · Joined: 20 Feb 2011 Posts: 17

I can't seem to unrar some archive using the "zip" icon on the desktop. The application apparently doesn't work with rar files. Is there any easy way to add this functionality to Racy 5.3?

puppy_apprentice · Joined: 07 Feb 2012 Posts: 63

u can try to find a tool called unrar or try to convert your rar file to eg. zip or tar and later use tools installed in Puppy:

http://www.online-convert.com/

Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 1497 Location: Ontario Canada

Edit: removed

Pence · Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 192

Racy 5.3 seems to work fine with Intel core i3-2120 and Asus P8 H67-M PRO with 4gb ram. Only video setting is 1024x768 60.0* but that is the one I would have selected. Edit: Now I have that problem of no shutdown or reboot and then xorg problem after manual shutdown.

L18L · Posted: Mon 23 Apr 2012, 04:25 Post subject: momanager Subject description: menu

Edited my solution for translating menu items, see
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=77303&start=57

vtpup · Posted: Mon 23 Apr 2012, 10:26 Post subject:

Racy 5.3 ...ditto on gmplayer not working in any resolution but original file resolution -- ie "half size, double size, full screen, etc all simply show the video in original resolution with a big yellow frame around it to match the request.

Also ditto on real dislike of the Racy 53 electric blue wallpaper theme and icons -- I'm not a bling fanatic, I usually just use the stock Puppy theme, but this time I had to change everything, the desktop was so jarring and uncomfortable to look at. If I was a new user, I'd wonder whether I'd want to use Racy.

I realize that's personal, but unusual for me to have such a strong reaction. I imported icons from earlier puppies, since didn't particularly like what was available (Puppy 431 was blue, too, but very easy to work with and accept. Seemed friendlier.)

Sorry, no desire to offend anyone, just a personal reaction in case user reactions are useful.

666philb · Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 1230 Location: wales

gnome-mplayer may need you graphic drivers installed to change the screen size

vtpup · Posted: Mon 23 Apr 2012, 15:18 Post subject:

B.K. Johnson · Joined: 12 Oct 2009 Posts: 78

Retrovol in wary-5.3 seems to provide for output only. I cannot record from line input. See attachment.

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 333 Location: London, England

Is there nothing more further down in that Retrovol window? It seems cut off in the screenshot.

These things depend on your hardware. The input / record / capture controls may show up as a different device.

You could try alsamixer (type it in to the terminal). It shows all the soundcards using the F6 key and switches between them. The F4 key will isolate and show all the capture controls.

voronv · Joined: 23 Apr 2012 Posts: 6

Is this a bug or my illiteracy?
I boot my Dell Mini 9 with Racy 5.3 from flash drive and set up a wireless connection, over Broadcom B4312 card.
It works until reboot.
It takes entire minute or 2 to "save" my settings at shut down, but when it reboots - it never auto connects to my router. It alwaqys shows some 192.168.33.0 IP address (where only it comes from?).

Sucks. Please advise.

firak · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 156

Racy - is the ounly puppy that support properly my sound card, and I can use the mike -also.
[url] http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=622799#622799[/url]

B.K. Johnson · Joined: 12 Oct 2009 Posts: 78

OscarTalks

There is nothing below; what u see is what I got.

The snapshot I posted came from my laptop running wary-5.3. I get the same with racy-5.2.2. But on my desktop the GUI is OK for both. So as you said it must be hardware related.

[EDIT]
I had just added saluki and wary-5.3 to my flashdrive kennel. Saluki performance on my desktop was poor because of insufficient memory (512MB) so I switched the testing to my laptop (3 GB). When done I rebooted to test the new wary-5.3. Being accustomed to puppies having mic input as the default setting whereas my needs are for line input I routinely launched mhWaveEdit and checked the mixer. Hence my alarm. But I am now thinking that the graphic reflects the fact that my laptop does not have a line input from which to record. Later, on checking saluki, I saw that there is only Playback.

So I conclude i have raised a false alarm Embarassed

.

BK

Argolance · Posted: Fri 27 Apr 2012, 07:05 Post subject:

Hello,
Why could I make my wacom tablet graphire3 working with Wary/Racy 5.2 and not with the latest release 5.3? Tried all what I could (following posts and tutorials found in this Forum) but without success... Confused

Cordialement.

666philb · Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 1230 Location: wales