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Dromeno · Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Posts: 465

addition: uninstalling & re-installing smplayer and umplayer does not help.

and I have encountered this very rame problem before

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=595513&sid=71580379a806d9ef904680a015be481b

then it was caused by "conflicting Qt libraries". Perhaps it is the same here? Anyway... I do not know how to fix this...

smokey01 · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 1602 Location: South Australia

Dromeno, one of the great things about Puppy Linux is its portability and modular like structure. If you are a fiddler like most of us, it's important to take some precautions.

First, frugal has some advantages over a full installation. It is easy to backup the save file in case of problems like you are currently experiencing.

I usually have two entries in my menu.lst file whether I'm using Grub or Grub4Dos. One entry loads Saluki normally and the other entry has pfix=ram on the kernel line. This allows me to run Saluki, or any other Puppy, without using the save file.

Always make a copy of the save file on a regular basis. If it is ever corrupted its easy to replace. I like to keep the save file around 512M although I have had them grow to 6 & 7M. With Saluki's custom builder I like to add new applications to adrive rather than the save file. Make sure to have a backup of adrive too.

It's also a good idea to test new applications with the pfix=ram option. If it works then add it to adrive using the custom builder. Make sure adrive has been backed up first.

Where you can install and run application outside of the save file and adrive is a good idea too as the application is then available for other puppy distributions.

Hope this helps.

Dromeno · Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Posts: 465

yep... if there is a qt library conflict then uninstalling everyting qt-like, reboot, and re-installing the QT 4.8.0 and webkit should do the trick, right?

but no.

so either it is not a qt problem, or/and I have no clue what the problem is.

Dromeno · Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Posts: 465

smokey01... you are right. and I have an older 3fs backup.

But I would like to understand what is happening here. Otherwise I will be forced to try each existing application after the installation of a new one. And of course make a backup of the 3fs after the installation of every new app, so I can go back. Almost like windows.

At the moment I need to figure out to which 3fs backup I need to go when I discover that some app will not start properly.

At the moment, I have a feeling that is must be something essential but simple which is messed up. But I do not know what:

minitube produces a similar damage report in the terminal:

minitube: symbol lookup error: /opt/qt4/lib/libphonon.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZN9QMetaType15registerTypedefEPKci

Geoffrey · Posted: Mon 11 Jun 2012, 07:33 Post subject:

Here is pyroom writing program.

smokey01 · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 1602 Location: South Australia

Deadbeef compiled in Racy but seems to work well in Saluki.

http://www.smokey01.com/software/multimedia/deadbeef-0.5.5-i486.pet

Terryphi · Posted: Mon 11 Jun 2012, 10:27 Post subject:

smokey01 · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 1602 Location: South Australia

Quite right Terryphi. Fixed thanks.

dennis-slacko531 · Joined: 18 Jan 2012 Posts: 74 Location: Oregon

I tried the Mint Xfce over the weekend and while not bad, there's still root user issues that will prevent quick learning. That opens a big door for very able Saluki. I'm sure that's already considered but with some promotion perhaps the word will get out to a million or so Xfce fans/students. That's about all I wanted to say.

veronicathecow · Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 526

Hi Jemimah, firstly many thanks to you and the others for this puppy. I love puppy generally but always go back to PCLinuxOs because almost everything works out of the box (But it tends to run a bit slow even on new hardware 3ghz quad core)
I thought I would try a few different puppies for speed and ease of use and yours was the first.
I was going to pop back into PCLinuxOs but realised I felt so at home in your Puppy I would post from here instead. So far your puppy seems the most polished that i have tried so once again many thanks
Tony

Dromeno · Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Posts: 465

Ok, I have built a new personlalized saluki... But a strange behavior emerged: this one boots in a netbook launcher environment (tabbed desktop). I want to change it back to what it was but I can not find the icon for it in the control panel, nor do I know the terminal command for it.

Geoffrey · Posted: Tue 12 Jun 2012, 23:27 Post subject:

Here is WinUSB, compiled in Saluki, http://en.congelli.eu/prog_info_winusb.html
I'm pulling this for the moment, it don't seem to be working as it should, I'll look at it some more before re-posting it, bummer!
Na, this just isn't going to play the game, pity, I could of made use of windows installer on usb.

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 2455 Location: Ontario

For people who want a simple and fast method of
MD5sum calculation and checking of their downloaded files

I made a right click package. It needs xclip to be installed as well
but it's not too big.

Available here

Instructions: Just put the MD5sum in clipboard (by selecting)
Then choose the right click menu option.

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Geoffrey · Posted: Thu 14 Jun 2012, 03:40 Post subject:

Well the Goot translator application is now unusable even with babelfish..
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/translation/archive/2012/05/30/welcoming-yahoo-babel-fish-users.aspx

greengeek · Joined: 20 Jul 2010 Posts: 1184 Location: New Zealand