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#661 Post by technosaurus »

@scott .. I'll be porting jwm tools to fvwm1 and/or e16. Any preferences on which to do first... I have e16 @ the same resource usage as jwm, I like the effects and have the desktop icons hacked in but I am missing the tray... Fvwm1 is missing a couple of others, but they are far more capable than any other permissively licensed (bsd,mit,...) wm.
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#662 Post by greengeek »

sc0ttman wrote:Abiword is listed under 'Compose', you missed it ;)
Hmmm, I don' find Abiword under compose.... Can't see it at all..

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#663 Post by sc0ttman »

technosaurus wrote:@scott .. I'll be porting jwm tools to fvwm1 and/or e16. Any preferences on which to do first... I have e16 @ the same resource usage as jwm, I like the effects and have the desktop icons hacked in but I am missing the tray... Fvwm1 is missing a couple of others, but they are far more capable than any other permissively licensed (bsd,mit,...) wm.
I vote for e16, I quite like it... Not all that much, but I can see it's a good bit of software... aside from the annoying literal categories in the main menu... (which i presume your tools will fix)... I never used fvwm1 ...
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#664 Post by sc0ttman »

LoboGrande wrote:Chrome 9 thinks my yahoo login is an attack and won't let me in. FF 7 updated to 12 and QTWeb will but definitely not my favorite browsers. Iron 19 installed but won't open.
I'll be trying to make FF13 and Opera12 pkgs soon...
I greatly prefer Iron to Chrome/Chromium, can anyone recommend a suitable pet that will work with Akita?
If anyone can make one, I'll add it to the repo and Browser-Installer :)
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#665 Post by sc0ttman »

greengeek wrote:
sc0ttman wrote:Abiword is listed under 'Compose', you missed it ;)
Hmmm, I don' find Abiword under compose.... Can't see it at all..
You have to install it from the Wary5 repo first...
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opera 12 for akita

#666 Post by sc0ttman »

Opera 12 for akita, http://akita.scottjarvis.com/opera-12.00-i386-akita.pet (17mb)

It's very fast, works lovely, added a few changes:

- changed the fonts (Still not perfect)
- added puppy related bookmarks
- updated speed dial buttons
- added extensions: youtube downloader, youtube add-free, ad block, ghostery
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#667 Post by technosaurus »

sc0ttman wrote:I vote for e16, I quite like it... Not all that much, but I can see it's a good bit of software... aside from the annoying literal categories in the main menu... (which i presume your tools will fix)... I never used fvwm1 ...
e16's menus get generated at each start from a rather slow _perl_ script ...the menus are in a really flat format that is much easier than jwm ... As is fvwm1, but I may need to backport some stuff from fvwm-2.2 (the last non-gpl version) in order to get functionality comparable to jwm ... enlightenment 16 just needs a way to swallow other widgets like a button(s) the pager, systray and iconbar, maybe it already can and I just haven't figured it out yet - the theming methods are poorly documented.
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#668 Post by sc0ttman »

technosaurus wrote:enlightenment 16 just needs a way to swallow other widgets like a button(s) the pager, systray and iconbar, maybe it already can and I just haven't figured it out yet - the theming methods are poorly documented.
nice to see you're on the case... i look forward to see a nicer, user friendly, and fast setup ;)


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Firefox 13 for Akita: http://akita.scottjarvis.com/firefox-13.0.1-akita.pet

It needs dbus-glib as well: http://akita.scottjarvis.com/dbus-glib-0.82-akita.pet

This package includes ghostery, betterprivacy, video downloader, ad-block plus, flashblock.
Also has puppy and akita related bookmarks pre-installed.

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New browser installer in beta 10, see pics below...
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If possible, need translations (ru,fr,es,de) for the following please:

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---browser_installer---

Loc_firefox13_title="Firefox 13.0.1, HTML5 browser"
Loc_firefox13_desc="Firefox 13.0.1 supports HTML5, and is an award-winning browser, supporting excellent addons and customisations (22mb)"

Loc_midori_title="Midori, a lightweight browser"
Loc_midori_desc="Midori is a great lightweight browser, which is ideal for nearly all everyday web browsing tasks, even Flash video, SSL is supported too (5.2mb)"

Loc_opera12_title="Opera 12, fast, HTML5 browser"
Loc_opera12_desc="Opera 12 supports WebM, HTML5, etc, and is very fast. It handles many tasks - browsing, e-mail, contacts, IRC, BitTorrent and RSS news feeds (18mb)"

---pkg_chooser.sh---

Loc_update_akita_repo="Update: Akita Package Repository"
Loc_cur_kernel="Only for current kernel"
Loc_filter_toolip="Update the list of PETs in the PPM"
Loc_kernelver_tt="Only show packages for kernel version ${KERVER}"

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#669 Post by vicmz »

Hi! Nice work, this puplet has a special feel. I'm having only one problem -- for some reason, after making a pupsave and rebooting, the computer won't launch the live CD. I have to remove my USB key and force a reboot for the computer to detect the live CD and launch it instead of loading Wndows. This doesn't happen to me using Puppies other than Akita CD and LupQ/WaryQ CD.
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#670 Post by sc0ttman »

vicmz wrote:Hi! Nice work, this puplet has a special feel. I'm having only one problem -- for some reason, after making a pupsave and rebooting, the computer won't launch the live CD. I have to remove my USB key and force a reboot for the computer to detect the live CD and launch it instead of loading Wndows. This doesn't happen to me using Puppies other than Akita CD and LupQ/WaryQ CD.
Hi vicmz, thanks.. Shame about this problem you are having, but I know who can help - shinobar - because the only thing those Puppies (Akita/LupQ/WaryQ) have in common, is shinobars tools - Firstrun, PupSaveConfig, Frugal Installer, others. I bet shinobar can find the problem if you report exactly what is happening.
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#671 Post by vicmz »

sc0ttman wrote:
vicmz wrote:Hi! Nice work, this puplet has a special feel. I'm having only one problem -- for some reason, after making a pupsave and rebooting, the computer won't launch the live CD. I have to remove my USB key and force a reboot for the computer to detect the live CD and launch it instead of loading Wndows. This doesn't happen to me using Puppies other than Akita CD and LupQ/WaryQ CD.
Hi vicmz, thanks.. Shame about this problem you are having, but I know who can help - shinobar - because the only thing those Puppies (Akita/LupQ/WaryQ) have in common, is shinobars tools - Firstrun, PupSaveConfig, Frugal Installer, others. I bet shinobar can find the problem if you report exactly what is happening.
There must be more than just shinobar's tools implied. I use shinobar's pupsaveconfig for slacko and the pupsave does get detected at bootup. The only puplet I have used with pupsave successfully so far is Saluki and it has pupsaveconfig. For the other puplets, even after I make a pupsave, when I reboot the screen remains black, and I can't access the BIOS or type anything, I have to remove my USB key, unplug the pc, plug the pc again and start over. I simply can't explain further than this, I have little technical knowledge. Maybe if I make a full install to the USB key I get better results. Anyway, running the CD as RAM-only keeps being fun :D
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Russian translation for the above piece of code:

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---browser_installer--- 

Loc_firefox13_title="Firefox 13.0.1, HTML5 браузер" 
Loc_firefox13_desc="Firefox 13.0.1 поддерживает HTML5, браузер, получивший награды, поддерживает отличные дополнени

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#673 Post by sc0ttman »

rodin.s wrote:Russian translation for the above piece of code:
Thanks very much.
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akita beta10

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Akita Linux beta 10

Download: http://akita.scottjarvis.com/akita-linux-beta10.iso
(91mb, md5: 8587b0c3c270c2b966a5ee2e7e5edb55)

Devx, for compiling: http://akita.scottjarvis.com/akita_devx-b9.sfs
(sfs3, md5: 6cab1101e73745c8eb0a7e1b1202f8be, 113MB)
(Right-click and choose 'SFS Loader' to load/install it)

Summary:

- updated PPM: fewer dialogs, ask settings only once per session, fixed i18n
- updated woofy to 0.91: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 665#641665
- updated browsers in PPM: firefox13, opera12, qupzilla 1.3.1, midori with SSL
- updated browser-installer: nicer GUI, added new browsers above, fixed deps and i18n
- updated: defaults-chooser, dir2pet, jwm_menu_create, others
- better right click options for directories
- other fixes, mainly to PPM, flash-get and browser-installer

Full changelog:

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July 13
- fixed: alsaconf geometry
- fixed: ask to save from PPM - now only ask once, at start of each session
- fixed: flash-get, use flash9-fakeflash10 .pet in akita repo
- fixed: some repo entries in PPM, dep listings, etc (abiword, gnumeric, others)
- added: extra soundcard stuff to /etc/modules.conf...works??
- updated: defaults-chooser, added qupzilla, mp-5 to other lists
- updated: jwm_menu_create, add png to icon, if none given
- updated: doc2txt  and xls2html wrappers, if set as default***, give msg about using/replacing it

July 14
- fixed: pidgin pkgs and deps in akita repo and PPM
- fixed: renamed online repo file to match local one, for Akita repo updates
- updated: browser-installer, uses new midori pkg, installs its deps, updated browser-installer.locale
- updated: add_jwm_favourite - rewrite, based on run_as_spot (much faster)
- updated: dir2pet, silent mode won't overwrite *pet.specs files
- updated: flash-get, offer browserlibs.pet, for flash 10, if midori or qtweb installed
- added: ROX right click apps:
		- View Disk Usage (gdmap)
		- Create sfs file (dir2sfs, with xz compression support)
		- Create iso file (dir2iso, fixed icon)
- added to akita repo and PPM:
		"abiword_spellcheck-akita: spell checker for Abiword" off "Document +abiword 743K" 
		"gnutls-2.8.5-q1: open source implementation of TLS 1.0" off "BuildingBlock 484K" 
		"gnutls_DEV-2.8.5-q1: gnutls, needed for compiling" off "BuildingBlock 1728K" 
		"libgcrypt-1.4.5-q1: excellent encryption library" off "BuildingBlock +libgpg 260K" 
		"libgcrypt_DEV-1.4.5-q1: libgcrypt, needed for compiling" off "BuildingBlock +libgcrypt 908K" 
		"libgpg-error-1.7-q1: needed by libgcrypt" off "BuildingBlock 12K" 
		"libgpg-error_DEV-1.7-q1: libgpg-error, needed for compiling" off "BuildingBlock +libgpg 32K" 
		"liboil-0.3.16-q1: functions library for multiple CPUs" off "BuildingBlock 156K" 
		"liboil_DEV-0.3.16-q1: liboil , needed for compiling" off "BuildingBlock +liboil 636K" 
		"libsoup-2.28.2-q1: HTTP client and server library" off "BuildingBlock 132K" 
		"libsoup_DEV-2.28.2-q1: libsoup, needed for compiling" off "BuildingBlock +libsoup 516K" 
		"midori_shared-2.2-93: lightweight web browser, libsoup included in pkg" off "Internet +libgpg,+libgcrypt,+libgnutls 5221K"
		
July 15
- added to akita repo and PPM: opera-12.0.0 (with ad block, youtube download, youtube no-ads (in video), ghostery)
- many fixes in ~/.packages/livepackages5a.txt
- fixed: /usr/sbin/petget: PPM will only ask for mirror once per session, small speed improvements

July 16
- fixed: /usr/sbin/petget: PPM mirror selection, now it will always offer to re-select mirror, if not valid
- fixed: akita repo, force download of pet, sfs, iso, tar.gz
- updated: browser-installer 1.6, added firefox13 and opera12.. re-worked GUI with grouped sub tabs
- added to akita repo and PPM: firefox-13.0.1, 22mb (needs +dbus-glib)

July 17
- fixed: browser-installer, install browserlibs.pet with opera12
- fixed: flash-get, install browserlibs.pet with opera12 and flashplayer
- added to akita repo: 
		qupzilla 1.3.1 plus NLS (+qt,+dbus,+browserlibs)
		greyhounds - greyhound racing manager game
		
July 20
- updated 'Woofy remaster tool' to 0.91
	- new method for deleting files, choose apps to remove from Xdialog checklist
	- files woofy_missing_libs.txt and woofy_deleted_files.txt saved to $WORKDIR
	- reverted Xdialog progress bars for SFS creation to normal rxvt window (faster)
- fixes in i18n of PPM and browser-installer, plus relevant updates in Russian locale
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#675 Post by technosaurus »

It's feast or famine lately, nothing for months, then twice in 2 weeks. Good to see things back in full swing. I have gotten a little sidetracked lately trying to make a bash script that turns the wordnet dictionary into compileable c.
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#676 Post by bark_bark_bark »

1 problem your ati driver dotPET, it will not work with my mach64 Videocard on my laptop, even though it has support for it.
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#677 Post by greengeek »

When booting A10 from CD the grub splash screen still shows it as Akita9. Haven't installed yet just in case there is a mixup. What is the easy way to tell which version is which, once installed?

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#678 Post by Keef »

Sc0ttman,

Hope you're not having a relapse.

I've been using Beta 9 and 10 regularly now, and am happy with it. Here are the 'buts' though....

Not getting any joy with pupRadio. Set the default player to VLC, but when started from the CL, and selecting a preset, I get this:

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# pupradio
VLC media player 1.1.5 The Luggage (revision exported)
[0x804cc14] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0x80c69cc] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x804cc14] main libvlc error: interface "default" initialization failed
I've got no idea how to sort out VLC though.

EDIT: Solved -just changed 'vlc' to 'cvlc' in /usr/local/pupradio/pupradio

Now here's a bit of weirdness..
After making a savefile, if I click on the 'home' partition icon SDA3 (using ROX desktop), I get 3 windows opening - one titled /initrd/mnt/dev_save, and two with /mnt/sda3. Doesn't happen with the other drives. Mind you, might please those who want a dual pane file manager...

My PCMCIA Linksys wifi card needs the b43 module, but Akita will insist on loading bcm43xx, unless it is deleted - settings in Boot Manager have no effect.

Sound card is now detected at first boot.

greengeek:
I'm guessing he just forgot to update the splash screen. Did a manual frugal install myself, so can't check.

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#679 Post by sc0ttman »

Keef wrote:Hope you're not having a relapse.
Nope, all good, soaking up the sun before it disappears for the rest of the year!
EDIT: Solved -just changed 'vlc' to 'cvlc' in /usr/local/pupradio/pupradio
Will do that for the next one... I've already updated VLC-GTK to 2.4, improved adding/listing of favourite streams.
After making a savefile, if I click on the 'home' partition icon SDA3 (using ROX desktop), I get 3 windows opening - one titled /initrd/mnt/dev_save, and two with /mnt/sda3. Doesn't happen with the other drives.
No idea what to do here. I can't re-produce it... The problem must be in /sbin/pup_event_frontend_d ... I rarely use save file though...
My PCMCIA Linksys wifi card needs the b43 module, but Akita will insist on loading bcm43xx, unless it is deleted - settings in Boot Manager have no effect.
No idea what to do here either! Will have a think...
Sound card is now detected at first boot.
Good. But it probably broke 10 others ;)
greengeek:
I'm guessing he just forgot to update the splash screen.
Yep.
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#680 Post by sc0ttman »

bark_bark_bark wrote:1 problem your ati driver dotPET, it will not work with my mach64 Videocard on my laptop, even though it has support for it.
I doubt I can help you there... Short of recommending you get the kernel sources, devx and attempt to re-compile the drivers...
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