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MikeDAdams · Joined: 11 Nov 2012 Posts: 1

I installed precise puppy 5.4 to HD on older laptop.
Was running lucid puppy no issues.
I then rebooted and installed or tried to install gimp 2.6 via the package manger...

It tells me i have missing dependencies.
I tell it examine and then let it start loading.Says it found 19 dependencies.

I have tried two different sources and get the same results.
Now it installs about 5-6 packages or so then i get a pop up filled with squares instead of text. each button is also filled with squares instead of text.

No way to know how to exit, closing dialogs produces the same effect.
Now i assumed it was a missing package and clicked the cancel button on each popup (or that location).
The install finishes but we still have no text for 95% of the windows. even the system popups are borked.
Rebooting makes every Icon an !. and the text under each into a square.
Every attempt to load a program produces a popup with square rather than text.
This distro is now non functional until you blow away the install and re do it.
Also cannot screenshot issue as all programs have no text in them at all and do not know the screens well enough to take a shot from button placement.

Think i will be moving back to either lucid or looking for another distro entirely.

otropogo · Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 774 Location: Montreal

bigpup · Posted: Sun 11 Nov 2012, 16:22 Post subject:

MikeDAdams,

Precise 5.4 is buggy.
The latest version is Precise 5.4.1
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/precise-5.4.1/

Issues with Gimp in Precise
http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00005

Ol'Duffer · Joined: 28 Dec 2010 Posts: 12 Location: Tanas by PDX

ETP · Joined: 19 Oct 2010 Posts: 893 Location: UK

I stumbled across this issue whilst working on a re-master of 5.4.1 but have found that it exists in every pup I
have tried including Slacko 5.3.3. The re-master is devoid of desktop & taskbar icons and working key-masks and
key keycode entries are mission critical.
The problem is that they ALL cease to function when the window or windows are minimised to the taskbar.
It is easily reproducable as follows and may be a Woof or JWM issue.

A typical mask would be
<Key mask="CS" key="c">exec:PupControl</Key> ------ CTRL+SHIFT+C
or in Slacko:
<Key keycode="111">exec:mtpaintsnapshot.sh</Key> --- Print Screen key

To Reproduce / Does binding work?
1. Boot to desktop YES
2. Launch say pfind YES
3. Minimise pfind NO
4. Exit pfind NO
5. Restart JWM NO
6. Restart X YES
Sometimes restoring the window re-enables the mappings.

In most of my pups I routinely deploy mappings for my multimedia keys and had on occasion pressed a button to no
avail. I had incorrectly attributed this to dodgy buttons but always had an icon to click on instead so it had not been
a big issue.
Perhaps there is a workaround using Xbindkeys or Xmodmap?

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5470 Location: Finland

Typical usage for xbindkeys and easy to create with xbindkeys-config gui tool.

Cheers.

darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2543 Location: near here

Hi rerwin

Thanks for the work on Frisbee.

Regarding, Frisbee 3, I can confirm it works with RTL8188S WLAN Adapter (on Precise 5.4.1) - after all PETs are installed.

peebee has also being working on Frisbee so it might be worth coordinating the improvements see-
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=666070#666070

I've updated the wiki page http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Frisbee

It might be worth starting a new thread (if this hasn't been done already).

Cool

backi · Joined: 27 Feb 2011 Posts: 670 Location: GERMANY

Hi !
Cannot burn Video dvd with Pburn 3.7.8

Shinobar reported same issue earlier ...
Seems problem with DvDauthor version as Shinobar stated .

npierce · Joined: 28 Dec 2009 Posts: 858

backi,

Barry released a service pack that should fix that. See http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=666938#666938

backi · Joined: 27 Feb 2011 Posts: 670 Location: GERMANY

Hello npierce !

Thanks
Followed your advice !
Installed service pack ..but did not help .
Still unable to burn Video DVDs with Pburn 3.7.8 .

backi · Joined: 27 Feb 2011 Posts: 670 Location: GERMANY

Hi.... its me again !

Did as shinobar posted earlier...

installed the older version of dvdauthor
dvdauthor_0.6.18-1+b1_i386.deb

Now pburn 3.7.8 burns Video DvDs ...

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 4375 Location: Ontario

Slideshow presentation application

Imagination 3.0 works nicely on the latest slacko and precise.
I downloaded the debian packages from launchpad.com and
made a pet package.

Available here
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=82575
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8-bit · Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 3425 Location: Oregon

I went to upgrade the video to the NVIDIA factory install using the run version from their site.
Precise did not like that and gave me a blank black screen with a flashing cursor and no way out other than a hard shutdown of the PC.
Did changes to xorg trash the ability to use the NVIDIA factory installer?

BarryK · Posted: Thu 29 Nov 2012, 05:37 Post subject:

BarryK · Posted: Thu 29 Nov 2012, 05:40 Post subject:

Note, discussion of the Service Packs assumes the user is running Precise 5.4.1. There is a separate thread for feedback on the official release of 5.4.1:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=82092