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Nice picture CatDude.

Here is another message files from me - unedited picture. Play in 1024 x 768.

Experiments: Animated message grub.
Trying with .gif animated wallpaper and change the config with the appropriate file name and extension.
Failed.
The file size is 1 MB.

Hi CatDude & All,

Okie-dokie now... I must assuredly be missing something here I'm almost sure of it, or there's something this one failing grey cell of mine I call a "brain" can't seem to understand somewhere - so perhaps CatDude et al might help me out?

How do I go about opening up these .gz files so as to get the images out like Trap did that I, too, can use them as wallpapers? Both the "Metal-Nipper" and "Pup-pup" would look awesome on some of my frugally-installed Puppy desktops here - and that "Forest Road" would just plain look fantastic in any distro for a wallpaper! Truly a breath-taking photo vellowax... reminds me of lazy summer afternoons walking in the deep Maine forests with my Grandfather - the most special person in my life.

Thanks for any pointers in opening these .gz files guys.

( Sidenote: BTW, I tried using the "cpio -iv <" command in CLI since ROX told me they were cpio files once the .gz was removed but nothing worked. sorry! )

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"

Eyes-Only wrote:Hi CatDude & All,


How do I go about opening up these .gz files
Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"

Eyes-only,

Have you tried "p7zip" here

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 1af08a1e54

Cheers,
s

Hello Eyes-Only

Eyes-Only wrote: ( Sidenote: BTW, I tried using the "cpio -iv <" command in CLI since ROX told me they were cpio files once the .gz was removed but nothing worked. sorry! )

That should work, it does for me
for example: or I usually put the file in a temporary directory to open it up, as it consists of eight files.

I have attached both the images you are interested in below, to save you the trouble of opening the files up.
( save that grey cell mate )

CatDude
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EDIT:
Added pup-pup.jpg, as at first i did not see that you mentioned it.

P.S
Would you like to swap a couple of grey cells for a pair of spectacles

OH!! Thank you so very much CatDude!! You've really made my day mate! -dancing!-

I've taken "Pup-Pup" and used that on my default Puppy ( HDD install 4.2.1 ) and with the "Azenis-Red" theme all the way around it looks nothing short of spectacular! In fact, when my nurse was here today she couldn't take her eyes off the computer's desktop, nor could she stop commenting upon how truly fantastic it looked! And my "Best Buddy" ( grandson ) is just wild over it of course!

...But wait until he sees "Nipper" on yet another Puppy desktop later on this evening!

Now as for the "glasses/specs": I've got seven or eight pairs kicking around here in the desk drawer. May as well send two or three your way as none of them work for me mate! - not even the pair sitting on my nose now! LOL!

Thank you so much once again my friend! May Blessings rain upon you and never cease!

Amicalement/Cheers!

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge d'Acadie"

Hello Eyes-Only

Eyes-Only wrote:OH!! Thank you so very much CatDude!! You've really made my day mate! -dancing!-

No problem mate.

Eyes-Only wrote: Now as for the "glasses/specs": I've got seven or eight pairs kicking around here in the desk drawer. May as well send two or three your way as none of them work for me mate! - not even the pair sitting on my nose now! LOL!

I think i may need to tape them on my head, as my ears are in the wrong place.

CatDude
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Any chance that "wesuckmore" could be posted as a Wall Paper file in its normal size of 1024 by768. It would be great for my computer at work. It would help the management to understand the issue.

I read CatDude post on using cpio. It did worked. Thanks for the great pictures. Now, to hear that some one wants to talk to me.

dp...damn lag

Thank you very much, Trapster. The jpg is even better! Have a great day, because you made mine.

You're welcome. Always glad to help a fellow New Englander.

http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Tu ... tent=10434
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Tu ... ontent=438

Hi

I have finally figured out how to change the colour of the Help text (next to the F1)
it appears that there is a typing error in one of the files in the SUSE source code.

So, if you would like to change the colour of said text
this is what you need to do:

After unpacking your message file, open gfxboot.cfg in your text editor
and find the line that looks like this: and change it to this: That's it, obviously you can change the colour from white to whatever you like,
then re-pack the message file as explained in Step 2. of this post.

I also re-compiled using the latest SUSE sources gfxboot-4.3.8-2.2.src.rpm
and hacked the code so the F1 Help is now located in the upper lefthand corner.

Below are some message files using this new layout,
there are two of each size, one with and one without the animated penguins theme.

Those with the penguins have been set to a 50% chance of them showing.

CatDude
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Hello.

I have a problem to create a boot image (back.jpg) 800x600 for file pupsta1.
I work with Precise Puppy 5.7 and Gimp 2.8.1.
I tried different resolutions, sizes and settings for color, but I do not understand, it does not work.

mikeb has already succeeded in transforming me a picture. But I can not do it.

For better understanding, I provide you an example.
The two files below seem to have the same characteristics.
However, if the file of mike works (back-mike-ok.jpg), mine (back_new.jpg) shows me a black background.
If anyone can help me understand what's wrong.

Link for back-mike-ok.jpg
Link for back_new.jpg
Link for black background

Cordialement

Hmm not a resolution issue it seems.

I also tried using another image...resized and it worked.

In the image properties the 'working' images have a color profile listed....in a hex editor they both have a substantial amount of meta data at the beginning of the file. The one that fails has no mention of profile in the gimp and lacks any significant metadata.

This may suggest that the grub splash code 'expects' a certain amount of data at the file beginning and gets upset without since its working at a low level of code. Without further knowledge and understanding it would seem to be a case of copy and paste to a known good image for now.

mike

I like problems, because it allows people to find solutions!
So let me tell you about my research / testing (it may be useful to other users).

1 - I tried copying and pasting with Gimp-5.7 2.8.2 and precise. This does not work because it changes the properties (metadata) of the original file (functional). Suddenly, the new file is not functional.

2 - I tried to remove metadata with command 'exiv2', but nothing improved.

I spent last night (I'm a geek) to test different solutions, but I found nothing.
So, I continue my research...

@ mikeb
What software do you use for your copy and paste?

Cordialement,

In this case GIMP 2.4.6 window to window and it appears it keeps the metadata of the 'pasted to' image. The core workings of GIMP are unlikely to change significantly with versions plus updates give me indigestion

Problem with this is that there is no way I know of to log grub to attempt to trace the cause of the problem...we are working semi blind on a visual enhancement

mike

mikeb wrote:Problem with this is that there is no way I know of to log grub to attempt to trace the cause of the problem...we are working semi blind on a visual enhancement

Ok.
And of course, thank you for all !
Très cordialement,

At least by posting our info anyone else will
1. have a clue when it does not work and

2. have a workaround.

This may be the best solution we get...its not just windows that has its devine mysteries...

mike