My report on Quirky 6.0

[BarryK]

homebank is missing a symlink

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ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libofx.so.6.0.0 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libofx.so.4

Thanks, fixed.

The problem was that the ofx libs have moved from /usr/lib to /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu, which broke the FIXUPHACK script in the libofx template. Or rather, broke it more.

[BarryK]

/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so: libepoxy.so.0 => not found

Thanks, I have added DEB package libepoxy0 (and libepoxy-dev).

[BarryK]

/usr/bin/avplay: libdb-5.3.so => not found

Ah, libdb-5.3.so is in the devx PET. I wanted it to be there because it is so big.

But it looks like it is needed in the main filesystem. OK, fixed.

Did some fixes in the bdb template.

[BarryK]

I tested softmaker "textmaker" but sadly it doesn't display images in my .doc file and exporting to pdf doesn't include the image...planmaker (gnumeric replacement) opens ok.
I installed openoffice and libreoffice, and they don't have that problem, they display the .doc ok. So I would recommend them instead of softmaker, unless softmaker solve this bug.

When I tested textmaker, I opened /usr/share/examples/text/testdoc.doc, which has images in it, and they did display.

[ally]

Unicorn mirrored here: http://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_Quirky_Unicorn

[BarryK]

A Service Pack for Quirky Unicorn 6.2.1 is available:

http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00098

[linuxcbon]

When I tested textmaker, I opened /usr/share/examples/text/testdoc.doc, which has images in it, and they did display.

I am trying to reproduce it, weird, I don't know how...

[don]

Is there a way to get gnumeric back on Unicorn? No pets I hjave tried will work.

[broomdodger]

Is there a way to get gnumeric back on Unicorn? No pets I hjave tried will work.

1+
gnumeric is essential.

[Billtoo]

Gnumeric is available in Puppy Package Manager.

[James C]

Gnumeric is available in Puppy Package Manager.

Using the package manager, novel concept.......

[don]

Perhaps I just don't know how to use the packager.

When I search for gnumeric in "all repositories" it is not found.

When I look at the configure page I find that the unicorn entry is checked, but grayed out.

When I click on "add a repository help" I get no response.

The same situation occurs in Quirky Tahr.

[James C]

Package is in the Utopic Universe repo...... came right up on first search attempt.

Untouched PPM hadn't even launched it before this.

[James C]

I start liking this more and more as I keep using it....

[BarryK]

Is there a way to get gnumeric back on Unicorn? No pets I hjave tried will work.

Quirky Tahr uses the Gnumeric PET from the old wary5 repo.

In the Package Manager, click Configure button and choose the "wary5" repo, afterward the Package Manager has to be restarted (must fix that!)

You can do a search for gnumeric in that repo, and install it. It does have some deps, "goffice" PET for one.
...but, it would be a lot less deps than the Ubuntu DEB of gnumeric.

I am wondering if I can cut FreeOffice down some more, take out the spreadsheet component, then put Gnumeric in.

Well, this assumes that textmaker is OK. It was ok when I tested it, but linuxcbon has experienced a problem -- but maybe it was just that one .doc file?

I have actually had that problem in Abiword, with images not displaying. I have had feedback that Abiword is very flakey when the document size gets big, and I am most reluctant to go back to it.

[BarryK]

I am having serious problems with vertical scrolling in SeaMonkey 2.30, when use the mouse scrollwheel.

Works sometimes, then sometimes the web page gets corrupted, like horizontal parts missing.

I click up and down in the window scrollbar to clear it.

Not good.

Apparently, Firefox (and SM) has longstanding issues with vertical scrolling.

[don]

Thanks, BK. Found and installed gnumeric.

[slick-puppy]

Installed Quirky Unicorn yesterday on hard drive and I am loving it. My dvb aps are working well. What really impressed me is I ran the dvb app with the iq plotting an 8psk constellation and at the same time had Netflix playing.
It performed flawlessly.

So far Quirky rocks!!

Thanks BK

[raffy]

No luck using fsfs to boot QU in AMD E350 laptop. The default Grub entry is:

title Quirky 6.2 (full install on sdb1)
uuid 044d5085-b3cf-4bdc-926f-18cc186c346f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=PARTUUID=000714e9-01 rootwait rw

Anyone having a similar experience?

Have tried both Slacko 570 and Fatdog 700b1 to install QU to SD card using fsfs option.

[BarryK]

No luck using fsfs to boot QU in AMD E350 laptop. The default Grub entry is:

title Quirky 6.2 (full install on sdb1)
uuid 044d5085-b3cf-4bdc-926f-18cc186c346f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=PARTUUID=000714e9-01 rootwait rw

Anyone having a similar experience?

Have tried both Slacko 570 and Fatdog 700b1 to install QU to SD card using fsfs option.

My understanding is missing something here. What is "fsfs"?

Is there any reason why you did not use my install script?:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky ... rtition.sh

I take it that you want to install to an internal partition on the hard drive. Is it a solid-state drive? What filesystem is in the partition?

The script should do it ok, and generate a suggested entry for GRUB.

Or, if you want to install to an SD card or USB stick, use my script:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky ... o-drive.sh

Detailed instruction are online, though do need the wording updated for QU:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky ... ky-6.x.htm

...this also describes the 8GB image method D, which is probably the easiest, if you have a 8GB SD card.
(you can use a bigger SD card, and create another partition to fill the empty space -- I don't think that f2fs can be resized yet)

These scripts are only for installing to traditional MBR BIOS computers, not these new-fangled UEFI Win8 machines. However, I have started work on the latter, see my latest blog post.