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Pizzasgood · Posted: Mon 27 Apr 2009, 23:05 Post subject:

Getting the SCIM configuration box to show up wasn't the problem. That part would run okay even before I replaced the GTK with the one I compiled in 4.1.2. The problem is that what's supposed to happen once you have SCIM installed and have restarted, is that whenever you launch a SCIM-compatible program (such as Geany), then the SCIM icon will show up in the program tray. Also, once that happens, you're supposed to be able to press the combination CTRL+SPACE, and a sort of mini-toolbar-tray deal will show up in the bottom left that lets you choose which language you want to input, and when you type, it will be functional. Here, I'll take some screenshots to show you.

You'll see two screenshots from 4.1.2, showing the icon that appeared when I opened a Geany, and the tray that appears when I press CTRL+SPACE. The third screenshot is using the SCIM you just provided in 4.2, but using the GTK that I compiled in 4.1.2. When I tried those same pacakges with the GTK that you compiled in 4.2, the icon never appeared, and even if I manually start the SCIM, that tray won't appear when I press CTRL+SPACE.

The behavior with your copy of GTK is exactly like the behavior with the version of GTK that was included in 4.2, which was the one I'd originally compiled several months ago.

Whether I use the SCIM you provided or the older package I originally tested with makes no difference. So the problem is in GTK, not SCIM.

No, we don't need the --debug option. It turns out that it was unnecessary. I gave you the exact same ./configure line that I used when compiling the version of GTK that I compiled in 4.1.2 and showed working in my screenshot.

Something is not right.

Lobster · Posted: Tue 28 Apr 2009, 04:40 Post subject:

this file (did not come up in Seamonkey incidentally) but the Skipstone browser used it:
file:///usr/share/doc/home.htm

Anyway minor point from using 4.2.1RC
first link

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 28 Apr 2009, 05:09 Post subject:

Master_wrong · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 455

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 28 Apr 2009, 08:02 Post subject:

Master_wrong · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 455

sorry tuxxx, i edit my post please see the pic, I try the abiword-2.6.3-updated.pet... is it the right patch ?

thank you

Master_wrong · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 455

UPDATE !!!!

select all and changing font to dejavu sans correct the problem !

janusz0 · Joined: 08 Mar 2009 Posts: 1

In Puppy 4.1.2 sound was ok on my old IBM X30 laptop.
In 4.2 there is a problem. ALSA config seems to detect sound card properly, but I cannot get any sound (only sometimes half of first second of sound can be heard).
What differences between Puppy 4.1.2 and 4.2 sound subsystem could be the reason of this problem?

Master_wrong · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 455

Tui · Posted: Wed 29 Apr 2009, 05:06 Post subject: Wireless cards won't go!

I have just put this version of Puppy on a machine for my wife,
and I can't get it to detect the wirless cards that I have got.

One card is a D-Link WDL-G520 and the other a WG 311V3

The WDL-G520 came out of a machine that has Puppy V2.17 and it has been
going ok.

Where do I look for this problem ?

Thanks Tui

jojonouvo · Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 52

Pizzasgood

mcewanw · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1481 Location: New Zealand

mcewanw · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1481 Location: New Zealand

I just tried reading a Word docx format file in the new Tiny Core compilation of Abiword version 2.6.8

mcewanw · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1481 Location: New Zealand

I'm afraid I had to edit my previous post. Turns out that the Abiword package provided by TIny Core Linux works really well with Word 2007 docx format, and can save to pdf, LaTeX, and a host of other formats.

I therefore think that Ecomoney has a strong point. It is such a major application (only the web browser being probably more important) that the problems with it should surely have been noticed before any stable Puppy release. Clearly it being released with an unnoticed Abiword problem was a Puppy developer error (and not being able to read docx is a major bug, in this world dominated by Msoft documents - Abiword, properly installed clearly can read such documents).

Having said that, developers are only human, and errors and bugs (even ones that shouldn't have been missed really) do occur. They are all volunteers and enthusiasts and the most important thing is not to damage that enthusiasm by making harsh severe comments. I still think Puppy sometimes sets its sights too high; in terms of its development model, it IS a hobby system, even though it is so good that many users have long adopted it as their main desktop.

I certainly found it completely unacceptable when Ecomoney questioned ttuuxxx's mental health and made references to ttuuxxx's family situation; up until that point I didn't think Ecomoney's concerns were without warrant, but enough certainly was enough.

Yes, it is great that Puppy is SO good that Ecomoney has been able to reliably recommend it to his clients, but... such reliability is not something that Puppy developers can possibly guarantee; even though the chances are that Puppy always will tend towards such stability. If Puppy were not primarily a hobbyist system, then Ecomoney's demands would be reasonable, but it is a hobbyist system, regardless of its high expectations and standards (the same goes for Tiny Core and Slitaz, for example).

I do suggest the Puppy developers take an inside look at Tiny Core's abiword.tce extension and abiword-plugins.tce extension; they are just plain tar.gz archives, much like dotpets. In open source we should all benefit from each other's successes.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Fri 01 May 2009, 03:12 Post subject: Re: Abiword fantastic