(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Now available, download from here:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... -4.3beta2/

Theme
Still not finalised, though the choice in 4.3beta2 looks ok to my eyes. Very business-like. Using icons by steve_s and background by zigbert.

Kernel
I have built two live-CD iso files only, both with the 2.6.30.5 kernel. One of them has the SCSI drivers.
I am seriously thinking of offering 4.3final with only this kernel -- other people can create builds with older kernels if they wish, and offer them for others to download.
4.3beta2 with 2.6.30.5 has heaps of analog (dialup) modem drivers provided by rerwin (including all the Conexant drivers), which is why it is a bit fat (101MB).

Note, it will please a certain person, this kernel also has the Ham Radio modules.

Image viewer
Surprise -- Fotoxx is gone, replaced by Viewnior. Let me know what you think. Do you think that Viewnior should be the default image viewer instead of PictureViewer?

Text editor
Back with Geany. We still have syntax highlighting for Genie code via the NicoEdit 0.16 basic text editor included in the 4.3beta2 build.

Printing
Would someone like to volunteer to create a hpijs printer package? The reason I ask this is there has been feedback that existing hpijs pet packages do not work in 4.3beta1. Some of you guys who are much more into messing round with printing could do a better job of preparing a hpijs pet package than me.

Release notes
The release notes/announcement page is still there, but I haven't updated it since 4.3beta1:

http://puppylinux.com/download/release-4.3.htm

Known bugs in beta2
1. Nathans Wallpaper Setter broken. The XML for gtkdialog is broken by the absence of fotoxx. The fixed package is 'wallpaper-0.5.4.pet', available from the forum 4.3beta2 feedback thread.
3. Even as I was uploading beta2, zigbert brought out another Pburn (3.0.4) -- grab the latest from here: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=23881

Planning for 4.3beta3
I intend that this will be the last beta before the final. Some things that need to be done by beta3:

1. Fix upgrading a 'pupsave' from 4.2x.
2. Rerwin's 536/537 modem drivers.
...more...

Here is a fixed Nathan Wallpaper Setter:

Hi

What to say - fantastic - from a n00b point of view all seems very well.

Running frugal live on ext2 - Xorg on my laptop. 92mb ram, 1Ghz celeron proc. 251mb swap.
Boots fast, runs fast - smashing.
Everything I normally do seems to work.

Next - Wife is using beta1 on her slightly better spec'd Acer laptop - so she is going to luv this - it will fly.

Then - on to my Asus EeePc 701SD to see if the new kernel has the reqd. wifi drivers.

Thank you Barry - absolutely superb.

Very best regards - Ray

Another update, on the correct thread this time.

Full install on my P3 test box ..733 mhz 256 mb ram w/1gb swap.

Have installed Firefox 3.5.2 and Opera 10......both with the latest flash(10.0r32).....and both browsers seem stable even on flash-heavy pages. No crashes yet.And I've tried.

This should be a really solid base for the upcoming Puppy 4.30 final release,if we can find some bugs to get rid of.

Thanks for the quick fix for the wallpaper setter too.

I think the theme is an excellent choice of background and icons that works well together. I will change it but many will be impressed by its initial clean and modern feel.

Surprise -- Fotoxx is gone,

Even though it was quirky, I liked fottoxx and used it occasionally. If in the repository, that would be fine. Viewnor seems a better viewer. Yes.

Have been using Nicodit extensively
It is very good. Geany is better (but larger)

Clicking on ALL in the package manager, seems to have frozen it
OK better send and end

Looking good. Many thanks

So far, just one very minor error, forgot to remarkout the Corner lines in /etc/xdg/templates/_root_.jwmrc for the newer jwm (picky, picky). I think, I really like the default icons, at first not sure.

Very Good so far, Thanks, Kal

The b43 problem that had been present since version 4.1.2 now fixed !

Thanks, works great on my Acer 3003. The internal wifi works well with both WPA2 TKIP and AES security auto reconnects on boot every time and is solid, audio and video also great.

Lobster wrote:Clicking on ALL in the package manager, seems to have frozen it

It takes awhile to process. Wait a bit longer and see if it works.
Perhaps I should put in a progress window.

I like the wallpaper.
Tried it on my eeepc701 and it detected the wifi and screen size fine.
Installed Firefox 3.52 and it started. So glad that bug is gone.
Also tried it on an old Samsung X05. Likewise no problems.

Only odd thing so far Pfind wouldn't find xorg.conf (as a test case) the first time I searched. I don't think it's searching sub-directories by default? When I go to advanced settings, it then finds xorg.conf.
and I'm not sure I like the splitting options into System files, my files etc. unless there is an All files selection too.
Zfind found xorg.conf no problem, so something is a bit wrong with Pfind.

One thing I miss from 4.2.1 (a Puppy I really like - I don't think there's been enough love for this release) was the hard-drive link in the Home directory when you open Rox. I've found that really useful as I normally run Puppy off a usb-stick.

Regards, Jon.

I downloaded the non-SCSI iso...it does not detect my sound card....

In older versions ALSA 1.0.16 detects
hda-intel 8086:27d8 (rev01)

Thom

Wait a bit longer and see if it works

Wot not Puppy instant response tsk tsk?
Yep it works. My mistake.

something on Kernel 2.6.31 (available soon)
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/317 ... ux_desktop

i've been running 430beta1 frugal since it was released, using the subdir method.
this created a pp4asave-430beta1.2fs file ... did i have finger trouble? I can't remember, I thought this was the filename Puppy created automatically.
whatever, beta1 found it no problem

have created a new subdir with 430beta2 and updated my menu.lst and copied across the old save file(s)

beta2 boots fine but ignores the save files and comes up as if it's a new install.

either i'm being dim (likely) or there's an odd problem (possible)

paul

Beta2 works great!

On EeePC 900, frugal, in subfolder, it works like a charm

The problem I had with beta 1 about printing from medit, abiword and gnumeric is solved.

Till now everything I tested works without any problem. I'm impressed!
Also using the save-file from 423 no problem. The only thing was that I had to run AlsaWizard again (very, very annoying )

@paulh177
Renaming the old save-file to "pupsave.2fs" does the trick.

Rolf

1. I am attaching my corrected Intel536 driver, which now works automatically.

2. Regarding the background and icon text: With the dark grey background, the black icon labels are difficult or impossible for me to read. I think they should be white, but don't know how to change them. Is there a user-friendly/easy way to change the desktop text color?

3. tlchost:

it does not detect my sound card...hda-intel 8086:27d8 (rev01)

This concerns me, because the Linuxant patch to the HDA part of the ALSA driver affects your driver, snd-hda-intel. Puppy should detect that sound card, according to the "modalias" file, so maybe something else is impacting detection.. I will work on this if you can send me a PM with these files attached:
- /tmp/bootsysinit.log
- /tmp/udevtrace.log
- /var/log/messages
Thanks.
Richard

double post, sorry

Rolf

Used the Puppy Package Manager to install the dotpuphandler, but I cannot get either:
--------------------------------------------
Captura.pup
Or...
smm1.0.pup
--------------------------------------------
To complete installation.

How about an improved version of smm where you can actually click on URL's within the text of emails and be taken to the webpage using the default web-browser? [Like Mailwasher does]

Captura needs perfecting also [or replaced with a perfected alternative].

p.s. How come 4.3beta2 suddenly had the name 4.2.4?
That had me confused for a time.
Didn't know which iso to download.

Hi Barry a few things to report

1.Sorry but as someone with bad eyesight I find these icons would be impossible for me to use on a daily basis (I liked the look of the last desktop complete with superpup!)

2. There are no links to Gxine for Flac or MP4

3. BBCi player requires flash 9.0.115 or greater.

4. On reboot to Sidux I get a failed code 4 from fsck saying super block last mount date set in future which for me means a 25 minute wait while my 1tb drive gets checked!

Any chance of kernel with SMP and other speeding up type stuff?
Sidux boot speed = 36s
Puppy = 34s
Tinycore 13s

Thanks as always for hard work
Tony

I would love to have the 2.6.25.16 kernel available now for my Asus EEE 900.

Tempestuous' fine eee drivers obviously won't work with the kernel in beta2--and even when I installed puppy-4.3beta1-k2.6.25.16-v423-SCSI.iso and used the delta update and my beta1 pupsave file, no joy with the wifi and acpi drivers.

Can't really offer any other test results, since some of my hardware now doesn't work (until those more learned than me can develop beta2 with the 2.6.25.16 kernel).

Jake

Hi,
on PIII600MHz 192MB Ram440MX frugall install with PUI on ext3 sda1; swap on sda2;
Boots and runs nice on live-cd !
I performed a frugall install on ext3 sda1; afterwards configured Grub (just copied the newgrubtext to menu.lst .... as I did much times before); I restarted with live-cd removed and got this message at boot-up: at boot up.
I already did frugal install with puppy412 and 413 without any problem...
It looks trivial but do not find why?
Thanks for any advice
Charlie

Hi Tony,

1.Sorry but as someone with bad eyesight I find these icons would be impossible for me to use on a daily basis (I liked the look of the last desktop complete with superpup!)

just install the wallpaper.pet on page 1 this thread, restart PC and go to Menu/Desktop/Nathan Wallpaper to select another background; and aftrwds under
Menu/Desktop/JWM configuration -->JWM theme you'll find something to suit you.
Cheers
Charlie[/quote]