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BarryK · Posted: Sat 12 Sep 2009, 06:39 Post subject: Puppy 4.3 beta3 -- bugs and reports

Starting this thread for feedback on 4.3beta3.
Now I'll post the announcement on my blog.

EDIT:
Blog announcement:
http://puppylinux.com/blog/?viewDetailed=01072

What will become the official announcement and release notes:
http://puppylinux.com/download/release-4.3.htm

BarryK · Posted: Sat 12 Sep 2009, 07:00 Post subject:

One thing that I have not fixed.

It was reported that if the "Enable screensaver" checkbox is unticked, the screen still gets blanked.

Yeah, I don't know why.

pupX creates /root/.xset.sh, which gets executed in /root/.xinitrc.
All seems ok, except that the "s off" parameter has no effect. Weird.

dejan555 · Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 2407 Location: Montenegro

Did you notice hiawatha issue I posted in beta2 thread?
I could run hiawatha and browse from "localhost" and pplog is working but if someone from outside tries to connect to server it doesn't let him, says "Failled to connect" (pure-ftpd works ok, so there's mistake regarding IP adress or similar) Maybe it's not bug but some permission problem in hiawatha config.

byebyekitty123 · Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

Just installed 4.3beta3... I found that ntpdate exists (horray!), but when run from the command line I get the following error:
Error : Servname notg supported for ai_socktype

would this be a missing library/package?

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK

Here is a most welcome 'feature': in Open Office there is an option to instruct the program to use system fonts instead of those the programmer expressed. Tools>Options>View. For some strange reason this finally works in this release. That is the first time EVER for me. No more scrappy fonts in OO. Yay!

byebyekitty123 · Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

Never mind... looks like it was because /etc/services was missing ntp, and psync adds the appropriate lines. could the default /etc/services file be updated?

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK

Speaking of fonts, Seamonkey 1.18 renders so well that the need to install additional non-free fonts seems to be over. It also seems much better at tidying up its cache too, so my save file is a stable size.
To disable screensaver permanently drop this script in start-up

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK

Printer drivers seem limited. I guess to keep size to minimum.........

ttuuxxx · Posted: Sat 12 Sep 2009, 07:38 Post subject:

Hi barry I added the puppy logo very softly to the image Smile

Wasn't very sure how to add it to the clouds like you mentioned in your blog, But I gave it a shot anyways Smile

ttuuxxx

Lobster · Posted: Sat 12 Sep 2009, 07:56 Post subject:

I liked the original and the Puppy in the cloud from Ttuuxxx Smile

I lost my cloud image Confused

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=340453#340453

Will we ever use these cloud computing links?
http://pupweb.org/desktop/

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK

Seems to be next to nothing in the package manager for download?

BarryK · Posted: Sat 12 Sep 2009, 08:26 Post subject:

Heh heh, one person has already responded "ugh!" to the background image.

How about these two:

dawg · Joined: 09 Aug 2009 Posts: 106 Location: still here

- This Beta also/still ignores both of my laptops' power buttons. An ACPI thing?

- Adding sfs packages still messes up the desktop icons with defaults upon reboot.

- Not having a network cable connected during boot still results in the otherwise previously configured network card not being configured/brought-up. Still annoying.

- The wallpaper too for-children/cartoonish, IMO.
- Too much blue in the icons, otherwise nice enough, IMO Smile

(frugal install 425; just copied the sfs, initrd.gz and vmlinuz from the iso, loaded from FreeDOS with LinLd)

dawg · Joined: 09 Aug 2009 Posts: 106 Location: still here

Caneri · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 1565 Location: Canada

Hi All,

Here's a mirror
http://puppylinux.ca/puppyfiles/test/puppy-4.3beta3/