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[iscraigh]

I can't seem to download the synaptic pet. Is there another location I can get it from? I tried the dpup.org site.


Craig

[shankargopal]

[shankargopal]

[tubeguy]

[gerry]

@Shankar- thanks for the reminder, but I'm keeping a big "Do not disturb" sign on it until next time I need to connect.

gerry

[tubeguy]

I just found out why it's a Good Thing- sometimes the button doesn't work on my laptop, but the taskbar eject still does. Cool!

[stu90]

Does any one else have missing Lenny repos in package manager after updating?

[yvonne]

- - Can't save internet connect settings.


Sorry to ask. Looked though couldn't find solution.

Using latest dpup which is really working for me. One issue: doesn't remember my connect setting after I do a wired dhcpcd configurating. That's a simple connect internet setup of course. Then browse, which all works though upon reboot I gotta do it all again.

So, how can I get dpup to remember and save the connect setting for a simple eth0 wired setting?

[tubeguy]

I just spent a half hour searching with wellminded and the forum search and can't find an answer, looking for a way to up my refresh rate on an old IBM crt. Seems like I should be able to modify xorg.conf. It that possible? I get 60hz, looking for anything higher. (I know it can do at least 1600x1200@75hz under Windows)

#Special base config file used in Puppy Linux.

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
# Load "type1"
Load "freetype"

# This loads xtrap extension, used by xrandr
Load "xtrap"

# This loads the GLX module (if present)
Load "glx"

# This loads dri module (if present). 7.4 loads it by default, have to disable...
Load "dri"
# Disable "dri"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)

FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

# Option "DontVTSwitch"

# Enables mode switching with xrandr
# There is a report that this can cause Xorg not to work on some
# video hardware, so default is commented-out...
# but i want to use it in xorgwizard so leave on...

Option "RandR" "on"

# With this, Xorg won't talk to HAL to add evdev devices and you'll be back
# with the old Xorg behavior (pre-7.4)...

Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"

# For no-Hal, kirk also suggests this...

# Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"

# Xorg 7.4, Ubuntu Jaunty, CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE is disabled by default...

Option "DontZap" "false"

EndSection

#everything past here is auto-generated by Puppy's Xorg Wizard...


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
Option "XkbLayout" "us" #xkeymap0
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" #mouse0protocol
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
#Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" #scrollwheel
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 31.5-79
VertRefresh 50-85
#UseModes "Modes0" #monitor0usemodes
Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes0"
#modes0modeline0
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
#Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPDither" # [<bool>]
#Option "CrtcNumber" # <i>
#Option "FPScale" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPTweak" # <i>
#Option "DualHead" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nv" #card0driver
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU]"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubsection
EndSection

#PuppyHardwareProfile=NVIDIA

[Hesse James]

Good morning tubeguy
It looks like you are using the nv driver for your Nvidia-graphics card. Did you try the driver available by Nvidia ? This might solve your refresh issue. Description how to do was given by gposil some pages earlier. Otherwize try one of the PETs available by gray.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=456614663&t=46686
Good luck.

[tubeguy]

[tubeguy]

Just a few points on running Aqualung, I spent some time trying to get it right, so to speak. The Aqualung deb from the Debian-Lenny-Main repo in PPM installed fine but I had to go looking for a few libs afterward. Only problem is that it doesn't "idle"- that is, when a playlist finishes playing the program locks up and has to be killed. That is the only issue there is for me, I even got the LADSPA plugins working with no real fuss. Awesome. But I saw another thread about Aqualung pets, so I tried them hoping they would not have that bug, and they didn't. But the pets did not come with LADSPA support, so I, for the first time ever, somehow managed to compile and install the sucker from source. Awesome again, but still no LADSPA support. Not sure what I missed but I don't have it in me to do it all over again to find out. So I'm back to the debian version from PPM, and it works fine as long as I remember to catch the player before it finishes out the playlist and stop it before it locks up.

[dejan555]

I may try to install aqualung, will tell you how it works

[dejan555]

Took this from squeeze repos, haven't tested on fresh boot with pfix=ram though, I might throw together package /w dependencies maybe.

[dejan555]

Here's the aqualung from squeeze repo with all dependencies and tap plugins and jack driver, it doesn't lock up for me but I haven't tested it that much though. Use at your own risk

Tested with pfix=ram

aqualng_0.9b11-i386-dpup.pet 4.53 MB