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upnorth · Last edited by upnorth on Thu 08 Apr 2010, 21:57; edited 1 time in total

There are a couple of tweeks that can be added to /etc/fonts:

In the fonts.conf file, if one adds DejaVu Sans entry right above both ocurances of Bitstream Vera Sans in both <alias> lists, then Nimbus Sans L won't have deference over DejaVu Sans in some interface elements. - looks much better, scales better, easier on the eyes.

In q18, I did this, but needed to reboot. Upon reboot, all looked fine.

In the local.conf file, if one adds the code:

Ray MK · Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 671 Location: UK

Hi

Really nice - and as above seems fast

Hardinfo not showing kernel modules ? and - is it DMF (bios info)
maybe a later version of Hardinfo if and when time allows.

running on:-
IBM A21m thinkpad - P111 800mhz, 192mb ram, ext3, 400mb
primary swap with manual frugal install.

SM2 feels fast too.

Looks fantastic - many thanks and very best regards - Ray

upnorth

.config/.fbpanel:

AUTOEXPANDNO=flase <<not sure about this

Everything else working fine with low resource use. Openbox is great!

tlchost · Posted: Wed 07 Apr 2010, 16:58 Post subject: Audio Problem - Solved

Solved rjbrewer post had fix
exec gnome-mplayer "$@"

Using Bootable USB

When selecting play link in shoutcast, stream stops loading, will not play.
Happens regardless of link. Installed ForeFox, same problem. PuppyRadio will play streams.

Thom

adi · Joined: 28 Sep 2007 Posts: 26 Location: Bucharest, Romania

On the internet connection worked ok except the tray icon. I find internet connection wizard a bit confusing with so many options. I use wired lan and I don't know when the setup is done.

Keef · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 428 Location: Staffordshire

Manual frugal install.
Had same ext4 problem as reported by Jim1911
Ndiswrapper wouldn't work (with a Netgear WG111T, been ok before)- reported that the driver had loaded, then nothing...
Tried another USB dongle using rt73usb, (TL-WN321G) and this works, even with WPA-PSK. No need for Pwireless2 either, which is a first for Quirky and most of the 4series.

VIDEO REPORT: Quirky, version 018

Chip description:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter

Driver used by Xorg:
sis

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: 1024x768 Depth: 16

Computer
Processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.30GHz
Memory 482MB (135MB used)
Display
Resolution 1024x768 pixels
Audio Adapter ICH - SiS SI7012
Audio Adapter ICH-MODEM - SiS SI7013 Modem
Input Devices
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad

mawebb88 · Joined: 13 Jul 2008 Posts: 245 Location: France nr Lyon

The Simple Network wizard worked great (on my Acer Aspire 5100)

Unfortunately no joy with either of the lameSMB apps. So installed Barry's patched pnethood-0.65-utf8.pet but Barry this is missing this bit:

Firefox · Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 171 Location: UK

Manual frugal install
Alsa picks up motherboardsound chip and runs ok both gnome and pmusic pick up sound.
Does not pick up soundblaster card on pci slot and after configuring, pmusic plays mp3s but gnomeplayer does not.
The soundblaster card is not saved and has to be rerun at every boot.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Wed 07 Apr 2010, 18:34 Post subject:

It's finally time to correct the misspelled "unkown" in the list of CUPS devices.

The file is /usr/lib/cups/backend/pdf-writer and the error is on line 42. Unfortunately, "unknown" appears to be one character too long. So make if "PDF" instead. Then do a CUPS restart.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Wed 07 Apr 2010, 18:44 Post subject:

first time testing it, it found the video card real easy, second time had to do a bunch of test and finally Vesa worked which is good. Usually use it.
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "vesa" #card0driver
VendorName "Unknown Vendor"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Had to fixmenus to get the icons right in the menu
freememmory applet is only showing a 1 screenshot below
Seamonkey is using the newer theme, Below is the theme from 2.0.4 I'm using in 4.3.2 plus the extra settings for a personal bookmarks like the forum, ibiblio, puppy.ca
Just shutdown seamonkey, delete /.mozilla <---hidden folder and install the pet and start seamonkey
This new setup is great, I really like the animated windows decorations and menu button, plus the taskbar/menu icons are much clearer than jwm

ttuuxxx · Posted: Wed 07 Apr 2010, 18:46 Post subject:

oh ya the Seamonkey theme above is 200kb smaller than the default one in Quirky Smile

ttuuxxx

rcrsn51 · Posted: Wed 07 Apr 2010, 18:55 Post subject:

@tronkel

FYI, I was able to quickly install your DCP7030 using the method from here.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Wed 07 Apr 2010, 19:04 Post subject:

when I added the "blue-moon.pet" icon theme and switched icons it set the icons on the desktop and not in the menu, typing fixmenus fixed that, usually it would do that with out the extra fixmenus step.
ttuuxx

CHLee · Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 40 Location: Hong Kong

bug report:
1. hardinfo can not list the kernel module, it was because missing the lsmod in /sbin.
2. gnome-mplayer can not play the file with space, it was because the defaultmediaplayer and defaultvideoplayer script missing the "" for $@, it should:
exec gnome-mplayer "$@"

Thanks!
C.H.Lee

broomdodger · Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 179 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

acer TravelMate 4670 notebook
Processor : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz
Memory : 1025MB (215MB used)
Resolution : 1280x800 pixels

download quirky-018.iso
cd boot pfix=ram ok
"menu" first boot from cd -- many icons missing on menu

quirky018 manual frugal install
save to ext3 ok
"menu" after boot frugal all icons ok without doing "fixmenus"

# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Quirky, version 018

Chip description:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Driver used by Xorg:
intel

Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: 1280x800 Depth: 24

free memory applet seems to work ok (shows what I expect)
Edit: the menu items "help..." and "manage..." do nothing

connect sns eth0 ok

seamonkey ted.com/talks/list play talks ok
seamonkey local radio KUSP http://audio1.cruzio.com:8000/live128.m3u ok

seamonkey will NOT open files with space in name
seamonkey How to get this to work? I enabled java. http://time.gov/timezone.cgi?Pacific/d/-8/java

foxit reader ok (from pet)

console ran smartctl ok (previously compiled puppy431)
console ran 7za ok (previously compiled puppy431)
console new compile, gvim version 7.2.411 ok quirky_devx_018.sfs ok

contextual menu -- no icons, additional Openbox
I like the simple contextual menu (ie no icons)

active apps do NOT show in the "dock". Is this an option?

alt-tab works, nice border on the selected window
I like the mouse scrollwheel only changes desktop when over the dock desktop
I like the desktop change notification

I like F12 NOT assigned