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Mark_C · #3361 Post by **Mark_C** » Mon 25 Jun 2012, 10:40

Well I bought a refurb Acer monitor.
I plugged it in and set 1920x1080 through xorgwizard and it worked right off.
Rebooted a few times and no problems.
Rebooted into Windows 7 to let it set up the new monitor and then back to Saluki and the monitor is out of its 1920x1080 resolution, LOL
Finally got it back by selecting the I know the frequency range of the monitor. I really dont know the range but used the range from the Samsung 45-70 and 50-75.

Turned the computer off overnight and in the morning it no longer is in the right resolution.
This time the freq range fix does not work, so I finally unload the Nvidia driver and reboot and then reload the Nvidia driver.
Reset the freq. range and all is back to normal.

This really is puzzling to me, and since no one has replied I guess its just me having this issue.

steve_s · #3362 Post by **steve_s** » Mon 25 Jun 2012, 17:55

Psuedo-transparent terminal? I get the slider bar and I can get varying shades of grey, but I can't get the transparent terminal to go. Any ideas? Not using transparency overall and don't really want to...

And really lovin' this version, Jemimah!

**Note*: no transparency with mrxvt either (I like one that forum member gecko did 'back in the day' and it installed and runs great, just a black background though when it should be transparent).

Something in the xfce/puppy combo configurgation that eliminates psuedo-transparancy?

battleshooter · #3363 Post by **battleshooter** » Tue 26 Jun 2012, 00:42

@steve_s

Did you switch on the composite manager? Control Panel->Xfwm Window Manager Tweaks->Compositor->Enable display compositing.

That's real transparency and it's fantastic.

Colonel Panic · #3364 Post by **Colonel Panic** » Tue 26 Jun 2012, 08:42

Hi. I tried Saluki 022 last night and for the most part was impressed with it but I was unable to get Flash to work - and I tried several different Flash files. Has anyone else had the same problem, and if so, how did they solve it?

(Apologies in advance for not searching through 225 pages of this thread for an answer.)

steve_s · #3365 Post by **steve_s** » Tue 26 Jun 2012, 13:28

battleshooter wrote:@steve_s

Did you switch on the composite manager? Control Panel->Xfwm Window Manager Tweaks->Compositor->Enable display compositing.

That's real transparency and it's fantastic.

Thanks battleshooter. I did and it is. i just have noticed performance issues with the compositing in the past, but haven't seen that yet with Saluki. So, it looks like we're good. Thanks!

pemasu · #3366 Post by **pemasu** » Wed 27 Jun 2012, 19:07

Jemimah. When you have time, look of this link. It has ffmpeg for Saluki. Originally requested for screen capture need.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 0d0#637041

icyos2 · #3367 Post by **icyos2** » Wed 27 Jun 2012, 19:40

pemasu wrote:Jemimah. When you have time, look of this link. It has ffmpeg for Saluki. Originally requested for screen capture need.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 0d0#637041

Hi Pemasu

Just wanted to say thanks for your help in all this massive thanks to WillH and Sneekylinux Saluki is now a fab screencaster and xvidcap is no longer needed, please add this .pet to the Saluki repos and I have a video on youtube showing how to use it.

Video is here http://youtu.be/oILvewbhHgo

Lobster · #3368 Post by **Lobster** » Thu 28 Jun 2012, 00:59

Colonel Panic wrote:Hi. I tried Saluki 022 last night and for the most part was impressed with it but I was unable to get Flash to work - and I tried several different Flash files. Has anyone else had the same problem, and if so, how did they solve it?

(Apologies in advance for not searching through 225 pages of this thread for an answer.)

Flash is not reliable. The easiest solution may be the latest chrome browser which has flash included . . .

icyos2 · #3369 Post by **icyos2** » Thu 28 Jun 2012, 02:32

Lobster wrote:
Colonel Panic wrote:Hi. I tried Saluki 022 last night and for the most part was impressed with it but I was unable to get Flash to work - and I tried several different Flash files. Has anyone else had the same problem, and if so, how did they solve it?

(Apologies in advance for not searching through 225 pages of this thread for an answer.)
Flash is not reliable. The easiest solution may be the latest chrome browser which has flash included . . .

Hi Chrome is not available for Saluki due to missing lib's and dependices might be a nice idea as its a popular browser to have someone compile this for Saluki

Lobster · #3370 Post by **Lobster** » Thu 28 Jun 2012, 05:35

No Chromium?

The request is in. Compiler needed.
http://saluki-linux.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=75

Geoffrey · #3371 Post by **Geoffrey** » Thu 28 Jun 2012, 07:01

Lobster wrote:No Chromium?
The request is in. Compiler needed.
http://saluki-linux.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=75

jemimah has mentioned this.

Chromium would need to be compiled on Saluki for it to work. Compiling it was way beyond my current skill level last time I tried it (I may have leveled up by now, perhaps I'll try it again at some point). AFAIK no one has ever successfully compiled it on any Puppy. Google does not make a "portable" Chrome version the way Firefox and Opera are compiled specially to work on a wide variety of distros.

Lobster · #3372 Post by **Lobster** » Thu 28 Jun 2012, 08:10

Compiling it was way beyond my current skill level last time I tried it

Guys
I should have remembered.

Have not used Saluki in a while - been relying on Slacko. I am hoping someone will use Saluki as a base to create a more 'Old style' or 'woof like' Puppy, then I would be able to use it. Sometimes I need familiar tools - rather than the best as used in Saluki.

As a side note I am not really (much to my surprise) missing flash in the non flash Ipad. Youtube is embracing HTML5.

I look forward to jemimahs return after her busy workload eases.
Is there another Flash solution perhaps?

greengeek · #3373 Post by **greengeek** » Thu 28 Jun 2012, 09:45

Lobster wrote: Youtube is embracing HTML5.

HTML5 seems to have as part of its specification the ability to implant data into your computer via the browser. Not sure that the privacy tools have caught up with this yet. And I'm not sure that Chromium has adequate security built in to prevent external access to our data and search info etc etc.

icyos2 · #3374 Post by **icyos2** » Thu 28 Jun 2012, 12:39

Seamonkey FTW

Colonel Panic · #3375 Post by **Colonel Panic** » Thu 28 Jun 2012, 12:53

Lobster wrote:
Colonel Panic wrote:Hi. I tried Saluki 022 last night and for the most part was impressed with it but I was unable to get Flash to work - and I tried several different Flash files. Has anyone else had the same problem, and if so, how did they solve it?

(Apologies in advance for not searching through 225 pages of this thread for an answer.)
Flash is not reliable. The easiest solution may be the latest chrome browser which has flash included . . .

Thanks for the advice. I'll think about it. I've never used Chrome very much as I always found it less intuitive to use than Firefox, Opera, Seamonkey etc. but maybe it's time I gave it a proper look now.

Best,

CP .

By the way, someone else might want to look up what "FTW" means

http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/f/f ... he-Win.htm

steve_s · #3376 Post by **steve_s** » Thu 28 Jun 2012, 14:01

pemasu wrote:Jemimah. When you have time, look of this link. It has ffmpeg for Saluki. Originally requested for screen capture need.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 0d0#637041

Works great, thanks for this!

greengeek · #3377 Post by **greengeek** » Thu 28 Jun 2012, 19:13

icyos2 wrote:Seamonkey FTW

I love Seamonkey but the new versions have that "data manager" thingy that hoards the names of every domain you visit - and doesn't delete them when you clear the private info.

I think Midori might have been a very wise choice for Saluki.

futwerk · #3378 Post by **futwerk** » Fri 29 Jun 2012, 01:31

a few backgrounds.

greengeek · #3379 Post by **greengeek** » Fri 29 Jun 2012, 03:54

Nice work futwerk. Love the last one.

jemimah · #3380 Post by **jemimah** » Fri 29 Jun 2012, 15:08

Ok so after all that SAN-retraining travel frenzy my job decided to just lay me off instead.

So I guess I'm back until I get a new job and the travel frenzy starts again.

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