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#31 Post by radky »

Hi slavvo67,

One more question:

Vividpup is very early beta status.

Do you observe the same screen distortion in Pups other than Vividpup?

Maybe try tahrpup or slacko.

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#32 Post by slavvo67 »

Works without issue in Tahrpup 6.0.1. - Thanks again. I'll try in Unicornpup, as well.

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#33 Post by radky »

slavvo67 wrote:Works without issue in Tahrpup 6.0.1. It looks like it's resetting xserver more than once, though. Is that by design?
Thanks for the quick report. This confirms the Intel driver of recent kernels is a significant problem for Vividpup and Barry's April.

Hopefully, this will be fixed in subsequent kernel updates.

Yes, after Fbpanel loads there is a second refresh by design to properly load the tray apps. This is normal.
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#34 Post by radky »

The developer of tahrpup (666philb) has requested a feature update for Pup-SysInfo-2.6 (which is part of FbBox).

Consequently, updated FbBox pets (32 and 64 bit) are currently available at the download link in the first post.

Specifically, the OpenSSL report of Pup-SysInfo now displays the build date, and the Bash report is adjusted for non-English locales.

Since the initial upload was only hours ago, the version number of FbBox-2.0 has not changed.
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#35 Post by ETP »

Hi radky,

Whilst experimenting with changing to FbBox on Rapid Pup V1 (Nvidia/Nouveux) I noticed a slight screen distortion effect when rapidly maximising & minimising windows of any type.

It reminded me of the series of horizontal white lines on an old 405 line TV and once I had noticed it, it began to bug me.

The solution is to change the relevant line in both /root/.config/openbox/rc.xml & /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml to read as follows:

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<animateIconify>no</animateIconify>
Currently it is set to "yes" which I guess requires a compositor to give a zooming effect but results in the artifacts if none is present.
Changing it to "no" gives an instant transition & fixes the issue.

If what I observed is reproducable you may wish to change the template.
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#36 Post by radky »

Hi ETP,

On my desktop PC (integrated Intel video), I can't confirm the horizontal white lines that you observe on your Nvidia/Nouveux PC when rapidly iconifying or restoring desktop windows. However, if necessary, you can easily enable or disable the corresponding "animateIconify" option in the Openbox Configuration Manager (see below).

When the "animateIconify" option is set to "yes", minimizing or restoring a desktop window will show animated "titlebars" that display sequentially between the desktop window and the iconified representation of the window in the panel. Although the animation is very (very) quick, a summary snapshot of the concatenated sequence would look something like image-1 below. Interestingly, the animation always points to the bottom of the screen, even when the panel is located at the top of the screen.

Currently, in FbBox, this animation option is set to "yes" by default. For those who prefer no animation, go to the Appearance tab of the Openbox Configuration Manager (image-2), and uncheck the second option (Animate iconify and restore). This will automatically change the animateIconify parameter to "no" in /root/.config/openbox/rc.xml.

Thanks ETP for your helpful comments and recommendations. Looking forward to your next specialized puplet!
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#37 Post by Griot »

Hello, radky.

I have a rather strange problem with Pupshutdown dialog(?), which occurred few days ago. I'm using FbBox-2.0 (precise 5.72) since you released it and have had no problems with it.
Problem is, when I choose to shutdown PC it goes through a regular closing session/saving procedure but it does not shut down, it reboots PC. :?
Other options work fine, e.g. log-out, restart wm, including reboot option.
What I found to be weird is that when I log-out to prompt and type
'poweroff' it reboots, again! Seems like something's wrong with X but I'm not able to trace this error.
FWIW I've checked grub4dos menu.lst, nothing strange left there.
X-org.conf also looks fine, only xerrs.log seems to be very busy about some "Gdk-CRITICAL" and "GLib-GObject-CRITICAL" errors.

Is there any FbBox log/script that I should check before I send
this 'QuirkyPrecise' to oblivion?

Thank you.

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#38 Post by radky »

Griot wrote:
when I choose to shutdown PC it goes through a regular closing session/saving procedure but it does not shut down, it reboots PC.
Hi Griot,

If I understand correctly, your current distro (Precise 5.72) is an unofficial update of BK's original Precise 5.71, including a number of "fixes" such as a patch which transforms the standard savefile to savefolder.

In 2011 (see entry 110928 in /etc/rc.d/rc.shutdown) Barry updated a fix for the long-standing Puppy bug of inadvertent PC rebooting (if partition is still mounted) when shutdown is selected. Additional rc.shutdown fixes were implemented in 2013 and 2014 to manage unmounting of stray filesystems at shutdown.

Since poweroff (wmpoweroff) worked correctly for you until a few days ago, your new problem may be secondary to savefolder corruption leading to faulty unmounting of filesystems at shutdown, in which case your PC may abort shutdown and simply reboot. In this scenario, starting over with a new savefolder may be your best option for proper shutdown.

Thanks for using FbBox-2.0.
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#39 Post by Griot »

Hello, radky.

Thanks for your answer.
Savefolder corruption indeed, plus various GTK errors and God knows what else. I've been reading about similar issues few months ago when my MB's battery failed and caused system crash.

However, this particular installation is going to vanish with just one click!
"Swiftly and with style!" - thanks to Mr.B.K.

FbBox-xx is already in Lupu2, which will be my next default OS, so... :D

Thanks again.
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#40 Post by wavelen »

Hi there,
being a total newb in puppy coming from debian (crunchbang) i have some questions.
First of all great job on fbpanel.
1) My first question is about autostart apps. I've been using other ob distros for a while but this autostart is completely different. Can you point me to the way i can start apps when openbox starts? (e.g. compton for compositing)
2) I am usually on two monitors and neither the default jwm or fbbox wallpaper changer allow me to put different wallpapers. When i try to run nitrogen nothing happens. (although it seems that it runs and then fbbox rewrites over it). Is there a way to make it work (and autostart it?)
3) I use Arandr cause if i dont the two monitors get mirrored. But i have to reset it on every boot. Is there a way to make it permanent?
4)The volume buttons on my laptop work fine with jwm but not in fbbox. Actually when i try to change the volume in fbpanel sound goes mute.
5) WHen i use conky the desktop icons dissapear and appear for a sec when i hover over them.If i reset them with 'drive icons manager' they work but conky dissappears.
6) On every boot i have to run fbpanel through gmrun or prun for it to appear

Thats all for now..... THx
Oh i'm using tahrpup 6.0.3 on an hp pavillion dv7.(i3,Nouveau,3G ram)

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#41 Post by radky »

Hi wavelen,
1) My first question is about autostart apps. I've been using other ob distros for a while but this autostart is completely different. Can you point me to the way i can start apps when openbox starts? (e.g. compton for compositing)
Adding applications to the /root/Startup directory will automatically load them when Puppy starts, though recent Pups also support auto-starting apps by adding the corresponding .desktop files to the /root/.config/autostart directory. Either method will auto-load apps in your choice of desktop environments.

Alternatively, when openbox is the window manager, the /root/.config/openbox/autostart file contains scripts and commands which execute each time openbox loads. In FbBox, this file already contains several commands essential to proper loading of the desktop environment, but you can append additional commands or apps to auto-start them.
2) I am usually on two monitors and neither the default jwm or fbbox wallpaper changer allow me to put different wallpapers. When i try to run nitrogen nothing happens. (although it seems that it runs and then fbbox rewrites over it). Is there a way to make it work (and autostart it?)
Typically, the built-in wallpaper changers of standard Puppy operate through the Rox pinboard.

When you run Nitrogen, the new wallpaper is applied but it is hidden under the Rox pinboard. Disabling the Rox pinboard will allow visibility of the Nitrogen-applied wallpaper, but your mileage may vary. For more information, see the following forum thread:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=70057

Nitrogen will auto-start if the executable is added to one of the auto-start folders listed above.
3) I use Arandr cause if i dont the two monitors get mirrored. But i have to reset it on every boot. Is there a way to make it permanent?
You could add Arandr to one of the auto-start folders described above.
4)The volume buttons on my laptop work fine with jwm but not in fbbox. Actually when i try to change the volume in fbpanel sound goes mute.
In tahrpup, the default JWM keybindings for ALSA control are:

<Key keycode="160">exec:amixer sset Master toggle</Key>
<Key keycode="176">exec:amixer sset Master 1+,1+</Key>
<Key keycode="174">exec:amixer sset Master 1-,1-</Key>

In Openbox you can add the equivalent code, but the keybindings are in hex format.

Specifically, go to /root/.config/openbox/rc.xml and find the header titled <!-- Keybindings for running applications -->.

Copy and paste the following block of code below this header (a good place is the end of this section, but before the </keyboard> tag) then restart X server.

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  <keybind key="0xa0">
    <action name="Execute">
      <command>amixer set Master toggle</command>
    </action>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="0xb0">
    <action name="Execute">
      <command>amixer set Master 5%+ unmute</command>
    </action>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="0xae">
    <action name="Execute">
      <command>amixer set Master 5%- unmute</command>
    </action>
  </keybind>
5) When i use conky the desktop icons disappear and appear for a sec when i hover over them.If i reset them with 'drive icons manager' they work but conky disappears.
Support for conky and pwidgets will be included in the next release of FbBox.
6) On every boot i have to run fbpanel through gmrun or prun for it to appear.
In Puppy, fbpanel initally loads through /root/.xinitrc.

In FbBox, the panel is restarted through /root/.config/openbox/autostart. Your installation may be broken, possibly secondary to corruption of /root/.config/openbox/autostart.

Also, make sure the installation of FbBox is through the pet available in the FbBox forum thread. There are post-install files in the pet that must run to completion to properly integrate FbBox with the base Puppy, and the code varies depending on the Puppy receiving the FbBox files. The cut-down pet of FbBox available through the Puppy Package Manager of tahrpup is broken, but I think 666philb has now removed it.

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Thanks for your questions wavelen. :)

The next release of FbBox is in Beta testing, and should be available soon.
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#42 Post by Bert »

Installed fbBox-2.0 some days ago in Puppy Precise 5.7.2.
Nice! Like a second life for Precise :wink:
It must have taken an incredible amount of hours to create this...

No problems found. Except one little thing: when changing the clock from 12 to 24 hours format with Pupclockset, the little clock at the bottom right corner just disappeared. I'm unable to find how to restore it.

Apart from that, really, really nice!

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#43 Post by radky »

Hi Bert,

Thanks for your gracious comments and kind review of FbBox-2.0. :)

Concerning the disappearing tray clock:

1 - Make sure you are using the current version of PupClockset (version 2.3 is included with FbBox-2.0).

2 - In PupClockset's option tab, make sure the color setting is not identical to the color of your wallpaper/background. If the colors are identical, the clock numerals are invisible when the panel is in transparent mode.

3 - In FbBox, when the panel is refreshed (or when you use Pupclockset to change the tray-clock) the panel configuration manager (usr/sbin/pfbpanel) generates a new configuration file (root/.config/fbpanel/default) which is read by fbpanel.

4 - The configuration settings for the fbanel tray clock are also stored in root/.config/fbpanel/default. If necessary, in the same folder, you can use the file named "default-bak" to restore the original "default" configuration file. Also, you could check for file corruption by using xfdiff-cut (menu -> utility -> xdiff-cut) to compare the "default" and "default-bak" files.

In root/.config/fbpanel/default, the tray-clock entry (near the bottom of the file) should look something this:

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Code:	
Plugin {
type = tclock
config {
ClockFmt = <span font-family="Sans" size="large" weight="normal" style="normal" color="white">%l:%M %p</span>
TooltipFmt = %A %x
Action = PupClockset &
}
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#44 Post by Bert »

Thanks for the detailed help Radky.
I checked the points ypu listed:

1. fbBox version is 2.0 OK
2. Font is contrasting white color OK
3. Used the default.bak. OK
4. Checked the code you quoted OK

Still no clock...




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#45 Post by Bert »

Thanks for the detailed help Radky.
I checked the points ypu listed:

1. fbBox version is 2.0 OK
2. Font is contrasting white color OK
3. Used the default.bak. OK
4. Checked the code you quoted OK

Still no clock...

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I removed the Parcellite icon, did not help.
Anyway, it's not a big problem. I have a sundial in the garden :)
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#47 Post by Bert »

hmmm, message deleted, need more coffee...
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#48 Post by radky »

Bert wrote:Thanks for the detailed help Radky.
I checked the points ypu listed:

1. fbBox version is 2.0 OK
2. Font is contrasting white color OK
3. Used the default.bak. OK
4. Checked the code you quoted OK

Still no clock...
Hi Bert,

Make sure the tray clock plug-in is enabled in the FbPanel configuration manager.

Also, PupClockset should be version 2.3, not 2.0

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#49 Post by Bert »

Hi Radky,

1. Yes, tray clock plug-in is and was enabled in the FbPanel configuration manager

2. I was talking about the fbBox version 2.0, which has PupClockset 2.3.1, so that should be okay.

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#50 Post by radky »

Hi Bert,

In Precise 5.7.1 the tray clock is working correctly for me in multiple test scenarios. If I understand correctly, the tray clock displayed correctly for you until recently, so possibly there is file corruption on your system.

In /usr/sbin you can use pfbpanel-bak to restore the original pfbpanel file, then load the Fbpanel configuration manager and click "Apply" to reset the configuration files.

Also, you could try installing the PupClockset-2.3.1.pet to reset the corresponding executable and configuration files, then load PupClockset and click "Set" to update the configuration files.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=61633
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