Quirky April 7.0 - 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.4.1

[BarryK]

pcurlftp http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 597#822597 SFR, xanad mods

Thanks, I have updated pcurlftp_file_sharing PET to version 0.3.

These new PETs will be uploaded soon, to:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky ... /packages/

[BarryK]

snap2 http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... h&id=80061 xanad

Thanks, I have updated snap2-4.25 PET.

Note, LLoyd Standish created Snap2:
http://standish.home3.org/snap2

Forum name 'lstandish', another guy that I haven't come across on the forum for awhile.

Lloyd's last post, in 2012, is here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=50402

[BarryK]

pmetatagger-pdvdrsab http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... h&id=80063 xanad

Thanks, I have updated pdvdrsab PET to 0.3.

This is another creation by plinej (who last posted to this forum in 2013).

Some improvements by Rocket, internationalised by xanad.

don570 has posted a howto:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 660#599660

[xanad]

Thanks for answers, Barry.
I am very pleased that a developer to take care of allowing the use of Puppy also by non-native speakers.
For a moment I thought I had left the project, but now I notice that you write even after a long time,, I will not hesitate to propose other discrepancies, and if this is possible for me, solutions.
xanad

[01micko]

Hi Barry,

I notice you had trouble finding decent sources for gcolorsel. That program is nowhere near as good as the good old gcolor2 (which I'm sure you found the sources but couldn't build). From your blog <-- http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00134

Well, the slackbuild works. This one <-- http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/misc/gcolor2/

The 3 patches apply fairly cleanly (small warnings) but the significant thing is the sed line fixing configure:

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sed -i~ '/gentoo_ltmain_version/s/\[:space:\]/[&]/g' configure

Please note, that the actual slackbuild archive seems broken but fortunately you can download each file individually, most importantly the patches and the gcolor2.SlackBuild script. I'm about to report that to the maintainer.

This is the one that has the saved colours which I'm sure is what you were after. Working fine for me in slacko64.

BTW - here is a direct link to the source avoiding the sourceforge crap, usable with wget:

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/projec ... .4.tar.bz2

My xz compressed 64 bit pet is 17k

EDIT.. nah bugger it! I'll attach the sources here. Note that the original bzip2 archive was a tad too big for the forum so I compressed with xz and wrapped in gzip. Also attaching the slackbuild with patches as would normally be found at slackbuilds.org

[linuxcbon]

Hi Barry,

/usr/X11R7 is a real pain, glad to see you solved it. (see pkgconfig and geany compilation problems).
Other non standard stuff in T2 or puppy :
- /root/Choices/
- /usr/share/midi-icons/ , /usr/share/mini-icons/

Cheers

[scsijon]

Has anyone built a wine for the 32bit version of 7.0.4.1?

And I can't seem to find the old wine thread anywhere in a search for some reason!

thanks
scsijon

[BarryK]

Hi Barry,

I notice you had trouble finding decent sources for gcolorsel. That program is nowhere near as good as the good old gcolor2 (which I'm sure you found the sources but couldn't build). From your blog <-- http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00134

Quickly scanning that link, note that I do not use flsynclient 0.7, it is broken. I use a patched 0.6:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky ... d2.tar.bz2

[jamesbond]

Hi Barry,

I notice you had trouble finding decent sources for gcolorsel. That program is nowhere near as good as the good old gcolor2 (which I'm sure you found the sources but couldn't build). From your blog <-- http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00134

Forgive me for the OOT. Why not use "Xdialog --colorsel" instead?

[01micko]

Hi Barry,

I notice you had trouble finding decent sources for gcolorsel. That program is nowhere near as good as the good old gcolor2 (which I'm sure you found the sources but couldn't build). From your blog <-- http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00134

Forgive me for the OOT. Why not use "Xdialog --colorsel" instead?

Simply for the colours from rgb.txt. That's the only reason.

[BarryK]

I have just received a PM from robwoj44.

Sometime ago, he internationalised flsynclient 0.7, but that version is broken.

He has just informed me that he has almost finished internationalising my 0.6-patched2 source.

[robwoj44]

Done
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 318#820318

[zygo]

Barry,

I'm using 7.0.4.1 livecd 32-bit. I like it. Particularly, the ability to make room by deleting stuff I no longer need in /root. I hope you'll be making an updated all 32-bit version with an updated Seamonkey.

I'd like to repair my /dev/sdf5. Do I need to get code page 437 first?

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# fsck /dev/sdf5 
fsck from util-linux 2.24.2
CP437: Invalid argument
fsck.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)
Read 32 bytes at 20439552:Input/output error

Thanks

[BarryK]

Barry,

I'm using 7.0.4.1 livecd 32-bit. I like it. Particularly, the ability to make room by deleting stuff I no longer need in /root. I hope you'll be making an updated all 32-bit version with an updated Seamonkey.

I'd like to repair my /dev/sdf5. Do I need to get code page 437 first?

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# fsck /dev/sdf5 
fsck from util-linux 2.24.2
CP437: Invalid argument
fsck.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)
Read 32 bytes at 20439552:Input/output error

Thanks

Do you have one of those early 32-bit-only Pentium-class CPUs?

I don't know about that error. Did you try running fsck.fat directly:
# fsck.fat /dev/sdf5

[TIW]

Hi Barry.
I have used tahrpup in order to compare it to quirky. Even so I am very impressed by tahrpups many features and applications, for me the most striking feature of tahrpup is the incredible booting speed from the time of powering on my laptop up to the desktop and vice versa.
I just wonder whether that kind of technology or programming could be introduced to Quirky ? Because even so Quirky is a nice puppy its none the less a lame duck if it comes to booting and power off time . Thanks for your time.
Ulrich

[zygo]

Barry,

The CPU is "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz" -- all 32-bit I believe. I used this phrase because you keep referring to running 32-bit apps in a 64-bit OS.

Just a minute. I've never seen a 64-bit system advertised I think. And 64-bit systems run 32-bit OSs. Is there a utility to tell me if I have one.

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# fsck.fat /dev/sdf5 
CP437: Invalid argument
fsck.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)
Read 32 bytes at 20439552:Input/output error

[James C]

Barry,

The CPU is "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz" -- all 32-bit I believe. I used this phrase because you keep referring to running 32-bit apps in a 64-bit OS.

Just a minute. I've never seen a 64-bit system advertised I think. And 64-bit systems run 32-bit OSs. Is there a utility to tell me if I have one.

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# fsck.fat /dev/sdf5 
CP437: Invalid argument
fsck.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)
Read 32 bytes at 20439552:Input/output error

According to Intel that's a 64 bit cpu.....

http://ark.intel.com/products/30781/Int ... 00-MHz-FSB

-Advanced Technologies
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡ No
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡ No
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡ No
Intel® 64 ‡ Yes
Idle States Yes
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology Yes
Intel® Demand Based Switching No
Thermal Monitoring Technologies Yes

Intel® 64 architecture delivers 64-bit computing on server, workstation, desktop and mobile platforms when combined with supporting software.¹ Intel 64 architecture improves performance by allowing systems to address more than 4 GB of both virtual and physical memory.

That being said,I still run a couple of old Intel dual-cores that are strictly 32 bit....... still quite a few around in use.

[BarryK]

Hi Barry.
I have used tahrpup in order to compare it to quirky. Even so I am very impressed by tahrpups many features and applications, for me the most striking feature of tahrpup is the incredible booting speed from the time of powering on my laptop up to the desktop and vice versa.
I just wonder whether that kind of technology or programming could be introduced to Quirky ? Because even so Quirky is a nice puppy its none the less a lame duck if it comes to booting and power off time . Thanks for your time.
Ulrich

You are probably comparing the live-CD boot times.

Quirky April-series is not really intended for live-CD boot, I just added that. Quirky is for conventional full installations.

You need to compare oranges with oranges, not oranges with cheese.

So, for example compare the booting speed installed to a USB stick, or a full (not frugal) install to a hard drive partition.

[BarryK]

I have started a new thread for the "neo64" build:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=101159

You will need a 64-bit CPU!

[quirkian2new]

I am new to Quirky64. Just downloaded the 64bit Quirky7.0.4.1 two weeks ago and run smoothly. Thanks for Barry and all contributors for such a wonderful derivative. Can anyone give me some guidance & advice as how to run WINE in 64bit Quirky7.0.4.1 as I need to run one windows application(yes, only one at this moment). I tried several pets of WINE but all failed . If I can run WINE in 64bit Quirky7.0.4.1 then I would no longer need Microsoft at all.