EZpup-4.0 is here!

[Lobster]

I have always been a big fan of Ezpup

here is a page at tmxxine about it . . .
http://tmxxine.com/wik/wikka.php?wakka=EZpup

With the new themes of Puppy 4
I was in less of a hurry to install Ezpup . . .

After all do I need the glitz?
And then I added Ezpup to Pupeee (which is 3.01 based and I am using on an ordinary desktop) . . .
. . . and I realized that glitz and ease of use is too good to miss . . .

Add ezpup
goto Menu / Settings / themes
. . . and get the icing on the cake

If you have a slow connection - no need to be jealous - use themes in Puppy 4 - Ezpup is not essential

If you have a slower machine change the existing themes.

For the rest of us . . . Ezpup is fun

Thanks Warren - woof woof

[WhoDo]

If you have a slow connection - no need to be jealous - use themes in Puppy 4 - Ezpup is not essential

If you have a slower machine change the existing themes.

For the rest of us . . . Ezpup is fun

Thanks Warren - woof woof

You're welcome, Lobster. One of the things I was going to do with EZpup-4.0, and didn't get around to, was adding some extra JWM themes from the themes exchange for our neophyte JWM users. Maybe with EZpup-4.1?

[MU]

mirrors:
http://dotpups.de/puppy4/dotpups/WindowManagers/
http://puppyfiles.ca/dotpupsde/puppy4/d ... wManagers/
Mark

[WhoDo]

Here's my fixed version but the volume mixer doesn't work right on the taskbar, I'm working on it right now. It could take hours, if you can't wait just try this one out http://www.puppylinux.ca/ttuuxxx/other/EZpup-4.0v3.pet

***Caution!***
Due to the inclusion of some scripts not included with the original EZpup-4.0, this version may cause problems with earlier Puppy versions. For example, I believe ttuuxxx's version includes a replacement for .xinitrc, which caused some problems in my Puppy 3.01 installation.

The original EZpup only includes one application - MU's Cursor Selector - apart from Blinky for the network tell-tale in the task bar. That's not to say there is anything wrong with ttuuxxx's updates, on the contrary, but they may be specific to Dingo so be careful with earlier versions and make backups of .xinitrc, /root/.icewm/preferences and prefoverride for example.

Alternatively, use the CLI command pet2tgz and unpack EZpup-4.0 to get only the eye-candy you want.

Hope that helps

[ttuuxxx]

Not This time, Only included free memory applet, changed xintric but not like last time I actually made it smaller:)
Altered icewm startup, But that wouldn't change anything.
I did this one from scratch, People should not have any added problems with the changes I made.
ttuuxxx

[WhoDo]

Not This time, Only included free memory applet, changed xintric but not like last time I actually made it smaller:)
Altered icewm startup, But that wouldn't change anything.
I did this one from scratch, People should not have any added problems with the changes I made.

Well that's a relief then. I had visions of 2.xx and 3.xx Puppies going haywire after I'd said EZpup-4.0 was compatible.

Yep, it must have been the .xinitrc that caused the problems then. It lost my gdesklets, hotpup, qiv and startup sound settings, and I still can't get qiv -z command to give me back pseudo-transparency automatically on starting X when it used to do so before. Maybe I can blame freememapplet for that.

Oh well, at least it's only me, and I can have some fun getting it all back together again!

[ttuuxxx]

naaa this time it can't be freememory applet because I have it automatically starting a sneaky way, LOL I shoved a shortcut into the Autostart folder in root, LOL well I seen it there and figured I never had a use for it before. So now it autostarts because it sits in the folder and if the shortcut is deleted in the folder it won't start.
ttuuxxx

[Paolo]

Hello ! after some years of puppy I am alwais a noob

If I install ezpup how can I switch to another wm ( like jwm or fluxbox ) ?
and is possible to have a battery indicator on the icewm bottom bar ?
the new conky here don't work

Thanx !

Ciao,
Paolo

[aragon]

hi paolo,

to switch the wm, you normally exit to the console (i don't know how it's called exactly as i'm not at my puppy right now). It's in the Exit-section of the menu and than

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* xwin startjwm
* xwin starticewm
* xwin startXXXXX

cheers
aragon

[Paolo]

Thanx Aragon !
In Italy we says "I'm drowing in a glass of water "
After years of dual boot puppy/pc bsd now I'm only with puppy ...
PcBsd is too heavy for my laptop now...

Paolo

[glocal]

I installed EZpup-4.0v3.pet and things behaved in a funny way (icons replaced with tiny icons, others replaced with the warning triangle). I restarted Puppy and now it complains xwin is not found and refuses to complete booting. I am left with a command prompt. Any ideas? (see spec below).

[WhoDo]

I installed EZpup-4.0v3.pet and things behaved in a funny way (icons replaced with tiny icons, others replaced with the warning triangle). I restarted Puppy and now it complains xwin is not found and refuses to complete booting. I am left with a command prompt. Any ideas? (see spec below).

What version of Puppy did you install it on?

At the command prompt, type

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xorgwizard

and follow the prompts to ensure that your X-server is set up properly. Then type

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xwin icewm-session

Post any responses here, please.

EZpup-4.0v3 is a modification by ttuuxxx that installs a new /root/.xinitrc file (I think). Your problem may be there, but we'll see.

[glocal]

What version of Puppy did you install it on?

Why nobody reads my signature? Puppy v4 Full Install

At the command prompt, type

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xorgwizard

and follow the prompts to ensure that your X-server is set up properly. Then type

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xwin icewm-session

Post any responses here, please.

I executed xorgwizard but skipped the tests because I know the correct settings. Then I see a message in red saying:

'If X did not work, type 'xorgwizard' to run the Video Wizard again. After that, type 'xwin' to run X graphics mode etc'

I ran it again and this time I ran the test, I saw a message box in graphics mode saying something like: 'if you can see see this click OK'. I clicked OK and then it froze showing a blank screen. Not even ctrl-alr-backspace works.

I did a hardware reset, started again and at the prompt after 'Executing personal config script /etc/rc.d/rc.local...' I typed xwin and got '-sh: xwin: command not found'.

And I don't even know how to reinstall Puppy without deleting my current Full Install first.

[ttuuxxx]

What version of Puppy did you install it on?

Why nobody reads my signature? Puppy v4 Full Install

At the command prompt, type

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xorgwizard

and follow the prompts to ensure that your X-server is set up properly. Then type

Code: Select all

xwin icewm-session

Post any responses here, please.

I executed xorgwizard but skipped the tests because I know the correct settings. Then I see a message in red saying:

'If X did not work, type 'xorgwizard' to run the Video Wizard again. After that, type 'xwin' to run X graphics mode etc'

I ran it again and this time I ran the test, I saw a message box in graphics mode saying something like: 'if you can see see this click OK'. I clicked OK and then it froze showing a blank screen. Not even ctrl-alr-backspace works.

I did a hardware reset, started again and at the prompt after 'Executing personal config script /etc/rc.d/rc.local...' I typed xwin and got '-sh: xwin: command not found'.

And I don't even know how to reinstall Puppy without deleting my current Full Install first.

before you do that, do this
place your puppy live cd into the drive
during bootup it should pause for a second. and you should be able to type.
type in
puppy pfix=ram
that will boot you live on the cd not using your saved hard drive info.
next go to your hard drive where you have puppy saved.
navigate to /root/.xinitrc <--- its a hidden folder so press on the eye on the top of rox navigation to reveal it.
next right click on it and select "open as text"
go to the very end where it says exec icewm or it could be exec icewm-session and change it to exec jwm
next go to /etc/windowmanager
right click on that file and open it as text and then change it to jwm,
save it and reboot without the live cd
that should give you jwm as default once again, once your back using default settings uninstall icewm via your puppy package manager
ttuuxxx

[glocal]

go to the very end where it says exec icewm or it could be exec icewm-session and change it to exec jwm

It says exec jwm and before you ask I am sure I am looking at /mnt/hda1/root/.xinitrc

uninstall icewm via your puppy package manager
ttuuxxx

Does this mean I should give up on ezpup?

[ttuuxxx]

go to the very end where it says exec icewm or it could be exec icewm-session and change it to exec jwm

It says exec jwm and before you ask I am sure I am looking at /mnt/hda1/root/.xinitrc

uninstall icewm via your puppy package manager
ttuuxxx

Does this mean I should give up on ezpup?

No it doesn't it just was a way for you to get the pc up and going, If you want unload my version and install the default ez pup version that whodo made and see if there is a difference, then if its the same you could try "ttuuxxx on ice" which was a lite version of icewm that I made up for all versions of puppy. Its around 1.5MB. Located on the forum, I don't have a link but I could find it, its in the dotpup/pets section.
ttuuxxx

[glocal]

I think I didn't make myself clear. Both of the files on the hard disk have the text you suggested already: jwm I haven't changed anything so I don't think it will bootup successfully from the hdd. It must be something else.

[jason1308]

If I install and down load this, if I don't like it, is it easy to revert to my orginal screen, bars etc.

I am new at puppy and don't want to muck it all up. I have it installed on the Hard drive.

[ttuuxxx]

If I install and down load this, if I don't like it, is it easy to revert to my orginal screen, bars etc.

I am new at puppy and don't want to muck it all up. I have it installed on the Hard drive.

Hi Jason, Icewm on puppy has been really great for most users, but sometimes with older pc's like 500mhz or less it has been problematic, with shutdown issues, Whodo made a new release for puppy 4.0 that looked at these issues. Usually you can just uninstall it. if it doesn't work right. Worst case, you'll delete your pupsave file. which keeps all your saved settings after you installed puppy and your puppy install will revert back to the original state it was in when you first installed it.
ttuuxxx

[ttuuxxx]

Hi Whodo

I Just remastered your original again and deleted the first one I posted.
Basically blinky & freememory applet were change, I aded 1 missing lib and changed the icewm startup script in root/.icewm plus added icewm-session as the default wm in etc/windowmanager file
I didn't included any xinitrc file so this should be the most stable icewm package for puppy 4.0 well including my small version I posted yesterday.
The reason why is because I recompiled blinky and free-memory applet.
So it all works very nicely now. Thanks for all you've done for puppy
ttuuxxx