EasyPup version 2.3.1, released June 6, 2020

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Terry H · #141 Post by **Terry H** » Sun 31 May 2020, 02:39

BarryK wrote:
Rodney Byne wrote:Barry,
pc close down saves quickly to the save file as expected.

But when the Save button on desktop is pressed,
the usual yellow info box appears, saying queued
and another box will later appear to show actual
saving, but after a very long wait this doesn't happen??
The yellow queued box just stays permanently on screen??

What does this all mean?
I am running EasyPup 2.3 from CD right now, with a savefile, and I don't have a "Save" icon on the desktop.

I didn't think the EasyPup has that save icon anymore. What are you doing differently?

Frugal installs to USB flash does have save button. As reported reported by Rodney above, the first message is displayed, remaining on screen without the save being executed.

Rogebe · #142 Post by **Rogebe** » Sun 31 May 2020, 07:39

Thank you Barry,

I’ll have to try Easyos !

Good day

RGB

Sage · #143 Post by **Sage** » Sun 31 May 2020, 09:08

I only tested booting EasyPup 2.3 from a usb-stick. Worked ok.
I don't go to the trouble of burning the iso file to optical media anymore. But, will give it a go.
EDIT:
Burnt the ISO to a CD-R, booted it on my desktop PC, both in legacy-BIOS mode and in UEFI-mode, both worked.

Many thanks for that confirmation. The problem is machine specific, which I've read about in these pages but never experienced before.
Got the CD running on an HP laptop, albeit with long boot time. So far found the CD won't boot on an ASRock/Intel/4Gb with nv card and an ECS board with ?? (need to interrogate). Will run through more machines after watering gardens!
There emerged some annoyances reported previously:
The default sound setting is far too low @ 63% for the pathetic sound systems on laptops and built-in monitors. Woof woof is a most valuable feature for testing machines. Recommend ~90% - what's the problem reducing it immediately after boot-up?!
Tapping is not set by default making completion of first boot start-ups extremely tedious on laptops.
SM opens in a small panel rather than the usual full page?
As reported recently, it would be very helpful to have an invitation to connect wi-fi immediately the initial panel settings appears so that all those things requiring a connection are attended to upfront - notably time set from InterWeb - are completed first and before X- is re-started.
Otherwise, everything works, albeit overkill^2 with options, settings,etc.
How about a basic version just capable of minimal operation?
Hope these comments help...

markv · #144 Post by **markv** » Sun 31 May 2020, 10:50

BarryK wrote:EasyPup 2.3 released, May 30, 2020

Blog announcement and download link:
https://bkhome.org/news/202005/easypup- ... eased.html

Forum feedback for 2.3 starts here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 49#1059349

EasyPup 2.2.16 released
April 6, 2020

Blog announcement and download links:
https://bkhome.org/news/202004/easypup- ... eased.html

Forum feedback starts here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 81#1054781

EasyPup 2.2.14 released
March 27, 2020

Blog announcement and download link:
https://bkhome.org/news/202003/easypup- ... eased.html

Forum feedback starts here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 41#1053841

EasyPup 2.2.12 released
March 4, 2020

Blog announcement and download link:
https://bkhome.org/news/202003/easypup- ... eased.html

Forum feedback starts here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 28#1051828

EasyPup 2.2.11 released
February 22, 2020

Blog announcement:
https://bkhome.org/news/202002/easypup- ... eased.html

Forum feedback:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 88#1050988

EasyPup 2.2.10 released
February 13, 2020

Blog announcement:
https://bkhome.org/news/202002/easypup- ... eased.html

Forum feedback starts here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 77#1050277

EasyPup version 2.2.7
This has been a fun diversion. It is a "classical Puppy", circa 2012-2013 (the era of Racy and wary 5.5), blended with features from EasyOS Buster-series, and all the packages as in EasyOS Buster-series.

There is an intro page here:

https://bkhome.org/linux/easypup-a-blen ... asyos.html

Blog announcement:

https://bkhome.org/news/202002/easypup- ... eased.html

Download version 2.2.7:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/easypu ... es/buster/

The ISO is a hybrid-ISO, that may also be written to a USB-stick. It will boot on traditional-BIOS PCs as well modern UEFI PCs. Minimum specs are 64-bit CPU, 1024x768 screen, probably 1GB RAM will work, but will be happier with 2GB. Genuine PC only, no support for Chromebook or Macbook. The old PCMCIA and ISA buses are not supported.

Who will use it? I don't know, anyone who wants to I suppose. It has the Racy/Wary 5.5 flavour, with lots of new features and packages, so I guess anyone who likes a "classical pup" but updated.

The EasyOS thread is here:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=109958

...we have been discussing EasyPup in that thread, but it may cause confusion, hence I started this new thread.

Let me know if you discover anything that needs fixing...

This is a truly great news. Thanks!

BarryK · #145 Post by **BarryK** » Mon 01 Jun 2020, 04:49

Rogebe wrote:Thank you Barry,

I’ll have to try Easyos !

Good day

RGB

Firefox SFS updated to work in EasyPup:

https://bkhome.org/news/202006/firefox-687-esr-sfs.html

But that just moves the broken menu problem to EasyOS.
I will update all the SFSs when EasyOS 2.3.1 is released, so menu will be correct in both Easys.

BarryK · #146 Post by **BarryK** » Wed 03 Jun 2020, 01:02

OscarTalks wrote:Compiling of new NetSurf 3.10 release in EasyPup 2.2.16

Package named xxd needs to be Debian Buster
Having /usr/bin/xxd as a busybox symlink fails

Thanks for reporting that, the full 'xxd' will be in the next release.

Rogebe · #147 Post by **Rogebe** » Thu 04 Jun 2020, 07:29

Hello,
I tried Puppyshare but it seems that we cannot configure the samba or SSHFS server. The button setup closes the window?

Good day

RGB

BarryK · #148 Post by **BarryK** » Thu 04 Jun 2020, 12:26

Rogebe wrote:Hello,
I tried Puppyshare but it seems that we cannot configure the samba or SSHFS server. The button setup closes the window?

Good day

RGB

I am not surprised. The "share" icon was developed for EasyOS. I did do some basic fixes for EasyPup, but didn't test it. Thanks for reporting, have added it to the to-do list.

Rogebe · #149 Post by **Rogebe** » Thu 04 Jun 2020, 15:50

Sorry, about the work.

If I had the technical level to help.

Good luck.

RGB

Rogebe · #150 Post by **Rogebe** » Sat 06 Jun 2020, 07:33

Hello, Barry,

On my HP Compaq 6530b, it is not possible to start the touchpad configuration (psynclient).

Do you need to add it to the to do list ?

Best regards,

RGB

foxpup · #151 Post by **foxpup** » Sat 06 Jun 2020, 08:14

Rogebe wrote:Hello, Barry,

On my HP Compaq 6530b, it is not possible to start the touchpad configuration (psynclient).

Got the same on my dell vostro 1510.
synclient does work, so it is psynclient.
I got the same on fossapup (beta), which is unexpected.

BarryK · #152 Post by **BarryK** » Sat 06 Jun 2020, 08:34

foxpup wrote:
Rogebe wrote:Hello, Barry,

On my HP Compaq 6530b, it is not possible to start the touchpad configuration (psynclient).
Got the same on my dell vostro 1510.
synclient does work, so it is psynclient.
I got the same on fossapup (beta), which is unexpected.

psynclient is a PET created by mistfire:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=117240

It was working, last time I tried it.

I want to bring out Easy 2.3.1 pronto, so for now will do a quick fix, fallback to using flsynclient.

One thing you could check -- run "psynclient" in a terminal, see if it aborts with an error message.

Rogebe · #153 Post by **Rogebe** » Sat 06 Jun 2020, 12:37

"Psynclient" in a terminal,

Rogebe · #154 Post by **Rogebe** » Sat 06 Jun 2020, 14:03

Re

I have a problem with Pmount.

When I plug in a USB stick, it does not appear in the icons. You must use Pmount to mount it. And restart the X server to see it on the desktop.

I don’t have this problem with the HP Compaq.

I hope these posts don’t bother you . I just want to help by reporting the bugs encountered.

Cordially

RGB

redrobin · #155 Post by **redrobin** » Sat 06 Jun 2020, 20:19

Hi Barry
I use Easypup2.13 as my main operating system. I have an Acer Revo RL80 .When I burn a program to a CD/DVD I get no feedback on the screen, ie burning track1, track2 etc. I use Pburn from the Menu.

Sage · #156 Post by **Sage** » Sun 07 Jun 2020, 10:30

'Fraid it's same old, same old. D/l twice, reburned twice. Changed video cards, changed machines, doesn't even run on laptop. Usually stalls at loading vmlinuz... but sometimes get EDD Error loading.... sectors... (long list). It is NOT my kit!
Double checked Slacko 6.9.9.9 - never fails, not on any machine, video card - probably the best disc in my massive armoury for dependability. Vastly underrated project! Come back Michael...

zygo · #157 Post by **zygo** » Sun 07 Jun 2020, 14:49

Hi Sage,

Boot failed for me with an error about a file being unreadable with another version on USB stick. The drive had mounted fine just after I dd'd it but afterwards wouldn't mount at all. "You picked a fine time to fail me Lexar."

Have you tried another USB stick or optical disk?

Sage · #158 Post by **Sage** » Sun 07 Jun 2020, 15:23

Awash with USB sticks all got something 'important' on and have run out of CD/DVD-RW! But that would be the next step, of course...

Rogebe · #159 Post by **Rogebe** » Sun 07 Jun 2020, 20:04

Hello,

Pmount Suite

I have the same trouble with EASYOS

Good day.

RGB

mistfire · #160 Post by **mistfire** » Sun 07 Jun 2020, 21:56

@Rogebe

It seems gtkdialog or gtk in Easy OS have problem on rendering spin button that's why psynclient does not work

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Pburn blu-ray writer

failure to boot all the way