This is made with the Woof that Barry posted on FEB 16.
Cups is working again--it was at least partially broken in 4.56 and 4.57 but I didn't catch it until testing for 4.58.
The fix for "Rox Select" is working. The problem was that a file would stay selected until one clicked in the white space of the Rox window. IMHO that was a serious problem because several times I accidentally deleted the wrong file because the old one stayed selected. There was a fix in /etc/profile but it did not work and it caused a problem with opening Terminal. I used the code instead that aarf posted on page 8 of this thread and it seems to work perfectly.
As per 01micko's discovery, libdrm-radeon1 is present. I know it is doing something because my driver changed from radeonhd to radeon with libdrm-radeon present. I am sure someone understands that.
I am going to write up my work method and test method and post it here tonight or tomorrow, just in case it is useful to anyone. I have a test suite now of 4 different video cards, radeon, nvidia, intel and S3 (and all 4 work with glx/dri). Here are the notes -> http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/Making_uPup.rtf
The latest Pwidgets 2.2.4 worked but it caused the problem with the backdrop that was mentioned. I know that is a "good sign" but I prefer to wait to install it by default until it doesn't have that feature. I will put a link in to Pwidgets in the software links below.
Misson Statement: To track the Karmic Puppy build in Woof, to find and if possible solve problems, to report back to Barry and maintainers of software, to make a useful Linux desktop with Puppy style and speed and Ubuntu binaries. I hope Karmic Puppy works for you. Thanks for trying it.
Download uPup 4.58 -> http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/upup-458.iso
upup458.iso md5sum 3aa69bfae1578b4e42fcec6a8dc876ef
Here is an xdelta update file created and uploaded by pemasu, tested by aarf -> http://www.mypuppylinux.com/upload/457. ... .iso.delta
Download devx -> http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/upup_devx_458.sfs
devx_458 md5sum -> f1abc93245792ada6e37eb7c3de33148
Download the upup_devx_458.sfs and place it into /mnt/home. Then check Menu -> System -> System Schedule -> Bootmanager config bootup to make sure the devx will be loaded at startup. I keep devx installed on any semi-permanent installations because there are at least two programs that run better (or at all) when devx is installed (Crossover and xine-ui).
Flashplayer 10.0.45 -> http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/f ... 0.0.45.pet
Flashplayer 10.1pre -> http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/f ... 0.1pre.pet
Flashplayer 10.1pre Info > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/
Identifies itself as 10.1 d51 or 10,1,51,45
Seamonkey 2.0.3 (Thanks to 01micko) -> http://www.dpup.org/01Micko/browsers/Se ... p-i486.pet
This was compiled and prepared by 01micko and right away it seemed snappier than the version I got from mozilla.org
01micko's Seamonkey 2.0 page -> http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 2&start=45
Firefox 3.6 -> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html This is not a pet, it is the tar.bz2 file from mozilla. Just download and click to Extract; then open the folder and click firefox. It will update itself daily if you ask it to, Tools -> Check for Updates. It is the latest 1.9.2 gecko, which scores about 25% better on Peacekeeper than the 1.9.1-based versions including 3.5.x in my tests.
Clanbomber 1.05. Just for fun - full screen game - it has "crocaine" but it overamps you if you do it! -> http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/c ... r-1.05.pet
Go-OpenOffice 3.1.1 in sfs4 format for Puppy 4.3 and later -> http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/go-00432.sfs 170MB
md5sum - 63c6a76d95a806c4c8ca9fc802585b35
Info pages on Go-OO -> http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 43&t=48394 and http://go-oo.org/
Go-Openoffice 3.2. wolf dog has posted an sfs or Go-OO 3.2 -> http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=52513
SitHeelSpeak's gcc 4.4.1 devx supplemental -> http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=48922
Kernel sources 2.6.30.5 -> http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=01021
SRWare Iron (Download, Extract, and click Iron to run) -> http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1030
ATI Catalyst 9.xx driver -> http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/l ... ng=English
Geany -> http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/g ... 1_i386.deb The menu entry is under Utility -> General Utilities.
Htop -> http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/htop-0.8.1.pet Menu entry under System -> System status and config.
Foxit PDF Reader for Desktop Linux -> http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/F ... 0_i386.deb This is what I use on Windows for work so I am glad to see it for Linux. To me, it renders significantly better than ePDFView. The menu entry is under Utility -> General Utilities.
CPU Frequency Scaling Tool (Menu -> Utility - General utilities -> CPU Frequency Scaling Tool) Trio's utility works well from me on my Phenom 9850. Without scaling my cpu idles at 38 and with it at 31.
Pwidgets 2.2.4. For those who want the widgets it is easy enough to reset the backdrop after starting Pwidgets. There is quite a collection of widgets available now. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 05&t=35601
Desktop Recorder. Thanks to gposil, Dpup, and aarf. -> http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 77&t=48685
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Video cards and drivers
Ideally uPup will correctly install your video card and also install the glx/dri files. That can be checked by Menu -> System -> System status and congif -> Hardinfo -> Display and scroll down to see that glx/dri are enabled. One can also check by entering "glxinfo" or "glxgears" at a command prompt. It works that way for me anyway; I am curious to see if it works for anyone else. I personally think that using all of the xorg drivers and installing glx/dri might make things more stable and robust when dealing with newer programs and versions.
If you have an Nvidia video card. My first test on a different computer failed, but I figured out why. Xorgwizard choose the "nouveau" driver, which I assume is for newer Nvidia cards. So if you have a newer Nvidia card it might work right off. If xorg fails to start it will return you to the prompt (or hit CTRL-C). At the prompt enter
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rm /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
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e3/etc/X11/xorg.conf
If you have an ATI card that doesn't start correctly, you might try among the "ati," "radeon," and "radeonhd" drivers. It is the "radeonhd" that works for me, which was not in uPup by default.
I have been using SitHeelSpeak's special devx supplement, and with that, the regular devx, and the kernel sources, I have been able to compile and install the latest (9.10) proprietary ATI Catalyst driver, which works well with my Radeon 3850, and the Catalyst Control Center is working correctly also.
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It bugs me to leave out the "nouveau" video driver so the xorgwizard will assign the "nv" driver (which a few people were having to do manually). If this causes you a problem please let me know. I investigated a tiny bit and it seems that "nouveau" is an attempt to get 3D hardware acceleration in an open source driver for nvidia cards. I have had luck in installing/compiling the proprietary 3D hardware acceleration driver Catalyst/fglrx for Ati radeon cards. Perhaps if someone wanted hardware 3D for nvidia they could try to install the Nvidia proprietary driver. For the nouveau driver though -> http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/n ... .so.tar.gz Click the file and Extract it, and then place the driver in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/. After that, Menu -> Shutdown -> Exit to prompt and run xorgwizard at the prompt.
I routinely Save the Network as in the picture below. Your router will have a different name of course.