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MinHundHettePerro · Tue 05 Jan 2010, 00:20

For me, who is as wired as can be, the Q&D solution to the red beacon of pwireless2's re-appearing in the tray after reboot or restart of X was to rename /root/Startup/Pwireless2 to /root/Startup/.Pwireless2.

Not everyone is non-wired

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MHHP

tubeguy · #142 Post by **tubeguy** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 00:23

sinc wrote:people might be getting confused

Yeah, it doesn't take much to confuse me.

I've been into linux for a while and this kind of thing doesn't bother me much, but I keep thinking of my parents trying to set it up and just giving up after a while.

I know there's a balance between features and bloat, and I'll take a trim install over a bloated, *buntu-type distro any day, but most folks aren't willing to do the "due-diligence" required to get linux up and running. Maybe that's just the old linux vs windows argument, linux users typically substitute brains and perseverance for money to get to the same place. I have to admit that if money were not a factor I would have a hopped up Sager running Win7 and would never have tried Puppy ever. I'm still amazed at what can be done with ~160meg and some time well spent.

gposil · #143 Post by **gposil** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 01:57

A simple fix for the Pwireless2 prob would be a slightly altered First Start Wizard.

When you click Internet/Network Setup button, it asks whether connection is Wireless or Non-Wireless and runs accordingly...Is that making it too verbose or does it help....

Opinions Please...

01micko · #144 Post by **01micko** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 02:11

gposil wrote:A simple fix for the Pwireless2 prob would be a slightly altered First Start Wizard.

When you click Internet/Network Setup button, it asks whether connection is Wireless or Non-Wireless and runs accordingly...Is that making it too verbose or does it help....

Opinions Please...

I think that is a good idea

cthisbear · #145 Post by **cthisbear** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 03:38

gposil:

Fails to find wireless on Dell Inspion 1525..
short test at The Good Guys yesterday.
I have 2 similar next door I'd like to get working.

Probably this.

Dell Wireless 1397 802.11b/g Half Mini Card

http://configure.ap.dell.com/dellstore/ ... &cs=audhs1

//////////

Booting on my comp...
2.8 gig Celeron...Gigabyte..Radeon 9200
OK but got wpa error...???
Connected OK to the net.
Firefox won't work on ST George Bank = Logon

http://www.stgeorge.com.au ...RHS top of screen.
Java moment????????????
Seamonkey installed...your repo, failed to open.

mp4 not working.
Used your repo ..Gnome player??

Read everything.

But a real B.....d trying to find Gnome player icon
to make it work as default...drag it etc.

ISO movies played in the above.

Sorry for vague feedback.
This was tested yesterday.
Happy New Year Mr G.

Chris.

tubeguy · #146 Post by **tubeguy** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 04:11

gposil wrote:A simple fix for the Pwireless2 prob would be a slightly altered First Start Wizard.

When you click Internet/Network Setup button, it asks whether connection is Wireless or Non-Wireless and runs accordingly...Is that making it too verbose or does it help....

Opinions Please...

That would be excellent!

gposil · #147 Post by **gposil** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 04:55

cthisbear

St George Bank site requires Sun Java Runtime to render correctly...

Mp4 works here, just click on mp4 file and it will play.

Don't know Gnome Player you talk about, not in Dpup repo

Cheers
Guy

EDIT: With regard to your Dell Inspiron, Dell have a Broadcom Proprietary Driver for Dell Laptops, it is here http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/ ... 9.3.tar.gz

If you're not happy compiling kernel modules, "here's one I prepared earlier".

.

omskates · #148 Post by **omskates** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 06:52

I downloaded DPup, 3 seperate times all different uploads now to test and I get boot failure everytime. Never experienced this before with any other Puppy version or derivative of.

isolinux :Disk error 80, AX=4260, drive 9F

Maybe I'm not downloading the correct file, but pretty sure I am.

Still no problems downloading, burning and booting others at this time.

dejan555 · #149 Post by **dejan555** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 06:59

Did you verify md5sum? Are you downloading with wget command or with browsers download manager? you should use wget -t0 -c url

omskates · #150 Post by **omskates** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 09:01

Thnnkyou dejan, I will download using wget when I'm off work. So accustomed to just using the browser.

gyro · #151 Post by **gyro** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 10:23

MinHundHettePerro wrote:rename /root/Startup/Pwireless2 to /root/Startup/.Pwireless2.

Another way to stop /root/Startup/Pwireless2 from running is to remove all it's execute permissions.
I did this to stop the "Wpa_supplicant failed to start" message on a machine that has no wireless hardware.

The problem appears to be that the beginning of this script fails to exit when the machine has no wireless hardware.
It might help if "/usr/local/Pwireless2/interface" in dpup-484.sfs was an empty file, instead of containing "ra0".

gyro

#152 Post by **ttuuxxx** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 15:41

Hi Gpossil I see your trying to put together a small mediaplayer, well as i was reading some of the forum post, one in particular mentioned Kdenlive and ubuntu, The I looked at the packages and notice "melt" then I look at the home page for melt and well this is the just of it.

"media player and video editor

melt was meant as a test tool for the MLT framework, but it is also a powerful multitrack command line oriented video editor. It could also used as an minimalistic media player for audio and video files."
It uses ffmpeg and sdl as the backend, I managed to somewhat compile it without sdl, there was a error or so but it still packaged and ran via the terminal.
anyways here's the homepage
http://www.mltframework.org/twiki/bin/view/MLT/

ttuuxxx

murmelbahn · #153 Post by **murmelbahn** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 18:48

MHHP:
many thanks, right-clicking to configure mplayer plug-in did the trick!

MVH,
JR

dejan555 · #154 Post by **dejan555** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 20:11

Anyone using some SFS modules on 484? I fail to load one again. I tried moving it to second column in boot manager and ticking/unticking ignore user selection but whatever combination it doesn't work for me?

Jim1911 · #155 Post by **Jim1911** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 20:41

dejan555 wrote:Anyone using some SFS modules on 484? I fail to load one again. I tried moving it to second column in boot manager and ticking/unticking ignore user selection but whatever combination it doesn't work for me?

I'm using OpenOffice-3.1.1.sfs4.sfs and dpup-devx-484-SP1.sfs with a frugal installation without any problems.

Cheers,
Jim

dejan555 · #156 Post by **dejan555** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 21:06

Oops, it seems it was sfs3

BTW, anyone knows some net monitor /w sys tray feature similar to blinky for using /w fluxbox?
When using /w jwm/icewm blinky is not really in system tray but "embeded" in panel.

tony · #157 Post by **tony** » Tue 05 Jan 2010, 22:48

Hi,

has anyone tried to get an Nvidia graphics card working in dpup482?

I have tried Grays PET and dpup package manager download without success.

From googling I have seen there were problems in Debian Lenny.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards Tony.

dejan555 · #158 Post by **dejan555** » Wed 06 Jan 2010, 00:23

Someone already said you can't use propietary gfx drivers from debian repo,they have to be compiled on dpup.

gposil · #159 Post by **gposil** » Wed 06 Jan 2010, 00:30

Yes tony, the nvidia and ati propritary kernel drivers need to be compiled in Dpup...I will be releasing nVidia and ATI drivers soon, but I have to finish work on xorg upgrade for Dpup first...

.

Jim1911 · #160 Post by **Jim1911** » Wed 06 Jan 2010, 01:59

gposil wrote:Yes tony, the nvidia and ati propritary kernel drivers need to be compiled in Dpup...I will be releasing nVidia and ATI drivers soon, but I have to finish work on xorg upgrade for Dpup first...
.

Thank you,
Jim

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