Quirky 1.0 feedback
quirky has worked very well for me also. X is working perfectly. 1 thing i have to continually do is reconnect to my wireless network though. if i walk away from my computer, when I return I have to run the network wizard again. I am not sure the minimum amount of time before I get disconnected but I would guess it has something to do with the power management in quirky (just a guess). I did not have this issue in 431. Thank you for your work.
And as an aside, I really like the fbpanel. Very nice.
And as an aside, I really like the fbpanel. Very nice.
Hehe... see pic.
Found today May 5, 2010 at Distrowatch. Proof attached!
I myself never thought of BK as a "crator", but perhaps the editor at Distrowatch had a vision... I knew Barry cre-a-ted Linux distros; I didn't know he also crated them!
I have the greatest respect for people who work in the forwarding and boxing industries, BTW.
The word "crator" does not exist in the English dictionary. However, apparently there used to be a picture of a Christ "Panto-crator" [from an ancient Greek word meaning all-powerful] in the Christian Orthodox Church, in Hagia Sophia, in Constantinople (now Istambul), I think. Nothing to do with boxes or shipping, though.
Back to our Distrowatch editor:
Maybe the editor at Distrowatch is working on a new definition of distros as "crates" -- but very few distros come in actual boxes nowadays!
Maybe he's thinking of the impact Quirky will have on the Linux community -- such as a crater ! Yay!
Enjoy the pun!
Found today May 5, 2010 at Distrowatch. Proof attached!
I myself never thought of BK as a "crator", but perhaps the editor at Distrowatch had a vision... I knew Barry cre-a-ted Linux distros; I didn't know he also crated them!
I have the greatest respect for people who work in the forwarding and boxing industries, BTW.
The word "crator" does not exist in the English dictionary. However, apparently there used to be a picture of a Christ "Panto-crator" [from an ancient Greek word meaning all-powerful] in the Christian Orthodox Church, in Hagia Sophia, in Constantinople (now Istambul), I think. Nothing to do with boxes or shipping, though.
Back to our Distrowatch editor:
Maybe the editor at Distrowatch is working on a new definition of distros as "crates" -- but very few distros come in actual boxes nowadays!
Maybe he's thinking of the impact Quirky will have on the Linux community -- such as a crater ! Yay!
Enjoy the pun!
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Last edited by musher0 on Wed 05 May 2010, 15:39, edited 1 time in total.
musher0
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Sage, I agree about Firefox. Most users prefer that one.
That one in Q1 seems to hold the line while same in Lupu115 doesn't.
So one need to check up on something which was explained in a thread way back some weeks ago. A simple CLI Console thing and it added that feature. IIRC
I had same problem as you had in Puppy 431 and then somebody told me a bout SNS. Simple Network Setup.sinc wrote:quirky has worked very well for me also. X is working perfectly. 1 thing i have to continually do is reconnect to my wireless network though. if i walk away from my computer, when I return I have to run the network wizard again. I am not sure the minimum amount of time before I get disconnected but I would guess it has something to do with the power management in quirky (just a guess). I did not have this issue in 431. Thank you for your work.
And as an aside, I really like the fbpanel. Very nice.
That one in Q1 seems to hold the line while same in Lupu115 doesn't.
So one need to check up on something which was explained in a thread way back some weeks ago. A simple CLI Console thing and it added that feature. IIRC
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
not an ideal solution though
Internet radios
Maybe because I am a newbie but I can’t get internet radios to work.... no sound. All the other multimedia e.g. pupRadio works perfectly. I have used Quirky 008 where radios worked out of the box. I am used to listen these radios:
http://www.nrj.fi/etusivu
http://www.nrj.fi/etusivu
@Sage:
Yep, you're right, it's written Istanbul (beautiful city, BTW). Sorry about that. The corrector stands corrected!
As to aarf's explanation, I'm not sure about losing an "arch" (:-) since I'm using Puppy/Quirky -- or sometimes some other distro --, but I'm lucky that I didn't have any "crates" sent there!
Cheers!
Yep, you're right, it's written Istanbul (beautiful city, BTW). Sorry about that. The corrector stands corrected!
As to aarf's explanation, I'm not sure about losing an "arch" (:-) since I'm using Puppy/Quirky -- or sometimes some other distro --, but I'm lucky that I didn't have any "crates" sent there!
Cheers!
musher0
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"You want it darker? We kill the flame." (L. Cohen)
Update;tom4jean wrote:Chat / ATTYM is not working.
First run it gives me the dialog to make a user name and then once I click to to start, it does not open.
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#attym attym: error while loading shared libraries: libxcb-xlb.so.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory #
I installed the libxcb-1.0 pet from this forum thread and it fixed it;
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=30268
AKA: tom4jesus; Running Quirky 1.0 on Compaq cq10 netbook
Search the Puppy Forums to find that elusive PET;
[url]http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyLinuxSearchEngine[/url]
Search the Puppy Forums to find that elusive PET;
[url]http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyLinuxSearchEngine[/url]
quirky 1.0 occasional error message on bootup
- Setting up the layered file system...EXT2-fs (loop1): error: ext2_free_blocks: bit already cleared for block 103455
Took upgrade route from quirky013, which had been upgraded since 006 so it may be pushing the limits. But, no problems so far other than the above message.
NOTE:
I dropped in jwm492 to test: This version solves the problem of a few rare apps that run but do not appear on screen. eg. dillo2.2, maybe yudit.
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The libxcb-1.0 pet mentioned on previous page will install to /usr/lib, thus they will have precedence over the libxcb*'s already in /usr/X11R7/lib. That works, but it may be overkill. This pet will provide only the missing lib for a temporary fix. It installs to /usr/X11R7/lib:
(in either case, they should be uninstalled when the standard version is available)
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Bug fix: Quirky 1.0
[CPU Frequency Scaling Tool] doesn't start.
JWM|Utility|CPU Frequency Scaling Tool
It is unresponsive even if it clicks.
JWM|Utility|CPU Frequency Scaling Tool
It is unresponsive even if it clicks.
menu code:
/usr/local/cpu-freq/cpu_freq
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/usr/local/cpu-freq/cpu_freq -start
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# cd /usr/share/applications
# ls cpu_freq*
cpu_freq.desktop
# geany cpu_freq.desktop
---- Start ----------------------------------
Exec=/usr/local/cpu-freq/cpu_freq -start
---- End ------------------------------------
Feedback
Processor: Intel Celron (Pentium III/ Pentium III Xeon/ Celron)
Memory: 383 M
Audio Adapter: ICH - Intel 82801BA-ICH2
Have checked and used:
Network wizard
Seamonkey
PMusic
Gnome Media player
pupRadio
Pnethood
Haven't checked printing as I don't have a printer hooked up to this computer.
So far everything seems to work great. Seamonkey did crash opening one page on one web site, but it used to do the same thing in 4.3.1. It is something about that particular site and I am used to it.
No hard numbers here, but my feeling is that Quirky is more nimble and responsive than 4.3.1. All in all a great job.
Memory: 383 M
Audio Adapter: ICH - Intel 82801BA-ICH2
Have checked and used:
Network wizard
Seamonkey
PMusic
Gnome Media player
pupRadio
Pnethood
Haven't checked printing as I don't have a printer hooked up to this computer.
So far everything seems to work great. Seamonkey did crash opening one page on one web site, but it used to do the same thing in 4.3.1. It is something about that particular site and I am used to it.
No hard numbers here, but my feeling is that Quirky is more nimble and responsive than 4.3.1. All in all a great job.
Re: quirky 1.0 occasional error message on bootup
Use the pet from upnorth and NOT the one I mentioned earlier.-----------------
The libxcb-1.0 pet mentioned on previous page will install to /usr/lib, thus they will have precedence over the libxcb*'s already in /usr/X11R7/lib. That works, but it may be overkill. This pet will provide only the missing lib for a temporary fix. It installs to /usr/X11R7/lib:
(in either case, they should be uninstalled when the standard version is available)
I discovered that although the one I recommended did let chat start it broke Geany.
So I uninstalled it and installed this one from upnorth and now both chat and Geany work.
Sorry about that.
AKA: tom4jesus; Running Quirky 1.0 on Compaq cq10 netbook
Search the Puppy Forums to find that elusive PET;
[url]http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyLinuxSearchEngine[/url]
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[url]http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyLinuxSearchEngine[/url]
Upgrading from Quirky 021 on a multisession DVD-RW to Quirky 100 on a multisession DVD-RW.
I Burned the iso with Pburn in Quirky 021 instead of Burniso2cd, to see how well multisession DVDs burned with Pburn work, then rebooted with the newly burned Quirky 100 DVD in the drive, choosing to "save to the CD." This has always worked before as a way to upgrade a multisession Puppy to a new version. It worked this time too, but with a hitch. The screen gave the usual message that it was saving the session to the first track of the new DVD, and the drive light indicated activity. Usually that would be the end of it but after the drive light went out the screen said it was time for a new disk or something. Figuring that everything I needed from Quirky 021 had been correctly saved to the newly burned Quirky 100 DVD, I held the start button in to force the computer to turn off, then rebooted. Everything was as it should be. All my settings and installed programs from Quirky 021 had been transferred to the new Quirky 100 multisession DVD-RW.
I'll burn the next Quirky iso with Burniso2cd, to see if the same thing happens.
I Burned the iso with Pburn in Quirky 021 instead of Burniso2cd, to see how well multisession DVDs burned with Pburn work, then rebooted with the newly burned Quirky 100 DVD in the drive, choosing to "save to the CD." This has always worked before as a way to upgrade a multisession Puppy to a new version. It worked this time too, but with a hitch. The screen gave the usual message that it was saving the session to the first track of the new DVD, and the drive light indicated activity. Usually that would be the end of it but after the drive light went out the screen said it was time for a new disk or something. Figuring that everything I needed from Quirky 021 had been correctly saved to the newly burned Quirky 100 DVD, I held the start button in to force the computer to turn off, then rebooted. Everything was as it should be. All my settings and installed programs from Quirky 021 had been transferred to the new Quirky 100 multisession DVD-RW.
I'll burn the next Quirky iso with Burniso2cd, to see if the same thing happens.
quirky debuts at number 24 on 7 day list. not bad at all.
should hit at least top 5 after a full week at that rate.
should hit at least top 5 after a full week at that rate.
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Most likely it is about size. He wants a certain size to help those living far from the station.nubc wrote:Seamonkey 1.1.18??? If Quirky is an experimental version, why are we working with an old version of Seamonkey? So then, is Quirky gonna be like Debian Lenny (stable)? Wouldn't it be better, more progressive to work on integrating Seamonkey 2.x?
I know such do matters. A relative lived two kilometers outside of my hometown and they relied on expensive Mobile Cell phone for internet. VEry expensive compared to landline DSL or ppoe Modem and I am lucky living close to a station that have fiber so me have some 50MB line most of the time.
But maybe Barry also like the Seamonkey.
Deal with it I guess he would say. I would prefer we had latest Firefox so every newbie knew what to do from scratch.
in Lupu you can chose which browser to use. That is the preferred way to me. To each their own pref.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
not an ideal solution though