(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Hi Barry,

/usr/X11R7 is a real pain, glad to see you solved it. (see pkgconfig and geany compilation problems).
Other non standard stuff in T2 or puppy :
- /root/Choices/
- /usr/share/midi-icons/ , /usr/share/mini-icons/

Cheers

Has anyone built a wine for the 32bit version of 7.0.4.1?

And I can't seem to find the old wine thread anywhere in a search for some reason!

thanks
scsijon

01micko wrote:Hi Barry,

I notice you had trouble finding decent sources for gcolorsel. That program is nowhere near as good as the good old gcolor2 (which I'm sure you found the sources but couldn't build). From your blog <-- http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00134

Quickly scanning that link, note that I do not use flsynclient 0.7, it is broken. I use a patched 0.6:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky ... d2.tar.bz2

01micko wrote:Hi Barry,

I notice you had trouble finding decent sources for gcolorsel. That program is nowhere near as good as the good old gcolor2 (which I'm sure you found the sources but couldn't build). From your blog <-- http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00134

Forgive me for the OOT. Why not use "Xdialog --colorsel" instead?

jamesbond wrote:

01micko wrote:Hi Barry,

I notice you had trouble finding decent sources for gcolorsel. That program is nowhere near as good as the good old gcolor2 (which I'm sure you found the sources but couldn't build). From your blog <-- http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00134

Forgive me for the OOT. Why not use "Xdialog --colorsel" instead?

Simply for the colours from rgb.txt. That's the only reason.

I have just received a PM from robwoj44.

Sometime ago, he internationalised flsynclient 0.7, but that version is broken.

He has just informed me that he has almost finished internationalising my 0.6-patched2 source.

Done
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 318#820318

Barry,

I'm using 7.0.4.1 livecd 32-bit. I like it. Particularly, the ability to make room by deleting stuff I no longer need in /root. I hope you'll be making an updated all 32-bit version with an updated Seamonkey.

I'd like to repair my /dev/sdf5. Do I need to get code page 437 first? Thanks

zygo wrote:Barry,

I'm using 7.0.4.1 livecd 32-bit. I like it. Particularly, the ability to make room by deleting stuff I no longer need in /root. I hope you'll be making an updated all 32-bit version with an updated Seamonkey.

I'd like to repair my /dev/sdf5. Do I need to get code page 437 first?

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# fsck /dev/sdf5 
fsck from util-linux 2.24.2
CP437: Invalid argument
fsck.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)
Read 32 bytes at 20439552:Input/output error

Thanks

Do you have one of those early 32-bit-only Pentium-class CPUs?

I don't know about that error. Did you try running fsck.fat directly:
# fsck.fat /dev/sdf5

Hi Barry.
I have used tahrpup in order to compare it to quirky. Even so I am very impressed by tahrpups many features and applications, for me the most striking feature of tahrpup is the incredible booting speed from the time of powering on my laptop up to the desktop and vice versa.
I just wonder whether that kind of technology or programming could be introduced to Quirky ? Because even so Quirky is a nice puppy its none the less a lame duck if it comes to booting and power off time . Thanks for your time.
Ulrich

Barry,

The CPU is "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz" -- all 32-bit I believe. I used this phrase because you keep referring to running 32-bit apps in a 64-bit OS.

Just a minute. I've never seen a 64-bit system advertised I think. And 64-bit systems run 32-bit OSs. Is there a utility to tell me if I have one.

zygo wrote:Barry,

The CPU is "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz" -- all 32-bit I believe. I used this phrase because you keep referring to running 32-bit apps in a 64-bit OS.

Just a minute. I've never seen a 64-bit system advertised I think. And 64-bit systems run 32-bit OSs. Is there a utility to tell me if I have one.

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# fsck.fat /dev/sdf5 
CP437: Invalid argument
fsck.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)
Read 32 bytes at 20439552:Input/output error

According to Intel that's a 64 bit cpu.....

http://ark.intel.com/products/30781/Int ... 00-MHz-FSB

-Advanced Technologies
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡ No
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡ No
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡ No
Intel® 64 ‡ Yes
Idle States Yes
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology Yes
Intel® Demand Based Switching No
Thermal Monitoring Technologies Yes

Intel® 64 architecture delivers 64-bit computing on server, workstation, desktop and mobile platforms when combined with supporting software.¹ Intel 64 architecture improves performance by allowing systems to address more than 4 GB of both virtual and physical memory.

That being said,I still run a couple of old Intel dual-cores that are strictly 32 bit....... still quite a few around in use.

TIW wrote:Hi Barry.
I have used tahrpup in order to compare it to quirky. Even so I am very impressed by tahrpups many features and applications, for me the most striking feature of tahrpup is the incredible booting speed from the time of powering on my laptop up to the desktop and vice versa.
I just wonder whether that kind of technology or programming could be introduced to Quirky ? Because even so Quirky is a nice puppy its none the less a lame duck if it comes to booting and power off time . Thanks for your time.
Ulrich

You are probably comparing the live-CD boot times.

Quirky April-series is not really intended for live-CD boot, I just added that. Quirky is for conventional full installations.

You need to compare oranges with oranges, not oranges with cheese.

So, for example compare the booting speed installed to a USB stick, or a full (not frugal) install to a hard drive partition.

I have started a new thread for the "neo64" build:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=101159

You will need a 64-bit CPU!

I am new to Quirky64. Just downloaded the 64bit Quirky7.0.4.1 two weeks ago and run smoothly. Thanks for Barry and all contributors for such a wonderful derivative. Can anyone give me some guidance & advice as how to run WINE in 64bit Quirky7.0.4.1 as I need to run one windows application(yes, only one at this moment). I tried several pets of WINE but all failed . If I can run WINE in 64bit Quirky7.0.4.1 then I would no longer need Microsoft at all.

Consider this thread now dead.

Quirky 7.2 has been released, and I have started a new thread:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=101217

Hello ,for 32 bit is x86 folder right ?
I just downloaded 7.0.3 but didn't check 1st

just a little note for developers using this one.

The dev package is missing the ncurses-dev pet so you need to add that in from the pet packages list.

regards

I downloaded a 32 bit version of April 7.2.1 , there dont seem to be any browsers in the repositories

t2 official quirky6-official and pet-april
are almost empty

any help?

I updated the package manager as well

Is there a way that a lightweight puppy can be made or modify and existing version to run Virtualbox or some kind of Virtual layer currently better than WIne? this is so peeps can run Windows xp apps and still use puppy linux as its so handy and fast.

There are no lightweight linux versions out there as reliable and simple to use as puppy versions and the ones that run VM are bloated to help these young gamer junkies.

Ive been running linuxmint on an 64gb usb flash drive and have go back to puppy precise to run wine as it was the only version of any linux that I could use adobe photoshop 3, illustrator 7,8 and 9 without issues and even quarkxpress which are these days their latest version are so bloated they have become useless time consuming nasties.

Unfortunately no Linux apps are available that do what adobe do so quickly, Ive tried for many years with other packages and with my collegues always end up with adobe running on leading edge macs when we want to do this at home on second hand 64 bit laptops that are cheap.

linuxmint is used for the dual language eng/jp as its easier for my wife and myself trying to setup english puppy precise with some kind of no longer supported japanese input

All in all Barry you have been a lifesaver and wish there were more people like you to help with Puppies they are truly ergonomical software that do what we need and want