Racy NOP 5.2.2
Can't print from Gimp in RacyNop
One more thing I've been trying to do in RacyNop - print from from Gimp. It was never a problem in QuirkyNop.
@ gray:
Don't ask me which version of Gimp. I think I've tried them all . . . Could someone tell me if or how they got it to work here? Do we need a special version for RacyNop?
When I'm ready to print I look at print preview. It's blank and print puts out a blank page.
Yes, I know of several workarounds (printoxx, etc.) but I'd really like to print from Gimp as I always have.
I've been looking into this problem with some printing experts here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 172#647172
and they suggested I check with you, so here I am.
@ gray:
Don't ask me which version of Gimp. I think I've tried them all . . . Could someone tell me if or how they got it to work here? Do we need a special version for RacyNop?
When I'm ready to print I look at print preview. It's blank and print puts out a blank page.
Yes, I know of several workarounds (printoxx, etc.) but I'd really like to print from Gimp as I always have.
I've been looking into this problem with some printing experts here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 172#647172
and they suggested I check with you, so here I am.
Reboot/Shutdown fix
Henry, I edited /usr/sbin/shutdownconfig in each recent puppy, as shutdown/reboot regularly hung. Not quite sure why it works, but line 646 is commented out thus:
### exit 254 #wmreboot and wmpoweroff can cancel shutdown.
### exit 254 #wmreboot and wmpoweroff can cancel shutdown.
Re: Reboot/Shutdown fix
Thanks, ozsouth, but that did not affect my particular reboot problem.ozsouth wrote:Henry, I edited /usr/sbin/shutdownconfig in each recent puppy, as shutdown/reboot regularly hung. Not quite sure why it works, but line 646 is commented out thus:
### exit 254 #wmreboot and wmpoweroff can cancel shutdown.
I would like to modify the desktop "farmhouse" image by "inverting" it so that it is back to front - placing the windmill on the right hand side where it will not interfere with the appearance of the icons. Can anyone suggest which folder contains the original "farmhouse" image please? thx.
EDIT: Actually, I just found it - it is in the /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops folder. Will try editing the image now.
EDIT: Actually, I just found it - it is in the /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops folder. Will try editing the image now.
"Solved" (Use PreciseNop, not RacyNop!)
I wrote above:
This is the last version that uses Gtk-2, so I plan to stick with it for a while in Puppy . . .
EDIT: Nov 18,2012. I have advanced to PreciseNop and Gimp-2.8 now prints.)
EDIT: March 2013 Graphics editing: I continue to use mtPaint for routine and Gimp for more critical photo editing. I have dumped Fotoxx - good but quirky, and littered my hard drive with thumbnails that had to be searched and deleted folder by folder.
I am now cured of the gimp! I could not determine whether the printing problem was in Gimp or in RacyNop. I've used Gimp for years but it's development schedule is creepy and uncoordinated. Help is poorly integrated and of course it lacks a file browser. Having tried Fotoxx on and off for years and finally become comfortable with its odd but well conceived UI I have switched to Fotoxx ver. 12.01.1 as compiled by pemasu. This is many times smaller, simpler, and comparably capable to Gimp. It takes a while to get used to, but then some never get used to Gimp. Please note that I am looking at it as a photo editor, not a drawing creator!Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:07 am Post subject: Can't print from Gimp in RacyNop
Subject description: Gimp works otherwise.
One more thing I've been trying to do in RacyNop - print from from Gimp. It was never a problem in QuirkyNop
This is the last version that uses Gtk-2, so I plan to stick with it for a while in Puppy . . .
EDIT: Nov 18,2012. I have advanced to PreciseNop and Gimp-2.8 now prints.)
EDIT: March 2013 Graphics editing: I continue to use mtPaint for routine and Gimp for more critical photo editing. I have dumped Fotoxx - good but quirky, and littered my hard drive with thumbnails that had to be searched and deleted folder by folder.
Last edited by Henry on Wed 13 Mar 2013, 23:41, edited 2 times in total.
Surprise - a NEW NOP from gray
gray, I happened to see this on your usual repository at
http://download.tuxfamily.org/nop
It seems that whenever I have my favorite NOP (currently RacyNop) installed to my satisfaction you bring out a new one to tempt me.
Actually, I've been following Saluki for some time. It uses Xfce already (a requirement for me). It also seems to attempt rational remastering.
I have just now downloaded it with the blue gum? trees. Well blue anyway.
Thanks, Henry
http://download.tuxfamily.org/nop
It seems that whenever I have my favorite NOP (currently RacyNop) installed to my satisfaction you bring out a new one to tempt me.
Actually, I've been following Saluki for some time. It uses Xfce already (a requirement for me). It also seems to attempt rational remastering.
I have just now downloaded it with the blue gum? trees. Well blue anyway.
Thanks, Henry
A new NOP from gray
Thanks for the pointer Henry. As an old boxpup fan currently using Saluki 023 alongside a much loved and modded boxpup, I had to give it a spin. It is indeed Saluki set up with grays inimitable touch. Very much as I like Saluki pruned and honed. I diddled with the panels and Opera a bit for look and feel, turned off the desktop icons and it runs well and looks good. It certainly deserves a thread in the derivatives section. I did have to copy the intel ipw2200 firmware from /lib/modules/all-firmware/ip2200 to /lib/firmware to get my intel pro wireless card to work, much as in the first release of wheezey. Other than that it is swimmingly happy on both my laptops, a Dell D610 and a Fujitsu S6120, both intel i915 graphics, Pentium M processors, 1Gb memory, Grub4dos installs to cf cards in ide adaptors or USB drives accessed from Plop on the primary cf card Grub4dos setup. Idle CPU use on the Fujitsu, slightly the slower machine is < 4%. The Dell < 3%.
As an aside, the hardware acceleration in Opera 12.02 actually seems to speed up HTML5 rendering and drop cpu use on these two i915 laptops. opera:gpu checks it, look for acceleration in opera:config and try it out. I usually run with flash on demand only but this isn't possible with HTML5 content.
Cheers,
As an aside, the hardware acceleration in Opera 12.02 actually seems to speed up HTML5 rendering and drop cpu use on these two i915 laptops. opera:gpu checks it, look for acceleration in opera:config and try it out. I usually run with flash on demand only but this isn't possible with HTML5 content.
Cheers,
Pups currently in kennel :D Older LxPupSc and X-slacko-4.4 for my users; LxPupSc, LxPupSc64 and upupEF for me. All good pups indeed, and all running savefiles for look'n'feel only. Browsers, etc. solely from SFS.
New iso for RacyNOP
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=81031
The above is highly recommended. ozsouth offers a new iso that is based on Racy-5.3.2 instead of 5.2.2
It has improvements from 5.3, most notably that unionfs is replaced by aufs making the desktop icons update correctly. Also no whiteouts.
The upgrade was trouble free, using the existing racysave.2fs (increased by just a few Mb), with everything working as before. The new kernel is 3.0.25
The above is highly recommended. ozsouth offers a new iso that is based on Racy-5.3.2 instead of 5.2.2
It has improvements from 5.3, most notably that unionfs is replaced by aufs making the desktop icons update correctly. Also no whiteouts.
The upgrade was trouble free, using the existing racysave.2fs (increased by just a few Mb), with everything working as before. The new kernel is 3.0.25
PreciseNop does not have these problems!
gray's new PreciseNop has just emerged.
I am pleased to report that it does not have the "blind logout" and reboot problems reported in RacyNop -5.2.2 reported above.
I am pleased to report that it does not have the "blind logout" and reboot problems reported in RacyNop -5.2.2 reported above.