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Posted: Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:33
by adXok
With Barry's Original Puppy I seem to not have these problems with the Cyrillic letters (fonts aren't any problem at all)... strange! Or maybe not so strange.
I just got one issue with Cyrillic letters with Geany text editor in barry's Original Puppy:
the name of the file (in Cyrillic) doesn't show up properly on the Geany's window panel and on the Tab of the same file also.
Other than that Cyrillic is properly shown and treated when browsing, naming a file, copy/paste to locations and so on.
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Seems the problem is with XFCE in NOP Pyppy and with a particular program like in Geany and maybe others. I suppose the issues could be easy fixed. At least the languages' characters must always be supported.
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And onother question! I have installed Skype but I cannot make a Skype Icon on the desktop or in the top panel. How to do that?
I just want a simple Icon and to be able to change it's icon image with the Skype's one or some .png or .svg or whatever but not that gear-like icon.
Posted: Sat 24 Apr 2010, 15:35
by steve_s
adXok wrote:With Barry's Original Puppy I seem to not have these problems with the Cyrillic letters (fonts aren't any problem at all)... strange! Or maybe not so strange.
I just got one issue with Cyrillic letters with Geany text editor in barry's Original Puppy:
the name of the file (in Cyrillic) doesn't show up properly on the Geany's window panel and on the Tab of the same file also.
Other than that Cyrillic is properly shown and treated when browsing, naming a file, copy/paste to locations and so on.
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Seems the problem is with XFCE in NOP Pyppy and with a particular program like in Geany and maybe others. I suppose the issues could be easy fixed. At least the languages' characters must always be supported.
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And onother question! I have installed Skype but I cannot make a Skype Icon on the desktop or in the top panel. How to do that?
I just want a simple Icon and to be able to change it's icon image with the Skype's one or some .png or .svg or whatever but not that gear-like icon.
Does something like this help (refer to picture attached). It sets the keyboard layout. I see that us is the only default one...don't know if you've messed with that yet.
Posted: Sat 24 Apr 2010, 19:52
by adXok
О, I have already set up that.
I loaded as a second layout the Bulgarian Phonetc as I usualy do.
It is not that the problem. It has something to do with UTF-8 UTF-16 or default ISO-8859-1 coding of symbols in XFCE and as a global setting in 'locale' file... wherever that may be.
Posted: Sat 24 Apr 2010, 21:57
by steve_s
How about this...from terminal run:
Have you done that already, adXok?
Posted: Sun 25 Apr 2010, 10:28
by adXok
How could I miss that in a first place.
OMG, I wrote in Terminal:
chooselocale
Then a window opened, i choose
bg for Bulgarian and ticked the:
UTF-8 coding
That simple!!! But it finaly worked!
I am happy and ashamed!
Posted: Sun 25 Apr 2010, 10:39
by ragaman
Hi, Gray. Thanks for this wonderful puplet.
I encountered a problem in printing to a shared Windows printer though. When I print a test page, it displays a "Can't load /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it" error.
My samba.conf is located in /etc/opt/samba/ and is the default of NOP 4.3.1. I have not touched it.
Thanks.
Posted: Sun 25 Apr 2010, 13:15
by steve_s
adXok wrote:How could I miss that in a first place.
OMG, I wrote in Terminal:
chooselocale
Then a window opened, i choose
bg for Bulgarian and ticked the:
UTF-8 coding
That simple!!! But it finaly worked!
I am happy and ashamed!
Ha! You're hardly the first to miss something simple...that's why I suggested it 'cause I know when I miss something it's usually the simple answer, and I've done it many, many times...glad it is working for you now!
Posted: Tue 27 Apr 2010, 18:24
by adXok
And onother question! I have installed Skype but I cannot make a Skype Icon on the desktop or in the top panel. How to do that?
I just want a simple Icon and to be able to change it's icon image with the Skype's one or some .png or .svg or whatever but not that gear-like icon.
I cannot make a desktop icon...
P.S. Oh, i make a symlink of the skype app but cannot change the icon and most badly the settings are the default ones (it didnt start with bulgarian menus and etc.)!
Posted: Wed 28 Apr 2010, 11:23
by steve_s
adXok wrote:
And onother question! I have installed Skype but I cannot make a Skype Icon on the desktop or in the top panel. How to do that?
I just want a simple Icon and to be able to change it's icon image with the Skype's one or some .png or .svg or whatever but not that gear-like icon.
I cannot make a desktop icon...
P.S. Oh, i make a symlink of the skype app but cannot change the icon and most badly the settings are the default ones (it didnt start with bulgarian menus and etc.)!
Try this:
here
Posted: Thu 29 Apr 2010, 18:48
by adXok
Ok, another problem I just had.
I cannot setup a PPPOE connection!!! Puppy only gives me the DHCP connection setup by default.
I tried at lest 5 or 6 suggested threads here but with no success.
My Internet Provider told me that my IP is dynamic (fo ra first time in my life I use that type of IP). The connection is PPPOE with login (username and pass). Under Windows XP Pro SP3 the settings passed smooth, no problems but in Puppy NOP I cannot find the right way to setup it right (and it is important as I use 99% of my Internet surfing with Puppy!!!).
So could someone help me set up the PPPOE right and from where to do that in Puppy NOP? Thanks in advance!
P.S. Please tell me if it is bad to connect via PPPOE and what (dis)advantages it offers me over DHCP as I had NO problems for at lest 5 years with DHCP.
EDIT:
I do not know what I did specificaly but I messed around with the pppoe-setup and after some tweaking and multiple times commanding it: pppoe-start
I t finaly ran!
xfce panel
Posted: Thu 06 May 2010, 19:47
by itachikun
hi there,
i'm new to linux and get interested in NOP. i'm going to use it in my internet caffe.
i need some help :
- how to disable right click on panel so user can't edit panel setting (moreover can't delete the panel) ?
is there any software or application or tool or trick that works as "Deep freeze" like in Micr*s*ft Wind**s ?
thanks
PS : Sorry, my English is bad, so i write it just to the point.
Hey Gray
Posted: Thu 06 May 2010, 21:01
by Max Headroom
Hey G'day Gray Do U have any Plans 2 Do Y'r Magic w/ Quirky + Xfce + Opera Mate?
Ps Go the Crusaders!
Please SumBody AnyBody Help Save Me Network Settings
Posted: Wed 19 May 2010, 12:23
by Max Headroom
Please SumBody AnyBody Help Save Me Network Configuration.
Despite Answering Yes Keep the Configuration 4 Next Boot it Forgets Like an aLzheimer's Sufferer
, So I have 2 Manually Re - eNter Me IP Address & Gateway Ev'ryTime
,
Please Wot's the File & File / Path I Need 2 Fix & How...
Also I Wunder if this Related 2 Opera Not Loading Pages Properly, Altho I've installed SeaMunky 4 Me Wife & it seems 2 be Working OK
Nop 431r2 Report& Inquiry
Posted: Wed 23 Jun 2010, 18:50
by Henry
It's been ages since gray ventured onto the forum. I do wish him well and thanks. No one could fault him for lying low, if he is. He left us a real gift in Nop.
Maybe he will surprise us with a great new version, but right now things are a bit scattered. Maybe it's just as well, as Nop is a very serviceable, finished product, which I have adapted extensively for my working machine and used for years, as described at
http://www.henrystrobel.com/linux.htm
Naturally, I test various new puppies from time to time, but am never tempted away from my custom Nop. First - it would mean a lot of work. Second - they don't have Xfce!
Honorable mention goes to Iguleder's 432, aka 4 Forward. Available with the same kernel as Nop, it can easily upgrade my ancient evolved pup-save. Adds lots of good (non essential to me working stuff) But to replace my Nop? Hardly.
Double post removed, sorry.
Posted: Wed 23 Jun 2010, 18:50
by Henry
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Opera went away. ???
Posted: Sun 28 Nov 2010, 23:25
by Old Max
Greetings.
I've been using NOP 431 for nearly a year now. Just recently I had a problem that is baffling me.
By accident I installed a Lucid .pet (VLC, if it matters), and realizing my mistake, I uninstalled it. Immediately after that, I could not launch Opera from the menu. Clicking on Opera under the Internet menu results in no behavior whatever.
I don't know whether to think that uninstalling VideoLan took some important lib with it, or just somehow messed up the launcher. regrettably, I don't know where the launcher files are or how to check them. Any suggestions? More information on request.
I realize NOP 431 is near, or probably at, EOL, but if someone can advise, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
Old Max
Old Max
Posted: Sun 28 Nov 2010, 23:39
by Max Headroom
Thanks anyway.
Posted: Mon 29 Nov 2010, 11:22
by Old Max
Actually, I was hoping for more of a "solution" type solution, both for learning purposes and to try to recover some (non-critical, fortunately) mail from the other installation. Opera(Linux) seems to be very bad at importing old mail files.
I installed Puppy Lucid 5.11 so that I could post this and operate in the meanwhiles, but I actually prefer the XFCE interface.
Thanks anyway.
Old Max
Re: Thanks anyway.
Posted: Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:17
by DaveS
Old Max wrote:Actually, I was hoping for more of a "solution" type solution
Old Max
OK, lets try to debug it. First just open a terminal and type
Hit 'enter' key. One of two things will happen: either Opera will load, inwhich case it is your menu at fault, or it will not due to missing/deleted libs, inwhich case the terminal output will tell you which ones. Go for it, post back results....
Here's what I get.
Posted: Mon 29 Nov 2010, 23:37
by Old Max
First, thanks for your help. I do appreciate it.
Opening a terminal on the affected system, I get the following two errors:
Code: Select all
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libjvm.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libawt.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored
Googling these, I find it is Java error, and this combination shows up often enough in the Google search to be considered fairly common, IMHO.. I'll research this some more (will need to go offline and poke around the non-working Pup), but if anyone has further suggestions feel free to jump in.
There were actually a few hits on threads from this board, but none that I looked at were helpful to this n00b.
I'll post my experience with what I find once I have something substantive.
Thanks again. I'll be back.
Old Max