Posted: Thu 10 May 2012, 04:13
New release of Diamond on May 9th, 2012. See first post on page 1 of this thread for more information and download link.
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Thank you. I am aiming for a new release at least every 6 months.jackrabbit wrote:Thanks TLM, another quality -beautiful job. Everything works perfect on ibm netvista and thinkpad out of the box! Glad to hear you are working on Slacko version also. Keep them coming, they are very much appreciated versions. Lucid 528 is amazing distro, but with your enhancements, BEAUTIFUL!! Thank-You for your time and effort, I am enjoying this.
The main sfs file is the only thing new. All the changes are wrapped up in it. All other files on the iso are identical the earlier version.nooby wrote:TLM I will try to use your latest on my Acer D255 Netbook.
I have tested the rpt version you had a while back and that
worked good.
Have you take time to check if this latest version allow for
that one just do a upgrade reusing the old savefile replacing
the vmlinuz and the initrd and sfs files.
Or do I have to a pfix=ram frugal insall. I only do frugal.
Does it require manual connection to the internet each time, or just on the first bootup? The manual connection on first boot is the default behavior of Lucid528, i think. It launches right after the country wizard thing. After that, it should automatically connect on each boot.nooby wrote:okay I give it a quick test then. I'm using it now
I only changed the sfs and kept my savefile so
using that one now. The graphic in Firefox is different.
Every char looks different. Don't remember if that where the case
with the old one.
I have to go to bed now. Ask if there is something you want me to test
on such a small "netbook" Acer D255 computer.
oh by the way. It force me to manually do connect to the internet.
That is maybe a security feature?
Another thing. The Cursor looks like a bit railway type if capital I
not the usual one with an arrow. but that is only on this space
when I write. outside of that it change to the arrow.
Hi,Colonel Panic wrote:Hi TLM. I've tried the latest release of Diamond but unfortunately Flash doesn't seem to be installed and didn't run when I reloaded Firefox, even after I installed Flash from the menu.
Is there an easy way of solving hthi?
By the way, I've had problems with Flash in several of the distros I've tried recently, not just Diamond. It seems to be getting more difficult to get it to run in Linux, and I'm thinking of switching to or trying Gnash instead.
Thanks in advance,
CP .
I'm using Full (i.e. with Libre Office).TLM wrote:Ok, I just booted up the Diamond528_512 full and flashplayer version 11,2,202,235 is installed and working on it as well. Have you tried various different flash sites?
Have you tried various versions of flashplayer? GetFlash v1.0 will offer several versions to download. Perhaps the version i packaged with Diamond is not liking your hardware. Could you verify that flashplayer shows up in your Plugins under Firefox--Tools--Add-ons? Are you working from an install, or from the live cd? I have 2 computers here and flashplayer works on both. I will test on some friends PCs and see if there are hardware related compatibility flashplayer issues.Colonel Panic wrote:I'm using Full (i.e. with Libre Office).TLM wrote:Ok, I just booted up the Diamond528_512 full and flashplayer version 11,2,202,235 is installed and working on it as well. Have you tried various different flash sites?
Nope, YouTube Flash still isn't working in Firefox and even when I reinstalled GetFlash from the menu it didn't work either.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
- CP
Good. Still curious about what caused this. I will test on as many machines as i can access to see if i can replicate your situation.Colonel Panic wrote:Hi TLM,
Success at last! GetFlash didn't work at all for me (and nothing was showing up in the Add Ons menu), but what did work was downloading Flash Lucid 10. 3 r181from the Puppy Package Manager, Firefoxt plays You Tube videos just fine now (and the Flash plugin now shows up in the Add Ons menu too).
All's well that ends well! Thanks for your help anyway,
Cheers,
CP .
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sh-4.1# inxi -z -F
System: Host: puppypc Kernel: 2.6.33.2 i686 (32 bit)
Desktop: Openbox 3.4.11 Distro: Diamond Linux
Linux 2.6.33.2 [i686 arch]
Machine: System: manda (portable) product: Intel powered classmate PC version: Gen 1.5L
Mobo: N/A model: N/A Bios: American Megatrends version: CM94515A.86A.0024.2008.0715.1716 date: 07/15/2008
CPU: Single core Intel Core CPU N270 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB flags: (nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3)
Clock Speeds: 1: 1596.096 MHz 2: 1596.096 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller
X.org: 1.7.6 driver: intel tty size: 79x23 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card: Intel N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: HDA Intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.21
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169
IF: eth2 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 34.1GB (4.6% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_HS030GB size: 30.0GB
2: id: /dev/sdb model: U3_Cruzer_Micro size: 4.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 1010M used: 56M (6%) fs: rootfs
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info: Processes: 102 Uptime: 19 min Memory: 218.6/2018.4MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.5
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Manufacturer=Ralink
Product=802.11 bg WLAN
VendorID=0db0 ProductID=6877 KERNEL-MODULE=rt73u
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=== CPU ===
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 28
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1596.096
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm
bogomips : 3192.19
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 28
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1596.096
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm
bogomips : 3191.93
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:
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rokytnji wrote:First off. Thanks for the prompt reply.
I took the easy way out and just moved the drive icons and then locked them.
They survived a reboot.
Thanks also for the tint2 tip. I am sure other users of Diamond can benefit from it.
I run tint2 taskbar in fluxbox in AntiX also with a Conky. I tricked it out a bit to make it autohide and look and act like a faux gnome 3 panel.
http://i39.tinypic.com/29llnbt.jpg
That is on a IBM T23 Laptop that triple boots Windows 2K pro/Puppy 520/and Antix 8.5 on a 100 gig hard drive.
Cool! I really like the lightweight panels and window managers, even on strong hardware.
My pastebin files if you care to look at them
http://pastebin.com/zhx39vRE
http://pastebin.com/8gjFkgZ8
Happy Trails, Rok