Fluppy 013

[nooby]

Does Fluppy 007 want it in the same folder or one level off as in other versions of Puppy?

That seems reasonable to expect. I set it up that way. All four files in same subdir named fluppy007

worked good.

[jemimah]

There a four files you need for a frugal - vmlinuz, initrd.gz, flp-xxx.sfs, zfxxxxxx.sfs

OK, I didn't know that zfxxxxxx.sfs was mandatory as it is optional in the other versions of Puppy.

Does Fluppy 007 want it in the same folder or one level off as in other versions of Puppy?

I did put the printer-scanner SFS one level off but Boot Loader complained that it didn't match - is that due to the missing zfxxxxxx.sfs?

The zdrive needs to be in the same directory as the main sfs.

I guess my version number is throwing off the printer_scanner sfs. Just rename it so the name doesn't have any numbers in it and it should work.

[edoc]

The zdrive needs to be in the same directory as the main sfs.

I guess my version number is throwing off the printer_scanner sfs. Just rename it so the name doesn't have any numbers in it and it should work.

That was it on the boot-load problem, zdrive was missing.

Why doesn't the Fluppy logo include the version? "007" would be especially fun to see on the screen!

Renaming printer-scanner-02.sfs to printer-scanner.sfs did not work - SFS boot loader complains that it wants a version 4 to match the kernel - or something like that. Am I the only one having the problem? Perhaps I need to download again.

[Stripe]

Hi all

Everything looking good with 007 in 800mhz 256mb ram land. (full install from manual frugal from downloaded iso, no optical or usb drives)

Love the control panel idea, it keeps the main menu nice and small. I think it is a good idea to remove the printing to a seperate sfs then we can have drivers for everybody and still keep the main sfs size down. Jemimah are you thinking of doing some more for multimedia and/or internet? or do you think it is too radical?, as then we could have a tiny main sfs and a very customisable system without the bloat of unwanted applications.

Off to test the printer sfs
Thank you and well done Jemimah, brilliant as usual
Stripe

[Stripe]

Hi again

printer sfs went straight into a full install using the sfs installer, and printer setup worked like a dream, (after a reboot as was getting a "cant find local host" message without reboot)

edoc will try to install it to a frugal install and will report back

Cheers
Stripe

[Stripe]

Hi edoc

did a frugal install (with the 4 files in the puppy007 directory) placed the printing sfs without any name change outside the puppy007 directory, did a reboot to create a save file, when 007 reloaded it asked if I wanted to install the printer sfs, clicked on it to highlight it, then clicked add and it moved across, then OK to exit the wizzard.
Rebooted again for the sfs file to load, went into control panel then system then cups printer manager, and set the printer up as usual.

Hope this helps and anything else just ask and I will try to help
Stripe

[edoc]

Adding the zf007347.sfs got things working on the CF-28 laptop.

Very odd re printer-scanner. I am getting the printer-scanner SFS version error on my Samsung NB30 Netbook and the Panasonic CF-28 Laptop.

Also, on the CF-28 Hardinfo sees the USB wifi nic RTL8191S and the Internet wizard says it sees the WLAN device but it does not see the wifi signal.

This exact same CF-28 hardware is working fine with spup 040.

WDYT?

[Stripe]

Hi edoc

The only thing I can think of is the naming of the sfs file as they are very sensitive to characters and spaces and that can give the wrong version error, mine reads:
printer-scanner-.02.sfs

with the wireless, are you looking for the right type of stream? wpa for example, I dont use it myself but found that was the problem when setting up someone elses pc to wireless.

Hope this helps
Stripe

[edoc]

The name is the same.

I even tried the version converter and that did not work.

[ecube]

Has anybody successfully installed VirtualBox from the petstore?

That pet only has kernel modules for Puppeee 4.3. I will build the modules for Puppeee 4.4 and Fluppy once I'm happy with the kernel configuration.

I am in no rush to install Virtual Box. Just curious about your happiness with the kernel configuration.
Fluppy 007 works flawlessly on my computers. Excellent work.

[pemasu]

Tested now fluppy 003 to 007. Looks and feels good.
No problems with my laptop.

One question. Is there anymore use for streamtuner ?

I couldnt get it work, and support to shoutcast has stopped. Tunapie or streamtuner2 would be better. Has anyone tried streamtuner2 sfs with fluppy ?

EDIT. Allright, tested it again and now it downloaded xiph folders. So it works. I was just too hasty as usual.
And new control panel is nice, good job indeed.

[jemimah]

Has anybody successfully installed VirtualBox from the petstore?

That pet only has kernel modules for Puppeee 4.3. I will build the modules for Puppeee 4.4 and Fluppy once I'm happy with the kernel configuration.

I am in no rush to install Virtual Box. Just curious about your happiness with the kernel configuration.
Fluppy 007 works flawlessly on my computers. Excellent work.

Well - I am planning on bumping Puppeee up to 2.6.36 to resolve a couple of issues. They keep pumping out new models that need new kernels.

2.6.34.7 seems to be pretty good for Fluppy - at least for the target hardware. What to people think? Stick with it, or plunge forward?

[jemimah]

I've been playing around with Beryl and Glxdock. Not super stable, but it is fun and works surprisingly well. This does the desktop cube and wobbly windows and everything. So there should be a bling.sfs coming out fairly soon.

[GaRailroader]

Fluppy 007 is working flawlessly on my Lenovo X100e. I'd complained of a backlight issue using 005 & 006. I did a clean install of 007 and the backlight issue is no more. Also, wifi worked on this machine using the default settings.

Rather than continue to forge ahead improving these great OSs, I'd vote for a bigger sfs library. One application I miss from my Ubuntu days is Amarok. The features that I liked most on Amarok was the smartplaylist and sqlite database backend. It was easy to manipulate your music library using sql queries.

Patrick J

[tinker]

Re: "I just upgraded my frugal install of fluppy 006 to 007 on my very recently purchased Lenovo Ideapad S10e. 006 had worked very well. This is on a 4GB usb stick.

One big oddity post-upgrade:

None of the usual desktop icons appear at the upper-left, although I do still see the OpenOffice icons and the SAVE icon and all the expected drive icons at the bottom. "

I haven't discovered a way to revive the desktop icons on my 006-to-007 upgraded save file. However, I have created a new save file on 007 from scratch and that exhibits no problems and seems to work fine, Unless somebody else reports this upgrade issue or someone has a particular interest in solving it, I'm fine with my new save file and don't need any help.

[tinker]

Jemimah,

fluppy is an awesome distribution and works great on my S10. I've tried other distributions on our netbooks, but nothing beats yours. My asus eeepc 900 and 900sd use only puppee. I hope you realize how many people benefit from the huge time and effort you've put into this, and how much they appreciate what you've done. Puppy, like many Open Source projects, benefits from many people's contributions (and of course all contributions are appreciated, of whatever size), but some people go so far "above and beyond" that they need to be specially recognized.

Thank you.

[ecube]

Re: "I just upgraded my frugal install of fluppy 006 to 007 on my very recently purchased Lenovo Ideapad S10e. 006 had worked very well. This is on a 4GB usb stick.

One big oddity post-upgrade:

None of the usual desktop icons appear at the upper-left, although I do still see the OpenOffice icons and the SAVE icon and all the expected drive icons at the bottom. "

Merge the files /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin and PuppyPin.orig. RestartX,

[tinker]

Re: "I just upgraded my frugal install of fluppy 006 to 007 on my very recently purchased Lenovo Ideapad S10e. 006 had worked very well. This is on a 4GB usb stick.

One big oddity post-upgrade:

None of the usual desktop icons appear at the upper-left, although I do still see the OpenOffice icons and the SAVE icon and all the expected drive icons at the bottom. "

Merge the files /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin and PuppyPin.orig. RestartX,

That's it. I merged the files and all icons now appear. Thank vyou.

[P123]

How do you connect to the internet - ethernet & the usb antenna recommended by sneekylinux aren't recognized.

But the sound work on my HP Compaq dc7600 - it didn't for Fluppy 005 (I won't mention 006 problems).

[edoc]

Also, on the CF-28 Hardinfo sees the USB wifi nic RTL8191S and the Internet wizard says it sees the WLAN device but it does not see the wifi signal.

This exact same CF-28 hardware is working fine with spup 040.

WDYT?

I have tried some changes to the GRUB kernel line (re. acpi and nosmp) but nothing helped.

Hardinfo sees the USB wifi nic but pwireless will not connect using it.

Is there a different internet connection tool I can load and try, please?