Carolina - 1.3

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Geoffrey · #881 Post by **Geoffrey** » Mon 22 Jul 2013, 14:15

Carolina 1.0 is released, for details see the first post.

This is the final release, we would like to thank all those who have tested and provided fixes to some of the problems we encountered,
special thanks to Elroy for all the hard work and sleepless nights he endured.

We hope all that use Carolina find it useful, it is limited in that newer applications will not run due to the older glibc,
but it still has a lot of applications that will fulfill most peoples needs and we will continue to maintain and update the repository.

sheldonisaac · #882 Post by **sheldonisaac** » Mon 22 Jul 2013, 14:48

(Some snipping)

Geoffrey wrote:Carolina 1.0 is released

thank all those who have tested and provided fixes to some of the problems we encountered,
special thanks to Elroy for all the hard work and sleepless nights he endured.

Hearty agreement!!

I just use '-lina-lite, being a casual user rather tnan an expert.

Are there any improvements in Carolina that would benefit me?

'-lina-lite seems to work well.

Thanks again
Sheldon

PS

it is limited in that newer applications will not run due to the older glibc,

I don't know about (and maybe don't care about) newer applications: I'm a retro person.

inoxidabile · #883 Post by **inoxidabile** » Mon 22 Jul 2013, 15:55

WOW !!!

Great compliments and many thanks for the great and hard work !!!

I will try it immediately, I use Carolina since 005 release and after the improvements it's sure a fantastic thing !!!

I'm downloading the iso, but just a question: I have to install the nvidia driver, what are the version of devx and kernel I must use? I suppose they are devx_lina_006 and kernel_source_3.2.13_ski ...

However, thanks again !

Geoffrey · #884 Post by **Geoffrey** » Mon 22 Jul 2013, 23:41

inoxidabile wrote: just a question: I have to install the nvidia driver, what are the version of devx and kernel I must use? I suppose they are devx_lina_006 and kernel_source_3.2.13_ski ...

Yes, the devx is the same, just rename your existing copy to devx_lina_1.0.sfs, the kernel_source_3.2.13_ski is the same.

I will upload a renamed copy of the devx so there is no confusion

sheldonisaac wrote:I just use '-lina-lite, being a casual user rather tnan an expert.

Are there any improvements in Carolina that would benefit me?

'-lina-lite seems to work well.

That's hard to say as there are a lot of updates and changes in Carolina,
it would be best to read the change logs in the first post to see what improvements there have been.

We hope you enjoy our effort.

don570 · #885 Post by **don570** » Tue 23 Jul 2013, 00:34

A bug report

When making a pet package using 'Convert to pet package'
right click

-----> if 'Building block' is desired because there is no desktop file
then a desktop file is included which is very undesirable.

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When I typed 'gtkdialog-splash' in terminal I got a no permission
warning.

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rg66 · #886 Post by **rg66** » Tue 23 Jul 2013, 00:46

sheldonisaac wrote: Are there any improvements in Carolina that would benefit me?

As Geoffrey said, read the change log. We have worked very hard to make Carolina as user friendly and feature rich as possible.

You can run lina without the adrive and have a fully functional desktop with all of the features we have introduced such as pac-tools, simple file sharing etc...... This would not be much different than lina-lite and you can also make a custom adrive or add apps in your savefile

don570 wrote: When making a pet package using 'Convert to pet package'
right click

-----> if 'Building block' is desired because there is no desktop file
then a desktop file is included which is very undesirable.

That would be an issue with the dir2pet script

Geoffrey · #887 Post by **Geoffrey** » Tue 23 Jul 2013, 06:44

don570 wrote:A bug report

When making a pet package using 'Convert to pet package'
right click

-----> if 'Building block' is desired because there is no desktop file
then a desktop file is included which is very undesirable.

______________________________________________________
When I typed 'gtkdialog-splash' in terminal I got a no permission
warning.

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I don't get that with gtkdialog-splash, to be sure I extracted a copy from the ISO and swapped it with the existing one and it works without having to give it permission

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# gtkdialog-splash

gtkdialog-splash
 
 an easy replacement for yaf-splash in Puppy (NOT Puppy <=4.x)
 mave 30.05.2010
 no warranty
 Thanks for Puppy!
 
 usage: gtkdialog-splash [OPTIONS] [-timeout SEC] -text TEXT | -kill PID 
 
 -text EXPRESSION
 -timeout COUNT (in seconds)
 -icon GTK-XXX (for example: gtk-info all gtk-stock-symbols, default: none)
 OR path/to/pixmap.png|gif|jpeg 
 -icon_width WIDTH in pixels
 -bg COLOR (background color red, blue, yellow..., default: grey)
 -bg_gradient true|false (default: true)
 -fg COLOR (font color, default: black)
 -placement center|mouse|top|bottom|top-left|bottom-left (default: center)
 -close never|mouseover|box (default is mouseover)
 -deco TITLE (shows windows decorations, with title)
 -font NAME
 -fontsize SIZE
 -align ALIGNMENT left, right or center -margin SIZE (default: 10)
 -border true|false (default: true)

 -kill PID (process ID called before: 	PID=0 auto-search fo the last one,
 					PID=xxxxx kill the last one read by PID=$!)

Can someone else confirm if it is working ok please.

johnrpm · #888 Post by **johnrpm** » Tue 23 Jul 2013, 20:08

A big thank you to the developers, I really appreciate your hard work, Carolina is very slick and easy for an idiot like me to use, it has mostly all the packages I like at install, so apart from configuring the desktop to my liking its ready to go.

to say thank you I will make another donation to barry towards his ubuntu edge

rg66 · #889 Post by **rg66** » Wed 24 Jul 2013, 07:53

Carolina 1.0 non-pae delta and ISO have been released.

See the first post for change log and download link.

Sage · #890 Post by **Sage** » Wed 24 Jul 2013, 17:45

Magic, pure magic - thanks again.

Billtoo · #891 Post by **Billtoo** » Thu 25 Jul 2013, 16:06

I did a manual frugal install of lina-1.0 to the hard drive of a
Gateway desktop pc.
video-info-glx 1.5.3 Thu 25 Jul 2013 on Carolina 1.0 Linux 3.2.13-ski i686
0.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 430]
(rev a1)
oem: NVIDIA
product: GF108 Board - 1071v1p1 Chip Rev
X Server: Xorg Driver: nvidia
X.Org version: 1.11.0
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (524x292 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2/3DNOW!
OpenGL version string: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 319.32
# glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
302 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.346 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.003 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.004 FPS
#
AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 810 Processor
Core 0: @2592 1: @2592 2: @2592 3: @2592 MHz
Memory 8311MB (165MB used)

I did an install of 1.0 earlier but I couldn't get it to work 100% with
a second monitor connected, the option in control panel to change
wallpaper wouldn't launch (the background was light grey on both
screens), positioning screens etc. worked fine.

This install is working well so far.

don570 · #892 Post by **don570** » Fri 26 Jul 2013, 00:29

To Geoffrey...

Here is the output of terminal.
I have a frugal installaion of latest carolina7

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## gtkdialog-splash
bash: /usr/bin/gtkdialog-splash: Permission denied
# gtkdialog-splash -text "f"
bash: /usr/bin/gtkdialog-splash: Permission denied
# gtkdialog-splash --help
bash: /usr/bin/gtkdialog-splash: Permission denied
# gtkdialog-splash --text "f"
bash: /usr/bin/gtkdialog-splash: Permission denied
#

rg66 · #893 Post by **rg66** » Fri 26 Jul 2013, 01:38

don570 wrote:To Geoffrey...

Here is the output of terminal.
I have a frugal installaion of latest carolina7

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## gtkdialog-splash
bash: /usr/bin/gtkdialog-splash: Permission denied
# gtkdialog-splash -text "f"
bash: /usr/bin/gtkdialog-splash: Permission denied
# gtkdialog-splash --help
bash: /usr/bin/gtkdialog-splash: Permission denied
# gtkdialog-splash --text "f"
bash: /usr/bin/gtkdialog-splash: Permission denied
#

Hey don570,

Just like Geoffrey, mine works fine. Are you using a savefile from an older lina? That might exlpain it. Have you tried from RAM?

I booted onto RAM to test it and all was ok.

Geoffrey · #894 Post by **Geoffrey** » Fri 26 Jul 2013, 06:22

don570 wrote:To Geoffrey...

Here is the output of terminal.
I have a frugal installaion of latest carolina7

The latest carolina007 was updated with zigbert's 23. Jun 2013 update http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 564#626564 and rg66 made sure it was executable

Carolina - 0.0.7rc6

007-rc6 change log from 007-rc5
----------------------------------------------
-added save-tools 2.1.1
-added ez-mnt 1.1
-added default presentation
-added numlock
-added nomacs 1.4.0
-removed photo
-updated pac-tools to 1.1.1
-updated samba-tng-sfs to 1.8
-updated firefox to 17.0.7 ESR
-updated thunderbird to 17.0.7 ESR
-updated smtube to 1.7
-updated LibreOffice to 4.0.4.2
-updated ffconvert to 1.3.2
-updated gtkdialog-splash
-changed firewall-firstrun
-fixed ffmpeg
-fixed xfce helpers

I tested it again and it definitely works ok, what 007rc version do you have, I know for sure since 006 that it was not working due to permissions, which is easily fixed by using the right click menu Make Executable /usr/bin/gtkdialog-splash

smokey01 · #895 Post by **smokey01** » Fri 26 Jul 2013, 06:26

It's executable here too.

inoxidabile · #896 Post by **inoxidabile** » Sat 27 Jul 2013, 15:18

Hi everybody!
I finished to install Carolina 1.0 and.. it's great !

I have just two things to say:
- I would like to change the button size in the windows but I didn't find any functioning way to do this. Someone on web say it's a sort of XFCE bug...

- Frisbee seems not ok. I have two identical pc (Foxconn nT330i), on one I have Carolina 005 and in the other I installed 1.0 release.
After some web page changes (e.g. between two video on YouTube and then back to Google homepage) the connection stops as dead. With other network tools it runs well, then now I use them.
Just to complete the description, on the first pc the connection is on wifi and in the second is on eth0.
- As I can see, Firefox seems more slow to start, now it takes 10-12 seconds.

I don't feel the above as great problems, it's only to the aim of say my results.

don570 · #897 Post by **don570** » Sat 27 Jul 2013, 18:47

about gtkdialog-splash

I will test again. It's possible that previous installs on a windows
(ntfs)partition are the problem. I'll check again.

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mini-jaguar · #898 Post by **mini-jaguar** » Mon 29 Jul 2013, 12:00

I've been messing with this a little, seems to do o.k. with Saluki .pets. Non-PAE seems to work better.

But I have a question. Where in the file system are the panel graphics? I want to swap the graphics for the Saluki panel, or maybe the older Carolina icon with the dog.

rg66 · #899 Post by **rg66** » Mon 29 Jul 2013, 13:28

mini-jaguar wrote:But I have a question. Where in the file system are the panel graphics? I want to swap the graphics for the Saluki panel, or maybe the older Carolina icon with the dog.

Just had a look at Saluki and there is no panel graphics, it's just grey. If you right click the panel, choose Panel > Panel Preferences > Appearance tab > set Alpha to 100, it will look the same.

The Carolina icon is in /usr/share/pixmaps

starhawk · #900 Post by **starhawk** » Mon 29 Jul 2013, 15:24

@rg66 -- I read the recommended minimum requirements (1ghz CPU, 512mb RAM) on the "About Carolina" page at the other end of your sig link. (BTW, mouse-responsive rotating word clouds should not be used for navigation -- that's some clumsy stuff!)

I have a system with a Celeron M ULV 600MHz CPU and 1gb RAM. I know it'll run (or at least walk), but *in your opinion* would it be worth trying Carolina on a system with those specs, or am I likely to be disappointed with the performance? (I've run an early beta from you folks so it's not quite my first time.)

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