Monitor Gamma Calibration fixed
Forum member bigpup reported that this utility, in the X GUI version of the Xorg Wizard, which is script /usr/sbin/xgamma-gui, is broken in Precise Puppy. Bigpup reported that it does work in Lucid Puppy.This script is actually in Woof, it is not a separate PET.
Various people have worked on this script. I found that both the latest in Woof, and the one in Lucid, are broken.
The one in Lucid is the best. It was worked on by Forum member EW in 2010. So, I used this as the basis.
I fixed a couple of bugs, and internationalized it. The script can be found in the Woof commit.
Woof commits:
http://bkhome.org/fossil/woof2.cgi/info/128b3464d3
http://bkhome.org/fossil/woof2.cgi/info/c238a7cbeb
Posted on 19 Oct 2012, 23:28 - Category: Woof - 8 Comments
Neon icons, PPM missing pkg
Forum member vicmz composed the nice simple Neon desk icons that I have used in Precise Puppy RC1.One of them is a yellow that is difficult to see, and they can all be difficult to see on a non-white background.
I ran them all through mtPaint, changed the yellow to something more visible, and bumped the saturation of all of them to 100% -- perhaps some subtly is lost on some of them, but they now stand out better on non-white backgrounds.
I cannot login to ibiblio right now, so have not yet uploaded the updated Neon PET.
I was discussing recently that the local package database may get out of date. PPM now puts up a message if a package does not exist in a repository, that the local database may need updating (with instructions how to do that).
Updated Woof will be uploaded soon.
Posted on 19 Oct 2012, 19:25 - Category: Puppy - 2 Comments
Precise: ffmpeg-extra
Forum member shinobar has advised that ffmpeg can be enhanced by installing more DEBs:http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76961&start=750
This is them:
libavcodec-extra-53_0.8.3ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb
libavdevice-extra-53_0.8.3ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb
libavfilter-extra-2_0.8.3ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb
libavformat-extra-53_0.8.3ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb
libavutil-extra-51_0.8.3ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb
libdirac-encoder0_1.0.2-4build1_i386.deb
libopenjpeg2_1.3+dfsg-4_i386.deb
libpostproc-extra-52_0.8.3ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb
libswscale-extra-2_0.8.3ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb
libvo-aacenc0_0.1.1-2_i386.deb
libvo-amrwbenc0_0.1.1-2_i386.deb
Forum member mcewanw has indicated that these may introduce a problem with libxvid?
Maybe RC1 testers can try shinobar's PET, see if there are any side-effects?
I am on the home-run for RC2/final. It is about 7pm here, I plan to do a few more things tonight, then upload RC2/final tomorrow.
If anyone wants to report on shinobar's PET, and mcewanw's pAVrecord prior to that, please do!
I want to get this pup "out the door". I will give RC2 version number 5.4 and if it looks OK will promote it to the 5.4-final release.
Posted on 18 Oct 2012, 19:25 - Category: Puppy - 6 Comments
Precise: more wallpaper
Forum member futwerk creates incredible backgrounds for all of our puppies. Here are four more for Precise Puppy:http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76961&start=765
They are png images and very big. I have put them into a PET, and I converted them to jpg, however I used quality-factor-100, so they are still big (but about one-quarter that of the pngs).
PET (3.2MB):
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-noarch/desk_background_precise2-1.pet
Posted on 18 Oct 2012, 19:07 - Category: Puppy - 1 Comment
PMirrorget 0.2.1
Forum member gposil wrote this website downloader back in 2009:http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=354753
This is in Precise Puppy RC1, however there is a bug report that the menu icon is missing. There is also an icon missing in a button.
I have fixed it, and assigned version number 0.2.1 (2KB):
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-noarch/pmirrorget-0.2.1.pet
It is a very simple script that uses gtkdialog for the GUI and wget to download. I have not internationalized it -- we will target doing that after Precise-final is out.
Posted on 18 Oct 2012, 17:59 - Category: Puppy - No comments
Icon-Finder, pAVrecord, Precord
Two new PETs, one upgrade!Icon Finder 1.0b3
This is very handy. Created by Forum member SFR:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=81271
pAVrecord 0.9.0
Forum member mcewanw created this audio/video recorder:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=81332
Ah, our keen developers! I just now added version 0.8.8 to the PPM database, then checked online now and found 0.9.0 is out, as well as a special version for Precise Puppy!
Precord 8.1.3
Forum member mcewanw has updated this nice application:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=49907
I have uploaded all of these to the 'noarch' repo at ibiblio.org, and all three are going to be in Precise Puppy final.
Posted on 18 Oct 2012, 16:04 - Category: Puppy - No comments
Precise: rerwin: Intel 537* drivers
Rerwin has compiled drivers for the Intel 537, 537aa, 537ea and 537sp modems:http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76961&start=720
I have added these to the 'common' repo and uploaded them to ibiblio.
Posted on 18 Oct 2012, 9:53 - Category: Puppy - No comments
Peasy* apps
rcrsn51 has created a range of very useful applications, all named with the prefix "Peasy". rcrsn51 has advised of updates, plus new ones...PeasyPrint 2.0
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=546198#546198
PeasyPDF 2.2.1
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=551954#551954
PeasyScale 1.4
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=617584#617584
PeasyPort 1.7
rcrsn51 reports problems with Superscan, so I am using this instead for next Precise build.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=642902#642902
...in fact, all of the above will be in the next Precise Puppy.
PETs (4KB, 12KB, 3KB, 3KB):
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-common/peasyscale-1.4.pet
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-common/peasyport-1.7.pet
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-noarch/peasypdf-2.2.1.pet
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-noarch/peasyprint-2.0-1.pet
Posted on 18 Oct 2012, 9:37 - Category: Puppy - No comments
Precise: SeaMonkey 2.13.1
Precise Puppy is at RC1 and there are now supposed to be essential bug fixes only. However, I have compiled the latest SeaMonkey, version 2.13.1, up from 2.12.1.PET (23.3MB):
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-precise/seamonkey-2.13.1-i686-up.pet
Yep, bigger and bigger, in leaps and bounds, with each new release. The 2.12.1 PET is 22.8MB.
Posted on 18 Oct 2012, 8:26 - Category: Puppy - 2 Comments
Precise: Firefox 16.0.1
I have compiled Firefox 16.0.1 in Precise Puppy.PET uploaded (20MB):
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-precise/firefox-16.0.1-i686-up.pet
Posted on 17 Oct 2012, 22:34 - Category: Puppy - 2 Comments