Puppy 4.3.1-RC2

Earlier today I was unable to login to ibiblio.org, so I uploaded the files to here:

http://puppylinux.com/test/puppy-4.3.1-rc2/

Ah, uploads at 3 times the speed of ibiblio (30KB/sec compared with 10KB/sec)!

Just a minimum upload, only one ISO, 2.6.30.5 kernel, no Intel 536/537 modules, 104MB.

I have also uploaded Woof, so anyone who is interested can try the new GUI.

Right now it is 6pm Wednesday October 14 here in Western Australia. I'll be busy with other stuff all day tomorrow, so about 24 hours from now I'll take a look at any feedback.

Note, I put in Ecube's Partview, although it does have a bug, doesn't run if no partitions are mounted. It only displays free space in mounted partitions, whereas my Partview in 4.3.1-RC1 displays free space in all partitions. Actually, it would be possible to extend Ecube's Partview to also display free space in unmounted partitions. My script is still there, renamed to 'partview_all'.

My previous blog post summarises the bugfixes:

http://bkhome.org/archive/blog2/200910/431-rc1-rc2-bugfixes.html

Forum thread for feedback:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47795

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Comments

Woof


partview vs df
Username: dogome
"Partview's reported free space in both RC1 and RC2 does not agree with that returned by df. The difference is consistent for a given partition, but Partview's figures are 10 to 45% higher across partitions. I've not yet identified a pattern to these differences and will test on more computers.

partview vs df
Username: dogone
"Partview's reported free space in both RC1 and RC2 does not agree with that returned by df. The difference is consistent for a given partition, but Partview's figures are 10 to 45% higher across partitions. I've not yet identified a pattern to these differences and will test on more computers.

much faster download than ibiblio
Username: playdayz
"way much faster download too, 3x, limited by my connection to 600KBps. observation, I had already updated my 4.3 with the 4.3.1rc1, and this time Puppy did not see rc2 as an upgrade--no problem, no worries, jus tinfo

partview
Username: ttuuxxx
"Hi Barry I tried to bring over your latest partview to 2.14X, and well it didn't work out of the box, do you know roughly the dependencies needed for the new partview? over to 2 series? If you wanted to try out 2.14X its very stable now, still has a couple tiny bugs, but its well worth a download, The latest version is always found at page 1 top post http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=42553 It has a few unique features like the screenshot utility and also rt click options, like if you rt click on a iso, if you have a cdrw in the drive, you can just select burn iso. It will as you if you want to erase it, and just select yes, when its done quick formatting,then just click the refresh icon, and click burn and that's it :) 3 clicks :) Well nice job on partview :) ttuuxxx

partview
Username: clarf
"ttuuxxx, partview works fine in 2.14x. The "ppmtogif" file must be copied/updated from 4.3.1 and partview needs a little code modification just to read CD/DVD media devices in 2.14x. please see: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=42553&start=2215 Greetings, clarf

dpup482 update for 4.3.1
Username: gposil
"The next version of dpup482 includes support for the Slackware 13.0 archives .txz as well as .xz and tar.xz, so I put together a pet that will update both tar and add support for .txz, .xz and tar.xz in XArchive. http://dpup.org/test/dpup482beta3-2.6.30.5/additions/xarchivexz-4.99beta-dpup.pet Barry, grab the bits you need from the pet. Cheers Guy

Woof Puppy
Username: Ramachandran
"Dear Sir Kindly provide latest Woof in ISO format. Then I can test it. I would like to install Latest Woof in machine. I don't know how to install woof.tar.gz. Thanks

use your woof
Username: zygo
"Ramachandran, http://puppylinux.com/woof/ tells you how to use woof.tar.gz

Touchpad tapping
Username: ICPUG
"dog2u You must be new to Puppy. Tapping the touchpad has been switched off by default for many versions of Puppy. It is possible to turn it on again - go here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=18339

Disabled Touchpad Tap
Username: edoc
"Wow, I am no newcomer to Puppy but don't recall Puppy turning off the touchpad tap by default - this really should be an option under MENU under Mouse or a Touchpad area. This is a valuable hardware feature that many of us use - disabling it and burying the toggle-on info in an obscure thread on a forum seems really user-unfriendly. IMHO, YMMV ...

Disabled Touchpad Tap
Username: GCMartin
"Why would this be turned off? What would be the benefit of turning it off? Does it impact the system negatively somehow? Curious

Disabled Touchpad Tap
Username: broomdodger
"I setup many old PCs. Some of the touch pads are so twitchy they are impossible to use with tap enabled. That would be very bad for a new Puppy user (who is also most probably a new Linux user), especially since single clicking open items is default. I vote for the default Touchpad Tap to remain off.

Default Touchpad Tap
Username: ICPUG
"This has been discussed more than once so I - think the default is likely to remain as is - the reason was in the thread I quoted - did anyone bother to read it? While I prefer default ON, I can see the argument to keep the default OFF. Edoc - you have indeed been around Puppy for a while. I guess you don't have a touchpad and don't bother to read other posts relating to touchpad problems. I agree it is not very good for the new user to have to find an obscure thread. Personally I think there is a need for a FAQ that gets displayed when Puppy is run for the first time. The touchpad query certainly qualifies as frequently asked and should be answered in the FAQ! I also think it should be a Puppy Control Panel facility to turn it on or off - not having to edit the xorg config file manually.

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