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by OscarTalks
Sun Dec 10, 2023 2:57 pm
Forum: Network
Topic: PIA VPN pet needed (solved)
Replies: 21
Views: 2142

Re: VPN pet needed

bean wrote: Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:15 am

any chance of the piavpn-3.5.2-x86_64.pet ?

Uploaded for testing:-
EDIT:- Link to newer version posted below

galen,
I am not aware of any 32bit versions being available

by OscarTalks
Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:49 am
Forum: Fossapup64
Topic: Fossapup64_9.5 - Too many drive Icons on desktop
Replies: 8
Views: 561

Re: Fossapup64_9.5 - Drive Icons Desktop

Klaus1, In the picture you posted, you will need to tick the option to "Show desktop icons for each DRIVE" in order to show one icon for each drive, otherwise you just get one icon for all the drives. Click OK and then maybe restart X to see the change. If you are seeing more drives than y...
by OscarTalks
Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:22 pm
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: BookwormPup64 10.0.6
Replies: 838
Views: 191596

Re: Bookworm Pup64 10.0.3

Clarity, If you mean the blue and green rectangles icon in the notification area that is connman-ui-gtk.bin but task manager shows it as running as spot. I can not reproduce your problem here, clicking it (left or right) does not kill it for me. If I choose to click the "Quit" option to ki...
by OscarTalks
Sun Nov 26, 2023 9:46 pm
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: BookwormPup32 feedback
Replies: 74
Views: 6196

Re: BookwormPup32 for testing

Latest version of PSIP VoIP Phone based on pjproject-2.13.1 compiled in BookwormPup32 (32bit) with support for openSSL-3 and opus codec plus other improvements. Thanks to jamesbond for all his work on PSIP including recent development. Uploaded for testing here:- http://smokey01.com/OscarTalks/psip-...
by OscarTalks
Sun Nov 26, 2023 6:18 pm
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: BookwormPup64 10.0.6
Replies: 838
Views: 191596

Re: Bookworm Pup64 10.0.3

I remain a big fan of PSIP although I am not sure how many others there are these days. It is of course a GUI for the pjproject program which is still very much in active development. Jamesbond has done some updating of the PSIP source in 2023 so I was experimenting with it a bit in BookwormPup64 Th...
by OscarTalks
Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:32 pm
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: PET & SFS Programs Compatible With Bookworm Pup64
Replies: 25
Views: 5827

Re: PET & SFS Programs Compatible With Bookworm Pup64

Defendguin - Defender of Penguins Game - version 0.0.13 Released July 2023 All built from source in BookwormPup64, SDL-1.2 plus SDL_mixer-1.2 plus libmikmod then defendguin executable itself Download for testing from here:- http://smokey01.com/OscarTalks/defendguin-0.0.13-x86_64-bkwm.pet More detail...
by OscarTalks
Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:16 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Defendguin - Defender of Penguins
Replies: 0
Views: 508

Defendguin - Defender of Penguins

This is a clone of the extremely popular "Defender" arcade game by Williams from the early 1980's but since we are on Linux you are defending penguins rather than humans. It requires SDL-1.2 (and SDL_mixer-1.2 with libmikmod support if you want sounds and music with it) so it can be compil...
by OscarTalks
Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:44 pm
Forum: Compiling
Topic: VLC 3.0.20 built for FossaPup64-95
Replies: 6
Views: 694

Re: VLC 3.0.20 built for FossaPup64-95

I have built various versions of VLC for several Pups in the past, but not sure how much help I can be here. I have always been able to build with --prefix=/usr though you may sometimes also have to add --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu for Ubuntu/Debian or --libdir=/usr/lib64 for Slackware dependi...
by OscarTalks
Fri Nov 10, 2023 11:51 pm
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: BookwormPup64 10.0.6
Replies: 838
Views: 191596

Re: Bookworm Pup64 10.0.3

Are we not able to get installwatch working in this Pup? I think the new2dir script needs it, does it not? A little later:- I have tried a few things that didn't work, but now I tried apt update followed by apt install checkinstall so I have the official Debian package. Plucking out the installwatch...
by OscarTalks
Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:59 am
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: BookwormPup32 feedback
Replies: 74
Views: 6196

Re: BookwormPup32 for testing

Now testing B3 With no games built in I thought I would try compiling ace-of-penguins solitaire (on its own, plucked out of the suite). Being old code it requires older libpng12 (which I included) and also needs CFLAGS="-fcommon" because of multiple definitions which newer gcc complains ab...
by OscarTalks
Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:18 pm
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: BookwormPup32 feedback
Replies: 74
Views: 6196

Re: BookwormPup32 for testing

Now testing B2 Running report-video in terminal there is an error involving libkmod complaining about the file:- /etc/modprobe.d/cdrecord.conf This file only contains the text "sg" and nothing else I wonder, does this file need to be removed or is some needed text missing from it? # report...
by OscarTalks
Sat Nov 04, 2023 8:31 pm
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: BookwormPup32 feedback
Replies: 74
Views: 6196

Re: BookwormPup32 for testing

Hello one, Thanks for the report. Interesting that it does work in some cases. I did have edd=off in my boot stanza, same as other recent Pups. I tried removing it so that it defaults to edd=on and the "Probing EDD" does then appear, but unfortunately the black screen boot still happens as...
by OscarTalks
Sat Nov 04, 2023 5:00 pm
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: BookwormPup32 feedback
Replies: 74
Views: 6196

Re: BookwormPup32 for testing

Hello gyrog, I don't think nouveau will work if your graphics card is intel and not nvidia You could try boot parameter i915.modeset=0 and see if that boots into vesa driver (just out of interest). The other possibility is to boot with pfix=nox and then Specify intel by name (not i915) as the driver...
by OscarTalks
Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:15 pm
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: BookwormPup32 feedback
Replies: 74
Views: 6196

Re: BookwormPup32 for testing

The desktop computer I was using to test stopped working. Took me a couple of days to get round to investigating, but turned out it was just the CMOS battery that needed replacing. Anyway, I finally got round to testing a kernel swap. Figured out how to grab the 6.1.60 kernel kit build from github. ...
by OscarTalks
Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:03 pm
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: Blink SIP Client Looking Good
Replies: 0
Views: 260

Blink SIP Client Looking Good

This is Blink-5.6.0 SIP client for audio and video calling, instant messaging too of course. This Linux version was released in July 2023 and is easy to install in BookwormPup64 using apt. Follow the instructions at the web page icanblink.com https://icanblink.com/ Available video codecs are H264, V...
by OscarTalks
Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:04 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: How to use zoiper VOIP app?
Replies: 5
Views: 503

Re: How to use zoiper VOIP app?

I tried the debian version, converted it to a Fatdog package, tried to install, but get a failure notification. Hello, Sorry but I don't have a FatDog to test in right now. One thought that did spring to mind though, if you are converting the .deb to FatDog's package format and then the package man...
by OscarTalks
Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:27 pm
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: BookwormPup32 feedback
Replies: 74
Views: 6196

Re: BookwormPup32 for testing

Testing early alpha 1 and 2 on a Dell Vostro desktop which boots lots of Pups without problems, but this machine has nvidia graphics card GeForce 620 and with this Pup (so far) it boots to blackscreen with cursor which responds to mouse movement but nothing else. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace does something bu...
by OscarTalks
Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:26 am
Forum: Fossapup64
Topic: How to make browsers use Fuchsia cursor? {SOLVED}
Replies: 9
Views: 413

Re: How to make browsers use Fuchsia cursor?

There has got to be a simple fix for this. Do you know where these cursor files are actually installed? On my system they are in the directory /root/.icons which of course is hidden hence the dot at the front of the name. If the home directory of the browser is not /root (perhaps because it is runn...
by OscarTalks
Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:46 pm
Forum: Users
Topic: How to install Openoffice from the .deb?
Replies: 12
Views: 693

Re: How to install Openoffice from the .deb?

Here is an attempt from me, packaged as .sfs
British English (en_GB) version 4.1.14 (64bit)
Creates 8 menu entries in assorted categories, but the Start panel entry is in "Document".
Tested briefly in Fossa F96-CE
http://smokey01.com/OscarTalks/openoffi ... -en_GB.sfs

by OscarTalks
Wed Oct 18, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Users
Topic: How to install Openoffice from the .deb?
Replies: 12
Views: 693

Re: How to install Openoffice from the .deb?

Has anybody installed it from the .deb and if so how? Hello Phil, It has been a while since I last did it and there must be a quicker way I feel sure, but in the past I recall that I made myself a pot of tea and then sat down and click-installed all the stack of .debs one-by-one. I would have done ...
by OscarTalks
Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:01 pm
Forum: SPups
Topic: S15Pup - Slackware-15.0 Woof-CE builds
Replies: 54
Views: 26691

Re: S15Pup - Slackware-15.0 Woof-CE builds

Fixed by: https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/commit/1f57df58813da33a95746478c2b47994a616b62c see: https://github.com/peabee/releases/releases/tag/S15Pup64%2Frelease-231017 Just to confirm that in S15Pup64 231017 Builtin osmo-0.4.4 Private Internet Access VPN client .pet Linphone-desktop ...
by OscarTalks
Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:27 pm
Forum: SPups
Topic: S15Pup - Slackware-15.0 Woof-CE builds
Replies: 54
Views: 26691

Re: S15Pup - Slackware-15.0 Woof-CE builds

I have encountered an issue with S15Pup Experimenting with the Private Internet Access app I found that while it works in most other recent 64bit Pups, in S15Pup there is an undefined symbol error relating to Qt5 libraries that were mismatched with something. https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.p...
by OscarTalks
Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: Network
Topic: PIA VPN pet needed (solved)
Replies: 21
Views: 2142

Re: VPN pet needed

Hello Dry Falls, Thanks for the report. Investigating a bit further as to why it doesn't start in S15Pup it appears to be a problem with ICU libraries. Deleting the old (version 56) symlinks fixes it, but then osmo stops working and has to be re-compiled. Easy to do though, so I will probably post a...
by OscarTalks
Mon Oct 16, 2023 2:01 pm
Forum: Network
Topic: PIA VPN pet needed (solved)
Replies: 21
Views: 2142

Re: VPN pet needed

I have uploaded a .pet which folks may wish to TEST here:- EDIT: Link to newer version posted below I noticed that the executable and library binary files from extracting the .run installer are not-stripped. As a test I have stripped them, which is considered normal practice as far as I know. This r...
by OscarTalks
Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:35 am
Forum: SPups
Topic: S15Pup - Slackware-15.0 Woof-CE builds
Replies: 54
Views: 26691

Re: S15Pup - Slackware-15.0 Woof-CE builds

Where within the devx are you seeing it? I see /usr/include/python2.7 but not 3.x I will try with the python3 links peebee and yourself have posted and see how i go Stuff under /usr/include will be headers (for compiling), not executables. Python3 executable is /usr/bin/python3.9 with /usr/bin/pyth...
by OscarTalks
Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:52 am
Forum: SPups
Topic: S15Pup - Slackware-15.0 Woof-CE builds
Replies: 54
Views: 26691

Re: S15Pup - Slackware-15.0 Woof-CE builds

Python3-3.9.18 is in the devx of S15Pup
With devx loaded I just did a test of yt-dlp downloader which depends on python3 and it worked OK

by OscarTalks
Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:35 am
Forum: SPups
Topic: S15Pup - Slackware-15.0 Woof-CE builds
Replies: 54
Views: 26691

Re: S15Pup - Slackware-15.0 Woof-CE builds

I could not find python3 in the PPM or in the devx. There is this one in the "patches" Slackware repo:- https://packages.slackware.com/?r=slackware64-15.0&p=python3-3.9.18-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Which should be better than the 3.9.10 in the original Slackware64-15.0 repo I would expec...
by OscarTalks
Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: s15pup32 Sound Problems
Replies: 26
Views: 1281

Re: s15pup32 Sound Problems

The libraries relating to VLC plugins are in fact present (in /usr/lib/vlc/libs) They are in a place where VLC knows where to look for them (via a wrapper script) but the dependency checker can't see them because they are not within the standard library paths. If you were to stick to the standard Li...
by OscarTalks
Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:13 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: s15pup32 Sound Problems
Replies: 26
Views: 1281

Re: s15pup32 Sound Problems

DVD's play a small bit jerky and some sounds do not work. I guess I'll just use it to play only individual files on it. It has been several months since I originally compiled that VLC and my memory is not the best, but now you come to mention it I do vaguely recall that there was a glitch with DVD ...
by OscarTalks
Wed Oct 11, 2023 11:49 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: s15pup32 Sound Problems
Replies: 26
Views: 1281

Re: s15pup32 Sound Problems

That’s right. If I get a problem, I like to identify what the cause is even if the cause is one of my actions. I’ll be installing your puppy compiled version Well I think you were on the right track as to the cause. Pulseaudio libraries and other files will be dragged in as dependencies by the pack...

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