runtt21
Moderator
Prit and I are very proud to announce the release of a new Macpup.We have been known for building mac style pups and will do so in the future.But today we are doing something new for Macpup. This pup uses the E17 desktop. Its all about Eye candy.It works with Xorg and Xvesa.
Get it here at : http://macpup.org/macpupe17.php
puppy forum thread : http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=38684
Prit
Pritlogger
Hey runtt21 .. are you not posting on Puppylinux.org?
BTW .. runtt21 did all the hard work. :)
josh_lafferty
Member
E17 is AWESOME!!! I'm using it now. What an amazing job you've done. I'm using a Live CD on a homebuilt PII 450 /w/ 384 MB RAM, 4 MB video, ESS PCI sound, USB wireless. Every thing works, every thing's fast. Only crashed it once (while resizing desktop pager.) Had MANY apps going at that same time. Even then, it wasn't a full crash. I just had to reload the bar at the bottom. My downloading didn't stop and the music video I was watching only paused a sec. I retried resizing the pager after the download was done and the music video was stopped. No crash. Anyway... GREAT JOB.
josh_lafferty
Member
Oops! spoke too soon. System won't reboot. I've tried like 10 times. It hangs up when restarting or shutting down. It never saves settings, so it needs reconfiguring every time it boots up. I'm using a frugal install now on an IDE HD. I modified grub myself with the help of the universal installer's text to add to make my machine a TRI boot with Winodws 98, MACPup Foxy 1.5, and E17. I still love it and will run it just as a live CD. I still think it's an awesome job well done. I love the look, I love the speed.
Prit
Pritlogger
Hi josh_lafferty .. Thanks for the positive feedback. which button/option did you use to restart/shutdown?
josh_lafferty
Member
I used the shutdown option in the menu and I tried the red button in the bar at the bottom. Either way, if the dialog box appears asking if I want to shutdown, reboot, exit to prompt, restart X server, or cancel; or if I chose one of those from the menu. If I choose anything but cancel, the screen goes black...so much so the the monitor loses signal and behaves like the PC has been turned off. The PC sits idle, but not unresponsive. Pressing caps lock or num lock lights and turns off keyboard LEDS as expected. But, with no video, I'm not sure whats going on.
josh_lafferty
Member
It's working...It's working (quote from Phantom Menace)
Long Story Short---Xvesa instead of Xorg. I never had to use Xvesa on other puppies, but it works. PC reboots fine and shuts down fine. (from the red button on the bar. I haven't tried the menu yet.)
As the day goes on, I'll rebuild my PC hard drive to have dual boot again (instead of Tri-Boot.) Only now, It'll be Win98 and E17 (full install - not frugal.)
I just have to say again....Awesome job on E17. I love it.
runtt21
Moderator
The buttons in the e17 menu for shutdown dont work with puppy linux,Never have, E17 is build to work with gnome and kde, Thats why the macpup exit menu was added. Let me ask you something else. When you first run the cd and you get to that part about xorg or xvesa , When you pick xorg did it come back with a message that said something like "ok for monitor,ok for card" or did it say something else?If you dont remember just run the cd and pick ram at start.
copihue
Member
Amazing job its really terrific.
I think its a big step for puppy... I really love E17 macpuppy.
Thanx again for this excellent work, and its work!
I only have one problem :-(
With puppy 412 I cannot make it runs my wifi, but with macpup 412 at first try it recognizes my broadcom wireless 1390 WLAN mini-PCI card (bcm43xx module), but with E17 macpup I load the same bcm43xx module but it seems not work... My friends, what shall I do to have the placer to use this incredible OS with the commodity of the wifi ???
runtt21
Moderator
I dont know. I didnt change anything in 4.1.2 the only thing that was added was e17 and the libs that it needed but that would not effect wifi. Are you running macpup412 or foxy 2.0 ? One thing is macpup412 and 412f use the retro kernel. Fox 2 and both e17 puppy's have the newer kernel. That module may not be the same.Try the regular 412 puppy linux with the new kernel and see if it acts the same way.
copihue
Member
Im runnig macpup 412f without any problems with the wifi, then I install e17 booth versions dont see my wifi module. I have the same problem with the wifi with puppy 412.
Only I can surf with my broadcom wifi with macpup 412.
Sorry to be late about my answer, but I have to much work this week.
Prit
Pritlogger
Macpup 412F uses the retro kernel as provided with Puppy 412 Retro. Macpup E17 and Puppy 412 (standard) use the later kernel. This should be the reason for your problem.
Please try searching the Puppy forum to see if there is a fix for this Wifi card for the standard Puppy. You can use the below link to search the forum:
http://wellminded.com/puppy/pupsearch.html
Prit
Pritlogger
Thanks for the positive feedback.
Hi all
I've been using Ubuntu for a while now but I'm new to Puppy Linux. I really liked the Macpup e17 screenshots and downloaded the iso, burned it to cd and re-booted. I ended up in an ms-dos-like grub menu and have no idea where to go from there :oS I checked the cd and it results that the menu.lst file is empty. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to what to do?
muchas gracias
runtt21
Moderator
This what the Macpup E17 boot screen looks like:
http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j106/runtt21/?action=view¤t=Macpup-E17c.png
Prit
Pritlogger
Hi Ska ... Try doing md5sum of the ISO after download and compare it with the md5sum given on the macpup.org website. If these match, then you have a good download.
hi
many thanks for the tips guys - i re-downloaded it and it's working. i'm connected to the 'net with macpup foxy e17 right now :o)
@ Prit: yes i already have ubuntu working on this machine; it's installed. this macpup is great and i'm thinking of installing it on a usb stick to run from wherever.
two more questions if you don't mind:
1) can i install virtual box on puppy linux?
2) is it possible to install the msttcorefonts on puppy?
runtt21
Moderator
1) can i install virtual box on puppy linux?
2) is it possible to install the msttcorefonts on puppy?
1) Ask Prit about that I think he has done it.
2) You will need to hunt around on the puppylinux forum for that, but it has been having problems for the past few days. I should have it bookmarked in Firefox already.
runtt21
Moderator
One other thing , "i'm thinking of installing it on a usb stick to run from wherever." I dont know if you will be able to use the usb on different computers. As I understand it that install will be customized for that computer. I not saying you can't try that. But let us know what happens.
When the forum comes back up I will post a link to a guide for installing to usb, some people have had problems. I have heard that it works best to use Gparted to delete the partition on the drive , reformat a new partition, Set the boot flag to bootable and then install puppy.
Prit
Pritlogger
I have not tried Virtual box in Puppy. As runtt21 mentioned, you may want to search the Puppy forum using the below link:
http://wellminded.com/puppy/pupsearch.html
There is some problem with the Puppy forum now. It is not loading. I am sure someone would be working on it to fix it.
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