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Core v4.5
« on: April 24, 2012, 07:54:15 AM »
Team Tiny Core is proud to announce the release of Core 4.5.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/4.x/x86/release

Change Log:
* Updated wbar to 2.3.0
* Updated wbar.sh, wbar_setup, & wbarconf GUI  for new wbar changes.
* New Apps GUI replaces AppBrowser & AppsAudit
* Updated Apps GUI OnBoot, OnDemand, & Md5Check to case insensitive sort order.
* Updated Apps GUI OnDemand to support ondemand noicons.
* Updated App GUI to add descriptive title and moved URI to bottom.
* Renamed ScmBrowser to ScmApps, added delete & descriptive title, moved URI to bottom, adjusted menu.
* Updated tce-audit to suppress spurious messages with regard to fat filesystems.
* Updated tce-setup added support for scm in cde  tmp/builtin for remasters.
* Updated scm-load to forward md5check results to calling GUI.
* Updated scm-load to support scm only type systems and remasters.
* Updated rc.shutdown to umount scm extensions.
* New expanded boot code noicons to specify no ondemand icons. noicions=ondemand
* Updated tc-config, wbar_setup, ondemand, and Apps GUI to support noicons=ondemand
* Updated f2 & f3 boot codes.

Note: Need new Xprogs.tcz and wbar.tcz
Note: You will need to delete any .wbar and .wbarconf from your home directory!

Note: CorePlus has a new updated ezremaster and tc-install!

CorePlus also has three new boot times options:
* Boot TinyCore + Install
* Boot TinyCore + Wifi
* Boot TinyCore + Wifi + Firmware

Of course one can use Tab to edit the desktop= to your preferred desktop.
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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2012, 12:04:13 PM »
hi roberts,

nice release... everything works smoothly and as expected... thank you.

don't mind if i remember you:
"System Stats will be resizeable in next cut, hopefully 4.5 final."
i'm patient, so  i will look to the next release... :)

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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2012, 03:39:06 PM »
* Updated wbar to 2.3.0

New wbar has a bug and it leads a segmentation fault when --nofont  option is used.

I patched source code and here it seems works fine now. Patch is:
In /src/core/Main.cc line 195 where:
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if (optparser.isSet(BALFA) || optparser.isSet(FALFA) || optparser.isSet(FILTER) || !(p->getTitle().empty() || optparser.isSet(NOFONT)))it should be:
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if (optparser.isSet(BALFA) || optparser.isSet(FALFA) || optparser.isSet(FILTER) || !(p->getTitle().empty()) || optparser.isSet(NOFONT))
BTW, thanks to Team Tiny Core for this new release!  :)

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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2012, 04:12:18 PM »
I usually run a comparison to the previous release or release candidate whenever a new one shows up. This time I noted that a kernel driver (i.e. '.../drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.ko.gz') was removed. As 'modules.alias' and 'modules.dep' are still unchanged (i.e. 'depmod' was not run after the file removal) I wonder whether this is intentional or rather an "accident".

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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2012, 10:48:39 PM »
hi roberts,

nice release... everything works smoothly and as expected... thank you.

don't mind if i remember you:
"System Stats will be resizeable in next cut, hopefully 4.5 final."
i'm patient, so  i will look to the next release... :)

I actually did make the change to System Stats but then forgot to merge into the final image.
From the posts so far looks like I will be doing a 4.5.1 so you will have soon.
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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2012, 10:50:49 PM »
* Updated wbar to 2.3.0

New wbar has a bug and it leads a segmentation fault when --nofont  option is used.

I patched source code and here it seems works fine now. Patch is:
In /src/core/Main.cc line 195 where:
Code: [Select]
if (optparser.isSet(BALFA) || optparser.isSet(FALFA) || optparser.isSet(FILTER) || !(p->getTitle().empty() || optparser.isSet(NOFONT)))it should be:
Code: [Select]
if (optparser.isSet(BALFA) || optparser.isSet(FALFA) || optparser.isSet(FILTER) || !(p->getTitle().empty()) || optparser.isSet(NOFONT))
BTW, thanks to Team Tiny Core for this new release!  :)

Thanks, We will get your patch in for the fix.
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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2012, 10:52:51 PM »
I usually run a comparison to the previous release or release candidate whenever a new one shows up. This time I noted that a kernel driver (i.e. '.../drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.ko.gz') was removed. As 'modules.alias' and 'modules.dep' are still unchanged (i.e. 'depmod' was not run after the file removal) I wonder whether this is intentional or rather an "accident".

Good catch, thanks! I have restored this item. Looks like I will release a 4.5.1 with these adjustments.
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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2012, 12:53:34 AM »
@AmatCoder

Please report the bug upstream too. ( http://code.google.com/p/wbar/ )
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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2012, 01:04:14 AM »
Title text with the white outline (shadow?) looks ugly on my notebook even with Xorg and not in line with appearance of other texts. Just a cosmetic of cource, however.... Screenshot below doesn't give back its real appearance on the physical screen:

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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2012, 02:51:00 AM »
Why has  Apps GUI OnBoot, OnDemand, & Md5Check case insensitive sort order while Load App Locally has not?

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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2012, 03:09:59 AM »
/usr/local/share/applications/tinycore-scm.desktop is not needed, can be removed.
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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2012, 09:49:13 AM »

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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2012, 01:44:41 PM »
Title text with the white outline (shadow?) looks ugly on my notebook even with Xorg and not in line with appearance of other texts. Just a cosmetic of cource, however.... Screenshot below doesn't give back its real appearance on the physical screen:



I have moved the title into the window title area for 4.5.1.
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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2012, 01:45:26 PM »
Why has  Apps GUI OnBoot, OnDemand, & Md5Check case insensitive sort order while Load App Locally has not?
Done for 4.5.1.
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Re: Core v4.5
« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2012, 01:46:03 PM »
/usr/local/share/applications/tinycore-scm.desktop is not needed, can be removed.
Removed from 4.5.1
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