puppy 2.13 bugs and workarounds

as with ubuntu, redhat, and certainly windows, puppy doesn't always do exactly what you'd expect it to. sometimes you messed up, and sometimes puppy messed up. it may surprise some people that puppy isn't perfect, because sometimes it comes really close!

and here's a list of niggling things that should possibly, or can easily, be repaired... or at least worked with. when possible, they will be followed by tips to help you (and maybe even devs) tweak, fiddle, and improve with the least effort possible.

thanks to those that contribute, and thanks for your patience. we do it because generally, we love puppy. so here are some bugs, and other bug-like items, (and hopefully workarounds!) found in puppy 2.13. you have to find them to fix them!


"show desktop" feature in jwm incompatible with rox 2.5, button disabled

at a guess, this may mean either that the "show desktop" button on the taskbar will NOT close rox windows, or that using the "show desktop" button will hide the rox desktop icons as well. not yet tried: enabling the button, via /root/.jwmrc-tray (it's still there, but commented out) to see what happens.

if you don't use icons on the desktop, or have removed them, or you don't use rox filer for file management, this "bug" may not affect you.


ktwi: these fixes should apply to puppy 2.13, and some will likely work in other versions.

thanks to: maurelius, amish

puppy 2.12 bugs and workarounds

as with ubuntu, redhat, and certainly windows, puppy doesn't always do exactly what you'd expect it to. sometimes you messed up, and sometimes puppy messed up. it may surprise some people that puppy isn't perfect, because sometimes it comes really close!

and here's a list of niggling things that should possibly, or can easily, be repaired... or at least worked with. when possible, they will be followed by tips to help you (and maybe even devs) tweak, fiddle, and improve with the least effort possible.

thanks to those that contribute, and thanks for your patience. we do it because generally, we love puppy. so here are some bugs, and other bug-like items, (and hopefully workarounds!) found in puppy 2.12. you have to find them to fix them!


broken links in the help system

The help icon on the desktop leads to several (not all of them, at least) broken online and offline links, in Puppy 2.12 and likely a number of other versions.

Future workaround: alienjeff has started to compile a list of these broken links and provide a workaround when possible.

Meanwhile: all pages that do load properly offline should be available from your browser at: file:///usr/share/doc <- local link, only available within puppylinux


ktwi: these fixes should apply to puppy 2.12, and some will likely work in other versions.

thanks to: alienjeff, amish