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by shadow of viper`
Tue 25 Jul 2017, 03:47
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Unknown script works from console, not from desktop
Replies: 3
Views: 1057

HI Williamhdc

Welcome to the kennels!

Perhaps it is working alright
When you open from a console, the output gets printed in the same window

Without details, it is near impossible to help

Can you post the full script please?
by shadow of viper`
Thu 10 Nov 2016, 06:48
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Problem installing puppy tahr 6.0.5 (Solved now thanks)
Replies: 31
Views: 5983

Hi number77 Not sure if someone has already brought this up Or if this is even relevant to your situation, but i would like to bring it up anyway I was recently handed over a space LCD monitor. This one has a few buttons on the underside to adjust the image Specifically, there is a button which says...
by shadow of viper`
Fri 28 Oct 2016, 09:56
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to make a netbook Puppy for traveling in Europe?
Replies: 10
Views: 2624

Hi faQun With the limitations you mentioned (viz. no HDD, user not familiar with puppy), you need to consider the following points This is not an exhaustive list nor a howto Just my quick thoughts, i am posting here to get the attention of more knowledgeable members 1. Consider an SDHC card instead ...
by shadow of viper`
Fri 28 Oct 2016, 08:27
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: One Puppy - multiple savefiles?
Replies: 10
Views: 1919

Hello musher0 Thanks for the information As a partial answer to the question in your title: I have never used it myself, but if you look at the"Puppy Cheat Codes" in the Puppy "wikka", there is a setting called psave=abcsave_nnn.2fs. Now, that is exactly what i am talking about! ...
by shadow of viper`
Fri 28 Oct 2016, 06:47
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Laptop mousepads don't work right in USB Puppy
Replies: 9
Views: 1842

Hello PalapaGuy, Please provide more information as requested by ally and greengeek Have you tried configuring your touchpad from the setup menu? Menu-> Setup-> Keyboard/Mouse setup -> synaptics touchpad settings (This is the generic navigation path. Posting from memory, not on my puppy machine at t...
by shadow of viper`
Fri 28 Oct 2016, 05:28
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: One Puppy - multiple savefiles?
Replies: 10
Views: 1919

Hi All, I wonder why the puppy setup with symlinks failed to boot? Any guesses anyone? Since the kernel and initial ramdisk loaded successfully, i suspect that the code which looks for the main SFS file must have failed to resolve the symlink (is this code part of the initrd?) I am just a user with ...
by shadow of viper`
Fri 28 Oct 2016, 04:25
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: One Puppy - multiple savefiles?
Replies: 10
Views: 1919

Hi LazY Puppy

THanks for your response, i will try it out this weekend

Cheers!
by shadow of viper`
Thu 27 Oct 2016, 06:20
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: One Puppy - multiple savefiles?
Replies: 10
Views: 1919

Hi bigpup I assume you know that save files use names that are specific to a specific version of Puppy. That's right, i only used generic names (Ex: subdirectory1, savefile1 etc) here to make my point pfix=<n> Number of save files to ignore I guess this is specific to multi-session cd/dvd Never used...
by shadow of viper`
Thu 27 Oct 2016, 04:21
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: One Puppy - multiple savefiles?
Replies: 10
Views: 1919

One Puppy - multiple savefiles?

Hello everyone! I had this question on my mind for very long, but never did anything to find out Hardware details: 1. An ancient AMD Athlon 64bit Desktop PC 2. An ancient 1GB Kingston USB flash drive Current Setup: 1. A single ext2 partition on the flashdrive 2. Four subdirectories + extlinux (with ...
by shadow of viper`
Mon 03 Oct 2016, 09:09
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Lucid Puppy 5.1.1 - Xorgwizard resolution [SOLVED]
Replies: 3
Views: 662

Hi Burn_IT and tallboy I searched the forum for Burn_IT's posts, there were a couple of posts related to resolution fixes but could not find anything definitive Google threw me a couple of posts from other distros which seemed to work a bit I had partial success with the instructions from this post ...
by shadow of viper`
Tue 27 Sep 2016, 09:38
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Lucid Puppy 5.1.1 - Xorgwizard resolution [SOLVED]
Replies: 3
Views: 662

Lucid Puppy 5.1.1 - Xorgwizard resolution [SOLVED]

Hello, I have a desktop computer with AMD 64-bit which was hooked up to a 17" CRT monitor I have recently been handed over an ACER widescreen LCD monitor The recommended resolution for this monitor is 1366x768 This computer is set to run Lucid Puppy 5.1.1 as the main OS The original xorg conf w...
by shadow of viper`
Tue 27 Sep 2016, 07:53
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to I go about automating fsck in lucid?
Replies: 13
Views: 2626

Came across this thread while looking for something else Somehow, we seem to have missed this piece of information earlier Also note my save file utilized heavy encrytion. Not sure if there is a way to automate the fsck for encrypted savefiles. How is the password authentication supposed to happen? ...
by shadow of viper`
Sun 28 Aug 2016, 11:39
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to install dd_utility in Lucid 528 on USB?
Replies: 14
Views: 2727

Hi kuman,

Do you want some help?

Your single line post is not going to help you or anyone else

Help us help you by providing more information

What operating system are you currently running?
Link to the software you are trying to install

The more information you provide, the better

Cheers!
by shadow of viper`
Thu 11 Aug 2016, 02:51
Forum: Desktop
Topic: mukstart - start menu like Cinnamon
Replies: 52
Views: 40940

Hi a couple of questions What requirements need this software? It works with lxpanel and openbox? the terminal shows me this error with version 4.3.1 ** (gtkdialog:24169): ERROR **: gtkdialog: Error in line 265, near token '</vbox>': syntax error ./mukstart: línea 180: 24169 Trace/breakpoint trap g...
by shadow of viper`
Thu 11 Aug 2016, 02:40
Forum: Desktop
Topic: mukstart - start menu like Cinnamon
Replies: 52
Views: 40940

On puppy tarh 6.0.5 mukstart version 4.3.2.2 mukstart rm: cannot remove ‘/usr/local/mukstart/pixmaps/*’: No such file or directory ** (gtkdialog:11320): ERROR **: gtkdialog: Error in line 1126, near token '</input>': syntax error /usr/bin/mukstart: line 286: 11320 Trace/breakpoint trap gtkdialog -f...
by shadow of viper`
Wed 03 Aug 2016, 12:44
Forum: Desktop
Topic: mukstart - start menu like Cinnamon
Replies: 52
Views: 40940

Also, i did try PupMenu, but an older version http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76713 Back the, it only had radio buttons for selection Mukstart attracted my attention with the hover select feature PupMenu has all the text left aligned i did not check the source code, so i am not sure if ...
by shadow of viper`
Wed 03 Aug 2016, 12:33
Forum: Desktop
Topic: mukstart - start menu like Cinnamon
Replies: 52
Views: 40940

I know how to left alignment on button, but it just on text. But when i add image, it is center automatically. Sad Thanks for providing the code snippet too showing this behaviour Now, i wish someone can come up with a way to align the entire image+text to left The menu itself is working, the logou...
by shadow of viper`
Tue 02 Aug 2016, 14:48
Forum: Desktop
Topic: mukstart - start menu like Cinnamon
Replies: 52
Views: 40940

Hello again! Tested a little more today on CompizPup #1 The errors were for LXTerminal, PCManFM on <input file> tags I guess the icons for these applications were not found, will investigate later I edited the /usr/local/mukstart/gui file and copied the icon path for an existing application (gexec) ...
by shadow of viper`
Tue 02 Aug 2016, 00:32
Forum: Desktop
Topic: mukstart - start menu like Cinnamon
Replies: 52
Views: 40940

Awesome!

Hi recobayu I stumbled across this thread while looking for something else This is exactly what puppy needs, lightweight and fast - yet modern looking menu Thank you! I installed the pet package last night and gave it a quick go Unfortunately, there were a few errors It was past midnight so i did no...
by shadow of viper`
Wed 20 Jul 2016, 03:28
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Clock is 5 hours off
Replies: 9
Views: 1648

okay, without more information this is only going to be a guesswork 1. Did you try manually correcting the time? Is the changed time retained after reboot? 2. Do you use multiple operating systems on the same machine - especially windows? The OS usually needs to be told the correct time (manually or...