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by Krysztau
Wed 22 May 2013, 16:37
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: laptop overwrites external screen settings
Replies: 9
Views: 2499

laptop overwrites external screen settings

Little thing that bothers me: I have old laptop with broken screen (1024x768). I have removed screen (and lots of other stuff) and plugged much bigger external monitor. X setup said that 1920x1020 is ok for monitor may be not ok for video card. When I boot slacko 5.5 I see nice desktop, icons cover ...
by Krysztau
Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:53
Forum: Misc
Topic: Classic Puppy (or linux) quotes!
Replies: 98
Views: 109327

Here are two by Sheldon Cooper (who BTW uses Ubuntu which is the only scientific mistake in the series). Windows 7 is more user friendly than Windows Vista, I don't like it Well, well, well, if it isn't Wil Wheaton. The Green Goblin to my Spider-Man, the Pope Paul V to my Galileo, the Internet Explo...
by Krysztau
Tue 11 Sep 2012, 12:03
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Changing screen setup "breaks" touchpad
Replies: 1
Views: 1123

Changing screen setup "breaks" touchpad

Here goes the story: I noticed that when using depth 24 intead of 16 colors don't work correctly in wine. But when I started "XorgWizard" and I selected depth 16 my touchpad gets ultra slow, I can "repare" it only by rizing min speed, but then it's hard to click small buttons etc...
by Krysztau
Tue 17 Apr 2012, 10:08
Forum: Misc
Topic: Newbie journal
Replies: 13
Views: 4462

Another trouble. I have external monitor 1920x1090 pluged into old laptop (1024x768). I suspect, that my graphic card does not support such a big screen So the problem is, when I start puppy both screens are working laptop and external. resolution in settings read 1024x768, but ext screen looks just...
by Krysztau
Fri 23 Mar 2012, 08:58
Forum: Misc
Topic: Newbie journal
Replies: 13
Views: 4462

Wll, it came to this. I had to post my question on the forum :) http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=2045438744&t=40402 I did my googling and searching, and thats it - issue was talked about, but I couldn't find my solution. And there is another psychologcal thing: is it just...
by Krysztau
Fri 23 Mar 2012, 08:44
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Write permission change on ntfs file system
Replies: 1
Views: 1665

Write permission change on ntfs file system

Hi, I have win7 and run slacko off my USB stick. I have an exe file on sda1, so to run it I have a shortcut on desktop taht mounts a drive and than opens .exe code you see here is with added permission change (third line), but it still does not change permission (dr-x------ 1 root root) #!/bin/sh mk...
by Krysztau
Mon 19 Mar 2012, 07:55
Forum: Misc
Topic: Newbie journal
Replies: 13
Views: 4462

to reply what opera lacks - In aurora I have quickJS add-on, that disable javascript with one click. I prefer this one to those with separate settings for every website. The key issue I can see is a googling thing. I managed to google out some basic things, but now I am still looking for any e-mail ...
by Krysztau
Sun 11 Mar 2012, 01:41
Forum: Misc
Topic: Newbie journal
Replies: 13
Views: 4462

Thank you for claryfying :) Here we come to another obstacle: Psychology. I have tried available browsers (dilio, Aurora Seamonkey and Opera) What I was looking for was something with RSS and simple email client on it. Opera was good, but disapointed me on the field of add-ons. Finally I resigned fr...
by Krysztau
Wed 29 Feb 2012, 07:58
Forum: Misc
Topic: Newbie journal
Replies: 13
Views: 4462

It's me again. I have my wifi running, so I hoped for some WINE instalation. In slacko that I use it is a piece of cake, however. I have three packages to choose from. wine wine_DEV wine_DOC version is all the same but those three letters bother me. I want to be a security trickster and I cant googl...
by Krysztau
Fri 24 Feb 2012, 12:38
Forum: Misc
Topic: Newbie journal
Replies: 13
Views: 4462

Thank you for your reply. Naturally I will study this school thing, I would appreciate similar link to some good coders gramarschool. Before all that learning however I have another bunch of issues that I am dealing with. On a success front: Firstly I managed to create my very own desktop, I created...
by Krysztau
Thu 23 Feb 2012, 23:27
Forum: Misc
Topic: Newbie journal
Replies: 13
Views: 4462

Newbie journal

Hi, This is my pupping journal. I am complete newbie with a bit of imagination what those tiny people inside my PC look like and enough brain to klick here if it says "click here". I installed Fedora once before, now excited by 120MB os on USB stick I simply couldn't resist. Finally I have...