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by xan
Wed 05 Jun 2019, 14:44
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Can a mkv video file online be started part way through?
Replies: 1
Views: 430

Can a mkv video file online be started part way through?

Hi, My niece appears in a regular live video series but only for the last 10 minutes. The full videos are available for direct download but rather than downloading the whole of each 3GB mkv file and then using FFMPEG to create just the last 10 minutes, I want to know if I could start the download ne...
by xan
Wed 09 Jan 2019, 06:46
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Need a Palemoon, or better, browser sfs
Replies: 15
Views: 2637

perdido wrote:Which old slacko version are you using?
It's 5.3.3

I've been happy with it until now as every application I've wanted has been fast and worked until that website has been changed.
by xan
Wed 09 Jan 2019, 05:43
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Need a Palemoon, or better, browser sfs
Replies: 15
Views: 2637

Need a Palemoon, or better, browser sfs

Hi, I need to continue using some old add-ons that don't work with the newer changed Firefox. I had installed a Palemoon version that worked fine which I found in SFS format in somebody's website (I think it was thanks to OscarTalks but I can't find Palemoon there now). Unfortunately that version of...
by xan
Tue 26 Jun 2018, 11:11
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Problem with modem/internet traffic being blocked
Replies: 3
Views: 556

Problem with modem/internet traffic being blocked

Hi, Something is blocking my modem/internet. At random times the speed suddenly starts to slow and die. Only a modem reboot gives back connectivity to the computer but the modem itself was connected to the internet throughout. In addition, access to the modem/router web config page doesn't respond p...
by xan
Wed 14 Jun 2017, 21:07
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How can I quickly swap between eth0 and wlan0 ?
Replies: 3
Views: 915

How can I quickly swap between eth0 and wlan0 ?

Both eth0 and wlan0 have network access and I can get each one to work with "Puppy Network Wizard" but when I want to change from one to the other I have to put the IP and Gateway address in repeatedly before it eventually sticks and will work. eth0 and wlan0 use completely different addre...
by xan
Wed 17 Sep 2014, 09:39
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: DeaDBeeF 0.5.6 and 0.6.1 and 0.6.2
Replies: 64
Views: 35841

Re: DeaDBeeF 0.5.6 and 0.6.1

Version 0.6.1 was released and then the developer added some fixes. The builds named as "0.6.1.3" are downloaded as source from git with (I believe) those fixes included. Thank you for your hard work packaging this music player. The older versions of Deadbeef didn't include Hotkeys, and w...
by xan
Sun 13 Oct 2013, 01:53
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: [Solved]Keybindings ~/.jwmrc & especially alt+F4
Replies: 2
Views: 1475

Re: Keybindings ~/.jwmrc & especially alt+F4

the keybinding for alt+F4 must die How can I alter or at least disable those two stubborn keybindings? You would probably hate me. I use F4 to close windows. I think you should be changing the bindings in: /root/.jwm/jwmrc-personal Otherwise you keep reinstating them every time regardless of what y...
by xan
Sun 06 Oct 2013, 02:33
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: What's best way to extract file names from a folder?
Replies: 17
Views: 4669

musher0 wrote:

Code: Select all

ls --color -og | more
Thanks for all the suggestions people.

Is there a way to omit the permissions column from the results?

I found a suggestion to use awk but I don't understand it and it doesn't handle spaces in file names.

Code: Select all

ls --color -ogh | awk '{ print $3, $4, $6 }'
by xan
Thu 03 Oct 2013, 09:02
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: What's best way to extract file names from a folder?
Replies: 17
Views: 4669

What's best way to extract file names from a folder?

If I have many files in a folder is there a good way to get all the file names, dates and sizes into a text file?

I don't have any background using Linux so only know basic commands.

Best I have figured out so far is:
ls --color -gGh

but there must be a better way.
by xan
Wed 25 Sep 2013, 02:51
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to disable or switch power off to a USB port?
Replies: 9
Views: 2724

Karl Godt wrote:You need to recompile the kernel
That won't be happening. Is there anything else I can look at with Slacko? Or is there a place to learn more about the Linux commands? There are people that say they can do it with Ubuntu, but the commands don't work in Slacko.
by xan
Sun 22 Sep 2013, 10:28
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to disable or switch power off to a USB port?
Replies: 9
Views: 2724

Karl Godt wrote:Check if

# CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND is not set
I don't have that line at all in mine. Are you saying I should put it in and set it to on?
by xan
Sat 21 Sep 2013, 11:12
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to disable or switch power off to a USB port?
Replies: 9
Views: 2724

You need to be substituting 'usb2-4.1' with the proper name on your system as seen from earlier command output. I understand that, but neither of the two commands work for Slacko. I got the second command from Ubuntu. It doesn't work in Slacko. The first command doesn't work on newer kernels. If th...
by xan
Fri 20 Sep 2013, 16:35
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to disable or switch power off to a USB port?
Replies: 9
Views: 2724

Can anyone help, please? If not then can someone suggest a forum where I can go to get the answer?
by xan
Sun 15 Sep 2013, 10:15
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to disable or switch power off to a USB port?
Replies: 9
Views: 2724

How to disable or switch power off to a USB port?

I have found a command to list the active USB ports: for device in $(ls /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/product); do echo $device;cat $device;done I also found references to commands that are supposed to switch power off to a port but they don't work in Slacko. echo suspend | tee /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2-4....
by xan
Thu 25 Apr 2013, 17:45
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Is there a way to diagnose a USB port and HDD disappearing?
Replies: 15
Views: 2642

Hi Xan, have you tried a different USB port? Thank you for replying, but that's not the kind of suggestions that I want. They are equivalent to slapping the side of the TV to get it to work. I'm sure that there are linux commands that can help diagnose what the problem is, but I don't know enough t...
by xan
Thu 25 Apr 2013, 13:29
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Is there a way to diagnose a USB port and HDD disappearing?
Replies: 15
Views: 2642

Flash wrote:I've used all kinds of USB storage devices in many different Puppys and the only time I had an intermittent problem
Sure, but for some reason it's stable in Windows. That's why I wanted to know if there are any diagnostic commands that I can run to find out what's going on.
by xan
Thu 25 Apr 2013, 13:25
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Is there a way to diagnose a USB port and HDD disappearing?
Replies: 15
Views: 2642

cat /sbin/probedisk* Thanks, but I don't know what to do with that. The thing keeps dropping out and redrawing the icons with different device letters. It appears as sdd1, I click on it then it disappears and sde1 appears, I click on it and it disappears. It's like playing wack a mole. Is there an ...
by xan
Thu 25 Apr 2013, 12:24
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to turn off laptop screen when using external monitor?
Replies: 1
Views: 1132

How to turn off laptop screen when using external monitor?

My notebook is supposed to have a keyboard sequence that switches between notebook screen, external monitor and both working at the same time (FN key + F8).

This works in Windows but not in Puppy, both just stay on. I want to switch the notebook screen off. Is there a way?
by xan
Thu 25 Apr 2013, 12:19
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Is there a way to diagnose a USB port and HDD disappearing?
Replies: 15
Views: 2642

Sounds like a bad connection to me. Does the drive use one of those double USB cables to get more power from the computer, or does it use an external power supply I have an external power supply. It works okay in Windows but not in Slacko. What does probedisk do? That's the application that keeps c...
by xan
Tue 23 Apr 2013, 09:55
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Is there a way to diagnose a USB port and HDD disappearing?
Replies: 15
Views: 2642

Is there a way to diagnose a USB port and HDD disappearing?

I have an external portable USB hard disk drive (Western Digital). It can be operating happily and then suddenly the drive will disappear from the Puppy attached devices (probedisk?). Then it reappears under a different device name (sde to sdf). I mount it and if I was writing a file then only part ...

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