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by mac84
Fri 12 Mar 2010, 02:49
Forum: Unsorted
Topic: Irssi IRC Client pet
Replies: 0
Views: 2069

Irssi IRC Client pet

Been away from puppy for awhile. So today I installed puppy and made an Irssi pet package the .desktop file points to a simple launcher so that it will start using $TERM -e irssi & exit http://www.irssi.org/about "Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC ...
by mac84
Sat 12 Dec 2009, 22:54
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Black Ops Puppy
Replies: 108
Views: 98966

iway officiallyway antway othingnay otay oday ithway isthay
:twisted:
by mac84
Tue 05 May 2009, 05:53
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: pupevent drive icons and rox session
Replies: 1
Views: 1035

it's so annoying, I looked into event manager and tried setting set the option to realign the drive icons. but the manager does not save the change. I looked into the /etc/eventmanager and did not find that NEWICONWIPE was not in there so I added: NEWICONWIPE=true since it seems that is related to d...
by mac84
Sun 03 May 2009, 20:16
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: pupevent drive icons and rox session
Replies: 1
Views: 1035

pupevent drive icons and rox session

I'm using newyearspup 02 and I happen to like rox more than pcmanfm. once issue I have a question about is if I start rox from the Desktopstarter launcher or from the startup folder, the folders for my drive will always be gerneated and stacked in the bottom left cornor, even if the icons already ex...
by mac84
Fri 17 Apr 2009, 22:32
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: espeak: A speech synthesizer
Replies: 21
Views: 35180

I tried this on New Years pup 02.

only thing needed to make it work:
symlink usr/lib/libespeak.so.1 >> usr/lib/libespeak.so.1.1.40.

thanks alot!
by mac84
Wed 15 Apr 2009, 03:30
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Any PC Emulator for puppy linux?
Replies: 29
Views: 11044

so I'm thinking about colinux and windering where to start. I've read over colinux and russian puppy and poked around qemu puppy. I can boot puppy with the colinux kernel and it will boot my initrd.gz but can't find the pup_XXX.sfs for obvious reasons. if I were to include the device nodes and kerne...
by mac84
Sun 29 Mar 2009, 06:04
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: installing unetbootin
Replies: 11
Views: 3931

do you anv another computer other then the acer?
by mac84
Fri 27 Mar 2009, 02:25
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: installing puppy for acer on an acer one
Replies: 10
Views: 2899

anywho why would you want to do a usb install on it? install it to the SD if you really want to run from usb! create bootable SD card with vmlinuz & initrd for your puppy. as soon as initrd loads and puppy starts searching for save files, insert your usbdrive (pup_XXX.sfs, pup_save.2fs, etc.) sh...
by mac84
Fri 27 Mar 2009, 01:55
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: installing puppy for acer on an acer one
Replies: 10
Views: 2899

I want one!
by mac84
Thu 26 Mar 2009, 17:45
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: installing puppy for acer on an acer one
Replies: 10
Views: 2899

unetbootin unetbootin will erase/format your usb drive!! BUT it automatically does the rest fo you! check it out. OR If you can Not use another computer, your acer has XP and you don't want to use unetbootin. you'll need: HPdrivekey format tool(optional) your choice of ISO viewer or mounter to copy...
by mac84
Tue 24 Mar 2009, 22:47
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: mybin: script for tinkering
Replies: 1
Views: 1707

here is a pet I made with mybin

it does not register with petget simply since I have not done a uninstall script.

if you like here it is
by mac84
Tue 24 Mar 2009, 22:21
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to add text to a file in a script?
Replies: 8
Views: 2201

ok well I couldn't seem to male any of those work, most likely my lack of knowledge. but I did find that I could add it to my bashrc FLAG="#mybinPATH" CKPATH=$(cat $HOME/.bashrc | grep '#mybinPATH') if [ "$CKPATH" = "" ]; then echo "adding PATH to $HOME/.bashrc&quo...
by mac84
Tue 24 Mar 2009, 22:11
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: mybin: script for tinkering
Replies: 1
Views: 1707

mybin: script for tinkering

hi there! This is my script i call 'mybin' what does it do? example: I mainly use muppy 084c. I do alot of tinkering and testing for personal learning. This often means I mess something up along the way so I use live sessions with a setup script I made. such as I have a packages I've made for instal...
by mac84
Sat 21 Mar 2009, 07:29
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Whats so good about puppy anyway?
Replies: 86
Views: 27577

nothings impossible when you put your mind to it
by mac84
Sat 21 Mar 2009, 02:58
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to add text to a file in a script?
Replies: 8
Views: 2201

How to add text to a file in a script?

I'm working on a script and I'll post my script after this, it already works except I don't want to manually have to add this to path . So I want it complete before i present it! and From what i can see, export only works for that script process so I want to add /root/bin to my path in /etc/profile....
by mac84
Fri 20 Mar 2009, 23:39
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Whats so good about puppy anyway?
Replies: 86
Views: 27577

I like puppy over ubuntu since I can make it my own.

run it from almost anything.

imagine if puppy had the following of ubuntu?
by mac84
Sun 14 Sep 2008, 19:56
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: turned acpi off in bios, want to enable cpufreq
Replies: 1
Views: 1317

turned acpi off in bios, want to enable cpufreq

well here it is I have a MSI RADEON Xpress 200G. I've shared 128mb with the video and have it running at about 42fps. pretty much i wanna enable powernow-k8 and it won't let me give me this error. # modprobe powernow-k8 WARNING: Error inserting processor (/lib/modules/2.6.21.7/kernel/drivers/acpi/pr...
by mac84
Sun 29 Jun 2008, 01:01
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Cleaning up needless cache data in pup_save
Replies: 17
Views: 10585

or you can create a symlink from /tmp/cache to your firefox cache
by mac84
Sun 29 Jun 2008, 00:37
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: What is a Frugal install? Can Puppy do it?
Replies: 10
Views: 3516

hmm... you want a LiveCD system? you do not want a save file but want to expand the system on command? for example with some games ALREADY installed to a pen drive, you just want to be able to pop in the drive and load the game on the LiveCD without a save file? I'm not sure how exactly to go about ...
by mac84
Sun 22 Jun 2008, 01:13
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: If you use WINE, a way to speed up linux...
Replies: 22
Views: 12756

I have wine installed so I can play with it and I'm a newbie (learn what I can!) and also playing with ies4linux..... anyone have shockwave running?? but I also have Vbox setup with a small Windows server 2k3 installed to a 400mb vdi just to run basic programs that really don't work under wine.... s...