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Hugh · Posted: Thu 08 Dec 2011, 17:50 Post subject:

Booted TOP9 from CD and had forgotten how
it tenaciously grabs any likely save file to use
from the hard drives. As a consequence the
save file it used was corrupted and rendered
useless but still mountable from other puppies.
I was able to extract everything I needed so it
was just an inconvenience.

Is there any way to keep 214X from aggressively
using any save file it thinks is appropriate at
first boot (other than pfix=ram [F2 Option] which
whizzes by rather quickly?)

It would be nice if PWGET was replaced with
PWSGET to enable the ease of secure downloads
where Login and Password are needed.

Otherwise TOP9 looked good - I'll devote more
time to walking it in the near future to see if there
are any quirks. Many thanks ttuuxxx!

Dewbie · Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1415

Hugh wrote:

kenbanistu · Joined: 08 Jan 2009 Posts: 30

I downloaded and did a full install of Top9 and I am having a couple of problems. Firefox won't run, and Gxine won't run. I have tried running both from the terminal to see if I get any error messages. The only message I get is "Illegal Instruction". With Gxine there is a jump in cpu usage for a second or two, but then it drops back down and the words "Illegal Instruction" appear in the terminal window. It's as if gxine tries to run but then does something "illegal" and gets shut down.

At the moment, it doesn't matter if Firefox runs or not because 214x top9 doesn't see my modem. Are there any plans to add any more modem drivers? Maybe add all the ones puppy 4.3.1 has? I say that because puppy 4.3.1 sees my modem ok. It is what I am running now as I post this.

If it will help, I am running a Compaq 7470 with 192 megs of ram. The hard drive has a 1 gig swap partition on it. The rest of the 30gig hard drive is divided into two partitions. There is a full intsall of puppy 431retro on the first one, and a full install of 214x top 9 on the other.

--Ken

ttuuxxx · Posted: Sat 17 Dec 2011, 12:45 Post subject: Re: Firefox and Gxine won't run

kenbanistu · Joined: 08 Jan 2009 Posts: 30

kenbanistu · Joined: 08 Jan 2009 Posts: 30

Ok, here is what's in the xerrs.log file:

Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from list!
killall: HotPup.sh: no process killed

2027: old priority 0, new priority 19
cups: restarted scheduler.
/root/Startup-Metacity-apps/gatotray: Can't open /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THxx/temperature: No such file or directory
/root/Startup-Metacity-apps/gatotray: Can't get scaling frequencies: No such file or directory
xscreensaver: 23:37:22: locking is disabled (not compiled with locking support).
Window manager warning: last_focus_time (1315105422) is greater than comparison timestamp (1286318738). This most likely represents a buggy client sending inaccurate timestamps in messages such as _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW. Trying to work around...
Window manager warning: last_user_time (1315105422) is greater than comparison timestamp (1286318738). This most likely represents a buggy client sending inaccurate timestamps in messages such as _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW. Trying to work around...
WaitForSomething(): select: errno=11

sheldonisaac · Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 287 Location: Philadelphia, PA

Some snipping.

Colonel Panic · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 1225

Still using 214X Top 9, it's great. My only request for 10 would be for more modern versions of Gnumeric (which have options to autofit the column width), and perhaps Abiword too, which can open later Open Office or Word files than Top 9 can - would that be possible?

Apart from that, I'm looking forward to Top 10 but happy with Top 9 for the time being. Thanks ttuuxxx.

p310don · Posted: Wed 21 Dec 2011, 08:56 Post subject:

Torrent for download of top9

Unzip and open torrent file in your torrent handler of choice.

PenguinPupLin · Joined: 23 Dec 2011 Posts: 126 Location: The Little Red Dot

Sorry if this question has been asked before(such a long thread). I frugal installed 2.14X-Top9 in addition to Slacko 513 and Lighthouse Puppy 503g but was unable to boot into it, the screen stops at " init is the parent of all processes". Adding pfix=ram doesn't solve the problem. Any help appreciated.

MinHundHettePerro · Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 831 Location: SE

Hello

!
You need to add root=/dev/ram0 to your kernel line:

PenguinPupLin · Joined: 23 Dec 2011 Posts: 126 Location: The Little Red Dot

PenguinPupLin · Joined: 23 Dec 2011 Posts: 126 Location: The Little Red Dot

I've just downloaded the Seamonkey-2.3.3.pet from wisdom-seekers.com and used Rox-filer to installed it in 214X-TOP and then rebooted the PC but it still fails to work when I click the menu icon. What's missing or done wrongly? Please help.