Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[Amgine]

Puppy 5.2.8

I am trying to use Puppy on a another computer I just setup. I am running it off of a USB, (The same USB I use on my other computers) This computer is much better then the other two. (More RAM better graphic card)

Each time I restart, it will revert back to 16 bit color, I will rerun the Xorg wizard and set everything back to my settings 1440x900x24 Works and looks great, I restart and it is back to the wrong settings.

When its at 16bit the computer screen will be dime with a green tint....

Ideas?

[ICPUG]

Assuming you have a frugal install on the USB.

Do you have a pupsave file?

That should hold the settings.

One problem is that moving from computer to computer may require different settings. To solve this create different pupsave files (you are asked if you want to modify the name on creation). When Puppy finds different pupsave files on boot up it will ask you to select which one you want to use. Choose the one for the computer you are using.

[Amgine]

[Amgine]

Is the save file, lupu_528.sfs???

[Karl Godt]

THATs the files list of a frugal installation using Grub4Dos bootloader on an Ext3 formatted partition of 2GB size on a 4GB USB pen drive i installed today :

/mnt/sdc1/lost+found
/mnt/sdc1/devx_431.sfs
/mnt/sdc1/grldr
/mnt/sdc1/grub4dosconfig.log
/mnt/sdc1/initrd.gz
/mnt/sdc1/menu.lst
/mnt/sdc1/pup-431.sfs <-MAIN PUPPYdotSFS
/mnt/sdc1/pupsave-2012_02_02.2fs <- SAVE_FILE
/mnt/sdc1/sdb_mbr.bak
/mnt/sdc1/vmlinuz

It is a Puppy 4.3.1 but it should be similar for later puppies .

Note the difference between .SFS and .2FS

SFS is squash filesystem (requiring the squashfs kernel module)
2FS is the ext2 formatted puppy save file .

[Amgine]

[Amgine]

Bump

xorg problem

[gerry]

I think it's a Woof problem- see my post, topic number 75650 in this forum.

[ICPUG]

A full install doesn't have a save file. The file system is continuously updated. This is a bit unusual for a usb flash disk due to the no. of writes problem.

An idea - what happens if you make the resolution changes and then make xorg.conf read only? Shouldn't be able to overwrite now, should it?

[gerry]

That does not work- it gets changed back to what it was. I suspect that it gets deleted and re-created.

[Amgine]

[gerry]

This problem occurs not only in 5.2.8, but also in 5.X.9, 5.3.1, and 5.2.2. Xorg.conf should be created only the first time the system is booted, and then modified by xorgwizard or
other means. It should not then be AGAIN created when the system is booted, this results in the customisations being lost.

I notice that the original poster is using the radeon driver: so am I. Does this problem only occur with that driver?

[Amgine]

[Karl Godt]

[bigpup]

The save file should have a name like:
lupusave-XXXXX.2fs
lupusave.2fs
lupusave.3fs
lupusave-XXXXX.3fs

The (XXXXX) is an added name you gave to the save file when you made it.

What I think is going on. You have a save file made for use on a computer, that has a very different graphics card, from the one you are now trying to use it on.
When you boot, the settings are being defaulted to a basic setup, because that is the best guess that will work.

If you are using the usb flash drive on different computers. You need a separate save file for each.
Each computers specific settings in a specific save file.

To do this.
Boot Puppy.
At the boot screen hit F2 key.
Use boot option puppy pfix=ram.
this will boot like a fresh clean start with no save file.
Reboot
When asked to make save file, give it a name to identify what computer it is for.
After it boots again, now using the save file you just made, make the setting changes you need.
Now you have specific settings for this computer.

When the USB drive is used on a different computer, do the same procedure to make a specific save file for it.

When you boot Puppy, it will give you option screen to choose which save file to use.