Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[runtt21]

This is cool :

http://www.pcmech.com/article/macpup-the-great-looking-tiny-linux-distro-youve-been-looking-for/

[backi]

Hi runtt21

Thanks for your quick reply .
Followed your advise. Mixer module now working fine .

One more time ....Macpup is a real fantastic distro .

Fast- sophisticated- elegant .

See you

[runtt21]

And sometimes it even works on backi's computer.

[Barburo]

Hi
I'm new to Macpup. I haven't read all the way through the 25 pages on this thread so apologies if this query has already been answered. Installed the latest Macpup528 from your download mirror.
Firstly - wow it's fast. I had a vanilla install of Racy pup which was also quick but I guess running in memory really helps. My Acer Aspire laptop has twin Intel U4100 CPUs with 4 gigs memory so there's plenty of headroom.

I used Quickpet to download chrome browser which I have been using quite a lot - I love the sync feature so that I have essentially the same browser on all my desktops (about 10 or so if you count all the distros and derivatives and WinXP for my wife and compatibility sometimes!).

The sync feature in chrome just hangs - I can navigate to most pages I (only got "aw snap" for the chrome store) but no sync.
Any similar experiences or advice to offer?
B.

[runtt21]

I don't use chrome so I can't say for sure. But Firefox keeps all of it settings ,bookmarks and stuff in /root/.mozilla . If you can find where chrome keeps it stuff you can copy the file into macpup and have all of your "stuff".

[Barburo]

I decided to try and use puppy package manager to see if I could find a later version. Only the same version of the Chromium Browser that I already had installed came up so I decided to activate the puppy-lucid-main repository (Warning: it takes a looong time to download and update).
I then searched again with that repository checked, and there were several versions of the Chromium browser to choose from.
I picked the most recent and after a slooow download from ibiblio.com I now have the latest Chromium browser installed, synced and working great.
B.

[Barburo]

I found a Geeqie pet that works for Macpup (much prefer it to Viewnior)

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=44049

[runtt21]

New video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITvBqejP3SU

[runtt21]

Just finished a new build of e 71440 will start testing tomorrow if all goes well I should have another update for mp528 and mp528v2 soon.

[Barburo]

Using Macpup 528 v2
I have a partition on my laptop that is ext4 (it has Mint 12 loaded on it).
The version of Pmount in Macpup doesn't recognize an ext4 partition.
I get a red box with an error message "unable to load load sda7" but when I exit to other distros there is no problem with the partition.
I believe there is a version of pmount out there that is ext4 friendly.
Any plans to use a version of pmount that will recognize and mount ext4 partitions?

[Karl Godt]

[runtt21]

[James C]

[Barburo]

I know that the Lighthouse Pup derivatives all recognize ext4 partitions so I assumed that it was pmount that did it.
So ... I copied the pmount exec from LHPup 503 (Tazoc's latest 32-bit LHPup which correctly identifies my /dev/sda7 partition as ext4), and executed it in Macpup528.

It ran perfectly but listed my ext4 partition as ext3!
So I'm wondering where and how does Macpup identify the partitions?

I looked in fstab (after booting into macpup 528) and all I see is:

[runtt21]

@Barburo , Macpup's pmount and the way it identifies partitions isthe same as lucid's.


I have almost finished my testing of the new updates and should have them uploaded in a few days.