(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Hello,
Version 7 Released
@Changelog..
Improved GUI, Xdialog instead of xmessage, better icons,
added "view MultiPup directory" button, added a No-Pet script, more warning messages....

Hello,
IDK if anyone is interested, but if you have the grub gfx bootsplash ..you might enjoy it...

It is called Splashshow...

What it does is every time you reboot, (Edit...The Puppy you ran it on..) your grub bootsplash will randomly cycle thru 25 splash images...
Run it on all your installed Puppies and every time you reboot from one , you get a new splash...
Its 10mb, in a tarball...
Anyone???

Also, I am making a few "alien" ISO`s for MultiPup...
So far just Tinycore...

I`ll U/L some stuff later....
Its late...

Gee whillikers, Jay.....not long d/led v.6 and you're at v7 now already
How's a poor tail-wagger supposed to keep up??

But i seriously applaud your (and CatDude's) efforts, and the version 7 GUI looks great Thanks for a fantastic app, i think it'll be well-used around the kennels to the point of wearing out

@ Max Headroom… ha, Fred Dagg... i remember when the Johns, (Banas and Clarke), were a comedy duo over there in sheep'n'gumboot country - those guys are legendary, imho..

Puppyluvr, sorry about OT bit of hijacking....the devil made me do it because of those gumboots

Hello Again!
puppyluvr;
Just d/l v7. Thank you!
I was not able to get working from pet in v6. Could open from menu set the iso's pets + sfs's but it just stalled at create Multipup.iso. I may be just missing something
Up to v5 I got a good md5sum on CD + DVD 2 of 3 DVD's that I burned it was the the 3rd one that gave the boot device error in my previous post.
The DVD burner will no longer read the disks already burned or see a new disk! So guess it's dead in the water... It was old but the only one I have
However the same drive still seems to burn Cd's just fine,go figure
Moved on to v6 after installing and uninstalling the pet two or three times on each pc deleted all and started over running from mnt home as before.
Created two Multipup.iso's on the DVD pc burned the first one to CD-RW md5sum did not match checked twice got the same numbers, burned another
copy of same to CD-R it returned the very same numbers as the CD-RW
Both copy's seem to ride and drive just fine! This was the case with the other pc with CD drive also.
I miss being able to right click on folders after iso's, pets or sfs have been added to check size, or again I have missed something! Is my newbie showing again
I'll try to find a DVD drive and get that going again.

Thanks for all the time and effort you are putting in to make this a really
Great and useful pet!

Thanks CatDude; aka "The Candy man"

Thanks to All that make this the Wonderful community it is!

I will look at v7 later today.

Bob

Hello,
Version 7b
Corrected script problem that caused failure at "Create your ISO image"
Should run better from menu...
D/L to same location, existing menu entry should work now...
Now runs on Afterstep, will test other xfce / metacity next..
Please test....

@Edit: Tested on wNOP w/xfce and compiz..
Works but Thunar leaves directories open...
Tested on 214x w/metacity...
Fails due to 214x not having /usr/sbin/filemnt...
Looking for workaround....

Hi All
puppyluvr;
I d/l v7b and attempted to install pet no menu entry this time, guess I could take a shot at dir2pet but what would be the point.

Well my CD quit too in that DVD-RW. So for now I have changed to an Amd Athlon 2600 CD-RW 512ram 80bg hd 1.3gb swap 25gb fat32+ntfs 3 x ext3 45gb's total 40gb's free

Any who I am going on a hunt

Bob

Hello,
Version 8 Released..
@Changelog:
Fixed script to locate directory, Fixed to run on XFCE / Thunar...
Tested MultiPup and menu pet on many Puppies ...
Jwm / IceWm / E-16 / E-17 / Xfce / Metacity / Afterstep.....
So far so good.....
Feedback please...

@Lookinglass360,
Bob, are you installing the pet from within the directory it is created in??
All my tests have it working perfectly....

@ Some older Puppies, ie 214x < top5, do not seem to have "filemnt"
214xtop5 does, and MultiPup runs like lightning on it...
Does anyone know what Puppy used B4 "filemnt"....???

@ On XFCE the GUI takes forever to open, I assume because it is written as a "Jwm display" and I guess XFCE has to "translate" or something..
However, after it comes up, it seems to function fine with the new changes I`ve made to the scripts...

@ Anyone that runs an unmentioned WM please test and report feedback B4 the Final version....

@ Also, I`ve U/L`d Splashshow and the MPTinycore ISO for MultiPup to my "meownplanet" link in my sig...
Remember that the MPTinycore ISO is just for MultiPup and is not bootable on its own....
To use Splashshow, just D/L is anywhere on a Linux FS and click on it...thats it... @Your gfx menu entry must read

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message.pup1

New bootsplash on every reboot....(Well, a 1 in 25 chance anyways...)

Hi again,

My MultiPup DVD was made to access Fluppy, Lupu and Wary.

I have effectively (meaning for reuse) been able to save changes to only of them to my DVD.

Is there a way to save changes to all three Puppies back to my DVD for effective future reuse?

My regards

G'day PuppyLuvr, from Godzone...

How Challenging would it be to Add Functionality / Script to include eXternal USB Hard Dr & USB Flash Drives or is that Outside Y'r Scope?

Hi All
Worked like a charm this time pet all!
Quote;
Is there a way to save changes to all three Puppies back to my DVD for effective future reuse?

Sir Jasper; Your a man after my own hart!

puppyluvr; Thanks to you and the team! I have learned a bunch on this adventure!

Bob

Too bad it didn't work! The one in the first shot did!
All I was really trying to do was get my start up settings in each iso

Hello,

Is there a way to save changes to all three Puppies back to my DVD for effective future reuse?

Well, I believe that when saving to a CD/DVD, Puppy only goes 1 level deep?? If so, then only 1 save would be possible...
Perhaps one could change the runlevel that Puppy boots into, to make it possible to "fool" it into saving into a dir on the CD/DVD, and select various saves on boot, but thats beyond the scope of what I know...

@Someone give me a Wm to test...or test it for me and report the results..
B4 I call it "final" want to be sure EVERYONE can use it....

@Max,
Most USB devices are formatted fat and MultiPup wont run on them...
However, you can link from them....
I`m not sure what you are asking...

Hi puppyluvr,

Thank you for your reply - the possible solution is way, way above my pay grade, however is does mean that it is possible to try all ISO'd Puppies and then save changes to any chosen favourite back to the CD/DVD after amending pfix=ram to pfix=copy and then saving every desired future change.

Although I did not use it - the earliest version(s) had. I think, a resolution setting. I wonder if, for some circumstances, it might be useful to retain that feature?

Thanks again for an excellent and appealingly useful package.

My regards

My regards

Sorry PuppyLuvr, 4 the Vague Request

I Always Carry Dozens of ISO images on Me 16 GB USB Flash Dr ( as well as other Files & Data ) & Even More on Me 160 GB eXternal USB Laptop Hard Drive, Just in case anyone Requests that a Demoed Puppy be installed Requiring an iso image Burnt 2 CD because I Haven't Yet Figured Out How 2 install from a Multi Boot Puppy CD Running Live

Hello,
@Max Headroom,
Once a Puppy has booted, it is the same as any other boot...
Try the universal installer....

W/ All Respect PuppyLuvr
That's how I did Try it This AM Running wNOP 3.01, But the Universal installer couldn't find Puppy on the Multi Boot Puppy CD it Booted from

Hello,
Ahh, the 1 level deep thing...
Try this:
When the installer asks "where are the Puppy files",
instead of "cd" choose "directory" and point it to the files on the cd...
Worth a try....

Hi puppyluvr,

Thank you for your suggestion immediately above.

I had already tried it. However, it seems so plausible, and encouraged by your suggestion, I have tried again; but failed again.

My regards

Good Day to All!
Ok my newbie is showing! I have been so excited for the possibilities of this little pet that I never tried to do an install, it really never crossed my mind that it might not work!
After all this is 'Puppy' the little distro that could we're talking about here!
I will now be looking even harder for ways to help make this happen as it is a worthy goal or goals.
Or is it time to call in Lobster's med. team!
I would rather think that a masked stranger riding a big white dog will ride in with the answer.
Medic
puppyluvr; In all still a very useful application 'as is' THANK YOU!

Have a Great Day!
Bob

Hello,
You could always copy the 3 or 4 needed files into a dir on the intended machine, and point the UI there....

puppyluvr wrote: Hello,
..
To use Splashshow, just D/L is anywhere on a Linux FS and click on it...thats it... @Your gfx menu entry must read

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message.pup1

New bootsplash on every reboot....(Well, a 1 in 25 chance anyways...)

d/l splashshow and extracted to same directory as multipup

when i click on splashshow icon nothing happens

wheer is gfx menu?

regards
yarddog