tahrpup64 6.0.5 CE

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[Viet]

FYI:

Something changed in libreoffice 6.4.3 compared to previous versions. This new version is no longer usable in puppy tahr64 6.0.6 CE. I have not tried other versions of puppy to see if there are similar problems.

When maximizing any window of the program the window is not redrawn, making the software unusable. Previous versions of LO never presented these type of problems. The software was obtained via get libreoffice.

[Fishy]

Don't know why or how but my usb icons are gone. Hard-drive partition icons are visible and mount and unmount as required.

I have gone blurry eyed reading posts with no luck.

Help please

[bigpup]

I assume the USB drives are plugged in.

Have you tried a reboot or a restart graphical server?

Check Puppy Event Manager->Rox Icons
Everything needed selected?
If yes.
Try selecting refresh/realign existing icons
Press OK button.

Also check Puppy Event Manager->Activate
Every selection there needs to be checked.

[martinus]

Thanks Viet,Thanks Fichy [5.4.2020Tharantw]
Since last february you notice strange things in your computer. So do I. I spent a lot of time, to find out the reasons. It concerns all my computers (three 9 to12 jears old, one new) All with full installed puppies on different partitions: (Lupo528, Slacko, Querky Beaver, Bionicpup, Xenialpup, Mint,..).
Many years ago these "play mobiles" were stable. Nothing had changed by itself. Changes only by own manipulations.
(Thanks Barry Kauler).

Since last february I had trouble with all computers:
-Trouble while starting: code trouble> cernel panic (attachment)
-shut off, black screen
-bug: none of the power off-keys working

Sometimes to repair with "restart graphical server" or restart. New installation from CD does not remove all bugs.

In former times I could chose texts in all Partitions of the same computer with LibreOffice directly, which is now prohibited. Save of text can be difficult

Newer Puppies come with LibreOffice6..., which is no good idea. The combination Puppy-LibreOffice5... is better

One of my computers is absolutely buggy: With Grub4dos I can chose Mint or differnt Puppies. Mint starts normal.
After I choose one of the Puppies there is always breakdown with Kernel panic,
smilar to the attached screen photo.

What can I do?

Is the februar 20 trouble only in windowsfree Puppy computers?

Best wishes

Martinus

[bigpup]

martinus,

Start a topic about your issues in Users or Beginners Help sections of the forum.
Pick one computer to work on.
Give detailed info on what it is and what it is doing.
Need to look at each computer, one at a time.

But first.

Have you replaced the CMOS battery in any of these computers?

CMOS battery
A battery that maintains the time, date, hard disk and other configuration settings in the CMOS memory. CMOS batteries are small and are attached directly to the motherboard.

[martinus]

Hallo bigpup 1.6.20
Thanks for answer 5. April 20
Cmos batteries in the computers are ok. They are not the problem.
When I began to setup a Puppy on a formated harddisk
on a computer I did not succeed: package manager did not work.
After using the free virus program SOPHOS suddenly I could use the puppy package manager. The proof: my Puppy problems are virus problems. Not all problems disappeared with Sophos, which seams to be not simple to handle.
Until then I was as Puppy user not used to handle a virus. On an other Computer some days later I suddenly could no longer switch off with mouse. All poweroffs were blocked. Only Ctrl Alt Backspace worked.

So I have no praxis with Virus. First time it came in in February. Mostly I can still work with one of the computers, which I have setup new, but no machine seams to be free of virus. It looks like a hacker enters my Computers from time to time. And this hacker seems to be very intelligent. He does not ask for money. he wants to disturb my using the computers. He may have other aims, but which? Who can be interested
to disturb my windowsfree computers?

Where under the Puppy friends is the knowledge how to get in a puppy when connected to the Internet? cookie? how can I control that?
I am no friend of encryption and passwords. When is it necessary in spite oft this ?

best wishes

<martinus

[bigpup]

martinus,

Start a topic about your issues in Users or Beginners Help sections of the forum.
Pick one computer to work on.
Give detailed info on what it is and what it is doing.
Need to look at each computer, one at a time.

Your problems are not about Tahrpup64 6.0.5 and something wrong with it.