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by jplagarde
Sat 18 Oct 2008, 00:44
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: how to compile source and install new program
Replies: 28
Views: 13047

Pulppy is installed on sda1 and I do not see a folder for sda1 in the /mnt directory.

thanks the problem for me.

Thanks!
by jplagarde
Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:29
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: how to compile source and install new program
Replies: 28
Views: 13047

Volsung, I followed those directions in the link. mount the partition that Puppy is installed to (say /mnt/hda2). 2. Copy devx_2xx.sfs to /mnt/hda2/tmp. 3. # cd /mnt/hda2/tmp 4. # losetup /dev/loop2 devx_2xx.sfs 5. # mkdir mntpt 5. # mount -t squashfs /dev/loop2 mntpt The problem is that I don't see...
by jplagarde
Thu 16 Oct 2008, 05:19
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: how to compile source and install new program
Replies: 28
Views: 13047

Full Install and No Save FIle

What do you do If you have a full install? I do full installs to the HDDs of my computers and use GRUB.

I tried the /mnt/home, opened the boot loader and it says it does not recognize any SFSs. I am using puppy 4.1 and downloaded the devx 410.

Thanks!
by jplagarde
Tue 17 Jun 2008, 20:06
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to get Spanish accents with U.S keyboard DINGO (SOLVED!)
Replies: 13
Views: 13862

Erickson! Well done! I have been struggling with this for days! What a great help you have been! I was beginning to wonder what was going on. How weird that you need to rerun the xvideowizard to get the other settings to stick. I tried the keyboard layout you suggested but ultimately found ES - the ...
by jplagarde
Tue 17 Jun 2008, 17:07
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to get Spanish accents with U.S keyboard DINGO (SOLVED!)
Replies: 13
Views: 13862

So frustrating because i've set it, using the keyboard/mouse wizard, to br-lat1-us, rebooted, and it still does not work. when I hit the( ' ) key to cause the action (its supposed to be a dead key till the second hit) and it doesn't work. I just prints the ' rather than waiting for the second key st...
by jplagarde
Tue 17 Jun 2008, 15:08
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to get Spanish accents with U.S keyboard DINGO (SOLVED!)
Replies: 13
Views: 13862

The problem is that i don't know the keystrokes to get these special characters no matter what keyboard layout I'm using. If i hit alt in abiwork it thinks i want the top menu. Where can i find the keystrokes for the various layouts. I have seen the wikipedia site but it doesn't spell out how you ac...
by jplagarde
Tue 17 Jun 2008, 00:03
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: 3 like machines, 3 different results (Solved)
Replies: 11
Views: 3582

accents

Thanks so much for the info!

I'll let you know how things progress!

Any chance do you know how to get accents? I need these é ñ ì for Spanish. I'm currently using a dell inspiron with dingo and i've got a standard US keyboard.

Thanks!
by jplagarde
Mon 16 Jun 2008, 01:54
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to get Spanish accents with U.S keyboard DINGO (SOLVED!)
Replies: 13
Views: 13862

How to get Spanish accents with U.S keyboard DINGO (SOLVED!)

I need to figure out how to type Spanish accents on Dingo! Especially when using abiword!! I'm on my MAC right now i need these éáñ etc .. on the mac you simply type option while holding e then the next key stroke will be accented ..

anyway to do this?

Thanks!!
by jplagarde
Thu 12 Jun 2008, 22:38
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Linksys Wireless G: WPC54G ver. 3 in Dingo (SOLVED)!!
Replies: 19
Views: 13317

Thanks again, I'll add solved to it!

2 weeks with puppy and loving it!

Have a good day!

JP
by jplagarde
Thu 12 Jun 2008, 22:13
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Linksys Wireless G: WPC54G ver. 3 in Dingo (SOLVED)!!
Replies: 19
Views: 13317

If I go to an internet wifi hotspot how would i know what the essid was to connect to? would there be a way to search it? I'm just asking cause i'm curious. I'll mostly be here using it on the TURBONETT network! Thank you so much!! I have an immersion spanish school here in Antigua Guatemala and we ...
by jplagarde
Thu 12 Jun 2008, 21:37
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Linksys Wireless G: WPC54G ver. 3 in Dingo (SOLVED)!!
Replies: 19
Views: 13317

Ok earlier when i was waiting for you to reply i rebooted and did it all over again, entering that one large chunk of code as one line if [ ! -f /root/.dhcpcd.duid ];then [ -d /etc/dhcpc ] && dhcpcd eth0 || dhcpcd -I '' eth0 else .. after i entered it and pressed return the prompt again when...
by jplagarde
Thu 12 Jun 2008, 21:06
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Linksys Wireless G: WPC54G ver. 3 in Dingo (SOLVED)!!
Replies: 19
Views: 13317

doing it now ... in the section of code that has several lines to it, [ ! - , etc

am i supposed to hit enter after each line? that's what i did and the # changed to > ...

didn't work but was i supposed to enter that whole thing as one chunk of code and then hit enter?

thanks!
by jplagarde
Thu 12 Jun 2008, 20:29
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Linksys Wireless G: WPC54G ver. 3 in Dingo (SOLVED)!!
Replies: 19
Views: 13317

Ok, I didn't know what pfix=ram was. I looked it up and some people say it doesn't work with Dingo. Anyway that being said i didn't know what you meant by reboot with that, but i have GRUB that boots me of the HDD into Dingo. So i rebooted and I tried you commands each one, no errors and I got the n...
by jplagarde
Thu 12 Jun 2008, 14:55
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Linksys Wireless G: WPC54G ver. 3 in Dingo (SOLVED)!!
Replies: 19
Views: 13317

What happens is that the onboard eithernet is not detected. Tempestous was trying to recommend something but it didn't work, waiting for him to answer me back. He was recommending the intel drivers ... I qoute him below Well a Google search for "Inspiron 4000 linux" quickly reveals - "...
by jplagarde
Wed 11 Jun 2008, 23:29
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Linksys Wireless G: WPC54G ver. 3 in Dingo (SOLVED)!!
Replies: 19
Views: 13317

It can "see a live network" but it can't DHCP ... all attempts fail at that.

Before and after executing the script.
by jplagarde
Wed 11 Jun 2008, 22:48
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Linksys Wireless G: WPC54G ver. 3 in Dingo (SOLVED)!!
Replies: 19
Views: 13317

Thank you so much for the advice! This is what i did .. the wireless adapter shows up as eth0 Wireless Broadcom BCM43xx wireless driver. So I took your file and changed the eth1's to 0s ... put in my key and the ESSID name .. i have to say on the router it says SSID "Speed Touch" but when ...
by jplagarde
Wed 11 Jun 2008, 20:19
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Linksys Wireless G: WPC54G ver. 3 in Dingo (SOLVED)!!
Replies: 19
Views: 13317

is the key xxxx (the x's are the wep key?)
by jplagarde
Wed 11 Jun 2008, 15:53
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Puppy 4.1 Alpha 2
Replies: 68
Views: 38530

Re: Just to Report Ethernet Jack Not Autodetected on Inspiro

tempestuous, Thanks for the reply. I had tried both of those, but just to double check I did it again. I unplugged the usb ethernet I had, rebooted with the cat5 cable plugged into the jack. THen I went to "connect" and saw that the computer did not recognize anything. So then I went to &q...
by jplagarde
Wed 11 Jun 2008, 15:23
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: 3 like machines, 3 different results (Solved)
Replies: 11
Views: 3582

Thinkpad 600 work with Skype? 300 MHZ 128MB RAM

Hey guys, reading your post I have to ask .. I just bought a Thinkpad 600 off of ebay its a model 2645-45U .. I believe its 300 MHZ, and its got 128 MB of ram. Does anyone have experience running skype off of a 600 with these specs? I am worried because I bought it for Skype, and I read that the Lin...
by jplagarde
Tue 10 Jun 2008, 18:11
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Inspiron 4000! Looking for 3com ethernet drivers?
Replies: 13
Views: 5742

Ok I've reported it. I'll try the check sum.