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by slenkar
Sat 15 Jul 2017, 20:17
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Xenialpup64 CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017
Replies: 841
Views: 555074

it started working now, dont know how it got fixed sorry

does puppy have a power getting low warning?

I dont get a warning then the laptop just switches itself off.

Oh I just noticed QBat has an option to give a warning.
by slenkar
Fri 14 Jul 2017, 23:35
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Xenialpup64 CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017
Replies: 841
Views: 555074

Im trying to open the package manager but it always says PPM is already running, exiting.
Even if I restart the computer.
by slenkar
Fri 30 Jun 2017, 22:05
Forum: Games
Topic: Heroes Of Might and Magic III
Replies: 17
Views: 20284

anyone tried running this on 64bit linux?
doesnt work for me
by slenkar
Thu 29 Jun 2017, 03:10
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Xenialpup64 CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017
Replies: 841
Views: 555074

i unpacked the deb as per your suggestion and found all those files that failed to install, then i was able to create the menu item
thanks!
by slenkar
Wed 28 Jun 2017, 17:27
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Xenialpup64 CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017
Replies: 841
Views: 555074

I installed opera-stable_46_amd64.deb

when typing opera into the terminal it says it doesnt exist,
also cant find it in usr/bin or with a file search

do you want me to try the .rpm file?
by slenkar
Mon 26 Jun 2017, 15:12
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Xenialpup64 CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017
Replies: 841
Views: 555074

how does one install opera on xenial64?

Doesnt seem to be in repo.
.deb from the website doesnt seem to do anything.
by slenkar
Sun 25 Jun 2017, 15:20
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: slacko-700 rc3
Replies: 550
Views: 325384

have you tried to build nodejs on this os? it says stddef.h is missing. On the positive side: On puppy, for some reason, the ralink wireless driver seems to work a lot better than it does on Ubuntu and Debian, Dont know why. I was able to compile and run fuse-emulator latest version which is good, a...
by slenkar
Sun 20 Nov 2016, 02:37
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Imagemagick 6.9.3 , mtpaint 3.49.11 for slacko6
Replies: 3
Views: 1829

the username and password dont seem to work
by slenkar
Fri 30 Sep 2016, 21:27
Forum: Games
Topic: advancemame and xmame working on Slacko 5.7
Replies: 1
Views: 3657

why is mame not available for slacko 6.3?
by slenkar
Fri 30 Sep 2016, 00:04
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Slacko(32/64) 6.3.2/6.3.0 bug reports.
Replies: 278
Views: 261438

The programming language Python has a module installer called pip When I boot Slacko 6.3 32bit from an iso I can install devx, then pip and then a python module perfectly. But when using a Full install of Slacko, I install devx and reboot then python complains when trying to do anything, I always do...
by slenkar
Thu 29 Sep 2016, 22:27
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Quirky April 7.0 - 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.4.1
Replies: 769
Views: 355176

I downloaded a 32 bit version of April 7.2.1 , there dont seem to be any browsers in the repositories

t2 official quirky6-official and pet-april
are almost empty

any help?

I updated the package manager as well
by slenkar
Wed 11 Mar 2015, 11:14
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: Puppy In-House Development
Replies: 396
Views: 191284

can you get skype for RLSD
by slenkar
Thu 15 Jan 2015, 01:13
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: A workable way to install skype 4.3 in puppy
Replies: 265
Views: 192040

for some strange reason my sound is at a lower pitch than normal people's voices on youtube videos sound weird.
pulse doesnt have these issues
by slenkar
Wed 14 Jan 2015, 21:37
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: A workable way to install skype 4.3 in puppy
Replies: 265
Views: 192040

is there a script that I can add
pulseaudio --start
to so it does it every time the computer starts up?
i tried adding it to etc/profile but it seems to execute too early as it always fails
by slenkar
Fri 10 Oct 2014, 20:14
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: Puppy In-House Development
Replies: 396
Views: 191284

Y'know how the puppy iso can be unpacked and ran from the hard drive? Can this be done with this linux distro? e.g. unpack the precise puppy iso and boot it like this: title Puppy lxprecise (sda2/precise) root (hd0,1) kernel /precise/vmlinuz psubdir=precise pmedia=atahd pfix=fsck initrd /precise/ini...
by slenkar
Thu 09 Oct 2014, 19:38
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Just upgraded my Quirky Tahir from 0.7GB to 2 GB RAM
Replies: 0
Views: 604

Just upgraded my Quirky Tahir from 0.7GB to 2 GB RAM

Using Quirky Tahir I did it for Eclipse IDE which has crazy system requirements for an IDE. Eclipse runs a lot faster now. Before, it was unusable. The HTML5 video player in chromium is broken now for some reason. The video is just black but I can hear sound. The whole system does seem a bit faster....
by slenkar
Sun 05 Oct 2014, 17:57
Forum: Security
Topic: U.S. Navy routinely spies on citizens
Replies: 6
Views: 3191

IN THE NAVY we like to spy on your butt
IN THE NAVY on you search warrants we put
by slenkar
Sat 27 Sep 2014, 19:27
Forum: Browsers and Internet
Topic: gtk-youtube-viewer (for lots of pups)
Replies: 481
Views: 315040

It's working now :)
by slenkar
Sat 27 Sep 2014, 19:02
Forum: Browsers and Internet
Topic: gtk-youtube-viewer (for lots of pups)
Replies: 481
Views: 315040

I think I forgot to install the libwww and libpango libraries
sorry my mistake

Im using quirky tahir BTW
by slenkar
Sat 27 Sep 2014, 19:00
Forum: Browsers and Internet
Topic: gtk-youtube-viewer (for lots of pups)
Replies: 481
Views: 315040

thanks for the build guide