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by 2lss
Sun 20 Nov 2011, 00:30
Forum: Programming
Topic: Any tools to help me create an unorthodox dock experience?
Replies: 1
Views: 948

Re: Any tools to help me create an unorthodox dock experience?

I'm currently working on my own Linux distro and could need some help creating a unique desktop experience. Are there any tools or walkthroughs concerning docks out there (especially those rather unorthodoxly shaped)? In my young life, I've pretty much programmed everything but desktop widgets, so ...
by 2lss
Tue 01 Nov 2011, 03:41
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: Is Jemimah's original Puppeee still available?
Replies: 87
Views: 69809

Anyone have a link to the 4.4 rc2 devx? (i.e. 514 devx)

The link at the top of the page is for the 4.3 series.
by 2lss
Tue 24 May 2011, 03:40
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Does Microsoft sabatoge their own OSes
Replies: 20
Views: 1513

Also, has anyone that has installed Windows ever took the time to read the license agreement to the end? The license agreement mentions the "Windows Genuine Advantage" https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Windows_Genuine_Advantage The scary part: Data collected Windows Genuine A...
by 2lss
Sun 22 May 2011, 15:49
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Does Microsoft sabatoge their own OSes
Replies: 20
Views: 1513

Re: Does Microsoft sabatoge their own OSes

Now the laptop runs at the speed of a ten year old machine. For me, this has happened with every Windows install. I spent some time trying to figure out why (disabling services, uninstalling programs, etc) but came to to the conclusion that the only way to have decent performance was to periodicall...
by 2lss
Sat 21 May 2011, 02:29
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Mount SMB windows share in /tmp and can't shutdown properly.
Replies: 8
Views: 4436

I see what you mean. Using Puppy 4.3, I get both a delay and a system hang. The delay (approx 20 seconds) occurs at the "Puppy is now shutting down" message. The hang occurs at the "Saving to pupsave...." message, similar to my NFS problem. I can control+c at this point, unmount ...
by 2lss
Thu 19 May 2011, 22:55
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Mount SMB windows share in /tmp and can't shutdown properly.
Replies: 8
Views: 4436

How are you mounting the samba share?

fusesmb, smbfs, smbclient?

Seems strange that the shutdown script has a delay but unmounting it via command line does not.
by 2lss
Thu 19 May 2011, 02:16
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Mount SMB windows share in /tmp and can't shutdown properly.
Replies: 8
Views: 4436

I tried your patch in Quirky with an unmounted Samba share and it didn't make any difference to the shutdown speed. There was still an additional pause of about 10 seconds as compared to when the share was properly unmounted. If you have a samba share mounted at shutdown, does your system hang when...
by 2lss
Wed 18 May 2011, 01:40
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Mount SMB windows share in /tmp and can't shutdown properly.
Replies: 8
Views: 4436

There is a bug that I haven't reported yet that is most likely the problem. The same thing happens with an NFS mount as well. Open up etc/rc.d/rc.shutdown and look for the following block of code (approx. lines 1032 to 1058) MNTDPARTS="`mount`" #echo echo "Unmounting stray filesystems...
by 2lss
Mon 16 May 2011, 22:16
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Wary Puppy 5.1.1 Final
Replies: 177
Views: 118293

When trying to upgrade xorg 7.3 to 7.5 I have been running into the following problem with Wary 5.1.1. First boot, I run through the xorg wizard and set up a fresh pup save. I then install the Xorg upgrade pet from the repo and reboot. After the reboot X will not start, giving the following error in...
by 2lss
Fri 13 May 2011, 06:11
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: The Future of Puppy Linux
Replies: 552
Views: 37313

[quote="Bernie_by_the_Sea"] You fell for Microsoft marketing. I didn’t. There is never any need for Microsoft to continue “supporting
by 2lss
Wed 11 May 2011, 03:37
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Troubles installing puppy in a VERY old computer.
Replies: 14
Views: 3912

Try booting with:

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pfix=nox 
You can run a frugal install without X, however I don't think you can do a full install.

Or if you look around the forum, I remember seeing a minimal puplet somebody made without Xorg.
by 2lss
Wed 11 May 2011, 03:21
Forum: Programming
Topic: perl problems
Replies: 18
Views: 5931

Do you know what variable type stdin represents? i.e. integer, or string?

Since "sahara" is quoted, it probably represents a string in the eyes of the interpreter.

You could be comparing two different types of variables.

But I know little about perl so its just a guess.
by 2lss
Sat 07 May 2011, 04:54
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Saving an OLD windows XP laptop using puppy
Replies: 8
Views: 2857

Why don't you try booting with the parameter loglevel=7 i.e.

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puppy loglevel=7
This will spit out a bunch of debugging info. Maybe it will show you where the problem is.
by 2lss
Thu 05 May 2011, 22:00
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Saving an OLD windows XP laptop using puppy
Replies: 8
Views: 2857

Here is a thread over at the ubuntu forums that may give some insight.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=884938
by 2lss
Sat 30 Apr 2011, 23:37
Forum: Misc
Topic: Cloud Computing, a Huge Step Backwards
Replies: 46
Views: 25579

For me, cloud computing is only acceptable if you physically own the server used to store your data.
by 2lss
Sat 30 Apr 2011, 17:18
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to execute driver file with .run extension?
Replies: 3
Views: 2195

As far as I know, the file you are referring to with the .run extension is a shell script. If you want to execute the file you must first make it executable. Do that with: chmod +x yourfilename.run Then to execute: ./yourfilename.run Here is a similar thread: http://www.raymond.cc/forum/linux/11783-...
by 2lss
Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:45
Forum: Misc
Topic: iOS nearly doubles Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 3414

Is it true that the kernel is linux but the OSX is a kind of proprietary overlay in same way as Android has a Linux kernel and the Google part was to add teh Android proprietary overlay? OSX uses the "open source" Darwin kernel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_%28operating_system%29#K...
by 2lss
Sun 24 Apr 2011, 19:40
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: Implementing kernel mode NFS file sharing on Puppy
Replies: 26
Views: 35587

I figured out what the problem was. I had to add "no_root_squash" to my export options in the /etc/exports file. /home/frank (insecure,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash,rw,nohide) Here is the excerpt from the man page for exports: Very often, it is not desirable that the root user on a clien...
by 2lss
Sat 23 Apr 2011, 20:33
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: Implementing kernel mode NFS file sharing on Puppy
Replies: 26
Views: 35587

...Or any info on using NFS in Wary? I'm using Wary 5.1.1 and am able to mount an nfs share. Here's what I did: Install "nfs-utils-1.2.1-i486.pet" (3'd post) /etc/rc.d/rc.portmap start mount-FULL -t nfs 192.168.1.250:/home/nfs /root/nfs This works except I am unable to access /root/nfs; #...
by 2lss
Fri 22 Apr 2011, 22:27
Forum: REQUESTS
Topic: Request for 3D modeler and Basic programming IDE
Replies: 8
Views: 7956

Sometime in the future (when I actually have some free time) I'm going to do a Freecad build. http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Main_Page It's not on par with Solidworks yet, but shows a lot of potential. As far as tethering your Android phone, are you referring to a USB...