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by bobtron
Mon 27 Jan 2020, 11:17
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: EasyOS version 2.3.2, June 22, 2020
Replies: 2577
Views: 922200

EasyOS 2.2.x

Greetings...G'day from Illinois land...am currently running EOS 2.2.3 and it works very well {no BT devices}...but will upgrade soon when i get some BT stuff to setup/test. pardon me to de-rail this thread, but has anyone got the Brave Browser {www.brave.com} to play in EOS?...it is chromium based w...
by bobtron
Sun 29 Dec 2019, 03:40
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: EasyOS version 2.3.2, June 22, 2020
Replies: 2577
Views: 922200

buster2.2

tnx all!...Buster 2.2 download /install to (2) 8GB-USB sticks..tested with old Lenovo T-410 and Lenovo mini-tower...sound works...no crash Osma...found USB "Wi-PI" and "Edimax" dongles...networking and chromium .sfs installed no problems...looks good. Cheers, happy new year to th...
by bobtron
Wed 09 Oct 2019, 21:48
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: EasyOS version 2.3.2, June 22, 2020
Replies: 2577
Views: 922200

WI-FI issues?

I also seem to have a problem with WIFI reliably connecting...using a "WI-PI" USB dongle plugged into USB 2.0 port on Lenovo ThinkCentre desktop...Chromium reports "ERR_NAME_RESOLUTION_FAILED" Seamonkey just reports"Page Load Error"...hmm Also tried to install "cur...
by bobtron
Thu 19 Nov 2015, 01:04
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Quirky Werewolf 64-bit 7.4 released
Replies: 259
Views: 127100

Quirky Werewolf 7.3.3

Greetings folks..Werewolf 7.3.3 seems to have fixed my issues but i present a "nigity-digity" as someone has already mentioned Gnumeric..Does "Print Preview" work for you guys?..vers.1.10.17 it doesn't in Werewolf, yet I tried with Slacko64-6.3 and it works..Can you guys running ...
by bobtron
Mon 30 Mar 2015, 11:47
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Quirky April 7.0 - 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.4.1
Replies: 769
Views: 355219

Q 7.0.2

Barry K.- There is NO app in Quirky that requires libbsd.so.0 In the T2 build, there is only libbsd.a, which is compiled statically into some utilities. So, how come you need it? Have you installed a PET from somewhere else? Yes i have installed PET, conky from fatdog64. What i will do is start over...
by bobtron
Sun 29 Mar 2015, 21:30
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Quirky April 7.0 - 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.4.1
Replies: 769
Views: 355219

Gparted

Gparted..more info.error message:

"mlabel: error while loading shared libraries: libbsd.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
by bobtron
Sun 29 Mar 2015, 13:50
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Quirky April 7.0 - 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.4.1
Replies: 769
Views: 355219

Gparted problem?

greetings from illinois-land. running Quirky April 7.0.2 am I the only one having problem with Gparted? tried two USB memory sticks to format as FAT32 appears to run process but failed with warning info {i didn't copy down, sorry..i will try it again} however Ubuntu Trusty had no problem formatting ...
by bobtron
Fri 06 Mar 2015, 01:06
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Quirky April 7.0 - 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.4.1
Replies: 769
Views: 355219

flash player

I just installed flash player PET..clicked menu/Internet/get flash player and got error msg "unable to connect to server.."
bu ti am still connected to this forum..hmmm? should i un-install and re-try?
by bobtron
Fri 06 Mar 2015, 00:41
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Quirky April 7.0 - 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.4.1
Replies: 769
Views: 355219

conky anyone?

Greetings from Illinois land! I just upgraded QA to 7.0.1 looking good so far..no bugs to report.
I've noticed some guys posting screen shots have Conky running..can you provide a link or know where i can get a .PET package to install?
tnx in advance!
by bobtron
Mon 10 Mar 2014, 22:17
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: My report on Quirky 6.0
Replies: 955
Views: 446975

Off topic

Tnx Rodney Byrne Great suggestion. Thanks for the "head's-up" where I can get the ball rolling for my Ham Radio friends {they use various Linux distros & really like Quirky and other pups}.to try out ideas. Just thought that another space would be good place to take it for a walk. -Che...
by bobtron
Sat 08 Mar 2014, 18:31
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: My report on Quirky 6.0
Replies: 955
Views: 446975

Quirky

Sorry fellas if I am off Quirky topic, but are there any ham radio guys here? maybe we can start a new thread/discussion? {I would like to move the discussion/thread group away from this because it will be for special interests} I grabbed QT packages from repos and SDR CW/RTTY/PSK stuff works also o...
by bobtron
Sat 08 Mar 2014, 17:56
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: My report on Quirky 6.0
Replies: 955
Views: 446975

Quirky

Tnx ETP You are right!..I also use USB/"Reader" SD/microSD Adapter to boot my other distros' {linux mint, ubuntu, knoppix, pclinux, point, porteus, puppy slacko 5.5xl} never any problems. Handy little item to keep in the toolbox..either when I am at my office {at home} or in the shop about...
by bobtron
Sat 08 Mar 2014, 17:50
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: My report on Quirky 6.0
Replies: 955
Views: 446975

qt6.0.5

Tnx Don570 You are right!..even though my Acer notebook will not support SD boot in BIOS..I do have external USB CD/DVD/Blu-Ray burner that I use to burn live distro .iso's etc.. I have tried PLOP before but didn't get very far..I probably did something wrong or had other technical issues. I will ch...
by bobtron
Fri 07 Mar 2014, 00:56
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: My report on Quirky 6.0
Replies: 955
Views: 446975

QT6.05

Tnx Rodney Byrne {oops spell check ?}

Guess you figured out a fix after many trials..I am not sure what you had to do, but if it works ? YaaY! & "cheers"!..time for another pint! -haha
{just kidding I don't indulge}
by bobtron
Tue 04 Mar 2014, 22:25
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: My report on Quirky 6.0
Replies: 955
Views: 446975

Quirky Tahr

To: Rodney Byrne Quote; My Acer Aspire One netbook model AOA 110 ZG5 with 8Gb SSD and half gig of ram, has on its right-hand side an extra SD card slot for stored pictures etc. Quirky works well on the flashdrive on this pc, but on plugging in the SD card, its presence is not recognised. My Acer AO-...
by bobtron
Tue 25 Feb 2014, 13:36
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: My report on Quirky 6.0
Replies: 955
Views: 446975

qt6.0.5

Tnx Bert!
I was away from quirky at the time..doing other stuff.
Hope you helped slenkar out.
by bobtron
Tue 25 Feb 2014, 13:28
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: My report on Quirky 6.0
Replies: 955
Views: 446975

QT6.0.5

Greetings slenkar {?spell check} best good guess? try navigating to /usr/local/apps if iicon is in that folder? just drag it back to your desktop. Hope I guessed it right. GL ! or try /usr/share/ applications and then find browser desktop icon {might be "default browser}. Then you can drag/copy...
by bobtron
Thu 20 Feb 2014, 14:31
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: My report on Quirky 6.0
Replies: 955
Views: 446975

QT 6.0.5

WoW ETP ! : -went to PPM/QPM -un-installed pcursor-0.1 -re-started X -went to menu >desktop .and pcur was there. -clicked on that and got full list! -selected Vox...{easier for my dim vision} -restarted-X -POOF ! that worked! YaaY!..mucho many Tnx ETP ! I owe one pint of your favorite(s) ! Cheers ! ...
by bobtron
Thu 20 Feb 2014, 13:32
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: My report on Quirky 6.0
Replies: 955
Views: 446975

QT 6.0.5

Tnx ETP

Ok..my /root/.icons has 26 items..all themes..with 1 symlink folder ROX that shows the path to /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX

PPM/QPM shows installed:
cursor_themes-1-1
pcursor-0.1

restart-X and menu >desktop >pcursor shows empty window {no entries}

Tnx for ur time!
by bobtron
Thu 20 Feb 2014, 11:56
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: My report on Quirky 6.0
Replies: 955
Views: 446975

QT 6.0.5

Greetings ETP.
-Ok restarted pcur but still the list was not populated.
Do I need to provide path where cursor themes are at? If so how to do it?

No beer {yet}..it is 6:13 a.m. {too early for me to start. -haha}