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by ampersand
Tue 19 Nov 2013, 20:55
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: initrd.gz not found at Boot, but it's there
Replies: 7
Views: 1698

I reinstalled Lupu again; same story; works great for a fortnight or so then I get this error again :? Here is menu.lst: # menu.lst produced by grub4dosconfig-v color white/blue black/cyan white/black cyan/black timeout 10 default 0 # Frugal installed Puppy title Lupu 528 (sda1/Lupu7) find --set-roo...
by ampersand
Fri 25 Oct 2013, 14:00
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: initrd.gz not found at Boot, but it's there
Replies: 7
Views: 1698

It's a frugal install to the HD. Menu.lst looks fine. I'm using Grub4Dos as the bootloader.
by ampersand
Thu 24 Oct 2013, 17:49
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: initrd.gz not found at Boot, but it's there
Replies: 7
Views: 1698

initrd.gz not found at Boot, but it's there

I'm using Lupu 5.2.8 and I keep getting this error message when booting. Luckily I have a Slacko install too so I can still talk to you.

When I investigate the Lupu folder initrd.gz is there, so I'm somewhat puzzled.

Also while I'm here, how do I delete old installations of Puppy?
by ampersand
Wed 21 Aug 2013, 22:35
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy
Replies: 24
Views: 9499

That was probably my fault for saying it was a PS2 type joypad; I meant t was a Playstation 2 clone, not that it had the old school connector. Sorry for any misunderstanding there.
by ampersand
Tue 20 Aug 2013, 22:19
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy
Replies: 24
Views: 9499

Thanks for the help chaps. As a Linux newbie I was puzzled the programmes I initiated weren't doing anything so far as I could tell. I've tried a couple of distros so far now and think of myself as reasonably savvy but this one had me beat. I would add though that the only thing that works for me is...
by ampersand
Tue 20 Aug 2013, 13:45
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy
Replies: 24
Views: 9499

When I clicked on it in the menu nothing happened but I managed to find out what libraries were missing through trying to run it in the dreaded terminal. It also seems the joypad has to be in analog mode to be recognised.

Now if you'll excuse me I have some Sensible Soccer to play :P
by ampersand
Tue 20 Aug 2013, 12:34
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy
Replies: 24
Views: 9499

Success! I managed to get QJoypad running as it should by installing various libraries. I've only tested it with the iNES so far but it's working well.
by ampersand
Tue 20 Aug 2013, 10:47
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy
Replies: 24
Views: 9499

Hi there,

Nothing happens, it just takes a new line.
by ampersand
Tue 20 Aug 2013, 07:47
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy
Replies: 24
Views: 9499

No middle mouse button as I'm on a laptop but I did manage to create a text file for lsmod. Still not having any luck finding jstest in PPM.

It was a margherita btw but I added my own salami and Scottish mature cheddar.
by ampersand
Mon 19 Aug 2013, 23:15
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy
Replies: 24
Views: 9499

Here you go. I can run lsmod through urxvt but I can't copy and paste the results :? Perhaps if you told me what lines you were interested in I could retype them.
by ampersand
Mon 19 Aug 2013, 22:54
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy
Replies: 24
Views: 9499

Ooh I forgot I had pizza. I might just do that :P
by ampersand
Mon 19 Aug 2013, 22:47
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy
Replies: 24
Views: 9499

It's 5.2.8 with the v8 .pet of Puppy Arcade installed. I do have Puppy Arcade 10 installed on another partition but that works even worse than this.
by ampersand
Mon 19 Aug 2013, 22:41
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy
Replies: 24
Views: 9499

I can't find that in PPM. When I try to launch terminal it says:

Code: Select all

Error from ROXTerm
Unable to send D-Bus message: Message did
not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)
by ampersand
Mon 19 Aug 2013, 22:08
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy
Replies: 24
Views: 9499

Sorry I don't understand that; I'm in the beginners forum for a reason :?
by ampersand
Mon 19 Aug 2013, 20:09
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy
Replies: 24
Views: 9499

[SOLVED]How to use Generic USB Joypad with Arcade 8 in Puppy

I'm having an absolute nightmare trying to get my generic ebay USB gamepad/joypad to work in Lucid 5.2.8 with Puppy Arcade 8. I've tried various joystick calibration tools such as JSCallibrate, QJoypad etc to no avail. I've no idea what the make and model is but it's a generic Playstation 2 type rip...
by ampersand
Fri 02 Aug 2013, 18:04
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How do I format a USB Stick?
Replies: 6
Views: 1939

Thanks ally. I'm trying it as we speak. GParted has been reading the device for some time now but I suppose that's to be expected for a 64GB drive over USB. Maybe you could help with this; the reason I'm trying to format it is that I copied some files over this afternoon which apparently failed and ...
by ampersand
Fri 02 Aug 2013, 17:21
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How do I format a USB Stick?
Replies: 6
Views: 1939

How do I format a USB Stick?

Having trouble finding an answer to this straightforward query. Please enlighten me Pupsters.
by ampersand
Mon 29 Jul 2013, 10:12
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: Puppy Arcade 10
Replies: 176
Views: 243774

Ok I had a go with the USB and not loading a save file but my problems persist. I suspect it's a compability issue with this Amilo 1645 laptop, I've run into a few of them already on Slacko :?
by ampersand
Thu 25 Jul 2013, 16:44
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: Puppy Arcade 10
Replies: 176
Views: 243774

This hasn't been working to well for me. I copied the contents of the ISO to a folder in my C:\ drive and ran Grub4Dos which means I can boot into PuppyArcade fine but once I'm in hardly any programmes want to run apart form the emulators. I also never got a setup screen :? just a guess, but do you...
by ampersand
Mon 22 Jul 2013, 09:30
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: Puppy Arcade 10
Replies: 176
Views: 243774

This hasn't been working to well for me. I copied the contents of the ISO to a folder in my C:\ drive and ran Grub4Dos which means I can boot into PuppyArcade fine but once I'm in hardly any programmes want to run apart form the emulators. I also never got a setup screen :?