Hello: The following is a snippet from a script file I am preparing # Puppy Slacko32 6.3.0 and Puppy Tahr32 6.0.5 ship with # Ownership/permissions # /dev/pts /dev/ptmx # root.root 660 root.root 660 # The following two commands are required so that a non-root user # like fido can open urxvt windows ...

Hello: Does anyone have any success installing virtualbox guest additions, VBGA, for either Slacko[32|64] 6.3.0 or Tahr[32|64] 6.0.5? If anyone has had any luck then would you please reply with - platform being used - version of virtualbox - any special extra steps taken (e.g. like building a custom...

Just a quick update, in case anyone was following along. Puppy Slacko non-PAE (32-bit) 6.3.0 After more research I have come up with a simpler work around. After JWM starts, open an urxvt window and type the following two lines (both are required) [or for anyone wishing to customize a CD or sfs file...

I found a possible work-around at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1313998#p1313998 Removed the /dev/pts entry from /etc/fstab and then manually typed (in root console) mount -t devpts -o rw,nosuid,noexec,gid=2,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 devpts /dev/pts It works, not sure why as I tried many d...

Karl Godt Thanks for the ideas. Staying with the ubuntu theme for puppy, I checked Puppy 5.4 (precise) and I could reproduce your results. Now trying again with Puppy 6.0 (Tahr) I could not open rxvt or urxvt. I didn't notice much change in the /dev file permissions between the two different release...

@dancytron Just tried the following with DebianDog (JWM iso). Default boot into X as root (from iso file) logout/dropout to command line (as root) su puppy startx (to start x windows as puppy). Now the user is free to surf as puppy (not root). Instead of su puppy could have just as easily created a ...

@dancytron Thanks for the links. I tried the DebianDog xfce and JWM iso files loaded into a VM. Looks more like Porteus than puppy. The image files look like puppy sfs files but the setup looks like Porteus. I prefer the Porteus module setup. Last I read Porteus was heading towards Arch (wait and se...

@JamesBond

Thanks, yes I tried that. in fact the /etc/group file had two entries for tty (I removed the first one and kept the one with root,spot.fido).

Reboot did not seem to help.

Was going to try a Tahr version of puppy.

Still working on the issue.

Hello: Thanks for your response. Did some more hacking: (try the following if interested) start x as root, drop to command prompt, logout, login as fido, type xinit (to start x), click console button on desktop then exit to prompt. The following message can be found on the screen (or text file if yo...

@unicorn316386 Thanks for you reply. Previously I tied using a save file for fido and it worked ok but I could still not launch urxvt under JWM as fido. Noticed that sudo was missing (from Slacko32 6.3.0) so that fido could not restart or shutdown computer. Downloaded the compiler package and sudo 1...

Hello: I'm using Slacko32 6.3.0 (nice piece of work). By commenting out the --autologin root from /etc/inittab I have managed to login as fido and start JWM. Just 1 problem, unable to start urxvt. When I click on the console button on the desktop or from the lower-left menu (Utility) entry, nothing ...

One of the things that I noticed in moving from Slacko 5.5 to Slacko 5.7 was no easy way to set the time delay for the screen saver control as the screen would always go blank after 10 min. I copied an idea from the Screen Save Control scripts from Slacko 5.5 At startup, after the window manager is ...

@partsman I have an old 101-style keyboard so the function key you were talking about could not be found on my keyboard. I wonder if you are using a laptop. Brightness does not seem to be an issue with this old PC/monitor. A couple of things that might be of help to you (and you will have to do more...

Perhaps I did not identify the issue well enough. Yes using boot parameters: puppy pfix=ram i915.modeset=0 works as expected and I do not mind adding boot parameters. However, I was trying to provide a perspective of a new user, who might not be used to adding boot parameters. I realize that the ker...

Using Puppy Linux 5.7 boot parameters: puppy pfix=ram,nox Firefox was uninstalled Using Seamonkey 2.24 User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0 SeaMonkey/2.24 Build identifier: 20140203230751 Attempt to sign into wordpress and received the following error messag...

I can start Puppy Slacko 5.7 on an older Intel Atom motherboard and I can surf with the latest versions of Firefox and Seamonkey. However I cannot log into wordpress.com. If I go back to Puppy Slacko 5.5 (with all other software the same, that is browsers) I have no trouble signing into wordpress. I...

When booting Puppy slacko 5.7 on an older Intel atom board (with Intel Graphics) a black screen results and the system must be rebooted. Using the Non-PAE version. If boot parameters nox,ram supplied then xorgwizard can be run to select a driver and then xwin can be run from the command line and the...