I've been trying dpup , loading it into ram, using a save file. The issue i have ( i hate asking by the way) is this. It finds my sound card and loads a driver for just fine. It plays just fine too , but.... When i log out and shut down it saves or says it is saving. When i boot back up later i find...

well ,its working in my no bling 4.2 v2 . it plays my avi files nice and clear , sound is great too. But, i'm getting an error popup . it wants me to supply the following path " ~/mplayer/subfont.ttf "". like i said it opens and plays just fine. this error has me scratching my head th...

wow ! thanks tuuxx this is cool beans.
elraven

i've been trying out dpup. it's cool beans baby. 8) Any who, i noticed that abiword word wasn't popping up when the icon was clicked , so i pulled out my mad scientist hat and looked around. here's how i got abiword working. call up the package manager and select lenny-main and all in the left colum...

just drop'n a line to let you know its working on my 4.2 rc2 puppy.

elraven

this is an awesome app it worked straight away in my puppy 409. it works so easily and its kind of fun too. Thanks again.

it's just me Elraven :) Lobster's right Tmgroup2 everything is fine ,so relax . I think what your doing is great . I also know what its like to loose an HDD . your lucky in a way ,you only lost a HDD . I've lost an entire computer due to some nasty virus that got to my motherboard . Of course that's...

elraven here :D I got the new dillo working in puppy 4.1 retro 409. All I did was go to the dillo site ,downloaded the lenny deb version . Then I clicked on it and the archiver popped up. I then exracted the files, and placed the items in the folders on the systen ,set up the icon ,and clicked on it...

whoops thumbitis again
that should read elraven
signed: elraven

Just what I always wanted !!!
Thanks for the great browser playdayzs
elravem

Well , i can add Dillo to the list of browsers doing it .
I get the same page by google advising like pizzagood said .

Oh before I forget thanks pizzagood and Dingo for replying .

I wonder just who makes those lists ?

Elraven

I've tried going to Dotpups.de "MU's site" . It doesn't matter if you go there in firefox or seamonkey . You won't get far any way . A nice big page pops up telling you that Dotpups.de has been designated as a site that trys to install programs and stuff . My first reaction to this was &qu...

I was trying lh 301a4 and had the problem listed at the begining of these posts ,namely icons on desktop vanished . Trying the fix mentioned in the original post , I found it didn't work . I discovered I had bigger problems . Whether I was in Rox , or the terminal , or file finders like Pfind , stuf...

it's just me elraven :D I'm doing this from buddapup . My reaction , baring in mind that i have never seen the elightenment wm is well.. :shock: I'm still staring with a grin on my face . I love the way its laid out and organized . As for proformance , I'm running a Dell Dimension 4100 , 1gig proces...

I finally was able to get the happy linux iso ! My net speeds have been low . You know how its ,right . your connection speeds get so low ,you'd have to snorkle six hours just to see the bottom of the septic tank . :D Any way .... I love happy linux ! it's got a spacious feel to it. the design of th...

just got done looking it over and its great ! I think i can give you a leg up on the keyboard problem . With me its loading de.gz for the keyboard map an not en.gz . don't know the command in terminal to change things around though . But hey its a super great system !
Elraven

thanks for the reply flash. I think i can breath now . :D i guess my mind freaked when i read the article . :shock: i enjoy running linux and puppy , so i'd hate to have something happen . you know how it is , like . its bad enough that i'm at the key board , i don't need someone out in the net able...

just thought i'd drop this in. Slashdot has an article on a root exploit in kernels 2.6. 17 thru 2.6.24. I'm not sure what this means but i hope its not going to be a real problem, especially for us puppy users.
see ya later
elraven

Ok, i'm back . Well, getting up a boxcar load of courage I tried whodo's fix .
It worked hoorray !!!! I feel so much better for trying . now i better get some shut eye .
Thanks again, thank you ,thank you ,thank you !!!
Elraven

Thanks guys for the imput . I think for now i'll do the work around ( Ctrl - Alt- Del) and the (Ctrl-Alt - backspace ) . Although i'm not afraid of command line ,let's just say i've had some coffee cup throwing, cussing , sessions with commandline in the past . Ok, I only asked it to get rid of one ...