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aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1690 Location: Germany

@Dave

i'll update main post with your tip on cups.

Béèm · Posted: Mon 20 Apr 2009, 05:36 Post subject:

Aragon,
As you are 'playing' with the kernel, would it be feasible to use the 2.6.29.1 one?

This one, as far as I see, is the only one which supports my Medion MD8818 desktop with the two sata HDD's and I would like to use puppy on my desktop.

If not feasible, no hard feelings.
I'll still follow the project.

aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1690 Location: Germany

Hi Béèm,

yes i wanted to, but the problem is the method of playing: atm it's simply trial and error Sad

but i do want to learn, as compiling a kernel seems to be that 'great linux adventure' Wink

i will keep you up-to-date.

aragon

aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1690 Location: Germany

@ Dave

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK

Thanks. Ran 'refresh Menus' and it was fine again............

Béèm · Posted: Mon 20 Apr 2009, 07:34 Post subject:

DC · Posted: Mon 20 Apr 2009, 15:56 Post subject: Subject description: kernel source

Excellent aragon
The new kernel source sfs works for the vmware workstation install.
I also used the default devx_420.sfs.

Other software installed and working (not requiring the sfs's).
jwm-456-i386.pet - latest jwm fixes
flash-10.0.15.pet - gives browsers full screen youtube, bbc iplayer etc.
qt-3.3.8.pet - required for latest Opera
Opera-10.00-4268.gcc4shared-qt3.i386 - latest Opera alpha - stable
acpitool-0.5.pet - Needed for suspend mode on laptop

Tip for acpitool suspend
I monitor my lid switch with a script called from Conky. Saves worring about cron jobs as conky has time calls built in.

Tip for hard drive temperature monitoring try
hddtemp-0.3-beta15.tar
I also call this from conky to display the hdd temperature.

thanks again aragon and to all the pet people

DC

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK

thunderbird.sfs problem free

DC · Posted: Mon 20 Apr 2009, 17:29 Post subject:

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aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1690 Location: Germany

@ DC:

nice it works

@ Dave: You like the bigger packages, don't you? Wink

aragon

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK

aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1690 Location: Germany

@ Dave
Because of that, i formerly used imap (well yes, 3 x same mails on different installs/distros Mad

), nowadays only webmail (but only private).

The workaround with /mnt/home is very nice!

Big Packages:
- ATM i'm only using Picasa on the 'shared' notebook, so my wife is using picasa in XP and me in Puppy. The 'dual-use' works very nice, as picasa saves the database central, but the picture-data with the pictures.
- Sometimes i'm using Google Maps or Marble as sfs, but i've to rebuild these ones.

aragon

aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1690 Location: Germany

@ DC

looks a little like Ken an Barbie in Space....

but the trailer on imdb looks like it was very well done for it's time.

aragon

davids45 · Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 580 Location: Chatswood, NSW

G'day Dave S,

The Thunderbird facility you mentioned to link to a common single mail directory from many Pups is also available in Seamonkey mail.
I have an XP installation as well as about twenty Pups (frugals and fulls) spread across two hard-drives. No matter which OS I boot up with, I access and store all my emails in the one directory via Seamonkey. Thunderbird can also use this same common directory when I have installed it in either Pup or Windows.

Your Address Book should also work this way via sym-links and modifying the about:config equivalent.

I do have to auto-mount in each Pup the partition that has the Mail directory otherwise I get a blank mail and address book windows (the sym-link fails, of course, if the directory is not mounted).

And 4.2 smp is a most excellent Pup, as full and frugal, by the way.

David S.
(no relation)

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK