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#701 Post by edoc »

Jades wrote:
edoc wrote:pfix=ram then loaded the foo file then found and added the printer and it worked.

So the Delta upgrade from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1 broke CUPS.
Odd, I also did the Delta upgrade of the ISO and haven't noticed any CUPs problems on Merlin when using the existing pupsave.
It may be something related to the way I have a folder located. I have been too busy to backup and reinstall so am once again unable to print.

Sure wish I could find a Lucid 5.1.1 version of CUPS 1.43 that I could just reinstall over the existing install -- that should replace anything that is broken.

CUPS remains the most easily damaged and the most perplexing to repair commonly-used app in all of the Linux world. Arghhh!
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install linux puppy on eeepc erasing windows xp

#702 Post by Fée »

hi everybody
i bought an eeepc 4g a year ago, i was running on linux, but i wanted to try to run on xp, i installed it thanks to a usb bootable. but my eeepc became very slow and i couldn't neither watch movies nor easily play songs on it... whatever, today i thought about restoring linux but the CD offer with my Asus didn't correctly run and i couldn't create a usb boot, i knew that linux puppy was quiet good so i downloaded the .iso and made an usb bootable everything worked correctly exept the fact that it was running on the usb and windows xp was still present filling the disk space...
my question is how can i erase windows xp and completely install linux puppy.

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#703 Post by edoc »

If you boot from a CD using the boot setting "puppy pfix=ram" Puppy will load to the RAM.

Then you can go to gparted and reformat and repartition the drive.

Or, you can go to Puppy Universal Installer and at the appropriate point in the install tell it to use the partition your MS version of windows is in and it will overwrite it.

BTW: For your Netbook you want to use Puppeee or Fluppy as they are optimized for those platforms. I am using Fluppy 005 on mine and am very pleased. Jemimah created that Puplet and is very helpful (as are others on the Fluppy threads) and very knowledgeable.
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#704 Post by Fée »

thanks for your quick answer
so first i'm using a usb to install puppy
i tried puppy pfix=ram
and the result is
loading drivers needed to access disk drives......... done
searching for puppy files in computer disk drives... lupu-511.sfs not found. dropping out to initial-ramdisk console...
/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
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#705 Post by edoc »

My suggestion is that you go here:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 309#454309

And start with a version of Puppy that is optimized for your Netbook - that should remove some of the future complications.

I have not booted from USB yet so I am not certain what is happening.
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#706 Post by Fée »

that didn't really help
all i need is to install puppy on my eeepc and to erase windows xp from it
all this using an usb and not a cd

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#707 Post by cthisbear »

4 USB

Hit F2 on bootup

then type >>>> puppy pmedia=usbflash

Make sure that you leave a space after >> puppy

Fluppy installer seems to do this automatically for USBs.

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Re: install linux puppy on eeepc erasing windows xp

#708 Post by shinobar »

Fée wrote:made an usb bootable everything worked correctly exept the fact that it was running on the usb and windows xp was still present filling the disk space...
my question is how can i erase windows xp and completely install linux puppy.
All what you need is bootup from USB and format your HDD using Gparted, then install Puppy on the HDD.

The question is:
  1. What file system is better to format the partition?
  2. Which is better FULL or FRUGAL install?
  3. How to configure the boot loader?
I know it is confusing for new commers to Puppy.
I do not give the answer here because i have the answer in LupQ.

By the way, I recommend Pupeee or Fluppy for eeepc's.
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#711 Post by nooby »

tazmod yes on mine it does. And I have had weird symtoms me worried about too.

So thanks for asking. What is it about?

using google I found this

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 5ad2d36ce7

Could you read that one and see if it helps? I am not good at grasping such texts
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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#712 Post by tasmod »

OK it appears I was being a bit paranoid. :oops:

What now makes me laugh is I used it myself in firewallstate !!!

Reading down major(7)s blurb I now realise he was part of the icanhazip development.

It uses a script that parses your external ip address and returns it, however if you use the browser for the address it opens his 'man' page.

It seems that it is run by the network tray icon when you access the information.
It will do the same for firewallstate.

Someone else uses 'whatismyip' for a return in the ip, so that will throw up an address also.

I feel a bit of an idiot for not realising :oops:
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#713 Post by nooby »

I trust your post triggering me to find that link will help many others that worry about similar things.
so better safe than sorry. We always learn by trying out things. :)
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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Compiz Install on 5.1.1

#714 Post by jamalexa »

I was trying to follow this thread but my eyes got tired by page 20. I just installed 5.1.1 on my desktop. I had strange video issues with ubuntu 10.04, so I switched. i want to know what is the best way to install compiz. I know it will run in ubuntu on my machine.

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#715 Post by kevin bowers »

Jamalexa,

open Puppy Package Manager (menu>setup>setup puppy>). Configure it to show whichever Ubuntu Lucid repository has compiz, probably "main". Restart PPM, find your package and click on it.

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HP Compaq Smartbook Airlife 100 with Puppy?

#716 Post by svgt »

There is appearing a new smartbook at the scene. It contains an Arm Snapdragon processor.

Is there a chance for a Puppy installation without greater issues?

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#717 Post by Lobster »

Arm Snapdragon processor
ARM as you probably know is different to the x86 processor family
With greater compatibility with Larrys Lucid 'maverick' Puppy
and Ubuntu binaries and the continuing efforts of Iguleder and Puppy Squeeze, the potential for a Puppy running on ARM becomes more feasible
as Ubuntu and Debian already support ARM.

and also . . .
I am please to report I am back in Lucid and was able to watch an hour of streaming video with only one catch up point (not a crash)
This is great because I prefer Lucid but was having browser conflicts.

I did a major clean up just in case some scrpt or beta left over was
interfering - so far so good. :)

. . . even more good news . . .
This morning my sister plugged in a new graphic tablet
and it worked out of the box in Puppy Lucid (the basic functions anyway)
She was impressed. :)
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Request for comprehensive fix for Ayttm....

#718 Post by paulhomebus »

We are still getting people with problems in #puppylinux with ayttm.

I request a full and comprehensive fix - to be released - one that either replaces ayttm with midori + webirc page or a fixed ayttm - OR include xchat as default.

I would also like to ask that all old releases 5.0 - 5.1 with broken ayttm be taken off the download site - and/or be patched with the before-mentioned fix.

I'm a regular Lucid 5.1.1 user - but having so many people complain & laugh & call Lucid crap is very, very dissapointing.

I think the puppylinux community can do better.

Paul

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#719 Post by edoc »

Lobster wrote:
and also . . .
I am please to report I am back in Lucid and was able to watch an hour of streaming video with only one catch up point (not a crash)
This is great because I prefer Lucid but was having browser conflicts.
Have you tested the gnash Flash-replacement?

I have been trying it with Seamonkey in Fluppy 005.

It works ... sometimes.
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imagination 2.1 package

#720 Post by don570 »

I made a pet package for Imagination 2.1.
It will make a video presentation from images and sound.
It's basically a simple way to make a video.

I added libwavpack to make it work on Lucid Puppy.

Available here

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-f5bc0f90.html

It works on Lucid puppy. It has the translations for German
and Spanish included.


More info :
http://imagination.sourceforge.net/

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