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Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

DaveS

Thanks, I'm hoping to get puppy/derivative devs interested in making that the default install for any browser, including downloadable addins

....it would give Puppy a boost I believe, in reviews, if it was press released as a puppy feature other LinuxOSs don't have [assuming that to be the case...?]

Aitch Smile

Bert · Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 713

Great discussion on browser placement..I was hoping this would happen Laughing

I agree 100% with you Aitch..

DaveS, no problem to do the same with Chromium/Chrome/Iron. Basically the same steps as for the Mozilla browsers. Chromium puts its cache in /root/.cache.(hidden dir) It suffices to move it to the Chromium directory in /mnt/home -or wherever you unpacked it outside of the save file- and link back to its place of origin in /root.

I think Béèm is the most advanced user of this way of running software. IIRC, his save file is only 32MB and he runs all big apps this way, not just the browser. ( My save files are always 1GB, just to be sure... Embarassed

) Next time I'm in Brussels I will try to steal the script he uses to automate it all Wink

This discussion would be a good candidate to move to the new PUG thread, also to avoid taking too much attention away from Spup development.

Thanks all.

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 7019 Location: qld

Ok... browsers can be run outside the save... but what about Fido?

Things to consider.. (from my point of view Wink

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Not so easy huh?

Iguleder · Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 09:18 Post subject:

cowboy · Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 09:25 Post subject: mnt home good?

I'm all for placing profiles inside mnt/home, but I have experienced "issues" with symlinks as discussed here:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=66213

The gist [I run from Live CD with a savefile] - I was never able to resolve the issue of permanent symlinks on a savefile created initially on a USB stick, even if formatted in a Linux friendly manner (as mentioned by mikeslr in this thread). Savefiles on hard drive partitions - no problem. Savefiles created on hard drive and then moved to USB - no problem. Savefile initially made on a USB drive - symlinks always destroyed on reboot.

I would caution against making the external profile the default simply because of this issue. It is a great idea, but perhaps better left for those a little further along in puppyhood. A first time user might find the persistence (or non-persistence) of symlinks troubling.

My dos centavos:

Béèm · Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 14:28 Post subject:

cowboy, what happens if you use a relative sym-link?

Béèm · Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 14:50 Post subject:

Bert · Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 713

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Béèm · Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 16:54 Post subject:

Béèm · Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 17:04 Post subject:

Bert · Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 713

stu90 · Posted: Wed 08 Jun 2011, 13:19 Post subject:

To browser or not to browser - with excellent intuitive and well documented remastering tools like sc0ttman woofy you can have the browser and other applications removed (only need a text file containing paths) , your favorite .pet's and .sfs's , wallpaper, icons and themes added and set as default to a custom .iso in a matter of minutes.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=57037

mikeslr · Last edited by mikeslr on Thu 09 Jun 2011, 10:09; edited 1 time in total

Hi All,

I'm in the process of re-reading this thread, got to page 10 and decided to try techniques suggested by Lobster and Tasgard to obtain correct screen display, albeit I'm using the 3rd version of Slacko-pup.
Note, I have Ati-Radeon graphics, which should display at 1600x900x24.

Deleted old SaveFile. Booted pfix=ram,nox. After typing xwin, booted to desktop with correct resolution 1600x900. Changed boot parameters to read pfix=nox (i.e., no longer "ram"). Rebooted. Display came up @ 1152x864. Called up xorgwizard, selected "choose" and selected Ati Radeon 1600x900x24. As test dialogue box appeared correct, used Ctl-Alt-Backspace to exit. Black-screen remained for several seconds and thinking OS had somehow "powered off", I pressed the computer's power switch to reboot. At which point I heard a bark and the computer, in fact, powered off.
Rebooting into Slacko, display came up with correct resolution 16000x900 using Ati Radeon driver.
But reverted to 1152x864 on reboot.
Again used xorgwizard to choose Ati Radeon @ 16000x900x24. Changed Menu to read pfix=fsck (no longer nox or ram). Rebooted.
Received the following message (more or less, can't read some of my chicken-scratches):
"Target 'ATi_AtamBiosAcerH203H is not a directory' To restart X type xwin" -- which just displayed above message again. [My box is a refurbished ZT sytem with AMD Phenom II X4 920 @ 2.8GHz CPU. I don't know what motherboard it uses. I do have an Acer monitor].
So I typed xorgwizard and again choose Ati Radeon 1600x900 and obtained the correct display. Again shut down, rebooted.
Received above message. Choose Vesa & 1600 x 900, but display came up as 1024 x 768, so re-initiated xorgwizard, choosing Ati Radeon 1600 x 900 x 16 (note 16 rather than 24). Display came up @ 1024 x 768. Re-ran Xorgwizard again choosing 1600x900x24. Obtained correct display using Ati Radeon. Changed Boot menu to again read pfix=nox, and rebooted. Typing Xwin brought up above quoted message.
So I've rebooted into Lupu525 to provide above experience.
Recall that I’m on page 10 and will continue to read this thread, so don’t take the time to provide suggestions if they appear after page 10. I just thought the above was odd enough to hopefully help someone to figure out what's bugging xorgwizard.

mikesLr