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MU · Posted: Mon 29 Jan 2007, 10:02 Post subject:

I updated the iso.
isolinux.cfg was missing the parameter ramdisk_size=29000

Burned a CD, and can boot from it.

But on my desktop, all the USB-modules for my mouse are unused.
I tried 2 different mice on different controllers, so there must miss a module.
I load them in /etc/rc.d/rc.local0

Hope we can sort this out.
On my laptop, the USB-mouse works.

On boot, you have a 1000 second timeout now, and can choose to use acpi or not.

Mark

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6753 Location: hobart

yeh!

i put the ramdisk_size=29000 in and it boots with qemu now. thanks mark, i'll play with it more tomorrow.

cheers
muggins

MU · Posted: Mon 29 Jan 2007, 11:37 Post subject:

I removed more music-libs from /usr/local/lib/
Now the iso is only 12.2 MB Smile

If you don't need the supplied applications, you could gain another 2-3 MB.

Mark

Lobster

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 5446 Location: GB

Any idea on minimum resource requirements, esp. memory? cpu?

Philh · Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 147 Location: England

In Puppy 109
/etc/mousedevice psaux
/etc/mousebuttons 5

readlink /dev/mouse
/dev/psaux

In micromuppy
/etc/mousedevice input/mice
/etc/mousebuttons 5

and changing to psaux made no difference.

I also tried on a usbflash drive with wakepup today and had to add ramdisk_size=29000 to make it start otherwise I got kernel panic.

Phil

amish · Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 616

i see transparency in jwm in the screenshot?

that's possible?

MU · Posted: Mon 29 Jan 2007, 15:37 Post subject:

the last update had broken the iso again, as I made that on a second computer.
Here I now had to modify the initrd-editor (set the pad-value to 900 from 600).

I tested this new iso now in qemu, and it works.
Sorry Lobster.
Please try again.

Phil:
I must make more tests, to solve that issue, have no idea atm.

Amish:
I added transset, and a utility to set windows transparent.

Sage:
According to the picopup-thread, picopup seems to run on 486.
But the things I added, might run on a Pentium only.
It uses a 29 MB-ramdisk, so 32 MB might be sufficient.
Please try it Smile

Mark

MU · Posted: Mon 29 Jan 2007, 16:18 Post subject:

Ok, in qemu my mouse works like this (qemu uses PS/2 emulation)

On the startscreen choose:
3: exit

Then type:
echo psaux>/etc/mousedevice
rm -f /dev/mouse
ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse
xwin

I will add a menu-point for that later.

Mark

MU · Posted: Mon 29 Jan 2007, 18:03 Post subject:

uploaded version 002.

Changes:
- startscreen lets you choose between USB or PS/2 mouse
- JWM "power off" should work now.

Mark

sunburnt · Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 5087 Location: Arizona, U.S.A.

Mark; Looks like what I was messing with about 6 months back, very interesting.
It's a tough call, build up or strip down, each has it's advantages.
I got kdrive running on PicoPup, but I don't have MU's ability at making apps. work.

I'm running EmptyCrust-1.0.7, here's the info:
/etc/mousedevice = psaux
readlink /dev/mouse = /dev/psaux

I posted a problem I'm having jumping from the bootup Save & Squash to new ones.
Before login the boot ones have no user settings or working apps. for security.
I hope it can be done without rebooting, otherwise I'm in for a major rework.

WhoDo · Posted: Mon 29 Jan 2007, 21:22 Post subject:

MU · Posted: Mon 29 Jan 2007, 22:18 Post subject:

transset:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=596325826&t=6547

It does not work with the original Xvesa in Puppy, just with xorg or the recompiled xvesa from micro muppy.
Mark

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4839 Location: Manila

This is pure fun - X and file manager work and the file manager can load applications!

Time to learn PuppyBasic, the included programming language, and to search for PuppyBasic applications. Very Happy

WhoDo · Posted: Mon 29 Jan 2007, 23:35 Post subject: