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#106 Post by rg66 »

The X-slacko init is from woof testing, it would be quite easy to use the original init from slacko-6.3.0. I've been using X-slacko-4 for months and never had any problems like you are describing.
X-slacko-5b1 - X-tahr-2.0 - X-precise-2.4
[url=http://smokey01.com/rg66/]X-series repo[/url]

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#107 Post by LazY Puppy »

rg66 wrote:The X-slacko init is from woof testing, it would be quite easy to use the original init from slacko-6.3.0. I've been using X-slacko-4 for months and never had any problems like you are describing.
Unfortunately I don't have slacko 6.3.0 available.

However, I'm pretty sure the problems I had are NOT caused by X-Slacko 4.0 but by T.O.P.L.E.S.S. and how it builds the LazY Puppy 5 from e.g. X-Slacko 4.0.

Some of the original files are modified by T.O.P.L.E.S.S. when dragging the initrd.gz onto the T.O.P.L.E.S.S. RoxApp Directory. A few files are modified manually by myself and these files are loaded by SFS to a top layer (counted from main puppy sfs layer) which is similar then like just to overwrite them by installing a .pet package.

I just need to wait until a ubuntu based standard jwm puppy made by WoofCE tesing is available to apply the new changes from WoofCE testing to the T.O.P.L.E.S.S. LazY Puppy 5 Builder. Or is there any available already???
RSH

"you only wanted to work your Puppies in German", "you are a separatist in that you want Germany to secede from Europe" (musher0) :lol:

No, but I gave my old drum kit away for free to a music store collecting instruments for refugees! :wink:

ASD

#108 Post by ASD »

RSH,

I've spent another couple of enjoyable hours trying this fascinating project on tahr64_6.0.5

I've zeroed out the dashboard so it no longer loads on bootup because I can easily load it from the menu as and when I need it.

Also, I've now tried PupMenu and Find'N'Run on my hard drive installation of tahr64._6.0.5 and they both load almost instantaneously and they're both star keepers.

I haven't yet discovered how to update Palemoon or Flash or use Quickpet and I'll likely have a few more questions much later today.

stemsee

#109 Post by stemsee »

seems to be working on pupjibaro_jessie. Very quick and painless setup ..... now to explore!

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#110 Post by LazY Puppy »

I've zeroed out the dashboard so it no longer loads on bootup because I can easily load it from the menu as and when I need it.
It should load also by the 'start' keys of the keyboard.

Left start key will switch immediately to the 2nd tab (mod. Find'N'Run).
Right start key will switch immediately to the 3rd tab (mod. PupMenu).
Also, I've now tried PupMenu and Find'N'Run on my hard drive installation of tahr64._6.0.5 and they both load almost instantaneously and they're both star keepers.
The dash board is a first go. Of course it could be improved in the future...
seems to be working on pupjibaro_jessie
Really? :o :shock:
I've spent another couple of enjoyable hours trying this fascinating project on tahr64_6.0.5
:D :D :D
RSH

"you only wanted to work your Puppies in German", "you are a separatist in that you want Germany to secede from Europe" (musher0) :lol:

No, but I gave my old drum kit away for free to a music store collecting instruments for refugees! :wink:

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#111 Post by LazY Puppy »

ASD wrote:Also, I've now tried PupMenu and Find'N'Run on my hard drive installation of tahr64._6.0.5 and they both load almost instantaneously and they're both star keepers.
Btw, I've overseen that fact:

That's just nothing to wonder about or to be surprised about.

If you are running/using Find'N'Run and/or Pup Menu in the T.O.P.L.E.S.S. LazY Puppy 5, both of them don't have to init anything since their databases are already created and all necessary parameters are already setup.

If you want to check the speed of loading the dash board compared to loading Find'N'Run and Pup Menu, you'll need to use a different Puppy Linux (not converted to T.O.P.L.E.S.S.). But install the icons_tahr64_6.0.5.sfs to the testing Puppy, to have equal basic settings of around 2,500 icons.

Just activate 'Show all Icons" in Find'N'Run, execute Find'N'Run and after that execute Pup Menu and make an addition of the time both needed to appear on the screen. I'm sure this will be pretty close to the time the T.O.P.L.E.S.S. dash board will enter the screen.

You even would not compare the speed of two different cars entering Los Angeles, when one is starting from Washington DC and the other one is starting from San Francisco, no? :wink: :lol:
RSH

"you only wanted to work your Puppies in German", "you are a separatist in that you want Germany to secede from Europe" (musher0) :lol:

No, but I gave my old drum kit away for free to a music store collecting instruments for refugees! :wink:

ASD

#112 Post by ASD »

RSH,

When loading the dashboard at boot up it takes about 30 seconds. Thereafter it will reload in about 2 to 3 seconds. Also, as you suggested, the left and right Windows keys work well and quickly from the keyboard.

I’m very pleased you mentioned Find’N’Run and PupMenu. As I wrote, they’re now in my non-T.O.P.L.E.S.S version of tahr64_6.0.5 - which is itself a superb Puppy.

As regards Los Angeles, the speed of entry thereto might be identical. As regards elapsed times taken, I am thinking more in terms of the 186.000 miles per second speed of light rather than that of a Ferrari and I was observing and wondering, not complaining.

I found, and used the Pale Moon updater and getFlash, though, much less importantly, it seems Quickpet is omitted from your version.

After lowering the sound volume, changing the clock display format and adding launch icons to the jwm tray I would like to know how to keep the amendments on rebooting.

I will probably try Wine and its Portable Apps next, though that may have to wait a few days.

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#113 Post by LazY Puppy »

I was observing and wondering, not complaining
Didn't take this as some complain. :wink:
I found, and used the Pale Moon updater and getFlash, though, much less importantly, it seems Quickpet is omitted from your version.
No, quickpet is only available after installing tahr64fix2.zip from its repo. Until this is installed there is just the bugfix icon at the desktop which installs nearly automatically - so probably you've just overseen that?

However I had to disable the bugfix button, its functions and to remove the related files (done at boot up) as it includes files that will break some files from T.O.P.L.E.S.S.

So, if you need some of these bugfixes, there are two ways to solve this.

1. you start the puppy in original mode, installing the fixes and doing a remaster then.
2. You could provide me the links to those bugfixes (so, that I can download them without the need to search for them in the web or at a page) and I'm going to edit them to make sure not to break T.O.P.L.E.S.S. files. Afterwards I will provide the 'fixed' bugfixes.
After lowering the sound volume, changing the clock display format and adding launch icons to the jwm tray I would like to know how to keep the amendments on rebooting.
In menu SFS P.L.U.S. there are entries of Configuration SFS Module and to Save current configuration.

Shutdown has also buttons to save and shut down, or to save and reboot. It's pretty similar to the save file but much smarter.

Note: once you'd created a configuration sfs module it will load automatically at next boot. To have option to boot without configuration sfs module just create a second one, or make a copy, or create just a fake one. Next boot you can choose which one to use by entering its number - just like the save file.

If you want to boot directly by a specific configuration sfs module, use boot parameter (e.g.) lpconfigsfs=Default_Internet (which is then: config_tahr_6.0.5-Default_Internet.sfs). If you want to boot directly without configuration sfs module and no option to choose one at boot up, use boot parameter lpconfigsfs=no.

Though, the your additions to the jwm tray could make some problems as the original tray is replaced at each boot up. If saving to the configuration sfs module will not keep the your settings, let me know. You'll need to edit the windowmanager_xxx_xxx.sfs manually in that case. I'll explain then how to do...
When loading the dashboard at boot up it takes about 30 seconds. Thereafter it will reload in about 2 to 3 seconds. Also, as you suggested, the left and right Windows keys work well and quickly from the keyboard.
Good to hear that it works as intended.
RSH

"you only wanted to work your Puppies in German", "you are a separatist in that you want Germany to secede from Europe" (musher0) :lol:

No, but I gave my old drum kit away for free to a music store collecting instruments for refugees! :wink:

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#114 Post by LazY Puppy »

By the way:
I will probably try Wine and its Portable Apps next, though that may have to wait a few days.
If you have setup the your T.O.P.L.E.S.S. LazY Puppy 5 based on tahr64 6.0.5 for the use of 32bit programs in 64bit OS out of the box (by using this), you can only run 32bit Wine PortableApps!

If you want to run 64bit Wine PortableApps you'll need to do some minor changes.

1st you'll need a 64bit Wine SFS
2nd you'll need to change content of

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mywinesfs="LP5_Wine-1.8.1-i486-2.2.sfs"
to the used 64bit Wine SFS
3rd you'll need to switch these two entries

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my1portables="PortableApplications"
#my1portables="PortableApplications64"
All of the above entries are in (e.g.): YourBootDir/ConfigData/tahr64.6.0.5.lped.cfg
4th -of course- you'll need some 64bit Wine PortableApps, since the basic setup includes only a single 64bit Wine PortableApp:
YourBootPartition/PortableApplications64/PortableApps/PhotoLine/Photoline64.exe

Let me now, when you'll plan to add some 64bit Wine PortableApps to your setup, and I'll explain how to do and how you'll get them into the Menu Pipes, so that you can execute them just by clicking a menu entry. Wine SFS will be loaded automatically.

If there is anything not working, rename the 64bit Wine SFS to: LP2_WineCorelSuite.sfs and change the appropriate above mentioned entry to LP2_WineCorelSuite.sfs. Probably there is still a static definition of the Wine SFS somewhere in my scripts, that I didn't found yet. But rename it only if there are problems, please!
RSH

"you only wanted to work your Puppies in German", "you are a separatist in that you want Germany to secede from Europe" (musher0) :lol:

No, but I gave my old drum kit away for free to a music store collecting instruments for refugees! :wink:

ASD

#115 Post by ASD »

RSH,

Thank you for your replies. I will study them in detail when I have more time.

For now, I would like more of your help with the configuration settings. I can "save" some aspects, but not others.

For example I have downloaded TaS (Take a Shot) from SFR and have used it to make the three screen shots below.

I then used dir2sfs on the directory "tahr64_Config-tas" and renamed it "config_tahr64_6.0.5-tas.sfs.

Then I rebooted choosing the tas.sfs and the three screen shots were in /root/downloads (as expected) and the pet of TaS was and is still available.

However, shot (2) shows the changes to the jwm tray (loaded with landscapes per shot (1)) and the changes I wanted to make choosing the DeepBlueBold jwm theme, deleting the seconds from the time via .jwmrc.tray and increasing the text size in the tray display via jwmrc-theme. All failed - so I need and would like detailed advice.
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#116 Post by LazY Puppy »

I then used dir2sfs on the directory "tahr64_Config-tas" and renamed it "config_tahr64_6.0.5-tas.sfs.
:shock:

Why did you create manually an sfs from directory "tahr64_Config-tas" and renamed it "config_tahr64_6.0.5-tas.sfs?

How did you get that directory "tahr64_Config-tas"?

Please, make a copy of config_tahr64_6.0.5-tas.sfs at same location, so you can boot next time to choose to not to use a config sfs module at boot up. When rebooted without to use a config sfs module remove both of the config sfs modules.

If you e.g. installing TaS und want to keep this installation, just go to the menu SFS P.L.U.S. and choose either 'Configuration SFS Management' or 'Save current Configuration'.

Both of them will execute the GUI for Configuration SFS Management (if no config sfs module was loaded). Just enter a name into the entry field and click 'Create'.

If you are e.g. entering default the config sfs module will be created as: config_tahr64_6.0.5-default.sfs. No need to do anything manually on this task.
However, shot (2) shows the changes to the jwm tray (loaded with landscapes per shot (1)) and the changes I wanted to make choosing the DeepBlueBold jwm theme, deleting the seconds from the time via .jwmrc.tray and increasing the text size in the tray display via jwmrc-theme. All failed - so I need and would like detailed advice.
Ok, I was sure the changes on the tray will not stay persistent as the .jwmrc-tray is replaced at every boot.

Just setup the tray once again to your needs. If all is done, copy /root/.jwmrc-tray somewhere to ext partition.

Then copy the windowmanager_tahr64_6.0.5.sfs into directory Update at the same location where the windowmanager_tahr64_6.0.5.sfs is stored.

Open this directory Update in Rox Filer and right-click the copied windowmanager_tahr64_6.0.5.sfs.

Choose Edit or Edit SFS (or similar to that). You can choose RAM to extract the windowmanager_tahr64_6.0.5.sfs.

Copy the edited .jwmrc-tray file into /root inside of the extraction directory of windowmanager_tahr64_6.0.5.sfs.

Put also a copy of .jwmrc-tray into /etc/xdg/jwm-tray/Original inside of the extraction directory of windowmanager_tahr64_6.0.5.sfs.

Then click the Ok button to rebuild the windowmanager_tahr64_6.0.5.sfs. If it is rebuild and offered to copy, move or copy it into that directory Update (just overwrite the existing copy).

At next boot the windowmanager_tahr64_6.0.5.sfs from directory Update will be moved to the original location of windowmanager_tahr64_6.0.5.sfs before it will load (you can see a message at the boot screen of 'Updating T.O.P.L.E.S.S. System SFS Modules' then).

The your changes made should be persistent now.

Anything else you want to change on the jwm menu may need a similar procedure to do. Edit the files and put them into the appropriate paths inside of the extracted windowmanager_tahr64_6.0.5.sfs.

Btw: the cool thingy is: T.O.P.L.E.S.S. LazY Puppy 5 has everything on board, what's needed to edit/create/extract/combine SFS and PET files by right-click options easily!

Edit:

Please keep in mind:

Themes for JWM, GTK, Desktop-Icon-Setup, Sounds and Mouse Cursor are setup and defined in the config files like: tahr64_6.0.5-Space.cfg.

What ever you will change on these settings during the session and probably saving it into the edited windowmanager_tahr64_6.0.5.sfs or into the configuration sfs module will not stay persistent and therefor being overwritten by the values from inside of a config file like: tahr64_6.0.5-Space.cfg.

Everything what's defined in such config file is setup AFTER the Config SFS Module and all T.O.P.L.E.S.S. System SFS Modules are loaded!
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No, but I gave my old drum kit away for free to a music store collecting instruments for refugees! :wink:

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#117 Post by LazY Puppy »

Btw.:

Are you familiar with programming in bash?

If so, you can setup everything, if you'll program necessary things.

Use the file tahr64_6.0.5-etc.profile.local in directory BootUp at same location of the directory Update.

This file looks like this by default:

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#!/bin/sh
###############################################################################
# T.O.P.L.E.S.S. Script
# - containing Code to be executed from /etc/profile.local
###############################################################################

###############################################################################
# RSHs Development Section
# Code here is temporary and therefor intended to be included later into
# function 'configexecute' at Script 'functions-include-init' in initrd.gz.
# At least, if it returns 'stable', 'necessary' and/or somehow 'useful'!
###############################################################################

## Copy modified PuppyPin into its path
#if [ "`which quickpet`" != "" ]; then
#	cp -af /usr/local/TOPLESS/PuppyPins/PuppyPin-QuickPet /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/
#	else
#	cp -af /usr/local/TOPLESS/PuppyPins/PuppyPin-NoQuickPet /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/
#fi

# Remove installing the tahr bugfix installation routine/files, as it breaks
# some Files/Scripts from T.O.P.L.E.S.S., like: fixmenus, sfs_load, ... 
if [[ -f /root/firstrun/bugfix || -f /usr/sbin/bugfix ]]; then
	rm -r /root/firstrun
	rm -f /usr/sbin/bugfix
	rm -f /usr/sbin/bugfix_version
	rm -f /usr/share/applications/bugfix.desktop
fi

###############################################################################
# End of RSHs Development Section
###############################################################################



###############################################################################
# Default Section, MUST be in all -etc.profile.local Files
###############################################################################

# !!! Do NOT remove or comment out this Variable, if this File doesn't include
# any else Bash Code !!! T.O.P.L.E.S.S. /etc/profile.local will fail then !!!
DUMMYVAR=0
# !!! This File at least needs one (1) Code Definition for Bash to have some
# Content in between of a 'if [...]; then' and 'fi' !!! 

###############################################################################
# End of default Section, MUST be in all -etc.profile.local Files
###############################################################################



###############################################################################
# User Section - please add the your Code below the next Line
###############################################################################

###############################################################################
# End of User Section
###############################################################################

###############################################################################
# End of T.O.P.L.E.S.S. Script
###############################################################################
It is executed after all T.O.P.L.E.S.S. settings are made. So you can change everything that's already setup by this file's programmed code.
RSH

"you only wanted to work your Puppies in German", "you are a separatist in that you want Germany to secede from Europe" (musher0) :lol:

No, but I gave my old drum kit away for free to a music store collecting instruments for refugees! :wink:

ASD

#118 Post by ASD »

RSH,

Much later, I will read your replies more carefully and try, with my limited knowledge, to understand them.

Meantime, I will address the questions you asked:

(1)
How did you get that directory "tahr64_Config-tas"?
By typing "tas" in the box shown in your screen shot and clicking the "Create" button.

(2)
Why did you create manually an sfs from directory "tahr64_Config-tas" and renamed it "config_tahr64_6.0.5-tas.sfs?
(a) because getting an sfs file using the "box and button" rarely (might be 1 of every 10 attempts) produced an sfs file without the date and time included in its name. I have tried this so many times that I can sense if it has worked or failed without checking.
(b) because producing an sfs file with the date and time included in its name (using any of your three methods) has never (when chosen during a reboot) reloaded my Pale Moon browser add-ons or any of its settings that I made.
(c) because of (a) and (b) I tried dir2sfs and it worked (after fixing the sfs name).

(3)
Are you familiar with programming in bash?
Most definitely not.

Your comment:
Themes for JWM, GTK, Desktop-Icon-Setup, Sounds and Mouse Cursor are setup and defined in the config files like: tahr64_6.0.5-Space.cfg.
However, such changes to e.g. tahr64_6.0.5-Space.cfg cannot be made using the mainly 1 and 0 options via the three edit windows.

------------------

T.O.P.L.E.S.S strikes me as an exceptional combination of your artistry and computing skill and I find it fascinating. You can make it sing and dance and you are most helpful.
However, tahr64_6.0.5 is already a fully working masterpiece and, for me, implementing any changes made by 666philb should be simple, but adding those changes to T.O.P.L.E.S.S might need your help.

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#119 Post by LazY Puppy »

Date and time is added to the name of the config sfs module ONLY if you are saving configuration again to a loaded config sfs module. Before saving the configuration again, the old config sfs module is renamed by adding date and time to its name. So, you'll have backups of the previous used config sfs module/s, in case something was going wrong at last time saving the current configuration to the config sfs module.

If you are saving again to a loaded config sfs module, the new config sfs module is stored into that directory Update just as I described in my pre-previous post and it will be moved to its original location overwriting the original one at boot. And yes, each save process creates a new config sfs module including current date and time in its name (as the up to date backup).

So, if you are loading such config sfs module with name and date added just means you are loading the old version, but not the one containing your newly saved changes.

All of the T.O.P.L.E.S.S. System SFS Modules (including the Configuration SFS Module) are following the rules for names of the puppies sfs files like: devx_tahr_6.0.5.sfs or puppy_tahr_6.0.5.sfs. None of them includes date and time, so I tought it's being a good idea to add date and time to the backup files of the config sfs module.

And yes: in some rare cases one would be in the need for my help on T.O.P.L.E.S.S. - just as anyone had been in the need for any help on any Puppy when he started to use Puppy Linux first time or as a newbie.

Never mind; I'm just here for that...

However: T.O.P.L.E.S.S. is mainly and especially addressed to those users -like me- who prefer to run Puppy in RAM (no save file, no save directory, PUPMODE=5), but would like to have some options to keep persistent settings without to do a remaster each time. If anyone's lucky by the default use of a Puppy by using save file and/or save directory, stay with that.

I don't like to use a save file or save directory, so I had made thousands of remasters since the day I had joined the forum as RSH. It's a good option, it's a nice option, it's really a top option! But after around 5000 remasters it's getting boring and am being tired to do a remaster to keep only a changed default wallpaper.

My last remaster ever had been made on 22 Feb 2016 and I'm continuing to NOT to do a remaster anymore but doing persistent changes etc.pp. by T.O.P.L.E.S.S.
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RSH

"you only wanted to work your Puppies in German", "you are a separatist in that you want Germany to secede from Europe" (musher0) :lol:

No, but I gave my old drum kit away for free to a music store collecting instruments for refugees! :wink:

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#120 Post by LazY Puppy »

Your comment:
Themes for JWM, GTK, Desktop-Icon-Setup, Sounds and Mouse Cursor are setup and defined in the config files like: tahr64_6.0.5-Space.cfg.
However, such changes to e.g. tahr64_6.0.5-Space.cfg cannot be made using the mainly 1 and 0 options via the three edit windows.
As you can see in that attached image, the PConfig GUI offers combobox lists to choose the themes for JWM,GTK, Desktop-Icon-Setup, Sounds and Mouse Cursor as well as for the available Wallpapers and SFS Modules to load (these are just under a different tab).

All of the 0 and 1 options are just there to switch the related option itself to on/off.

You just need to save it into the directory ConfigData just where that directory Update is located. As you can see in the statusbar of the above mentioned image: the config file loaded into the PConfig GUI is loaded from /etc. So if you just save it back to this, all changes -of course- will be lost at next boot - even if you would save the current configuration to the config sfs module.

The config file in /etc is copied to /etc from that directory ConfigData at boot up.
RSH

"you only wanted to work your Puppies in German", "you are a separatist in that you want Germany to secede from Europe" (musher0) :lol:

No, but I gave my old drum kit away for free to a music store collecting instruments for refugees! :wink:

ASD

#121 Post by ASD »

RSH,

My obsevations are absolutely correct, as I am sure are your expectations.

The reason must surely be that although the MD5sum checked out after downloading T.O.P.L.E.S.S. that my installation of it is nevertheless corrupt.

For instance, if you look at the screen shot below (which I have just reloaded following your linked screen shot and comment) you will see that my long since attempt to change the jwm theme to DeepBlueBold did not activate.

It has now, though I had to activate another jwm theme then re-choose DeepBlueBold for it to work.

Also, as I understand how to do it (here) I have just used dir2sfs again and after rebooting I now have DeepBlueBold.

I answered your questions accurately, but I have not been in the least critical of your excellent project and if I had more free time I might restart from scratch.
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#122 Post by LazY Puppy »

Hi, ASD.

1st of all:

- as you might have noticed, English is NOT my mother language
- the your avatar/user name/info tells NOTHING about the your mother language

This could be a problem in misunderstandings about criticism or not criticism. As I wrote: I did not take anything as a criticism coming from your posts and I'm continuing to NOT to take any information included in your posts as a criticism!

2nd of all:

- if you are writing 'However, such changes to e.g. tahr64_6.0.5-Space.cfg cannot be made using the mainly 1 and 0 options via the three edit windows.' this comes to me like: 'there is no option' or just 'didn't found the related option'
- if you found something not working or that seems not to work, just tell me: 'it is not working' or 'it seems not to work'

This will make me saving lots of times writing long posts, probably repeating myself, searching for links of images etc.pp.

If you just had written 'seems not to work' and added the screenshot right then, you just would have get a very short reply from me e.g.: 'Ok, I'm going to check this out.' So please, try to be as exactly as possible and attach a screenshot right then when you are posting about issues/problems (if a screenshot to make is possible).

Thanks for this so far.

I have checked this in my setup which is build from exactly the same T.O.P.L.E.S.S. archive to download. Did not made any changes since I'd uploaded this archive. It works as expected in my setup, so I currently don't have any idea why there are this differences shown in the your attached screenshot.

The only difference between the your setup and mine is: you are using usb flash drive, I'm using usb hd drive. Probably it is caused by this different setup, since booting from usb flash drives is different then booting from hd drives - especially when it comes to write something to that usb flash drive. Such data is not written completely to a usb flash drive. To reduce the writings to usb flash mostly data is cached and not completely written to a usb flash drive - I'm just thinking about the issue; not saying this is the cause of the issue.

I need to setup a usb flash drive to have equal setup compared to the your setup and then doing some tests on the issue using this usb flash drive. This may take some time over the weekend, so it could be Monday or Tuesday until I return to this and probably have a reason/solution/fix for that issue.

Until then you could just load a config file into a text editor and doing the changes manually and directly in that loaded config file. All parameters/values do have comments, so you should be able to setup what you need manually.

I don't think you need to restart from scratch. Keep it as is, edit the config file/s manually and have a look from time to time, if I already returned to this.

Thanks.
RSH

"you only wanted to work your Puppies in German", "you are a separatist in that you want Germany to secede from Europe" (musher0) :lol:

No, but I gave my old drum kit away for free to a music store collecting instruments for refugees! :wink:

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#123 Post by LazY Puppy »

Ok,

while having a meal I found a possible reason why DeepBlueBold is not activated.

To have a short term I'm calling this the DeepBlueBold issue - which isn't really an issue or even a problem.

1st let me explain how this comboboxentry widget in the gtkdialog gui is working.

If you click any item from the list, the comboboxentry widget is calling a function. This function echoes the value of the comboboxentry widget into a temp file which is used then to update the entry field (it has auto-refresh="true" and file-monitor="true").

BUT: if you are clicking any item from the list of the comboboxentry widget that is already activated, the content of the comboboxentry widget's value doesn't change. If this value doesn't change, the comboboxentry widget doesn't call the function to echoing the new value since there is no new value chosen then.

So that's not really an issue and -of course- no problem. It's just the default behavior of the comboboxentry widget and other widgets similar to that.

I'm sure, you had once changed the value to DeepBlueBold, saved that config file and loaded another, a different one. When loading a different config file only the entry fields are updated. The comboboxentry widgets do NOT update since they can't have auto-refresh="true" and file-monitor="true" to auto-update/refresh its content/value.

So yes, to choose first a different value compared to DeepBlueBold and then to choose again the DeepBlueBold from the list is the appropriate way to get DeepBlueBold activated.

Now we need just to find out about the issue at the configuration sfs module creation - which works as expected over here.

Please, boot without to load any configuration sfs module and remove all of them (or just copy them to a different partition) to make sure there is none existing and none used at boot up.

Make some settings, changes or installs and create a fresh configuration sfs module.

Prepare the boot directory to be opened in rox filer and be prepared to make a screen shot as soon as the temporary directory to build the configuration sfs module from is visible in the opened rox window from boot directory.

Make a second screenshot when the configuration sfs module is created and post both of them screenshots in this forum/topic. This will help to solve this.
RSH

"you only wanted to work your Puppies in German", "you are a separatist in that you want Germany to secede from Europe" (musher0) :lol:

No, but I gave my old drum kit away for free to a music store collecting instruments for refugees! :wink:

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#124 Post by LazY Puppy »

Ok,

it's Tuesday now, 00:18 German Time.

Since when I posted my explanation about the DeepBlueBold issue (which is neither an issue nor a problem for real) there is no reply and there are no screenshots so far.

This probably could just mean it is working in all or almost all other parts so far.
ASD wrote:T.O.P.L.E.S.S strikes me as an exceptional combination of your artistry and computing skill and I find it fascinating. You can make it sing and dance and you are most helpful.
Or it just means probably the original tahr masterpiece is getting the goals.
ASD wrote:However, tahr64_6.0.5 is already a fully working masterpiece and, for me, implementing any changes made by 666philb should be simple, but adding those changes to T.O.P.L.E.S.S might need your help.
However: there was another user in the German forum who hadn't reported any problems until yet after successfully installing a T.O.P.L.E.S.S. LazY Puppy 5 onto a usb flash drive on Wednesday last week.

As I do not have detected any further issues or problems until today, I had stopped development of T.O.P.L.E.S.S. when uploading the T.O.P.L.E.S.S.-2016-04-10-04-07.tar.gz archive. So it has stopped also for my private use.

There is still a few more ideas that I have and that I may to include some day, but this won't happen until there is a new stable Puppy Linux System available (I have seen already Xenial Puppy coming up, but won't download and test until a stable release is published).

I would like to prefer to be somehow sure there are some more users who did give this a try and that probably a few may using it, though I'm in doubt about that since one will only be able to get a full picture of those many possibilities and options of T.O.P.L.E.S.S. when mostly following my developments and being familiar in using any of my different LazY Puppy Systems.

So I'm clueless by now...

Edit:

I think it is going to be July or August 2016 (or even much later) until a stable release of Xenial Puppy will be available and I'm probably going to return to this as a developer/hacker.
RSH

"you only wanted to work your Puppies in German", "you are a separatist in that you want Germany to secede from Europe" (musher0) :lol:

No, but I gave my old drum kit away for free to a music store collecting instruments for refugees! :wink:

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#125 Post by Pelo »

This week i will install Topless in my brand new pendrive bought saturday. I Had Lazy Puppy Lucid 528 available.
I am tired of all these install problems in so many Puppies. Often your SFS loaded on the fly are a nice solution. I go one step forward, I load the Topless ISO :!:

A selection of LazYPuppy puppy linux builds by RSH
it utilizes SFS files so no need to install apps, just load and run
some Englidh and some German language
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