Icepup 0.3
Posted: Tue 21 Aug 2007, 01:34
Looks good so far Todd. Good for someone like me who rarely uses anything but the web browser - keeps it simple.
Steve
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Re: Icepup 0.3
Posted: Wed 22 Aug 2007, 22:41
Posted: Thu 23 Aug 2007, 04:57
ps, It seems more stable than Firefox. I gave up Firefox in favour of Seamonkey a while ago because it kept crashing. I've simply copied the entire IceWeazel folder from Icepup into my FAT documents partition and I'm running it in my regular Puppy. It hasn't crashed even with 25 tabs and a full load of extensions, so I think I can say I'm a convert. Congratulations to Debian for a job well done...
Steve
Steve
Posted: Thu 23 Aug 2007, 22:46
what .mozcfg options did you use to compile ?
Posted: Fri 24 Aug 2007, 02:34
I didn't. There are actually two different lines. One is Iceweasel, which is the Debian one. The other is IceWeasel, which is Gnuzilla's. It seems a bit odd, but there really are two. The capitalization of the "W" is the only naming difference. However, when you get into the different packages, they are built very differently. The one I used is found here:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
Sincerely,
Todd
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
Sincerely,
Todd
Posted: Fri 24 Aug 2007, 19:19
yes thats the one I compiled it uses a file called mozcfg to pass
info to ./configure as I'm understanding
src http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/download/icewea ... g2.tar.bz2
info to ./configure as I'm understanding
src http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/download/icewea ... g2.tar.bz2
Posted: Sat 25 Aug 2007, 03:37
I just used the one that had already been compiled:
http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/download/icewea ... 86.tar.bz2
I might be setting myself up for criticism, but. . .
The way I understand it, Slackware is the vanilla of Linux distributions. (No frills, just a basic Unix.) Though Puppy was built using T2, packages built for vanilla distributions like Slackware tend to work well on Puppy. The above package seemed to be compiled on one of the "vanilla" distributions and has run well on Puppy. I added glibc-2.4 (which originally was a Mandriva package) to Icepup. I assumed that it wrote over the original glibc-2.3 library files that came with Puppy 2.13.
I know I have assumed a lot. . .but it works!
Sincerely,
Todd
P.S.: I brought up Slackware because it is the distribution that I have worked with. (I actually used Caldera prior to Slackware but. . .that's another story.)
http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/download/icewea ... 86.tar.bz2
I might be setting myself up for criticism, but. . .
The way I understand it, Slackware is the vanilla of Linux distributions. (No frills, just a basic Unix.) Though Puppy was built using T2, packages built for vanilla distributions like Slackware tend to work well on Puppy. The above package seemed to be compiled on one of the "vanilla" distributions and has run well on Puppy. I added glibc-2.4 (which originally was a Mandriva package) to Icepup. I assumed that it wrote over the original glibc-2.3 library files that came with Puppy 2.13.
I know I have assumed a lot. . .but it works!
Sincerely,
Todd
P.S.: I brought up Slackware because it is the distribution that I have worked with. (I actually used Caldera prior to Slackware but. . .that's another story.)
Posted: Sun 26 Aug 2007, 06:07
no criticism it's just I'm a freak I guess... I mean one of theI just used the one that had already been compiled:.......
I might be setting myself up for criticism, but. . .
advantages of iceweasle is supposed to be more secure to
me secure means you download src from author's site
and compile yourself
Posted: Mon 27 Aug 2007, 04:19
Thank you Todd.
would you (or anyone who can)kindly post how to setup the modem?
this perfect for old computers like mine and to add what I need afterward,if its not too much can you please tell me how to uninstall xorg to make it even lighter.
Thanks .
would you (or anyone who can)kindly post how to setup the modem?
this perfect for old computers like mine and to add what I need afterward,if its not too much can you please tell me how to uninstall xorg to make it even lighter.
Thanks .
Posted: Mon 27 Aug 2007, 07:46
I think that iPup is based on the 2.6.16.7 kernel, and no one has compiled winmodem drivers for this kernel ...
but if you are talking about your Thinkpad TP770X, you're in luck, because the necessary "mwave" kernel module is standard with Puppy.
Then you just need the user-level application from here -
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Internet/Winm ... -modem.pup
and the instructions -
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Internet/Winm ... README.txt
but if you are talking about your Thinkpad TP770X, you're in luck, because the necessary "mwave" kernel module is standard with Puppy.
Then you just need the user-level application from here -
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Internet/Winm ... -modem.pup
and the instructions -
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Internet/Winm ... README.txt
Posted: Mon 27 Aug 2007, 12:52
tempestuous to the rescue...again
Thank you sir,got it working and since I don't need special drivers zdrive removed and got online and used pet-be-gone to remove xorg then IceWeasel+jwm were replced by opera and xfce.got to add few applications needed for my work other than that its fast,small and stable.
Thanks Todd & Tempestuous (what a gentleman...2thumbs up friend ).
Thank you sir,got it working and since I don't need special drivers zdrive removed and got online and used pet-be-gone to remove xorg then IceWeasel+jwm were replced by opera and xfce.got to add few applications needed for my work other than that its fast,small and stable.
Thanks Todd & Tempestuous (what a gentleman...2thumbs up friend ).
Icepup 0.3 wifi support?
Posted: Mon 27 Aug 2007, 15:17
I am interested in a small pup with Icewm for wifi internet surfing. Does Icepup 0.3 have a wlan setup wizard? Hope so.
KJ
KJ
Posted: Tue 28 Aug 2007, 03:24
Icepup only comes with wired lan support. This is because wired lans are simple. For wirless, you not only need the right driver for your card but you also need an additional program to handle the signal. Ethernet cards have pretty much standardized themselves, but wireless cards are continuously morfing. Right now they just came out with the "N" standard. My card is "G". My thinking was for Icepup to be used for an internet cafe or some educational or library setting where computers are wired together with a low cost hub. At least where I live this hub would then be connected to a cable or DSL modem.
Sincerely,
Todd Richardson
Sincerely,
Todd Richardson
Posted: Tue 28 Aug 2007, 16:02
Thanks for the fast response.
At this point I am just running dial-up at home and wifi if I can find hotspots (only a couple I know about). IceWeasel sounds interesting tho I have had good success with FireFox, so I have downloaded Icepup 0.3 and will give him a romp.
KJ
At this point I am just running dial-up at home and wifi if I can find hotspots (only a couple I know about). IceWeasel sounds interesting tho I have had good success with FireFox, so I have downloaded Icepup 0.3 and will give him a romp.
KJ
Posted: Fri 14 Sep 2007, 17:06
Thank you Todd for that remaster of 2.13.
trying to remaster it after what I removed and added as I mentioned in previous post above the scripts asks for zdrv_213.sfs which i don't need.How can I remove any references to that when remastering it?
Thank you for your help gentlemen.
trying to remaster it after what I removed and added as I mentioned in previous post above the scripts asks for zdrv_213.sfs which i don't need.How can I remove any references to that when remastering it?
Thank you for your help gentlemen.
Posted: Fri 14 Sep 2007, 17:16
I am sorry, but I don't know. Good question though.
Todd
Todd
custom remaster
Posted: Sat 15 Sep 2007, 00:25
I guess when the script asks whether you want to remaster for your own hardware, you should answer "Yes", and zdrv would then be unnecessary for the remaster output.
Posted: Sat 15 Sep 2007, 11:25
sorry raffy that is not it because even if i chose yes it will still look for zdrv_213.sfs,,I should of been more clearer in my question above.
its dougal's remastering script that I needed to reomve any references from,and it turned out the answer was very simple and it was just a matter of finding the script.
so after locating it in /usr/sbin I edited these lines:
around line 18
then creat a directory in /mnt named ZDRV as i found out in following lines:
then around line 274
I really should learn cgi and other neat SSL it would of come in handy in writing scripts when I learn more linux.time to forget all about ASP which now mostly useless and requires using Microsoft's PWS not to mention its becoming a security risk.
Thank you for your replies friends.
its dougal's remastering script that I needed to reomve any references from,and it turned out the answer was very simple and it was just a matter of finding the script.
so after locating it in /usr/sbin I edited these lines:
around line 18
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PUPPYVERSION="`cat /etc/puppyversion`"
if [ $PUPPYVERSION -gt 211 ];then
#ZDRV="zdrv_$PUPPYVERSION.sfs"
FRSTMESSAGE="4 main files: vmlinuz, isolinux.cfg, initrd.gz,"
#SCNDMESSAGE=" and $ZDRV"
else
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##### directory option selected
while true
do
SRCDIR="`Xdialog --stdout --left --title "Select Directory" --dselect "/" 0 0`"
[ ! $? -eq 0 ] && exit
if [ -f "$SRCDIR"isolinux.bin ] && [ -f "$SRCDIR"isolinux.cfg ] && [ -f "$SRCDIR"vmlinuz ] && [ -f "$SRCDIR"initrd.gz ] ;then
if [ ! "$ZDRV" = "" ] && [ ! -f $SRCDIR$ZDRV ]; then
echo "$ZDRV missing"
else
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sync
[ ! "$ZDRV" = "" ] && cp $SRCDIR$ZDRV $WKGDIR/
sync
I really should learn cgi and other neat SSL it would of come in handy in writing scripts when I learn more linux.time to forget all about ASP which now mostly useless and requires using Microsoft's PWS not to mention its becoming a security risk.
Thank you for your replies friends.