Jobo's 'setting up Puppy' thread

[jobo]

for those new to the topic, ive just sort of concluded a thread about how to install pupy, though the title wouldnt give you a clue and have, with a few conplications and a lot of help installed puppy 2.1.6 on a 90s lapy with a p3 125 mb ram and its going great guns

so, i now need to up date the programs/learn how to use it and am instrested in help/advice on to do this

my computer use to this point is mostly visiting forums/ using torrents /p2p networks, file sharing sites, you tube, just the usual really, not video editing or anything clever

my intial responce is that i need to up date the browser, id like script blocker etc the ziper, vidieo player et al so recomendations on which to use
plus id like to install tor bundle if anyone knows how
and
what other toys are there that you know about that i dont
plus anything else really driver updates perhaps ?
ta joe

[sfeeley]

or those new to the topic, ive just sort of concluded a thread about how to install pupy, though the title wouldnt give you a clue and have, with a few conplications and a lot of help installed puppy 2.1.6 on a 90s lapy with a p3 125 mb ram and its going great guns

maybe useful for others to include a link to your earlier thread

i need to up date the browser, id like script blocker etc the ziper, vidieo player et al so recomendations on which to use

I know you probably don't want to go back to installing puppy again, after all of your work, but hopefully the process should be the same. I'd suggest giving these two puppies a try:

2.14x classic pup
http://208.109.22.214/puppy/viewtopic.p ... e7400d48f5

akita
http://scottjarvis.com/page112.htm

both use old kernels, are aimed at old computers, but have updated programs, including much of the stuff you are asking for. I have used 2.14x classic quite successfully on a laptop like yours. Although as I highlight on the other thread, you will really need to get either a swap file or swap directory going to have good success.

Barring that, you might start by finding programs from here
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... ackages-2/

i think in the puppy you have, you should just click on a downloaded .pet package to install it.

also, I think many of the .pets for 2.14x and legacy os should run.
http://www.wisdom-seekers.com/puppy214x.html
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/LegacyOS

[jobo]

thanks

what about tor, is there a pup package for it does any one know

[Flash]

for those new to the topic, I've just sort of concluded a thread about how to install Puppy, though the title wouldn't give you a clue...

What thread is that? (Other beginners might learn from your experience. That's the point of this forum.)

[jobo]

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=77865/

[jobo]

no takers on the TOR? ive googled about and all i can find is people asking if any one has got it to work, there is a tor pet for lucid puppy, but it wont launch on 2.1.1, another common complainst even on lucid

any one know ? what about tails any one played with that ?

[jobo]

ok leaving tor alone for a bit, ive got another problem with pets

i download them from the repro and they say installed, but no menu is made, how do i then find them to operate them

[Semme]

Joe- you wanna start what? Is there something called "gexec" under utility?

This is 2.1.1, right?

[jobo]

Joe- you wanna start what? Is there something called "gexec" under utility?

This is 2.1.1, right?

for instance, ive down loaded a wi fi set up thing amongs a few others

no, not under utility there isnt
no 2 1 6

[Semme]

Ahh.. there's Xrun! Goto /usr/local/bin and drag it onto your desktop.

It'll start most things, but I doubt this wireless thingy'a yours.

Can you open that console up top and put this in:

Code: Select all

lspci -nn | grep -i network

And goto connect >> by network interface..

Does Pup list both a driver and interface?

[jobo]

the problem isnt starting it, though it might be yet, its finding where its been stored
it list neither

[Semme]

The "other" stuff?

[jobo]

sorry i still cant get it to cut and paist, how do i type a vertical line
#

lspci -nn | grep -i network

[Semme]

This >> | is, or should be above your >> \ or backslash.

As far as c/p, sfeeley mentioned.. which works fine..

[jobo]

This >> | is, or should be above your >> \ or backslash.

As far as c/p, sfeeley mentioned.. which works fine..

not for me it doesnt, ive tried that about 20 times with different variations on where spaces might be not regocnised

[Semme]

Then dump it to file: lspci -nn | grep -i network > lspci.txt

It'll be in your /root folder where you will be able to c/p.

What about the "connect" icon.. what did it say?

[sfeeley]

ive down loaded a wi fi set up thing amongs a few others

trying to be helpful, but you have give specific info. Include program names, and exactly where you got them (web address please!). If there is an error, say exactly what you tried, and what the error was. This will probably require taking notes as you go.

Otherwise all we can offer are lousy guesses.

what happens when you try to cut and paste as I outlined?

Sometimes if a program doesn't appear in the menu, you can open it by going to the terminal and typing the program name (which might require some guesses)

It looks like there is a way to run tor as a portable app (yet another way to install programs!). I'm not positive if this will work, since I don't use tor
http://portablelinuxapps.org/forum/view ... p?f=5&t=65

[jobo]

Ahh.. there's Xrun! Goto /usr/local/bin and drag it onto your desktop.

It'll start most things, but I doubt this wireless thingy'a yours.

Can you open that console up top and put this in:

Code: Select all

lspci -nn | grep -i network

And goto connect >> by network interface..

Does Pup list both a driver and interface?

sorry mate im being thick today
what do you want me to do with
''And goto connect >> by network interface.. ''

[Semme]

The icon on you desktop..

[jobo]

The icon on you desktop..

sigh i cant get that to work either
am i typing '' and goto'' or ''goto'' and are they spaces before and after the >>

it would be a lot better if i could figure out C&P