(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

toronado wrote:So after using the universal installer to frugal install and finding that there was no Menu>Network>Samba Simple Management, and that several of the desktop icons do nothing when you click them, I found this thread and manually copied the adrv_slacko_5.5.02.sfs to the install directory. This gave me the Menu>Network>Samba Simple Management but the "write" and "calc" desktop icons still do nothing.

What is the correct method to install this? Boot from the CD and use the Universal Installer and then manually copy the adrv_slacko_5.5.02.sfs from the CD, or do not run the universal installer at all and instead just manually copy each of these files from the CD to the install directory:
vmlinuz
initrd.gz
puppy_slacko_5.5.05.sfs
adrv_slacko_5.5.02.sfs

???

1. After downloading, were you able to compare the md5 of your download?
2. Are you sharing that when you created a CD/DVD from the ISO, you did NOT have a Menu item for SSM utility?

gcmartin wrote:After downloading, were you able to compare the md5 of your download?

gcmartin wrote:Are you sharing that when you created a CD/DVD from the ISO, you did NOT have a Menu item for SSM utility?

Changes of interest (from 5.5.00)


new 3.8.5 kernel (ID's as "3.5.8.1".. there is a reason for that ..more later)
Firefox is moved to the Adrive
JWM-715
samba is now switched off at first boot, run Simple Samba Setup (from Menu>Network) and it turns on.

James C wrote:samba is now switched off at first boot, run Simple Samba Setup (from Menu>Network) and it turns on.

gcmartin wrote:Hummm???

I tried in the prior post and did NOT find SSM when I booted a new download. I verified the md5, created a new CD, and booted pfix=ram only to get to the desktop and NOT have an SSM in the Menu (as shown)???

Must be some explanation which, at the moment, is escaping me.

toronado wrote:

James C wrote:samba is now switched off at first boot, run Simple Samba Setup (from Menu>Network) and it turns on.

We aren't discussing the default on/off state of Samba, we are discussing the existence (or lack thereof) of the SSM menu item.

gcmartin wrote:PhatSlacko seems OK.

gcmartin wrote:And, the Libre stuff in missing from the 5502's Menu.

01micko wrote:The libre launch icons are broken and a fix was posted in the second thread of the topic.

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echo '!/bin/sh 
exec libreoffice4.0 --writer "$@"' > /usr/local/bin/defaultwordprocessor 
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/defaultwordprocessor

and for calc

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echo '!/bin/sh 
exec libreoffice4.0 --calc "$@"' > /usr/local/bin/defaultspreadsheet 
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/defaultspreadsheet

These commands need to be run in a rxvt (terminal emulator).

toronado wrote:

gcmartin wrote:I think you will immediately see how that utility make SAMBA use "too simple".

Thanks. The only thing that is "too simple" is that it doesn't seem to have a provision for setting up more than one share. I'd like to have more than one share. Is there a config file I can edit to add additional shares?

testparm

gcmartin wrote:SAMBA config is found in /etc/samba/smb.conf. System is set to use that.

gcmartin wrote:There is one additional thing that MUST be done after you setup the SSM to share a folder that you choose. The server needs a password of your choosing to access your folder from the LAN PCs. I think this is explained in the document I shared earlier.

To do so, merely open a terminal and do the following to set your desktop's password along with the SAMBA password
Do this

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passwd

Then do this

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smbpasswd -a

Now, from any Windows/Mac/Linux PC, when it ask you to provide the username and password, use root and the password you chose from above, when necessary.