My report on Quirky 6.0

[Rodney Byne]

Barry,
thanks for the childproofing description, though---

No kids here so don't need childproofing, don't want it,
irrelevant, surplus to requirements.

If you must impose this module upon us, could you please
at least allow options to either not install it with the next SP
or un-install it afterwards.

Thanks.

[Kris55555]

My opinion:
childproofing - yes, but only as a separate Modulus, with the option to uninstall, just as described in the previous post.
Thanks.

[slavvo67]

Childproofing is a pretty good idea for those that have kids and want them to have the Puppy experience. It's also good for family members that might not normally use a Linux box. Either way, I'll have fun testing it.

Thanks again, Barry

[slenkar]

talking of childproofing my daughter removed the browser icon from my desktop and doesnt know how.
How do I get it back?

[bobtron]

Greetings slenkar {?spell check}
best good guess? try navigating to /usr/local/apps
if iicon is in that folder? just drag it back to your desktop.
Hope I guessed it right.
GL !
or try /usr/share/ applications and then find browser desktop icon {might be "default browser}.
Then you can drag/copy to your desktop..Once on desktop you can right click on the icon on "edit" the name..such as "do not remove"..-haha

[Bert]

/usr/local/bin/defaultbrowser

[bobtron]

Tnx Bert!
I was away from quirky at the time..doing other stuff.
Hope you helped slenkar out.

[slenkar]

thanks both!
got it back

[broomdodger]

Quirky Tahr 6.0.5

Chrome Version 32.0.1700.107
Tried to stream music from this site and:

VLC Web PlugIn has crashed

http://www.wdav.org/streams/wdav-24k.m3u

Used pupRadio which opened VLC and it is playing.
Also playing the stream directly in VLC works.

Then tried SeaMonkey 2.24 and it is playing within the browser.

Bill

[dogle]

Just been downloading the
/pet_packages-tahr/devx-6.0.5-tahr.pet,
from a couple of sources - ibiblio, uoc, - (partly with a view to test my new ISP service).

grrrr, the hash codes don't match!

Anyone have the kosher hash codes for this?

[broomdodger]

Just been downloading the
/pet_packages-tahr/devx-6.0.5-tahr.pet,
from a couple of sources - ibiblio, uoc, - (partly with a view to test my new ISP service).

grrrr, the hash codes don't match!

Anyone have the kosher hash codes for this?

http://www.puppylinux.com/development/createpet.htm

A ".pet" file is actually a tarball, that is, a ".tar.gz" file, except that it has a 32-byte md5sum (file integrity verification code) appended on the end of the file.
All that the "pet2tgz" script does is remove that trailing md5sum. All that "tgz2pet" does is append the md5sum.

So... you do not need to check the hash of a .pet file.
Bill

[don570]

I download from
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id= ... sp=sharing

It's a lot quicker but there's no md5sums.
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[don570]

Here's a tip:

Using viewnior do a 90 degree rotation of

/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/folder24.png
/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/folder48.png

The updating of the icons seems to be done automatically during
overnite maintenance??

The result is seen in image....

[dogle]

.... thanks, folks ....sorry if I am now drifting somewhat OT but, Bill, am I correct in inferring from the Barry quote that the .pet process is self-checking download-wise (assuming that the download is completed fully)?

If so, sheesh! - I never knew that - every day is still a schoolday!

[broomdodger]

.... thanks, folks ....sorry if I am now drifting somewhat OT but, Bill, am I correct in inferring from the Barry quote that the .pet process is self-checking download-wise (assuming that the download is completed fully)?

If so, sheesh! - I never knew that - every day is still a schoolday!

Exactly... a .pet file has the md5 embedded.
It does not 'self-check' on download, only when it is opened.
That is why you never see a list of md5 for .pet files.

[Ted Dog]

we should still use published hash tags to confirm a good download and to keep the pets pure... While we have not seen this problem or will not be able tell if a pet has been repackaged with stuff removed or ADDED.....
Since the hash is inside it can be changed to match whatever changed. A pet with same exact name and nearly same size could be a Trojan.... with a published hash from orginal package it would be harder for someone to fake a spy pet.

[step]

Could someone please walk me through the steps involved in adding the ati radeon driver to quirky 6.0.5 and permanently booting with it? Thanks in advance.

[ETP]

Blue Pup V1 based on Quirky Tahr version 6.05 k3-12-6. has been unleashed.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 232#762232

[Rodney Byne]

I wondered if it might be possible to tailor Quirky 6.1.4
for a particular requirement.

My Acer Aspire One netbook model AOA 110 ZG5
with 8Gb SSD and half gig of ram, has on its right-hand
side an extra SD card slot for stored pictures etc.

Quirky works well on the flashdrive on this pc, but on
plugging in the SD card, its presence is not recognised.

The old installed Mint 8 OS needed this added enforcement
line edited in grub2 boot to make it work:
pciehp.pciehp_force=1

Could this line or something similar be added to Quirky
and if so where would it need to be inserted/saved to
achieve the same working condition please.

Thanks in advance for advice.

[peebee]

The pets to add LXDE (OpenBox, LxPanelX, PcManFM) to Quirky Tahr have been updated to LxPup14.03 state:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 489#762489