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by B.K. Johnson
Fri 10 Jul 2020, 16:55
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Needed: Ways to create USB Puppy from Windows
Replies: 5
Views: 2668

Needed: Ways to create USB Puppy from Windows

I have been struggling with a Bootkit malware for the past 3 weeks. The infection has affected my desktop hard drive, a headless laptop and 6 flash drives that mostly boot upupbb and tahr-6.0.6. This leaves me with a Windows XP Netbook (no optical drive) as likely my only virus-free device and only ...
by B.K. Johnson
Tue 12 May 2020, 19:19
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: BionicPup32 (UPupBB) (27 June 2020)
Replies: 838
Views: 555690

B.K. Johnson wrote: I have an old broken laptop: For a width of 3 inches from top to bottom on the right, the pixels are dead. As a result, only a part of the notification tray at the bottom is visible. Is there a file modification that could start the tray 3 inches to the left (facing screen) of w...
by B.K. Johnson
Sat 09 May 2020, 16:44
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: BionicPup32 (UPupBB) (27 June 2020)
Replies: 838
Views: 555690

I post here because this is the puppy I am using. peebee should know best. I have an old broken laptop: For a width of 3 inches from top to bottom on the right, the pixels are dead. As a result, only a part of the notification tray at the bottom is visible. Is there a file modification that could st...
by B.K. Johnson
Fri 24 Apr 2020, 14:02
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Fossapup64-9.0.3 RC
Replies: 254
Views: 425432

What's a fossa you ask? Here's a description. https://www.mindbounce.com/443581/8-fun ... the-fossa/
by B.K. Johnson
Thu 16 Apr 2020, 01:58
Forum: Network
Topic: network_connect_update-20200427, SNS 2.3.2 & NetWiz 2.1.3
Replies: 46
Views: 35225

Hello Richard I must have missed some earlier posts and only now saw the post today. Wanting to know the version of SNS I was using, I tried sns --version, then sns -help as you see below. # sns --version OK OK dhcpcd[8096]: sending commands to master dhcpcd process Selected interface 'wlan0' OK dhc...
by B.K. Johnson
Sun 29 Mar 2020, 03:57
Forum: Security
Topic: How to setup root login for Bionicpup8?
Replies: 13
Views: 4319

My asking for the username may sound silly, but ... I intended to post asking for both username and password then stumbled on this thread and got the password. Here's why! There have been quite a few posts. including mine, complaining about puppy freezing. Because it has been a real PITA for me, rep...
by B.K. Johnson
Sun 29 Mar 2020, 02:54
Forum: Security
Topic: How to setup root login for Bionicpup8?
Replies: 13
Views: 4319

@rockedge
Was "overflow" in answer to my question?
by B.K. Johnson
Sat 28 Mar 2020, 21:20
Forum: Security
Topic: How to setup root login for Bionicpup8?
Replies: 13
Views: 4319

what is the default login username?
by B.K. Johnson
Mon 23 Mar 2020, 00:26
Forum: Browsers and Internet
Topic: Seamonkey 2.53.1 final released 28 Feb 2020
Replies: 14
Views: 3242

@Mike Walsh
If you don't have Gtk-3 installed, that may be your solution.
by B.K. Johnson
Fri 06 Mar 2020, 13:36
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: BionicPup32 volume slider not working (Solved)
Replies: 7
Views: 1011

@bigpup
Thanks for that little tip on changing the color of the audio icon in the tray. I have had this need for so long ...every time I change wall paper. Thanks a bunch!
by B.K. Johnson
Sun 16 Feb 2020, 00:17
Forum: Filesystem
Topic: BackUp Script "pupsave-back-2-tar"
Replies: 33
Views: 9585

davids45 wrote:
I take it you had tried this B2T script with a save-filed Pup and it did not work?
No, didn't try B2T.
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by B.K. Johnson
Sat 15 Feb 2020, 02:44
Forum: Browsers and Internet
Topic: Firefox-73 crash following update from FF-72.0.2
Replies: 4
Views: 1303

@rockedge wrote Check the firefox symlink in /usr/bin ... There was a good chance that this was the problem for I didn't change the symlink ... that is until OscarTalks confirmed the error. I completed 2 crash reports and submitted to mozilla. I may send a bug report too. Gave them my email address...
by B.K. Johnson
Sat 15 Feb 2020, 02:04
Forum: Filesystem
Topic: BackUp Script "pupsave-back-2-tar"
Replies: 33
Views: 9585

@davids45
G'day glene77is was emphatic about SaveFolders, but in 2 of your posts it appears you have modified B2T for use with SaveFiles. Can you post your modified version or what changes you made, please.
TIA
by B.K. Johnson
Thu 13 Feb 2020, 16:24
Forum: Browsers and Internet
Topic: Firefox-73 crash following update from FF-72.0.2
Replies: 4
Views: 1303

Firefox-73 crash following update from FF-72.0.2

Using Tahr-6.0.6, Frugal ... rest in sig. After update of FF-72.0.2 to FF-73, either directly or manually, Crash Reporter(CR) appears. A couple manual installs = same result. Invoking FF from terminal gives CR + this additional info which doesn't appear to be a FF error per se. (firefox:988): GLib-G...
by B.K. Johnson
Mon 10 Feb 2020, 01:20
Forum: Utilities
Topic: SingleFile & Save Page WE
Replies: 3
Views: 3297

I have been saving pages with SingleFile and its sibling ...SinglefileZ for quite a while. It is very, very good. However, I have two issues: 1. All files are saved to /root/Downloads and the authors have no way of changing that. It is because I choose in my Firefox preferences to ask where download...
by B.K. Johnson
Wed 29 Jan 2020, 18:03
Forum: Network
Topic: 2 Scripts to Install LHMP and ZoneMinder on Bionic64
Replies: 28
Views: 11529

@rockedge
Will the instructions hold true for 32bit if compatibility libs are excluded and the right devx used?
Thanks
by B.K. Johnson
Tue 28 Jan 2020, 13:40
Forum: Security/Privacy
Topic: VPN Comparison Chart & How to choose the best VPN
Replies: 291
Views: 139724

Goodday
I am not a VPN user, but try to be knowledgeable about the topic. In recent browsing, I came upon a different perspective on free VPNs:
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/best-free-v ... ch-things/
by B.K. Johnson
Sun 26 Jan 2020, 00:46
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: pMusic 6.0.0
Replies: 2338
Views: 1017488

Found that --reset will do the trick
by B.K. Johnson
Sat 25 Jan 2020, 20:24
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: pMusic 6.0.0
Replies: 2338
Views: 1017488

How can I delete the entire pMusic-6.0 history? A new slate!
by B.K. Johnson
Thu 09 Jan 2020, 23:57
Forum: Documents
Topic: Ted vs Abiword: which is better?
Replies: 37
Views: 45138

Thanks mikeslr
I'll check it out when I switch to my experimental upupbb