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by Patriot
Wed 17 Feb 2010, 02:35
Forum: Audio
Topic: VIA VT1708B HDA: ALSA and alternative
Replies: 3
Views: 8129

Hmmm ..... So far, from what I understand, the VIA vt1708b is an 8 channels audio codec ... but some board manufacturer chose to wire the pins for only 6 channels, this somehow borks previous alsa versions ... This seems to be the trend with low-cost boards (and it's not an issue to me as the specs ...
by Patriot
Fri 12 Feb 2010, 01:16
Forum: Programming
Topic: GtkDialog - tips
Replies: 1504
Views: 914396

Hmmm ..... jani, this sample code should help you a bit ... #!/bin/bash MAIN_DIALOG=' <window title="Disk Free Table"> <vbox> <frame> <table> <width>500</width><height>240</height> <label>" Filesystem | 1k-blocks | Used | Available | Use% | Mounted on"</label> <input>df | grep -v...
by Patriot
Thu 11 Feb 2010, 02:04
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: lameSMBxplorer v0.2.2 beta
Replies: 111
Views: 92222

released: lameSMBxplorer v0.2.1 beta

Hmmm ..... This combined package is a bugfix release that corrects one minor issue for the automounting script where the lo device route (which should be excluded) causes premature automounting attempt. The package have successfully gone through several rounds of automount tests in a static, dhcp, w...
by Patriot
Wed 10 Feb 2010, 09:16
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: lameSMBxplorer v0.2.2 beta
Replies: 111
Views: 92222

Hmmm ..... Ah, yes ... the log is definitely helpful ... I can see exactly where it borks ... Thanks ... Ok, to temporarily resolve this, you can just enable the "Add 30s delay" option ... The lo device route oversight is causing a premature mounting ... A bug fix should be ready within 24...
by Patriot
Tue 09 Feb 2010, 22:16
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: lameSMBxplorer v0.2.2 beta
Replies: 111
Views: 92222

released: lameSMBqmount v0.1.1 beta

Hmmm ..... This bugfix release corrects one minor issue for the automounting script. changelog for lameSMBqmount v0.1.1 beta: - added (automounting): extra mount info will be printed if it's run from the command line. - bugfix (automounting): mount list parsing for share names containing spaces or o...
by Patriot
Tue 09 Feb 2010, 22:05
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: lameSMBxplorer v0.2.2 beta
Replies: 111
Views: 92222

hmmm ..... ..... I have been unavailable for some time. ..... That's alright, I understand that we all have our time constraints at times ... and thanks for confirming that its really resolved. ...but I haven't been able to automount at startup...parameters are there, I rebbooted, waited some minute...
by Patriot
Mon 08 Feb 2010, 21:11
Forum: Printers
Topic: lp : drivers loaded but no devices found - [re-opened]
Replies: 41
Views: 26241

Hmmm ..... This /var/spool/cups folder issue reminds me of one old cups-1.1.23 problem I had a long time ago ... I moved it to tmp to make it work ... I guess its time to start poking into cups again soon ... Ok, guys, can't make any promises when it'll happen but I'll look into the spool folder iss...
by Patriot
Mon 08 Feb 2010, 13:42
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: lameNFSxplorer v0.0.7 alpha
Replies: 17
Views: 14504

Hmmm ..... Is this something for Stardust :roll: (Yes, I'm stupid :D ). Will it replace any other tools in Puppy? Zigbert, you're being too modest ... I couldn't keep up with your Stardust (now already at 009 !? ... whoooaa, really amazing :shock: ) ... Anyway, this utility does not seem to have an ...
by Patriot
Mon 08 Feb 2010, 13:21
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: lameSMBxplorer v0.2.2 beta
Replies: 111
Views: 92222

released: lameSMBxplorer v0.2.0 beta

Hmmm ..... lameSMBxplorer v0.2.0 beta introduces a new add-on utility: lameSMBqmount and the automount script, rc.smbqmsvc. While they were originally planned as a plug-in addon, it has been re-designed as a standalone utility to provide functionality in areas where lameSMBxplorer could not easily p...
by Patriot
Mon 08 Feb 2010, 12:02
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: lameSMBxplorer v0.2.2 beta
Replies: 111
Views: 92222

Hmmm ..... eden6000, Thanks for the report ... but it's actually not a bug. Global username/password is not used for fast mount-n-explore. The reason is to have a standard mount behavior for protected shares, so protected shares needs to be mounted using the normal mount dialog first. Once mounted, ...
by Patriot
Sun 07 Feb 2010, 03:25
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: lameNFSxplorer v0.0.7 alpha
Replies: 17
Views: 14504

Hmmm ... Hi Mick, No, they're not in any of the standard puppy ... I was assuming that whoever uses NFS would have gotten it from mikeb's NFS thread here ... Ok, the posted nfs utils pet above is compiled on puppy412 and includes the NFS server init.d script ... If you only need client access, just ...
by Patriot
Sun 07 Feb 2010, 03:01
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: lameSMBxplorer v0.2.2 beta
Replies: 111
Views: 92222

Hmmm ..... Will, Thanks for your comments ... noted and appreciated (yes, localisation already considered for inclusion once finalized) ... I was thinking people might like some sort of generic roxapp that could be used for desktop icons ..... I was thinking along the same lines before and the reaso...
by Patriot
Sun 07 Feb 2010, 01:34
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: 1TB external HDD: need partitioning recommendations
Replies: 7
Views: 3792

Re: 1TB external HDD: need partitioning recommendations

Hmmm ..... 1. One big partition best or not? 2. Leave most of the space unallocated for now? 3. Which file system is best for backup/restore using Puppy? 4. NTFS: does Puppy work well with it or not? 1. Depends on what you want to do ... 2. It depends on your needs ... 3. No comment (I use ghost mos...
by Patriot
Sun 07 Feb 2010, 01:13
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: lameNFSxplorer v0.0.7 alpha
Replies: 17
Views: 14504

here be dragons
by Patriot
Sun 07 Feb 2010, 01:12
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: lameNFSxplorer v0.0.7 alpha
Replies: 17
Views: 14504

lameNFSxplorer v0.0.7 alpha

Hmmm ..... This utility is written using the lameSMBxplorer codebase to specifically handle NFS shares. Development started more than two weeks ago and initial alpha testing was done internally with the help of mikeb ... Appearance wise and basic functions is similar to lameSMBxplorer but actual cor...
by Patriot
Mon 01 Feb 2010, 18:07
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: lameSMBxplorer v0.2.2 beta
Replies: 111
Views: 92222

released: lameSMBxplorer v0.1.8 beta

Hmmm ..... lameSMBxplorer v0.1.8 beta should resolve the two recently reported bugs. Changelog for v0.1.8 beta: - bugfix: improved live nmbd check before gencache reset. (Will) - bugfix: WinXP shares not listed due to borked (guest) username parsing. (Beem) - changed: option to not scan on startup r...
by Patriot
Mon 01 Feb 2010, 03:05
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to use Belkin wireless G PCMIA card?
Replies: 9
Views: 4632

Hmmm .....

You may want to try this driver for your wifi device ....


Rgds
by Patriot
Sun 31 Jan 2010, 01:12
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Network interface problem [Solved]
Replies: 3
Views: 1272

Hmmm ..... ... its up and running ..... That's good news ... I'll prep-up the driver for the rest of the kernels when I have some free time ... If you would be so kind, please edit the title of your first post to "Network interface problem [solved]" ... for the benefit of others who maybe ...
by Patriot
Sun 31 Jan 2010, 01:05
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: mplayer (from repo) can't be open from menu entry
Replies: 9
Views: 4432

Hmmm ..... ..... Leave the entry in .jwmrc as this (no '&' -- jwm considers this to be a syntax error): ..... Actually, since JWM parses them menu entries as xml, the correct xml way to specify the ampersand (&) is by using "&" .... so, example: Exec=gmplayer 1>/dev/null 2>/dev...
by Patriot
Sat 30 Jan 2010, 18:45
Forum: Programming
Topic: GtkDialog - tips
Replies: 1504
Views: 914396

Hmmm ... if [ "$OHMS" -a "$AMPS" ]; then dc $OHMS $AMPS mul p; fi 1. if both OHMS and AMPS holds a value then print out result of OHMS multiply by AMPS ... (this is just a simple example ...) 2. bash only do integers unless you want to write a specific float function ... so dc is...