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by chiron
Sun 17 Jul 2011, 10:37
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Missing Desktop
Replies: 27
Views: 4881

You can startup from CD, pfix=ram, then you can navigate to your save-file and mount it by clicking on it. That way you can 1. rescue your mail files or anything of importance. 2. it kind of looks like something got deleted accidentally, in which case you can 'undelete' the files in your save-file: ...
by chiron
Fri 15 Jul 2011, 09:46
Forum: Unsorted
Topic: acpid-1.0.8-i486 pet package for Puppy 4.1.x
Replies: 20
Views: 53617

You can add all actions you want done after wakeup in your suspend script ... You find the script /etc/acpi/actions/suspend.sh In the script, find the line # process at recovery from suspend following that line, you can put in the commands you want executed after wakeup. I suggest you also add /etc/...
by chiron
Mon 11 Jul 2011, 11:11
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to mount second hard drive at bootup?
Replies: 8
Views: 2900

you would add somethng like the following line into your rc.local file (/etc/rc.d/rc.local) mount /dev/sda6 /mnt/sda6 Assuming you have the directory /mnt/sda6 already. If not, easiest is to create it manually once. Could do some fancy scripting that looks if the directory exists and if not create i...
by chiron
Sun 03 Jul 2011, 10:43
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: sound corruption necessitates routine reboot
Replies: 32
Views: 6910

actually, this sounds more like a streaming prob to me, than a sound prob in general. after the loop occurs, is the 'normal' sound corrupted also, or can you playback local files normally?
by chiron
Tue 28 Jun 2011, 20:33
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Battery Time: Puppy vs Windows
Replies: 11
Views: 8149

from my experience, it might be your graphics driver. What graphics do you have? ATI? I needed to install the proprietary ATI driver for linux, and there enable powerplay. decreased temperature and increased battery time dramatically. all other stuff i tried only influenced battery time marginally. ...
by chiron
Mon 13 Jun 2011, 04:10
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to install Wine in Puppy 4.3.1?
Replies: 21
Views: 10513

Now, there you go, a heap of errors. to make it more legible, you could use the 'Code' Button in the post editor and paste the error messages. Yes, you are correct, capitalization (or not) is essential. Now first, the path you supplied is obviously wrong. Never mind, simply drag your application to ...
by chiron
Sun 12 Jun 2011, 21:40
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to install Wine in Puppy 4.3.1?
Replies: 21
Views: 10513

try this one: wine "c:\Program Files\Watchtower\MEPS Platform 2.3\wtlibrary.exe" 2&>error.txt The console seems to have a problem with the space in Program Files. Alternatively, browse to the location in rox, right click, window, terminal here and then type: wine ./wtlibrary.exe 2&...
by chiron
Sun 12 Jun 2011, 18:49
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to install Wine in Puppy 4.3.1?
Replies: 21
Views: 10513

Just for fun I tried your command (i don't have wtlibrary.exe) and got exactly the same errors, as you have. you might want to check how it behaves if you enter the full path to the program (see earlier posts), it appears wine cannot find it.
by chiron
Sun 12 Jun 2011, 04:09
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to install Wine in Puppy 4.3.1?
Replies: 21
Views: 10513

if you get the file, then you didn't do anything wrong. The > tells the console to redirect all output to the specified file. So it appears there is no output, if the file remains empty. I guess then the only way will be for you to do as you did before and copy the messages word by word from your co...
by chiron
Sat 11 Jun 2011, 14:46
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to install Wine in Puppy 4.3.1?
Replies: 21
Views: 10513

sure, if it hadn't the program would have started. How about posting them here, so we can see, what is keeping it from starting? if you append a >errors.txt to your line, like: wine start wtlibrary.exe >errors.txt all the output (i.e. error messages) will be written to the file errors.txt, and it is...
by chiron
Sat 11 Jun 2011, 14:18
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to install Wine in Puppy 4.3.1?
Replies: 21
Views: 10513

if wtlibrary is somewhere in your path, the following will do. wine start wtlibrary.exe if the above produces an error message that file wtlibrary.exe is not found, you need to specify the path to it: wine /root/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Watchtower/MEPS Platform 2.3/wtlibrary.exe alternative...
by chiron
Sat 11 Jun 2011, 04:41
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to install Wine in Puppy 4.3.1?
Replies: 21
Views: 10513

When I click the icon either on the desk top or in the home folder the hard drive light blinks like it working on something but nothing opens. James It appears that it tries to start but then halts with some error. It would help, if you try to start it in a console window and post the error message...
by chiron
Fri 10 Jun 2011, 19:29
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to install Wine in Puppy 4.3.1?
Replies: 21
Views: 10513

open your console,
type wine /mnt/sr1/setup.exe
where sr1 is your CD drive.
then there will show some lines of text, most likely error messages, or the program will eventually start. If you get error messages, you can post them here, and somebody might be able to help you.
by chiron
Fri 10 Jun 2011, 18:01
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to install Wine in Puppy 4.3.1?
Replies: 21
Views: 10513

When you click on 'use command' usually nothing happens. It is like a 'save' button. The next time you click on the *.exe file, it should start with wine. If it does not, you might want to check out what happens when you start it in a console window, whether it generates error messages.
by chiron
Fri 27 May 2011, 12:28
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: [solved] Detection of SCSI Scanner LuPu 521
Replies: 1
Views: 1272

OK, I will finish this monologue with the solution: Got the tiny tool scsiadd out of the lucid universe. Installed, typed scsiadd -a 2 0 5 0 in console. Can use scanner. Numbers in scsiadd are Host, Bus, SCSI-ID, LUN. Basically you need to experiment which Host is right for you, the ID should be kno...
by chiron
Sun 22 May 2011, 05:09
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: [solved] Detection of SCSI Scanner LuPu 521
Replies: 1
Views: 1272

[solved] Detection of SCSI Scanner LuPu 521

Hi all, i am using an ancient Microtek Scanmaker 4 SCSI Scanner with LuPu 521. The scanner is connected via an Adaptec SCSI controller. When I boot with the scanner switched on, no problem, it is detected and I can use it with Xsane. When I switch the scanner on after bootup, it's not detected. I al...
by chiron
Fri 13 May 2011, 17:28
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Archos (ALi corp) USB Audioplayer problem in LuPu 520
Replies: 0
Views: 1283

Archos (ALi corp) USB Audioplayer problem in LuPu 520

Hi all, I am running LuPu 520 on my laptop, and want to fill my audioplayer. Problem is, when I plug it in, most of the time it is not detected as a drive. In Hardinfo it appears as 'ALi Corp Audioplayer', connected to USB Port. When a drive icon appears, transfer is slow and unreliable. Before I we...
by chiron
Wed 30 Mar 2011, 19:26
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: I need Kernel module aic7xxx in lupu 520
Replies: 3
Views: 2649

Thanks, that did the trick!

BTW where did you get it? Secret Puppy repo of abandoned drivers?
by chiron
Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:51
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: I need Kernel module aic7xxx in lupu 520
Replies: 3
Views: 2649

I need Kernel module aic7xxx in lupu 520

Hi, I am running lupu 5.20, and recently wanted to add my old microtek Scanner to the configuration. It's a SCSI scanner and I use an Adaptec AHA2940 Host controller. Hooking everything up, Xsane tells me 'no device found'. lspci lists the adaptec card, lsmod does not list aic7xxx as loaded module. ...
by chiron
Thu 10 Dec 2009, 11:25
Forum: Utilities
Topic: Pbackup 3.1.9-1
Replies: 292
Views: 277646

I havo to apologize. The fault was not pbackup's, I found out that for some strange reason the file change dates where all 1.1.1970. So, of course it was not included in 'backup recent'.