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by black
Sat 26 Jun 2010, 22:17
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Lucid Puppy 5.1- A Full-Featured Compact Distro
Replies: 2170
Views: 892743

Hey all, Lotta action on luci! grabbed luci-204 2 days ago, installed it > HDD and away it went. Very nice! Saw a problem w missing /usr/lib/dri, nada in either sfs-file, also kept showing xorgwizard on the 1st 5 or 6 reboots, but disappeared after that. Grabbed "libgl1-mesa-dri from lucid-univ...
by black
Tue 16 Mar 2010, 20:23
Forum: 5.x
Topic: Tpup 001 SCSI, 2.6.31.5 smp Woof puppy 5 (maybe:) ) 102MB
Replies: 41
Views: 49444

feedback

hey ttuuxxx, all, Fixed! Quirky-base on my hardware doesn't fly right with the standard xorg setup. Dropped in my own "xorg.conf" (full harddrive install) with default depth set > 24 and "tpup" is happy. Installed "mesa", and "tpup" is very happy! Then went ba...
by black
Tue 16 Mar 2010, 20:16
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Quirky 008 feedback
Replies: 101
Views: 60221

feeback

Hey B.K., all, Resolved! Just needed to tweak "xorg.conf" for default-depth=24. For some reason, my hardware didn't appreciate standard-default-depth of 16, tho previous puppies never complained. Likewise, fixed the very same issue with "tpup". This may be a stumble-block for noo...
by black
Tue 16 Mar 2010, 03:33
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Quirky 008 feedback
Replies: 101
Views: 60221

feedback

Hey B.K., -Here's a show-stopper! Booted up "Quirky-008" from HDD, very "dark" screen when got to desktop. Everything is visible on-screen except for brightness being so dim that everything's washed out. Can't see well enough to attempt a remedy (old eyes), tho, if I crank up the...
by black
Tue 16 Mar 2010, 02:49
Forum: 5.x
Topic: Tpup 001 SCSI, 2.6.31.5 smp Woof puppy 5 (maybe:) ) 102MB
Replies: 41
Views: 49444

Very dark desktop

hey ttuuxxx, Been waiting for an "xorg-7.5" tryout on puppy. Installed from HDD to HDD. On first bootup from HDD, all loaded o.k, but screen/desktop is very dark, nearly un-viewable. Able to access apps with icons so appears stuff is working o.k. Installed to hardrive, on first bootup, sam...
by black
Sat 15 Mar 2008, 01:59
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: cifs problems with spaces, permissions
Replies: 2
Views: 2416

Hey HW, Maybe try the command similar to: mount.cifs //192.168.x.yyy/sharess /mnt/somewhere -o guest,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 For some unknown reason, the "mount -t cifs" command stopped working for me perhaps a year or so ago, and had to change it. Keep hammer'n bro, seems as if you'l...
by black
Sun 16 Dec 2007, 08:04
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Dingo 4 alpha3 Bugs/probs
Replies: 119
Views: 75937

Hey all, My hardware: Asus p4gpl-x mb Intel P4 Prescott 3.0 gb processor Radeon X800XT pci graphics 1 gb DDR2 MS trackball optical usb Was really looking forward to the smp kernel. installed alpha 3 from an internal sata partition. On 1st boot and subsequent 1st boots on several more re-installs, bo...
by black
Sun 09 Dec 2007, 06:58
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: expert needed to make cifs work
Replies: 11
Views: 8971

cifs

HW, PM went w attachment, never use a PM function before, all guesswork, let me know if I broke it or ???

EDIT: Tried the PM again...+ e-mail

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by black
Sun 09 Dec 2007, 00:13
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: expert needed to make cifs work
Replies: 11
Views: 8971

Hey HW,

Module is 269 kb...yeah, I know, 200 k bigger than smbfs, but worth the better/easier (my feeling) win access.

cheers,

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by black
Sat 08 Dec 2007, 23:08
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: expert needed to make cifs work
Replies: 11
Views: 8971

cifs

Hey HW, Just for kicks I grabbed the "kernel-src_301.sfs) several days ago, and ran a re-compile using the included ".config" file, and it produced all the modules, those that do/don't come w normal puppy. The standard puppy install is missing several modules that I use regularly...ci...
by black
Mon 03 Dec 2007, 06:43
Forum: Unsorted
Topic: pnethood - samba share mounter
Replies: 287
Views: 235031

cifs

Hey HW, Been toying with "pnethood" 0.41 for several days and it's a neat little app. Running well in both puppy, kanotix, and cpx. Would like to see it with "cifs" support, as I('ve been a user for several years) and prolly others prefer it. Connections seem faster, file xfers a...
by black
Mon 03 Sep 2007, 03:20
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Anyone Trying to use a 1366x768 Monitor?
Replies: 3
Views: 4087

current setup

Hey all, Currently: 3.0 ghz prescott Sony KLV-S32A10 (max wxga 1360x768 @ 60 hz) hdtv as monitor ASUS X800XT PCIE (ati) graphics Debian based systems/Puppy-2.15ce - 2.17.1/a bunch of other Puppy derivatives/latest Grafpup Using this setup for almost 2 years now, with debian and other distros... work...
by black
Sat 11 Aug 2007, 02:47
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: 2.17 bugs on Txxmine SHARD
Replies: 4
Views: 2749

Meant to say, the "nothing else" was in /usr folder, every other folder was populated.

black
by black
Sat 11 Aug 2007, 02:44
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: 2.17 bugs on Txxmine SHARD
Replies: 4
Views: 2749

Hi all, Finally got "shard" burned and up. 2 attempts at HDD installs failed with messages similar to those Firefox encountered. Both installs followed a "wipe" from the installer gui. After the 2nd failure, restarted the CD, Pmounted into the install partition for a look-see, an...