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@Governor, You mentioned that..... "Another issue is my keyboard language setting keeps getting lost even though it shows correctly in the current settings. This happens whenever I plug anything in or out of my USB hub , even though the keyboard is plugged in continuously." The emphasis i...

JusGellin :- Some apps simply WILL not run in "dark mode", even if any config stuff pertaining to it is correctly set-up. Me, I prefer everything dark, so I just set a dark theme globally. I found a beautiful dark theme called "SlicknesS-Black" from gnomelook.org a couple of yea...

Governor :- The reason PeasyScale is always missing might be related to the way functionality was split up between the 'puppy' SFS and the 'adrv' SFS. I'm wondering if your adrv is somehow being prevented from loading..? As for the 'Up' arrow taking an mtPaint 'screenshot', curiously I have the sam...

twigboy :- Re: the "wifi issue". My guess is it's a firmware problem; the kernel probably has the driver for your device, but Puppy isn't providing the necessary firmware to allow the two to "talk' to each other correctly. Some info would help here. Can you run Pup-SysInfo for us (Me...

A thought that's just occurred to me..... Governor :- You say this Nvme drive came with the laptop, yes? Well, if your screenshot on the previous page is correct, you have nearly 12,000 hours on the drive, yes? Have you EVER run the trim command on the drive? This tidies-up the drive, gets rid of al...

I'm still trying to get dropbox working with Puppy linux. You say it is fully tested with QuiskPup. I get an error saying dropbox needs a different drive format. Stickpup make a fat32 usb. Dropbox needs ext4. When I reformat the usb to ext4 it wont boot. It's a fact of life that programs written fo...

JusGellin :- Think of it this way. I guess, like most of us, you've probably heard of, know about or perhaps tried to use the M$ Windows "Restore Point" feature? It's supposed to create a snapshot of the OS at a specified point in time.....to which you can "return" if you banjax...

In any event, I do not expect to be able to avoid having to re-configure all of my settings when I re-boot, no matter what I boot into Perhaps you are doing things the wrong way ? (i.e. nothing to do with nvme or whatever ?) Starting all over may sometimes help, e.g. re-install Puppy, with a fresh ...

.......and there's now a web-app build of QR Code Generator, too. Y'all can find it here:-

https://studiolacosanostra.github.io/ap ... generator/

Mike.

LANdpLAN :- I have to concur with dimkr, here. Dropbox cannot be looking for Glib c >=2.40, because 2.40 is still under development, and won't be released until at least August. See here:- https://sourceware.org/glibc/ .....so it MUST be this one:- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases ......

@FloraMae :-

FloraMae wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 10:52 pm

I'd totally be interested in a portable qrcodegen, especially if it's in appimage format or can be converted to appimage format.

Here ya go:-

viewtopic.php?t=9700

There's a link there to the 'reader', too.

Mike.

Just putting it out there in case.. There is a GUI AppImage to make qrcodes here https://github.com/studioLaCosaNostra/qr-code-generator-desktop/releases/tag/v1.0.27 FloraMae :- Stemsee likes to keep things small, he enjoys scripting AND he likes to build things from scratch. QRCodeGenerator is Ele...

But still my Motorola Smartphone wasn't detected when connecting to the computer. :( Tippe :- I've always found Motorola to be a bit "iffy" with this sorta thing. Mine's an old Nokia Asha 'dumbphone'; good for calls & texts, and not much else (but then, I don't really WANT anything el...

Tippe :- Have you never heard the old saying, "Variety is the spice of life"? :lol: I've always customized my desktops, for more years than I care to remember. I like to 'personalise' those desktops on a per-Puppy basis (if you've ever seen any in the "Show us your desktop!" thr...

@sonny Mediafire only host files for 14 days and then delete them if they are not downloaded. Maybe I should start using EasyUpload instead :thumbup: Jasper :- Um....huh?!? I have had a 'free' account at MediaFire since 2015. I have many files at that account, some of which have been there for bett...

vanre :- :welcome: to the "kennels"! Re: webcam operation. In my case, this isn't such an issue. I don't use a laptop; my main rig is an HP Pavilion desktop, so there IS no "built-in" webcam. For this, it's a case of having to use a USB webcam. After experimenting with cheaper c...

geo_c :- SO true, mate....so true. Frankly, it's quicker - AND easier - than messing around with running the boot config tools every time. JusGellin :- If you run multiple Pups, each in their own sub-directory, then editing the bootloader just consists of copying any stanza, then merely editing the...

.....and come to think of it even if you are not new to the forum what brought you here ? and what are you interested in ? wanderer Heh. If I'm perfectly honest, I came to Puppy primarily because the elderly hardware I was using at the time, 10 yrs ago, was struggling with the then-current 'mainstr...

bigpup wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 12:29 pm

Good test of the pfix=ram boot option in VanillaDpup 10.0.53.

^^^ Lololol!!!

Completely unintended, of course.....but, there ya go. At least we know THAT bit works...

Mike.

Can you share your boot loader configuration? Maybe you're using pfix=ram . Oh, for f***s sakes..... Yup; you are absolutely right, Dima. I WAS using pfix=ram , after all.....and hadn't even realised it! https://i.postimg.cc/WzHWTYWM/facepalm-small.gif Here it is (as it was till a few minutes ago!)...

dimkr :- Curious. As I stated in the other thread, I'm very impressed with this. However, I've come across a situation I've not encountered before. The save-folder was created at first shut-down, and everything is where it should be. BUT; at next boot, Vanilla DPup steadfastly refuses to load the s...

dimkr :- Nice one! Bluetooth pairing works perfectly. Connection works as easily as it does on ChromeOS-Flex. After making sure it WAS connected under BlueTooth - by the simple expedient of removing the USB dongle, so I knew it wasn't connected on 2.4 GHz - I'm using it now. :thumbup: Excellent wor...

inevitably means returning to "apt-get" and the use of Synaptic for everything..... Wrong, .pet packages work, SFSs work and even Flatpak works. I believe that it's also going to mean that many of the uniquely Puppy methods of implementing software will cease to work Wrong, you'd be surpr...

bigphil :- Um. O-kayyy.... Are you just wanting to 'tidy up' the Menu (easy to do).....or do you also want to completely remove the associated, offending software that the Menu entry will launch? If the former, there's two routes you can take. 1) Remove the appropriate .desktop files from /usr/shar...

dimkr :- Reading your musings at Github has kinda left me "hanging in the wind" a bit! Whilst I agree with some of your proposed - and already implemented - ideas, it seems to me that the general idea is for the future of Puppy to be based around Debian, yes? Not that this is a bad thing ...

.....as though AI is the "be-all & the end-all" of everything . :roll: I'll give it 10 yrs - 15, tops - and everyone will have found a new toy to go ga-ga over. That's just my jaded "take" on the matter.... Ho-hum. Mike. https://i.postimg.cc/JhjzX9jz/yawn-small.gif

@JakeSFR :-

Thanks, Jake. Excellent work as always. Can't imagine life without this, y'know?

Mike.

I continue to be impressed by ChromeOS-Flex. Really..!! One advantage of a 'cloud-centric' OS like this is that it 'remembers' your system settings from your previous installs.No need to have to set anything up, because it's all re-applied when you log-in at boot-time. I did some jottings in Google ...

Personally, I feel that if a member wishes to take 'time out' for themselves then this should not be questioned. Hopefully, it gives time to reflect on the situation and make a decision if they wish to participate or not. Members should be able to 'drop in and drop out' and get involved if they wan...

I could be wrong - probably AM - but I suspect it may have summat to do with the gtk3/4 stuff. I've noticed that with any Pup built with Woof-CE from the last 2-3 years, many windows/popups/etc in many traditional Puppy apps & utilities seem to be a HELL of a lot wider than they ever used to be....