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bigpup Yes, the info from oscar and my test show that all icon themes don't contain all icons, so the menu uses what is there in pixmaps. Looks like you get different icons depending on what order you have switched the themes. I solved my issue by symlinking the icons I wanted into the Blue-Moon th...

Maybe get rid of the GPT structure and install Grub4Dos.

Think that's the best solution for that old bios.

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wizard

@rcrsn51

/EFI/boot
bootia32.efi
bootx64.efi
files.txt
grub.cfg
grubia32.efi
grubx64.efi
mmia32.efi
mmx64.efi

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wizard

Another tip on mounting drive/shares from XFE. -open XFE -click Tools>Go to script folder -copy MOUNT_drv and MOUNT_network into the scripts directory Two ways to use the Scripts files: 1. click Tools>Go to script folder, changes the active pane to the scripts directory. 2. right click on any direct...

Odd that the first post never showed in Your Post or New Post, tried on two different computers. I'll remove the first post as it has nothing to do with that topic.

Thanks again

wizard

I posted earlier in what I thought was fossapup64 topic, but it never showed in either Your Post or New Post. Where did you find it? Anyway, I posted again and it showed. To your point, my experimenting confirms what you said, but I found that if a theme didn't have the specified icon it uses an ico...

Change Menu icons fossapup64 9.5 Several of my menu icons have changed and I'm trying to change them back. Here's a piece of .jwmrc file: Menu label="Desktop" icon="x48.png" height="24"> <Program label="JWMDesk Manager" icon="/usr/share/icons/PMaterial/sc...

@rcrsn51

Not sure how to check for a signed boot loader, but don't think the bios has secure boot.

wizard

@rcrsn51

Yep, had the fat32 EFI System Partition and System Information confirmed bios in uefi mode

bigpup The first part, 300mb fat32 flag was set to boot, esp , should have included that above LateAdopter think you may be correct and that's why it only works with the USB drive attached. Seems Grub is starting from the USB, then finding grub.cfg on the hdd. rcrsn51 set the password, but no chang...

Here's a puzzle. hardware - HP 6200 pro about 2012 vintage, this was probably HP's first model to support uefi Bios has no uefi, csm, secure boot settings. hdd format = GPT OS = w10pro installed from uefi USB, system confirms bios setting is uefi Use lick and install fossapup64 9.5 dual boot = OK De...

Me too on the single click for pup, but found that in XFE I made a lot of errors if I used single click, sure some because I'm clumsy or in a hurry. Really bad if using a laptop trackpad.

wizard

Mike, why link absolute, just curious

wizard

Marv''s code may be what I was thinking of, I'm going to tinker with just limiting the cache size and see how that works out.

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wizard

@mikewalsh

Mike, my memory tells me you found a way to move chromes cache out of the save file, just can't remember what thread it was in. Let me know if that exist.

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wizard

@tosim

The instructions are for Puppy linux only, it's not going to work in mint.

wizard

@dancytron
@fredx181

I'm using peebee's chromium sfs and would like to move the cache and download dir to /mnt/home. Would this technique work and does it have to have a ext* partition?

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wizard

@mikewalsh

Mike, check this link for some helpful stuff about XFE

viewtopic.php?t=3733

wizard

@MysticReverie

Is there any way to check if this is a boot or frugal installation I have now?

There is NO difference between them, they are the same thing

wizard

@peebee

I'm running chromium v94 64bit. Is there a way to move the downloads and cache directories to /mnt/home ?

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wizard

rockedge Same problem I had and with each new version they would move the goal post and put in back doors so they could override your settings. Give stopupdates10portable.zip a try, I currently have W11 running with it successfully stopping updates. Lots easier than tracking down reg entries. wizard

MysticReverie After rereading your post, I edited my post above to correctly reference checking the SAVE file and not your swap file. You should be able to find your swap file in the /mnt/home directory. It will be named: pupswap.swp I've found that having a small swap file sometimes prevents brows...

MysticReverie You can check your save file size by hovering your mouse pointer over this icon (looks line a little cylinder) that's in the right side of the taskbar. If you have plenty of storage it is green, ok storage is orange, low storage is red. You can also increase the size of your save file...

MysticReverie This method tested and working: Install the fossa64 9.5 ISO using Rufus File System = fat32 The Puppy USB has a full install using a method called "frugal" because of the efficient way it uses resources. In order for your changes to be saved when you reboot, you need a save ...

@don570

Here are alsawizard & alsamixer windows in fossa64 9.5. hdmi did not work.

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amethyst Have you tried disabling Windows 10 updates manually in any of the newest versions? I found that with each new version, Microsoft became more and more insistent that you update. You could do the manual disabling in msconfig, group policy editor or services and then find Windows would magic...

p310don You can turn off all that Windows nonsense. Check the last post in this topic: https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=3301&start=40 Guess what, after six years, one of my daily drivers running Windows 10 Pro v1511 runs just fine. Never lost a single minute for a Windows Update. wi...

@don570

Don't have any experience with fatdog. Did you get the pet converted? The pet has to install the Intel drivers, alsa configuration files and some shell scripts in order for it to work. Also in fossa64 9.5 it required a kernel swap.

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don570 Take a look at the link Bigpup posted above, on page 3. I have a Acer CB3-431 with the same sound chip working. Download the acerCB3-431_audio.pet, in the revised setup post and install it. The pet installs the intel audio drivers and sets up the alsa configuration. Follow the instructions s...

bigpup mikewalsh You are both correct about the nature of the casual users. Many years ago I volunteered on a charitable project that refurbished computers and donated them to schools, churches and non-profit organizations. Not all of our computers had valid Microsoft licenses and that's when I dis...