Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

For your convenience, I have packaged the 64bit lz4 compressor tool from Debian 12 as a PET. Several recent Puppies already have liblz4 included, so this should work OOTB with Save Folder Backup. Switch to lz4 using the Config function.

If you want Xdialog3, go back to the Sep 01 2023 post. There are no guarantees that it is compatible with any Puppy.

[Edit] I notice that some recent Puppies are already using jamesbond's gtk3 version, named as Xdialog.

Clarity wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 10:41 pm

Its not in my current version of PUP I'm running.

Of course not. But a whopping 668 people in the old forum figured out how to install it themselves.

I get so tired of this crap.

Clarity wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 10:21 pm

Will it acquire a companion restore ability in its future?

Did you even bother to look at the Puppy version of Save Folder Backup and Restore using the link that I posted above?

williwaw wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 9:32 pm

using vanilladpup 10 xwayland (Bookworm)
unsure how to procede

Run it off your Starter Kit install or off your ISObooter drive so you can see how the dependencies are met.

Software should be run on the platform for which it was developed.

In the old forum, SaveFolderBackup was widely considered to be a superior tool.

But be aware that the attached lzop "full" PET packages may no longer be compatible with modern Puppies. As a short-term solution, just get lzop from your parent repo.

@mikeslr Thank you for the clarification.

JusGellin wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2024 4:27 am

PNVM data is missing, please install iwlwifi-so-a0-gf.a0.pnvm

According to the Debian repos, you need the 2023 version of the iwlwifi firmware package.

rockedge wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2024 4:25 am

Are you saying that an i386 OS would use different firmware than an amd64 OS?

I don't know where this question comes from.......Am I reading the same thing as you?

How would you interpret "of a given architecture"? That suggests that firmware is specific to a particular architecture.

Viewnior can do cropping and may be more intuitive than mtpaint. Look under Properties > Image.

mikewalsh wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:24 pm

but also because firmware is kernel-agnostic; it can be used with pretty well ALL kernels of a given architecture.

Are you saying that an i386 OS would use different firmware than an amd64 OS?

@JusGellin Is this the same machine as the one in the other thread with the vesa video problem? Does this mean that you have at least found a platform that supports your modern graphics hardware?

JusGellin wrote: Sat Nov 02, 2024 12:56 pm

Driver loaded (and currently in use): vesa

Xorg was unable to find a proper driver for your new hardware and reverted to vesa graphics mode. You need a newer Puppy.

JusGellin wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2024 7:42 pm

3. If a usb drive had a bootable puppy linux with grub2.03, the laptop would boot into the thumbdrive instead.

Rename the grub.cfg on the usb drive to grub.cfg.save and reboot. Will it now boot off the internal drive?

mikeslr wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 4:45 pm

Puppys are designed to run in RAM only writing to Storage either automatically at shut-down (PupMode 12)

That's not how my Pupmode 12 Puppies work. Data is written directly to storage when it is created. But maybe something has changed.

Clarity wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2024 3:04 am

Why is this here!

Challenging misinformation of any kind is always a worthwhile endeavour.

williwaw wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 8:54 pm

but then again, maybe neither party wants the truth to be known.

Enlighten us, please.

Governor wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 8:01 pm

The same people that own Fox also own Dominion, so it was just moving money from one account to another.

Evidence please.

I'm confused.

Governor wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 8:57 am

Dominion Voting Machines use Huawei Cloud Infrastructure

But from here:
Dominion voting systems are designed and certified by the U.S. government to be closed systems that do not connect to the Internet. State and local requirements also serve to maintain air gaps for security.

Has the computer running the server at xxx.yyy.1.63 changed its IP address?

Just out of curiosity - tg3 uses firmware but I can't see anywhere in the initrd scripts where firmware gets included.

gumanzoy wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 11:04 am

Thanks. I think we fix problem with tg3 Broadcom Netlink BCM57780 Ethernet adapter

What was the solution - to remove tg3 or to include the broadcom module?

rockedge wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 1:05 am

-- forcepae WITH a space.

So what happens if you remove the -- argument?