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Any ideas, anyone?

I'm stuck on this one...

I used your method to find out whether Google Chrome was operating as "root" or as "spot", and it appears to be running as "spot". Did you set up user "spot" with "Login and Security Manager"? If you obtain Chrome directly from google, in oder to ru...

People seem to think running as spot is more than it really is. Spot was developed to be able to run programs that access the internet and limit what THAT program can do as to downloading and writing in the Puppy file system. Example: A browser that is run as spot. The home directory for spot is /h...

I used your method to find out whether Google Chrome was operating as "root" or as "spot", and it appears to be running as "spot". I tried doing "run-as-spot", but with this technique for some reason the arguments of this command ("--disk-cache-dir=...et...

Hi everyone, I've been trying to get network printing up and running on two of my computers running FossaPup. The first computer is a Lenovo ThinkPad x220i. The second computer is a Samsung NC210 Netbook. I have gone to the CUPS setup webpage and successfully added the printers, and used a PPD file ...

What do you mean that you are running Chrome as "spot" by way of "Login and Security Manager"? Could you please elaborate on this point, explaining what exactly you did? Also, is it necessary to run as "spot"? Can't I just run it as root? Menu -> System -> Login and Se...

Hi foxpup, I have added pfix=nocopy to the kernel line, and now upon bootup the system is only using 177Mb out of 1.93Gb of RAM. Wow!! I don't know if this will transfer to better performance yet, but I will test out the system performance and let you know how it goes. Kind Regards, John Hi John, N...

have u done what i told u yet you appalling specimen of a human being ? :roll: Having read your not so clear instructions, I think you are the appalling specimen of a human being! Hey, get a grip...this topic forum is "Beginners Help"...if you can't be a tad more helpful and a LOT less co...

bigpup wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:36 am This is old stuff, but may help you.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=45090

Thanks for that, bigpup.

I'm happy with my current workaround, so I probably won't try your approach out just yet. What is your workaround? Maybe we can learn from it. Hi PipzDex, I shared my workaround a few posts above. Here it is again: These are the instructions for adjusting the screen brightness on my Lenovo ThinkPad...

Hi jm03 check this package comment me if works cheers! :thumbup2: Hi PipzDex, Thanks for your reply. I didn't see your reply until after I had already figured out a workaround. I'm happy with my current workaround, so I probably won't try your approach out just yet. But, I'm curious to know, what e...

These are the instructions for adjusting the screen brightness on my Lenovo ThinkPad x220i. They are nearly identical to the instructions for my Samsung NC210 Netbook: echo X > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness Where X is between 0 and 3000. The only difference on the Netbook is the ma...

Thanks for that.

I tried it out, but I couldn't get it working.

Is there another way?

I remember that on Ubuntu I found a way where a value was echoed into the /dev location for the screen

How have you installed Puppy on your netbook? Is it a frugal install? Do you have a swap? Does it start up fast enough or is it just running slowly? Can you startup htop to monitor RAM use? Can you find the configfile of the bootloader on system? menu.lst or grub.cfg or ... Can you find the entry f...

dogFellow wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 6:32 am have u done what i told u yet you appalling specimen of a human being ?

No, I haven't, because your instructions were not very clear, so I could not follow them.

If you would be willing to elaborate, I'd be willing to give it a go...

I have started up htop and it tells me that 1.73GB of 1.93GB RAM is used. That is with Google Chrome closed. It may matter where the cache directory is located and whether the cache size is limited or not. The attached image shows the command line option of Chrome. You will get the information if y...

I have started up htop and it tells me that 1.73GB of 1.93GB RAM is used. That is with Google Chrome closed. It's weird, because Google Chrome is closed, but it still shows up in the list of processes. That suggests that Chrome is (a) in Startup and (b) running processes in the background, even whe...

foxpup wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 9:45 am

wrote:Should I remove the existing pfix options and put "pfix=nocopy" ?

You can use comma:

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pfix=fsck,nocopy

Thanks, I will try this.

I have started up htop and it tells me that 1.73GB of 1.93GB RAM is used. That is too much. Is it like that at the start, before you start any program? You can sort on memory usage in htop (click on the colum title)(cpu usage as well). What is causing this? By the way, does sda1 not show as a deskt...

I tried to do the pfix=nocopy but I put it in the wrong location of the grub.cfg file and my netbook couldn't start up. It totally kernel panicked and froze up. Upon second inspection, there is already a "pfix=" option included on the kernel line...I can't remember exactly what was written...

How have you installed Puppy on your netbook? Is it a frugal install? Do you have a swap? Does it start up fast enough or is it just running slowly? Can you startup htop to monitor RAM use? Can you find the configfile of the bootloader on system? menu.lst or grub.cfg or ... Can you find the entry f...

You already have 2GB swapfile and your netbook as 2GB RAM? That's 4GB in total, and should be more than enough for Chrome. If it is still crashing, then it is not because of lack of RAM. My apology, I don't know how to help further >_< I will have to hand this off to someone more knowledgeable (o-_...

@jm03 thus it begins... Frugal install IS puppy in the most critical sense. full install has all the clever and cute apps but not the magic that is squash filesystem. I would say, and I'm sure most agree, that this the heart of what makes puppy, puppy. So if you want to get to know this critter, ke...

Hi dogFellow,

I am confused by your instructions.

Where do I put "pfix=ram" ?

Then I open Gparted and right-click on which partition?

What is all this supposed to do?

Kind Regards,

John
Melbourne, Australia

This is what most of it is about: https://blog.acolyer.org/2019/11/04/an-analysis-of-performance-evolution-of-linuxs-core-operations/ Hi bigpup, I read that link you provided, but I'm confused as to what point you are making... Are you saying that the Linux kernel is getting slower with each new re...

I have successfully installed FossaPup Which version? Installed exactly how? Samsung Netbook Model or specs if you know them? Hi bigpup, Thanks for your reply. I am running FossaPup 9.5. The Netbook is a Samsung NC210 with an Intel Atom processor, 2 GB RAM, and I think a 300gb hard drive. Kind Rega...

Greetings John, Where does Puppy Tahr sit? Is it an older Puppy? Puppy Tahr is based on Ubuntu Trusty Tahr, which was released on 2014. It is _that_ old. I am now running FossaPup64, and I was able to install Google Chrome very easily, but on my Netbook it kept locking up the system, so I'm not goi...

Hi everyone, I have successfully installed FossaPup on both my Lenovo ThinkPad and my Samsung Netbook. Though, the Netbook is now running incredibly slow with FossaPup. I was previously running Puppy Tahr on it, and that definitely ran quicker. What do you guys think I should do? Should I go back to...

Hi all,

I am now running FossaPup64, and I was able to install Google Chrome very easily, but on my Netbook it kept locking up the system, so I'm not going to use it anymore, as it's too resource hungry.

Kind Regards,

John
Melbourne

Wow, it's great to see this thread still going, and there's been some really good posts. As I am using Puppy Linux more, I am becoming more addicted to it. I am now using FossaPup, and it's significantly better than Puppy Tahr. I'm also using a "frugal" install now, whereas with Tahr I was...