Looks like my issue came back. Probably due to a BIOS update locking down the computer more?
This is what I get now when I try to boot from the stick that's been working for about a year:
Search found 22 matches
- Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:04 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
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- Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:11 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Desktop background app corrupted my fossa-dusk.jpg file
- Replies: 9
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Re: Desktop background app corrupted my fossa-dusk.jpg file
Thanks for all the great information! The file is indeed showing under /initrd/pup_a/usr/share/backgrounds/ along with only fossa-sunset.jpg. So I guess the backgrounds showing under /initrd/pup_ro2/usr/share/backgrounds/ would be for all Puppy versions while /initrd/pup_a/usr/share/backgrounds ...
- Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:24 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Desktop background app corrupted my fossa-dusk.jpg file
- Replies: 9
- Views: 908
Re: Desktop background app corrupted my fossa-dusk.jpg file
Is there any easy way to alter my save file so it "forgets" that this file was ever changed to begin with? You do not need to mount the sfs file, it's already mounted /initrd/pup_ro2/usr/share/backgrounds/ You can copy /initrd/pup_ro2/usr/share/backgrounds/fossa-dusk.jpg to /usr/share/backgrounds ...
- Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:05 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Desktop background app corrupted my fossa-dusk.jpg file
- Replies: 9
- Views: 908
Re: r
While playing around with the desktop background settings (a) apparently some of them actually edit the original image file...? Unlikely. So now my fossa-dusk.jpg file is corrupted. (b) Can anyone send me the original? You already have it. I'm running fossapup64. Left-Click puppy_fossapup64_9.5.sfs ...
- Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:59 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Desktop background app corrupted my fossa-dusk.jpg file
- Replies: 9
- Views: 908
Desktop background app corrupted my fossa-dusk.jpg file
While playing around with the desktop background settings apparently some of them actually edit the original image file...? So now my fossa-dusk.jpg file is all messed up. Can anyone post the original?
I'm running fossapup64.
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:51 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Lock Screen without Affecting Background Programs?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 540
Re: Lock Screen without Affecting Background Programs?
I ended up using "slock". Seems to work. Had to install "make" to build it which took a bit to figure out but it worked out in the end.
- Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:37 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Lock Screen without Affecting Background Programs?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 540
Re: Lock Screen without Affecting Background Programs?
Hmm didn't seem to work after all. Got the same results when locking the screen. When unlocked it still works fine.
- Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:24 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Lock Screen without Affecting Background Programs?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 540
Re: Lock Screen without Affecting Background Programs?
Not sure if this is what you're looking for... From the xlock man pages: -/+allowaccess This option is required for servers which do not allow clients to modify the host access control list. It is also useful if you need to run x clients on a server which is locked for some reason... When ...
- Mon Nov 22, 2021 2:06 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: Lock Screen without Affecting Background Programs?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 540
Lock Screen without Affecting Background Programs?
Hello all, I've been locking my screen with the lock icon on the desktop which uses xlock but I've now noticed it messes up my background programs, specifically BOINC. If I lock the screen with this all running tasks in BOINC fail with "computation error" and they won't send the results or start ...
- Wed Nov 03, 2021 12:22 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
Re: Rox-Filer Path Entry
Ok. I was worried that might be a faux pas. Since my original issue has been resolved I will create new posts for my future topics. I understand how to get Rox-Filer to open to different directories. I just like seeing the path entry option and would prefer not to have to open it myself. It's not a ...
- Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:53 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
Re: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
Your apology was not only not necessary, it was misguided. Here we are all explorers, even the most experienced Devs. Your posts have mapped terrain which might not be familiar to many of us; and any of us might someday stumble into. You've received my :thumbup: for it as I, for one, didn't ...
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:52 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
Re: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
Well here's a weird one... Autorunning my xset command doesn't work unless I have external monitors connected. Like if I have no external monitor connected I turn on the laptop and the screen will never shut off. If I run the command again and wait, it will. If I have an external monitor and turn ...
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:23 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
Re: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
Well here's a weird one... Autorunning my xset command doesn't work unless I have external monitors connected. Like if I have no external monitor connected I turn on the laptop and the screen will never shut off. If I run the command again and wait, it will. If I have an external monitor and turn on ...
- Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:48 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
Re: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
Easily added 'Take a Shot!' to the panel with the 'JWMDesk Manager'. Added the xset command to startup using 'Startup Control'. Found the command for disabling the touchpad while typing here: https://oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=751811 Added that command to the startup as well. To have my ...
- Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:25 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
Re: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
I actually got it all working. I didn't even see the "download all dependencies" option. Thanks for that, should be important and useful. Wonder if I needed that for the dependency warnings that came up for Firefox (exist but not accessible or something like that). But it seems to be running fine? I ...
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 2:08 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 12:36 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
Re: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
Thanks bigpup. Those steps worked! I was prompted to add the key and selected the .cert file from the EFI folder and it seemed to be happy with that. Now time to get tweaking some things on this. Here's what I've got to set up next: 1. Figure out how to get the monitor to turn off after a certain ...
- Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:22 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
Re: Puppy and Secure Boot EFI
I was trying a Fossapup Live. I was able to boot this on another computer (Phenom II 1035T with 16GB RAM usually running Win 10 Pro) that does not have Secure Boot nor UEFI BIOS and then used the built in installer to install to another USB drive. You probably used the Universal Installer that does ...
- Thu Oct 28, 2021 11:12 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
Re: Puppy and Secure Boot EFI
The reason I can't change the BIOS is because they are password protected. So you password protected UEFI setup and do not know the password? I didn't password protect it. It's a work machine. I just want to be able to run another OS off a USB stick when I'm not at work. Other distros work. They ...
- Thu Oct 28, 2021 11:06 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
Re: Puppy and Secure Boot EFI
I don't get an option to enter anything. Currently I am trying FossaPup64-9.5. I get the Grub menu. I select "Load grub.cfg from local disks." Then I get the FossaPub64 menu. I select "fossapup64 9.5" Then I get: Bootloader has not verified the image loaded. System has been compromised. Halting ...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 9:21 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
Re: Puppy and Secure Boot EFI
Thank you. I will review those links. The computer I am trying to use is an HP Probook 650 G2 with an Intel i5-6300U and 8GB RAM. The reason I can't change the BIOS is because they are password protected. If I cannot use a compatible bootloader with Puppy I don't think I will be able to use Puppy ...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:43 pm
- Forum: Beginners Help
- Topic: How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8509
How to boot Puppy from USB with Secure Boot enabled?
Is it possible to get Puppy running off USB with Secure Boot enabled? Everything I read says to just disable it but I do not have that option. I did find something about FatDog64 working on it but I ended up on a screen to add security keys to something and the page I got it from didn't explain what ...