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theroar84

This is my grub.cfg. Nothing fancy. It auto boots Fossa... but how would I code it to pick one of the 3 frugal installs automatically? I can create code for a random number, but I do not understand how to send the 1, 2, or 3 to the system. Any tips? Thanks for your time. # set default=0 set timeout ...

theroar84

I am stuck it seems. The user in the post below does not seem to be using Puppy, so I could not find the files in the locations they have shared. (Edit /etc/default/grub and add the following line:) I would still love to have the Frugals picked by day of the week... but I am now flexible and willing ...

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Thanks tons! Good point on accidentally deleting stuff. I will keep that in mind.

theroar84

In Windows I can hold Shift and Delete an item without confirmations. Is there a key I can hold while choosing delete in puppy to get a similar experience? I have tried Shift, but no joy...

Currently I have to click these after choosing delete.

theroar84

Thanks for explaining it. 👍 Makes sense now. With my lack of knowledge, but willingness to guess and check, I can get a ways... but I am always missing the building blocks. My reason for pushing that window so far to the right has to do with screen real estate. I have several scripts stored in home t ...

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This code worked great. You were spot on about rox not being able to go to 200... turns out all I was doing to get the result I wanted was to move the window so far to the right that I had the 200 pixels I wanted visible. I swapped the rightmargin 50 with a -150 and it works perfectly. The line ...

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Thanks so much for the scripts and tips! I have no idea what I was thinking with how I first titled the post. Thanks for cleaning that up as well. I like the options with the code. It is very possible the script I had is stopping at 236 and I just could not tell the difference... 🤦‍♂️ Thanks again Ev ...

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I want a script that launches the /mnt/home location (drive partition) and moves it to a spot on my desktop. Currently I modify the script for pc's with different monitor sizes/desktops. #!/bin/bash rox -d /mnt/home xdotool search " */mnt/home" windowactivate windowsize %@ 200 600 windowmove 1150 30 ...

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Thanks for all the input. Pschedule is slick, but I like being able to take my working root and just move it to the other Pupsaves.

Will see which tips work better for me. Thanks Herrbert and Trapster for the options!

theroar84

I have created a chron schedule that I use on a few PC's with multiple Fossa64 frugal installs per pc. I created a script that will copy the new root into the chron folder. Works like a champ, but I have found that the previous chron schedule still runs until I reboot. Is there a restart chron ...

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This is the fixed script. #!/bin/bash y=250 for (( j=0; j<3; j++ )) do x=450 for (( i=0; i<4; i++ )) do xdotool mousemove $x $y sleep 1 xdotool click --delay 800 1 sleep 1 x=$(( x + 175 )) done y=$(( y + 175 )) done ChatGPT even explained the fixes... Replaced lt with < in the loop condition ...

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I think I am all set. I posted my code to ChatGPT and it actually converted it to a script that is not popping errors anymore. I will keep you posted if I get it all working like I expect in a bit.

Thanks again for the help.

theroar84

I would like a script that can use xdotool with variables. This is a sample of what I have created. I have been searching for the correct way to setup a loop with variables that grow in a bash script. Any tips that can get me moving in the right direction would be awesome! #!/bin/bash y=250 for(j=0 ...

theroar84

Thanks tons for all the input. I almost did not post it as I figured it was just not possible before the sys booted.

Thanks again. Will share if I get it all working as expected.

theroar84

Updating this as I am struggling with getting the date info to match... Since date is not working I am willing to try random numbers. I am running Fossa 64 installed to a EXT4 hard drive with 3 frugal installs. At boot I pick the one I need for either Monday, Wed, or Friday. Is there a way I could ...

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ozsouth wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 4:11 am
@theroar84 - could possibly put command at end of /usr/sbin/delayedrun

Worked perfect! Thank you.

theroar84

I will give that a try. Thank you.

theroar84

I am trying to run a script 60 seconds after reboot with chron. I have a script, ium.sh that launches fine if I just click it. If I add it to chron with the @reboot it is not launching though. The script simply uses xdotool to click the desktop icon after the system has been powered up for 60 ...

theroar84

Once again, thanks for all the tips. The terminal trick works fine. Thank you.

My only issue is that when the urxvt window launches it could be in the way of the clicks.

I am working now on using windowsize and windowmove to get it to a location of my choosing when it launches.

theroar84

transparent or shaded? right click title bar for menu..... When you say shaded... do you mean rolled up? These were transparent. When I clicked the browser, the file folder to the right was transparent. I could see the desktop icons below it. If I switched windows... The transparency swapped. It ...

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It was a transparency gig. Today when I booted it up it is gone. So odd. I know I rebooted it that day at least 2x.

Thanks for sharing the window with your settings. I had found that, but I have no idea what the numbers were today. At least if it happens again I have something to reference.

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This is the script code. Sorry I did not include that earlier. Currently it only loops 3x. When I have a system to halt it I will likely let it run longer. This for loop prints the numbers from 1 to 3. for i in {1..3}; do xdotool mousemove 246 283 sleep 6 xdotool mousemove 246 561 sleep 6 xdotool ...

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Thanks. I had just added my kill command as the shortcut key command... I had a hunch this morning that making the command a script might be smarter. As far as killing all the .sh files... Puppy does not have any built in .sh commands that run... correct? My scripts are really simple. Just xdotool ...

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Somehow I clicked something that has made my inactive windows transparent. I went in there to create a hot key... exited with this effect which I really am not a fan of... Anyone have a tip that can help me go back to normal? Running Fossa64 Frugal, EXT4 drive, Even a smarter search term could get ...

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I did not get the killall to work. After a few attempts I started receiving an error (configuration file does not exist) when launching JWM and clicking the hotkey manager. Even after reboot that occurred so I will fiddle tomorrow. I did launch the task manager and found that killing the .sh file I ...

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The script is started by clicking on it. I will do some looking to see if Ctrl+F3 is assigned elsewhere, but I thought it was clear.

Will give the killall a shot.

Thanks for both tips!

theroar84

I am running Fossa64 with Frugal installs on ext4 hard drives. Multiple frugal installs per pc. I have whipped up some scrips for xdotool. Occasionally I mis click... I would love to have a shortcut key that could terminate xdotool. Initially, I thought I wanted t a terminate option in each script ...

theroar84

Just wanted to say thanks again. The update process was so slick.

theroar84

Thanks tons for all the tips! Really cool to add the extra commands to the script to force the exact results. 👍 The archive option was the one that I finally settled on. Keeping the permissions was sweet. Thanks fredx181! cp -afT /mnt/sdb1/1a/nroot/ /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ Or if you want all pe ...

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Thank you. I will see what happens when I post it as a image instead of just dropping the link in there. Update: I think I was told before it is a Imgur thing. When I add it as a image it gives an error... paste the link... the image shows up, but as you noted if you click it you get an error. My ...

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Re: Is it possible to auto boot Frugals by random number?

Re: Auto Boot Frugals based on day of the week?

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Is there Key I can press to Force Delete without clicks?

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