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houndstooth

This is clearly not ready for users, but kudos for cutting out the bloat, & stability.

Only tested on a machine sans wi-fi, Ethernet does not connect automatically unlike Xubuntu (networking one of its strongest draws, it just works).

The way I booted it mounts even sans persistence, so default ...

houndstooth

Perhaps known , current Chromium-based browsers still won't run in Xenial64 with updated GLIB (the other dependency is the more easily installed libnss3). Reasons are fairly well explained in the link. The only attempt I would dare is another distro family.

symbol lookup error : undefined symbol ...

houndstooth

GLIB, esp v2.25 is the linchpin.

Normally, the last version to run in Xenial is Chromium 106 & equivalents.

Walsh's 117 runs buggily** in Xenial so there may be some magic there, iow, if it demands a GLIB newer than 2.23, how is it running at all?

Other OS do it, but it seems overkill in Linux ...

houndstooth

Is this what you were getting at? OR did you want an explanation or guide to using Grub2Config?

Joint sentiments help.

I believe we began with snoringc wishing G2C automatically boot ISO.

Stumped booting on an ongoing basis even though I am more evolved on it than 95% of computer users, I ...

houndstooth

I have been tweaking Conky a little for color, placement & basic formatting.

User1234's post begs focus as the possible solution. It appears to handle the gist:

If JWM desktop partitions are useful but not fullproof, is Conky the utility to address mount status doubt?

houndstooth

Good idea much simpler:

chainloading the default distro splash screens

Example:

menuentry 'USB FossaXenialpup64 XFCE (FossaXenial64-XFCE)'{
menuentry 'USB FossaXenialpup64 XFCE (FossaXenial64-XFCE) RAM mode'{

Two separate entries created by G2C on the same page would not be needed if the ...

houndstooth

With Clarity & snoring_cat on the value of ISO booting, modestly comprehending I changed my mind about its presence in G2C specifically due to distro-specific variability. It is too nitty-gritty for Puppy alone, more suited to existing comprehensive boot utility projects.

What Puppy users could use ...

houndstooth

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Not the same as having it builtin, which is only just a good suggestion, ISO can boot from (G2C) GRUB2 or G4D distros not requiring UEFI. The entries are not the same & distro-specific, but it can be done.

I made this post I'm editing in a G2C ISO boot.

houndstooth

Coder gui looks good, but to keep that box open & updated in real time?

I have a couple different scripts. One opens a urxvt window & this works staying in the same terminal:

Code: Select all

#!/bin/sh
mount | grep -i -e mtp -e sd -e mmc
echo ''

houndstooth

As far as I could understand your question, maybe you are trying to display mounted partitions in Conny window. This may help you then: https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=10679.

I see File Systems partitions updating with mount status. That could be useful reinforcement. I do not ...

houndstooth

Even in XFCE in Puppy the alternatives I see at present are all or nothing desktop icons (ie, an inability to choose individual partitions), or Thunar greying unmounted partitions in a pane which is not as obvious as desktop partitions:

xfce-partition-thunar-pane-unmounted.jpg

Is XFCE desktop ...

houndstooth

JWM desktop partitions are one of its best features but not foolproof. Sometimes mount status icons are not reflecting their true state. mount cli always does. Other times there are issues with basic icon display & Puppy Event Manager interplay.

Is it possible to lightly put select mount status in ...

houndstooth

The last Chrome to run in 64 Xenialpup without additional dependencies is 106, circa Fall 2022:

Brave 1.44
Opera 92
Vivaldi 5.5
Iron (same Chromium numbering scheme)

Firefox still runs current as of February 2024, as does its Tor equivalent, and Pale Moon.

Newer browsers can possibly run ...

houndstooth

Reported due to Twitter not supporting https://www.basilisk-browser.org/ the user agent must trick the site:

Go into about:config, and find "general.useragent.override.twitter.com". Click Modify, and replace the useragent string with one blank, and Twitter should work.

https://forum.palemoon ...

houndstooth

checking out the Wiz57 links

The idea of these self-contained app packages needing dependencies puzzles me, but I got the AppImage to run in Xenial 64 in another Ubuntu derivative with libnss3 acquired from Debian.

Package containers seem to come with dependency assumptions not very different ...

houndstooth

Is weight & distro size as important as website compatibility?

Should we assume all users will add a second browser?

Those are questions assuming a builtin browser, as badly as god wants us to let it go.

(v33 is released)

hack fix: viewtopic.php?p=112264#p112264

houndstooth

root# fusermount: mount failed: Operation not permitted

Cannot mount AppImage, please check your FUSE setup.
You might still be able to extract the contents of this AppImage
if you run it with the --appimage-extract option.
See https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/wiki/FUSE
for more ...

houndstooth

Test confirmed:

Computer A
working wi-fi in Ubuntu or Puppy
tethers or hotspot connects in Ubuntu only**

Computer B
no wi-fi in Ubuntu (driver)
wi-fi working in Puppy
tethers in both

Both laptops 2010-era, (B) is 64-bit, (A) 64-compatible 32 running 32 Bionic or Xenial, given the ...

houndstooth

Jasper wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 2:39 pm
I read online that USB tethering has been proposed to be no longer available from kernel 6.7

Source:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Dis ... IS-Drivers

Sounds really bad, cynical, & illogical.

houndstooth

In Fossa64 I'm getting reported successful connection to my Android EITHER by tether or wi-fi hotspot but NO Internet access in a browser.

For some reason now usb0 is connecting in every distro I try. This may be the (different) computer. I'm using Puppy wi-fi utilities & not MTP.

On this ...

houndstooth

I do see spot working effectively like a trap, preventing downloads from getting saved. At the same time we can open local files out of spot which seems like vulnerability.

I believe I tried this long ago more naive: spot is supposed to be limited, so linking directories to a limited user without ...

houndstooth

runs incognito as user spot by default

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

caveat: I'm getting a "Download quota exceeded for this file" error. If it persists with demand I'll try another service like the one in New Zealand.

houndstooth

Goal:

Run a browser as spot with profile & cache not in ram but rather on static media.

Is this a limited user design limitation?

houndstooth

Brave Version 1.62.162 Chromium: 121.0.6167.164 (Official Build) (64-bit)

runs incognito as user spot by default
tested in Fossa

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

houndstooth

Keep the Puppy USB always plugged into the same port of the USB hub.

It remembers which physical port we're using. Hmmm... tricky.

If I do not enter UEFI, most of the time this computer will boot from the eMMC.

When I go in to change it, it is not saved indefinitely, like old computers with a ...

houndstooth

Before booting the computer.
See if you can plug in the USB hub.
Have the fossapup64 USB install plugged into the hub.

Success

I experience an ongoing hassle of this device's UEFI not saving boot order, but bigpup was right to try booting the 3.0 with the hub powered and attached .

What was ...

houndstooth

MochiMoppel no dice, kickstart does not work.

(trigger) My computers do not suspend in Puppy without this command sequence:

awk '/enabled/{print $1}' /proc/acpi/wakeup | while read a
do
echo "$a" > /proc/acpi/wakeup

Fossapup
both monitors on
NOT executing the wakeup sequence prior ...

houndstooth

G4D works the most regarding booting-ability for Bios Legacy PC.

To be able to ISO automated search from G4D you need a extra file "winv" and the script start with "bat!". You can find (Steve Si) website at https://easy2boot.com

[cut]

G4D can boot almost any ISO, but I dont use it anymore ...

houndstooth

just an update

I'm multi-tasking but did a test today: UEFI recognized USBFLASH attached to the USB hub unpowered , but did not execute the USB bootloader so the internal partition booted W11 like no media were attached.

I spent the time in W11 doing file transfers, but that was a surprise outcome ...

houndstooth

If you're a beginner you should learn pupsaves, & if you're using pupsaves it's better to use Puppy on at least a drive if not internal partition. By "drive" I include SD/mSD, eMMC, & USB HD/SSD.

If you're booting live (all in ram), I prefer USB thumbdrives.

One caveat is I do not install anything ...

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