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-How to automatically mount a partition at bootup ? (Edit: solved see viewtopic.php?p=89867#p89867)

-How to automatically launch a script at bootup ? (Edit: solved see viewtopic.php?p=89811#p89811)

-How to add a third virtual desktop in the tray ? (Edit: solved see viewtopic.php?p=89832#p89832)

Thanks for your help.

Hi @Caramel

1.- Automatically mount a partition at boot.-

menu.- filesystem.- pmount.... right click the partition and choose.- MOUNT PARTITION AT BOOT.-

fast and easy

2.- Run a scrip at boot.- copy file to /root/Startup/ and it's ready

3.- No idea about VD... I never use these, but it must be something related with right-click on the tray area of your desktop panel and from the context menu that appears, select the option that says "Desktops" or "Virtual Desktops or something similar to go into configuration settings.

Hope it helps.- CHEERS

Thanks @pp4mnklinux

pp4mnklinux wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 3:00 pm

1.- Automatically mount a partition at boot.-

menu.- filesystem.- pmount.... right click the partition and choose.- MOUNT PARTITION AT BOOT.-

No effect with Right Click on my EasyOS 5.3 desktop

pp4mnklinux wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 3:00 pm

2.- Run a scrip at boot.- copy file to /root/Startup/ and it's ready

Really easy.

Hi, I don't use EASYos, because I'm with F96CE_XFCE_FUSILLI, but it's possible (@BarryK can confirm and help you more) that you can configure boot modifying the /etc/fstab file.

Doing this editing if from the terminal you must modify each part of the code with your personal configuration...

<device>   <mount point>   <filesystem type>   <options>   <dump>   <pass>

As I told you any EASYos USER could guide you better than me.

Have a nice day.

menu > jwm desktop > tray tab at top > virtual desktops, columns?

you might be able to write a script to mount a device at boot, presuming you can identify it consistently.
the feature mentioned earlier in pmount does not exist in my easy5.1 pmount,

it may have been removed.. Barry does have an opposite feature where devices can be deliberately prevented from being mounted at boot time.

pp4mnklinux wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 3:51 pm

Hi, I don't use EASYos, because I'm with F96CE_XFCE_FUSILLI, but it's possible (@BarryK can confirm and help you more) that you can configure boot modifying the /etc/fstab file.

Doing this editing if from the terminal you must modify each part of the code with your personal configuration...

Code: Select all

<device>   <mount point>   <filesystem type>   <options>   <dump>   <pass>

As I told you any EASYos USER could guide you better than me.

Have a nice day.

williwaw wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 4:34 pm

you might be able to write a script to mount a device at boot, presuming you can identify it consistently.

In EasyOS /etc/fstab is empty. There is no example. I'm not sure what code to use.

williwaw wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 4:34 pm

menu > jwm desktop > tray tab at top > virtual desktops, columns?

In the last version JWMDesk has been replaced by EasyJWM : https://bkhome.org/news/202304/new-easyjwm.html

You can do this in EasyJWM by changing the number of columns:

The script method in the Startup folder does work, eg:

#!/bin/sh

mkdir /mnt/sdaX
mount /dev/sdaX  /mnt/sdaX

Keef wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 5:52 pm

You can do this in EasyJWM by changing the number of columns:
image.png

Worked. But there is an unexpected effect. In the tray there only small icons for active applications

Before, all the space were occupied like in this picture :

Caramel wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 6:42 pm

Worked. But there is an unexpected effect. In the tray there only small icons for active applications

yes, not as nice
jwm-desk in older versions did same

It could be the time to forget JWM.

PLZ, read these posts...viewtopic.php?t=8711&start=40#p89723

And this web https://wp.me/peHGzO-4q

XFCE TIME

Why? I've never liked XFCE, and either avoid anything that uses it or ditch it for something else. Not a fan of Thunar either. I can live without JWM by the way - I have stayed with Openbox on FatDog, and have tried all sorts of window managers, but generally preferring the simpler ones. There are now plenty of options available on this forum that use XFCE, no need to try and get every distro to use it.

Caramel, asking several questions in one thread makes the thread difficult to follow for anyone who's looking through the forum for an answer and for the people who are trying to help you. Please, just ask one question per thread.

@Caramel

"In the tray there only small icons for active applications"

You can edit in /root/.tray the line <Tasklist....
to the desired width, for ex. 155.

Then they look like this:

good luck,
Tom

Keef wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 5:52 pm

The script method in the Startup folder does work, eg:

Code: Select all

#!/bin/sh

mkdir /mnt/sdaX
mount /dev/sdaX  /mnt/sdaX

For mounting, it is best to always put the filesystem type, example:

mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1

Looks like two people so far who prefer the old default of three virtual desktops.
I considered two would be enough, and also wanted plenty of room for when switch the desktop to all icons in the tray.

Anyway, have made a note to reconsider, and maybe switch back to three.
That will have to be after Easy 5.3.1.

tom22251 wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 11:23 pm

@Caramel

"In the tray there only small icons for active applications"

You can edit in /root/.tray the line <Tasklist....
to the desired width, for ex. 155.
tasklist.jpg

Then they look like this:
tasks-in-tray.jpg

good luck,
Tom

In EasyOS the file is /root/.jwmrc-tray.

I'm changed "false" to "true", reloaded jwm (via the menu). It works!

This change is impossible in EasyJWM. In the script /usr/local/easyjwm, line 1545 the variable TASKLIST_LABELED is fixed to false

Hi @BarryK:

Nowadays I'm not using EASYos, but I was/am using puppy for years.

I don't consider the number of virtual desktops somethink really important because in the end, we can change this number without problems, so my suggestion is:

You can made 3 (as ever) the default number of virtual desktops.

Configure an easy way to change it (This number) (and every user can decide the number he needs).

(For example, I usually have 5 Virtual Destops but with fusilli now I'm using 7.... I "multiwork" haha).

Have a nice day u all.

(As you can see in this video, I use all of them https://youtu.be/RQEeeBlH2Y4?list=PLRa3 ... 64YE_Ebowr )

BarryK wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 1:13 am

Looks like two people so far who prefer the old default of three virtual desktops.
I considered two would be enough, and also wanted plenty of room for when switch the desktop to all icons in the tray.

Anyway, have made a note to reconsider, and maybe switch back to three.
That will have to be after Easy 5.3.1.

@Keef , the world moves, (and there are a lot of puppy users, each one with his own interests, motications, neccessities...)

Have a nide day....and let's continue doing a better World.

Keef wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 9:56 pm

Why? I've never liked XFCE, and either avoid anything that uses it or ditch it for something else. Not a fan of Thunar either. I can live without JWM by the way - I have stayed with Openbox on FatDog, and have tried all sorts of window managers, but generally preferring the simpler ones. There are now plenty of options available on this forum that use XFCE, no need to try and get every distro to use it.

pp4mnklinux wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 9:23 pm

It could be the time to forget JWM.

PLZ, read these posts...viewtopic.php?t=8711&start=40#p89723

And this web https://wp.me/peHGzO-4q

XFCE TIME

No. I think you will eventually grasp that things that are great for some are not necessarily great for others even if you try to boost your own opinion/creation 1000+ times (it may even become annoying).

Thanks for your comment @amethyst , joined with others, it helps me a lot to understand the way you make them.

amethyst wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 12:24 pm

VoidPup. Stupid name (I know it's based on Void distribution/package management) as void means completely empty (nothing) or not valid. No votes for nothing. Just a stupid name for something (or nothing)

Thanks god you are in this forum to help us to identify what is good and what is bad, what can we post or not, how many times can we write, how.....

Have a nice day, enjoy it.

pp4mnklinux wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 8:54 am

Thanks for your comment @amethyst , joined with others, it helps me a lot to understand the way you make them.

amethyst wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 12:24 pm

VoidPup. Stupid name (I know it's based on Void distribution/package management) as void means completely empty (nothing) or not valid. No votes for nothing. Just a stupid name for something (or nothing)

Thanks god you are in this forum to help us to identify what is good and what is bad, what can we post or not, how many times can we write, how.....

Have a nice day, enjoy it.

Who are "us"?

pp4mnklinux wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 8:54 am

Thanks for your comment @amethyst , joined with others, it helps me a lot to understand the way you make them.

amethyst wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 12:24 pm

VoidPup. Stupid name (I know it's based on Void distribution/package management) as void means completely empty (nothing) or not valid. No votes for nothing. Just a stupid name for something (or nothing)

Thanks god you are in this forum to help us to identify what is good and what is bad, what can we post or not, how many times can we write, how.....

Have a nice day, enjoy it.

It's great to be passionate about something but there are limits. Just don't become like some of the others (I will not mention names/the name) who goes on about the same things for months on end. It becomes tiresome.

pp4mnklinux wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 9:23 pm

It could be the time to forget JWM.

PLZ, read these posts...viewtopic.php?t=8711&start=40#p89723

And this web https://wp.me/peHGzO-4q

XFCE TIME

Personal opinion and with all due respect, if I have to use XFCE, it won't be on Puppy. I like the "charm" of JWM / ROX and it becomes second nature. And the menu under XFCE, Openbox, LXDE, LXQT are just as messy as JWM.

Caramel wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 6:42 pm

Keef wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 5:52 pm

You can do this in EasyJWM by changing the number of columns:
image.png

Worked. But there is an unexpected effect. In the tray there only small icons for active applications

Thanks for reporting that, I got the same problem when created an app icon in the tray. Fixed:

https://bkhome.org/news/202305/easyjwm- ... -tray.html

@amethyst are you the one who stablishes those limits?

Let's stop here the dialogue, please, I don't like at all the way this conversación is going.

Only one thing else, allow me to continue writting at the F96CE_XFCE_FUSILLI sub-forum, please. If you want to read, comment, help, please do it, but possitive comments. Computers World is enough difficult for puppy users so we don't need more difficulties,

Thanks.

Thanks a lot and have a nice day

amethyst wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 9:33 am

pp4mnklinux wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 8:54 am

Thanks for your comment @amethyst , joined with others, it helps me a lot to understand the way you make them.

amethyst wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 12:24 pm

VoidPup. Stupid name (I know it's based on Void distribution/package management) as void means completely empty (nothing) or not valid. No votes for nothing. Just a stupid name for something (or nothing)

Thanks god you are in this forum to help us to identify what is good and what is bad, what can we post or not, how many times can we write, how.....

Have a nice day, enjoy it.

It's great to be passionate about something but there are limits. Just don't become like some of the others (I will not mention names/the name) who goes on about the same things for months on end. It becomes tiresome.

pp4mnklinux wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 2:17 pm

@amethyst are you the one who stablishes those limits?

Let's stop here the dialogue, please, I don't like at all the way this conversación is going.

Only one thing else, allow me to continue writting at the F96CE_XFCE_FUSILLI sub-forum, please. If you want to read, comment, help, please do it, but possitive comments. Computers World is enough difficult for puppy users so we don't need more difficulties,

Thanks.

Thanks a lot and have a nice day

amethyst wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 9:33 am

pp4mnklinux wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 8:54 am

Thanks for your comment @amethyst , joined with others, it helps me a lot to understand the way you make them.

Thanks god you are in this forum to help us to identify what is good and what is bad, what can we post or not, how many times can we write, how.....

Have a nice day, enjoy it.

It's great to be passionate about something but there are limits. Just don't become like some of the others (I will not mention names/the name) who goes on about the same things for months on end. It becomes tiresome.

Yes, please get off this thread. This is an EasyOS thread, got nothing to do with Fusili or whatever you call it and that windows manager you are promoting ad nauseum. Cheers.