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by leejosepho
Thu 04 May 2017, 15:58
Forum: Video
Topic: How to add an NVidia Linux .run package to slacko646.3.2
Replies: 3
Views: 8998

Basically correct. Many thanks...and now I am running into a permissions problem at this point... 5. After rebooting, and making sure both sfs files are enabled.. 6. Drop out of X to the command prompt and run the installer.. e.g. /mnt/home/nvidia7600-64.run ... and I think that is because I have S...
by leejosepho
Sat 29 Apr 2017, 17:06
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Is Puppy no longer in development?
Replies: 9
Views: 3026

I use Slacko, but I also just discovered LXLE and I find it amazing!
by leejosepho
Sat 29 Apr 2017, 16:59
Forum: Video
Topic: How to add an NVidia Linux .run package to slacko646.3.2
Replies: 3
Views: 8998

How to add an NVidia Linux .run package to slacko646.3.2

The "unaccelerated driver" in slacko646.3.2 works, but I am trying to improve my frame rate in Minecraft. After switching to "simple NV driver", Minecraft crashes with this error: "org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Could not init GLX... "No OpenGL context found in the current t...
by leejosepho
Thu 27 Oct 2016, 18:13
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

No, no mystery. My guess is you didn't save your script after the last edit and before running it... I am neither that careless nor sloppy, and it is insulting that you keep insisting I must have done something wrong. Edit: I plan to add Java and Minecraft to my older Dell notebook in a couple of w...
by leejosepho
Thu 27 Oct 2016, 01:20
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

...there may have been typos. ...I had been overlooking the absolute path. The addition of the tilde is what was missing. None of those things are applicable in our finally getting this working. I had tried both with and without the tilde several times and the code I am using was copied directly fr...
by leejosepho
Wed 26 Oct 2016, 20:13
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

Open you script and change the contents to reflect... ...the "~" in front of /my-applications.. As you can see in previous posts, I had tried that several times before now...but now it works! Question: Is the addition of LXTerminal what has made the difference there? In any case, I defini...
by leejosepho
Wed 26 Oct 2016, 19:33
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

Install LXTerminal from PPM. Then open it and type: which java You should have absolutely zero troubles with terminal copy'n paste from here on out! I think my copy'n-paste problem was from my trying to use CTRL-C rather than a right-click, but now I have the LXTerminal and this is what I get: sh-4...
by leejosepho
Tue 25 Oct 2016, 18:04
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

Your answer suggests you never followed through with my response... I suspect you might be missing or forgetting some of the facts: ...follow directions here. Install the third one first, then the second... Richard's installer will take care of everything... I goofed at first and turned "third...
by leejosepho
Tue 25 Oct 2016, 15:48
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: yes, it's true, lubuntu minimal is better
Replies: 19
Views: 784

Re: Ubuntu and Co take care of users ?

... Puppy Linux is My OS, because fast and fun. Beware the roots who run Puppy only as a laboratory mouse, needing no users with their silly questions :!: I do not know what you mean by "roots who run Puppy only as a laboratory mouse, needing no users", so maybe I am one of them? In any c...
by leejosepho
Tue 25 Oct 2016, 15:34
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

I'm getting the vibe "which java" returns nothing.. Which terminal are you running? Is it Urxvt? 1. I only know about the one on the Slacko Desktop, and yes, 2. It is Urxvt. Go to "Setup" and open "SFS load on the fly." Is Richards jre pkg in your right pane? 3. No, &q...
by leejosepho
Tue 25 Oct 2016, 14:50
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

Is that not what my "env | grep -i java" showed?
by leejosepho
Tue 25 Oct 2016, 14:12
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

Still as previously posted:

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#!/bin/sh
java -jar /my-applications/Minecraft.jar &
edit:
Semme wrote:So long as "which java" returns a location such as "/opt/jre/bin/java",
So I am missing the '/bin/java' part?
by leejosepho
Tue 25 Oct 2016, 13:32
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

Semme wrote:Where exactly is your Minecraft.jar?
~/my-applications
Semme wrote:What does "env | grep -i java" return?
JAVA_HOME=/opt/jre
by leejosepho
Tue 25 Oct 2016, 12:09
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

Persistence Mate. You've got to be willing to forge ahead when the going gets tough. :D Maybe you missed what I had posted: --- ...none of these work... . #!/bin/sh java -jar Minecraft.jar & . #!/bin/sh java -jar /my-applications/Minecraft.jar & . #!/bin/sh java -jar ~/my-applications/Minec...
by leejosepho
Tue 04 Oct 2016, 15:39
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

Go into the "my-applications/bin" directory in your /root folder and rt-clk >> new >> script... ...and make its name 'Minecraft' or whatever? Under the shebang... What and/or where is "the shebang"? I know the meaning of the term, but I do not know where to place 'java -jar Mine...
by leejosepho
Tue 04 Oct 2016, 14:28
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

Lose that pkg you installed, then follow directions here. Install the third one first, then the second... Richard's installer will take care of everything... I goofed at first and turned "third one first, then the second" into "third one, then first", but that seems to have not ...
by leejosepho
Tue 04 Oct 2016, 12:43
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

That you've got a full install on the hard drive, I'm not exactly sure how Rerwin's Java builder's gonna run... I actually have a frugal install I have updated in every way the Package Manager offers. Question: Does frugal or full make a difference? I could easily change to a full install if necess...
by leejosepho
Tue 04 Oct 2016, 06:19
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)
Replies: 26
Views: 5065

How to run Java and Minecraft in Slacko64_6.3.0? (Solved)

I have a frugal install of puppy_slacko64_6.3.0 in a partition here in my laptop, and I would like to get Java working and then get Minecraft (client) running. I have already used the Puppy Package Manager to install gcc-java-4.8.2-x86_64-1.txz, but then 'java -jar Minecraft.jar' as a command in a t...
by leejosepho
Mon 30 Jan 2012, 05:19
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Puppy does not have a driver for my ISA Lan card
Replies: 1
Views: 590

Ah!

I just did a Google for "linux lucid puppy linksys ether16 isa lan driver" and found this in the Linux Gazette: http://linuxgazette.net/issue50/tag/9.html

I will post back and let you all know how that worked out ...
by leejosepho
Mon 30 Jan 2012, 05:09
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Puppy does not have a driver for my ISA Lan card
Replies: 1
Views: 590

Puppy does not have a driver for my ISA Lan card

I have Lucid Puppy 528.004 installed in one of my machines that has only two PCI slots and one ISA slot, and the ISA slot is the only one I have available for LAN. The best ISA card I have is a "Linksys Ether16 LAN Card", and my Puppy seems to have no ISA drivers. I have tried to "pro...