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watchdog wrote:

tlchost wrote: My question is - what do I need to do to get tahr to recognize the mouse and keyoard in my save file (I'm will to make the changes running tahr one the old computer and saving them to a new savefile.

Have you thought to remaster your tahrpup? I wonder also if building an adrv.sfs from your current savefile could solve the problem. Have you tried to run again:

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quicksetup

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considering that the mouse and keyboard are not recognized on the new system if my savefile is loaded...i can't do either thing you suggested...which is why i asked what files i need to copy from the liveboot that does recognize the mouse and keyboard.

tlchost,

Try this:
Boot not using the save file.
Locate the save file and click on it to open in Rox.
Navigate to etc/X11/xorg.conf
Click on xorg.conf to open it in a text editor.
Find the section "inputDevice"
Should be settings for a keyboard and a mouse.

Now in the running Tahrpup you booted not using the save.
Navigate to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Click on xorg.conf to open it in a text editor.
Find the section "inputDevice"
Should be settings for a keyboard and a mouse.

Compare the two xorg.conf settings and see if there is anything different.
If yes.
Change the ones in the save file xorg.conf, to match the ones in the xorg.conf being used, when booted not using the save.

I would like to upgrade the palemoon browser to the: palemoon-26.5.0-p4-glibc219tweak browser
replacing the palemoon-25.8.1 browser.

Is this possible? I don't really know very much about programing. So everything I do is a real challenge.

Any help or suggestions will really make things easier.

EDIT
I have upgraded the palemoon browser using the "Palemoon-updater" in the menu.
Seems to work okay.
EDIT2
I found a download, supplied by watchdog of palemoon-27.0.2-p4-glibc219tweak.pet in the Additional Software (PETs, n' stuff) » Browsers and Internet » palemoon browser I upgraded the browser using this pet and it is working good.

Hello,
Does anyone know how to disable Palemoon browser from Tahrpup 6.05 64bit?
I've checked the 'no' box for making Palemoon my default browser. But, PM continues to be the browser of choice whenever I use links from incoming emails.
I've checked the 'yes' box for making Seamonkey my default browser. But, no joy there.
Will uninstalling Palemoon negatively impact anything on the OS?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Sky

Sky Aisling wrote:Hello,
Does anyone know how to disable Palemoon browser from Tahrpup 6.05 64bit?
I've checked the 'no' box for making Palemoon my default browser. But, PM continues to be the browser of choice whenever I use links from incoming emails.
I've checked the 'yes' box for making Seamonkey my default browser. But, no joy there.
Will uninstalling Palemoon negatively impact anything on the OS?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Sky

I am not sure about a "Stock Puppy Tahr" at 64bit (of 666philb's version),but I am sure that's in My Version (as a "Puppy Tahr Lite" for PAE of a Modulated version) aren't be hard to replace from Palemoon to Seamonkey.

tahrpup 6.0.5.3 testing is now available for download

latest woofCE rationlize
kernel 3.14.79 (no dirty cow & patched for nouveau to work with more cards)
uefi booting (hopefully)
puppy icon theme (01micko)
more firmware

lots of apps updated....

jwm
urxvt
deadbeef
geany
palemoon (hd html5 streaming youtube)
inkscapelite (ruler bugfix)
mtpaint
packit
jwmdesk
uextract
peasyapps
transmission.....and more

all the latest Ubuntu updates
+ various fixes and tweaks

unlike tahrpup64 i couldn't get vlc working with hevc video. if anyone would like to try i used this PPA for tahrpup64
https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ ... usty-media

if anyone has a touchscreen can you report if it works or not
same goes for uefi booting

download here http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/test/tahrpup/

enjoy

Thanks for your outstanding Pup 666philb !
Where to download ?

Merry Christmas ....Happy New Year

Maybe at this place :
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/test/tahrpup/
philippe

Thanks

oops ... added link to post

thanks

Hi 666philb,
and thanks for updating tahrpup 32b
Sadly I wasnt able to fully try it since it wont recognize my encrypted save-file containing all my mods (testing release?)
I'll stay with the perfect working previous version then, waiting for the upcoming 6.0.6 complete release.

Regards

Thanks 666philb,
I just try but no panel and no menu after the installation of the french_lang pack that works fine in the previous version.
Philippe

If i uninstall the french langpack the menu and the panel come back.
But the keyboard stay always in EN even with fr selected.
The touchscreen works fine.
philippe

The problem with the keyboard is just only in palemoon. I remember there was the same thing with raring and that there was a fix.
philippe

newpet wrote:Hi 666philb,
and thanks for updating tahrpup 32b
Sadly I wasnt able to fully try it since it wont recognize my encrypted save-file containing all my mods (testing release?)
I'll stay with the perfect working previous version then, waiting for the upcoming 6.0.6 complete release.

Regards

Encrypted savefiles have been removed during the woof-ce-rationalise / initrd changes.....not sure they will ever return.....

newpet wrote:Hi 666philb,
and thanks for updating tahrpup 32b
Sadly I wasnt able to fully try it since it wont recognize my encrypted save-file containing all my mods (testing release?)
I'll stay with the perfect working previous version then, waiting for the upcoming 6.0.6 complete release.

Regards

I wonder if it would be worth getting truecrypt going instead? Steve Gibson of Spinrite fame has the last great version stored here.
https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm
Its been audited and appears to be as good as you can get (I think) I also like to have my save files encrypted (Its not paranoid when they really ARE out to get you)

peebee wrote:Encrypted savefiles have been removed during the woof-ce-rationalise / initrd changes.....not sure they will ever return.....

Thanks peebee.
Bad new. As many, I use PL because of its portable attitude. Usb sticks, to be short. But small usb devices are prone to be lost, sometimes with some kind of sensitive data like mail credentials (in clear text with sylpheed) and else. Therefore I'm not sure about the 'rational' aspect about removing this useful feature.
Furthermore, compatibility with previous patiently formatted savefiles is broken. Not good.

James186282 wrote:I wonder if it would be worth getting truecrypt going instead? Steve Gibson of Spinrite fame has the last great version stored here.
https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm
Its been audited and appears to be as good as you can get (I think) I also like to have my save files encrypted (Its not paranoid when they really ARE out to get you)

Very interesting. Seems the way to go.

Mazel-Tov and BIG thanks to 666philb for tahrpup!
Achieved 100 pages just in time for the new year.

Sheldon

newpet wrote: Bad new. As many, I use PL because of its portable attitude. Usb sticks, to be short. But small usb devices are prone to be lost, sometimes with some kind of sensitive data like mail credentials (in clear text with sylpheed) and else. Therefore I'm not sure about the 'rational' aspect about removing this useful feature.
Furthermore, compatibility with previous patiently formatted savefiles is broken. Not good.

In theory you can still open your encrypted ext2 savefiles, just click on them. The encryption method is old and weak, it doesn't even support ext3 or ext4.

This has been discussed. But i guess i can bring this back so we can live in the past.. or (see below)

James186282 wrote:I wonder if it would be worth getting truecrypt going instead? Steve Gibson of Spinrite fame has the last great version stored here.
https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm
Its been audited and appears to be as good as you can get (I think) I also like to have my save files encrypted (Its not paranoid when they really ARE out to get you)

gyro was testing cryptsetup, and apparently he made it work, but then he said that it wasn't stable or something.

I guess i can try and resume his work, although i have never used an encrypted savefile.

many lines have been deleted though, so i have to restore them.

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By the way, i think puppy should come almost "barebones" as it's getting big. and let the user install apps. also reduce firmware and let the users complain..

maybe the tiny core linux approach or things like quickpet or peebee's script to download browser sfs make more sense...

jlst (in part) wrote:By the way, i think puppy should come almost "barebones" as it's getting big. and let the user install apps. and reduce firmware and let the users complain..

maybe the core linux approach or things like quickpet or peebee's script to download browser sfs make more sense...

Thank you, jlst, for that!

If some of you experts can to that, and make it easy for us users to fix missing firmware, libs, etc, I'd be very glad.


Sheldon