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1. Luci-244 does not display an icon for the 4G thumb drive containing my pupsave file, although the drive appears to read and write correctly (changes are saved).

2. If I plug another 1G thumb drive into another usb port, an icon displays on the desk top normally. When I dismount the drive, the "mounted" symbol in the icon disappears normally, but the light on the drive contunues to flash indefinitely (more than an hour).

I have checked this out in Luci-239 and -243. Luci-244 is the only version in which this occurs.

All else in Luci-244 appears to be working well for me.

Edit:
Problem only exists in Luci-244. Downloaded and tested -245 and usb ports/thumb drives work as they should.

Yes but I downloaded that link posted above and its a repackage of debian packages

ttuuxxx, *Of course* it is a repackage of a Ubuntu package! That is what we do. That is why we are Lucid Puppy.

But compiling in the lupu environment is a secondary possibility, in cases where the Ubuntu package either doesn't work or is ridiculously large (we have seen some that go to 60MB for a 2MB programs).

Thanks.

sszindian wrote:A feature I myself (and I'm sure many others) would like to see in Puppy...

After the first run of Puppy, when shutting down, you are asked If You Want To Save This Session then... To CD or To HD or NOT To Save. This feature would be nice to include in "Every Session" thereafter just before shutdown. It shouldn't take up much space since the commands are already in place for Puppy?

Lots of times you just do research on the net, maybe play a few online games or something than doesn't require a "session save" so why use up space with all those unnecessary save session files? If not feasible, maybe at least a Save or Not Save for the CD function to save space?

If not possible for 5.2 maybe a future version!

In Gub4dos's menu.lst you can make a separate entry that will make a frugal install boot with no save file. However, it will work just like a clean install.

Normal boot
title Luci 244 (sda5/puppy244)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /puppy244/initrd.gz
kernel /puppy244/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=puppy244 pfix=fsck
initrd /puppy244/initrd.gz

Boot with no save file
title Luci 244 (sda5/puppy244) RAM mode\nBoot up Puppy withot pupsave
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /puppy244/initrd.gz
kernel /puppy244/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=puppy244 pfix=ram,fsck
initrd /puppy244/initrd.gz

bigpup wrote:

sszindian wrote:A feature I myself (and I'm sure many others) would like to see in Puppy...

After the first run of Puppy, when shutting down, you are asked If You Want To Save This Session then... To CD or To HD or NOT To Save. This feature would be nice to include in "Every Session" thereafter just before shutdown. It shouldn't take up much space since the commands are already in place for Puppy?

Lots of times you just do research on the net, maybe play a few online games or something than doesn't require a "session save" so why use up space with all those unnecessary save session files? If not feasible, maybe at least a Save or Not Save for the CD function to save space?

If not possible for 5.2 maybe a future version!

In Gub4dos's menu.lst you can make a separate entry that will make a frugal install boot with no save file. However, it will work just like a clean install.

Normal boot
title Luci 244 (sda5/puppy244)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /puppy244/initrd.gz
kernel /puppy244/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=puppy244 pfix=fsck
initrd /puppy244/initrd.gz

Boot with no save file
title Luci 244 (sda5/puppy244) RAM mode\nBoot up Puppy withot pupsave
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /puppy244/initrd.gz
kernel /puppy244/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=puppy244 pfix=ram,fsck
initrd /puppy244/initrd.gz

i don't think that is what is being asked for, we know how to boot into ram mode, it is now included in grub4dos if not selected via f2. what is being asked for is way to continue with your previously saved set up with an option not to save any changes on shut down/reboot. i think. correct me if i am wrong.

playdayz wrote:can we remove the descriptive timezones and just leave GMT +X and GMT -X?

No. Apps like Sunbird only work with descriptive timezones.

Indeed it is.
The wish is to be able to EXIT without saving.

A lot of the things one would like to try, crop up after Puppy has been started normally - and very often the normal session would not generate significant saves. So I often try things and then have to try to back them out so they don't affect the save file.
It would be nice to be able to just exit without saving anything.

I am aware that it might be easier to be able to say "Turn saving off for this session until, either it is closed. or I say revert to the last saved (which may have been earlier in the session) and turn it back on.

abushcrafter wrote:

playdayz wrote:can we remove the descriptive timezones and just leave GMT +X and GMT -X?

No. Apps like Sunbird only work with descriptive timezones.

playdayz,
There have been lots of people running into trouble who tried to use the GMT + and - and every time advice was giving to use the descriptive timezones the problem was solved. So I would say, no don't do that.

Besides that, I think it is not good to push the slimming to an extreme.
You might end with a puppy that isn't liked anymore.

What about having Puppy Linux Discussion Forum :: View topic - scripts to extract and store files in initrd.gz in the "devx" SFS?

playdayz,
There have been lots of people running into trouble who tried to use the GMT + and - and every time advice was giving to use the descriptive timezones the problem was solved. So I would say, no don't do that.

Besides that, I think it is not good to push the slimming to an extreme.
You might end with a puppy that isn't liked anymore.

Thanks Béèm, I have my fingers crossed that the Timezone issue was fixed by shinobar's instructions.

Anyway, you can see for yourself as luci-245 is now posted with a link in the first message of this thread.

In Gub4dos's menu.lst you can make a separate entry that will make a frugal install boot with no save file. However, it will work just like a clean install.

I have been using it myself Bigpup and I have got to say it is luxurious, click, click, click, done!

I am thinking we ought to call it Grub Config - Auto so the dos part doesn't confuse people.

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artifus wrote:
i don't think that is what is being asked for, we know how to boot into ram mode, it is now included in grub4dos if not selected via f2. what is being asked for is way to continue with your previously saved set up with an option not to save any changes on shut down/reboot. i think. correct me if i am wrong.
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You are correct artifus.... besides, I don't do frugal installs, I use the same HD for all versions of Puppy and just bootup from the CD drive, Puppy nicely finds the correct files it needs. Besides, for those that only use a CD to boot from and write back to, frugal would't work. So at least the function of "Save Session" or "Don't Save Session" would be a big plus to many.

In an earlier post I recounted difficulties when running lupu244 on a box where the RTC is set to UTC and I want to display the correct time in the Australia/Sydney timezone.

I have since made a frugal installation after selecting the timezone and "UTC" in the GUI. On rebooting the displayed time is still that of the RTC but if I enter in a terminal:

hwclock --hctosys --utc

the problem is solved for that session.

Has a command like

hwclock --hctosys --"$Some environment variable"

been accidentally removed from the startup scripts?

The new Wary 102 does not have this problem.

cheers,
Ken

Hi Devs,

I am getting an openbox error message after installing the Petmakerplus.pet

The error message complains about 'no name' on line 203. See screenshot.
I think the ampersand has to be moved or removed (?)
Thanks

EDIT: in Luci 244.

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playdayz wrote:

playdayz,
There have been lots of people running into trouble who tried to use the GMT + and - and every time advice was giving to use the descriptive timezones the problem was solved. So I would say, no don't do that.

Besides that, I think it is not good to push the slimming to an extreme.
You might end with a puppy that isn't liked anymore.

Thanks Béèm, I have my fingers crossed that the Timezone issue was fixed by shinobar's instructions.

Anyway, you can see for yourself as luci-245 is now posted with a link in the first message of this thread.

Downloading the 245, but installing will be after some sleep (1:35 am here)

superchook wrote:In an earlier post I recounted difficulties when running lupu244 on a box where the RTC is set to UTC and I want to display the correct time in the Australia/Sydney timezone.

Suppose Luci-245 fixed.

Bert wrote:Hi Devs,

I am getting an openbox error message after installing the Petmakerplus.pet

The error message complains about 'no name' on line 203. See screenshot.
I think the ampersand has to be moved or removed (?)
Thanks

EDIT: in Luci 244.

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Hi Bert

Yeah it's the pet's fault. That will error JWM too. Ampersands should not be in menu entries, ie. the *.desktop file.

Cheers

Download of 245 almost complete.....back in a few from a fresh frugal install.

downloaded luci-244.iso_luci-245.iso.delta and attempted to create 245 iso
same problem as 242 to 243 and 243 to 244
run xdifference and receive instant message that iso created but have nothing

regards
yarddog

posting from 245 - so far so good

Probably a stupid question...

Is this version scheduled to be released on 12/11/2010?

Thanks.