Last Edited: 01 May 2008 by superuser
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Esta página le explicará como hacer cosas con Puppy

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Install FireFox
AssociatePrograms how to run a file with a specific program
Installing Thunderbird

Go to the Mozilla site and download Thunderbird into /root/my-applications.
Open /root/my-applications/thunderbird in rox and locate the file thunderbird-1.0.2.tar.gz
Right click anywhere in the rox window and from the menu select Xterm Here
In the terminal type tar zxvf thunderbird-1.0.2.tar.gz, hit enter.
After the text stops scrolling go back to the rox window and place the mouse curser in the window, you should see a blue folder named thunderbird, click on it.
Find the file shaped like a cog also named thunderbird.
Drag it onto the desktop.
Right click on the cog on the desktop and select Set Icon.
Open the icons folder in Thunderbird and drag and drop an icon into the Set Icon field, click OK.
Click on the desktop Icon and proceed.

How to set up Thunderbird.

To set up the Thunderbird mail client you will need some information first:

The type of server your mail provider uses i.e. POP or IMAP.
The name of your incoming and outgoing mail server i.e. png-mail.txy.com.us
Your email address for this account.

Start Thunderbird and when it opens click on File/New/Account.
This will open the New Account menu, make sure the Email account is selected and then click on Next.
This opens the Identity menu, follow the instructions and fill in the two fields with the required information, click Next.

This opens the Server Information menu, select the type of incoming mail server your provider uses then enter the name of the mail server itself .
If you want your mail to go to a different directory untick Use Global Inbox else leave it ticked, click Next.

In the User Names menu field enter your email user name for the above mail server, click Next.

Enter a name for the account in the Account Name field and click Next.
Check to make sure that all the entries are correct and either untick Download messages now or leave it ticked, click finish.

If you are connected to the internet you can start downloading your emails now, or you can connect when you wish and download them.

You can always go back at any stage if you make a mistake and if the final result is wrong or you wish to redo it, you can remove it by clicking on Edit/Account Settings, click on the account and delete the account with the Remove Account button.
Set up Puppy on an Apple computer

Click on the Apple link.

Use Lilo

I have LILO working on a machine with:

/dev/hda1 Vector Linux
/dev/hda2 Swap
/dev/hda3 Puppy

Boot loader on MBR

In this case, LILO is installed in Vector Linux.

First:
Ensure that /dev/hda3 is mounted in the Vector Linux fstab. In my case, the entry is something on the lines of:
/dev/hda3 /mnt/linux defaults 0 2

(on second thought, you may be able to get away with just temporarily mounting the puppy partition)

Second:
copy the puppy kernel to
/boot/vmlinuz in the
puppy partition .. /dev/hda3 in my case.

Third:
Edit the lilo.conf in Vector with the Puppy section .. having the critical item:

image= /mnt/linux/boot/vmlinuz
root= /dev/hda3

WHY?

The LILO program must be able to see things from its perspective when you execute "LILO" to place the boot loader on the MBR. It must be able to understand which /boot/vmlinuz you are talking about at the time LILO is updated.

If you have
image = /boot/vmlinuz
then LILO says - that points to the Vector Linux boot directory on /dev/hda1 and the VL kernel.

If you have
image= /mnt/linux/boot/vmlinuz
then LILO says - that points to the puppy kernel on /dev/hda3 - I know this because the partition is mounted and I can see it.

[You forgot to mention one VERY important thing. Your lilo.conf can NOT have a line

"vga=788"

LILO/Puppy will not work then whatever you do. I know because I have tried everything to make LILO work with Puppy.
What finally made it was to remove the line "vga=788" from lilo.conf.]

DotPup - a Puppy Program installer by GuestToo

Click on the DotPup link.

Set up a Swap File by JaDy

Click on the Swap File link.

make your mouse left handed,

add this line to /root/.xinitrc
xmodmap -e 'pointer = 3 2 1 4 5'

if it's a 3 button mouse with no wheel, the line will be:
xmodmap -e 'pointer = 3 2 1'

if it's a 2 button mouse (get a new mouse, linux uses the middle button a lot):
xmodmap -e 'pointer = 2 1'

add the line somewhere before:
exec $CURRENTWM
(or it won't get executed)

you should have a left-handed mouse when X starts
you can execute the command in an rxvt window if you want

ADD FLASH to Firefox

If you just go into /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins, copy flash out of there to the plugins directory wherever Firefox is installed.
I think that's all you need to do. Start Firefox and you should be in business.

View Pup001 files

From Linux

puppy installed a home dir on my sda1, called pup001 or something and now I want to view it on another distro.
"mount" tells me it's not a block device and "file" tells me its ext2.
how do other usually view it from another linux distro?

There's a package called Explore2fs that will open and view the file through Windows

if, for example, pup001 is on hda1
if hda1 is mounted on /mnt/hda1
if you have mount point /mnt/tmp
you can type:

mount -t ext2 -o loop /mnt/hda1/pup001 /mnt/tmp

you should see your pup001 files should be in /mnt/tmp

From Windows
You can also see the contents of your pupxxx file using Explore2fs. Just follow these steps:

1. Download Explore2fs
2. Unzip the file
3. Execute explore2fs.exe
4. From the main menu select 'File | Open Image File ...'
5. In the file type drop down box select 'All Files (*.*)
6. Browse for your Pupxxx file, Select it and click Open

See also: ViewPup001FromWindows
That's all, you are in business!


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