Porteus

Still not working. root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -g thunder You are missing required database files! Please run: usm -u all root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -u all slackware was updated 522 seconds ago. Skipping. slackwarepatches was updated 512 seconds ago. Skipping. salix was updated 509 seconds ago....

You will only get this error if you have never updated Slacky before - when it was still working. I've used USM for years with Porteus 4.0 so pretty sure the files are there. However guest@porteus:~$ ls -l /var/usm/slacky total 40 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12680 Mar 8 13:22 CHECKSUMS.md5.gz -rw-r--r--...

My results definitely not the same as yours Bob . guest@porteus:~$ su Password: root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -s thunderbird You are missing required database files! Please run: usm -u all root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -u all Starting slackware database update Downloading: vercheck.txt DONE Download...

Can I make those changes be persistent in Cinnamon? I am booting off a USB stick when I need to use Porteous. If Porteus is installed on the USB drive and the drive's file system is EXT the changes should be saved. If Porteus is installed on the USB drive and the drive's file system is FAT32 the ch...

Try the one Porteus makes. Menu > Admin > Vbox builder

My 4.0 system supports my SSD drive and yes I know an EMMC drive is different.

Hello pedro,

Try FAT32 or exFAT.

Have you tried a USB install?

How many partitions does your emmc drive have? And what's on them? Are you multi-booting other OSs?

I think a new Porteus version (e.g. v5.0rc3 or v5.1) is long overdue. :D PS: Why does the Porteus website still guide new users to download Porteus v4.0? :(( Because that is the current production version of Porteus. 5.0 is still in development. And yes, long overdue. The pandemic hasn't helped and...

These help?

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Realtek 8723DE wifi on Porteus?

This works.

Wow! :shock: I learn a thing or two by seeing what others post and by asking questions but to learn 4 new things in one thread is unbelievable. eval disown nohup and an easy array :o All in a simple script to play some old games. :oops: Thank you ncmprhnsbl and burdi01 . :beer: :friends: Added in 1 ...

Thank you luuvki. Your grub code looks like grub2 code, is it?

Does APorteus support Porteus's save.dat file for changes=?

eval Game='$'g$Nbr See e.g. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/23111/what-is-the-eval-command-in-bash :D that or a different aproach: use an array: :shock: Wow!! Thank you guys. :beer: A related question, how can I start an app with the script and allow the terminal window to close while the ...

This code. : : g3=space_invaders echo echo 1. $g1 echo echo 2. $g2 echo echo 3. $g3 echo read -p "Select 1, 2 or 3: " Nbr Game="$""g"$Nbr echo Game=$Game echo $Game echo "$g"$Nbr echo $g3 read The output. : : 3. space_invaders Select 1, 2 or 3: 3 Game=$g3 $g3 3 space_invaders When 3 is selected how ...