Porteus Issues
Posted: 30 Apr 2014, 06:46
I'm using Porteus 3.0 RazorQT and I have a number of problems/questions. Here they are-
1. I recently downloaded wine-pipelight-1.7.16-i486-1alien.tgz via USM and activated the modules. However, right clicking on a .exe file does not show 'Open with Wine program loader'. I downloaded wine-1.7.9-i486-1alien.txz earlier and that worked perfectly. So is this an issue with the pipelight version? (Note: After downloading the pipelight version, wine-1.7.9-i486-1alien.txz automatically shows installed in USM)
2. I can't set up OpenVPN on Porteus. Since my system is 32 bit, downloading Internet Security Tools from porteus-apps.org isn't an option. So here's what happens - I left-click on the network manager icon and click on Configure VPN under VPN connections. I click on Add, select OpenVPN, and create. This is where things get confusing. There are a number of things that need to be entered - Connection name, Gateway, Type, User Certificate, CA Certificate, Additional DNS servers, etc. I don't know how to configure any of those.
3. I downloaded and activated jre1.6.0_25.xzm hoping it would contain the java plugin for Chrome. But Chrome still says that I don't have java installed. How do I enable the java plugin?
4. I downloaded a lot of apps via USM and put all of them in a single folder. Each app has a number of .xzm files, so I've ended up with having 50-60 .xzm files in total in that directory. Is there a tool to compile all those files in a single .xzm file so that whenever I activate it all the apps will run at once? If possible, can I extract the files in the future if needed?
5. I played a number of video files in Mplayer 1.1 but noticed that the videos to stretch to fit screen whenever I go full screen. I'm not sure if this is a Porteus issue, but I thought it's worth asking. Is there a tweak to make the video stretch to full screen?
6. Since MPlayer 1.1 can't stretch videos, I downloaded totem-3.8.2-i486-1gv.txz to check if it can. After activation, I couldn't find it on the applications list (Right Click on Desktop> Sound & Video). How do I make it work? If it won't work, what are some good alternatives for MPlayer? (VLC isn't working for me, but that's another story)
Thanks!
1. I recently downloaded wine-pipelight-1.7.16-i486-1alien.tgz via USM and activated the modules. However, right clicking on a .exe file does not show 'Open with Wine program loader'. I downloaded wine-1.7.9-i486-1alien.txz earlier and that worked perfectly. So is this an issue with the pipelight version? (Note: After downloading the pipelight version, wine-1.7.9-i486-1alien.txz automatically shows installed in USM)
2. I can't set up OpenVPN on Porteus. Since my system is 32 bit, downloading Internet Security Tools from porteus-apps.org isn't an option. So here's what happens - I left-click on the network manager icon and click on Configure VPN under VPN connections. I click on Add, select OpenVPN, and create. This is where things get confusing. There are a number of things that need to be entered - Connection name, Gateway, Type, User Certificate, CA Certificate, Additional DNS servers, etc. I don't know how to configure any of those.
3. I downloaded and activated jre1.6.0_25.xzm hoping it would contain the java plugin for Chrome. But Chrome still says that I don't have java installed. How do I enable the java plugin?
4. I downloaded a lot of apps via USM and put all of them in a single folder. Each app has a number of .xzm files, so I've ended up with having 50-60 .xzm files in total in that directory. Is there a tool to compile all those files in a single .xzm file so that whenever I activate it all the apps will run at once? If possible, can I extract the files in the future if needed?
5. I played a number of video files in Mplayer 1.1 but noticed that the videos to stretch to fit screen whenever I go full screen. I'm not sure if this is a Porteus issue, but I thought it's worth asking. Is there a tweak to make the video stretch to full screen?
6. Since MPlayer 1.1 can't stretch videos, I downloaded totem-3.8.2-i486-1gv.txz to check if it can. After activation, I couldn't find it on the applications list (Right Click on Desktop> Sound & Video). How do I make it work? If it won't work, what are some good alternatives for MPlayer? (VLC isn't working for me, but that's another story)
Thanks!
