dear porteus forum
i am a porteus newbie
and a linux newbie
i have got porteus installed on my hdd
and i have got it booting from grub2
and i have been learning about kernel parameters
okay
i am learning to use save session changes
and magic folders
okay
i did update the usm (universal slackware package manager)
and update all databases
i did manage to update to firefox 45.4.0esr
and i did put its module in /porteus/modules
and i did see its module load at startup
and it does run correctly and remember changes
okay good
but i thought you might be horrified to learn
the current contents
of my /porteus/modules folder:
gcc-4.8.2-i486-1.txz
libmpc-0.8.2-i486-2.txz
mozilla-firefox-45.4.0esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
mozilla-firefox-45.4.0esr-i486-bundle.xzm
multiload-ng-1.4.0-i586-xfce4-1bundle.xzm
psc-settings.xzm
usm-latest-0.0-noarch-1.txz
viewnior-1.3-i486-1gv.txz
viewnior-1.3-i486-1gv.xzm
xflux-pre.xzm
please help me
what should be in there ?
for examples only .xzm files ?
and what shouldn't be in there ?
for example all the .txz files ?
and should i convert the .txz files to .xzm files
for examples the gcc and libmpc library files ?
to be as library modules for start up ?
i am really sorry
please help me
best wishes michael
[solved] newbie help: my /porteus/modules folder
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[solved] newbie help: my /porteus/modules folder
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Re: newbie - please help: my /porteus/modules folder
Only xzm files should be in there.
You can convert all txz files to xzm files using: txz2xzm file.txz file.xzm
You can convert all txz files to xzm files using: txz2xzm file.txz file.xzm
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Re: newbie - please help: my /porteus/modules folder
thank you brokenman
i have done that now from terminal
that was quite hard work for me
i have been working hard
to prove i can configure porteus to how i like it
in order to be able to then use porteus
and get on with my project work
i am really sorry
i have discovered i am stuck in 'us' keyboard mode
and i need to be in 'en_gb' keyboard mode
but i can't access keyboard settings
from either
menu > settings > keyboard
or
menu > system > porteus settings centre
both of these options won't let me in to change anything
i have been running all updates
and rebooting my computer to check
but i still can't change my keyboard settings
please continue to help
best wishes michael
i have done that now from terminal
that was quite hard work for me
i have been working hard
to prove i can configure porteus to how i like it
in order to be able to then use porteus
and get on with my project work
i am really sorry
i have discovered i am stuck in 'us' keyboard mode
and i need to be in 'en_gb' keyboard mode
but i can't access keyboard settings
from either
menu > settings > keyboard
or
menu > system > porteus settings centre
both of these options won't let me in to change anything
i have been running all updates
and rebooting my computer to check
but i still can't change my keyboard settings
please continue to help
best wishes michael
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Re: newbie - please help: my /porteus/modules folder
Try in command line:
and tell us if it works.
If it does you could make a script or add it to the autostart folder. What is your desktop xfce, kde?
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setxkbmap gb
setxkbmap -layout gb
If it does you could make a script or add it to the autostart folder. What is your desktop xfce, kde?
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Re: newbie - please help: my /porteus/modules folder
hi francois
setxkbmap gb
setxkbmap -layout gb
yes
these terminal commands do work
thank you
my desktop is xfce
i like xfce
i am not sure where my autostart folder is ?
- i have porteus installed on a partition in my hdd
- i am booting from grub2
- i am using a save session changes folder
- and i am using magic folders
i could use the kernel parameter
kmap=gb
would that be right ?
michael
setxkbmap gb
setxkbmap -layout gb
yes
these terminal commands do work
thank you
my desktop is xfce
i like xfce
i am not sure where my autostart folder is ?
- i have porteus installed on a partition in my hdd
- i am booting from grub2
- i am using a save session changes folder
- and i am using magic folders
i could use the kernel parameter
kmap=gb
would that be right ?
michael
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Re: newbie - please help: my /porteus/modules folder
yep that should work ... otherwise with xfce, look in the settings dialog some where for 'startup and shutdown' or something similar to put the xsetkbmap commands.michael wrote:i could use the kernel parameter
kmap=gb
would that be right ?
since a save session changes folder saves all changes, using magic folders(for some particular directory?) is not necessary...michael wrote:- i am using a save session changes folder
- and i am using magic folders
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Re: newbie - please help: my /porteus/modules folder
thank you
how do i cancel any or all magic folders ?
how do i cancel any or all magic folders ?
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Re: newbie - please help: my /porteus/modules folder
Xfce menu > settings > session and startup > application autostart
-give a name
-setxkbmap gb
-give a name
-setxkbmap gb
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