Tim Gaddo said : > Maybe I need to re-asses wether I am running on the HD after booting from > DVD, or not. I was thinking that because the Puredyne desktop icon > disappears when I remove the DVD, and because I couldn't find the LiVES app, > that I wasn't running on the HD after removing the DVD. Here is what I have: > > When I boot with the DVD, and keep it in, there are 4 items on the desktop: > Puredyne > Trash > Home > File System (and file manager opens automatically) > > When I remove the DVD the Puredyne icon disappears > > Wether the DVD is in or removed, I still see all the shortcuts on the launch > button in the lower left of the desktop, and I can open any of them. The > LiVES app is not there however. The apps available on the Multimedia menu > are: > Avidemux > Brasero > EasyTag > Gnome Mixer > Gnaom Player > gtk RecordMyDesktop > Kino > Processing > VLC Media Player > XawTV > > I've also looked through the other menus for the LiVES app but it just isn't > there. Does that give you an idea of what I should try next?
If you used the DVD image to create your full installation or your liveHD install, then LiVES should be in. http://download.goto10.org/puredyne/carrot_and_coriander/puredyne-910-carrot_and_coriander-DVD.packages it's def part of the DVD. Maybe it lacks a menu entry, which would be surprising ... You can try to start it from a terminal, and if it's not found then try to install it from a terminal with: aptitude install lives or via synaptics a. > > I think I'm close to full operation, just not sure how close I guess. Thanks > again for all the help. > > Tim > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 4:00 AM, Karsten Gebbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Tim Gaddo said : > > > Thanks for the replies Karsten and Americ. > > > > > > This will sound silly, but where are the archives? > > > I looked through all of the links at http://puredyne.goto10.org/ but > > didn't > > > find archives. > > > > http://lists.goto10.org/pipermail/puredyne/ > > > > btw, you can get there by clicking on 'Support' on > > > > http://puredyne.goto10.org/ > > > > > The one app I'm most anxious to try is the LiVES Video Editor, but it > > isn't one > > > of the available apps on the menu. Cinelerra is there. Will I have to > > install > > > LiVES separately? > > > > > > > In fact, LiVES is on the DVD image. Just go to the menu in the left > > bottom corner, select Multimedia -> Lives > > > > > I downloaded LiVES.dyne (6616 kb) and placed it in the "C:live" folder. > > LiVES > > > still wasn't there after my next boot-up of the puredyne dvd. > > > > > > > this doesn't work, as puredyne itself is not based on the dyne system > > anymore, hence the .dyne files won't work. it uses apt-get or aptitude > > to install new software. > > > > > Any help much appreciated. Hope I don't wear out my welcome too soon. > > > > > > Thanks, Tim > > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:34 AM, Aymeric Mansoux <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Karsten Gebbert said : > > > > Hi Tim, > > > > > > > > Tim Gaddo said : > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > > > Should I be able to boot puredyne from DVD, then run it from my > > HD? > > > > > I thought I could do that by burning the iso file to dvd, then > > copying > > > one > > > > > folder to my HD. > > > > > > > > > > > > > that should work, yes! > > > > > > > > > I copied the "Live" folder from the dvd to my C: drive. Was that > > the > > > correct > > > > > file to copy? > > > > > > > > > > > > > yep, that was the right one. > > > > > > > > > I can get the system running by booting from DVD, can see the > > desktop > > > and open > > > > > apps in the start menu. But the dvd drive still gets accessed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not 100% sure how this works, but I think you'll have to change > > > > the boot parameters to reflect that /live is on C: rather than on > > the > > > > DVD. somebody else knows this? > > > > > > I posted a mail about that recently regarding using both DVD and USB > > to > > > boot on a macbook. Search the archives, I don't have it anymore here. > > > > > > but tim, if this is too much hassle, you could also get yourself a > > cheap > > > USB key (2GB is enough) and make a Puredyne liveUSB if your machine > > can > > > boot on USB. > > > > > > a. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > [email protected] > > > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > > > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > [email protected] > > > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > > > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAktxMkIACgkQJYU9qnGdnMdjZACeIhs/F0aI7jMn2M602RmEy2My > > eL8An1H3VdFuyjZxCA5rOMp2bntC411r > > =Nm7A > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > --- > > [email protected] > > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
