Solved! First of all, the modprobe message about "invalid module format" means that the module's version information, its "vermagic" string, does not perfectly match the kernel that is trying to use it. You can see a module's vermagic string with the command modinfo modulename or...

I have a new clue about what is going wrong. It is not a PCMCIA issue at all. Modprobe does not work with -any- of the modules that I have compiled. For every one of them, modprobe fails with a message about "invalid module format". However, I am able to modprobe any modules that I did not...

I am trying to recompile the kernel on two ancient laptops, one of them running Puppy 4.1.2 retro and the other running 2.17.1 nolzma-seamonkey-fulldrivers. In each case the recompilation works fine, but after rebooting the system can not use any PCMCIA cards. That's a big deal, because those cards ...

Thank you, Mil0001, it works. The exact steps are to right click an icon, click Rox-Filer, and then options, pinboard, etc.

Puppy 2.17.1 Retro is working well on my 1997 laptop, but when I set a black background the text for each icon becomes invisible.

In later versions of Puppy the icon text color automatically changes and there is no problem.

Where is the icon text color defined in Puppy 2.17.1?

Thanks Tubby. I started with a fresh hard disk install, put in your recommended pet, but it still does not work. None of my three PCMCIA cards are detected. Looks like I will have to use 2.17.1.

Hello, although it is almost two years later, today I am trying to make PCMCIA cards work on a Gateway Solo 2100. Here is what I have found so far: 1) PCMCIA cards are different from PC cards. PCMCIA is the older technology. PCMCIA cards have a plain connector, while PC cards have a gold stripe and ...

Thanks, I am looking for the command line FTP program. I suppose I could compile FTP and XV from source code, but I know that that can be quite difficult.

(duplicate post, never mind)

I have Puppy 4.1.2 Retro running well on a Thinkpad 760XD that was manufactured in 1997. It has 104MB of memory, a 166MHz Pentium MMX processor, a modern 320GB hard drive, and no USB. I did a hard disk install, including a 1GB swap partition. The good: Puppy boots my machine in 102 seconds. It has g...

Some ancient systems like the Thinkpad 760XD have an "Mwave" sound card, and there is no driver for it in Puppy.

Please consider creating pet files for FTP and XV. Even though Puppy already comes with software that will transfer files, grab the screen, and display images, I would very much like to have the familiar tools that I use all the time on other systems.

Wheres One and LooseScrew, Thank you both for the tips. 1) My editor still does not see any of the settings in .Xdefaults. However, since I was able to recompile the editor from its C source, I have changed all of its defaults to do what I like. 2) The "JWM Configuration Manager" lets me d...

Puppy Linux 4.1.2 with the 2.6.21.7 kernel is running pretty well for me on an ancient 104MB 166MHz IBM Thinkpad 760XD. No other distribution works as well on such old hardware. I did a hard disk install and then added the devx SFS file. Now the system supports C, C++, Perl, and bash. The standard L...