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by joesavana
Tue 27 Mar 2012, 23:07
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: Kdenlive-0.8.3 (updated)
Replies: 15
Views: 9307

Kdenlive-0.8.2.1.pet

Hi folks.. Its been a long time since I've asked a question on the forum. I'm trying to install Kdenlive-0.8.2.1 on a full install of Puppy Lucid 5.2.8. I've downloaded the file which comes in as a .gz. I've tried to use pupzip to extract the file expecting to end up with a pet package I could insta...
by joesavana
Tue 18 Mar 2008, 03:10
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: teenpup 2008 frugal install how to setup grub
Replies: 7
Views: 8054

thanks guys, i got it working on this desktop. tomorrow i'll try it on the laptop. the items on rays menu.lst worked.

i need to learn more about grub to better understand what each parameter does.

regards,

joe s
by joesavana
Sun 16 Mar 2008, 15:59
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: teenpup 2008 frugal install how to setup grub
Replies: 7
Views: 8054

hi john, thanks for the response. do you have a "normal" or "coexist" install of teenpup? i tried your menu.lst changing parameters to suit my system, but no luck. this laptop has 4 partitions: hda1 is swap. hda2 has normal install if puppy 2.17 hda3 has mint linux hda4 has coexi...
by joesavana
Sun 16 Mar 2008, 00:02
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: teenpup 2008 frugal install how to setup grub
Replies: 7
Views: 8054

teenpup 2008 frugal install how to setup grub

hi.. i've been using puppy since 2.13. on this laptop i have a "normal" install of puppy 2.17 on its own partition, and a frugal install of puppy 3.01 on another partition. all works great. i'm also trying a frugal install of teen pup on the same partition as 3.01. all goes well at first w...
by joesavana
Sun 05 Aug 2007, 02:28
Forum: Unsorted
Topic: I need a P2P program for file sharing
Replies: 3
Views: 3144

I need a P2P program for file sharing

thank you!!

i got it working now.

thanks for your help.

js
by joesavana
Sat 04 Aug 2007, 02:20
Forum: Unsorted
Topic: I need a P2P program for file sharing
Replies: 3
Views: 3144

I need a P2P program for file sharing

gents, i'm using puppy 2.17 & enjoying it. i need something for p2p file sharing. i've been to the contributed dotpups page. i've tried gftui, phex, limewire, & xnapster, but none of them will run. i did install java, but still have no luck get any of these to work. i'm probably doing someth...
by joesavana
Sun 29 Jul 2007, 15:24
Forum: Wireless
Topic: How to get Realtek rtl8185 wifi card working?
Replies: 14
Views: 19541

realtek rtl8185

i could never get this compusa (realtek) wifi pcmia card to work, TILL NOW! the activity & link lites always came on, i entered my wep info, tried all of puppys tools.. never could connect. downloaded puppy 2.17 the other day, used ndiswrapper, and i was able to get connected with rutilt. only t...
by joesavana
Sun 25 Feb 2007, 17:42
Forum: Wireless
Topic: How to get Realtek rtl8185 wifi card working?
Replies: 14
Views: 19541

realtek rtl8185

hi gents.. well, i noticed that there is a newer version of puppy. it has the drivers i need for the realtek 8185, so i tried it. sure enough, the card shows up as wlan0, i see my network, then i go to configure wep.. darn it, i cant get wep set up. RutilT is what got puppy configured on a desktop i...
by joesavana
Fri 23 Feb 2007, 02:01
Forum: Wireless
Topic: How to get Realtek rtl8185 wifi card working?
Replies: 14
Views: 19541

realtek rtl8185

jonyo, the card is compusa's brand.. cost 20 bucks. it has realtek sofware and drivers. it goes into the pcmia slot (did i say that right!) of an old gateway solo 1150. i have the latest version of puppy. yep, i could buy one of those usb wifi devices. actually, i know the linksys wusb11 and wusb52 ...
by joesavana
Mon 19 Feb 2007, 03:12
Forum: Wireless
Topic: How to get Realtek rtl8185 wifi card working?
Replies: 14
Views: 19541

realtek rtl8185

jonyo.. are you asking what driver works in kanotix? i dont know. the software detects the network card, and i just configure it with my wep key. no problem. none of the puppy drivers will show any wifi interface with the network card. i'd really like to get it working because puppy is ideal for an ...
by joesavana
Sat 17 Feb 2007, 03:14
Forum: Wireless
Topic: How to get Realtek rtl8185 wifi card working?
Replies: 14
Views: 19541

realtek rt18185

no, i've had no luck getting this card working. i cant figure out what to do with the .tar i downloaded. if i unzip it, i have many files. but what do i do next? are there more network card drivers i can get in dotpups, and then let puppy install them? i've tried the ndiswrapper, with the driver xp ...
by joesavana
Sat 10 Feb 2007, 16:38
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to install Puppy on existing LILO dual boot?
Replies: 2
Views: 1420

How to install Puppy on existing LILO dual boot?

hi guys.. i have another newby question. i have a dual boot set up with pclinux os & xp using lilo. its working good. in another available empty ext3 partition on the same hd i want to do a normal puppy install. puppy's installer has no option to use an existing lilo, only to install grub. i'm a...
by joesavana
Mon 05 Feb 2007, 17:36
Forum: Wireless
Topic: How to get Realtek rtl8185 wifi card working?
Replies: 14
Views: 19541

How to get Realtek rtl8185 wifi card working?

gents, can you please help a frustrated newby to puppy.. i really like this distro. it runs fast as heck on a gateway solo 1150. BUT, i cant get this wireless card to work.. it works in xp, and it works perfectly with Kanotix live cd. none of the puppy drivers will make it show up as a wifi device. ...
by joesavana
Sun 21 Jan 2007, 18:04
Forum: Wireless
Topic: realtek 8185 with puppy
Replies: 2
Views: 5166

realtek 8185

thanks ian.
i will try that this afternoon.

regards,
joesavana
by joesavana
Sun 21 Jan 2007, 01:47
Forum: Wireless
Topic: realtek 8185 with puppy
Replies: 2
Views: 5166

realtek 8185 with puppy

hi gents.. i'm a complete novice here. i'm using puppy 2.13 on a gateway solo 1150 laptop. i have a wireless card from compusa. it works in xp with supplied realtek software, and xp reports it as a realtek RTL8185. in puppy, i have tried every available driver and none will show any available networ...