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#201 Post by theZoid »

rjbrewer wrote:
theZoid wrote:I'm using Puppy 5.2 on an MSI Wind U100. Everything works OTB....incl webcam and wireless. I need to figure out though how to disable this touchpad though as it's very annoying! (not puppy's fault)
Find "Flsynclient" in menu;

set touchpad mode to off.

Welcome to Puppy.
Thanks....I tried that and it said "no synaptics touchpad detected"; several times. I'm looking for a more direct way to disable it as it's driving me crazy :)
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#202 Post by racepres »

theZoid wrote: Thanks....I tried that and it said "no synaptics touchpad detected"; several times. I'm looking for a more direct way to disable it as it's driving me crazy :)
Open/Lift the keyboard, and unplug the darn thing... I have done it... it is direct and it does work..
RP

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#203 Post by rjbrewer »

theZoid wrote:
rjbrewer wrote:
theZoid wrote:I'm using Puppy 5.2 on an MSI Wind U100. Everything works OTB....incl webcam and wireless. I need to figure out though how to disable this touchpad though as it's very annoying! (not puppy's fault)
Find "Flsynclient" in menu;

set touchpad mode to off.

Welcome to Puppy.
Thanks....I tried that and it said "no synaptics touchpad detected"; several times. I'm looking for a more direct way to disable it as it's driving me crazy :)
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#204 Post by theZoid »

thanks dogs...:) can someone point me to a thread about codecs/m4a's? Right now i can only play them with vlc.......thks
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#205 Post by theZoid »

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#206 Post by rjbrewer »

theZoid wrote:thanks dogs...:) can someone point me to a thread about codecs/m4a's? Right now i can only play them with vlc.......thks
Different subject; start another thread in a more appropriate
section.

Knock off the dog crap!

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#207 Post by theZoid »

rjbrewer wrote:
theZoid wrote:thanks dogs...:) can someone point me to a thread about codecs/m4a's? Right now i can only play them with vlc.......thks
Different subject; start another thread in a more appropriate
section.

Knock off the dog crap!
whoaaaa........ :lol:
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#208 Post by rjbrewer »

theZoid wrote:
rjbrewer wrote:
theZoid wrote:thanks dogs...:) can someone point me to a thread about codecs/m4a's? Right now i can only play them with vlc.......thks
Different subject; start another thread in a more appropriate
section.

Knock off the dog crap!
whoaaaa........ :lol:
Sorry about that :)

I'm allergic to new posters that start off by using the word
"annoying".

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Puppy 5.2 don't create the lupusave file

#209 Post by eeepuppy »

I recently purchased an HP Pavilion DV6 laptop with Intel i7 64-bit, ATI HD 5600 1GB. I want to know which version of Puppy is the most suitable for recognition hardware. I tried to install Puppy 5.2 from the CD but does not create the lupusave file when I go out and reboot. Thanks in advance for the help.

oui

#210 Post by oui »

fatdog64 works great!

only sorry about the unusual mixture of standard programs compared with puppy...

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Puppy 5.2 don't create the lupusave file

#211 Post by eeepuppy »

oui wrote:fatdog64 works great!

only sorry about the unusual mixture of standard programs compared with puppy...
with fatdog64 I have the same problem i have with puppy5.2. When I reboot does not start the process of creating the save file.
So every time I reboot is the first time.

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#212 Post by theZoid »

I've tried them all on this MSI Wind and without a doubt the best Puppy for me is Puppeee. Everything is good now :)
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Re: Puppy 5.2 don't create the lupusave file

#213 Post by eeepuppy »

eeepuppy wrote:
oui wrote:fatdog64 works great!

only sorry about the unusual mixture of standard programs compared with puppy...
with fatdog64 I have the same problem i have with puppy5.2. When I reboot does not start the process of creating the save file.
So every time I reboot is the first time.
It isn't the best way, but I solved the problem in this way:
I booted from cd on a desktop Puppy5.2 and I created a lupusave file with nothing.
I restarted the desktop and I copied the newly created file on a pendrive.
I inserted the pendrive in the laptop and I started Puppy 5.2.
Puppy5.2 recognized the lupusave file and uploaded it, so I completed the quick start Puppy. The first time you reboot, it seems that it is not done correctly the closure procedure. On the next reboot, the changes were saved and then took over the classic procedure at the end of the session.
I solved and I hope I have helped others to solve a problem, however, shows a bug of Puppy5.2 at least in the configuration I mentioned.

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#214 Post by theZoid »

racepres wrote:
theZoid wrote: Thanks....I tried that and it said "no synaptics touchpad detected"; several times. I'm looking for a more direct way to disable it as it's driving me crazy :)
Open/Lift the keyboard, and unplug the darn thing... I have done it... it is direct and it does work..
RP
On the MSI U100 Netbook, fn-F3 disables the touchpad :shock: :) Now I need a script to do this everytime I boot up :)
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#215 Post by bobnutfield »

I thought would add my old lappy to the thread...

Samsung V25 (A christmas gift in 2002, the XP Home gave of the ghost a couple of years ago.)
Pentium 4 2.8GHz, 1GB ram
Intel 82845G.GL Brookdale Graphics Chip
Intel Audio
Belkin 7010 PMCIA Wireless (RT2500 driver)
2XUSB1.0

This was a very well build laptop which was top of the line at the time. The XP installation finally got so slow it was unusable. I first tried Linux on it with live CD's in 2006, and all ran reasonably well.
However, ever since April 2010 (or the introduction of the KMS into the kernel), the graphics chip has work very, very few of the newer kernels, and even when it does work, it still intermitently crashes. On most distros with 2.6.29 or later, it just will not run stably.

I found that PCLinux)S 2010 seems to be the most stable, though it also crashes, but much less frequently. I just did a frugal install of Lupu 5.2, and it too has difficulty with this graphics chip. It DOES boot to a desktop with i915.modeset=0 as a kernel parameter, but will fail to boot to a desktop about 2 out of five boots.

However, when it does boot to a desktop, EVERYTHING works beautifully and little or no configuration is necessary.

So, for all of those laptop owners with this chipset, my condolences. It looks like it may some time soon just require that this old computer be put out to pasture. But for now, there seems to be plenty of life left in her.

Bob[/b]

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keyTouch

#216 Post by maxpro4u »

I found this tool which works for the volume keys on my compaq. There are several keyboards to choose from. Does not create any entries using kdepup in the menu- you have to do that manually but there seems to be one in the applications folder. I will be trying it out on other puppies and posting back.
The debian pkg puts a entry in the system folder but you need to put a link to /usr/bin/keytouchd in the startup folder so it starts up automatically. In the /usr/bin folder you will find keytouch-keyboard-bin which allows you to select the keyboard model. I just used keytouch in 5.2.2rc

http://keytouch.sourceforge.net/dl-keytouch.php
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Fujitsu Lifebooks and ancient Compaq laptops

#217 Post by jabu2 »

Fujitsu Lifebook S752 4 Gb RAM (Win 7 Pro as delivered) 2012

Runs every puppy tried (lots) -Carolina, Pemasu's Upups, Waries currently run as live OS (why not?).
Everything works incl Chrome, and all wifi, sync, and output functions.
Win7 Pro not disturbed, and works when needed.

Old Fuji (see below) still reliable after decade+ daily grind, so expecting this 2012 one to be long-lived also? Good keyboards & screens on Fuji's.

Fujitsu Lifebook S6210 1 Gb RAM (no OS except PL in recent years)
-first choice is Lupu 5.2.8+updates run as Live OS
No issues. Wireless and ethernet connections, sound, pcmcia functions (several incl flash disk use) all worked rotb (right off the bat).
Wireless even when travelling is painless (if available).
No loading or running glitches.
Chrome browser (latest puppy versions) - google apps, and g-syncing, g-drive, dropbox all work. LibreOffice reliable.

But no added bling, or swapping of window-managers etc - thus keeping it simple and useful, for these older machines (IMHO)
which really means live-CD and frugal installs
don't need complex OS choices or GRUB
and, as the gurus advise, always pfix=ram with any new version.

Swap file essential, or at least very useful for best performance.

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Compaq Armada E500 256 RAM
Compaq Armada M700 256

Wary may be best in long run but
Classic 214X -top10 is reliable for solid use on these Compaq laptops from last century, even when only 128 RAM.

live-CD and frugal installs, with swap file
run with no problems on these 10 year old laptops
with various added RAM - see above (recommend get min 256 RAM)
and do keep it simple and basic if needing a workhorse
with no added bling, or swapping of window-managers etc
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No more testing on old Compaqs will be done
(not necessary with above puppies being good enough)
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#218 Post by racie »

I have a Compaq Presario F756NR Notebook. It's only a few years old, but it has no HDD and a broken optical drive. Puppy 5.25 runs very smoothly off of a 2GB flash drive. Everything hardware-wise seems to work fine, except for the special fn keys (volume, media buttons, etc). Although the brightness keys work, which is interesting.

I haven't tried the solution posted above for these buttons, but I really don't feel the need to.

Anyway... the nVidia card, wireless card, touchpad driver, and all of that jazz were detected beautifully.

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#219 Post by vtpup »

Thinkpad T43
Puppy 4.3.2 v3 (old version)
1024x768 LCD radeon

Works for all common things tested otb

Uncommon things not working:

Wine versions of graphics intensive apps, like CAD, and wine versions of audio intensive apps like Visual Analyzer.

These problems are probably primarily due to hardware drivers for the economy Thinkpad Radeon board in this particular T43. Different T43's came with different graphics boards.

Don't know about the audio. But have never had Visual Analyzer detect the audio input or output in any puppy/wine/computer, though the program opens nicely, and says it runs in wine. So maybe not a Thinkpad problem.

(4.3.2 Operating system note: reportedly VESA is broken and devx is not currently available in this OS version. Despite good reliability experienced on the T43 above, I don't recommend any version of 4.3.2 at this time due to defacto abandonment of software version completion.)

I'm considering changing OS, and if I do, I'll report what the T43 runs on with the new OS.


Edit:

Sorry, forgot, the laptop sleep functions generally do not work correctly with this and some earlier Thinkpads I've owned using Puppy.

For instance, closing the case while running does nothing.

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eeePC 701SD; Armada M300; Travelmate 3002WTCi

#220 Post by cbs »

Here's what I have...

ASUS eeePC 701SD
4GB internal flash disk; 512 RAM
Puppeee 4.4 frugal installed onto a 256MB SD card.
Everything runs well.

COMPAQ Armada M300
Intel 600 MHz; 320 RAM; 256 SWAP; SMC2632Wv2 wireless PC Card
Wary 5.1.2 frugal installed
Everything runs well

Compaq Presario V3000
Intel Core Duo 1.83MHZ; 2G RAM
Wary 5.1.2 frugal installed
Everything runs well

SONY Vaio PCG 691P
Intel 1.75 MHz, 1.5G RAM, 1G SWAP
Wary 5.1.2 frugal installed
Everything runs well

ACER Travelmate 3002WTCi
Centrino 1,73 GHz; 512 RAM; 256 SWAP; 1280x800 WXGA
Wary 5.1.2 frugal installed
Everything runs well on 1024x768
Booting process selects 1280x800 but systems hangs after a while.
Still looking for a distro that accepts 1280x800 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900

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