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Tried moving the K6 into the Study to test printing on the Canon i865 in there. Somewhat surprisingly, the machine still worked! Unfortunately, I got the same results as with the BJC-70. Test page worked, printing from Abiword and Gnumeric didn't. Same error as before.

I've seen rcrsn51's post with his pet and will report back after testing it tomo^h^h^h^hlater today (it being 1:18am).

I substituted a 'bookmarks.html' file into the .mozilla folder in root, but the bookmarks do not appear in SM 2.3.1, even after a reboot.

The version of Flashplayer does not put a temporary flash file in tmp directory. So I obtained a 'libflashplayer.so' file from Wary 5.1.1 which does put the flash temp in tmp. After rebooting, the flash file still does not show in tmp. Incidentally, I don't see a YT download app in the menu tree.

Clicking the "Playback" tab in 'Adobe Flash Player preferences' causes the gui to crash and close.

While typing this feedback, I accidentally hit the Windows key on my Dell QuietKey keyboard. This caused the window to suddenly and completely disappear from all three desktops. However, the window was reconstituted with text (whew!) when I clicked the Browse icon. Not a pleasant experience, really.

Edit: The accidental keystroke might have been the Print key.

nubc wrote:I substituted a 'bookmarks.html' file into the .mozilla folder in root, but the bookmarks do not appear in SM 2.3.1, even after a reboot

go to the Bookmarks menu
+ select Manage bookmarks
+ Tools menu
+ Import HTML
+ File
+ navigate to your bookmarks.html
! done

Fresh full install of Wary 5.20 on my old P3 test box.Internet,sound and display all working and correct on initial boot.Overall,looking good.

-Computer-
Processor : Pentium III (Coppermine)
Memory : 253MB (108MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Wed 19 Oct 2011 12:34:45 AM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa GLX Indirect
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : ICH - Intel 82801AA-ICH
VGA compatible controller : Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133
Ethernet controller : Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100

nubc wrote:While typing this feedback, I accidentally hit the Windows key on my Dell QuietKey keyboard. This caused the window to suddenly and completely disappear from all three desktops. However, the window was reconstituted with text (whew!)

Almost certainly the Inset key, a known issue. http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=69175

I can state with some confidence that it wasn't the Insert key, since fingers of my right hand were dragging along the bottom edge of the keyboard. The three suspect keys are therefore Ctrl, Print, MSWindows, and less likely Alt. The puzzling thing is that I can't reproduce the disappearing act, so maybe it's a key combination.

Broken record checking in.
Wary is fantastic - I use it all the time for a range of functions on many machines and peripherals. One of the most useful for the liveCD is checking, diagnostics, passwords, settings & co.
So here come the buts - every so often it jumps up and bites you in the butt.

Just what will it take to persuade BK to dump this worthless browser? All I wanted to do today was change my router settings. The important parts of the config monitor weren't displayed. Whether this needed Java, javascript, flash, w.h.y., it was easier to d/l & install Opera! So unnecessary when one's in a hurry!

nubc wrote:I substituted a 'bookmarks.html' file into the .mozilla folder in root, but the bookmarks do not appear in SM 2.3.1, even after a reboot.

Incidentally, I don't see a YT download app in the menu tree.
.

I move my saved bookmarks file to root, then use bookmarks
manager to import.

For youtube:
Install video download helper 4.9.5 from here.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... /versions/

When installed right click around navigation bar until you see
a little window with "customize" at the bottom. Click customize.
Drag the little colored balls up between the printer and search
icons.

I am install fresh Wary 52 ( frugal ). everything ok, like detect my huawei e173 modem etc until klick power off > save file > Administrator .........
and until wait.... there is nothing happen ( wary not shutdown ). Did i miss something ?
sorry for bad english.....

Hi, I'm booting wary on my Portege 2000 (PIII 750, 512, 20GB, Trident Microsystems cyberblade XPAi1-rev d2), after giving up booting with lupu 5.2.8. (hangs after "ISOLINUX.." writing flashes). However, when wary gets to the point where it says "Setting up services (network, printing, etc.)... it hangs.
Thanks for any help!

popguy wrote:Hi, I'm booting wary on my Portege 2000 (PIII 750, 512, 20GB, Trident Microsystems cyberblade XPAi1-rev d2), after giving up booting with lupu 5.2.8. (hangs after "ISOLINUX.." writing flashes). However, when wary gets to the point where it says "Setting up services (network, printing, etc.)... it hangs.
Thanks for any help!

I see you have made only a handful of posts to the forum, so I assume you are relatively new to using puppy (though I have noted the 2007 join date). I'm wondering have you succeeded in running ANY version of puppy on that P3 machine? Does microsoft's windows run happily?

Thanks for your reply. Sorry for my posts a bit here and there, I only now realized my second last was out of place. Anyhow, I've been a happy puppy user on many machines, and 4.3.1 works fine on my p3, like practically all versions before. 5.2.1 worked, but my orinoco wireless had trouble, so i hoped for joy with 5.2.8 or wary. I would however like to get 5.2.8. or 5.2 wary running on it. Yes, windoze works on the machine of course.
thank you!

Is the CD-ROM drive still working OK? Can you still boot an older Puppy CD off it?

Thanks. Yes, The cd drive is fine, I can boot 4.3.1. The media is fine too, no probs in booting from another machine. I tried turning acpi to off while booting, but that didn't seem to solve it.

Wary was designed with old machines in mind - nothing amiss with your 750. But there have been lots of changes with Puppy recently and dozens of issues have arisen with almost all variants. Presently, too many matters remain to be addressed, in my opinion. However, refinement and polishing takes forever and is less exciting for developers. The best option for your machine might be john biles' LegacyOS. But before you do a full install, clear out your HD completely, including the MBR, if necessary with a debug script (dd scripts don't always do the biz from within Linux). Make sure you destroy, rather than 'delete', any hidden partitions. You may need one of the specialist Linux CD utilities - I use System Rescue, but not everyone around here likes it; there are others.

PS. As recommended many times before, if you insist on using laptops, always a good idea to remove the HD, mount it in an IDE adapter and run/install it in a desktop. There are no issues when you swap it back for Puppy.

everything ok, like detect my huawei e173 modem etc until klick power off > save file > Administrator .........
and until wait.... there is nothing happen ( wary not shutdown ). Did i miss something ?

Nope - you didn't miss anything - see my item above. SeaMonkey is totally inadequate for some tasks. Setting up routers can be one of those. Not all the option boxes are visible for Huawei routers. Seem to remember having this problem with other ones, too. Load a decent browser like Opera, Firefox or maybe Midori and try again.

Thanks, i'll see how legacy works out, if not the idea of taking the hd out is definately worth giving it a go. Thanks so much. I'd like to stick to puppy, I really like it!

rcrsn51 wrote:The attachment below contains the correct filter from a different build of CUPS 1.3.11.

I can confirm that after installing that pet I could print from both Abiword and Gnumeric. Looks like you've fixed it. Thanks.

I reinstalled Wary 5.2 without encryption and it will load on the 2nd reboot no problem. The first try says it can't find wary 5.2 sfs file but I know it's there because it loads on the 2nd reboot.

For any P3 computer except those faster than 1.1 ghz, I'd recommend Puplite 5.0 or Turbo Puppy. There's a version that's 80mb designed for computers older than 2001. My Dumpster Dell is from 2001 and runs the larger 120mb version just fine though.

I tried several sound cards before I realised it was finding the cards but did not have the drivers.

One of the cards is an l INTEL 8280 vendor 8086 device 24c5 kernel module ich
00:1f.5

The other is
cmedia electronics inc cm87 38 vendor 13f6 device 0111 c-media PCI
02:01.0