(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

STILL did not work for some reason. I am missing something very simple here, I just know it...

I got it to work once in Xorg but I cant remember what I used to make it work. It works great in Xvesa, but not Xorg? This is on an old Dell Inspiron 8000. My down arrow doesnt work either? Is there a Dell 8xxx keyboard profile in Puppy, as there is in Ubuntu? Ubuntu has a terrible timing issue with this graphics card, that is why I came back to Puppy and now I dont know why I ever left it!

Puppy doesnt autodetect is as Ubuntu does, BUT if you install with the NDIS wrapper using just the TNETW1130.inf file from a windows driver, it seems to work just fine. This little card is under a few big names, DLink, USRobotics, and even inside an old Westell 327 Wireless DSL modem, pulls right out. Installs as a pci: Texas Instruments 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface but I had a hard time trying to use the 111 driver that Puppy provided...

Specs:

http://gdgt.com/dell/inspiron/8000/specs/

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Mate we love to help but >>>> PLEASE

give us your Puppy version....frustrating.......

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Absolute stinker.

Linux driver downloads not working.

http://www.wireless-driver.com/ti-tnetw ... ss-driver/

http://www.wireless-driver.com/ti-tnetw ... et-driver/

http://www.wireless-driver.com/Linux-Su ... TW1130GVF/

Chris.

This thread goes clear back to 2006 and from what I can see, the list is no longer being maintained or updated.

Regards...

Here's an inexpensive pc that *is* linux friendly.
64bit dual core processor,32gb SSD,4 usb 3.0 ports,2gb ram.
Comes with 64bit Windows 8.1, bios can be changed to allow booting
linux from usb drives.
Screenshot shows Linux Mint 17.2 64bit running from a 1TB usb 3.0 hard
drive.

Love it!

hp stream 200 mini desktop really interested by these new items !
A computer (windows ) on quite an usb stick connected by HDMI to your TV is the future too (proposed by Amazon when shopping the HP stream mini)

I still say that the easiest way to avoid heartbreak (& mucho frustration!) is to research your required hardware before you buy.

Personally, I couldn't care less if my hardware looks like the back-end of a No. 9 bus, so long as it works. Too many people still go for the shiny stuff that catches their eye ("Well, it works in Windows....")....and then seem to spend days or even weeks trying to force a square peg into a round hole, and make it work.

Linux has come a long way since the very beginning of this thread in 2006. Notwithstanding Canonical's ongoing efforts to streamline the kernel by only including the newest, most powerful and up-to-date stuff (idiots!!), the kernel pretty much supports almost any piece of hardware you can think of.....my graphics adapter from 3 years prior to this thread's inception still works fine, giving a lovely crisp picture.

I was lucky that the Logitech c920 webcam I'd had my eye on for a long time was supported, OOTB, by the in-kernel 'UVC' driver - USB Video Class.Plug it in, and.....it just 'works'. Try doing that 10 years back......


Mike.