Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[flywire]

I get the error:
Unable to connect
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.google.com.au.

The error comes up almost instantly compared to the slow page loading I normally get on a 512k broadband. When I click retry a couple of times the page eventually loads.

My system has no problems under WinXP SP3.

Any advice?

[ally]

hey fly

how are you trying to connect to the internet, via ethernet or wifi?

did you set up your connection using the connect icon?

[flywire]

I am connected with an ethernet cable although other devices are using wifi. I didn't set anything up, it just worked out of the box.

Modem / Router: Netcomm NB5 / Linksys WRTP54G

Lighthouse system info: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0YmifAP_IxQSEszb29wc3BkQ2c/edit?usp=sharing

I noted a couple of errors.
bootsysinit.log
ERROR: could not insert 'acpi_cpufreq': Input/output error
Starting HAL daemon: /usr/sbin/hald --daemon=yes
pcd[3825]: eth0: executing `/usr/libexec/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason CARRIER

(Maybe I am running the wrong version of slacko for my hardware.)

dhcpcp.log
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory
dhcpcd[3825]: eth0: reading lease `/var/db/dhcpcd-eth0.lease'

(I don't want to upload my IP address.)

[flywire]

Any thoughts?

[flywire]

OK I now realise that this system is only half-baked and not intended to be a fully functional system but rather a system that needs to be customised for individual hardware. Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be as straight forward as windows.

[Ray MK]

Hi flywire

Had a look at your sys-info report - did you defrag your ntfs partition b4 using puppy? If not you should.
Another thought is with all the pets installed - save-file space is a bit low, try expanding it, or use sfs’s as you did with Office.
Better still - you’ve got loads of hdd space - after defragging, use gparted to provide a couple of ext2 partitions, one for puppy(‘ys) of choice and another for files.
I would also suggest a modest swap partition of approx. 512mb to 1gig.
With the above done. your ram and processor setup should allow any puppy you care to use, to absolutely fly.

HTH - best regards - Ray

[flywire]

I appreciate you comments Ray but with respect, Puppy seems fine but there is an error in the browser re connecting to the net. It is so bad now that it is not worth running because it takes so many clicks to bring up a page. (I'm on WinXP SP3 now.)

How do I work through the process of what happens from booting Slacko to bringing up a page? Probably just a simple setting or maybe a file has run out of space.

I did do a defrag before I started and the log file should show that I increased the size of my pup_save.2fs by 50%. The whole configuration thing is not clear to me - I don't even recall being asked to configure anything.

Still, my preference is to save files where they are accessible irrespective of the operating system rather than on ext2. Can I mount the pup_save.2fs as a drive in WinXP? Seems like an easy way of saving my files.