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by pishta
Wed 10 Oct 2012, 03:16
Forum: Hardware
Topic: linux hardware incompatibilty list
Replies: 27
Views: 94257

TI TNETW1130GVF miniPCI wireless card

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 ou...
by pishta
Wed 10 Oct 2012, 02:57
Forum: Hardware
Topic: linux hardware incompatibilty list
Replies: 27
Views: 94257

ATI M4 onboard video

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...
by pishta
Wed 03 Oct 2012, 22:26
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: xorg76 locks out keyboard?
Replies: 0
Views: 870

xorg76 locks out keyboard?

every time I download it and attempt to install it, it locks up my keyboard and mouse, as if it loses its keyboard from the previous installation. I have to do a hard reset as no keystrokes have any input. How do I fix this? BTW, im running xvesa just fine on a terrible ATI M4 graphics card in a old...
by pishta
Mon 09 Aug 2010, 16:22
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: fixing windows XP domain name through Puppy
Replies: 1
Views: 711

fixing windows XP domain name through Puppy

I have a corporate laptop. I changed the domain name (actually, I just took it off of the preset domain name, its still "in" there, just not "on" it) so I could transfer a 1.3Gb file from my network at home over my faster WLAN. Now I cant log on at all! Can I use my puppy boot fl...
by pishta
Mon 28 Jun 2010, 19:53
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Newbies - Puppy needs YOUR help too!
Replies: 1113
Views: 661794

taking over disk?

Im new to Linux but lots of Windows and DOS experience. My XP dinosaur laptop (Dell inspiron 8000) XP crashed and Im fed up with the NTLDR not found error, so PUPPY! Well worked right off the "live" (do they use that term anymore) distro as well as the USB one that I made. OK, so far so go...
by pishta
Mon 28 Jun 2010, 19:19
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: Repairing broken computer pieces (plastic, etc.)
Replies: 7
Views: 6614

acetone

If you have a spare part that is broken also, ie. a plastic CPU retainer) you can cut it up in small pieces, as small as you can or even shavings, and put it into a small container of acetone. The acetone will melt the plastic into a goo and you can then adjust with acetone to a toothpaste like cons...
by pishta
Sun 27 Jun 2010, 04:37
Forum: Hardware
Topic: setting up the touchpad scroll bar?
Replies: 12
Views: 6382

Sweet! Got my touchpad tap to work with the "TapButton1" "1" edit. Couldn't get it to work the EZ way....