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by Bird Dog
Sun 28 Jun 2020, 22:46
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: BionicPup32 (UPupBB) (27 June 2020)
Replies: 838
Views: 556979

Delta updating

Thanks Pee Bee for the Flash Player and browser installation information.Maybe I'll just forget Flash Player since it's end of life is in six months. I had a problem updating the +22 delta which I downloaded with a good md5 checksum. The way I updated the +21 delta was to click on the delta file whi...
by Bird Dog
Sat 27 Jun 2020, 19:53
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: BionicPup32 (UPupBB) (27 June 2020)
Replies: 838
Views: 556979

Thanks for replying David S. When I click on Get Browser I'm asked where I want to download the browser SFS files. So from what your telling me it's sda 5 for me. Thanks very much for your help and it seems to be working great. One last thing has anyone been able to install flashplayer or is it not ...
by Bird Dog
Fri 26 Jun 2020, 23:46
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: BionicPup32 (UPupBB) (27 June 2020)
Replies: 838
Views: 556979

BionicPup32 install and browser

I installed the base Bionicpup32 with a good md5 sum with hopes of updating the delta's. I burned the iso to a cd and the installation went perfect to a Dell Dimension 3000 with a celeron 2.4 ghz cpu with 1 gb of ram. The install was frugall to a save folder on a ext 3 partition. I downloaded the la...
by Bird Dog
Thu 07 Nov 2019, 20:57
Forum: Browsers and Internet
Topic: Adobe Flash Player Auto Updater
Replies: 115
Views: 80992

flashplayer1.7.4

Thanks very much Argolance your 1.7.2 seems to work for me. Whats the difference between 1.7.2 and 1.7.4.

Thanks
Bird Dog
by Bird Dog
Fri 12 Oct 2018, 20:03
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Xenialpup CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017
Replies: 802
Views: 681095

Browsers

Hi ethplorer have you tried Palemoon. If you have a minimum P4 computer it receives updates, is the default browser for Xenialpup and I haven't had any problems (crashes etc)except when Palemoon switched to version 28 which quickpet will take care of when you update it. Just want to thank some of th...
by Bird Dog
Mon 25 Dec 2017, 23:34
Forum: Browsers and Internet
Topic: Skype 'musings' & related stuff...
Replies: 79
Views: 53822

Skype Desktop Client

With the Skype web interface you can't do a video call but you can send an sms. I downloaded the desktop app and it says it installed but when trying to start the Skype program in the Network section it does nothing. Microsh#ts christmas gift. Time to find Mike's other post about video calling softw...
by Bird Dog
Sat 09 Dec 2017, 20:41
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Xenialpup CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017
Replies: 802
Views: 681095

Xenialpup CE 7.5

@artsown Thanks for the reply art but I couldn't figure out how to bookmark as cups. @bigpup Thanks for the reply bigpup,.I was in the applications chooser but looking for cups. The HTML viewer was set to autodetct so I changed it to palemoon and it works great. Thank you and Art for your help. Than...
by Bird Dog
Sat 09 Dec 2017, 05:28
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Unable to get wireless work eeePC 1005HA (Solved)
Replies: 38
Views: 29443

Wireless on eeepc

@jimcraven
If you check page 32 (half way down) of the Xenialpup ce 7.5 thread you'll see rearwin talking about this problem.

Thanks
Bird Dog
by Bird Dog
Sat 09 Dec 2017, 05:07
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Xenialpup CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017
Replies: 802
Views: 681095

Cups printing problem

I have Xenialpup 7.0.8.6 frugally installed to the hard drive of a P4 with 1 gb of ram.. Cups 2.1.3 is installed but when I click on any of the print links (print wizard, cups manage printing etc.) cups opens in abiword which it doesn't do in any of my other pups. Is there a way to fix this in this ...
by Bird Dog
Sun 24 Sep 2017, 00:41
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: tahrpup 6.0.5 CE
Replies: 1787
Views: 1395441

Tahrpup64 6..0.5 CE

This message is for Torm at the top of page 115. I have been using Tahrpup 6.0.5 and Tahrpup 6.0.6 frugally installed with a save folder in a P4 3.0 ghz cpu with an AGP 8X 4X ATI All in wonder 9600 64 mb ddr with 1 gb of ram and a 2 gb swap file and a 17 inch lcd monitor. I have been using this for ...
by Bird Dog
Sat 16 Sep 2017, 23:45
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: LxPup : a Puppy with LXDE as its desktop environment
Replies: 1019
Views: 898729

LxPup

Booted LxXenialpup iso burned to cd (no md5 check some I could see) and installed frugally to hard drive with a save folder. I installed Conky and then it would boot to the desktop but with no icon's or taskbar so I uninstalled Conky and I'll see if that was the problem. Computer is a P4 3.0 ghz cpu...
by Bird Dog
Sat 16 Sep 2017, 23:27
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Xenialpup CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017
Replies: 802
Views: 681095

Xenialpup CE

Why does Peebee's LxXenialpup boot from the cd and install frugally to a hard drive and 666Philb's doesn't when it's based on 666Philb's Xenialpup?
by Bird Dog
Sun 03 Sep 2017, 23:38
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: LxPup : a Puppy with LXDE as its desktop environment
Replies: 1019
Views: 898729

LxPup

Could someone explain to me why this puppy will work when it's based on 666Philb xenialpup 32 bit pup which it seems by that latest thread has bitten the dust along with 666Philb? Oh Pelo I tried the xenialdog and although it tried a lot longer than the xenialpup it didn't boot up. Anyone with any o...
by Bird Dog
Mon 07 Aug 2017, 01:47
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Mouse works in Windows, not in Puppy
Replies: 6
Views: 1045

Mouse works in Windows

Hi boxclever if it was me I would try another mouse working in windows or not.You could try booting up to the tahr CD or usb you used to install puppy and see if the mouse works then. If it works from the booted cd or usb somethings happened to your installation. That P3 doesn't owe you anything, I ...
by Bird Dog
Sat 05 Aug 2017, 22:42
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to switch from Grub4Dos to Grub2?
Replies: 15
Views: 3658

Grub4Dos

Hi TorontoBoy if you can't figure out how to switch to Grub2 maybe try installing Debian or Ubuntu first then install puppy after.

Thanks
Bird Dog
by Bird Dog
Sat 05 Aug 2017, 19:07
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Mouse works in Windows, not in Puppy
Replies: 6
Views: 1045

Puppy Help

We'll need more information to help you. Type of computer with details about ram memory, video card, hard drive, booting from usb, cd, hard drive. What puppy and version.

Thanks
Bird Dog
by Bird Dog
Sat 05 Aug 2017, 18:56
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Xenialpup64 CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017
Replies: 841
Views: 556011

Xenialpup64

Hi Lassar switch your video card to an ati or even intel and you'll never crash using Palemoon. I paid $50 for an old pci express 2 ati video card which are all compatible with the original pci express and I haven't crashed in a month with a computer that constantly crashed using an nvidea card. My ...
by Bird Dog
Thu 03 Aug 2017, 23:47
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Xenialpup64 CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017
Replies: 841
Views: 556011

Xenialpup64 7.0.8.4

My bug fixes keeps saying it hasn't installed any bug fixes yet so I just assumed nothing needed to be fixed. Anyone downloaded Thunderbird tar.gz from the mozilla site and it worked okay in Xenialpup64 without having to compile or anything. Is there anything that must be done to the tar.gz file in ...
by Bird Dog
Fri 14 Jul 2017, 03:02
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: tahrpup64 6.0.5 CE
Replies: 862
Views: 520201

Tahrpup64 6..0.5 CE

Hi jangelelcangry where did you get that driver for your AMD Radeon (reference design) video card?
by Bird Dog
Mon 10 Jul 2017, 18:56
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Xenialpup64 CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017
Replies: 841
Views: 556011

Xenialpup64

Thanks Big Pup line 16 did it. Thanks for all your help.

Thanks
Bird Dog