Thanks for that insight. Looking more closely at my status bar, I suspect it is the googleads script that is causing the problem for the PII processor in my old Dell Latitude CS. I did find a useful description of how to set the dom.max_script_run_time at http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/f...

I was wrong. I'm still seeing the pop-up message about a non-working script.
Oh, well; I still like the FirePet browser for its speed and features.

The description of the minimal systems by benali72 fits my outfit well. I have a Dell Latitude CS with PII, 4gb HD and 256mb RAM. I am running the latest 4.2.1 Puppy with frugal install and am very satisfied with the performance. The only thing I can't do is watch any kind of streaming video because...

I don't know yet what the problem script was, but switching to Firepup has resolved the issue for me.

Every new page I view at Slashdot with either Firefox or Seamonkey brings up "Warning: Unresponsive script". Is there something I can turn off or on to get around this?

I have had mixed results using a couple SMC wireless network cards with Puppy 4.2 in a Dell Latitude CS. One of the cards actually works well, the SMCWCBT-G with the Atheros chipset. The card is recognized by the built-in Puppy module, and it performs well. My minor quibble with this card is that th...

This is my current setup. Puppy Linux 4.2 Dell Latitude CS Mobile Pentium II - 400MHz 256MB RAM NeoMagic 2360 Video Controller - 4MB 13.3-inch extended graphics array (XGA), 1024 x 768 thin film transistor (TFT) active-matrix color display Toshiba HD 4327 MB EXP 24X CD-ROM with PCMCIA SMC Wireless A...

I'm facing a similar challenge with a Latitude CS. I came across a possible solution which is to remove the hd and attach it to my desktop with a ide-usb adapter cable. One then does a frugal install to the hd. Apparently a full hd install will not work properly as the installation would take into a...