Aha, a punster.

First, I mounted lupu-510.sfs to locate if base.pm. ( I could not mount lupu_520.sfs it was in use and I did not want to shutdown.) However, base.pm is not in Perl in lupu-510.sfs, and I surmise that it is not in 520. Second, there is a 5.10 symlink to 5.10.1. I copied Semme's base.pm to /usr/share/...

Thanks.

I will try it, and let you know.

extfs is found /usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d Line 22 was 1. unzip was installed. After tinkering with some mc ini, ext, and extfs files without results. I uninstalled mc 4.7.5 and installed 4.8, and uninstalled slang. the results are the same, but at least I have a better error message, as folllows. "...

I want to explore the problem more before I try 4.8. I also use Puppy 4.20 and 4.31. I tried to open a zip in mc in those OSs. mc couldn't open a zip in either OS. However, the error message was a bit more detailed. pointing to mc's extfs files, uzip, and some Perl code. Will report any good results.

Same red banner . . .

I'll try give it another go tomorrow.

I had thought that I would be able to post a fix. I was too confident.
I edited out "Solved."

I thought the problem to be a missing lib or dependency.
The mc.pet I installed was the one listed in the Lucid package manager. I also installed the slang.pet.

So back to square one.

Ok now I see the problem. I had only used Package Manger to to check for dependencies. I had not thought to use ldd. I know the solution now. Thanks. [~] ldd /usr/bin/mc linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libslang.so.2 => /lib/libslang.so.2 (0xb76ef000) libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so...

Semme,

Right, Those are the files I installed.

Puppy Lucid 5.2, frugal install mc v4.7.0.10 perl v5.10.1 Midnight commander will not open zip file. In mc, Highlighting a zip file and then Enter sets a big red error banner. The message overruns both sides of the window. This is the visible message: ?local/share/perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/sha...

Bruce B,

Thanks for your work. The organization is appreciated.

Dougal,

Your "Hmmm" sure took the polish of the brass.

Thanks for the link.

Cadel Evans

ttuuxxx,

I grabbed the Quisp, Thanks.
Also, I like 2:14X, and aren't those babies demanding. It does get better.

Did this Puppy comes without Quisp?

I usually buy my Puppy disks from Barry (dialup conditions here), but since he stopped selling, I purchased a CD from a online retailer.
This did not have Quisp.
So is this an oversight maybe in the seller's CD's or was it officially left out?

Brandy,

I have run several versions of Puppy and puppy always finds my USRobotics external modem. Puppy is friendly with modems. Just ask Puppy to probe for the modem.

I found the same problem that eeevans616: "It seems mtpaint is hotkeyed to the up arrow on my keyboard . . ," and perhaps nancy reagan's problem. Really is a handicap working in the terminal. Tap the up arrow for a previous command and mtpaint takes a screenshot. Same thing on the bare des...

Me? A retired teacher, driver for wife, father of 5, grandfather of 5, a Puppy user for several years, and happy to be 71 years old and in good health fishing.

Bert,

If you are still following this thread, Look what I found, xpad-4.0.pet.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... f4b5315439

I downloaded it and installed it. Works well. The other xpad-4.0.pet must have been flawed.

Well, I probably downloaded it from the extinct repositories asia and ca.

Thanks for your suggestions.