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by chfisa
Mon 13 Feb 2012, 18:53
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Slacko 5.3.3-RC2 (5.3.2.4[0])
Replies: 487
Views: 197407

Good News!

Another update.... Just successfully connected my EEEPC 900 wirelessly to the network! This time I used the optional "Frisbee" network setup tool, and voila! So, it appears there could be an issue with the "Simple Network Setup" tool on this build. FYI, I agree with some of the o...
by chfisa
Mon 13 Feb 2012, 18:06
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Slacko 5.3.3-RC2 (5.3.2.4[0])
Replies: 487
Views: 197407

Just a follow-up to my earlier msg. pertaining to the EEEPC 900. Sorry, I failed to mention that the issue I described pertained only to the WLAN (Atheros AR5BXB63) interface. The wired connection (Atheros L2) was automatically discovered and connected during the boot process. However, I still recei...
by chfisa
Mon 13 Feb 2012, 14:34
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: Slacko 5.3.3-RC2 (5.3.2.4[0])
Replies: 487
Views: 197407

NIC Not working, EEEPC 900 (Celeron)

I loaded this version on an old HP Pavillion 772n, with Realtek RTL 8139 NIC and it worked fine. Switching to my EEEPC 900, network set-up appeared to go well to the point where I clicked the DHCP button on the set-up, and it returned a "connection successful". However, when actually attem...
by chfisa
Sun 12 Feb 2012, 18:55
Forum: Package Collections / Repositories
Topic: How to install Skype in Puppeee?
Replies: 7
Views: 8818

Success with the sfs version you steered me to. Not sure how it all happened, though... I downloaded the file. Couldn't find it in bootmanager, so did a little file exploration and found a Skype folder under mnt/home with what appeared to be a run icon in it. I dragged the icon to the desktop and it...
by chfisa
Sun 12 Feb 2012, 18:08
Forum: Package Collections / Repositories
Topic: How to install Skype in Puppeee?
Replies: 7
Views: 8818

Thanks. Going to give that SFS version a whirl! Will let you know how it goes...
by chfisa
Sun 12 Feb 2012, 17:25
Forum: Package Collections / Repositories
Topic: How to install Skype in Puppeee?
Replies: 7
Views: 8818

Hmm.... Thanks!
I guess I belong in the How-to forum then. I didn't have much luck decompressing their file to the root.
by chfisa
Sun 12 Feb 2012, 16:52
Forum: Package Collections / Repositories
Topic: How to install Skype in Puppeee?
Replies: 7
Views: 8818

How to install Skype in Puppeee?

New to this OS. After a couple of failed Skype install attempts, was wondering which version and download site I should go to for the best chance of success?
Thanks!