@skyblaze: in control panel -> utilities, there is a "bug report info collector" near the end of the page. Run it, check the file it generates, remove those that you don't want to share, and then share the rest to me. You can send by PM, or upload here in this post. EDIT: If you PM it to ...

Hello skyblaze I have just set up a frugal install of 702 on my Acer Aspire 5552 , and the touchpad is working OK here (after using the function keys ( Fn + F7 ) to enable it). I don't get on with touchpads, so i usually disable it. CatDude . tried that key combo on my Acer Aspire...no luck...still...

CatDude wrote:Hello skyblaze

I have just set up a frugal install of 702 on my Acer Aspire 5552,
and the touchpad is working OK here (after using the function keys (Fn + F7) to enable it).

I don't get on with touchpads, so i usually disable it.

CatDude
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thanks I will try that key combo and report back

just downloaded the latest iso and burned to CD booted ok but no touchpad control at all with the mouse pointer frozen dead centre of the screen - I can use the keyboard and ctrl alt backspace to get to bash... my machine is an Acer Aspire ES 512 series laptop which I believe uses a Synaptics touchp...

I have used xubuntu booting from a flash stick ....better than puppy in terms of presentation and almost everything worked straight from the install...a few minor tweaks, downloded audio and video codecs and its good---the biggest problem is that it is not as responsive as Puppy and has some noticea...

UPDATE

i tried using Slacko 5,6,0 and after some fiddling with retrovol I managed to get sound working

@ardvark

thanks I will check the links

Hi... Also, can you open a terminal and post the results of this command... lspci You can also download "sakura" from the Puppy Package Manager, which will make copying and pasting easier. :wink: Regards... thx...heres what it produced # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [...

First a BIG thank you for everyone involved in this distro as it has been a life saver - my Windows os has got a nasty piece of malware which has almost killed it - With Puppy I can actually have a usable machine again - the distro has worked almost perfect straight out of the box...the internet wor...