Hi, (If I misuse terms, please correct me.)
IBM R30 Thinkpad, 900M Celeron and 128M RAM. Wary Watcher 5.1 (5.1.1?) ran very nicely, but Wary 5.5 is startlingly slow; even the mouse pointer is choppy.
Can I alter 5.5 to improve performance by removing, adding, or changing the included programs? Or, must I use a different OS? And, if I must use a different OS (within the Puppy family), then what is the difference between this and another that could cause such a change in behavior?
IBM R30 Thinkpad super slooow with Wary 5.5
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small RAM
You have a small RAM, and it is possible that the newer version is struggling with it. Try to add more RAM, or create and use a swap partition.
If you boot from CD, copy the big sfs to your hard drive, or install Wary to hard disk (frugal is preferred).
Wary is for old PCs, so a good fallback for you is use the old Wary.
Try slacko on your machine. The original Thin slacko is good (version 5.33).
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=78228
If you boot from CD, copy the big sfs to your hard drive, or install Wary to hard disk (frugal is preferred).
Wary is for old PCs, so a good fallback for you is use the old Wary.
Try slacko on your machine. The original Thin slacko is good (version 5.33).
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=78228
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I think that it's something with Xorg. (If I understand correctly, Xorg handles the mouse too?)
I have the little red dot in the center of the key board. When I use that as a mouse, Wary is wonderful. I also installed Red Hat to experiment, and the auxiliary mouse works perfect.
I've noticed that the mouse works great in Wary until just before boot is complete.
How do I change the Xorg settings?
I have the little red dot in the center of the key board. When I use that as a mouse, Wary is wonderful. I also installed Red Hat to experiment, and the auxiliary mouse works perfect.
I've noticed that the mouse works great in Wary until just before boot is complete.
How do I change the Xorg settings?
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