hey scOttman
to recap and add comments further to our last chat..
the project: toshiba satellite 4060xcdt -oldie w/64mb ram and 6gb hd (divided as hda1 3.5g xp on ntfs/ hda2 frugal install 2g fat32/
hda3 64mb ext3 (grub/ boot)/ and 512m linux swap) 2mb trident
video and es1968 sound.
can boot usb w/plOp ... add code: nocopy to your config
QTWeb browser is most successful - java/SSL/flash enabled sites all
work eg: Hotmail (and yes YT but it is slowwwww) (flash is reported in
the QTWeb thread as not working in Akita, but I find that QT and Midori
need the browser libs pet installed first then Flash. I also stick w/Flash
10 which works everywhere I go.. PS> Flash 12 not supported in QT per that thread.
Can you add browser libs to browser install? not sure if i needed it for
flash in the others but do for those 2.
I still get those annoying script errors in QT, but they load in seconds, die
quickly when i cancel it, then QT loads well overall - a small lag once in a
while loading new pages but the best of the bunch. FF FP IC SM OP can take hours! to load the error..20 mins to kill the error and move on only
to choke on another one.. ad nauseum.. You can't beat Dillo for speed,
Midori is almost as fast but can do Flash, its either Java or SSL that they
lack,, I am too CLI impaired to handle elinks but it will do in a pinch but can't do Hotmail... I link to my cache outside savefile. QT's is in
/usr/share for those looking
When I have the patience I may try Chrome -any plans for Iron-akita?
I would use it on other boxes if not good on here.
Gparted not seeing usb hard drive that Rox/icon manager can and do.
No issue in 5.28 or LHP same drive.
Universal Installer does not install full. only frugal on 20g IBM usb hard drive, (was as sba1 -12g Fat32/sba2 7g ext3 /1g linux swap) (does
anyone install full anymore anyway? LOL) Had no dialog re: full vs frugal
as in all other puppies tried.. Fiddled with other ways to get akita to full install.. hoping for a speed gain.
(Sadly while re-trying ways to work around this I used BootFlash in 5.28 to format this drive- forgetting that unlike PUI it formats the whole thing not just the partition you may want to install to (I lost 4 years of notes, Puppy wisdom, files, utils and backups.. do NOT try to be a brainiac when you
are tired!) I am afraid to go further with TestDisk than just look but
oh well I have a new project after I get my OldPup going on Akita...
as I mentioned to you, to install my sound card - not auto detected on
this box (but no probs on other newer systems) I dropped out of x and ran
alsaconf. I was able to install everything needed before creating the
savefile, incl. oldest mesa pkg6.x? for GL/DRI. figured 7 series may be
pushing it for this box, but may test later.
I can get my desktop onto my ext. monitor as well as LCD but need to change resolution to 24 bit from 16 bit. To show videos w/VLC on both i
had to change video output to X11, otherwise VLC will blank in 2nd
screen but all else viewable
Network mostly but then not persistent?! .. not sure why..I just re-load it -linksys usb 54g otherwise ok using dougal's- barry's not persistent at all, but much faster to get running
hard to grab copy of downloaded pet from .packages before it is deleted
but like the fact it does remove after install.. a save this pet? option would be nice? any suggestions are just that...
can test suggested fixes if needed.. overall akita lives very nicely on here..amazing work on such a low spec box eh? thank you for this