Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

ecomoney · Posted: Sun 22 Mar 2009, 00:49 Post subject:

Just to let you know, I encountered some problems with beta 1 and some internal wireless cards. I heard it reported previously. Im yet to identify one type of card, but the other one was a fairly common intel 2200 mini-pci chipset (something that is on the list of wireless drivers available in the network wizard). This driver wasnt loaded automatically at bootup, and attempting to load it from the internet connection wizard cause some kind of "really bad" sounding error message.....I apologise for not taking this down...I was at a collegues house at the time, and the equipment was not my own.

It may be good to double check the wireless support, as I have read earlier that some other people have problems....I remember there was a version of puppy went out as an "official version" with the wireless broken before Shocked

Also...may I ask why pWidgets doesnt work in icewm?....I think I may already suspect the reason.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Sun 22 Mar 2009, 00:58 Post subject:

ecomoney · Posted: Sun 22 Mar 2009, 13:23 Post subject:

Well in that case Ttuxxx, Im glad that by mentioning what others may have only erroneously suspected you have had the chance to put the record totally straight.

Since AFAIK, pwidgets causes some slowdowns for the much improved usability it gives, I would expect it to work in icewm and not in jwm, as JWM is designed for slower machines than icewm.

IceWM does look so much better than the JWM though! A lot of the people (who arnt familiar with puppy) I have show the new RC to have said the same thing.

It would perhaps be logical, as a compromise and "best of both worlds" solution to the "bling or no bling" issue to do a quick check of available memory on the computerat bootup Make fresh installs (i.e. no pup_save.2fs) on computers with more than 128mb of RAM default to IceWM (with pwidgets) as their window manager (for "bling"). Less then that and puppy 4.2 loads JWM with no Pwidgets (for speed).

That way, new puppy users with newer computers can be impressed by the looks (bling?) of Puppy, while new puppy users with older computers will be impressed its speed (and the fact it boots at all). Either way I know they are going to be impressed.

Well done Ttuxxx - and Whodo, and the rest of the team.

P.S. the new volume icon makes all the difference Wink

ttuuxxx · Posted: Sun 22 Mar 2009, 17:24 Post subject:

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trio · Posted: Sun 22 Mar 2009, 22:04 Post subject:

@ecomoney

pwidgets doesn't work in icewm? I never had that problem...please be specific what doesn't work..

thanks

ecomoney · Posted: Mon 23 Mar 2009, 01:32 Post subject:

Its quite simple, moving the mouse to the sides of the screen doesnt bring out the "pop-out" boxes. I have tried it on two different machines, both completely fresh frugal installs. Sorry for "Does not work" term Wink

WhoDo · Posted: Mon 23 Mar 2009, 04:02 Post subject:

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ecomoney · Posted: Mon 23 Mar 2009, 05:08 Post subject:

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ttuuxxx · Posted: Mon 23 Mar 2009, 07:39 Post subject:

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ecomoney · Posted: Mon 23 Mar 2009, 19:15 Post subject: