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NETGEAR WG311v3 working in Puppy Linux 4.2.1

#16 Post by Dingo »

An interesting note

my wireless adapter

NETGEAR WG311v3

working fine in Puppy 3.01 series, via NDISWAPPER, NEVER worked in Puppy 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2

now, in puppy 4.2.1, seems working without pains. today, (I'll reply tomorrow to make a double check)
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#17 Post by Billwho? »

alex12 wrote:Is this realy the last 4.x release before the Woof based 5.x?
Probably not; just the last with WhoDo as co-ordinator. There is talk of a CE version and from what I understand the 1.xx series is the only one not currently under some form of development. So anything is possible.
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#18 Post by sasaqqdan »

Puppy 4.21 in fat32 drive,how to solve this question:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 772#306772
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#19 Post by WhoDo »

Pizzasgood wrote:Any kind of timeline on the 4.2.1 Unleashed packages? ;)
Unleashed core for 4.2.1 is now up. New and updated .pet packages have already been uploaded too.
Pizzasgood wrote:Oh, and don't forget the devx_421.sfs (yes I know it will be almost the same as devx_420.sfs, and I will be using that for the interim...).
In the process of uploading as I post this response.

Am I done now? :P :lol:
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#20 Post by 01micko »

Am I done now? :P :lol:
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#21 Post by 01micko »

:lol: joking of course.

Take a well earned break WhoDo, I'm sure after your hiatus you will be nice and refreshed to coordinate packaging for Woof 5x series.

Cheers. 8)
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4.2.1 PDF Printer Installation: Directions Needed

#22 Post by jackieflorida »

Firstly, thanks to all who contributed to the very nice 4.2.1.

I was always very pleased to find a PDF printer native in earlier distros, e.g. 4.0 and 4.1. So I was disappointed to see that it was not included in 4.2 and 4.2.1. I was somehow able to install a PDF printer in 4.2 by following my intuition but I can't get a working PDF printer in 4.2.1.

Specific directions anyone?

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Re: NETGEAR WG311v3 working in Puppy Linux 4.2.1

#23 Post by dancingdog777 »

Dingo wrote:An interesting note

my wireless adapter

NETGEAR WG311v3

working fine in Puppy 3.01 series, via NDISWAPPER, NEVER worked in Puppy 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2

now, in puppy 4.2.1, seems working without pains. today, (I'll reply tomorrow to make a double check)
I had that problem with my Cisco Linksys USB Wifi too. Unfortunately the Puppy I was using couldn't even 'see' the circuit board mounted ethernet port either. I just couldn't access the internet at all with Puppy.

I'm not knocking it since it obviously works for the majority. Though it is disapointing when things don't work.

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#24 Post by playdayz »

This is the one I am booting on my old thinkpad t22 laptop. Thanks WhoDo for the product and for the example.

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Re: 4.2.1 PDF Printer Installation: Directions Needed

#25 Post by rcrsn51 »

jackieflorida wrote:I was always very pleased to find a PDF printer native in earlier distros, e.g. 4.0 and 4.1. So I was disappointed to see that it was not included in 4.2 and 4.2.1.
Windows refugees are used to the idea of creating a PDF document through a virtual printer. But most Puppy applications have the option of printing to a file - either Postscript or PDF. If the resulting file is in Postscript format, it can be converted to a PDF with

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ps2pdf filename
The old CUPS-PDF printer backend needs recoding in order to work with the new CUPS security features.

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#26 Post by ttuuxxx »

Thanks for all you've done WhoDo, You did a top job, keep up the great work in the future :) Now run, run as fast as you can and don't look back :wink: lol
every long road ends somewhere and you just reached the end of the line, If people are having any modem etc issues, They can go to other threads for fixes, etc, as long as Abiword and Cups works, I would say your off the hook :) And even if they didn't work. you've done enough, take a break :) What are you still here reading this?? , man you should still be running, lol
Its been great working with you, If you ever need anything just send me a line :)
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thanks

#27 Post by raffy »

Thanks WhoDo and all the other volunteers who support Puppy Linux.

I've downloaded both the standard and retro versions and will test computers in the office by Monday.

IMHO, every Puppy Linux release is a labor of love.
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In my eeePC 701, 4.2.x has been looking crisp and responding quickly (with the added extras by tempestuous), so nothing to complain, really.

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#28 Post by ttuuxxx »

raffy wrote:.

But just in case, remember folks, NO WARRANTY - use at your own risk. :D
Well we could always provide people with a 100% refund :wink:
lets see $0.00 x 100%=$0.00 refunded to anybody who wants it :lol:
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#29 Post by tempestuous »

dancingdog777 wrote:I had that problem with my Cisco Linksys USB Wifi too.
Then make a new post asking for help. That's what the forum's for.
Make sure you reveal the exact version of Puppy you are running, and the exact model of Linksys USB device.
dancingdog777 wrote:Unfortunately the Puppy I was using couldn't even 'see' the circuit board mounted ethernet port either.
Then post a question for help. Again, reveal the exact version of Puppy you are running.
And in this case, also post the results of

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lspci -n
so we can identify the ethernet device.

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Upgrade Question.

#30 Post by mattst8ler »

I just downloaded 4.2.1 and put it on my uncle's old computer. It truly is a beautiful piece of work! Thank you to all that have worked so hard to achieve such a great distro.

I am still running 4.1.2 on my own computer. Is anyone aware of any problems that I might encounter upgrading to 4.2.1 and using my existing pupsave file? Presently I just run Puppy from CD and have the pupsave on my hard drive.

Thanks again for the hard work!

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Re: Upgrade Question.

#31 Post by ttuuxxx »

mattst8ler wrote:I just downloaded 4.2.1 and put it on my uncle's old computer. It truly is a beautiful piece of work! Thank you to all that have worked so hard to achieve such a great distro.

I am still running 4.1.2 on my own computer. Is anyone aware of any problems that I might encounter upgrading to 4.2.1 and using my existing pupsave file? Presently I just run Puppy from CD and have the pupsave on my hard drive.

Thanks again for the hard work!
well be on the safe side, right click on your pupsave and copy it, rename it anything like safekeeping.sss then it won't load on bootup, then all you do is rename it back to what it was before if you need it.
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#32 Post by James C »

Looks great so far.Thanks to WhoDo and everyone who participated in the development of 4.2.1. Especially Ttuuxxx who put in countless hours trying to make everyone happy!

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#33 Post by ttuuxxx »

Thanks James C, :)
It was a great Group effort and wouldn't of been done without everyone who helped, sure I did my part, but lets not forget about Whodo,coolpup, aragon, pizzasgood, tempestuous, and new ones like Patriot, etc maybe of 20 of us:) and when you get that many people working on one goal, its going to be good :) I feel we did a excellent group effort :) Cheers Guys :wink:
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#34 Post by Lobster »

everyone who participated
Click on help and release notes to see the team :)
- as far as I know, no easter eggs in Puppy (though there may be in individual packages) . . .
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#35 Post by ttuuxxx »

Lobster wrote:
everyone who participated
Click on help and release notes to see the team :)
- as far as I know, no easter eggs in Puppy (though there may be in individual packages) . . .
try this in seamonkey url
about:buildconfig
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