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grep --color=always -iw sse2 /proc/cpuinfo
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grep --color=always -iw sse2 /proc/cpuinfo
No SSE2 (or SSE) was listed when I ran the hardinfo proggie. Is there another way to check?greengeek wrote:I see two main possibilities:
1) If your processor has no SSE2 then Skyping is off the menu for you. Can you find a model number on your Ideapad?
I have an external USB CD drive. That's how I loaded Slacko 5.7.0 in the first place. I'll try that test and let you know the results. Thanks!greengeek wrote:2) From your comments earlier I get the feeling that you may have remnants of multiple skype installs and this may be upsetting things. Do you have access to an ecternal CD drive for this netbook? If so it would make it very easy to load a "live session" of Slacko 5.7..0 which is unadulterated. If you can boot in this manner, then try whichever pet you prefer, the results of that trial should be conclusive one way or the other.
If you installed Skype using a pet of it.But, but - before I do that, is there no way to purge all Skype elements from the computer? Can't I just make hidden folders visible with the magic eye, and flush all Skype-thingies?
Try anikins command shown in the post above yours - very nifty - it displays all the flags and highlights the sse2 string if it's there.jhecht wrote:No SSE2 (or SSE) was listed when I ran the hardinfo proggie. Is there another way to check?
Remember to enter the following command at the boot prompt:I have an external USB CD drive. That's how I loaded Slacko 5.7.0 in the first place. I'll try that test and let you know the results.
Got me there - I just don't know. If your install was a frugal one it would be easy to hide the savefile (and all it's internal changes and add-ons) but I just don't know the best way to flush a full install. I'd be concerned that it would be easy to miss just one small file and beggar everything up.But, but - before I do that, is there no way to purge all Skype elements from the computer? Can't I just make hidden folders visible with the magic eye, and flush all Skype-thingies?
Opened terminal and typed code >exactly< as shown above, like this:anikin wrote:Run this in the terminal to check to see if sse2 is there:Code: Select all
grep --color=always -iw sse2 /proc/cpuinfo
For some arcane reason Skype didn't show up in PPM, even though I did use a pet for the install. I gave up, wiped the computer, and reinstalled Puppy 5.7.0. Puppy works fine (so dog-gone fast!) And I put TeamViewer back fairly painlessly. I used TV 9 this time, not TV 10, and it was OK. There >may< be a problem with TV 10, as it was giving me a hard time, but I can't remember the details - sorry.bigpup wrote: If you installed Skype using a pet of it.
The install should be listed in the uninstall list in PPM (Puppy package manager)
Remove it using PPM should get everything removed.
Wow, rufwoof - what a precise, detailed, lengthy reply! Thank you!rufwoof wrote:Is there any way you can boot another vmlinuz/initrd to your usual one? i.e. do you have grub4dos or a PXE server that you can net boot from?
You can just copy the text and insert/paste it into the terminal by simultaneously pressing the left shift and insert keys on the keyboard.jhecht wrote:...Opened terminal and typed code >exactly< as shown above,...
Very much true! ... provided, of course, you don't exclude Semme from the list.jhecht wrote:- Puppy users are the >best< support group I've ever found!
vmlinuz is the kernel, initrd is initialise ramdisk into which a cut down linux is loaded and then that small linux has disk drivers loaded and it scans for puppy sfs which is a squashed file system containing the main full (well large) linux, drivers etc. Grub4dos needs pointers to where those vmlinuz and initrd files are located and you can list more than one set so that when you boot the menu can be scrolled through to pick which one you want to load/boot.jhecht wrote:I know (after research) that vmlinuz is a compressed Linux kernel, and initrd is the startup ramdisk thingy, but have no idea how to change them, and have never worked with either one. Grub4dos >is< included in my new Puppy loadup,
I don't exclude anybody - even folks I have a (hopefully) temporary disjunction with. Everybody has bad days...anikin wrote:Very much true! ... provided, of course, you don't exclude Semme from the list.jhecht wrote:- Puppy users are the >best< support group I've ever found!
Thanks for your detailed and erudite post - I'll reply in more depth asap.rufwoof wrote: vmlinuz is the kernel, initrd is initialise ramdisk into which a cut down linux is loaded and then that small linux has disk drivers loaded and it scans for puppy sfs which is a squashed file system containing the main full (well large) linux, drivers etc...
There is no alternative that I know of if the person needs to be able to talk to other people who are using Skype.jhecht wrote:so my next issue is Skype or a Skype alternative.
Sorry, I was not being clear. It is possible for both me, and any person I need to talk with, to >switch< from Skype to any other (free) program, or use a website to enable two-way speech. Video is nice, but not essential.OscarTalks wrote:There is no alternative that I know of if the person needs to be able to talk to other people who are using Skype.jhecht wrote:so my next issue is Skype or a Skype alternative.
Your version may well work, I'll try it.OscarTalks wrote:I would have expected my apulse version (as mentioned earlier in this thread) to work. If you have previously installed one of those workaround packages for an older Skype in a full install it may be that something left over from that is causing the connection problem.
(sigh) I should flog myself to make work notes as I go along - but I didn't. I currently have a new Puppy install on the Netbook, with no Skype packages. Could you give me a link to your apulse version, so I can get it quickly for a test? That way I don't to search lots of pages for your download link. Many thanks!OscarTalks wrote:If you know what Skype package it was you could download it and unpack it to reveal all the file structure and then just go through and delete everything manually from your system. It shouldn't be too complicated as a lot of it will just all be in one directory. Make sure to also delete directory and contents /root/.Skype as well as others have mentioned (not sure if you have done that).
I d/l the skype-4.3.0.37pulseaudioslacko 4.0.pet package, and it >installed< and runs Skype. Yay! Very >many< thanks! Now I need to test it. Stay tuned for late-breaking news. Is that the second package you meant? I may not have gone down the list far enough to see the first package.OscarTalks wrote:My Skype and Linphone packages are all in my Smokey01 repo here:-
http://smokey01.com/OscarTalks
You have the Skype with apulse (try first) or the Skype with pulseaudio for Slacko (14.0) and the Linphone for Slacko 5.6 will work in 5.7 but you should experiment to see if the original build or the xv build gives you video (enable self view to see if you get an image).