Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

@ozsouth - thank you for your suggestions on Fri 24 Nov 2023. Progress of a sort. Single click - nix, double click - nix, 5 to 20 clicks connect button changes colour. Connect still not work. This is for free public wi-fi at a supermarket. Encryption is listed as [ESS] - what does this mean ? Signal ...

@wizard, you are correct, the manual states that two 1GB is the most that it will support. I have two 1GB @Phoenix, I tried your suggestions: LTXerminal did not like #killall wpa_supplicant but #wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -DE wext -c/etc/frisbee/wpa_supplicant.conf produced successfully initialized ...

Following advice from @ozsouth and @bigpup I downloaded BionicPup32-19.03-231004.iso and burnt it to CD I am hoping to use my HP Compaq nc6220 laptop, which has WLAN radio model WM3B2200BG, Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG for wireless roaming. It has 1 GB of DDR2. I have two 2GB sticks to increase this to ...

Dear ozsouth, Thank you for your advice. I have downloaded BionicPup32-19.03-231004.iso and burnt it to a CD. It boots up ok on my HP Compaq nc6220, 1 GB RAM DDR2, Intel WLAN radio model WM3B2200BG I hope to use this for wi-fi roaming. Frisbee lists sources, and signal strengths from -40 (strongest ...

rcrsn51 You are correct - I should have been more explicit. It was my first posting anywhere in 81 years. By 'no-wi-fi' I meant that I had not achieved working wi-fi and because I was a beginner I could not tell whether this was because of my ignorance, or because of the software, or the hardware ...

@ozsouth - Thank you for your advice. It seems that the database I was seeking resides in your head. If you get run over Linux may die. I no longer have the Lenovo. I have nine laptops that were thrown away - literally. And one I bought for £14, which has XP on it and works fine, including wi-fi. ...

[style][/style]I have tried: Linuxmint-19.1-Cinnamon-64bit.iso on a Lenovo, intel core i5, 2.5GHz, 4GB DDR3 - screen too dark Linux-lite-3.8-32bit.iso on a Hi-Grade Notino C2200, Pentium M Dothan, 1 GB DDR1, no wi-fi S15Pup32-22.12-230618.iso on the Notino, no wi-fi and on Dell Inspiron 8600 ...