Damn Small Linux 2 Isues

I now have DSL up and running on my Dell XPI P133ST. I have 2 issues one is so far I haven't managed to get any sound working. It uses the ES1888 sound chip. The second issue is with Dillo. I can surf the web no problem except when I log into AOL mail the screen is just blank. The log on screen is fine but when the mail should be displayed I just get a white page. Anyone have any ideas on the listed problems. Thanks

Howdy greencroft. I haven't ran Damn Small linux in a while. The Compaq I have it on now belongs to a friends daughter.

Ok. I remember Dillo always had a problem with logins. Even with Forums and Google. You can try and install latest Dillo Browser from

Dillo Web Browser :: Home Page

I am sorry. But your sound issue didn't give me a lot of hits for Damn Small Linux but I got more hits for using just Linux

Sound doesn't work in Linux with ES1888 sound chip - Google Search

With old Legacy Hardware. You will have to experiment and work a little harder than normal because legacy hardware and the 2.4 kernel in Damn Small Linux is Dated also.

Puppy 3.01 runs a new Kernel and Browser also if it will run on your Dell. Newer Versions like 4.0 puppy linux won't boot on old hardware like yours though. Any Puppy Linux distro from 2.15 to 3.01 should be ok though.
Below Link is where I have a friend who hosts older versions of Puppy Linux for Downloading. I know his site is in German as he is German. (I am a country boy Texan) So
just maneuver down the page and look at what is there.
Puppy

Good Luck resurrecting the Old Dell. It just takes some Skill. But after some practise. You can get that Laptop running wireless also via PCMCIA with Linux. I have done it on P1 Laptops and using Sea Monkey Browser in Puppy. Damn Small was more problematic because of 2.4 kernel issues. But there are old wireless B PCMCIA Cards that are compatible with it.
Verified Wireless Cards - DSL Wiki

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Thanks for the reply country boy :-) I too live in the country Fourstones, Northumberland, England which is about 2 miles from Hadrians (Roman) wall world geritage site. I now have sound and wifi (using cisco 350 wifi card). Still can't read aol email so will download Puppy 3.01 and give that a shot.

Doesn't Damn Small Linux come with a older version of Firefox Browser also?

This below from info page

DSL information

You should be able top use it to log into AOL I think, (though I don't use AOL so I can't be sure of that)

You will Like Puppy a little better as the users and developer there make pupget packages of latest software and Puppy itself has the tools to convert downloaded Linux compressed Tar files into installable Packages that Puppy can install and use and it is just as fast as Damn Small Linux but requires a little more ram. 64mb to 92mb and Puppy will run OK. Browsers are bigger and pull in more resources so the only slowdown will be opening Seamonkey.

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A good book mark for Puppy Linux Users Below.

Puppy Linux Discussion Forum :: Index - Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

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Dear Greencroft,
I am NOT an expert here; only a user. I use linux mint (and linux linpus, and sometimes fedora). I was having trouble with the sound on my computer. Here is what I did:
I went to the start menu to the "Kontrollzentrum" (in English it is probably called control centre or "settings"). Then I went to Audio and found the settings I needed. (Linux Mint uses pulse audio.) Also: someone on the forum, I think Rocky, advised me to check the mixer. That is the little audio symbol on the start bar at the bottom of the screen (on KDE. On Gnome it might be under "settings".) Some distributions come with the speaker set to zero, and you have to raise it manually.
Like I said, I am not an expert, and I do know how to help on your other issue. I hope someone else reads this and helps.

Janelle

PS While I was writing, Rocky had replied THREE TIMES! Geez, he is fast. If my suggestions are stupid, let me know, and I will delete this post.

I am just glad you are jumping in here to help janel. Just to enlighten you a bit. Damn Small Linux doesn't use KDE or Gnome as a frontend for X11. In other words it uses a different Desktop, File Manager, all sorts of things because it is only a 55 mb distro vs Linux Mint which weighs in at 600 + mbs. Damn Small Linux has the choice of using Fluxbox (which I happen to use in Mint and AntiX) and Default JWM (Jims Window Manager) as the desktops to interface with the operating system. Those 2 desktops are very lightweight and takes more steps to modify than KDE or Gnome to modify the interface and because they are lightweight are fast, but have certain limitations also.

Puppy Linux has Puplet Distros (Puppy Linux distros made by Puppy users) that come with a plethora of different choices of Desktops while still being under a 200 mb distro. There are Puplets with LXDE, Openbox,E17 (Enlightenment), Icewm (which I also use),XFCE (which I also use in Mint) plus more as the default desktop on these distros.

Puplets | Puppy Linux

Because Greencroft has a Dell XPI P133ST
Documentation

His choices are a bit Limited on how heavy a linux distro can be that he can install. There are minimal Linux Distros like Damn Small, Puppy,Tiny Core,Slitaz, to just name a few.

Linux Links - The Linux Portal: Distributions/Mini_Distributions

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