Going to the Dogs

So...  Setting up oddball Puppy distros.....

Well, I thought I'd give the new Dell a bit of a tryout with the distros I was thinking about installing.  You know, sort of a auditioning......

With that in mind, I went ahead and burned a copy of Lighthouse64 6.02 Beta 2, which I'd downloaded a couple nights ago.  Then I dug out my copies of FatDog64 621 and Simplicity Linux 13.4.

First up, Simplicity, which fell very quickly because it wouldn't see the wireless network.  Yeah, I know, I have no idea.  I couldn't even find the bloody wireless controls.  Nothing.  Nada.  I took it no further, shutting down the system, and rebooting with Lighthouse.

The folks who set up Lighthouse did a wonderful job in the visually appealing department.  It is a beautifully done system.  Sadly, it won't "read" the touchpad on the XPS properly.  It told me it was set up for tapping, but won't accept taps.  I turned it on, turned it off, tried 1, 2, and 3 finger tapping.  Nothing.  So, I thought I'd look in the package manage to see if there might be some proprietary drivers or some such.  But, and this is damned embarrassing, I COULDN'T FIND THE DAMNED PACKAGE MANAGER!  I know it's there, it's just buried under a submenu I didn't click, but...

Deep breath.  Shut down the system. 

The system tells me to eject the CD before shutting down.  OK, select eject...

It won't eject the disk.  Tells me that some process is using the disk.  OK, select unmount.  Nothing happens.  OK, select eject...

I sense an infinite loop starting...  Desperate maneuvers begin to take shape in the back of my mind...  And then all hell breaks loose...  kee-RASH!

This was all very good for my soul.

Desperately practicing some calm breathing techniques, I booted up FatDog64.  It boots.  But I don't remember it being that annoying to set up an accursed wireless connection before.  And the cursor moves like it's been smoking meth with the local hooligans, but...  The system is working.  I'm using it right now.

I'm thinking happy thoughts.  I'm thinking of gardens and fountains, and the soft, soothing sounds of running water...

I'm thinking, why can't Saluki still be active...  And why doesn't Slacko have a suspend feature...

I really should know better than to start the projects just before going to bed.

Yeah...  Really good for the soul........