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Firefox works fine, midori doesn't

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• Started 7 years ago by terrybull
• Latest reply from LienRag
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   terrybull
   

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   I have a rather puzzling issue with my Slitaz 4 installation on a Pentium 3(m) laptop. Firefox will open web sites and works as it should. Midori refuses to connect to anything saying the host cannot be found. It's not a great problem but midori is useful on this rather slow laptop. Can anyone help me with this please.
   Thanks

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   kultex
   

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   Take slitaz 5 - its better and quicker than 4

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   terrybull
   

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   I'm using a Panasonic cf-28. It doesn't boot slitaz 5. I've no idea why. Goes through the motion then hangs on a flashing cursor on a blank screen.

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   kultex
   

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   here are some hints for the cf-28

   http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25/panasonic-toughbook-cf-28-touchscreen-under-linux-solved-and-working-530918/

   it should work fine with vesa - so

   boot slitaz 5.0 - goto

   slitaz core live

   add "nomodeset" to the bootline

   if this does not help - the videocard is a neomagic - so

   add "screen=text" to the boorline

   get root - and ran

   tazx

   select the neomagic driver

   get user tux with exit

   startx

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   terrybull
   

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   Thanks for your response Kultex. I will persevere with 5 but the 28 does not use the neomagic. My cf-27 does have the neomagic gpu but this cf-28 has an intel graphic chip, I cant recall what exactly offhand. However i will play around and see if I can get 5 running. So far its running 4 really well considering its moest cpu and ram but I stll have the issue with menu entries for Libre office being missing (please help see my other post)

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   kultex
   

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   Then run tazx and select the Intel driver.....

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   terrybull
   

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   I have just tried again to boot Slitaz 5 network boot from the boot floppy. It eventually hangs with this message
   kernel panic not syncing VPS unable to mount root fs on unknown block

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   kultex
   

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   do you have still windows on the hd? -then try the frugal booting

   http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:frugal

   you can also try the plop boot manager

   https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html

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   terrybull
   

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   I don't have Windows on the drive at all. I have been using plop boot floppy but it is a bit hit and miss as to what OS it will boot from a USB drive. For example it will boot Vector Linux created with unetbootin but it will not boot slitaz again created with unetbootin.

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    kultex
    

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    sorry, but you have to find a way to boot 5.0

    didi you try this?

    http://www.slitaz.org/en/get/#floppy

    see notes on unetbootin - its not working with rolling

    http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:liveusb

    Posted 7 years ago #
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    kultex
    

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    you have installed slitaz 4.0?

    so you just adopt your grub to the frugal booting as descibed before

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    terrybull
    

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    I have discovered that Midori will connect to some sites ie this forum page. Midori in Sliltaz 4 is very old and I believe that this is the problem so as far as I can tell this issue is unresolvable. The browser is just too dated.

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    kultex
    

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    Yelp - Thats why i told you to use 5.0 - and even midori in 5.0 is to old, so we are waiting on 6.0

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    terrybull
    

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    Unfortunately I cannot get 5 to run on this. I'm sure there is a way but my Linux knowledge is very limited. Slitaz 4 runs well out of the box. I'll persevere with 5 when I get spare time but for now I'll keep 4. I'm even running 3 on an even older machine. I rarely go on line on either these oldies so I'm not too worried about security.
    Thanks for the replies.

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    LienRag
    

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    Isn't your midori problem caused by out of date certificates?

    Posted 7 years ago #

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