jackluminous,

Use the Gslapt package manager to install libinput and xf86-input-libinput and then restart X. Libinput is used for Wayland input devices and xf86-input-libinput is a wrapper so Xorg-server can use it. It does not have all the options that the Xorg Synaptics driver offers, but it's ...

--- Also, Acer Aspire ES1-512 trackpad not working so using a usb mouse. Trackpad works in Mint so just needs the driver?

Has this ever been resolved so that the trackpad cab be used?

I have the exact same laptop and when I boot Fatdog the desktop appears ok but there is NO control over the ...

i have tried a few things - Windows 8 PC seems to recognise my Linux PC through PING but in Networking it is showing the network as unidentified...

I ran the networking config programs on puppy and found my ip address as 169.254.178.250

any help? maybe I can get a linux distro running on my ...

C'mon Jack, nothing complicated..

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/windows-8-file-sharing-share-users-system-folders-on-network/

http://www.howto-connect.com/how-to-share-folders-on-network-in-windows-8/

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/share-files-folders

thanks for ...

Burn_IT wrote:Use a network share and do a normal copy. It doesn't know or care what OS is at the other end of the link.

ok

can you step me through the process? would I use the Windows 8 machine to do that? power up both pcs connect physically with ethernet cable...

Can anyone give advice, a link or step by step instructions to enable me to copy files from a windows 8 pc to one running Tahr Pup via bi-directional ethernet cable

I assume that once set up this would be a faster method than copying files from the Windows 8 machine onto a flash drive and then ...