Hi there
What is the exact make and model of the system onto which you installed Puppy?
Also, the newest version of Puppy is 4.20 . I suggest you do everything you just did (partition, format and install) but with the newer version as they often times fix problems like that and add more support for different kinds of software with each version.
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