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[SkullyRipz]

I'm not sure whats happening. When i go to power off computer, computer goes through processes and seems like it will shut down. Then all of the sudden loop back and restart. How do i fix this? I do not want to keep having to hard kill it.

[bones01]

I can't help you much, but I'm sure someone can. However, it will help if you include the version of puppy you have, is it a frugal or full install. That sort of stuff matters.

Bones

[SkullyRipz]

Oh sorry about that. It is a frugal install, but I'm not sure what version it is. I downloaded and installed it yesterday. I just clicked get latest version. I believe it was 5.3 if I remember right.

Is there a command I can enter or a feature that tells you the version?

[bigpup]

Shutdown not working

Try boot option

acpi=off
or
acpi=force

If you use a boot loader like Grub or Grub4dos.
Edit the menu.lst in a text editor.
Add one of these to the end of the kernel line.
First try acpi=off

Example:
Grub4dos menu entry
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /puppy528/initrd.gz
kernel /puppy528/vmlinuz psubdir=puppy528 pmedia=atahd pfix=fsck,acpi=off
initrd /puppy528/initrd.gz

If this does not help. Need to know more info.
Frugal install to what? Hard drive, Usb flash or hard drive?
Save file located where?
You used what to install Puppy?


This can also happen with a full install, if you shutdown with the partition mounted, that the full install is on.

[SkullyRipz]

I use grub4dos. I don't see the menu entry file inside the directory. The only file that will actually let me open in an editor just has a bunch of lines saying the same warning about don't change the file size. nothing of substance. The directory location I am looking in is /usr/lib/grub4dos, is this the correct directory i should be looking in?

The frugal install is on my internal hard drive. I have no idea where the save file is being put. The default spot wherever that is. I used an .iso disk i made to install puppy.

Its quite possible the mistake happened with the system being shutdown without unmounting. I'm really not quite sure what that would mean. I see the option to unmount and mount the drives but that is very unfamiliar to me. Also it doesn't look like the option to unmount the drive I am using for puppy is active.

Thanks again for the responses. This is all very differant than what I am used to. I used to think myself as being moderately computer literate. I feel like a dummy.

[sfeeley]

[bigpup]

If yours is a frugal install.
Mounting is not causing the problem.

The save file is probably on the first partition sda1 in a directory (folder)
Example For Lucid Puppy528:
Directory - /puppy528
Save file - name like lupusave.3fs

A normal install of Grub4dos will put the menu.lst on the top layer of the first partition of the hard drive.
On the lower left desktop you should see drive icons.
Left click on sda1.
This will open Rox Filer the file manager.
Look for menu.lst.
To edit.
Right click on menu.lst file.
Select open as text.
This will open it in a text editor.
Make changes and save.
Reboot computer to use new changes.

[SkullyRipz]

Well I found the menu.lst. It was on sda1. I added both acpi=off and acpi=force to the end of the kernel line after pfix=fsck. Neither worked and the computer continued to come back on instantly after shutdown process. When it comes back on I've notice I no longer have an internet connection and need to force restart the computer.

Now in my menu.lst it seems like I have a few different kernel lines. They look like this:

# menu.lst produced by grub4dosconfig-v1.7.1
color white/blue black/cyan white/black cyan/black
timeout 10
default 0

# Frugal installed Puppy

title Puppy slacko 5.3.1 (sda2)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /puppy_slacko_5.3.1.sfs
kernel /vmlinuz pmedia=atahd pfix=fsck,acpi=force
initrd /initrd.gz

title Puppy slacko 5.3.1 (sda2) RAM mode\nBoot up Puppy without pupsave
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /puppy_slacko_5.3.1.sfs
kernel /vmlinuz pmedia=atahd pfix=ram,fsck
initrd /initrd.gz

# Windows
# this entry searches Windows on the HDD and boot it up
title Windows\nBoot up Windows if installed
errorcheck off
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /ntldr
chainloader /ntldr
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /io.sys
chainloader /io.sys
errorcheck on


I have been adding the acpi=off or force to the end of the sda2 kernel line. Which is what my puppy is installed to. Is this correct? Or do I need to be adding it to a different line? Or all of these lines?

[musher0]

Hello, SkullyRipz.

You'll probably find little comfort in knowing that you're not alone with this problem. http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76311

I'm only a configuration guy, not a programmer. But I know the following works.
All acpid considerations aside, you may want to type, in a console,

busybox reboot
OR
busybox poweroff

as the case may be, AFTER you've left the original closing and SAVE process bring you back to the desktop.

I hope this will help your Puppy stop running in circles. (Gerbils do that, not Puppies !)

Good luck!

[SkullyRipz]

Busybox poweroff in the console works. Thank you!

[bigpup]

[bigpup]

[SkullyRipz]

It has 1.66gh AMD Athlon XP 2000+ and 768mb of RAM.

[pblum]

I'm running an OLD EEEPC netbook. Flash drive with 500 meg set aside for Puppy, no other os on the machine. I installed from a CD I built from the ISO. The "busybox poweroff" works for me. I would like to be able to do a normal shutdown!

[musher0]