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[markyd68a]

..... working off a Slacko Puppy 5.3.1 installed to a USB stick due to HD failure but one thing I cant do is shutdown, it just reboots!

Only thing I can do is press and hold the power button on laptop (Lenovo R400) until it shuts down as all option in puppy itself cause a reboot.

Regards,

MarkyD68a

[Jasper]

Hi,

Try the latest version download of 5.3.2.7 main [or the "p" version if you have lots of RAM] - see http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=607147#607147

If you still have a problem, then please report it in that thread.

My regards

[markyd68a]

OK thanks for that, it will have to wait to I get home for an upgrade as my Puppy USB stick is all I have to keep connected on my travels!

Hope this is not off topic but is there an easy way of upgrading my Slacko 5.3.1 to 5.3.2 is it just a case of copying over a couple of files?

Thanks for your help,

Greatly appreciated,

MarkyD68a

[bigpup]

You have a frugal install on a USB flash drive.
Basically, you replace all the old files, with new ones from the newer version, keeping the old save file.
When you boot, with the new version, it will update the save file.

This has info on upgrading in Puppy versions.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=60302

[markyd68a]

Hello there BigPup ... thanks for taking the time to help,

You have a frugal install on a USB flash drive.
Basically, you replace all the old files, with new ones from the newer version, keeping the old save file.
When you boot, with the new version, it will update the save file.

Yes its a frugal USB flash but the method you suggest contradicts the method as outlined on the link you provided which suggests doing a full install and copying back the save file.

Stupid question number two ... Save file .. pupsave or something .. cant find ANYTHING remotely like it in the root of my USB, the other files yes, created another folder as requested etc but can I find the save file? Can I heck .... where is it hidden?

Regards,

MarkyD68a

[markyd68a]

OK Big Pup was correct the upgrade process was slick and sweet, just copied the three main files from the new ISO and rebooted! One issue wireless no longer works better head off to the 5.3.7 testing thread.

As for shutting down, still just reboots and does not shut down, I built a Slacko 5.3.7 VM and that shuts down fine.

Puppy pacage manager is still cream crackers in both, the erros suggest that the files can not be found.

Regards,

MarkyD68a

[markyd68a]

I did of course mean Slacko 5.3.2.7

[bigpup]

[ocpaul20]

frugal install Slacko 533 lenovo thinkpad N220 32bit centrino

This has just happened to me on slacko 533 and it seems to be something to do with /tmp being full. I have just done a wxpython install with pip and pip tells me that there is no more space on the drive and wont do it. Very strange.


# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 18145092 11222260 6001108 66% /initrd/mnt/dev_save
/dev/loop1 1548144 437416 1110728 29% /initrd/pup_rw
tmpfs 112496 111380 1116 100% /initrd/mnt/tmpfs
/dev/loop0 111488 111488 0 100% /initrd/pup_ro2
/dev/loop4 107392 107392 0 100% /initrd/pup_ro4
unionfs 1548144 437416 1110728 29% /
tmpfs 256172 256172 0 100% /tmp
shmfs 195756 0 195756 0% /dev/shm

# mount -l
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/sda5 on /initrd/mnt/dev_save type ext3 (rw,noatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/loop1 on /initrd/pup_rw type ext3 (rw,noatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /initrd/mnt/tmpfs type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=112496k)
/dev/loop0 on /initrd/pup_ro2 type squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop4 on /initrd/pup_ro4 type squashfs (ro,noatime)
unionfs on / type aufs (rw,relatime,si=4b8e2166)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=256172k)
none on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,gid=2,mode=620)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
shmfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=195756k)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,relatime)

for now I can press and hold the power button but it is not ideal at all.

Also often at other times, the shutdown does not power off after doing the shutdown but requires me to press and hold the power button.

Can anyone shed any light please?