Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

consentient · Joined: 23 Oct 2012 Posts: 23

OK so at seemingly random times, sometimes while running apps, othertimes during periods of inactivity, the X Server goes away and I am left staring at a command prompt.

I have no idea of how to begin to troubleshoot this, and could really use some help.

I am using Slacko 5.3 on an ASUS A52F. Ran smoothly without this problem happening at all for months and then recently it started. Now happens once or twice a day.

If I can't get to the bottom of it, I'm afraid I will have to go back to using a small Fedora USB install instead. I can't have the basic structure of the OS falling apart for no good reason.

All help much appreciated.

Thanks.

slenkar · Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 129

try slacko 5.4 it has some fixes for intel cards,

consentient · Joined: 23 Oct 2012 Posts: 23

Is there a way to upgrade, or to just install the new drivers or whatever?

I don't want to have the ball-ache of downloading a new ISO, burning it, running the live system and making a new USB install just for the sake of a couple of files.

Thanks. Smile

bigpup · Posted: Fri 14 Dec 2012, 23:14 Post subject:

How is Slacko installed?
Frugal or full?

consentient · Joined: 23 Oct 2012 Posts: 23

slenkar · Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 129

try doing a frugal install, you can use grub4dos to install iso's without burning a cd

heres my menu.lst for precise 5.4.1:

title precise 5.4.1
root (hd0,5)
kernel /precise-5.4.1/vmlinuz psubdir=precise-5.4.1
initrd /precise-5.4.1/initrd.gz

you download the iso and unzip it to the directory on the right partition
the line that says 'root' tells the PC what partition to use

I unzip the iso in windows, as I dont know how to do it in puppy :/

consentient · Joined: 23 Oct 2012 Posts: 23

OK I installed a clean full version of Slacko 5.4 and so far the X Windows has not crashed. However, I now have other problems with permissions on NTFS drives, and the INCREDIBLY slowness of the savefile being written from RAM to disk. Previously it took 10-20 seconds. Now it takes forever.

I am losing patience with Puppy tbh. I prefer stuff to just work rather than having to tinker with it endlessly.

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4350 Location: merriam, kansas

bigpup · Posted: Mon 17 Dec 2012, 01:16 Post subject:

bigpup · Posted: Mon 17 Dec 2012, 01:37 Post subject:

consentient · Joined: 23 Oct 2012 Posts: 23

How do I edit the boot options?

bigpup · Posted: Sat 29 Dec 2012, 03:40 Post subject:

consentient · Joined: 23 Oct 2012 Posts: 23

I get no boot screen. Only text saying stuff like "loading puppy" etc...

bigpup · Posted: Sat 29 Dec 2012, 16:31 Post subject:

I am confused?

Explain again. Puppy is installed on what?
How was it installed?
What program was used for install process?
Do you see a boot menu, at boot, that you select from?

I was under the impression you boot from a USB flash drive install of Puppy.
If it was installed by using the Puppy universal installer, you should see a boot screen with option to hit F2 key. (Screen will appear for 2 or 3 seconds).