Slacko full install won't "Shut Down" or "Reboot"

[MrAccident]

mini-jaguar - the reason I want to keep the existing applications is mainly because of the settings; mostly in FireFox and VLC. Not really because of the download.
In FireFox I think there's something like "Sync" that maybe does that.
VLC's settings are a pain in the ass. Very clattered and unclear. I had to search for a long time do change some simple things; and even gave-up on some things.

slavvo67 - I'm watching tons of videos, and do some reading too, before using anything. That's how I found Puppy for instance.
A short time ago, I didn't know it was possible to host the whole OS in RAM; although I already was looking for something very lite. Now that I know - this is the only way for me.
Bodhi Linux doesn't seem to be that, and Ubuntu is definitely out of the question; but I have a few candidates in the full featured department, that also reside in RAM; and it's also possible to uninstall their applications. those are: AntiX and Porteus.
But in Tiny Core - I can add only what I want; so I think it's perfect for me; unless something will not work.
And frankly, I don't know if Puppy suppose to be the main OS of users, but I don't understand the software choices in Puppy. Seems like I don't like almost any of the programs. ROX-filer is the main example.
I definitely agree about the people in the forum.

[slavvo67]

It's funny because you touched upon just about all the distros that I've liked over the years. Especially with my older hardware. The older Porteous was a good, fairly stable distro. I haven't tried the updated version(s). The old SLAX was very nice and solid, as well. Porteuos was a take off of that. Not sure if they are still updating Slax but you might want to look at that one, too.

I think you may have a misconception about Puppy, though. You can add or delete any program you want and there is an enormous library of pets. Barry's Trusty Tahr is USB based (not RAM only) but it handles the Ubuntu repository like a pro. The other puppies are hit or miss in that category.

Anyway, good luck in your choice to install. You listed some pretty good ones.

[MrAccident]

OK I saw now that it's possible to remove other things; but seems to be pretty hard to understand what the packages are.
Anyway thanks for all the advice.

[cthisbear]

MrAccident ....specs.

Not too low powered are we.
Personally I would want more than is listed here.


" Recommended: 900MHz processor (P3 or AMD K7), 512MB RAM and either bootable cd access, usb boot or network boot access. A Hard Drive is not required

http://slacko.01micko.com/notes.html

Slacko has been known to run on a P3 733MHz processor with 256MB RAM. Slacko does not support old P2 or AMD K6 processors."

His older Phat Slacko 5.6 needed much more.

Chris.

[MrAccident]

Sorry, I don't understand what you are talking about.

[slavvo67]

I think Chris is indicating that your computer might not be suitable to run the particular puppy you chose to install. Just like other software, puppy distros have minimum specs.

[MrAccident]

Oh hah, it's definitely suitable. 2G of RAM etc.
I'm pretty sure that the problem is because I shot down the computer with the button. Before that - everything was fine. Now too; other than that issue.
That's a big problem for me, cause my dad fixes televisions/screens, and every once in a while, he causes a power brake.
But I already understood from you that there's a special Puppy for hard-drive install.

[musher0]

I've not used 5.7 much but I had the same problem with an earlier version of Slacko.

I got around it by exiting X Windows and then typing "poweroff" at the command prompt (which always worked to shut the machine down).

Pretty much the same experience here, except i had to type

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busybox poweroff

[MrAccident]

Yeah, Busybox poweroff\reboot do what they suppose to do; but when the computer boots - it says that there have been an improper shutdown, or something similar; the same as if I poweroff with the button.