computer specs: Intel Celeron 1.13 GHz 624 ram
puppy linux distro: Slacko puppy 6.3
install: CD boot but same result with USB stick
Native OS: Windows XP
Misc software: PLOP
Simply put it's unusably slow. The mouse cursor moves 10 secs after I initiate any kind of input. When the desktop initially loads the cursor moves find but when the icons bar that appears on the top of the desktop loads the computer grinds to a halt.
Slacko too slow to use on old comp (Solved)
This in no way is normal for Puppy on a computer with those specs.
That version of Puppy should not be doing that on that computer.
My first suggestion is you did not get a good download of the Slacko 6.3 iso package.
So, do a fresh new download.
Also could be a bad install to the CD or USB.
The usb could be USB1.0, which will be slow to load, but after loading should run OK.
The latest release version of Slacko is version 6.3.2
Version 6.3 may have a bug that prevents it from working OK on your computer.
Could also try Tahrpup 6.0.5
That version of Puppy should not be doing that on that computer.
My first suggestion is you did not get a good download of the Slacko 6.3 iso package.
So, do a fresh new download.
Also could be a bad install to the CD or USB.
The usb could be USB1.0, which will be slow to load, but after loading should run OK.
The latest release version of Slacko is version 6.3.2
Version 6.3 may have a bug that prevents it from working OK on your computer.
Could also try Tahrpup 6.0.5
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
I assume you are talking about PLOP boot manager.Misc software: PLOP
This may be something caused by using Plop.
Burning the Slacko 6.3 iso image to a CD should give you all that is needed to boot it as a live Slacko CD.
Try not using PLOP and in the computers bios, selecting the CD as the first device to boot from.
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
Why would you say that, just to get it booted to desktop?nic007 wrote:My guess is that a swapfile or swap partition is needed.
The computer is suppose to have 624 ram.
I assumed that is 624 MB of ram.
Slacko should boot to a working desktop and use about 150 to 300 MB of ram.
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
Perhaps the system thinks there is enough RAM to load fully into RAM, if so, there won't be much left after that. Freezing is normally a telltale sign of running out of memory. I have an old machine with 384 Mb Ram. I can load Tahr but it will freeze after a while (even if all the RAM apparently has not been used).bigpup wrote:Why would you say that, just to get it booted to desktop?nic007 wrote:My guess is that a swapfile or swap partition is needed.
The computer is suppose to have 624 ram.
I assumed that is 624 MB of ram.
Slacko should boot to a working desktop and use about 150 to 300 MB of ram.
Assuming it doesn't do this in Windows XP, it can't be a hardware issue. I wouldn't think the boot manager could be the cause because as far as I know the boot manager bows out of the picture once the OS begins to load.
It's been so long since I had a computer with less than a GB of RAM that I don't remember for sure, but I think older Puppies were just barely usable with 500 MB of RAM and no swap. Newer Puppies might need more RAM to be usable, but I imagine they'd still boot from CD and run ok with 624 MB of RAM.
I'd say try booting an older, smaller version of Puppy from CD with the boot option puppy pfix=ram and see if it does the same thing. I suppose that if the BIOS is configured to boot from CD as the first option, plop wouldn't come into the picture at all.
It's been so long since I had a computer with less than a GB of RAM that I don't remember for sure, but I think older Puppies were just barely usable with 500 MB of RAM and no swap. Newer Puppies might need more RAM to be usable, but I imagine they'd still boot from CD and run ok with 624 MB of RAM.
I'd say try booting an older, smaller version of Puppy from CD with the boot option puppy pfix=ram and see if it does the same thing. I suppose that if the BIOS is configured to boot from CD as the first option, plop wouldn't come into the picture at all.
You may encounter problems with browsers on Slacko 6.3. In that case you could drop back to Slacko 5.7.0, an excellent version. I managed to upgrade Firefox from version 17.0.11 to version 45.0.2, by installing FF 44.0 tarball, then letting it auto-update. That's still old for Firefox, but I'm not getting any complaints yet.
browser upgrade instructions
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 012#890425
Firefox 44.0 tarball download (48 MB)
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/rel ... 686/en-US/
browser upgrade instructions
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 012#890425
Firefox 44.0 tarball download (48 MB)
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/rel ... 686/en-US/