Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[chrismt]

[nooby]

Puppy 520 has booted three times in a row now with the acpi=off code on the kernel line in grub4dos.

But it did not help on Puppy Studio, that one did not boot despite me having same code as on 520. Studio is a 511 version. Too late tonight so I test LupQ and DoluQ tomorrow.

I don't like to use acpi=off it is too broad and course measure.

What could it be that cause it to stop at the b44-pci-bridge thing.

Could one adddress that one specific and not have the broad acpi=off

I most likely go to bed but try to wait for your answer some 10 to 20 minutes. need to go up early

I will log out and test rebooting a few times more and then read here again.

[playdayz]

[nooby]

Booted three times more in a row so acpi=off solved the booting but it fails to shut down properly instead.

It goes as far as System Halted but then fail to do the rest and one need to hold the power button down for four seconds to shut it down completely.

So hope you can help me find better solution than the acpi=off

I go to bed now and test more tomorrow. Happy that I can boot but not good it fail to shut down.

[marco07]

[don570]

I wrote a tutorial on the Openbox menus,
that can come in handy for users of Lucid Puppy.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=490612#490612

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I have completed the Spanish version of Lucid Puppy 5.2.
The menus are now in completely in Spanish ( as best I can do anyway )

Check it out
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=853240562&t=64177

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[nooby]

Edit. Jay!

Edit again. Would it help me using this one too? acpi=noirq

apart from the one that made it work for me the nosmp

I am in Lupu 250 now and finally got it to both boot and shut down properly 5 times in a row which is very good track record on this Acer

Wow took many months to accomplish.

Shinobar's safe boot recommendation in his lupQ menu.lst did it so now I need to test this one every thing that still fails to boot.

Edit, by using each entry on the kernel line one at a time I managed to find the one most likely needed:
nosmp

for me to both boot and shut down properly.

I wish somebody could have told me to use smp now many months has gone in frustration over not being able to boot reliably. Yes I have started threads about it and asked here too.

[maxpro4u]

nooby-
perhaps you should put all your notes together and post a long rant in the "puppy on laptops" thread.

[nooby]

Max, I am so all over the place that I fail to have one single note on how to do things. I have to reinvent them again and again. I can understand why some very structured guys get very upset over my lack of structure.

But that is how it is. I love computers but my body are not made to be near them. They are like Alien artifacts that one have to figure out by trial and error.

enough of our little chat back to 5.2. It work all the time now since me started to use nosmp. Wish I had new that one back when the failure started.

[jpeps]

Posted Desktop Restore (for mangled desktops after mounting SFS files)

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64464


Recommended: Shinobar's sfs-load-on-the fly
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64354

[Puppyt]

I just wanted to post a quick "THANK YOU" to the Lupu 520 developers for the inclusion of the Win+D keybinding for clearing the desktop. Nice touch! Totally didn't expect that pleasant surprise for disappearing and reappearing a cluttered desktop.

Congrats, nooby on finally solving your problem! You obviously left no stone unturned as I come across your queries nearly everywhere. (I would have converted that Acer into a frisbee long ago!) I agree with Max - it would be good if you could post in the "Hardware - what laptops work with Puppy" section a summary of your problem and solution (not all the dead-ends you took, although that would make for interesting reading). None the less - your dogged persistence is inspiring. Lets hope you get many YEARS of trouble-free use with that laptop.

[playdayz]

[playdayz]

jemimah just posted today her Frisbee wpa-frontend, let's say, wireless networking utility. It has provisions to work with Lucid--thank you for that jemimah. Some adventurous people might want to give it a try.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=492056&sid=826551ecfbf73d041e6e0eed1b50876a#492056

[jemimah]

It's not just for wireless. It handles wired too - thus the name change from pwireless2.

[Lobster]