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[shinobar]

i don't know fuzzy's case, but Barry pointed out that the problem occurs when no save at shutdown.
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02623
EDIT: i cannot find the code deleting /dev/snd in the rc.shutdown in woof. But as Barry comments, there are lines in the rc.sysinit:

[rincon155]

This is to comment about a keyboard problem surely related to software that happened with my Puppy Linux 5.2.8. I use Puppy from the CD, and a lupu-file in HDD. My Puppy 5.2.8 is the original download plus update 002. Up to this point Puppy was working very well without any problem at all.
What happened is that I turned on my PC with the Puppy CD, and immediately proceeded to install Chromium. Once I did it, when I tried to use the keyboard, it did not respond.
I checked cables and connections, and everything was in order. Then I decided to reboot to my HDD Distro: PCLinuxOS LXDE 2011-09, and the keyboard was fine. Then reboot with my old Puppy 5.2 CD, and again, the keyboard was fine. Then, once more I rebooted with Puppy 5.2.8 and the keyboard was dead.
After that I rebooted with Slacko 5.3 CD and keyboard was ok.
Then I used Puppy 5.2.8 update 003 CD, rebooted, and keyboard didn't respond.
With this Puppy version functioning I uninstalled several packages, rebooted and the problem persisted.
I posted this problem in a thread "Is it possible to re-enable keyboard?" (http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=589077#589077) In which I received the suggestion to post in this thread.
I consider myself a Linux newbie, with user experience of 18 months with Ubuntu 10.04, Puppy Linux 5.2, 5.2.8 and PCLinuxOS LXDE 2011-09. I understand that participants in this thread are knowledgeable in Linux and in particular with Puppy. So if this report is of any help for further improvements in Puppy, I'll be very happy.
In my specific case, now that I tried Slacko 5.3, I'll move to it. Meanwhile I'll keep my Puppy 5.2.8 just in case any of you indicate me to apply any suggestion you might have related to the keyboard problem. Thank you.

[shinobar]

How much have you made the size of lupusave? It may easily filled up.
Standard size is 512MB, but it may not be enough for chromium.
Some informations:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=62110
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=468721#468721

[shinobar]

Dupe... Deleted.

[Sylvander]

A. Posting this from test02-lupu-528x after Reboot-11.

All is looking good, and working well.

B. Steps completed so far:
1. Enable firewall.
2. Switch to JWM.
3. Install Pupsaveconfig-1.9.9
4. Make lupusave & Reboot-1.
5. Configure: Pinboard = medium.
6. Switch to JWM & restart-X.
7. Configure choices in Retrovol.
8. Change desktop icons.
9. Click "Save" & Reboot-2 [it auto-saved at shut-down, no choice offered]
10. Installed xfe-1.32.2-lucid52.
11. Click "Save" & Reboot-3 [auto-saved, no choice]
12. Installed Firefox-3.6.13-lucid, updated to 3.6.24.
13. Configured 0 save interval in Pupsaveconfig.
14. Click "Save" & Reboot-4, chose "Save" at shut-down.
15. Installed Parcellite-0.9.3-lucid.
16. Click "Save" & Reboot-5, chose "Save" at shut-down.
17. Click "Save" & Reboot-6, chose "Save" at shut-down.
18. Reboot-7, no saves.
19. Installed smm-1.0rc1.
20. Click "Save"& Reboot-8, no save at shut-down.
21. Installed Flashplayer-10.3.183.5-lucid.
22. Installed Flashplayer-10.3.181.34-lucid.
23. Click "Save" & Reboot-9, save at shut-down failed to complete, power-off & pfix=fsck at next boot.
24. Reboot-10, no saves.
25. Installed Firefox add-ons = Addblock+ and its popup blocked, Betterprivacy, Flashblock, Ghostery, Easy YouTube Video Downloader.
26. Click "Save" and Reboot-11.

[playdayz]

[Sylvander]

test02-lupu-528x

I've now rebooted 14 times and all's well.

[rincon155]

[shinobar]

@rincon155
Is your keyboard PS/2 or USB?
How about at the prompt(without X)? i mean Menu>>Shutdown>>Exit to prompt.

If you can use mouse, you can see the logs after boot.
Such as /tmp/bootkernel.log, /var/log/Xorg.0.log...

[Sylvander]

test02-lupu-528x
Still looking good and working well.

A. Now up to Step:
49. Reboot-18 to Wary-522, moved Lupusave to a folder in an ext3 partition on the 2nd internal HDD.

B. Now booting using a CD-RW disk made using test02-lupu-528x-ataflash.iso
To make this I added "pmedia=ataflash" setting to the "isolinux.cfg" file included in the test02-lupu-528x.iso file.
This treats the lupusave file on the HDD as though it's a lupusave on a Flash Drive.

C. This Lupu [from my point of view], is now in a fully completed build state.
All desirable/needed packages have been installed, and configurations and code changes made.

D. Only thing I can detect that isn't as I'd like:
Pwidgets Calendar: The present day is not highlighted.

[playdayz]

Thank you Sylvander. This is the farthest we have gotten since 5.2.6. What I will do now is to make a release iso. My fingers are still crossed.

[Sylvander]

A. By-the-way...

I installed "Psip Puppy Phone" version 0.26, and gave it a try.

PuppyLuvr called me, I took the call, he reported severe echo at his end.
My end was fine.
After a while...
Not having made ANY change...
The echo ceased.

Might this perhaps be...
That my on-board-sound + sound card [both enabled]...
Is causing echo at the other persons end?

Any thoughts?

B. Will I be able to use your new-release ISO file to update my lupusave contents?

[bigpup]

[rincon155]

[Brown Mouse]