i am trying out 2.15 Final and have a problem because when I select shutdown the system freezes. The PC does not shut down. The screen goes blank, altough the cursor remains on the screen, but does not move. I don't even get a prompt to create a save file. Previous versions of Puppy have not had this problem.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Mel
Puppy 2.15 won't shut down
Issue Resolved
I think I found the solution. The problem seems to be the wifi module on the notebook. I blacklisted it on rc.modules, installed the Windows drivers via ndiswrapper, and now I am able to shutdown and reboot.
I can second this!
I have only been running this distro for a day (but have several years of Slackware, Debian, and Ubuntu experience), but I have already experienced that hte system freezes five or six times!
Every time has been at shutdown or has involved X in some way. The cases have been different, but the last one happened when I tried just typing "reboot" in the console, in stead of logging out, and then typing reboot (or was it restart? Don't remember .
One of the comments above mentions wi-fi as a probable cause, and in that case it might help to say that I'm using the ath_pci driver (Madwifi) for my Atheros card.
Every time has been at shutdown or has involved X in some way. The cases have been different, but the last one happened when I tried just typing "reboot" in the console, in stead of logging out, and then typing reboot (or was it restart? Don't remember .
One of the comments above mentions wi-fi as a probable cause, and in that case it might help to say that I'm using the ath_pci driver (Madwifi) for my Atheros card.