Just installed Slackware 13.0.... from DVD

beckettisdogg · 09-24-2009, 02:42 AM

I will be honest with you, the first time I installed it, it ran successfully for the first time, but it gave me errors the next time I turned it on.

I also noticed 13.0 does not come with gnome and enlightenment. I am going to install both of them now.

This is what I noticed. When I am done with my work on the Slackware Lin environment, I must first get out of the desktop envioronment and give the command exit. (log off)

then it is safe to turn the computer off. Is that correct?

I can't just turn my computer off while it is running a desktop enviornment. Is that correct?

What is the safest way to turn a Linux machine off?

thanks!!

it does feel good to have finally installed it and no longer it becomes corrupt... (for now)

~sHyLoCk~ · 09-24-2009, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by beckettisdogg

I will be honest with you, the first time I installed it, it ran successfully for the first time, but it gave me errors the next time I turned it on.

What kind of errors?

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I also noticed 13.0 does not come with gnome and enlightenment. I am going to install both of them now.

That's right, slackware doesn't come with Gnome anymore and also enlightenment.

Quote:

This is what I noticed. When I am done with my work on the Slackware Lin environment, I must first get out of the desktop envioronment and give the command exit. (log off)

then it is safe to turn the computer off. Is that correct?

I can't just turn my computer off while it is running a desktop enviornment. Is that correct?

You can shutdown from your desktop environment. Make sure your user is in Power group:

Code:

# gpasswd -a username power

btncix · 09-24-2009, 03:37 AM

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I must first get out of the desktop envioronment and give the command exit. (log off)
then it is safe to turn the computer off. Is that correct?

Almost. Once you are out of the desktop environment, doing the following should turn the computer power off for you:
# su -
# poweroff or # shutdown -h now

You don't want to just turn the power switch off.

onebuck · 09-24-2009, 06:45 AM

HI,

Just a few links to aid you for future reference;

Slackware® Essentials
Slackware® Basics
Linux Documentation Project
Rute Tutorial & Exposition
Linux Command Guide
Linux Newbie Admin Guide
LinuxSelfHelp
Getting Started with Linux
Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

These links and others can be found at 'Slackware-Links'. More than just Slackware® links!

beckettisdogg · 09-24-2009, 06:52 AM

it gave me unmounting errors. How can I prevent those errors in the future? It says some parts of my hard disk weren't properly mounted when I turned comp off.

onebuck · 09-24-2009, 07:04 AM

Hi,

I thought you had already been given the correct advice. You should have your user in the 'power' group. As root the 'shutdown -h now' will;

Quote:

excerpt from 'man shutdown';
-h Halt or poweroff after shutdown

You must let the script to finish then your system should power off.

mrclisdue · 09-24-2009, 07:26 AM

I keep seeing advice in this thread, and another one in the slack subforum that a user in the "power" group inherits shutdown (and by extrapolation, I suppose, reboot) rights, but this, simply, isn't the case (for me, anyway.)

My users on 3 separate slack -current or 13 boxes do not have permission to either reboot or shutdown even though they are in the "power" group.

Code:

user@localhost:$ /sbin/reboot
reboot: must be superuser.

user@localhost: $ /sbin/shutdown
shutdown: you must be root to do that!

In other words, one must take extra, or special steps, in order for a regular user to inherit shutdown and reboot permissions. Simply being a member of the "power" group does not accomplish this.

cheers,

~sHyLoCk~ · 09-24-2009, 07:33 AM

@ mrclisdue

You are right but the whole point of being able to reboot or shutdown by adding the user to power group,that I was referring to is through GUI and not command line. i don't need to use password swhen I click on shutdown or reboot button. If I try from a command line it will ask for root privilege.E.G-> When i installed LXDE, and didn't have my user on power group, the shutdown and reboot option didn't appear in the logout menu, however after adding the user in the power group they appeared and the user could shutdown and reboot without root privilege. I hope someone else can explain this phenomenon better.

mrclisdue · 09-24-2009, 06:36 PM

@sHyLoCk,

Thank you for the clarification. I wasn't aware of this phenomenon, but come to think of it, I have seen this behaviour without recognizing the discrepancy.

I, too, would be interested in an explanation.

cheers,

brianL · 09-24-2009, 08:51 PM

You only get the Restart and Shutdown options in the GUI menu if you're using default runlevel 4.

beckettisdogg · 09-25-2009, 05:22 AM

Anyone cares to give me step-by-step instructions for installing Enlightenment and gnome? OR tell me where I can read the instructions?

malekmustaq · 09-25-2009, 08:59 PM

beckettisdogg,

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Anyone cares to give me step-by-step instructions for installing Enlightenment and gnome? OR tell me where I can read the instructions?

I do care :-) Since Slackware 12.2 Gnome was no longer included in the installer package. However there are gnome packages for slackware available. Visit and download them from this site, of course the instructions are there and are more detailed than anyone can write it from here.

Also this (click) will provide another set of materials, with help/instructions you need.

Hope it helps.

Good luck.