system doesn’t shutdown

[Member ninos]

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I don’t know how to do a kernel update.
Besides, I updated the system this morning.

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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If all of this is too difficult, when you are done using your computer, just take the time to close and exit any programs you have been using and then type sudo poweroff.
It will close anything still running and stop running the computer, at which time you can hold down the power on/off button until the power physically turns off.

You CAN simply push the power button too; that’s not the recommended way, but most software is able to recover from a sudden shutdown; it’s just not the “best practice”.
Running either shutdown, halt, or poweroff is the best practice – each of these needs the “sudo” word in front of them, then the power is safe to turn off.

Hope that’s not too much. Best wishes.

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[Member Robin]

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When updating the system the kernel will not get touched. This is a separate procedure.
It is not that difficult:

sudo apt-get update
apt-cache search linux-image | grep antix
apt-cache search linux-headers | grep antix

Please read https://www.antixforum.com/spectre-and-meltdown-security-kernel-upgrades/ in order to learn which kernel you should select. You can try all the kernel versions mentioned in this announcement.

When you made your decision, select the respective packages for your PC architecture. The package name is always the first column of the listing you’ve got from the first listing, it ends with first blank in line. Make sure to select either 486 or 686 depending on your hardware capabilities for 32 bit (while the all the amd64 are for 64 bit CPUs only.)

Copy both the image package name and the header package name identical version and architecture from both lists.

If you choose e.g.

linux-image-5.10.142-antix.2-686-smp-pae

then you MUST take

linux-headers-5.10.142-antix.2-686-smp-pae

also.

Then install it:

sudo apt-get install linux-image-5.10.142-antix.2-686-smp-pae linux-headers-5.10.142-antix.2-686-smp-pae

That’s it.
Check for any error messages on the console output.

After installation of the new kernel has finished:

A.) On an installed system:
– simply reboot.
There should be an entry in grub from which you can select which kernel will be used.

B.) On a LIVE system:
Before reboot execute from antiX control center “Live Remaster”.
When it has completed, reboot.
Then execute from antiX control center “Live Kernel updater”. Follow all instructions from its screen. Select the freshly installed Kernel.
When done, reboot again. The live medium should fire up the new kernel now.

Windows is like a submarine. Open a window and serious problems will start.

[Member Vincent17]

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ninos,
You might try Puppylinux, (too) many options, such as Bionicpup32 8.0: http://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/index.html
Keeping old hardware useful is a worthy cause. Good luck.

[Moderator caprea]

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For the kernel installation you can also use the packageinstaller, might easier for you.

menu > control-centre > Software > Package Installer > Kernel
You can choose any of the listed kernels.The headers get automatically installed as well.
Reboot.

It’s always possible to fall back to your old kernel over the advanced options on the boot menu, as long as you didn’t uninstall any kernel.

[Member ninos]

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I installed the newest available kernel (at the top of the list)
4.19.0.256,
rebooted the system,
but it still does not shutdown.

I won’t try anything else.

Maybe in the future ,
another kernel will be available for 32-bit antiX systems,
which will solve the problem.

[Member ninos]

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Despite this nuisance,
I only have good comments for antiX.
It’s amazing how few resources it uses,
& its forum, the active users of the operating system, are also so
helpful.
I’ve also learnt a few things,
although I am not tech-savvy.

• This reply was modified 10 months, 1 week ago by ninos.

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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ninos wrote:

Despite this nuisance,
I only have good comments for antiX.
It’s amazing how few resources is uses,
& its forum, the active users of the operating system, are also so
helpful.
I’ve also learnt a few things,
although I am not tech-savvy.

Thank you! We all do our best here. Everyone, including the founder and the lead developers, all have other activities and/or jobs, so we’re volunteers. This distribution has been around long enough that some of us were in the early or middle parts of our careers when we started, and some of us, myself included, are now either senior leaders or retired – I retired myself in 2018. What’s very nice is that as some people go, others arrive.

We’ve lost Xecure and Skidoo, but we’ve picked up PPC, Marcelo Cripe and several others, plus we still have a few of us around a decade or longer.
It’s mostly a tight group here.

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