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klabacita

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Registered: 2012-03-26

Posts: 22

Cannot install packages like firefox, chrome, opera, systema frozen

Hi.

  I have been testing slitaz 4, better than 3, but with big issues went I try to install any package like firefox, chomre, opera.

  My system run on usb is a neoware CA10 800Mhz 256RAM.

  Every time I try for example, firefox starts descompressing the package freeze, chrome went start installing flash freeze.

  I have push the button to reset my system, what I can do?

  Thanks!!!

Trixar_za

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Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 1,506

Re: Cannot install packages like firefox, chrome, opera, systema frozen

If you're booting from a LiveCD or LiveUSB, and then install a huge package like firefox or chrome, this will happen. SliTaz can use up to 180MB of RAM when run as a LiveCD because it extracts the whole filesystem to RAM. You want to install RAM heavy applications that can take up to 20MB. Basically put, you ran out of RAM. Try installing SliTaz  to your harddrive or doing a proper frugal install to your USB memory stick. Once installed SliTaz 4 only uses about 38MB of RAM.

klabacita

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Registered: 2012-03-26

Posts: 22

Re: Cannot install packages like firefox, chrome, opera, systema frozen

Hi.

This a new distro for me, I have been using linux for a while and is the first time I decide to work with a tiny distribution.

I remember that when I installed slitaz on usb it asked me about if I wanted to run everything on memory to speed up the system, I select this option.

I will give a search about the frugal installation, thanks.

klabacita

Member

Registered: 2012-03-26

Posts: 22

Re: Cannot install packages like firefox, chrome, opera, systema frozen

Hi Trixar_za.

I add more ram to my machine and finally let me install firefox, but again, every reboot the system won't hold my settings and what I install.

This is because is a LiveUSB?

The command tazusb writefs won't work.

Thanks!!!

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: Cannot install packages like firefox, chrome, opera, systema frozen

If your booting slitaz-4.0 to the orange slitaz boot menu you have to modify /home/boot/extlinux/extlinux.cfg to boot the customized rootfs.gz packed by tazusb writefs.

[*]Make custom the new default menu entry:

    Change

    DEFAULT slitaz

    to

    DEFAULT custom
[*]Copy LABEL core section,paste above,LABEL custom, remove rootfs*.gz,replace with rootfs.gz:

    LABEL custom

    MENU LABEL SliTaz custom Live

    KERNEL /boot/bzImage

    append initrd=/boot/rootfs.gz rw root=/dev/null vga=normal autologin home=<don't.change.uuid>

    LABEL core

    MENU LABEL SliTaz core Live

    KERNEL /boot/bzImage

    append initrd=/boot/rootfs4.gz,/boot/rootfs3.gz,/boot/rootfs2.gz,/boot/rootfs1.gz rw root=/dev/null vga=normal autologin home=<don't.change.uuid>

klabacita

Member

Registered: 2012-03-26

Posts: 22

Re: Cannot install packages like firefox, chrome, opera, systema frozen

Hi mojo.

This is the normal way to do it with slitaz 4?

With this all my settings like xorg change, new software installed will be there?

Sorry to ask this things, new way to doing to things to me.

klabacita

Member

Registered: 2012-03-26

Posts: 22

Re: Cannot install packages like firefox, chrome, opera, systema frozen

Hi guys.

I have follow the instructions and I could finally boot my system with my custom settings, but the problem I have once the system start is that it won't start the X system by default.

It send me to the console, I login as root and try to start the windows "startx" and the system send me error saying that VESA won't support 24 depth.

I didn't change anything related to Xorg.

What could cause this?

Thanks guys for your help.