iva[~]$ sudo /usr/bin/gufw
Heslo:
Gufw does not appear to have been installed correctly.



Starting from this, I did this:
cbroam[~]$ gksu leafpad /usr/bin/gufw

While in leafpad (or whatever editor you prefer), you can see this:
#!/bin/bash
LOCATIONS=(
"/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages ...

Salix OS = OpenBox 14.1 (upgrade to 14.2 eminent )
Desktop = OpenBox + Tint2 + IDesk + Conky + xcompmgr + XScreensaver
Login Manager = GDM
Hardware = Motion Computing LE1600 Tablet w/ add on keyboard and carrying case (Wacom Pen)

I have most successfully installed Salix 14.1 OpenBox on this old ...

It worked for one reboot, then went back to reporting 12MHz CPU speed (Conky).

Next suggestion please?

I have this old Dell Latitude that I am working on for my mom. The only real glitch it has is: it does not allow the software to handle CPU scaling. So anything with CPUFREQ, it just does not compute due to a firmware bug on it. It has only one CPU -- a Celeron 2.4 GHz. It is only single core ...

When examine the problem, what happened to error message: ACPI BIOS Bug: Error: A valid RSDP was not found (20130328/tbxfroot-218) ?
Nothing, as far as I know, it's still there.

Can ACPI be affected in the BIOS settings?
No. I just flashed the bios to the most updated BIOS for this older 32bit ...

append="acpi_osi=\"!Microsoft Windows XP\" acpi=noirq acpi_pm_good pcie_aspm=on resume=/dev/sda2 vt.default_utf8=1" What or who tells you that !Microsoft Windows XP is a string, which the BIOS can understand?

First, what does the exclamation mark in front of Microsoft? Usually it means NOT or NON ...

Hello,

if we want to continue to assume that there could be a problem with ACPI, please try also:
Salix acpi_osi=Windows

Here is my new lilo.conf append line:
append="acpi_osi=\"!Microsoft Windows XP\" acpi=noirq acpi_pm_good pcie_aspm=on resume=/dev/sda2 vt.default_utf8=1"

Here is certain ...

I am not an expert but it seems to be a problem with ASPM ( PCIe Active State Power Management ). In short: a problematic BIOS https://lwn.net/Articles/449448/

The following, does not the trick?

pcie_aspm=off

Actually, This did help me, but it did not solve The High CPU usage problem. It ...

An idea you can try. Not sure if it will work. When booting, in the LILO screen hit the TAB key. Now type "Salix acpi=off". See what happens. Also try "Salix acpi=force" and "Salix acpi_osi=".

Tried them all: 1) acpi=force, 2)acpi=off, and 3)acpi_osi= .

I have been having trouble with the dang ...

THIS IS WEIRD! Startx will not start correctly. Instead it takes a minute waiting saying something about timeout for Xauthority file locking (repeats that message 3 times), then almost starts going graphical, but instead it just goes black screen. Typing Control+ALT+F1 shows the terminal trying to ...