Lost Icons and part of desktop
Forum: User Feedback
Topic: Lost Icons and part of desktop
started by: Alisdair Kelly
Posted by Alisdair Kelly on Sep. 03 2004,13:17
I'm feeling frustrated and somewhat stupid this morning. I was trying to add an icon to my desktop for Gcombust. What I've succeded in doing is losing all the icons for root. javascript:emoticon('
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I took an icon from the Gentoo collection and edited the name to reflect gcombust, then copied it to the /damnsmall/.xtdesktop .
Used Scite to create a link file. There are two areas that may have frelled things up:
1) the Command portion of the lnk file. (tried to use [path]gcombust, and simply Command: gcombust
2) the icon file keeps morphing its new name: it went from gcombust.png to gcombust.xpm and at least one other permutation.
I'm getting close to wiping the hdd and starting over with a clean hdd install. Help would be apperciated especially with the Command line in the link file. TIA
Posted by clivesay on Sep. 03 2004,13:24
I use the the gentoo icons without incident. I don't know why the name would be morphing. The only thing I can tell you is to make sure that the .png name is correct inside the .Ink file. Png files can live without .ink but .ink cannot live without .png, gif, etc... If you have an .ink file without an associated .png it will make all of your icons disappear. So, right now, if you removed the gcombust.Ink file from .xtdesktop, all of the icons should re-appear. No need to do another HD install!
Good luck
Chris
Posted by Alisdair Kelly on Sep. 03 2004,14:34
Thanks. Chris. I'll fire up the editor and see if I can set this critter right. From your explaination, it maybe a case that I shot myself in the feet (again). 
Posted by Alisdair Kelly on Sep. 03 2004,15:25
| Quote (Alisdair Kelly @ Sep. 03 2004,10:34) |
| Thanks. Chris. I'll fire up the editor and see if I can set this critter right. From your explaination, it maybe a case that I shot myself in the feet (again). |
Well, that problem is solved. Now to figure out why apt-get is being mulish.
Any ideas on how to repair apt-get? it is failing to open libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5.so.3.3
Thus, I got more problems.
Posted by Alisdair Kelly on Sep. 04 2004,15:23
| Quote (Alisdair Kelly @ Sep. 03 2004,11:25) | ||
Well, that problem is solved. Now to figure out why apt-get is being mulish. Any ideas on how to repair apt-get? it is failing to open libapt-pkg-libc6.3-libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5.so.3.35.so.3.3 Thus, I got more problems. |
It turn out that my loss of the icons was a self inflicted wound. Had a missing lnk file where there was an icon for Gcombust. Took out the icon file and all was as original.
And now for the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would say...
After doing an extensive google search for my missing libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5.so.3.3 and not really finding a way to fix things, I bite the bullet and nuked my DSL 0.71 hdd install and started anew.
Maybe this time I won't screw things up to the point that a re-install is needed. I have some more editing to do then will be experimenting with CD burning with a differetn front end than Gcombust and a different install method for that new frontend. While I do very much like the dsl extensions, I'm not convinced that they are the best way to go with an hdd installation.
Hopefully everyone will have a safe weekend and for those of us in the States, enjoy Monday off.
Posted by ke4nt1 on Sep. 04 2004,15:59
Al,Search the forums for installing "gcc g++ make"
When you install these properly, it installs libc6 along with them.
73
ke4nt
Posted by cbagger01 on Sep. 04 2004,17:09
I agree.The best way to intstall/remove programs for an hd installation is to use Debian packages (*.deb, apt-get or Synaptic to install/remove).
The myDSL extensions were never intended to be a true package management system and were intended to be an easy way to modify a livecd without remastering.
The only disadvantages to using Debian packages on a hd install is:
Desktop Icons/Fluxbox menu items are not automatically created upon installation.
The whole stable/unstable/testing thing can be confusing.
Not all Debian packages work with DSL, while all *.dsl extensions (even 90% of the testing section) will work.
Other customizations like web browser + flash + java are not seamlessly integrated upon installation.
Debian packages are more difficult to install if you don't have a live Internet connection on the computer that is running DSL.
All of these issues are fairly minor when compared with the advantages:
A true package management system that keeps track of what is installed and manages dependencies. It also gives you the option of upgrade and removal for the programs. And it gives you a list of 13,000+ packages to work from.
Both systems are excellent for their intended purpose, but it is always best to use the right tool for the job at hand.
Of course you still need to grab a few select *.dsl's for your hdinstall because they are integral to the OS (like dpkg and gnu utils for example) or because they are unable to be obtained through the traditional Debian methods (no DEB, so compiled from source for DSL distro).
Just my $0.02
Posted by Alisdair Kelly on Sep. 04 2004,17:16
| Quote (ke4nt1 @ Sep. 04 2004,11:59) |
| Al, Search the forums for installing "gcc g++ make" When you install these properly, it installs libc6 along with them. 73 ke4nt |
Howdy, friend K,
Have installed the "gcc g++ make" on the new installation. Have been upgrading stuff for last 30 minutes and think that it's about time to go grab a beer.
I haven't upgrade the kernel yet, don't really see a need to do so. Will build some icons into user GUI maybe tomorrow.
Do you think that using a deb package for the "gcc G++ make" would have fixed the missing aptlibc that was causing apt-get to fail to open? Maybe I should have waited a bit before nuking the installation. Oh well, I'm learning a few new things each time I work with this fine wee distro.