0.7.3 not opening apps
Forum: User Feedback
Topic: 0.7.3 not opening apps
started by: str1d3r
Posted by str1d3r on Aug. 16 2004,19:06
I'm able to open a few things like Dillo and XMMS but that's about it. I can't open Control Panel, Emelfm or Xpaint. What's going on? Thanks!-str1d3r
Posted by DonttPanic on Aug. 16 2004,20:28
Did you enable the desktop icons? I think most of the programs you are looking for should be on the desktop. What you do is right-click on the desktop so the menu appears then you should be able to find the option to enable desktop icons. (Sorry I cant be more descriptive, but I'm not home, so I don't have it in front of me right now.)
Posted by mikshaw on Aug. 16 2004,20:30
I can only suggest a couple of things...just guessing.Can you launch these applications from a terminal?
What are the permissions of ~/.fluxbox/menu? Older versions of some of the extensions changed ownership of this file to root...perhaps read permissions were also messed up?
I can't think of anything else at the moment.
Posted by str1d3r on Aug. 16 2004,23:49
Hm...well, for some reason, I'm able to open up stuff (cpanel,paint, etc.) right after the destop is done loading.Donttpanic: I see the icons on my desktop and I don't see any enable icons button.
milkshaw: like I didn't say, I can't open up a term. Now I can't do anything in the right click menu...like I said, though...they work a little bit when I first start DSL then they poop out.
-str1d3r
Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 17 2004,01:04
Sometimes a bad extension can do this, or making other changes to your filesystem or fluxbox setup.
Oftentimes, you can ctrl-alt-bksp out to the main shell, and run startx again.
This rebuilds your desktop...
If all your icons are gone, check the menu owners/permissions.
Check for a bad lnk file in your .xtdesktop directory.
73
ke4nt
Posted by Rapidweather on Aug. 17 2004,01:32
The details on your computer's processor, memory, other OS's installed and running on the hard drive might be helpful. I have found some machines are notable to run the DSL 2.4 kernel very well, expecially if no swap partition and limited
memory are the case. Such boxes run the 2.2 kernel nicely, such as found in
Mandrake 7.2 (hard drive install).
Right now I am using 128 MB ram, 200 MMX processor, and DSL does everything
ok. On the hard drive, I have Mandrake 7.2, and it really flies along on this machine. But it only has Opera 6.03, whereas DSL (my remaster) has Firefox 0.8.
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I have also had problems with machines that have a hard drive that is trying to fail,
and machines that are overloaded with cards, hard drives, etc. for the power supply. Your machine may need to go into the shop to see if any of the hardware is giving out. In those cases, my OS's would act up and make me wonder what was going on... Had to replace power supplies, etc.; on AT powered machines, the power cables plugging into the motherboard were burning, several contacts showing evidence of that.
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Lots of interesting things to consider when an OS does not work as expected, especially if it changes from one day to the next.
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Posted by LordCrimson on Aug. 17 2004,02:11
My big problem is that i'm trying to reduce the screen resolution on my laptop. it's at the default 1024x768 but i need 800x600 so i can see the bottom. i've tried xsetup.sh but nothing happens when i rebooted. I'm on an AMD K6 380 with 64MB RAM and 4GB HD. I recently erased 98SE prior to installing DSL.
Posted by LordCrimson on Aug. 17 2004,02:13
Also, forgive me for asking the question in this thread but i've tried many times unsuccessfully to register here. It says my account is activated but when i log in it says no such member.
Posted by DonttPanic on Aug. 17 2004,02:22
| Quote (Guest @ Aug. 16 2004,22:11) |
| My big problem is that i'm trying to reduce the screen resolution on my laptop. it's at the default 1024x768 but i need 800x600 so i can see the bottom. i've tried xsetup.sh but nothing happens when i rebooted. I'm on an AMD K6 380 with 64MB RAM and 4GB HD. I recently erased 98SE prior to installing DSL. |
You'll want to right click on the desktop and go to System>X Setup
That should allow you to choose your screen resolution. You'll probably need a reboot to set it, though I dont remember.
As for your registration problem, everything is case sensitive, so make sure you're using the same that you signed up with.
Posted by DonttPanic on Aug. 17 2004,02:27
| Quote (str1d3r @ Aug. 16 2004,19:49) |
| Hm...well, for some reason, I'm able to open up stuff (cpanel,paint, etc.) right after the destop is done loading. Donttpanic: I see the icons on my desktop and I don't see any enable icons button. milkshaw: like I didn't say, I can't open up a term. Now I can't do anything in the right click menu...like I said, though...they work a little bit when I first start DSL then they poop out. -str1d3r |
I would probably back up whatever I wanted saved and reinstall DSL from the liveCD. Sounds like something important is messed up.
Posted by mpie on Aug. 17 2004,07:20
| Quote (DonttPanic @ Aug. 16 2004,22:22) | ||
You'll want to right click on the desktop and go to System>X Setup That should allow you to choose your screen resolution. You'll probably need a reboot to set it, though I dont remember. As for your registration problem, everything is case sensitive, so make sure you're using the same that you signed up with. |
you will need to restart x after this with startx....
Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 17 2004,11:07
For those pesky icons that just won't work...,look in your /home/dsl directory for a file called re_xtdesk.pl
Run it.. It forces a rebuild of your desktop...
And on the laptop resolution question...
When you bootup, does the text output scroll off the bottom of the screen?
If so, try booting with the fb800x600 at the prompt..
Then, when you are in xsetup, select 800x600...
Then you won't see the penguin off-center on your desktop...
73
ke4nt