Make XFree86 StickForum: X and Fluxbox Topic: Make XFree86 Stick started by: SuperLou Posted by SuperLou on June 22 2005,17:34
Hi, sorry to bother everyone, but the XFree86 walkthrough's have disappeared. I can more or less succesfully install XFree86 following the instructions in the info with a nice XFree86 -configure thrown in to find the mouse. If add XF86Config-4 and ~/.xserverrc to filetool.lst. However, when I reboot, everything is back to how it was before with the config and line in xserverrc needed for XFree86 deleted. I am using a frugal install of DSL with the XF86-4 vesa config.
Posted by ke4nt1 on June 22 2005,18:01
Is your system going thru the backup routine when you reboot?Adding them to your filetool.lst is useless if no backup is run.. Try manually running a backup from the menu, then look inside the backup.tar.gz, and see if your backed-up /etc/XF86config-4 and /home/dsl/.xserverrc files are really in your backup.tar.gz ? tar -ztf backup.tar.gz > list beaver list With a frugal install, does your bootup options include the code ' restore=hdXx ' ( Xx = your backup location ) ?? Do you see the bootup shell mentioning loading your backup, just before you hit the desktop ? 73 ke4nt Posted by SuperLou on June 22 2005,19:39
I have checked the backup.tar.gz file and even if I manually select "backup" from the system panel, no changes are made. In it are only the default files that where in filetool.lst when I installed DSL.
Posted by ke4nt1 on June 22 2005,19:57
please post up the contents of your filetool.lst,and the contents of your 'list' file you made from your backup.tar.gz.. Is it possible you have 2 backup.tar.gz files ?? Another one somewhere on your system, located in the root of a partition?? The first one dsl finds is the one it will use, if you don't have the specific location named in your lilo configuration.. 73 ke4nt Posted by SuperLou on June 22 2005,21:03
It turns out there's a backup.tar.gz in /mnt/hda3/optional (where the myDSL are) as well as /mnt/hda3, neither contain anything not on the default filetool.lst. Filetool is always reset to the deault on reboot. I deleted both of them, then tried the manual backup button again. It paused for a second as usuall. But no new backup.tar.gz was created. On restart, still no backup.tar.gz created.
Posted by ke4nt1 on June 22 2005,22:16
Without posting up the info I requested from you,I'm shooting in the dark here, SuperLou.. Might be typos in your filetool.lst ?? Perhaps you have leading slashes in front of your lines in filetool.lst? ( /home/dsl/.xserverrc , instead of home/dsl/.xserverrc ) What's in your xfiletool.lst ?? What's the contents of your .xserverrc file before you backup? At this point, I'm guessing here.. I'd be more helpful to you...,if you would be more helpful to me, and post... 73 ke4nt Posted by SuperLou on June 23 2005,02:30
I'm sorry, i've been messing around with the script and tried re-installing. I'm an idiot and thought xfiletool.lst was a typo. Once xfree86 has been run backup want xfiletool.lst?
Posted by ke4nt1 on June 23 2005,04:40
hehe.. no problem..Yes, xfiletool.lst is a necessity.. 1. filetool.lst contains everything you want to backup. It should already contain the entire 'home/dsl' directory in it. You can add things like etc/X11/XF86config-4, etc... 2. xfiletool.lst contains everything you DON'T want in your backup. Backing up the entire 'home/dsl' directory makes things become non-dynamic, meaning any changes you make get dumped into your backup.tar.gz.. If these are icons, or menu additions from mydsl-loaded apps, for example, then upon reboot, those icons/menus are restored.. but not the apps you mydsl-loaded.. boo .. Then the icons are orphaned.. Most everything harmful to dynamic desktop is already in the xfiletool.lst.. just add items to filetool.lst via an editor, or the add2filetool button in emelfm. 73 ke4nt Posted by SuperLou on June 23 2005,12:50
Has xfiletool.lst always been there or is it new from installing xfree86?
Posted by hawki on June 23 2005,13:18
Hi SuperLouI guess I am at least partially to blame for the xfiletool.lst addition. It was added to DSL in version 1.2. I requested it to solve a problem I was having. My backup.tar.gz file kept growing and the original script just excluded backing up the Cache files. I wanted a way to easily tell the system to not backup other "stuff". Since I use Opera I add things like .opera/images .opera/cache4 These are caching files that Opera uses that take up a lot of space but add little or no value from one boot to the next. I hope this helps. good luck Posted by SuperLou on June 23 2005,13:41
Actually, I think it's a great idea, my bad for never noticing it. I think my install was just messed up before. I reinstalled and it's working again. Before I had some issue with a "broken pipe." Now it seems to be working. Just a side bit, have you installed 1.2.1, and if you have, was the dillo page updated to reflect the version?
Posted by hawki on June 23 2005,14:09
I have upgraded my frugal install by replacing the knoppix file. So I should be running 1.2.1. It still shows version 1.2. That may be intentional since 1.2.1 was basically a bug fix release.good luck |