multiple instances in Mydsl menu
Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: multiple instances in Mydsl menu
started by: dmizzel
Posted by dmizzel on Sep. 19 2005,02:09
When I right click on the desktop and navigate to mydsl menu I have multiple instances of: 'install optional extensions'One for everytime I have booted into dsl since I last cleared them out of the .fluxbox/menu
I believe this began happening when I upgraded to 1.3 from 1.0 (or 1.1) and didn't follow the 1.3 pre release announcement instructions (which I have done since).
any ideas?
Posted by mikshaw on Sep. 19 2005,14:27
I've never seen that before. One thing you could do to narrow down the possibilities is to back up a fresh menu. Copy the one from /etc/skel/.fluxbox into /home/dsl/.fluxbox (changing the owner to dsl), and back up. If you get the same result, at least we'll know that the menu file isn't the problem.
Posted by adssse on Sep. 19 2005,22:00
I believe I had the same problem when I upgraded to 1.3, if I remember right I thought it had something to do with the fact that it was backing up the menu and than adding to it upon reboot. Cant say how to fix it though, I reinstalled for other reasons.
Posted by Your Fuzzy God on Sep. 19 2005,22:27
You have to add home/dsl/.fluxbox/menu to .xfiletool.lst.Everytime you shutdown, you are backing up your menu file and everytime you boot up you are adding another instance of *insert program* to the mydsl menu. Thus giving multiple instances in the mydsl menu.
You could also try editing the .dsl file that is the culprit if you feel so inclined. That way, you could backup and change your menu.
Posted by dmizzel on Sep. 19 2005,23:42
Thanx for your responses! Mikshaw, I didn't think that would do anything but I tried it anyway. And.... It didn't do anything
adssse, I'm fairly certain you are right as to why it is happening. I don't understand the mechanism behind the automated menu creation so I don't have a clue as to how to fix it either.
YourFuzzyGod, I already have that entry in my .xfiletool.lst. Futhermore, it's not one .dsl that is the culprit, it's the automatic generation of the 'install optional extensions' menu that is causing the problems. (at least for me, I think as a result of something I did when I upgraded to 1.3).
Posted by dmizzel on Sep. 20 2005,07:37
Problem Solved! 
I'm running a frugal install with a persistant /home and /opt
I had ' .mydsl_dir ' in my .filetool.lst
This make me realize that you don't have to give a full path to a file in .filetool.lst or a file in .xfiletool.lst
Thanx to all for your suggestions.
Posted by mikshaw on Sep. 20 2005,14:44
Specifically, a full path is required for .filetool.lst, but not for .xfiletool.lst.It's possible that having a non-existent file in .filetool.lst (it should have been opt/.mydsl_dir) caused the backup to fail and left you using the previous one...but i'm just guessing again.
Posted by dmizzel on Sep. 21 2005,02:01
You're not going to believe this but.... the problem is back! While upgrading to 1.5 and attempting to keep my customized environment (settings, wallpaper, custom icons placed a certain way, etc). For one reason or another, I had to revert to older backup.tar.gz 's (to get my icons and stuff back). well, now I'm back at square one. Multiple instances 
Here are some of my files. Keep in mind this is a frugal install with persistent /home/dsl and /optHere are the contents of my .filetool.lst :
opt/ppp
opt/bootlocal.sh
opt/powerdown.sh
opt/.dslrc
home/dsl/
opt/.firefox_plugins
usr/share/edna
opt/myndis.sh
var/spool/lpd
Here are the contents of my .xfiletool.lst :
Cache
XUL.mfasl
home/dsl/mnt
home/dsl/.xtdesktop
home/dsl/.xtdeskrc
home/dsl/.fluxbox/menu
opt/.mydsl_dir
home/dsl/.fluxbox/init
home/dsl/.Xdefaults
.start_synaptic
opt/mp3s
Breze_net
Documents
Downloads
Media
Music
Pics
oouser
.ssh
Also I'm getting multiple wmnet when I connect through my dialup (but it goes away when I hangup)