swallow.sh command not found?

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: swallow.sh command not found?
started by: aveline

Posted by aveline on April 15 2006,02:39

I upgraded my frugal install on my lil server and everytime it shuts down I now get this error:

/home/dsl/.xinitrc: line 25: swallow.sh: command not found

What is this line & should I just comment it out?

Aveline

Posted by roberts on April 15 2006,03:28

You may want to read past RC and/or release announcements as you may be missing other updates as well.
Files to update are usually the second message in the announcement threads.

For this particular one you can copy /etc/skel.xinitrc to update your current .xinitrc

cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc .

Posted by aveline on April 15 2006,08:50

I presume I copy that file from the cd to my current installation directory?

Tyvm for the reply, its actually the first upgrade I've ever done so I am hazarding a decent guess I don't need to update anything else.

Aveline

Posted by mikshaw on April 15 2006,13:34

Before presuming, perhaps re-read Robert's post. He answered both your question and your hazarded guess.

The command in bold is what needs to be done to update .xinitrc, from within the new DSL system. This command assumes you are currently in /home/dsl. If you happen to have switched to a different directory, it would be cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc /home/dsl/ or cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc /home/dsl/.xinitrc
The files in /home/dsl are automatically copied from /etc/skel at every boot, but are then overwritten by anything you have in your backup.

As he said, any files needed for a successful frugal upgrade other than KNOPPIX and boot files will be listed in the release announcement for each DSL version, in the "Site News" or "Release Candidates" forum. There should be no need to make assumptions.

Posted by aveline on April 15 2006,21:41

erg, thx milkshaw... makes note to self not to read & reply to posts @ 3am my time. Makes me look like an ass. Ah well.

Thanks I will heed both posts & look around the site news as well as update the file(s) mentioned.

aveline