firefox, openoffice and wlanForum: Other Help Topics Topic: firefox, openoffice and wlan started by: doom4 Posted by doom4 on Oct. 11 2004,10:22
installed my usb well everything is working. my broadcom networkadapter isnt detected in the beginning but i load it with the boot.sh file. well i downloaded the installer for firefox 1.0pre but i cant use it because there is a lib missing. so i was looking in the reposytory but there is only the old 0.9.x version. did somebody knows howto install 1.0 ?openoffice is okay for me in the version of 1.1. from the reposytory but how can i install it fix on my usb stick. after loading the dsl file with mydsl-load i have to do what? i ve a ipw2100 adapater and the firmware is missing. i was on the projects sites to download the firmware. but wich version do i need? and where to put it that the autodetecter can find it. also then howto backup it that the usb dsl finds it after a reboot. thx so on for help Posted by Patrick on Oct. 11 2004,10:35
I'll adress the "backup"-question..You should edit the home/dsl/filetool.lst list. (in this list are those maps/files that need to be backuped, configuration-changes.. added applications, ect..) An example of my filetool.lst: ************************************* opt/ppp opt/bootlocal.sh opt/powerdown.sh home/dsl/filetool.lst home/dsl/.fluxbox home/dsl/.fluxbox/styles home/dsl/.fluxbox/backgrounds home/dsl/.xtdesktop home/dsl/.xinitrc home/dsl/.xserverrc home/dsl/.emelfm home/dsl/.mplayer home/dsl/.xine home/dsl/.xmms home/dsl/.sylpheed home/dsl/Mail opt/.firefox_plugins home/dsl/.bash_profile ramdisk/opt/fluxbox-0.9.9 etc/X11/fluxbox home/dsl/.mozilla home/dsl/.bashrc home/dsl/dist home/dsl/.amsn home/dsl/.axyftp home/dsl/GNUstep home/dsl/.wmbiffrc /usr/bin/wmbiff **************************************** mozilla--> firefox configuration/changes opt/firefox_plugins --> plugins added by me Further more: You need to backup your changes (that work!) with: DSL-panel --> backup/restore --> (i backup to sda1/my usb-stick) I still use firefox 0.9.3 because it is smaller (than Firefox 1) and is stable. (firefox 1 that you want to use is still a BETA i think?) Your backup (configuration changes) will be on /cdrom/backup.tar.gz, mine is now about 11 Mb. (/cdrom is the spot where your usb-drive will be mounted) Posted by doom4 on Oct. 11 2004,11:06
i think i understand now the logic behind the restore and backup thing. so when it add the /opt/firefox dir in the filetool.lst i will copy the files from that dir to backup.tar.gz on my usb stick is that right?thx for help Posted by doom4 on Oct. 11 2004,11:15
so tryed to do this with openoffice. i ve done:
and then i edited the filetool.lst and added /opt/openoffice but now everything its very slow during the backup, becaus he copy everytime the hole openoffice. is there now other possibility? is it very bad to put the dsl file on the stick an add in the boot.sh file a mydsl-load command and to backup only the settings? greets Posted by ke4nt1 on Oct. 11 2004,17:00
Patrick:Just a suggestion ... looking at your filetool.lst, I see you have home/dsl/.fluxbox home/dsl/.fluxbox/styles home/dsl/.fluxbox/backgrounds Since we're discussing backups here, I'm assuming LiveCD or poorman's install .. I only backup the ~/.fluxbox/styles and the ~/.fluxbox/backgrounds I keep all the themes from the repository in those 2 directories. If I backup the ~/.fluxbox directory, I get the issue where additions to the menu are in the menu for which I haven't loaded the extensions yet.. Also, having the ~/.fluxbox directory in your filetool.lst, your backing up your /styles and /backgrounds TWICE , since having ~/.fluxbox backs up EVERYTHING in and under that location. You also have ~/.xtdesktop in your filetool.lst This will cause icons for apps to appear on your desktop BEFORE the extension is loaded. And/or if your autoinstalling them at boottime, by having them in the root of the CD, your overwriting the icons , so no need to have them in the backup. Just my thoughts.. 73 ke4nt Posted by doom4 on Oct. 12 2004,08:10
everything works fine now for my only the wlan card dont work. where to put the firmwere that the module find it?thx Posted by john73 on Oct. 17 2004,04:59
Actually Firefox 1.01Pre needs GTK2 and is in the Debian experimental repository, its actually smaller and more stable than 0.93, however most the dependacies are all in the unstable and exp branches. In order to get it you will have to go and edit your Apt configuration to include the experimental and unstable branches in order to get the latest version of Firefox. /etc/apt/sources.list is the file you need to edit. < http://packages.debian.org/experimental/web/mozilla-firefox > has a list of what you will need. Once you have done this you will open a shell and then 'apt-get install mozilla-firefox' , the package will break and then starting with libpango apt-get install all the broken dependancies until you get GTK 2.0 and other missing dependancies- this may break/cause apt to remove some other aps.. Finally you either apt-get install it again or you download the GTK installer to a place like /root or /home (Name of the user) unpack it using the tar command from a terminal session, cd to the new directory,b su or sudo root, and run the installer ./ firefox-installer. I assume you already have downloaded the installer so another download isn't needed. Now is all this worth it? Well the .9X version has several critical security flaws in it which is fixed in the 1.XPre versions. Posted by ke4nt1 on Oct. 17 2004,05:11
The firefox 0.10.1 patched ( 1.0PR ) is in the testing area of the repository.It already includes the GTK2 and installer.. It is already configured to work with the flash downloader, and a new java, " jre-1_5_0.tar.gz" is also there for download. It works with Firefox-1.0PR No need to have apt-get remove any packages that gtk 1.2 apps may need. < http://www.ibiblio.org/pub....0PR.dsl > < http://www.ibiblio.org/pub.....tar.gz > 73 ke4nt Posted by john73 on Oct. 17 2004,06:01
I just noticed that. Did all the hard work for us- he he he.A question... as I have yet to try this. You have Inkscape already in the testing directory. Inkscape has a nightly Autopackage, does it work? May as well try it - with something smaller of course like supertux. Posted by john73 on Oct. 17 2004,06:58
Autopackge fails,error is wget --cache=off could try to download the autopackage support code manually as wget-ssl conflicts with wget. |