Cant change dillo homepage

Forum: Apps
Topic: Cant change dillo homepage
started by: char1iecha1k

Posted by char1iecha1k on May 03 2005,10:15

I have edited /etc/dillorc in root, i actually used the example config file listed on the dillo website, when i save and reboot i should get a different homepage and startpage but nothing changes

any ideas?

Posted by mikshaw on May 03 2005,13:54

When you start dillo from the fluxbox menu it is set to load a specific page, so a homepage setting is not used. You can verify that this is the issue by starting dillo from a command prompt (a terminal or "run" dialog)

The menu item looks like this:
[exec] (Dillo patched) {dillo file:/usr/share/doc/dsl/getting_started.html}
Change it to this:
[exec] (Dillo patched) {dillo}

menu file is /home/dsl/.fluxbox/menu

The "reboot" part might also be a problem. If you are running any DSL system other than a full harddrive installation, you will need to use the backup/restore feature to save settings. Otherwise your system will boot into its original state.

Also, rebooting is not necessary for anything short of system failure or kernel changes.

EDIT: One more thing...you usually don't need to be root to change application settings. The configs in /etc are for all users, but most programs support configurations for individual users. These are usually copies of the /etc config files placed in $HOME, either as a hidden file (file beginning with a dot), or a file in a hidden directory. In the case of dillo, it is a directory:
/home/dsl/.dillo/
Copy /etc/dillorc into that directory and you can make all the changes you want as user dsl. This also prevents errors from messing up all users....if you screw up a config just copy the system config and start over.

Posted by char1iecha1k on May 03 2005,19:38

I have a full HDD install

I changed flux menu to no avai

These files:

/etc/dillor
/home/dsl/.dillo/dillorc
/home/***CURRENTUSER***/.dillo/dillorc

all have this line in them:

start_page="www.google.co.uk"
home="www.google.co.uk"

these files have been edited as you suggested

/home/dsl/.fluxbox/menu
/home/***CURRENTUSER***/.fluxbox/menu

I have for the time being added in a link to the homepage i want on this file:/usr/share/doc/dsl/getting_started.htm

I just refuses to change am i doing something dumb?

Posted by mikshaw on May 04 2005,13:33

Your "start_page" config should work. I can't think of anything else right now, unless it might be that you're running dillo as root?

oh yeah....the dillo page that starts up automatically also is run with a specific URL, so if you're talking about that then you'll want to edit $HOME/.xinitrc

Posted by clivesay on May 04 2005,14:45

If you are launching dillo from the icon, you would have to change the command in the .ink file also in /home/dsl/.xtdesktop. Dillo is really setup more as an info application in DSL so you have to do a little tweaking to get it back to a real browser type app.

That should get you setup.

Good luck.

Chris