Problems with UNC's
Forum: Apps
Topic: Problems with UNC's
started by: jpeters
Posted by jpeters on April 08 2007,18:32
Two I've tried since yesterday that haven't worked (i.e., don't load, cause desktop icons to freeze, etc.)mplayer.unc
gcc1-with -libs.unc
I'm using a Dell latiitude laptop with 3.2 installed (frugal, grub); 250M ram
Loaded:
gtk2.0705.unc
gnumeric.unc
jre1.5.uci
tcltk-8.4.uci
firefox-1.5.uci
Posted by roberts on April 08 2007,21:30
Topic moved to extensions.Until all extensions are UCI or self contained ala RAD, you may always have one extension possibly overwriting files or libraries of the system or even another extension's required environment.
Since extensions are built by the community, there is no assurance that all extension combinations will play nice. YMMV.
Posted by jpeters on April 08 2007,23:51
Sorry for misdirecting the post. Since the dsl versions of the extentions have never presented any problems, I must have wrongly assumed that it might be a UNC issue.
Posted by jpeters on April 09 2007,01:32
I experimented a bit more, using mplayer.unc. The problem ONLY occurs when the unc is loaded from Emelfm. It appears to load successfully, but then the desktop icons freeze (e.g, Emelfm, Firefox, Siag, etc.....not DSLpanel, which has a .lua extention). Mplayer loaded from xterm works fine.
Posted by roberts on April 09 2007,04:35
| Quote (jpeters @ April 08 2007,18:32) |
| The problem ONLY occurs when the unc is loaded from Emelfm. |
See change log since v3.0. Do not use Emelfm to load extensions.
Posted by jpeters on April 09 2007,07:22
Just found it in John's post from June 20, 2006; that accounts for the freezes; why not just disable the Emelfm MyDsl button rather than leave it kind of working? Thanks
Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on April 09 2007,13:22
It was removed and replaced.Again, see roberts' last post for more details.
Posted by jpeters on April 09 2007,15:19
| Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ April 09 2007,09:22) |
| It was removed and replaced. Again, see roberts' last post for more details. |
Can you please be more vague.
Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on April 09 2007,20:11
heh, I'm not sure if that was a sarcastic joke....? Anyways, here's the opposite.| Quote |
| See change log since v3.0. Do not use Emelfm to load extensions. |
| Quote |
| Changes for 3.0 (...) 3. Moved MyDSL local extension loading functionality from emelfm to MyDSL desktop icon. |
Posted by jpeters on April 09 2007,20:53
Hi Hats,Yes, I already found that; thus my post regarding June 20, 2006, where John posted it. The Emelfm "myDSL" button is still present, however, so somebody who hasn't read the post from 2006 might use it and not know why the UNC's freeze up. It still works with just about everything else, including UNC's, sometimes.
Posted by mikshaw on April 09 2007,21:20
Are you using a backed up version of emelfm files from an old DSL? That may account for the button still being there. Maybe the button is still there, but i don't see it.
Posted by roberts on April 09 2007,21:51
| Quote (roberts @ June 20 2006,07:40) |
To upgrade from all prior versions of dsl... Emelfm loading of local extensions has been deprecated. Please update as follows: cp /etc/skel/.emelfm/buttons /home/dsl/.emelfm/. cp /etc/skel/.emelfm/filetypes /home/dsl/.emelfm/. |
This is from site news when v3.0 was released on 06/20/2006
Posted by jpeters on April 10 2007,01:43
Thanks Roberts; I just found your original post on the next page following John's change log. Button removed! (Note: I like UNC's a whole lot more without the freezeups...).. 
edit: Hi Mikshaw,
I did a frugal grub install from an iso of 3.2 which I burned to a disk, using the format (not update) function. Now I know there's a few other things to do (like read everything from all the previous versions).