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Topic: Typos in DSL 1.2.1 +, Lets fix them ... Report them here

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Posted: June 25 2005,14:42

In the frugal install script:

"totam" instead of "toram"

Somewhere in the startup script, when it can't find a valid filesystem to mount:

"press enter to coninue" instead of "press enter to continue"

In dillo getting started html:

"disconect" instead of "disconnect"
"mydsl-hda2" instead of "mydsl=hda2"
"substanailly" instead of "substantially"

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Posted: June 25 2005,14:54

In the DSL bootup options screen:

"Copy CD to HD parition and run" instead of "Copy CD to HD partition and run"

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Posted: June 25 2005,18:15

I thought this was a typo but it seems more likely it is a code bug.

When I used the DSLpanel Xvesa app and change from 1024x768 to 1280x1024 and the use it again to change back I get and error in /home/dsl/.xserverrc line 1 >>> /dev/nulll: ie and extra "l" at the end of null. If i use xsetup.sh to perform the same task there is no problem. In fact I have to use xsetup to correct the .xserverrc line otherwise i can't startx up again.

I had a look at the code in xvesa.lua and couldn't see a text typo but following through the logic best i could, I thought maybe this was the problem:

xserverrc = strsub(line,1,j) .. " " .. mode .. " " .. strsub(line,k)

perhaps it should have a end-of-line character at the end

xserverrc = strsub(line,1,j) .. " " .. mode .. " " .. strsub(line,k) .. "/n"

so when it re-writes a line smaller than the previous line no garbage will be picked up at the end.

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roberts

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Posted: June 25 2005,18:50

b1ackmai1er,
This is great. The more "eyeballs" the better. Thanks for sharing!

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Posted: June 27 2005,19:33

Another small thing - not a typo, but an issue I'd been meaning to bring up for some time that I think is still there in DSL 1.2.1:

When opening FireFox in 1024x768 resolution, the window isn't quite centered and the title bar (or whatever it's called in Fluxbox) is off the screen a little.

Not an issue for HD installs, but when using DSL live from CD or via a frugal install I'm finding myself reaching for the maximize button every time FireFox is launched after a new boot.

A small thing, I know, but I think so much of DSL that even cosmetic thing like this can get to me.

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