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mikshaw

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Posted: Oct. 08 2008,15:49

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I am not able to download the current dsl iso. My Dell CPi does not have a writer, only a CD player.

As ^thehatsrule^ said, you can upgrade a frugal system manually without burning the iso:
1) Download the ISO and md5, and check it with "md5sum -c dsl-(version).iso.md5.txt".
2) Reboot with the "toram" boot option.
3) Mount the ISO -> sudo mount -o loop dsl-(version).iso /mnt/test
4) Copy the files from /mnt/test over the existing ones in the boot directory of your regular boot partition (may need to mount that partition since you booted toram?)
5) Reboot.
6) Refer to the forum posts related to upgrades between your previous one and the new one to see what changes there have been to files that may be included in your backup. The newer files can usually be found in /etc/skel.

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It's version 1.2.2 so is a bit old.

audacity.uci is actually 1.2.4, and also allows you to add plugins. I never did get a 1.2.6 version compiled properly due to some unknown issue with the fonts being illegible. Maybe go back to it in the future, but will probably just wait for a new release.

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borgward

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Posted: Oct. 08 2008,17:04

Quote (WDef @ Oct. 08 2008,11:26)

bogward: I suggest you:

1. Reboot to a clean system, since something sounds odd.

2. Forget the .tar.gz extension and instead use the uci. You can download it manually from

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/uci

right-click on audacity.uci as "save link as" - download.

3. Open emelfm, browse to and select audacity.uci where you downloaded it to, and double click on it. It should install. There should be a menu item called 'audacity' under your right-click menu.

Maybe I should have mentioned that DSL 2.0 is installed on the HDD. The laptop is a Dell CPi PII 400MHz. 250 MB RAM. 6 GB HDD.

I found UCI at Apps --> Tools --> my DSL Extension Browser. Nothing came up when I clicked on the UCI button. I got a response from all the other buttons.

Will try http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/uci/

Where do I save audacity? Do I click on audacity-1.2.2.uci, or audacity.uci? what's the diff?

borgward

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Posted: Oct. 08 2008,19:31

Quote (borgward @ Oct. 08 2008,17:04)

Quote (WDef @ Oct. 08 2008,11:26)

>>http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/uci

>>right-click on audacity.uci as "save link as" - download.

That locks up firefox.

I downloaded audacity-1.2.2.tar.gz again I see that it is saved to /ramdisk/home/dsl, eventhough I quess that is why I am loosing it everytime I shutdown.

Do I need to download to /Knoppix/usr/bin

Is the audacity-1.2.2.tar,gz a binary or source

Juanito

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Posted: Oct. 09 2008,03:24

Audacity-1.2.2.tar.gz is a mydsl extension - as a quick test you could try "mydsl-load /home/dsl/audacity-1.2.2.tar.gz" after this, if you should get a menu item or icon you can use.

As wdef says, it would be better to use the uci - if firefox locks up, try this instead:

Code Sample

$ cd /tmp
$ wget -c http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/uci/audacity.uci
$ mydsl-load audacity.uci

borgward

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Posted: Oct. 09 2008,05:02

Quote (Juanito @ Oct. 09 2008,03:24)

Code Sample

$ cd /tmp
$ wget -c http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/uci/audacity.uci
$ mydsl-load audacity.uci

I ran:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget -c http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub....ity.uci
$ mydsl-load audacity.uci

It downloaded and installed, and I was able to run audacity, but it is still gone after I reboot. The Icon is gone from the desktop. I see it as .audacity after I run $ ls -a

$ ls -l .audacity
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dsl staff 624 Oct 8 13:18 .audacity

$ chmod 755 .audacity
$ ls -l .audacity
-rwxr-xr-x 1 dsl staff 624 Oct 8 13:18 .audacity

So how do I run .audacity? How about the Audacity desktop icon?

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