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Topic: firefox, openoffice and wlan, howto install it

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doom4

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Posted: 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

Patrick

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Posted: 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)

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Usb-stick sandisk cruzer titanium 512 Mb:
DSL 2.3 (final)
Firefox (Mozilla 1.06)
WM -biff -cdplay -clockmon -smixer -usic -top -net -biff -ifinfo -cpuload
gps vnc LinNeighborhood (samba) QtParted bdc
xawtv imagemagick xplanet

doom4

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Posted: 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

doom4

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Posted: Oct. 11 2004,11:15

so tryed to do this with openoffice.

i ve done:

Code Sample

mydsl-load openoffice.dsl

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

ke4nt1

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Posted: 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

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