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Topic: DSL 4.2.1, Maintenance Release

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roberts

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Posted: Dec. 26 2007,06:12

Quote (jls legalize @ Dec. 25 2007,19:55)

tcltk-8.4.uci gives the error: /usr/bin/desktop.sh........

legalize cannabis, coke...

I see. This extension is different than most. It does not effect either menu. Both jwm and fluxbox menu items work as expected. The issue is in the auto-creation of the icon shortcut in the mydsl folder. I will investigate further, i.e., likely to drop bash and use lua.

Edited by roberts on Dec. 26 2007,06:12

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Posted: Dec. 26 2007,15:28

are u sure that this :
"Cleanup of usused files, modules, and directories (pnp,xfs, hfs,hfsplus,bfs,befs,adfs,ujs,minix,efs)"
has nothing to do with hotplug?

roberts

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Posted: Dec. 26 2007,16:33

Those deleted were filesystem modules that were not even in 3.x.

I don't see a problem as long as umount is used and the same usb port is used.

If you like, boot DSL to runlevel 2 and see if you can capture any errors regarding anything missing.

boot: dsl 2 base norestore

The issue has been addressed by Klaus Knopper in knoppix.net forums. The /etc/fstab is being rebuilt. You can even read Klaus' comments in the hotplug script. Many others have noticed that sometimes the fstab is incorrectly rebuilt. But this is not new and we have been using and living with this.

Edited by roberts on Dec. 26 2007,16:34

lucky13

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Posted: Dec. 26 2007,18:34

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3) unplugging and replugging my usb pendrive gives error

What does the error say? As Robert has mentioned, Knopper's script rewrites fstab in such a way that mount points change from, e.g., sda1 to sda and then tries to do a shotgun load of every filesystem module trying to find the right one for a non-partition partition (sda is a device not a partition). With the removal of the fs modules, they can't load -- which is just as well unless you need all of them and have access to all their progs (which, aside from reiserfs progs and ntfs progs extensions, DSL doesn't have). If you're getting errors related to those modules not being found, it's no problem. In fact, it's a good thing. I was wondering where I was starting xfs daemons and finally traced it back to use of various USB media in different orders that caused hotplug to rewrite fstab and start daemons. I use an alias that opens /etc/fstab in vim as sudo so I can quickly re-edit fstab whenever I (re)insert USB devices.

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