ke4nt1
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Posted: July 15 2004,16:56 |
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Careful.....
While xmms and xpaint are included within the DSL .iso,
the "gimp" , for example, and MANY other.dsl files are NOT,
and are not recommended to be used for HDInstalls,
since the .dsl file may overwrite perms/owners in several key base directories...
For a LiveCD or poorman's install, no big deal, simply reboot.
For a HDInstall, it will soon have the symptoms you are seeing.
I am working on this issue, and have rebuilt MANY, MANY .dsl's so far.
Best to check with a LiveCD first , and search for these issues.
To check if a dsl is doing odd things, use this method.
"tar -ztf whatever.dsl > whatever.txt"
Then open the file with your fav. editor
If you see THESE directories listed, I'd be VERY cautious.
/
etc/
usr/
usr/bin/
usr/lib/
lib/
tmp/
usr/share/
usr/games/
You should only see FILES in the .dsl's , and not any directories
that are ALREADY in the base DSL .iso
( a "usr/games/mygame/scores/ " directory would be fine, for ex: )
If the perms/owners are all damnsmall.staff or dsl.staff - this can also cause these symptoms with HDInstalls
( /usr /lib and /etc ARE NOT OWNED by damnsmall.staff)
Open the file in a temp or work directory, like "tar zxvf any.dsl"
then do a "ls-al" or "ls-alR" and see if key directories like
/etc /usr /usr/lib /lib are owned by root.root - which is good
...or damnsmall.staff ( dsl.staff ) - which is BAD...
Again.. HDInstall users take heed, as the contribs are coming in
faster
than we can thoroughly examine every instance in every type of install, in every .dsl file we receive..
Your input is a valuable resource to finding these issues quickly,
before even more folks start asking these kinds of questions.
73
ke4nt
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maybe I'll reinstall later and wget them all keep your eyes peeled!!! this may be an issue for hd installers