Other Help Topics :: How to mount my usb disk? How to update fluxbox?



Hi,this is my first try on dsl. Can somebody please tell me how to use my usb disk in dsl? Is there something like "hot-plug&play"?

Secondly,i'm using dsl 0.9.1 but i found the fluxbox is version 0.1 . How to update it to the latest version?


Thanks.
There is a forum here covering USB issues specifically...you'll likely find an answer there.

You can install the fluxbox-0.9.11 extension found in the myDSL testing area.  This is a separate application rather than an upgrade, so you can easily switch back to 0.1.14 whenever you like.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub....testing
RE: fluxbox, here's what I did so I can quickly change between the stable version included in DSL, and the 0.9.11 .dsl package:

Starting from a standard DSL boot, I installed 0.9.11 (using the .dsl package I'd included on my CD, using Fordi's MyDSL Maker, or adding under windows via UltraISO trial).

I then edited filetool.lst to include
home/dsl/.fluxbox-0.9.11/
home/dsl/.xinitrc

and edited .xinitrc so that I have both the lines:
fluxbox
#/opt/fluxbox-0.9.11/bin/fluxbox

Note that the line specifying the "unstable" version of fluxbox is commented out.

Then I ran the backup system to create a backup.tar.gz of these settings (which you can later rename whatever you want) on one of my windows partitions.

Rebooted back to windows to use UltraISO (I'm sure you could do the following somehow in DSL, but this is just the way I do it), edited my MyDSL ISO so that the new backup.tar.gz is in the root directory, so it automatically loads.
I have the fluxbox-0.9.11.tar.gz sitting in the "optional" directory of my CD, so that it only installs when I want it to.  Saves some RAM if you don't want the new version every time you boot.  But you can put it in the root directory if you want it every time.

Anyhoo, with the modified ISO burnt, boot into DSL, and I have the standard fluxbox, with all the settings for the "new" fluxbox ready for if I want to install it.  If I want to use the new fluxbox, I just load the tar.gz through the "install optional extras", or through emelfm, then simply edit .xinitrc so that the comment is moved from the "opt/fluxbox..." line to the "fluxbox" - this will tell X to use the "new" fluxbox next time it starts.
Alt-Ctl-BackSpace to exit X, then "startx" to restart with your cool new fluxbox!

Of course, you could edit everything so that X uses the new fluxbox every time, but I've kept it as a kind of "optional extra" just in case, never know if different systems may have issues with something...
PS.  I use an 8cm RW disc for the initial stages, so that I can just erase it and keep messing with the settings untill I get a stable version that I like.  THEN I'll use a 8cm CD-R, as my laptop can't read RW discs, and you never know what machines you might come across in your travels with similar issues.
Or I'll just use a cheap 12cm disk for my laptop.  But the 8cm are much cooler, and you can carry them with you wherever you go. :p

PPS.  For those in Australia, Harvey Norman stock a pack of 5 8cm CD-RW for $8-9, the CD-R are $6-7, I was amazed, Harvey Norman not only having great prices for a change, but better than virtually everywhere else!
I still can't get fluxbox 0.9.11 to run:(
Here is what i did:
-Download the fluxbox from mydsl
-Untar it and move the fluxbox to /opt
-Edit filetool.lst to include home/dsl/.fluxbox-0.9.11/
the line home/dsl/.xinitrc is already there by default
-Edit /home/dsl/.xinitrc and replace the fluxbox with /opt/fluxbox-0.9.11

Then i restart and type fluxbox -version but it still showing that it is version 0.1.14
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