Release Candidates :: DSL v4.2RC1



Thanks roberts.
If I start xmms from menu (dsl/apps/xmms etc..) ala 3.4.7 the error messages do not appear.
Keep up the good work.

Yes, I was able to reproduce what you have seen.
Both JWM and Fluxbox swallow the "errors".
Dfm just as Emelfm do not.

I can add a 2>/dev/null to the startup icon from xmms in dfm.
That will make it work like both window managers menu items.

Thanks for reporting this.

Quote (Nigadoo @ Dec. 11 2007,09:46)
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If DSL can make it easier to customize/extend for more pizzaz, within size constraints and without impacting functionality, I think that's great!  Otherwise, forget about it....


One could easily make a unc extension of icons with the same names as those found in /usr/share/dfm/icons. Loading such an extension at boot time would allow one to have their own "customized icon set" as an overlay replacement.

Alternately, one could add icons to a directory in their home directory and then change the icon setting via dfm options. This would produce a unique .dfminfo. Since both .dfminfo and your personalized icon directory are in your home directory, they would be included in the backup/restore process.

Both are easy ways to "have it (icons) your way"

But of course, I would continue to encourage all to post screenshots so that option would remain open for possible adoption as DSL's default collection.

Hi Robert!

I haven't followed this thread (no time) but I just want to give a spontaneous comment after just taking a glance at this RC: Well done!!!

Have fun,
meo

The pendrive-usbhdd.sh script in /usr/sbin is broken.  It works up until the last step, when it tries to copy the kernel and the initial ramdisk.  It tries to copy /cdrom/boot/isolinux/linux24 and /cdrom/boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz but the directory /cdrom/boot does not exist.  In fact, I don't know where the kernel is when I try to copy it manually.

The new release of DSL looks excellent.  If not for shaky WPA support in the backported ipw2200 driver, I would be using it on my production machine.

EDIT: I believe I discovered the problem.  /dev/shm is mounted on /cdrom, not /dev/cdrom1, so it only sees the KNOPPIX filesystem on /cdrom.  Manually mount /dev/cdrom1 on /cdrom2 and copying the kernels is a temporary fix.

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