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Offline corazon

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No errors during mylivecd-liveusb but some problems
« on: January 01, 2013, 03:12:17 AM »
mylivecd --workdir /media/Local_Disk/mylive --nodir=^/home/name/Documents,^/home/name/.wine,^/home/name/.opera,^/home/name/"Native Instruments",^/home/name/.mozilla

mylivecd  script finished with no errors, saying the iso was created.
But in the working folder, mylive, there was only a livecd.sqfs in the
Livecd folder, along with the boot and isolinux folders, but no .iso file

So I used the live usb creator, and it successfully created the
live usb.  edit: this was on a vintage kde 2012 minime, not the new one)

The first oddity I saw, was that the ibar app icons were missing,
and also were missing in the ibar app config panel. The ibox, systray,
and taskbar were fine. The favorites menu was also empty.
Comparing the contents of folders in the live-usb, to those they
were copied from, showed equality.

The main apps I use opened, and functioned normally. But internet connection
using wvdial failed, no error message, and the terminal showed it had
found the normal IP addresses, again, all is a duplicate, but not all is working.

Tried a root login, in case of permissions problems, but got the same behavior,
everything I checked, was identical. My system is updated, and works fine.

I did fail to add a name for the .iso in the above command. I'll try again
after re-formatting the stick to a single ext4. This attempt had a separate
/home partition, with a gig of space left, after the live-usb was created.

Happy, healthy, and prosperous 2013, everybody!

update: the livecd.iso was put in /home/name, I expected it
to be saved in the working directory, wherever that was. ???
Free education.



 
 
« Last Edit: January 01, 2013, 04:39:56 AM by corazon »

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Re: No errors during mylivecd-liveusb but some problems
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2013, 05:03:06 AM »
As you didn't specify the path to the livecd iso it will have been created in the default place with the default name.

I don't know the applications you mention, so I don't know where they store their data, but could it be in one of the paths you excluded? Some things have to be decided on installation or first run to suit the machine and its context, as a new install might be on a different machine.
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Re: No errors during mylivecd-liveusb but some problems
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2013, 05:57:36 PM »
I made a new attempt, I'll test in a moment,
and edit this. the web browser and Documents folders don't have any
E17 things, that I know of. The new usb-install has just one
ext4 partition, with an extra gig of folders left out.
2013, and the blue bull is already charging hard  :)

update, problems the same in new install, wvdial connects,
but internet does not. ctrl-z stops wvdial normally. I'll try
reinserting the usb modem, check resolv.conf, over-write the ppp folder,
yada yada but this all should be duplicates ???

ibar apps still AWOL , changing themes and icon sets did not help.

Will follow all leads, and report back.
« Last Edit: January 01, 2013, 06:42:26 PM by corazon »

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Re: No errors during mylivecd-liveusb but some problems
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2013, 03:04:35 AM »
I checked a couple other E17 based distros, and they have a file that is absent in
pclos:  /home/name/.e/e/applications/bar/default/.order

It is a text that lists the .desktop files of apps that are on the ibar.

Didn't yet compare E17 version numbers. In pclos there is a non-text file in
/home/name/.e/e/config/standard/module.ibar.cfg

Don't know what lurks inside it, or if it command something
to draw the ibar apps. Why it works on hard-disk, but not on
the live-usb is a mystery. I'll try an E17 forum as time allows.
Open to help from any angle!

wvdial also works simply in those others, all you do is
copy over your wvdial.conf file. The resolv.conf files in pclos /etc
and /etc/ppp are links to /var/run/ppp, whereas the ones in the other distros
show the actual nameserver numbers, with nothing in /var.  ???

Taking notes, and gathering bits of knowledge,  in the quest.  ;)




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Re: No errors during mylivecd-liveusb but some problems
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2013, 06:58:23 AM »
partially solved the missing ibar icons, go to home/name/.cache/efreet

delete all the files, and restart E17.

Still have no idea why the iso/sqsh don't get them right.

And still don't know why wvdial connects, but other apps can't tag along.
Cheers

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Re: No errors during mylivecd-liveusb but some problems
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2013, 01:37:50 AM »
Posting this from one of many pclos live CDs happily used since 2007, pclos and wvdial works simply
by installing it if needed, and dragging the config file to /etc.

2012 kde iso install has changed this. The way resolv.conf is manipulated using links may be involved

The ppp folder on this 2010 kde live cd is 26K, on 2012 it is 47K, but still, it works fine,
until you make a mylivecd iso image, or live-usb install, in which the connection
is made and verified by network manager, but browsers can't get to it.

Also, latest bodhi, wattos, arch, and puppy behave properly with wvdial.
Hoping someone can help.