gerald_clark,
This happens when installing various.tcz's with the AppBrowser, and a reboot is NOT Involved.
All of a sudden one package finishes installing and the AppBrowser is broken. Clicks on the
CONNECT Button result in a connection error. The same with MIRROR Button unless you have
previously installed Mirrors.
The content of the tcemirror file is the name of the last successfully installed tcz.
For example, Open AppBrowser and click CONNECT. Select blah.tcz and select GO.
When blah.tcz finishes the left and right pane are cleared. Clicking CONNECT results in a
Connection error. The contents of /opt/tcemirror will be blah.tcz instead of
"
http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux" without the quotes.
I think you can reproduce this by doing a fresh install, and installing mirrors.tcz. That
seems to break the /opt/tcemirror file.
I realize that after I installed mirrors.tcz, I can now select mirrors and select the correct one.
This has happened to me twice with mirrors.tcz, and once with gdb.tcz.
Most folks don't install the mirrors, so when it dies, they are completely stuck.
Their temporary fix is to:
Edit /opt/tcemirror so it contains only "
http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux" on one line (without Quotes)
or install mirrors.tcz so they can select the mirror of their choice.
Thanks.
Larry