Tiny Core Linux

General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: ccore on August 31, 2011, 11:15:22 AM

Title: Why can't I see the wbar?
Post by: ccore on August 31, 2011, 11:15:22 AM

Why can't I see a wbar on tc when launching from CD? I'm on a pentium MMX 166 Mhz with 80 mb of RAM and a 2.1 GB IDE HDD. Is there a way to launch it with the terminal? I already tried wbar, it only says using a super bar.

Title: Re: Why can't I see the wbar?
Post by: christophed on August 31, 2011, 11:33:47 AM

This thread has some related information:

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,8267,0.html

If you did not mess with the base iso or wbar config according to the thread above you should probably try to compile wbar yourself (which sounds harder then it is). compiletc.tcz fetches gcc & toolchain, just make sure to install -dev packages for needed dependencies before starting configure.

Title: Re: Why can't I see the wbar?
Post by: ccore on August 31, 2011, 11:40:35 AM

sounds ok to me, but 2 more questions: how can I install tc on my hard disk without wbar? second: is it possible that the wbar doesnt show up because I do not have enough ram?

Title: Re: Why can't I see the wbar?
Post by: curaga on August 31, 2011, 12:18:18 PM

All icons also have menu items, and you can also launch the installer via the command line or the run tool.

Title: Re: Why can't I see the wbar?
Post by: coreplayer2 on September 01, 2011, 04:58:51 PM

I'm going to throw this out there because it happened to me on a couple of occasions.

I have seen where clicking on the wbar can cause the bar to disappear until next reboot instead of the expected refresh.   one time this was a beta version of tc  the other I can't recollect.    Weird things can happen with the display of windows too, like for example clicking on or near the window handle can cause the window to resize and partially disappear off screen..   Well, I haven't seen either of these issues in a while so maybe it's a moot point.